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Heck, you don't even have to look at women in their forties...look at who Britney Spears ended up marrying and divorcing. For the record, I have no problem with women marrying men with less money then them as long as the guys exhibit that they have the good character values that is key to being a good husband. An ex-convict who sticks his nose up at any legitimate work you offer him and refuses to curtail his criminal activities, is not husband material. All pretty Pollo had to do was keep his head down and take care of his kids. Heck, he could of even had a career doing work out videos (that his wife set up for him). I have no idea if Phaedra is complicit in his schemes, but she better get rid of him before he hurts her where she cares the most (for Phaedra this would be her pocketbook).

I was actually a Karlous fan after his audition and I have hated him on the show. I think he is naturally kind of a jerk. Joe Machi has been up there 50,000 times and still tries and Karlous can not even be bothered to think of new material. Did anyone else notice when he was bombing he fell back a little too easily on misogynistic type of jokes? Karlous has one set that he does and can not be bothered to broaden his horizons in any way. I am sure all of his life, people have told him he is the funniest guy they have meet and therefore he thinks he can be lazy and skate by on his natural talent. I was so happy when Roseanne put him in his place. Keenan really liked him and you could see how disappointed he was at Karlous's performance. I mean forget about winning the show, having Keenan Ivory Wayans as your mentor could catapult your career. He was being kind when he withheld his comments...he really should have said the judges do not need to deliberate..."Goodbye, Karlous, you sucked."

I did not like Sandhya's dress on the runway. That being said I think she has a vision and I will not enjoy watching her being bullied by a bitchy mean girls club. There is no way I can take another Michael Costello type of season, where people gang up on one designer like it is middle school. I think if you look back at old spring break footage on Mtv from the eighties, I think you will find that fashion icon named Pauly Shore wearing the almost exact same outfit. Maybe Michael is Pauly's long lost son? Now please excuse me while I walk to my "food showcase" to get an apple. I think this is what I will call my refrigerator from now on.

This could be why she was so upset about the legal fees. When you are used to skipping out on your bills it must hurt to actually have to compensate someone for services rendered.

You took the words right out of my mouth happykitteh. Tamara's idiot son just admitted everything is fake. We all knew that this show was heavily edited and the "reality" part was open to interpretation. However, the audience also believed that there was a tiny bit of truth to what we were being presented. If everything is false, then we all might as well watch crappy soap operas were we could at least observe people a heck of a lot better looking than Ryan. It would be wonderful if this post got Tamara fired (one can always dream).

The funny thing is if Simon would let her film with her three other kids...then we would probably never see Ryan on camera. Tamara would be too embarrassed about this unattractive loser, that makes her look old, as he could easily pass for forty. Ryan knows he only gets the crumbs of his mother's attention when there is nothing better on her plate. I would feel sorry for him, but he really has grown up to be a creepy individual with no ambition... that I would not allow anywhere near my three young daughters. Speaking of looking old, I think Tamara and her mother could pass for sisters and some people might have trouble distinguishing who is older.

I don't know about Cameron, but one reviewer said that Gordon has cleaned himself up for the convention. I think Gordon looks at presenting the Giant there as redemption and he is phoenix rising from the ashes with a nicely trimmed beard.

. Even though it would be infuriating, I would not be surprised if Teresa comes out of this smelling like a rose and does not really make any changes in her lavish lifestyle. By the way, her lawyers, better get in line, because after the sentencing, they will be another creditor not getting paid. Anyone think it is hilarious (in an awful way) that 60K went into drapes, but not a dime of that went into the phantom college fund Teresa was so lamenting. Now that Melissa is back in Monteville will she again claim that she could not trust her kids in the same school system as Teresa's children or will she admit the true financial reasons about them not having their house built? I think everyone was implying something about the Gorgias moving so much...the astute poster above who called Joe Go a money mover was probably on to something.

In the New Jersey franchise we have a child complain about a "small disgusting" rental, because it does not compare to the shoddily built enormous faux marble monstrosity that she was used to living in. The rental was a lovely home that many people would feel fortunate to have. I can excuse this comment, because it was a child who was probably just parroting the words of her awful mother. Terry calling his place small and smelly, but also getting in how expensive it was to live there screamed of humble bragging. It was very similar to Jim and Alexis Bellino, with their price dropping ways. Heather was no better, when she claimed that the rental was a good place to house train their dogs as she did not care about the floors. I am sure their landlord was mortified. We get it... you guys are incredibly wealthy and are used to living in a palace. I am sure in the pricey California markets, that many people there would love to live in a place like the Dubrow's supposedly smelly tiny rental.

Gone with the wind twirl fail. http://stoopidhousew...-slip-and-fall/

I agree with you guys about Karlous seeming to be a jerk (thankfully, they focus very little time on him). I do remember some of his sets and truthfully, he much more warm and charming on stage then he is off stage. I do not know if he is a nasty person with a good stage presence or if it just weird editing that is making him look bad.

