Irritable

She didn’t suddenly turn mean, either. They were together something like 6 months before we saw them on the show together, and what we saw was them happy. When the bloom was off the rose, they both got nasty. I don’t see how it’s possible to notice Craig was a bad partner for Naomi without also noticing that Naomi was a bad partner for Craig. They enjoyed each other’s company greatly, until it became unavoidable that their life plans and goals didn’t line up. They had fun, that’s what Craig remembers. They ended up fighting a lot and had an ugly breakup, that’s what Naomi remembers.

You cut off the rest of what I said, which was that they had fun in the FIRST YEAR they were together. After that it turned into a shitstorm of them treating each other like shit, on and off camera. It was evident in the beginning they were extremely happy together, lots of laughing and enjoying each other. Craig’s flaws became evident and he had no sense of urgency to better himself, so she got sick of him, they imploded. I don’t see the giddy, fun, just happy to be in the same room together vibe with Metul, and if you don’t have that in the first part of a relationship it’s probably not coming later.

I wonder if during the time of the hookup with Kathryn he was dating someone, and was trying to prevent that person from finding out? Or maybe he thinks sex with glasses on doesn’t count as actual sex? I thought Metul was humorless and controlling the first time we saw him when he was telling Naomi what to do at the gym like he was her hired trainer more than her boyfriend. She’s been shown trying to adapt to his life, even joking about trying to become more Indian. What does he do to adapt to her? I’m guessing nothing because they both consider him perfect. Bleh. Also, the back of his head is flat, do you want flat headed babies, Naomi? In a small way, this validates what Craig was saying at Cam’s House, he just said it badly and mistakenly believes Naomi was happier with him. I think Naomi probably had a lot more fun with Craig...the first year that they dated, but ultimately his complete lack of drive or self discipline overtook the fun and she became miserable. Now she’s with someone who has plenty of drive and self control, but lacks in fun and wants to dictate what she does. So Craig is right that she is not having the same kind of good times with Metul that they had, but wrong that she’s wistful about dating Craig. Right now she insists she’s happy as can be because Metul has a good career and a tightly scheduled and regimented life, but their vibe together does not say relaxed best friends in love. Craig needs to smoke weed more than anyone I’ve ever seen, good lord. Yes, Whitney is spoiled and whiny, but there’s no reason to lose his mind over it. Did Craig put this trip together himself? He’s acting personally offended as if the others are shitting on “his” trip, but if the man can’t figure out that to be able to fill pillow orders he has to actually make the pillows, then I doubt he could pull together a trip for a crowd on his own. Kathryn can stop wearing those faux black leather pants any time now, that would be great. I can see that she’s very self conscious about her weight, but there are plenty of casual styles that would look great on her besides pleather leggings or heavy, clunky formalwear. She’s not fat, she’s just thicker than she’s comfortable with, and doesn’t seem to know how to dress a size or two up from her previous size. That tight swim dress bathing suit was not the right choice, either. And her job is stylist? I would love to help her pick out a new wardrobe. She’s struggling. Lil Craig in his taco bed bundle was precious. As much as I wish Shep had rescued a mutt instead, I can’t fight how cute I think Lil Craig is, he makes my heart swell. Sometimes I think Chelsea’s dick is a little too big. She’s wasting her time swinging it around with this group, none of these guys are interested in “manning up”.

Oh wow, his shit must be seriously coming apart if he’s selling the plantation. I would think he would sell anything and everything possible before this, so he’s scrambling hard. GOOD.

Kitson’s is a discount store, I guess? It looks very low rent. I’m not understanding what the big honor is to have her lackluster window featured there. I dislike Dorit and PK enough that I’m here for whatever Camille has to say about them. I feel alone in the universe on this, but I’ve enjoyed seeing the women get along well without LVP in the mix. I don’t miss her.

The carpaccio looked and sounded delicious to me, I would order that in a restaurant. I’ve always wanted to try that dessert, too. Not excited by the idea of the spaghetti and meatballs no matter how good they are, but overall it did seem like a great dinner and I’m glad the guests had one decent meal on that boat. Jack and Travis are adorable. Anastasia really has her shit together. Hannah hasn’t gotten on my nerves once yet this season.

