S06.E03 Jiminy Crickets

[truthaboutluv]

I figured out what's not working for me with the show this season. In the past, despite the usual season messiness, these women came across as genuinely enjoying each other. I'm not getting that this season. I'm sensing a lot of "just here for the paycheck". About the only one that seems genuinely present, is Ashley and that may just be because pregnancy really mellows her out. 

Karen and Gizelle have always had their tiffs and it's always been highly entertaining. It's one of the things that made them both so interesting on the show. So far this season, this feels less like their usual shadiness and plain animosity and that's not fun. I felt like Gizelle left her own event for Ashley early because she no longer wanted to be around Karen, period. 

Robyn was never interesting but is even less so now. Karen is trying to hold the fort down but once again, between the genuine animosity between her and Gizelle, the fakery of her and Wendy's supposed new friendship, none of it is coming across great. Mia, for all her theatrics is actually not that interesting because so much of her comes across as playing a character. About the only moment I enjoyed of her, was when she was talking to her husband about her mother. She actually came across as a real person then. 

Wendy is truly the saddest of them all. Everything about her so far this season feels like a damn character of a Housewife versus a real person. Like this is her playing a Real Housewives character on a BET show versus actually being a real person. And it's unfortunate. Yes, people ragged on her repeatedly talking about her 4 degrees and said she was boring. But that didn't mean to come with some completely fake new version of herself. 

Candiace certainly seems to have mellowed and grown up some (though I see those damn square tissues still exist). But I'm also getting an "I'm just here until either the acting or singing blows up enough for me to not need this check" vibe from her. She just hasn't seemed truly present so far this season and comes across as if she's just going through the motions. 

So when you sum it all up, yeah this season is just not it for me. They're trying with the Mia and Wendy drama and Karen and Gizelle saga to make it appear that the season is exciting and drama filled. But nah, it's not working for me. 

Edited July 26, 2021 by truthaboutluv

[bosawks]

2 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Seriously, does the world need another candle brand?  Wendy says she wants to create home goods line, I picture her trying to be a Craig from Southern Charm.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Candle Maintenance........

[LaurelleJ]

2 hours ago, drivethroo said:

I got the impression from their podcast that the GEB are a package deal, the producers did not want Robyn on the show at all from the get go.

Yep, I listened to that episode too, Robyn immediately told the producers that she doesn't live that type of lifestyle. Don't the housewives get a pay increase after every season? Robyn is getting season 6 pay for friend of type energy. Like I said before I like Robyn, and think is the most authentic of everyone on there, but they can save money with a new housewife and still have Robyn as Gizelle's friend, and she will probably get the same amount of screen time with group events. When things get stale the producers have the opportunity to offer some money/incentives to get them to have a fight, that will drive people crazy, the green eyed bandits going at it. 

1 hour ago, truthaboutluv said:

I figured out what's not working for me with the show this season. In the past, despite the usual season messiness, these women came across as genuinely enjoying each other. I'm not getting that this season. I'm sensing a lot of "just here for the paycheck". About the only that seems genuinely present, is Ashley and that may just be because pregnancy really mellows her out. 

This exactly. To me season 3 was the peak of being genuine. Getting together, throwing the shade, but in the end things were going great. Then they felt pressure to bring the drama. Now it seems super manufactured and just about going hard for a good story. Even though we know that reality is not really reality, they are losing the ability to fake it better. Think about the reunion season 3, when Ashley and Candiace went at it, and then at the end Candaice said yes she invited Ashley to her wedding because "they understand each other". That's why Wendy vs. Mia feels so fake to me. Yes the new housewife always has a harder time, but Wendy is in her sophomore season, why is she the hazer? Also echoing what someone else said, I was excited for Askale until she talked about Karen's drinking. You've been here for 5 minutes. Chill. Everyone comes ready to have their moment. 

[Marley]

I kind of feel bad for Robyn. She seems to be depressed.

Wendy and her home essential line is so idiotic. She seems like such a try hard right now. No one is asking for another candle line. Since when is Karen sone business guru lol.

How long was Karen at Candaces it was like pitch black when she left lol.

Candiace is my fave so far this season. Can’t believe it.

So far don’t like Askale. She seems annoying.

Mia is annoying too so far. Too plastic. She is hard to look at.

