S08.E06: Tipsying Point

[biakbiak]

3 minutes ago, islandgal140 said:

 

LOL! I am confused too. I thought that Luann had given Ramona a prototype of one of her pieces. Ramona had a bad reaction. Later when the piece actually came off the assembly line, Luann gave her the final product. I didn't think it was repaired and re-given. I thought it was the final product as opposed to the prototype. Luanne is better than me, because I would have paid her dust. I haven't seen Ramona give anything to anyone besides her defunct tru-renewal snake oil and tru faith necklaces by the yard crappola so twitchy bug-eyed dress thief can have a seat - in the cheap section. 

That is what happened. I can sort of see where Ramona was coming from because it seemed the initial gift and replacing that gift with the final piece didn't have anything to do with her birthday and Lu just thought at the last minute oh now I don't have to get her a gift. However, it's tacky to complain about it.

[WireWrap]

7 minutes ago, zoeysmom said:

I find it odd if Ramona and her father were estranged since she was 17 he would loan her $70,000.00 to start up her company.  (A loan she claims she paid back with interest.)  http://www.bustle.com/articles/84247-what-did-ramona-singer-do-before-the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city-shes-always-been  I would think a $70,000.00 loan would go a long way in reuniting the parties.

I find it odd that the woman, Kim, asked about a photo of a "young girl" sitting on her "dads lap" and Ramona immediately thinks of a photo of herself sitting on the arm of the chair/couch beside her father, a young girl is not a  50+ year old woman! LOL

[TomGirl]

Forgive me if this was mentioned up thread, but something has been nagging at my mind about the psychic reading with Dorinda.  Am I dreaming, or didn't Dorinda tell Carole about Richard supposedly leaving her piles of coins when the two of them traveled to London and bonded over being widows?  It just sounds familiar to me.....?

[ButterQueen]

1 hour ago, ZaldamoWilder said:

BQ:  This is still messing with me.  I created an imaginary scenario wherein he went to her house on (fictional date) May 7.   They made up then she went to his house on May 14 they take the picture on that day.  He died on May 30.   But my CSI-ism only works if what she meant to say was that picture was the last time she saw him alive.  The weekend thing really interrupts my version lol.

Thank you.  I paused the show to try and figure this out.  LOL

Edited May 12, 2016 by ButterQueen

[Midnight Cheese]

Ramona deserved and deserves a continual reading for filth, 24/7, 365.  So even though it made everyone visibly nervous, I was giddy that Dorinda Went There.  Ramona can get all wordIcanttype-y about John, she has criticized him non-stop in TH's and in filmed conversations, and this is behavior going back years, and this isn't even getting to how ankle-rolling-eager Ramona is to out the dirt on everyone else, on camera, be it true or false - she has attacked every single person who has ever been on the show excepting Carole and Jules!  That beast's right to show glee or smugness about anyone else's choice in partner should've ended probably around 15 years ago, because I'm sure that's when everyone east of 5th and north of 59th streets knew Mario was uh, dating.  Ramona never stops hurting people and never will, so besides the obvious pain of her never, in all likelihood, finding a 'deserving' Mario replacement (yay!), she NEEDS to be read.  I know a Ramona-type in real life who is a monster and a nut and is despicably cruel in public social situations.  She is FINALLY getting back what she has dished out for years - there was a collective snapping where people just couldn't take it after many moons of cruelty.  It's really a lot for people to bear and I guess I fundamentally disagree that Ramona is anything but ill-intended.  She's not a truth-teller, and she likes to hurt people, and the person telling the truth there?  Was Dorinda.  Even if Mario wanted to eat his cake and have it too, I think he decided it was worth it to split because Ramona is for all of his own faults vicious.   

I thought Jules having her husband beard her eavesdropping, with him as her willing co-conspirator, was adorable.  I think she's suffered a lot and has not a strong enough love of herself, but I like her.  I like her rough city-girl voice, I think she's stunning if terribly thin, and I actually like her makeup and flove her hair and casual style.  (And I think her kids, especially that tiny baby girl, are so cute).  And honestly, she and Michael have the best vibe of any couple I've ever seen on this franchise.  They are comfortable and seem to be actual best friends.  He's also a bidnessman but not a jerk to her (Josh Taekman), their relationship was based on years of friendship, I don't know.  They seem real and compatible and like they would naturally be a good team. 

[zoeysmom]

50 minutes ago, AuntiePam said:

Can someone explain the issue with the necklace Luann gave to Ramona?  Was it a necklace that she had given her but something was wrong with it, so Luann took it back, fixed it, and gave it to her again at her birthday party a couple months later?