As another woman in her thirties that grew up in Georgia, I remember the ladies in one of my later college classes comparing engagement rings. Every single one of them was engaged besides me. I absolutely had no desire to be married, at what I thought was a rather young age and was considered the exception, not the rule (we are talking all of 21, barely legal drinking age). By the way, I graduated in the early 2000's not the 1950's. I actually married in my late twenties to a wonderful man. If I had not found him, I would have easily accepted a life of happy single hood, as opposed to marrying a jerk. Societal pressures can be stressful, but the at the end of the day, it is you who is going to have to live with your decisions. Marriage is great, but not easy, even under the best of circumstances.

I just read the recap for Wife Swap and I can not believe how bad Jill seemed. I mean that was a straight forward recap that did not contain snark and I still wanted to strangle her. I have to ask, since I refuse to watch the show....was Jenna's house that bad or was Jill just being horrible? She really thinks that she is up there and the rest of us small folk are down here. (tm crazy Kelly). I think Bethany has always been a very insecure woman. She thinks the only thing she has over other women (before she became filthy rich) is her skinniness. Heck, she had even made an empire out of being skinny. I bet she is one of those people that subscribes to you can never be too thin. I hope she is not transferring her body issues to her daughter.

It's like an extension of her humble brag routine. Heather is smart enough not to take ownership of anything and it is always second hand and sometimes under the guise of concern. I remember when Lizzie was talking about how her marriage proposal was very spontaneous and not what she expected. Heather had to talk about how her proposal was not good, because it was on the plane as supposed to fabulous vacation to Paris that Terry had just took her on. I wish she was on Beverly Hills with Lisa, because then she would have gotten a "Really darling, did he not even charter a private plane?" or "You do not have your own personal plane...how do you get by?" which would have shut her pretentiousness down. Heather and Shannon really belong on BH with their wealth ( I hear that Newport Beach is a very pricey and exclusive area). However, in comparison to this crew pre-Shannon, Heather was the smartest, richest, most successful (as she has had modest success with her acting career) one with a lovely family and a rich surgeon husband that seemed to adore her. If Heather would have just sucked up her pride and accepted Shannon's apology before the house breaking hoedown, then she still would have been still sitting pretty. Lizzie's husband seems nice, but a little disheveled and dorky. I feel like they might get assistance from Lizzie's, now what I realize must be wealthy family, more then we were lead to believe. Of course, who would not want to take advantage of their in law's fabulous beach condo. I wonder if Lizzie's family also helped them buy their house or helped finance Christian business? I think he is also an entrepreneur, but I am not sure, as I really do not remember what he does for a living.

Is anyone else shocked by Melissa's transformation? I do not mean from the first season she was on the show, I mean from the pictures of her pre-show. She does not even look like the same person. In her talking heads, she now sort of resembles Kim Kardashian (I will leave it up to you guys to figure out if this is a good thing).

Yeah, I remember watching Caberet with Liza Minnelli with my AP class in high school in 1998 (my teacher was considered very forward thinking and progressive) and the class being absolutely shocked that the Maximillian character was sleeping with both a man and a woman. It seems hard to believe that in 1983, a woman as naive and socially awkward as Cameron would just shrug off Joe's bisexuality. Of course, maybe we will find out that Cameron is also bixsexual and therefore understands that sexuality is not always ridgidly defined. Completely agree. It is a little interesting to me that we finally have a show where a male character uses his sexuality to manipulate people. We usually get sexy women in an office who are not afraid to use their looks to get ahead (the horrible Ally Mcbeal was one of the worst offenders). Usually, men are shown as getting where they are professionally because of their skill, not because they are willing to bang whoever they need to fulfill their professional goals. That being said, this type of desperation is not appealing in a character...no matter what the gender.

I actually think Shannon is pretty. It was wonderful that she was so forthcoming about her nose job, and did not stand behind the usual HW "I have had no work done" ruse. I appreciate how open she has been about her life. Most new HW's pretend they have a perfect life. Compare this to Lizzie... with her lamenting about how such an intellectual brain trust such as herself, who is pretty enough to win beauty contests, is wasted being an excellent mother to her kids. Meanwhile, her kids seem miserable and she considers getting a 100k loan from her father "as doing everything herself". Not to mention getting irked because her mother can not move across the country to take care of her phantom "third baby". As far as acting, she can not even claim the modest success of Heather. Shannon has let us into her life warts and all. Lizzie's story is just a love letter to herself about her awesomeness and totally feels disingenuous.

I was wondering if Donna was the geeky girl in high school and Hunt was the big shot she always had a small crush on. Perhaps, Hunt (maybe without even knowing it) manipulated this to his advantage, because I certainly felt that we the audience were supposed to think Hunt was coming on to her. I know this never happens in tvland but a man can compliment a woman on her professional skills and not seem like he is hitting on her. Gordon has to go through so much drama for every tiny thing in his life. He can not figure out a hardware problem without great angst and stress, when just mentioning it to Donna will allow her to come up with an useable solution. He can not just defrost the lasagne Donna has so kindly made for him, because then how will he get drunk, make horrible stew, endanger the well being of his children, and then still have time to literally dig his own grave. It's like that tv trope that if mommy goes out of town for a night with Dad in charge, the house will almost be destroyed, except it is not funny (I actually always found this trope pretty sexist). I am beginning to think that Gordon is an idiot masquerading as a genius, because his saintly wife always figures out everything for him.