[biakbiak]

12 minutes ago, LaurelleJ said:

I was excited for Askale until she talked about Karen's drinking

Especially because it literally came out of nowhere and wasn’t at all relevant to anything they were discussing. 

[amarante]

Are candles actually a way to make money? It would seem to be a completely oversaturated market but I guess it has an almost zero dollar entry requirement - purchase generic white candles in generic glass glasses and slap a label on them. Tiffany Moon did a line which played on her anesthesia profession and since her husband's family has a chain of cheap tchotchke stores in the Dallas area, presumably she got one of their vendors to do them cheaply.

Hats seem like a bit trickier line to pull off because the ones that Robyn are selling seem to be unique to her line so it isn't as if she is buying generic baseball hats and just putting a logo on them. I remember when the line was introduced last season, their construction with silk lining made them very desirable and filled a need in the market since there wasn't anything like it. It also somewhat went with her brand since her "ex" is involved in sports and her kids also seem very involved with sports - that text chain last night with Mia was to set up some kind of sports play date with the sons.

[RealReality]

Dear Mia - you look old too.  

Robyn's situation makes more sense.  I'm so happy for her to see Embellished growing. 

But she is clearly trying to be more judicious and careful with her money.  She is only hiring some gig workers for a few hours to help her box up caps, and she may not be able to get all the help she needs if she is booking her help later rather than sooner.  She didn't get up in the morning, but that makes a LOT of sense if you've been up until 2am trying to fill 350 orders.  But I don't think Robyn is going to commit money unless she does so carefully and is sure she needs to do it.  I think its part of the reason why you couldn't get a freaking Embellished cap last Christmas no matter how hard you tried.  I think she just didn't want to purchase product up front until she could see how it sold.

I know I'm going to get annoyed with Karen later, but good on her for keeping it really real with Wendy.  If I knew someone with 4 degrees who hadn't done any kinda work or research beyond buying some candles from AliExpress and slapping a label on them I really would just humor them and tell them that their stuff looked and smelled great.  I'm not trying to get myself involved and bothered for someone who didn't want to do even the basic work.

Also, no tea, no shade, isn't Aisha Curry the black Martha Stewart?

Why dont they mention what the heck the candle smells like on TV?  Does she only have one candle?  JFC, what a disaster.  There are like 72,000 candle fragrance oils and she would know this had she done even a cursory amount of research.  Like literally googling "fragrance oils for candles"  I'll be dead in the bed if her candle is some common ass scent like "crisp cotton" or "lavender"

[Keywestclubkid]

6 hours ago, Yogisbooboo64 said:

 

Hopefully this will be the last time Candiace tries making Karen vouch for her after Monique molly-whopped her ass. 

One is still on the show and one isn’t. I hope that molly whopping was worth it … lol 

[RealReality]

35 minutes ago, amarante said:

Are candles actually a way to make money? It would seem to be a completely oversaturated market but I guess it has an almost zero dollar entry requirement - purchase generic white candles in generic glass glasses and slap a label on them. Tiffany Moon did a line which played on her anesthesia profession and since her husband's family has a chain of cheap tchotchke stores in the Dallas area, presumably she got one of their vendors to do them cheaply.

Hats seem like a bit trickier line to pull off because the ones that Robyn are selling seem to be unique to her line so it isn't as if she is buying generic baseball hats and just putting a logo on them. I remember when the line was introduced last season, their construction with silk lining made them very desirable and filled a need in the market since there wasn't anything like it. It also somewhat went with her brand since her "ex" is involved in sports and her kids also seem very involved with sports - that text chain last night with Mia was to set up some kind of sports play date with the sons.

I think so, but you're not making any kind of Yankee Candle money making candles.  The market is HUGELY oversaturated.  

But people do like homemade and homecrafted items.  I also think you can make a similar product or a longer lasting product for less money, so you can have some "hooks".  I think that fragrance is a huge, huge thing for candles and there is a smaller, ancillary market for unique fragrances like dirt, fresh cut grass, grape, etc, etc. 