It frustrates me that the point was continually lost in the hurricanes of yelling and LuAnn flouncing away. No one is ripping you a new asshole for going swimming. It is not self absorbed asshole behavior to go swimming. Coming home after swimming and admiring yourself on a poster you have no doubt already looked at a thousand times before, and then complaining about being last to get a massage IS THE ASSHOLE BEHAVIOR. Complaining that you didn’t get a blow out because the hair dresser didn’t have time to get to her because she was late IS THE ASSHOLE BEHAVIOR. So is: Demanding the best room at Dorinda’s and throwing a fit when you find out Bethenny asked for it first. Complaining that Bethenny had to leave before her Halloween performance because she went on late, and then saying she wished Bethenny had been there to see her succeed, when Bethenny WAS THERE. Acting like the other women being there didn’t even count because Bethenny left. Saying Bethenny shouldn’t have gone home to relieve the babysitter, because all Bryn was doing was sleeping. saying, well I’m going to go swim/to a meeting/need some sugar for my coffee while a friend is breaking down in front of her, but she demands constant “what have you done for me lately?” support from them. Treats AA meetings as another performance and thinks she is there to entertain the group, which makes them happy. The other stories of pain and enormous REAL loss just roll off of her because she’s not listening when it’s not her turn. She’s the kind of person who is just waiting for other people to stop talking so she can hear the sound of her own voice again. Defends ignoring what other friends were going through in their lives because she was in a bad place, but can’t be bothered to ask about them when she’s in a better place because she’s a stah, dahling. LuAnn is completely tone deaf when it comes to her “music” and feeling out a room. Bethenny’s realization that she did so much to help LuAnn when she was legit off the rails and a danger to herself, and then to have Lu act like she deserves a spa day every day because being sober is hard, when the person she relied on so much emotionally needed the same help but didn’t get it, and died? Yeah, I can see that setting of a bit of hysteria. If LuAnn had not behaved in such an entitled way and complained that the luxuries being handed to her weren’t luxurious enough, or big enough, or she wasn’t always first in line and getting first pick of everything, Bethenny would not have snapped. If she still says at the reunion that they were mean to her and attacking her for being self absorbed just because she went swimming, I’m going to pop a blood vessel. When have we ever seen LuAnn be charitable, truly charitable, or go out of her way to help s friend in need? I can’t think of a time in ten years. All the other women can set themselves aside when they are needed, but LuAnn is just a taker, and it’s hard to be friends with someone who operates that way every single day. Even Ramona can manage to show up and comfort her friends when they are struggling. There are many narcissists throughout all the RH franchises, but LuAnn is a malignant, toxic narcissist. That’s the difference, and why she IS worse than the others. She hasn’t even tried to learn how to pretend to feign interest and empathy. The only times she’s engaged in a conversation about someone else is when it’s ugly gossip.

When Hannah said she wasn’t going to give Luke the rose, he looked like a startled, confused fish that was just yanked out of the water by a hook.

Meeeee toooooo!!!!! It was poetic as hell. And while I never really liked him, he never actually did anything shitty the whole time. He was loyal to both of his roommates and dumb enough to believe they would be loyal to him, too. I didn’t know it until it happened, but I think this is the only result I could have been really happy about, so yay I guess!

So far I absolutely LOVE Anastasia. She’s intelligent, great work ethic, very can-do without complaining, good personality. I’m nervous because usually when I like a reality tv person this much in the beginning they end up behaving horribly later and causing me to change my opinion. Mila is the actual worst cook I’ve ever seen. A 10 year old could put together more appetizing nachos than she did. Canned corn and bagged shredded cheddar is a huge hell no, she’s taking every nasty shortcut in the book. I’m not sure even drunken frat boys at 2:00 am would want to touch that pile of garbage. A real chef takes the guest request for Mexican food and does a gourmet interpretation using high end ingredients. I think she even used the Old El Paso seasoning pack on the meat!!!! Any true chefs out there watching her do these things last night must have cringed so hard they fell off the sofa. I love hearing the guy from Liverpool speak, he really does sound just like the Beatles. Makes me want to travel to Liverpool just to go sit in public places and listen to the locals talk to each other. He might be an ass, I can’t tell - British people can always fool me into thinking they are all awesome just because their accents charm me. So far Joao does seem genuinely humbled and self aware. Maybe suffering a solid heartbreak was actually good for him. The guests are so nice. I always feel bad when the good ones get the short end of the luxury yacht experience. I want things like getting left waiting at the dock and being served garbage food to happen only to guests like the women who lost their minds over waiting for a bowl of peanuts, or the ones who said eating out of bowls is for poor people. These lovely guests deserved true gourmet food. I think the season looks good! Glad the show is back.