I will give it a try-Ramona attended Luann's jewelry line launch.  She tried on a sample necklace (probably with every intent of absconding with the same) and claimed the necklace made her break out.  Luann had a new necklace made that supposedly did not have the same metal allergy issues the sample had.  So essentially, Ramona saw a necklace she liked, Luann had it made to be compatible with Ramona's delicate skin.  So Ramona never really had possession of the sample and Luann, to me, used the opportunity to give Ramona a necklace from the Countess collection, she said she liked that was specially made to Ramona's specifications.  To hear Ramona tell the story it is as if Luann gave her a wrapped package of a necklace she had selected for her and the clasp was broken and Luann had the clasp fixed and gave it to her as a gift.     

I do think Luann was smart to have Bethenny's monogrammed, otherwise I think Ramona would have tried to lay claim to it.   I know Ramona objected to the timing of the giving Bethenny her gift, but Ramona and Bethenny's birthdays are two weeks apart.  It is not as if Bethenny's birthday was six months earlier. 

Ramona is not over it and there is just something wrong with Ramona weighing in on anyone's etiquette.

[ElDosEquis]

14 hours ago, WireWrap said:

 

Sonja and Luann don't seem to mind "sharing" anything/anyone!

LOL, I am waiting to hear about the video that gets posted on a porn site, "Two housewives pull a train in hotel room".........

Let me give them a psychic reading.....

Dorinda will get drunk

Beth will insult someone

Jules will mention she's jewish

Ramona's going to get a divorce.

Sonja will have another failed project.

Luann will get anal and Carole still has writer's block. Oh and carol will cry because her dead husband will laugh at her for writing one book and not being able to do another.

[ZaldamoWilder]

9 minutes ago, zoeysmom said:

She tried on a sample necklace (probably with every intent of absconding with the same)

bwahaaaaaaaa!   We see you ZM!  She thinks we forgot about the dress.

She wanted something Lu had to go out and pay for.

Poor Avery.  Ramona does not strike me as the kind of mom who would've appreciated 1st grade macaroni art.

[ElDosEquis]

14 hours ago, islandgal140 said:

I am tired of Ramona pointing her Pinot soaked finger at others and calling them alcoholics. B too for that matter, who ironically wrote a diet book that many referred to as promoting drunkorexia.

 

Drunkorexia (druhunk-o-reck-sia) N. Substituting alcohol for food, in order to maintain body weight. Methenny maintained her figure by practicing drunkorexia.

[zoeysmom]

^  This all day long she wanted a real gift not part of Luann's product she has on hand.

[Yours Truly]

10 hours ago, bravofan27 said:

I love that Bethanny isn't acting all strung out and crying this season in every episode. Heather was really able to push her buttons, and I don't think Bethanny can handle being pressured like the way Heather was always ON her. Listening and evaluating her stories, complaining that Bethanny wasn't showing up to stuff. 

 

 

I think one of Beth's biggest problems is that she just can't take it when there are expectations of her. That's why I don't like her. Sure she's "savy", got hustle etc. etc. but everything happened on her terms on her time schedule and honestly that whole skinnygirl endeavor and jackpot was just right time right place and for a person that's always throwing something against the wall to see what sticks.... welp, she found the wall the right thing and right platform. To me, a mogul that does not make so blah to her "business savy" label. Everything since that's been a conscious effort has failed hence her return to the HW's. Skinny girl is still going strong because an official corporation took the reigns. She wants to live in a world where no one expects anything from her. She doesn't want to be disciplined she doesn't want to be restricted she doesn't want to conform to even the basics that society expects and that is what truly pisses me off about her. Whenever someone comes to here with less than a free pass for reckless, careless behavior (i.e. Heather, Jason) she fucking spazzes and falls into victim mode siting being raised by wolves like that should automatically excuse her from having to incorporate herself into society in a somewhat acceptable fashion. That's the most selffish bullshit ever. We have social etiquette and expecations (albeit sometimes too serious) for the simple reason  that we share this world with OTHER FUCKING PEOPLE so we need to try to at least stick with some generically agreed upon codes of conduct. But no not our Beth for some reason she's a special snowflake that shouldn't be held to such atrocious demands. <eyeroll>

Edited May 12, 2016 by Yours Truly

[ElDosEquis]

14 hours ago, RedheadZombie said:

I'm actually less confused about Dorinda and John now that I've seen a picture of Richard.  Dorinda has a type, and John fits it.  I was confused by how the restaurant scene escalated, but is was edited strangely. 