I think candles are different than soap, in that I think there are more marketing or selling points for soap.  There are soaps with colors, designs and landscapes, there are soaps with different additives for exfoliation, there are soaps that are designed to be gentle on the skin, there are soaps that are heavier in certain ingredients like shea or olive oil that will give you different "skin benefits" etc, etc.  There are a million different things you can do with soap, and there are probably a lot of different benefits to candles, but not as many.  

It would be less money to enter the market if Wendy was making her own candles.  

I think Robyn's idea was great, and I think it could have even POSSIBLY worked had they not been satin lined because you have so many design option with a cap, and she can branch out into clothing and into other headwear, like berets, or scarves or headbands.  In fact, I'd probably really dig a headband that was stylish but some sort of satin protective.  

[RealReality]

2 hours ago, Marley said:

I kind of feel bad for Robyn. She seems to be depressed.

Wendy and her home essential line is so idiotic. She seems like such a try hard right now. No one is asking for another candle line. Since when is Karen sone business guru lol.

Mia is annoying too so far. Too plastic. She is hard to look at.

hard to look at and trying WAY too hard.  

This is what I appreciated about wendy's introduction to the show, to me it felt natural. 

Mia feels like she is trying to play all sides, get in all the fights and is too loud and overshares.  it doesn't feel authentic.  Does she sing?  She could be a good fit for love and hip hop.  

No tea, no shade, and I appreciate Karen giving real advice.  But if you want business advice, you should go to Robyn.  Karen appears to have partnered with a third party retailer and is more of a spokeswoman, I'm not sure how much ownership she has in any of the product or how she is compensated.  

Whereas Robyn?  She grew that business from a mere idea.  No doubt she gets those caps from somewhere in China, but she owns the website, she buys the caps and she resells them.  And her business appears to have grown by leaps and bounds and the profit is all hers.  

Wendy's idea is awful and out of left field somewhere.  There was literally no ramp up or backstory.  Episode 1 - Wendy's boobs, Episode 2- Wendy loves candles and is selling them?  Episode 3 - Wendy is handing out generic candles and no one has mentioned a fragrance yet.  

[bichonblitz]

4 hours ago, drivethroo said:

What I think Robyn and her mother did was purchase a broke down Baltimore rowhome for like $15, 20K and they thought all they'd have to do was slap some paint on the wall, get new carpets and appliances and voila, they've flipped a house and would get BIGPROFITS. They probably ran into issues that drove their costs up.  While the end result was nice, they probably came out with only a slim profit and decided house flipping wasn't for them.

Like I said in my post, she lost her ass and gave up. She had no idea how to flip a house. You buy in a neighborhood that you know has resale value. You don't buy in a broke down neighborhood that has no hope of anyone wanting to live there no matter how pretty you make it and how over budget you are. 

[RealReality]

4 hours ago, SailorGirl said:

 Ja Rule has a certification from the Harvard Business School. Montel Williams has his engineering degree from the U.S. Naval Academy. 

 

I can never hear the name Ja Rule and not think of this classic Dave Chappelle bit.  Especially in light of his education

 

 

[Keywestclubkid]

Karen and her bullshit I was hurt emotionally… girl stop you tried to straddle the fence and now are attempting to shift your shitty behavior on Candace.  

[amarante]

4 minutes ago, bichonblitz said:

Like I said in my post, she lost her ass and gave up. She had no idea how to flip a house. You buy in a neighborhood that you know has resale value. You don't buy in a broke down neighborhood that has no hope of anyone wanting to live there no matter how pretty you make it and how over budget you are. 

There is no money in flipping a house unless you are a professional who has access to really underpriced homes AND you have construction crews lined up that work for you. In other words, you are essentially doing the work for much less than a "civilian" could do. 

My old boss flipped houses years ago before there was even a term for it. He was a broker and so paid no commission when he bought or sold. He also had access to homes before they hit the market. His wife was a decorator and he had years of construction experience and they essentially had their own crew to do the work. No comparison between the cost for an ordinary person as well as the expertise in construction. 

The huge fallacy that people have is that if they renovate their kitchen or bathroom they will make back more when they sell it. The reality is that you get back a fraction of the cost when you sell it. 

They were lucky to break even on the home and probably any profit came just because they were lucky and the market was heating up. They probably could have done nothing and sold it and had the same net profit with no aggravation. 