Dorinda said something about turning to drinking after Richard died, and we all know the atrocities that occur when Dorinda drinks too much, so the conversation with Hannah about those times in that apartment made me very sad. Hannah was an only child, trapped in a small apartment with her mother who was very likely sloppy drunk every night, while she herself was grieving for this man she adored, as well as the loss of her life as she knew it. Must have been so horrible for Hannah, and having gone through some similar things in my childhood, I will forever have empathy and compassion for her. I loathed the house I grew up in because of the things that happened inside. That kind of weight never really goes away...I’m 49 and still bitter about my shit when I think about it, even now that both of my parents are gone.This is still practically fresh for Hannah. I’m 100% with her on this. I found it ironic that Ramona was talking again, some more about how great she looks for her age and how her youthful appearance attracts a young crowd of people who want to hang out with her, and I was thinking damn, Ramona is looking super rough this episode, I think her age is really catching up to her face and neck now. HDTV is not forgiving, and I could see clearly every bit of her 61 years. She looks good for 61, but she does not look 39, THAT’S a fact.

Right?!?!? When I saw the season preview I was so confused because I felt positive that I already fast forwarded through her wedding last season. Oh well, I’ll just do it this season, I guess. I already FF’d past all of her scenes this episode, And all of Robin’s scenes too, once I saw how gross they were going to be. What is craziest to me is that every season I absolutely couldn’t stand Karen, she made my stomach hurt, but it turned out that she was the only one I didn’t FF at all. I’m shocked by this! Monique is so boring to me, I’m tired of RH pregnancies, I just could not care less. Ashley doing sexy things with her elderly husband is too much for me to bear. Looks like I’m going to skate through this whole season only logging a total of an hour or two actually watching it. 👍

Please put Nene and the rest of us out of this misery and give her another “time out” year or two off. Or more. She only gets worse the more time she is given, and no amount of apologies and groveling will ever be enough. I don’t believe for one second that Gregg is the nightmare to live with she wants everyone to think he is - especially when it’s clear what a nightmare she is herself. Yet, he apologizes profusely and goes on the reunion specifically to state for the record that he’s the devil and Nene is an angel, and she STILL sits there with pursed lips and pissy posture with not one kind word to say back to him. Please don’t try to act like this has anything to do with Gregg cheating years ago, because this is so obviously a simple matter of Nene doesn’t like what comes with having a seriously ill spouse. She thought it would be all sympathy (for HER) and support (for HER), but along with those things she also got the reality of caregiving for a person recovering from difficult surgeries and going through treatment, and none of it is glamorous, or rewarding, or easy. And it goes on for a long time. So she became bored and bitter and resentful and hateful and hyper-sensitive. And every time someone dared to wish Gregg well instead of her, she got a little angrier, and started to keep score. Eventually, there were no real friends out there in her mind, because none of them dedicated themselves 100% to the Poor Nene, Gregg is a Monster! campaign. You can’t be on Nene’s side if you also feel bad for Gregg. He’s not the victim, SHE IS. Man...fuck her. I can’t believe I ever liked that horrible selfish hag during Season 1.