I wonder why Dorinda is choosing to involve John to such a degree.  She drags him around as much as Ken on the BH cast.

Did anyone notice how John reacted when that woman said he looked wired?  He either does do what Bethenny accuses him of, or he knows the accusations are out there and he's defensive.

John is either a meth or coke head.

He's speeding way too fast for the people around him. Do is probably speeding with him, but she doesn't go as often - he probably NEEDS to take a hit, whereas Do only hits when she parties. Guys that run a business - every part of it - usually get into shit that wires them...that way they can devote more hours to keeping the place afloat.

[zoeysmom]

3 minutes ago, ElDosEquis said:

John is either a meth or coke head.

He's speeding way too fast for the people around him. Do is probably speeding with him, but she doesn't go as often - he probably NEEDS to take a hit, whereas Do only hits when she parties. Guys that run a business - every part of it - usually get into shit that wires them...that way they can devote more hours to keeping the place afloat.

Maybe John takes Adderall, all I can say is the anorexic side effects of cocaine and meth haven't kicked in for John.

[ElDosEquis]

3 hours ago, HumblePi said:

Poor Sonja, her personal masseuse can't get that placenta anymore (except for the black market) so she has to settle for a stem cell facial.  (crying tears)

 

 

 

Sonja is probably between boyfriends, that is why she needs the stem cells.

 

On a stem cell note? I had a wound dressed with a stem cell treatment and now I just want to curl up into a fetal position and sleep all day.....I wonder......

[HunterHunted]

It's not completely off topic, but I just wanted to mention the role that psychics and mediums play in the Real Housewives universe. Psychics are a way for housewives to talk shit about another housewife to her face or to bring up nonsense that they've all been gossiping about off camera. RHoNY, RHoBH, and RHoOC love them. RHoOC used one to start the whole Brooks is faking cancer storyline. I'm surprised that Rinna didn't use one to start the whole Munchausen debacle on RHoBH. And RHoMelbourne had the good sense to include a psychic as part of the cast.

[JenFromCincy]

15 hours ago, RedheadZombie said:

Carole's already had at least one reading from Kim Russo.  She did an episode of Kim's A Haunting of. 

Thanks for the heads up!  Just watched it:  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3h20r7

I have lived a fairly sheltered life and have only known 2 people who did cocaine, but they both did the weird nose rubbing thing that John did at dinner with Dorinda.

[ButterQueen]

This cast is just not clicking for me.  While I do not think Jules is interesting at all, the old guard needs to be replaced.  Ramona, Sonja and LuAnn are on an endless loop now and I am bored.  I loved Heather and miss her honesty and downright zest for life.  Sigh.  

Dorinda, you need to call your doctor and have your meds adjusted.  She was a lunatic at both Carole's house and her dinner with John.  But thank you for slapping Ramona with the "Mario" comment.  

Ramona, please cut your bangs, dial back on the fillers/botox, and STFU.  I am so tired of you.  You look and act horrible.

Jules, if you'd pop a carb every time you mention Jewish or Asian, you would look healthier.  I just can't with you.

While fun, Sonja makes me sad.  She really lives in a delusional world.  Bethenny is going to chew you up and spit you out for Tipsy Girl.

Bethenny, that turtleneck...just NO!  Only someone like Kristen could pull that off.  

Boring episode for me, especially since I just rewatched Scary Island the other day, so I hope we at least get a nice trip this season.  I'm hanging in with hope!

[njbchlover]

4 hours ago, ZaldamoWilder said:

edited for size....

Is the guy Luann walked with her fiance? Who was the woman on his other arm?

I think the guy with Luann was one of the two male models that Sonja brought to Bethenny's birthday dinner last season??  I could be wrong, though.

They really are an incestuous bunch, aren't they?  Between Aviva's ex, Harry, the guy Luann is currently engaged to (supposedly dated Ramona and Sonja, I think), the restauranteur/prosecco maker, Peter (involved with both Ramona and Sonja), you would think that Manhattan is some small, little village somewhere.  

[njbchlover]

4 hours ago, Pickles said:

I honestly think Carole looks just about as skinny as Jules. She is extremely thin. Her legs look like toothpicks. 

I am sick of the Dorinda and John storyline. It is the same every week. Move on.

Ramona looks ridiculous with such long hair extensions.