[biakbiak]

4 hours ago, SailorGirl said:

Brian May of Queen has his PhD in astrophysics. Mayim Bialik has a bachelor's in neuroscience. Ja Rule has a certification from the Harvard Business School. Montel Williams has his engineering degree from the U.S. Naval Academy. 

Ja Rule has a certificate of completion for an online 4 week course that literally anyone can register for if the pay the $1,000+ registration fee so I don’t think he should be included with the others. Also, Mayim has a Masters and PhD. 

[SailorGirl]

1 minute ago, biakbiak said:

Ja Rule has a certificate of completion for an online 4 week course that literally anyone can register for if the pay the $1,000+ registration fee so I don’t think he should be included with the others. Also, Mayim has a Masters and PhD. 

Nitpicking one does not negate my overall point.  As I said, these were off the top of my head. I thought Mayim Bialik had more advanced degrees but wasn't sure, so thank you for confirming my point! 😎

Edited July 26, 2021 by SailorGirl

[Hiyo]

If Wendy was really committed to the candle business, maybe an interesting angle is having them made with Nigerian fragrances, if that makes sense? It might give her brand a sliver of originality, or at least, an interesting hook to them.

[biakbiak]

47 minutes ago, SailorGirl said:

Nitpicking one does not negate my overall point. 

Pointing out a certificate of completion is not some sort of degree, it’s literally not a degree, is not what I consider nitpicking. And Mayik should get her do. Perhaps, Wendy should look into the course because it’s all about developing entrepreneurial skills and takes barely any commitment but even that would be more effort into what she has currently done to try and start her candle business. 

Edited July 26, 2021 by biakbiak

[WhatAmIWatching]

 

2 hours ago, biakbiak said:

Especially because it literally came out of nowhere and wasn’t at all relevant to anything they were discussing. 

This!

I know Robyn gave her that nugget, but the way she threw it out there made me tilt my head and think: Is she a production plant? She was ineptly messy this ep, and seems messy in the previews.

 Wendy feeling her own self up right in front of everyone, and Gizelle calling her on it was funny! She's feeling the Happi and Ness

[dosodog]

1 hour ago, RealReality said:

Why dont they mention what the heck the candle smells like on TV?  Does she only have one candle?  JFC, what a disaster.  There are like 72,000 candle fragrance oils and she would know this had she done even a cursory amount of research.  Like literally googling "fragrance oils for candles"  I'll be dead in the bed if her candle is some common ass scent like "crisp cotton" or "lavender"

Maybe she could go with "This Doesn't Smell Like Gwenyth Paltrow's Vagina"?

That was a.....unique name for a candle fragrance. 

Are we going to ignore Mia going from bartender, to stripper, to escort (but not THAT kind of escort) in less than 30 seconds at the spa?

That just sort of slipped right in.

[RealReality]

40 minutes ago, Hiyo said:

If Wendy was really committed to the candle business, maybe an interesting angle is having them made with Nigerian fragrances, if that makes sense? It might give her brand a sliver of originality, or at least, an interesting hook to them.

This makes total sense and I totally agree.  

I think it would be an interesting and unique hook.  Maybe scents of flowers or fruits native to nigeria.   

 

 

[Marley]

See that’s a good idea and I would prob wanna buy those candles. What she’s actually doing is so lame.

[drivethroo]

1 hour ago, RealReality said:

Also, no tea, no shade, isn't Aisha Curry the black Martha Stewart?

No.  The only person that's ever come close is B. Smith (RIP).

53 minutes ago, bichonblitz said:

Like I said in my post, she lost her ass and gave up. She had no idea how to flip a house. You buy in a neighborhood that you know has resale value. You don't buy in a broke down neighborhood that has no hope of anyone wanting to live there no matter how pretty you make it and how over budget you are. 

Here's the thing, and it happens in every city: investors snap up these broke down rowhomes and bungalows, flip them to adventurous millennials and Gen Zs and with the help of the city they end up pushing the crackheads, old people and poors out of that neighborhood.  Robyn and her mom were probably 5-10 years ahead of time.  I'm assuming they bought a house in Baltimore City; they probably should've gotten a house in Baltimore County near the city line instead.

48 minutes ago, amarante said:

My old boss flipped houses years ago before there was even a term for it. He was a broker and so paid no commission when he bought or sold. He also had access to homes before they hit the market. His wife was a decorator and he had years of construction experience and they essentially had their own crew to do the work. No comparison between the cost for an ordinary person as well as the expertise in construction. 

