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It might not be that serious. I got the sense that it was some type of angioplasty which is done out patient mostly like a colonoscopy. Obviously it is a medical procedure and there are always risks but it isn't considered heart surgery. Other minor procedures involve placing a medical device to monitor the heart for a period as it sends signals back to your doctor - my neighbor had one of those. Dolores has a job which is to attend housewife gatherings.

The real tragedy in acquisitions is that so much debt is required to acquire the company that they have to purge and cut costs in order to attempt to make it viable. So there are drastic cuts in employee numbers. Sometimes the actual assets of the company are picked off and the company closed down. In terms of media, there are almost no news organizations that can afford true investigative reporting as well as keeping posts in various foreign countries. Both the Washingpost Post and LA Times are currently owned by mega billionaires who appear to be fine with supporting them without making massive profits. The NY Times seems to be safe for the moment.

I truly don't understand how unknown people can make a living as a podcaster. Maybe if you are super lucky to hit on a topic you become a bit viral. But who in the world would want to waste a nano-second listening to these people? What do they have to offer anyone in terms of wit or wisdom?

Here’s what a bow dress could look like if executed properly https://amsale.com/collections/amsale-archive/products/harbor

I don’t think anyone is begrudging her happiness. However I am putting myself in the position of advising someone on what is flattering. And if I had been taken along I never would have nit offered my opinion and steered her to a shape that was much more flattering. The whole point of trying in clothes and bringing along people whose taste you trust is to give you honest feedback.

Yes unfortunately Red did resemble a large drag queen and could have looked much more beautiful in a more flattering shape. Personally I think what are called the A-line shape seem to be more flattering to larger sizes as they don't cut off the waist like her first two dresses do and then they kind of skim over the stomach in a more flattering way. I would have gone further in terms of my failing to understanding the aesthetics but I didn't want to be too judgmental. Suffice it to say that I don't understand deliberately getting permanently transformed in a way that limits one's ability to maneuver in the world for the rest of your life. I don't want to do an arm chair analysis but I think that it might have something to do with her having been bullied and therefore deciding that if she is not going to ever be viewed as "conventionally" attractive she will go to an extreme and essentially send a message that she is above being evaluated by standard norms. Completely agree on the shape. In my post I didn't describe why that shape tends to be unflattering on larger women but your analysis was perfect. And again, I have seen large women dressed in very flattering dresses on this show. Why do I think that the actual back story is that the woman wanted a "tight" dress and so that was always the end game.

I am glad that Red found a dress that she thought she looked beautiful in - and her husband as well. However, the dress was NOT flattering - just because one is body positive doesn't mean that one doesn't attempt to find the most flattering clothing. Even women who are slim don't look their best in everything. The styles she tried on originally weren't particularly flattering because they made her torso look bulky and then cut her off but there are more flattering shapes I have seen on larger sized brides which don't accent a large protruding stomach and essentially a barrel torso. And I truly don't understand the aesthetics of that much tattoo work. I just think that it limits one's ability and confines one to certain jobs for example. I would think that someone with a tattooed head like the husband would not be hired for a lot of jobs.

Join me for dinner at that table. Theoretically I liked the concept of her dresses but they weren't executed appropriately and there was extra frippery that took away from the sculptural quality of the dress. If that kind of elegant non froufrou look is your inspiration, there are designers that do it better. I am thinking the equivalent of Pippa Middletown's wedding gown. Or when Carolyn Bessette was married to JFK, Jr. her Narcisco Rodriguez slip dress although that was obviously going in a completely different feel than the sculptural looks. Amsale has more of those clean looks with just a bit of frippery so that it isn't entirely plain or lacking some interest. https://amsale.com/pages/amsale-bridal

Yes. That is the one 👍👍👍 Description of show which was on BRAVO of course 🤷‍♀️😂 JERSEY BELLE Docu-series Jersey Belle follows outspoken New Jersey native and entertainment publicist Jaime Primak Sullivan as she navigates life in the upscale Southern suburb of Mountain Brook, Alabama. Jaime tries to fit in to a world that is not ready for an unapologetic woman who likes to speak her mind -- often with hilarious results.