I hope Heather is getting the dogs because she feels they are going to be a wonderful addition to her family and not to make her image more lovable. In Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Paul Maloof (Terry's partner in crime on Botched) made a big show about giving Adrian a German Shepherd from a German breeder. He claimed that German breeders were much better then American breeders of this particular type of dog and they only wanted the best bloodlines. It seemed on camera Adrian loved the dog. Flash forward to the next season and the dog is nowhere to be found. Adrian tells us that the dog "just did not work out" and had to be removed (I hope with all their money they at least found it a good home, because it breaks my heart to think of that poor animal in a shelter). Instead of the German Shepherd, Adrian is all of sudden sporting a cute little toy dog that she can carry everywhere. I am convinced she only got the toy dog to compete with Lisa, after the saw the popularity of Jiggy. I think the Gosselins of the former Jon and Kate plus Eight, also got a dog they ended up discarding, but I am not sure about this, as I never watched that show or kept up with that family. This is a very long winded way of me saying that I do not care If Heather gets her dogs from a reputable breeder, as long as her intentions are pure.

We know Apollo's last days are going to be spent hitting up strip club with the "young men" that he mentors, to spend the last of Phaedra's money that is still in his pockets. He might also visit a couple of jump offs for some last minute quickies. I do not think being a father was ever high on his list of priorities.

The two thing Lizzie bragged about to prove her intellectual prowess was that she was the valedictorian of her high school class and that her father went to an ivy league school. I understand the first, as being valedictorian is a high honor, but do not understand the latter. My father went to an ivy league school... eventually got a masters in engineering and has had an amazing career, but I am a total dumb ass in comparison. I would never use my father's achievements to prove that somehow I am gifted or special. So far she has not shown the intellectual side of herself (though it could be the editing), which is a shame. I also do not get the logic of having a third child becaue everybody in her family has three children. My mother lives 600 miles away and I would never burden her with child care. I understood when I had children that I would have to figure something out, as I had no family nearby. Many people struggle with this daily and they do not have Lizzie's comparitive finacial freedom. I was very impressed with the way Shannon treated people (with the exception of her husband). I liked the way she welcomed everyone into her home and did not seem very judgemental that most of the ladies did not have her type of money (except for Heather). However, this episode hammered home that Vicki's financials are upper middle class at best (nothing wrong with that) and her vacation style is 1988 spring break. Shannon totally seemed disgusted with her and Brooks and it was obvious the seedy time share really was not up to snuff, compared to the luxury she is accustomed to. I have to say that I thought Vicki handled it graciously and it was nice of the brother to switch rooms with her.

I really liked Kandi, but I think she had a little girl fantasy of a wedding and that is the main reason she wanted to marry Todd. She also wanted the satisfaction of being able to say at least she had a "huzzbin". I am beginning to think she actually cares very little about him. I have no problem with a prenup, but her attitude was very cold. Todd has a right to protect himself as well. I hope never to see Joyce on my screen again.

Not to mention inviting an obnoxious co worker/boss at almost the last minute to dinner and then ditching her for the pathetic attempt to get the dolls. Of course Donna, (who I am starting to love) has everything ready and prepared for Joe. She not only does not sweat the roof leaking and the storm... she is so wonderful, that soul less Joe now wants to make a connection with another human being and runs to Cameron (who up until now has just been a booty call to him). I am going to stand on my shallow box for a second. At least Cameron and Donna are beautiful women. We hetero girls and gay guys literally have no eye candy on the show. I know we are supposed to find Joe attractive, but I find him repulsive. He is like a less appealing Nic Cage combined with a mannequin and that is not a good thing. The best looking guy is Hunt and I still have no handle on his character's intentions, except that he is fascinated by the almost perfect Donna. I am not proud of this rant. We also have another instance where Joe should come off as "awesome guy" (the first was when he smashed the car in the last episode) with the flashlights in the storm, but it just come off heavy handed and desperate.

I think Nicole is gorgeous and I think she has a nice low key way about her that I like. A lot of people have said that Giada will hate her for this...does Giada (who looks like a female demon to me) have a reputation for being a petty bitch? I certainly hope not, as I hope Nicole goes far and is not slammed for not having the Snookie look and attitude. I am a little confused about her coastal food POV.

Yeah, the Japanese team was so hyped and then failed so spectacularly that it almost seemed rigged. I am as patriotic as the next person and want the Americans to do well, but such a one sided competition is not fun to watch. The Japanese need to really get a better team together or the Americans need to go to Japan, because maybe the Japanese needed the home team advantage? (not that this is an excuse).