Put someone like Nene to the test with hard times and the true ogre underneath shows up. It’s easy to be all smiles and humor when life is going your way, but introduce strife and the loss of life being FABULICILIOUS, suddenly its all scowls and griping and intolerance for the happiness of others. Nene, no one is jealous of you, but you sure are jealous of them because right now, their lives are good and they aren’t being dragged down by husbands who are fighting just to stay alive and trying to deal with all the new hardships that come with having special health needs and being forced to give up simple pleasures like ice cubes. I mean, seriously, do you know how devastated I would be if I could no longer have ice cubes in my drinks??? POOR GREGG! But no, Nene doesn’t care that his whole lifestyle has changed into something he never asked for, instead it’s how dare these ladies continue to move forward doing their own things and being friends with whomever they want while Nene needs attention that is more like worship because Gregg is now too busy surviving every day to escort her around and be her personal assistant. Yes, he gave her truly beautiful apologies for not supporting her enough during his cancer fight, but apologies don’t hold her purse or fetch her refreshments. Its time for Andy to face that Nene is no longer a fan favorite, to say the very least, Stop having her on WWHL and letting her school everyone on the right ways to support her. If everyone ceases to acknowledge her, she will surely flounce away on her own in a blustery huff, and leave a spot open for someone less sour and eye-rolly. I would even be open to “that bitch”, whose name I don’t recall, because she may be low rent but at least she’s funny. Unintentionally funny, but still.

Nene won’t support anyone who doesn’t support her, which to her is, “but what have you done for me LATELY?” Sure, you’ve been super supportive in the past, but you’ve had opportunities to kiss my ass recently and did not kiss it thoroughly enough, so I am done with you. We are watching the long, slow crash and burn of a malignant narcissist... eventually the narcissist loses the charming facade, everyone gets wise, exits, and the narcissist ends up alone. I would not be shocked at all if NeNe has no one left in a few years, when her well has run dry and there is no reason to put up with her nastiness anymore. Good for Porsha for letting it all roll off and just sitting in her own happiness.

It always confuses me when Ramona isn’t the rudest, most obnoxious, entitled asshole in the room. Her and Sonja jackal-laughing about Lu getting the fish room was pretty gross, but other than that Lu stole the prize for biggest dick by a mile. I feel so bad when anyone says or does shitty things during the Berkshire’s visits that hurt Dorinda’s feelings. I think Dorinda can be an asshole, too, sometimes, but she is a very gracious host who puts in a ton of effort to make her guests comfortable and happy, plus keep them entertained. I would like to think Lu watched this episode and felt completely ashamed, especially after everything Dorinda said about just sucking it up and not reacting to Lu’s demands because repairing their friendship was what mattered most to her. Lu always has some “reason” why she “deserves” the best room wherever she goes. I see now that she must have drank so much in the past to mask/blur how vile and disgusting her sober personality really is. I CANNOT WAIT to watch Bethenny tell her she’s insufferable and that life is not a cabaret. Jesus, the EGO on that woman! I hope she gets busted for a probation violation and has to do time for real. And I hope her fellow inmates steal her toilet paper and mattress pad. Maybe shank her just a little. In the knee or elbow, somewhere non-life-threatening, a small poke that might leave a scar that shows when she’s wearing an evening gown with a high slit to help her remember not to be so high and mighty in the future. Poor Tinsley, her mother is the reason she has such low self esteem and anxiety. I think she would do better if she saw her mom a lot less. The pressure to marry and bear children as though those are her only options in life must be crushing, especially as the baby option gets further out of reach over time. She seems so genuinely kind and good, and sad and lost.

Porsha handled that shit show reveal party a lot better than I would have, and I’m not even pregnant. That was a weak low-rent display, and that party planner is going to be lucky to get any decent events after not being able to pull off what was almost a glorified kid’s birthday party. I’m glad everyone made the most of it, The way Mike handles “big” moments with Cynthia is SO WEIRD. But if he’s good to her and they are both happy, then great. Shimari has grown on me throughout the season. Rough start, but she seems alright after all. I won’t mind if she comes back. I am completely over Nene, she is too selfish and self-centered to be tolerated. I don’t care if she’s upset Kenya was there, I don’t like Kenya, I’m still not convinced that Kenya actually carried that baby herself because the bump has looked unlike any bump I’ve ever seen, but I also don’t give a shit because it’s Kenya and Kenya is always full of lies about something. Whatever, I’m as ready to move on from all this as I am the dog story line on RH of BH. I wish Gregg the best, hope he beats cancer, and maybe part of moving forward in the healthiest way will include getting rid of his BUT WHAT ABOUT ME???? wife.