There was a one season reality show that revolved around some upper class women who lived in An upscale suburb in Alabama. I think it had Mountain in its name. That was a fun show

I liked the Alabama woman's hair. I thought she just wan't dying her white hair. My mother who was NOT a woman of color also let her hair go white and had a similar pixie type of hair do because she didn't want to fuss with her hair so it was basically wash and just let it dry I didn't get the impression that the woman was childlike - after all she had been a military wife and so at some point had to deal with deployments I would imagine. I just got the sense that she had always lived in military housing which was functional and so for her very own home, she wanted something that gave her pleasure and wasn't solely functional. They appeared to have a great relationship and I think both of them took care of the other in different ways. My understanding is that a military pension isn't taxed in Alabama which is why so many HH episodes have retired military people moving to Alabama.

This wasn't comparable to Jackie's analogy because drug use in a college student and a husband having an affair are more or less equal. In some ways, drug use is actually less of a horrible "rumor" because most college kids use some type of drug so unless the kid is an addict, it is much less life altering to get high occasionally than have the stability of your family threatened by spousal infidelity. When I heard the accusation/analogy, I understood it as an analogy and I also shrugged and thought who the fuck would care? I think Adriana is obviously very off - which makes for great television. She seems to be an excellent grifter as I don't think Leah Black is naive so she had Leah convinced that she needed help. Comparing falling down on sand and twisting your ankle to a life altering accident in which a child is essentially rendered unable to function normally is not anything that anyone would have thought of as an appropriate comparison. And I despise Alexia - but she was absolutely right on this one however wrong most of her feuds are. On a shallow note, I saw pictures of Alexia when she met her first husband and she had such a beautiful face. I don't understand how these woman can look in the mirror and think they are more attractive with the awful work they have done. I am not a fan of Larsa and her face looks very plastic in the current style but at least the end result is "pretty" in a very instagram kind of way in the same way that Kim K's face is plastic but not freakish versus Alexia's face with those lips that look freakish.

He was racing out of the room with the scissors in a very agitated state. He could have harmed someone which is why she ran after him and alerted security. That would have been a normal response - he didn't just leave the room as he was clearly having some kind of psychotic break. If it hadn't been for the conveniently (or inconveniently) placed MRI security would have subdued him easily and he would have been medicated and put on some kind of hold to determine that he wasn't a threat to himself or others. I don't know how often it happens in real life but on hospital shows there is often a scene where someone goes crazy and someone subdues them with some kind of quick acting sedative. It is a cliche of hospital shows - this one twisted it a bit by having him trapped by the MRI

Prefacing by saying living two blocks away from her daughter and grand daughter is obviously a different experience than living even a relatively short car ride away. I grew up in a two family house with my grandmother living in one of the apartments and our relationship was super special and unlike the ones she had with her other grandchildren who lived further away. And she was super respectful of boundaries so there were no clashes with my parents as she stayed in her own apartment unless she was invited. Like @rhofmovalley the grandmother's gait completely confused me since she said she had ALREADY had hip surgery. Either the surgery was a failure or there was something else going on because her gait was that of someone who was either in pain or had other issues going on with her mobility. I noticed that she would reach for the door casings as soon as she got to the wall. All that said, I really don't understand how she thought moving into a single family home made any kind of sense. I live in a high rise with services including staff and there is a lot more that makes a condo much more suitable for a senior - especially one who is moving. Yes there is no snow but you also don't have to keep on top of all the other issues of a single family home. You are only responsible for what is in your unit - and even with those types of issues, things are simpler. Most recently I needed the batteries changed in my smoke detector. My favorite doorman came up on his lunch - changed them - and I tipped him $20. They take packages - they assist when I come home with packages As usual the realtor completely underestimated the cost of a bathroom renovation. I remodeled relatively recently with specific thinking about aging in place safely. I took out the bath/shower combination and installed a shower that followed the footprint. So nice and large and includes a very nice bench on one end with grab bars. And it cost well over $4000 to do it so that it was both functional and aesthetic. A tile shower - properly waterproofed and constructed is probably at least $7000 - more if you have costlier fixtures and finishes. And that is just the shower itself. A master bath remodel on a middle level would cost between $30,000 to $40,000 correctly done.