Right, when you look at "Flip or Flop" --Tarek and Christina are real estate agents.  They have access to the MLS to find out what's getting ready to hit the market, they can talk to other agents to find out what's going on, they have the tools to run comps to know if they are making a sound financial decision.  Also when watch Flip or Flop, Windy City Rehab etc, those people have their own reno crews, like you said.

The average person doesn't have access to that information and they don't have hard money lenders in their pockets, either.

I don't think Robyn & her mom lost their shirts over that flip but they probably only got a very smart profit or broke even.

11 minutes ago, dosodog said:

Are we going to ignore Mia going from bartender, to stripper, to escort (but not THAT kind of escort) in less than 30 seconds at the spa?

I'll just say it, NONE of these women have any room to judge Mia for bartending/stripping/escorting. Not:

Gizelle, who knew Jamal was cheating on her and having kids on her BEFORE they got married but married him anyway for that First Lady lifestyle

Robyn, who invested herself in a NBA player from the time she was a teen and won't let go

Ashley, who started out bartending herself and latched onto the bar owner (Michael) with sexual tricks and games

Monique, who gave up school and rapping to be the 10 year live-in girlfriend of Chris, because she & Gigi looked up his net worth and decided it would be worth it

Karen, who married an old man who plucked her out of the temp agency/farm/Taco Bell and into the good life and is resentful she now has to spend her money bailing him out in his time of woe

The only 2 this doesn't apply to is Wendy, who married her childhood sweetheart and Candiace, who married down. And Wendy is busy trying to be Dr. Thot to keep her husband's interest.

I'm pretty sure Ashley's coworkers at the bar could tell us plenty of tales about how Ashley went from mixing drinks to Michael's girlfriend and then wife.

Mia should tell the group she sho was a stripper and if any of them need any tips on how to get THEIR man, let her know.

Ashley is another one that should've gotten her real estate license; her husband owns a real estate company.  If he doesn't want her to have any claim to his company and doesn't want her to work there, there are 50-11 real estate companies in the DMV area.  Get your Virginia real estate license, girl.  It's not that hard, some of the dumbest people I know have Virginia real estate licenses.  Ashley is perky, bubbly, attractive, smart and a hard worker. Don't sit there and be dependent on Michael's whims.

 

[RealReality]

I dont think anyone has room to judge Mia on the substance.  But I'd maybe call out the hypocrisy of someone who presents herself as "honest and candid" by talking about clit surgery, but can't tell the truth about her age and has ever evolving stories about her history.  

 

There is nothing at all wrong in world with being an escort, hooker, bar tender, stripper, etc.  There isn't even anything wrong with being guarded.  But stop making like you're open and candid when you're not really.  

[Rlb8031]

4 hours ago, dosodog said:

Recently I read a book about the Real Housewives by Brian Moylan.  One of the things he talked about was how Bravo will "help" out a wife by suggesting more "interesting" jobs.  He used suggesting a wife become an "Accountability Coach".

So now I'm left always wondering who really comes up with these business ideas.

Generally, I believe that in certain lines of business (clothing, alcohol, beauty supplies) among them, there are companies that look specifically for "partners" to develop sub-brands and lines with. Puffy and Ryan Reynolds didn't create their liquor brands from scratch, same with Pastries and the Simmons sisters or Gizelle's EveryHue and Kenya Moore Hair Care. I think there are people that are specifically looking for partners who can market and sell to a certain demographic and they approach well-known artists, athletes, entertainers, and yes, reality show personalities looking for partnerships. In the case of liquor brands, they tend to seek out really top names, but in the clothing world, I think its fairly easy as a HW to find a "partner" who will do 50-75% of the actual work (sourcing materials, finding designers, developing lines, negotiating manufacturing and distribution) and who ask the "celebrity" partner to come in to make the higher level decisions and help with pitching to investors/retail/etc. 

This is different than say a Project Runway designer who puts out their own clothing line, or as someone pointed out above- a candlemaker or beauty product line that someone created in their kitchen, sold in small batches, to family and friends, and then grew into an actual business. These ladies are in more "plug and play" arrangements.