Ramona does look ridiculous with those extensions - I think her hair is longer than Avery's at this point.  I don't mind long hair at all (I have it myself), but long like hers is not suitable to her face.  She looked much better with a shorter bob style.

Plus, I wish Ramona would do something about the false eyelashes and massive quantities of mascara and eyeliner.  Her eyes look ridiculous.

[ZaldamoWilder]

8 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

I think the guy with Luann was one of the two male models that Sonja brought to Bethenny's birthday dinner last season??  I could be wrong, though.

They really are an incestuous bunch, aren't they?  Between Aviva's ex, Harry, the guy Luann is currently engaged to (supposedly dated Ramona and Sonja, I think), the restauranteur/prosecco maker, Peter (involved with both Ramona and Sonja), you would think that Manhattan is some small, little village somewhere.  

Girl I was about to say it boggles.   It doesn't when I consider the ratio of single shaggable dudes on the island to single shaggable women.  Haven't even taken into account whether these gentlemen are willing to be with a mature dame.  Any damn body can snag a 50 year old woman.  50 year old men want teenagers.  ::sadtrombone:: 

I  wonder what ever happened to that guy Lu and Jacques set Carole up with.  Now he was....memorable.   That actually might be when and why I began disliking her lol.

[Ellee]

So...what could I do?  Tipsy Girl is what it became.

 

 

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[ghoulina]

3 hours ago, msrbley said:

I'm curious how John would have reacted if he knew this.  Of course if you're dating someone who desperately wants to marry you and a psychic says that you're not going to marry them you can either say the psychic is full of nonsense or break up with that person.  I noticed Dorinda did neither. 

And Dorinda agreed with the psychic, that John didn't make her feel safe. 

Has John mentioned wanting to marry her? I honestly can't remember. Oh well, he is aware of exactly what went down, now that the episode aired. Have fun with that. 

2 hours ago, bosawks said:

 

I'm guessing Tipsy Girl Prosecco tastes like carbonated: cigarettes, vagisil and bubble gum.

 

With a slight hint of Sharpie.

 

2 hours ago, PhilMarlowe2 said:

I would add that it is also about her not being over her dead husband yet. I think Dorinda still has a lot of unresolved pain, and she is clinging to drug-enabling John like a huge-ass security blanket. I don't think she is ready to one hundred percent accept the fact that her husband is gone yet and she won't dump John until she is ready to do so

Yup. He's like a place holder. I definitely do NOT think she is over Richard. She gets so weepy when talking about him, and not in the same way Carole gets over her husband. I think she would prefer another guy like Richard, but maybe deep down she knows she isn't ready to give her all to a serious relationship. So she's fucking around in this dysfunctional mess with John until she's truly ready. I see it.

[zoeysmom]

41 minutes ago, ButterQueen said:

This cast is just not clicking for me.  While I do not think Jules is interesting at all, the old guard needs to be replaced.  Ramona, Sonja and LuAnn are on an endless loop now and I am bored.  I loved Heather and miss her honesty and downright zest for life.  Sigh.  

Dorinda, you need to call your doctor and have your meds adjusted.  She was a lunatic at both Carole's house and her dinner with John.  But thank you for slapping Ramona with the "Mario" comment.  

Ramona, please cut your bangs, dial back on the fillers/botox, and STFU.  I am so tired of you.  You look and act horrible.

Jules, if you'd pop a carb every time you mention Jewish or Asian, you would look healthier.  I just can't with you.

While fun, Sonja makes me sad.  She really lives in a delusional world.  Bethenny is going to chew you up and spit you out for Tipsy Girl.

Bethenny, that turtleneck...just NO!  Only someone like Kristen could pull that off.  

Boring episode for me, especially since I just rewatched Scary Island the other day, so I hope we at least get a nice trip this season.  I'm hanging in with hope!

Heather decision not to return may have been her involvement in lawsuits. 

Are Bethenny and Sonja even going to be on speaking terms?

[njbchlover]

3 hours ago, bosawks said:

I'm guessing Tipsy Girl Prosecco tastes like carbonated: cigarettes, vagisil and bubble gum.

With maybe just a hint of "something" else...has Sonja ever said whether she swallows or not?  (She has brought up b.j.'s on several different occasions...)

Okay - I'm the first one in the handbasket to hell today...there's room if anyone wants to join me!   ;-)

Edited May 12, 2016 by njbchlover

[ZaldamoWilder]

9 minutes ago, ghoulina said:

Has John mentioned wanting to marry her? I honestly can't remember. Oh well, he is aware of exactly what went down, now that the episode aired. Have fun with that. 

