francesca v

I enjoy reading everyone's thoughts about the shows maybe more than actually sitting through two hours of watching them. There is something that I guess I don't agree with, though, and it seems to be a popular stomping ground. This would be how everyone started out dreamy-eyed over Kenny and now he is everyone's favorite punching bag. First, give it a rest already with Kenny not speaking Spanish fluently. He's been in Mexico for TWO WEEKS, for god's sake. It's not like him and Armando ever needed a translator app; Armando speaks perfect English. This man made a difficult and life changing choice to give up what appeared to be a great life and family in Florida to follow his heart and take a chance on true love. This is not an easy thing for a fifty nine year old person to do. But ever since he arrived in Mexico he apparently can do nothing right. Second, it is true that Kenny is much older than Armando, but I don't see this relentless controlling that everyone is harping about. Even on the way to meet the family, I saw them discussing things in the car, but basically, Kenny gave his opinion and then left it alone. Armando seems to be a pretty intelligent young man, and, in my eyes, he seemed to make his big engagement announcement all on his own, even surprising Kenny. And it was Armando who kept egging on his mother about attending his big wedding, even when it was perfectly obvious she had given him about all she had for the moment. Let her breathe for a minute before she has to gear up for the wedding. Basically, acting kind of ignorant is a two way street; Americans and their foreign counterparts. Bini thinks his wife hasn't suffered enough in childbirth. In Nigeria, apparently women eligible for senior discounts are still considered viable baby makers for a young husband. Yazan is besotted with a big behind, and thinks the behind is going to cover up and pray five times a day in the name of love. The list goes on. It's just funny because we're all in front of a computer screen, not in front of a tv audience. So everyone says Jenny, Lisa, Angela, etc. look awful and "I'm their age and I'm always mistaken for someone twenty years younger." Uh, sure. And if I was moving to Mexico, the Middle East, Korea, I would know the language when I stepped off the plane and nothing about their way of life would surprise me or maybe even make me a bit uncomfortable, because I Googled before I came. We are in a pretty good country, where with hard work and perseverence, a person could run a thriving business for thirty years without being able to put a sentence together in English, so let's keep it real.