[spunky]

I think Wendy should have created a political/current events/pop culture podcast like Candiace did with her friend.  Or even again like Candiace, become a brand ambassador for a social media site that promotes black businesses, if she really wants to sell candles.  

[Baltimore Betty]

1 hour ago, dosodog said:

Are we going to ignore Mia going from bartender, to stripper, to escort (but not THAT kind of escort) in less than 30 seconds at the spa?

That whole thing was crazy, first I do not think her now husband got a call from friend insisting he go to a (hahahaha) five star restaurant/strip club because Mia made a good drink, that is not what a man at a strip club gets excited about. 

Second, I do not believe that Mia strutted around in an evening gown and never took it off, that is not what a man at a strip club gets excited about.

Third, I do believe the evening gown was the sort of gown that showed more than it didn't and it came off 5 seconds after she got up on the stage, (I know someone who worked in a club like that and management actually had a rule about how the clothes have to be off within a certain amount of time upon walking on stage).

Fourth, the Champagne Room is where money can be made and I do believe that Mia and husband were no stranger to that room.

The escort thing, I do believe that the client pays for the time the girl spends with them, if the client wants sex it is the girls choice to say yes or no, saying yes would mean more money...Mia likes money, just sayin'.

[RealReality]

13 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:

That whole thing was crazy, first I do not think her now husband got a call from friend insisting he go to a (hahahaha) five star restaurant/strip club because Mia made a good drink, that is not what a man at a strip club gets excited about. 

Second, I do not believe that Mia strutted around in an evening gown and never took it off, that is not what a man at a strip club gets excited about.

Third, I do believe the evening gown was the sort of gown that showed more than it didn't and it came off 5 seconds after she got up on the stage, (I know someone who worked in a club like that and management actually had a rule about how the clothes have to be off within a certain amount of time upon walking on stage).

Fourth, the Champagne Room is where money can be made and I do believe that Mia and husband were no stranger to that room.

The escort thing, I do believe that the client pays for the time the girl spends with them, if the client wants sex it is the girls choice to say yes or no, saying yes would mean more money...Mia likes money, just sayin'.

Evening gowns in a strip club????  What foolishness is this?  

[Baltimore Betty]

9 minutes ago, RealReality said:

Evening gowns in a strip club????  What foolishness is this?  

Yes, it was/is a thing!  I guess they are trying to be classy.

 

 

[Maximona]

5 hours ago, Marley said:

She seems to be depressed.

Yeah, that's my take on Robyn, too.  COVID hit some people I know that way.  It drained their will in some essential way.  They slept 14 hours a day.

Robyn's always been the most interesting housewife to me because she's the most unlikely housewife.  Her personality is totally unlike any one of the other Potomac women or any of the women on the other Housewife shows.  Her very normalacy makes her seem...  I dunno.  Exotic!  😊

Personally, I like Mia.  She's not ashamed to be who she is.  She also seems to have a very sympathetic husband who genuinely cares about her.  It's not uncommon for women with heavy abandonment issues to be hypersexualized in some way.

In contrast, Wendy seems to be disowning who she is.  The stick from last season is still firmly lodged up her ass, however.  😊

 

Edited July 26, 2021 by Maximona

[amarante]

I don’t frequent strip clubs but exotic dancing doesn’t involve stripping as the dancers come out in whatever little they are wearing and titillate by doing their moves on the pole.  
Stripping is when the stripper comes out with clothing and then removes it like Gypsy Rose Lee.  Maybe there are places which book these kinds of burlesque type of strippers and they wouid start out in evening gowns and then wind up in the least permitted by law.  

[Maximona]

36 minutes ago, amarante said:

Stripping is when the stripper comes out with clothing and then removes it like Gypsy Rose Lee.

Yep.  Stripping is burlesque.  Kinda elegant, I think.

It's confusing, though, because venues where ladies pole-dance are called "strip clubs."

[amarante]

5 minutes ago, Maximona said:

Yep.  Stripping is burlesque.  Kinda elegant, I think.

It's confusing, though, because venues where ladies pole-dance are called "strip clubs."

Tita Van Teese does old school burlesque.

Exotic dancing is athletic no doubt but pretty vulgar. 