Oh that’s definitely how I took it - he manages the nearby store that has probably catered to many ridiculous demands on orders for her “wacky” family. I’m guessing every child gets their own large pizza with whatever they want on it, and even though PH doesn’t deliver, at least not in any of the parts of Georgia I’ve lived in, the manager might make exceptions for them because they spend so much money and are “famous”. Anyone who kisses Kim’s ass and makes her pizza wishes come true is like family to her! I wish we could have found out the rest of the guest list. Her nail tech, the person who waxes her crotch and butthole, the Chick Fil A employee who puts extra pickles on her sandwich and nods and smiles when she says she loves their vegetarian menu, her personal Solo cup delivery guy, the kid at the Verizon store who showed her how to use photo editing apps...

I can’t think of any way that Evan was trapped into staying with Kaci for years if he was so unhappy with her. Even her laying guilt and obligation on him, pleading with him, etc., he was always free to go, and should have left a long time ago. Trying to put all the blame on her now just to absolve himself of guilt for the way he handled things is low. They both had responsibility in their train wreck of a relationship, and the correct response to being given marriage ultimatums was never to promise her he would marry her ... later. He loved Kaci, but he thinks Morgan is waaaay hotter, plus Morgan hasn’t been disappointed by him yet, nor has she had time to fully experience his flaws. Right now they are still in the “awwww, you made me an omelette!!!” heart eyes emoji phase, but once they settle into a less exciting and new phase of their relationship, I would not be at all shocked if Evan started to get restless and feel “trapped” again. I just think he sucks. I hope Kaci is done being pathetic about him and goes on to find one of those million other guys she claimed in the first episode would marry her in a second. Her IG account says she rocks a high pony, but I think she is confusing “wearing” a high pony with “rocking” one ... it’s too severe for her long, narrow features and is just not a good look for her, but I did like the brunette color she chose. She could use a few more makeover things, like maybe adding 5-10 pounds, dressing a little less Citi Trends, and maybe going with a calmer shade of lipstick. I would love another “where are they now” segment of all these people at the beginning of the new season. Especially if Kady is still alone and John is with someone else happily planning a future and family.

Seinfeld used to say his was a show about nothing, but it brought real laughs so there was something there. DBT is a show about nothing that brings only uncomfortable chuckles at the expense of this pile of obnoxious goons, there is truly NOTHING there. This whole season has been about will Brielle move out? Which I thought was the theme of other seasons too, although I haven’t watched religiously. I could have sworn Brielle had false starts several times since she somehow graduated high school. So that storyline is the same. Kim is looking for ways to make a buck without having to do anything like actual work ... that storyline is the same. Kim can’t deal with any of her children growing or showing any signs of independence whatsoever ... that storyline is the same. Kim doesn’t speak to her parents ... that storyline is the same. Kim wants to be celebrated in a huge, flashy way with no budget because she’s just that special and important and FAMOUS, did you know that she’s FAMOUS????? That storyline is the same. My favorite part of the party was after she talked about how the guests were only people close and important to her, and the editors showed a man who was “Kim’s Pizza Hut Manager”. Bwahahaha!!!!