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Most people who aren't married do pay *rent* if they are living in a home that is owned by their partner. Why would someone let another person live for free? The only issue is what a fair amount for the rent would be since typically a home has more expenses out of pocket than a rental because there are taxes and maintenance expenses. And if the boyfriend does some upgrade projects, does he get any financial benefit if they break up? The interesting wrinkle in this episode was that it appeared that the boyfriend didn't have as much money as the buyer did and so that was influencing the purchase. Of course it is also true that without his contribution, she would be able to afford far less mortgage but I don't think his income (and rental contribution) wouldn't be counted by lenders in terms of approving the amount she can borrow.

You can be an introvert and a homebody and still not want to rattle around a four bedroom house. Hard to maintain. Hard to heat and cool. Hard to clean. Also there is a lot on interesting stuff for a single person to do even if they are an introvert. There is a difference between enjoying a balanced life and being solitary especially when one works from home. Most people have friends who are more or less in their same life situation and most people don’t want to drive to the suburbs to see a friend. So you wind up having to spend a lot of time driving to a central location and then back home at night.

Regarding Phoenix to Washington HH I don't understand why a single person wants such a large home to rattle around in.There is something between a 600 foot apartment and a four bedroom home in the boonies. Maybe it's me but I also don't understand why someone who is single and without children would want to live in that kind of out of the way suburb. Putting aside distance from boyfriend, don't most single people want to socialize with friends as well as have proximity to places or experiences that only exist in a relatively urban area. The townhouse was not appealing but with her price point, there would have been nice choices that were better suited to a single person's lifestyle. I realize that the home has already been selected so the decoys are not really the only choices or even the choices available when she was actually looking. I have the same opinion when a HH is shown the large penthouse in a lovely building in the perfect location but it is too much money. So move down a few floors and get something affordable that would still have the same benefits.

I didn't find his referring to dresses as "she" annoying. I don't know if it is a male thing but there is a male shtick of referring to cars and boats as she so I just thought it was an extension of that. It is not uncommon for people to anthropomorphize inanimate objects. It is not as widely done as is done for ships as ships are universally referred to as she rather than it in boating circles but I have heard it done with other inanimate stuff the speaker is fond of.

Do they ask whether one is comfortable with a male sales assistant? The sales assistant in a bridal store gets much more up close and personal than a sales assistant in other clothing stores where people generally dress themselves.

They don’t. Why they used this completely fake storyline is bizarre. They could have said they are getting graduate degrees and moving closer to family.

My DVR caught an episode that it thought was new. However the back story was so strange I wanted to see what was really the back story so I googled. It evidently was a repeat from a year ago but I don't remember it - Fresh Start in Tampa. Their son Elijah had "decided to make an unexpected departure from this world" - their words and after two years they were ready to buy a new house in Tampa. She mentioned the name of the foundation she set up in the segment so my mentioning it isn't doxxing - She said it was called Eli's Treasure Foundation and was intended to help people have fun. They were an odd couple. She wanted a fireplace and a pool because Eli liked to swim. Didn't wind up with a pool but they did get a fireplace. Extremely odd couple - he said he was in cyber security. She said she had two jobs and then mentioned her surviving kid's names so I guess that is now a thing instead of being a SAH parent.

They have a caterpillar fetish? But seriously I don't understand a lot of the extreme unnatural beauty trends. For some reason, distorted features have become normalized. It is fascinating to look at the faces of beauties in the past - even the recent past before extreme plastic surgery became the norm. While their faces might have been tweaked a bit - Rita Hayworth had electrolysis to raise her hairline but as a whole their faces were much more distinctive and many of them had slight flaws that would have been corrected in today's world To quote Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard - [We didn't need dialogue] We had faces.

I have to roll my eyes when this show (and other medical shows) have doctors spending significant amounts of time with patients providing them moral support or as a death watch. I have never known ONE doctor - let alone several doctors - spend any time with a patient that isn't medically necessary. I don't find that to be a bad thing as it really would be a stupid allocation of resources. If people don't have family, perhaps one of the nursing staff - not the RN's who are busy generally as the charge nurses would provide some amount of emotional support. To me the whole scenario of doctors with this amount of time to waste with patients is ridiculous. I wonder if some people actually think that they are going to receive this level of service from doctors when they are in the hospital. Even your PCP who does a drop in visit for their patients at the hospital doesn't spend more than five minutes or so evaluating your medical condition so coordinate with the hospital doctors.