[Stats Queen]

8 hours ago, bichonblitz said:

Gizzy has the pamper party for Ash and the turns around and leaves everybody there. See ya, I'm bored with ya'll, I'm outta here! Who does that? 

Ramona from RHONY! She left her own house with all her guests last year to go to another party.  Gizzy should have watched that episode because Ramona came home to a mess in the kitchen with a vibrator in the chicken (hey, that rhymes)

[sATL]

On 7/25/2021 at 8:17 PM, bosawks said:

I don’t agree with Robyn.

When I was little I wanted to grow up and be a political pundit candle maker.

" Wendy holds a B.A. in Political Science from Temple University, an M.A. in Government from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M.Sc. in Public Affairs from Rutgers University. Dr. Osefo made history in 2016 when she became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Public Affairs-Community Development from Rutgers University. "

after all of this.. I was at least hoping for a BS in chemistry, art, marketing, something to give her a little knowledge to compete against BBW 1/2 off annual candle sale..

I guess a fitting name would be "4 degrees of xxx scent with 3 wicks" 

Maybe Candice will use Dr W for her MBA capstone assignment.. I would love to see a full business plan.  Candice did say MBA , right ?

I wish I could be at the next faculty meeting.... " yeah... she resigned her tenure to go make candles... a life long dream..."

Edited July 27, 2021 by sATL

[LaurelleJ]

I have to say everyone on here has great ideas for Wendy's candles. Too bad she didn't think things through or she would have had a stronger first presentation with Karen. The way it fell out of her mouth and her evident lack of preparedness makes it look like she put it together last minute just to have her housewife hustle. 

[dosodog]

3 hours ago, drivethroo said:

I'll just say it, NONE of these women have any room to judge Mia for bartending/stripping/escorting. Not:

I was more referring to "we, the posters" not commenting. Last week, so many of you called shenanigans over being a bartender and accurately deduced stripper was involved some how.  Y'all are sharp!

2 hours ago, RealReality said:

Evening gowns in a strip club????  What foolishness is this?  

Ashley explained that in a TH!  Something about pasties and skirts with a slit up to the hoochie (think Ashley's pregnancy reunion dress last year!  Without the pasties, but a 1970's white dance leotard instead!).

She says she's been in those types of clubs before.  Which is odd because I would have thought Michael would prefer all male revues. 

1 hour ago, Stats Queen said:

Ramona from RHONY! She left her own house with all her guests last year to go to another party.  Gizzy should have watched that episode because Ramona came home to a mess in the kitchen with a vibrator in the chicken (hey, that rhymes)

Karen left her wig party launch to go to KFC!  Do they not have a Popeyes in the area?

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[Keywestclubkid]

8 minutes ago, dosodog said:

 

Karen left her wig party launch to go to KFC!  Do they not have a Popeyes in the area?

Right? I was like Karen did you just completely forget you ditched your party mid party and basically told your guest to go fuck themselves as you were walking out the door 

[drivethroo]

19 minutes ago, dosodog said:

Karen left her wig party launch to go to KFC!  Do they not have a Popeyes in the area?

There are no KFCs in Potomac though.  There are no Popeyes in Potomac, either.

[Bronzedog]

1 hour ago, drivethroo said:

There are no KFCs in Potomac though.  There are no Popeyes in Potomac, either.

This is probably why so few of them live in Potomac.  They probably don’t even have Cheap Chicken Monday at Safeway.  

[RealReality]

4 hours ago, Stats Queen said:

Ramona from RHONY! She left her own house with all her guests last year to go to another party.  Gizzy should have watched that episode because Ramona came home to a mess in the kitchen with a vibrator in the chicken (hey, that rhymes)

Karen left her own party last season.  She is so ridiculous.  Everytime she tries to throw stones it ends up being something she did.  

[RealReality]

I just can't get on board with Mia, everything is so fake.  

Even the scene about her mother.....were her tear ducts surgically removed?

It was like she put on the wavery, cry voice and couldn't quite make the tears happen so she gave up. 

Its too much, too fast.  She should slow down. 

Also, what is this recycled story line "I talk with my hands!"  That was just last season

Did anyone else notice there wasn't any tea in Karens cup?

[RealReality]

4 hours ago, sATL said:

 

I wish I could be at the next faculty meeting.... " yeah... she resigned her tenure to go make candles... a life long dream..."