I did not expect Kaci to end up apologizing and begging Evan for forgiveness, only to have him admonish her for not doing what he needed her to do years ago. What I saw in their audition video was him promising that he would marry Kaci one day, but even though that went on for years he had no intention of doing it, and then when she was at her most broken-hearted and vulnerable, he flipped it into her backing him into a corner, and let her plead with him to forgive her and give her a chance to do better? That’s pretty scuzzy. I was cringing the whole time she was crying please, please, please. Kaci, honey ... no. You were on the right track when you called him a piece of shit, you should have continued on that path. It’s less painful to be angry than sad, and in that moment sticking with anger would have gotten her through that horrible bonfire with more dignity. I liked it when she said she was so glad he was gone, and that her new dog is much better than Evan, but unfortunately it just didn’t sound true when said in that shaky voice. It’s going to take her a while to stop feeling so hurt because this breakup was extremely brutal and humiliating. I’m sure seeing him tell Morgan he felt things for her he always wanted to feel but never did with Kaci was like a knife in her gut. Yes, they were apparently a terrible couple who did not belong together, but she loved him and I feel bad for anyone who gets dumped in such a ruthless way while the dumper seems to have moved on without one look back. He didn’t seem to feel bad at all for devastating Kaci, he just wanted it over with so he could shake her off and do his bro-walk toward a perfect future with Morgan and her family who doesn’t hate him yet. I got my wish, Kady is ALONE. Love how she didn’t see that ending coming at all, and seemed so puzzled by it Good luck, John! Go find you a nice woman who doesn’t immasculate you at every turn, and who appreciates a man who is kind, stable and not an obnoxious alpha male. I’m really happy for Javen and Shari. Wishing them a wonderful life together! I know it’s possible, because I married my high school sweetheart, and we had some big bumps in the road during our early 20’s. Once we got past that tough patch of life, we hit our groove and have only grown to love each other more as we grew up. We’ve been together 33 years, and could not be happier together. I think they will have that, too. Its hard to have any feelings about Karl and Nicole when they didn’t seem to have many feelings about each other. I think they had physical chemistry and both liked going out with someone hot, but at home they didn’t have much to say. Nicole seems so bland and humorless to me. I think they will both find new hot people to date in no time. Bring on Season 2 and Paradise Hotel!!!! I can’t wait!!!

It’s pretty incredible how differently Kaci and Evan see their relationship at this stage of the “process”. She is aghast that he would risk damaging the life they had built together - they have a home, they have DOGS for god’s sake!!!! And then Evan talks to Morgan like he just needs to step out of his relationship like one might step out of a pair of underwear that had been dropped to the floor. Should only take a second, and then he and Morgan can begin being together forever. Looks like Karl is going to turn cold toward Brittany now that he’s had sex with her. Ouch. And yuck. Javen and Shari are just waiting for the clock to run out so they can be together again, and it’s very sweet. Kady sucks. Still hoping she ends up completely dumped and alone.

Watching those audition videos proved that Evan DID repeatedly promise Kaci he was going to marry her. And now he’s asked Morgan to be his girlfriend before he’s even told Kaci it’s over. What a slime. And I think this whole experience is going to have an affect on her initial claims going in that if he’s not going to marry her, there are a million other guys dying to. We never saw any of the Temptors show any interest in Kaci aside from friendliness, so she’s going out with Evan shitting all over her, and no one else even having been interested in her. She’s got to have had a tough as hell time once she got back home and I guess had to move in with her parents or something, wondering how her entire life fell apart so hard and fast. She’s better off, sure, but getting to a confident and happy mindset again could not have been easy. I wish I could give her a makeover, starting with a haircut that flatters her face. I think Karl is the most attractive man there, both in looks and personality. I’m not expecting him and Nicole to stay together, she seems totally over him already, but he should have no trouble finding someone else who wants to fully appreciate him. Maybe he and Brittany could try to see each other after the show, she’s waaaaay into him. I don’t think Kathryn wants to date John after the show, even if they already lived in the same town, or even next door to each other. I think she’s 100% just with him for the screen time.

They both said on the show that Evan had claimed wasn’t ready to get married “yet”, not that he didn’t want to ever marry Kaci. He may have thought that one day he would be ready, who knows, but if he had flat out said “I’m not ever going to marry you, Kaci” then she wouldn’t have bothered to get this far. He’s already telling Morgan he wants to spend the rest of his life with her after two weeks or whatever, so he’s obviously able to say things to keep women around without necessarily being able to back it up. Because he’s selfish and cares more about his own gratification than anything else.

Normally I think ultimatums are a bad idea, but when it comes to planning the rest of her life, I can’t really fault Kaci for saying that after 5 years if they aren’t going to get married then she needs to move on. I doubt she worded it like a threat, but more that women are limited when it comes to childbearing years, and if there’s no marriage in their future she deserves to know that so she can start over with someone new because the clock will keep ticking. Evan was too wishy washy, chicken and selfish to be honest with her then, just like he is now. She will have to meet someone, have a connection, date them and build on that, get engaged, get married and then start trying to have children, so she’s looking at possibly years, and it’s not fair for Evan to waste any more of that time just because he likes having her there for support and adoration. I’m glad she is going to get the answer she needs from this, and I hope she heeds it. Morgan should run, too, if she really does think she wants a future with him.