I'm not even sure what the lifelong dream is?  Black Martha Stewart?  Candlemaker?  Just a lifelong passion to resell candles she bought from aliexpress?

I really feel for Wendy.  I think she took all the negative feedback to heart and is changing into a cookie cutter "housewife" and its sad to see.  

I was embarrassed for her trying to make those catchphrases happen at the spa.  I could almost see visions of a hundred hanes beefy t-s with "TICK TOCK" OR "I GOT TIME NOW, TICK TOCK! boldly screenprinted on the front.  

 

You have four degrees sis, speak in complete sentences. 

 

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[MrsRafaelBarba]

Okay Mia, which one is it?

Did u work at Gentlemen's Club ,Strip Club or Escort Service?

If Eddie's cheating got Wendy knocked off her square this season, time to consider ending the marriage. Especially if the serial cheater rumors are true 

[spunky]

4 hours ago, MrsRafaelBarba said:

Okay Mia, which one is it?

Did u work at Gentlemen's Club ,Strip Club or Escort Service?

If Eddie's cheating got Wendy knocked off her square this season, time to consider ending the marriage. Especially if the serial cheater rumors are true 

Careful! She might threaten to send you a cease and desist letter,  like she threatened Wendy last Thursday. 

[MaggieG]

Wendy seems to have practiced her "I got time today" and "Zen Wen" catchphrases in the mirror. It seemed very rehearsed. She seemed to have a problem with Mia from the get go because she wasn't letting Mia talk and all. And Mia was actually pretty calm and willing to talk it out it seemed.

Candiace grabbing her signature napkin to wipe away a nonexistent tear

I had to laugh at Gizelle talking about Michael and how he makes her nervous and Ashley should be careful when her own husband had multiple affairs. 

[RealReality]

31 minutes ago, MaggieG said:

Wendy seems to have practiced her "I got time today" and "Zen Wen" catchphrases in the mirror. It seemed very rehearsed. She seemed to have a problem with Mia from the get go because she wasn't letting Mia talk and all. And Mia was actually pretty calm and willing to talk it out it seemed.

Candiace grabbing her signature napkin to wipe away a nonexistent tear

I had to laugh at Gizelle talking about Michael and how he makes her nervous and Ashley should be careful when her own husband had multiple affairs. 

Wendy and those catchphrases are so bad.  And like you said, it feels extremely practiced, particularly since, IMO, Wendy was always so articulate last year.  

"They call me doctor" may have felt like a lame comeback but it was authentic. 

"TICK TOCK!" is just cringey.  

I liked Wendy last year because she was real and could laugh at herself. 

I get that she just doesn't like Mia and her reasoning that she just doesn't like flip flippers makes sense to me because wendy isn't one.  

Gizelle may be hypocritical.  But her kids are grown and I think her family has money.  

Ashley, on the other hand, keeps making babies with Michael Darby who is a creepy sex pest and serial butt grabber who is in love with another woman's fiance.  

Ashley may smugly think she has the upper hand but Michael Darby seems just the sort of shithead to hide money and plead poverty to get out of paying child support.  

And Ashley's mom is a mooch.  Ashley doesn't have anyone to lean on if Michael leaves her high and dry with 2 young kids but uncle Rodney.  

So I think gizelle is right.  Ashley needs to be careful.  And if she doesn't know exactly where Michael's money is, she needs to find out.  And she needs a separate side hustle so she can capitalize on being on the show.  

Please choose better than Wendy and no more singing. 

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[RedHawk]

10 hours ago, Bronzedog said:

This is probably why so few of them live in Potomac.  They probably don’t even have Cheap Chicken Monday at Safeway.  

LOL! There IS a Safeway in Potomac.

[drivethroo]

1 hour ago, RedHawk said:

LOL! There IS a Safeway in Potomac.

Safeway is expensive.  You might as well be shopping at Wegmans.

[Mr. Miner]

3 hours ago, RealReality said:

Ashley, on the other hand, keeps making babies with Michael Darby who is a creepy sex pest and serial butt grabber who is in love with another woman's fiance.  

I can't wait for Ashley to start dragging two kids to every HW event. And of course the double breast pump at Happy Hour.