 

On camera I believe.  I wanna say he proposed in a restaurant or was about to and when she caught sight of the velvet box she shut that shit down fast and tight.

3 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

With maybe just a hint of "something" else...has Sonja ever said whether she swallows or not?  (She has brought up b.j.'s on several different occasions...)

Okay - I'm the first one in the handbasket to hell today...there's room if anyone wants to join me!   ;-)

Ermahgerd.  Girl, no.  Please I'm begging ya'll nobody answer this.  We're still in therapy about her various upside down drunken cabaret cooter peek-a-boos.   'sides, I want my handbasket spot to be for something totally worth it.

 

12 minutes ago, zoeysmom said:

Are Bethenny and Sonja even going to be on speaking terms?

Hmmph.  Sonja's dead to her now.  Bethenny could barely tolerate her before.  Lol.

[njbchlover]

Just now, ZaldamoWilder said:

On camera I believe.  I wanna say he proposed in a restaurant or was about to and when she caught sight of the velvet box she shut that shit down fast and tight.

Ermahgerd.  Girl, no.  Please I'm begging ya'll nobody answer this.  We're still in therapy about her various upside down drunken cabaret cooter peek-a-boos.   'sides, I want my handbasket spot to be for something totally worth it.

 

Hmmph.  Sonja's dead to her now.  Bethenny could barely tolerate her before.  Lol.

I'm sorry...that was really mean and lowdown, wasn't it?  But, it's kind of where my mind goes with Sonja, unfortunately.  

[ghoulina]

15 minutes ago, zoeysmom said:

Are Bethenny and Sonja even going to be on speaking terms?

It seems like B and Sonja haven't really spoke since last season. Sonja hasn't been invited to anything Bethenny has hosted, and Bethenny did not come to her event. I wonder if B had already got word about Tipsy Girl, or if she was just entirely done after ramming her head into the brick wall that is Sonja last season. 

[ZaldamoWilder]

1 minute ago, njbchlover said:

I'm sorry...that was really mean and lowdown, wasn't it?  But, it's kind of where my mind goes with Sonja, unfortunately.  

LOL!!!!  Hell no meaner than the shit I say so, ok maybe move over.   Tell me what time we're leaving, I'll bring a schmear.  

[dolphincorn]

16 hours ago, rustyspigot said:

I love Sonja's public speaking moments. She turns into Troy McClure from the Simpsons. "You may remember me from my yacht, or my island...."

She also reminds me of Krusty. There's probably a free jagged metal Krusty-O in every bottle of Tipsy Girl.

[ButterQueen]

16 minutes ago, zoeysmom said:

Heather decision not to return may have been her involvement in lawsuits. 

Are Bethenny and Sonja even going to be on speaking terms?

I think Heather didn't return for family reasons.  Her husband rarely appeared last season, they are a busy family with a sick child, so I understand, but miss her.  Also, the drama over the strange man being allowed to sleep in the room next to her and Carole probably sealed the deal, and I don't blame her.  

For some reason, I think Bethenny will rip Sonja a new one and then they will hug it out.  But who knows?

I wish Sonja would just stop with the interns.

Anyone surprised Ramona hasn't snagged a new boyfriend?

Oh Dorinda, please brush the back of your hair.  You're killing me!

[njbchlover]

50 minutes ago, ZaldamoWilder said:

Girl I was about to say it boggles.   It doesn't when I consider the ratio of single shaggable dudes on the island to single shaggable women.  Haven't even taken into account whether these gentlemen are willing to be with a mature dame.  Any damn body can snag a 50 year old woman.  50 year old men want teenagers.  ::sadtrombone:: 

I  wonder what ever happened to that guy Lu and Jacques set Carole up with.  Now he was....memorable.   That actually might be when and why I began disliking her lol.

Oh, I get that the ratio is slim, and the fact that most men in the Housewives' age group are only looking for a young, hot, trophy or eye candy.  But, seriously, I think if these women would maybe venture out of the 10021 zip code, they may have more to choose from.  (Well, I guess they're afraid that all they would get would be another John, so, maybe I'd have to agree with them!)

Or, maybe, any other suitable and available men see these women and run as fast as they can in the other direction, because they've seen their antics on TV, and really want nothing to do with them?  

And, yes - I agree.  That blind date guy for Carole was extremely good looking and seemed quite normal - maybe that's why that relationship never worked out!   

Edited May 12, 2016 by njbchlover

[ZaldamoWilder]

Well that's a Miranda Hobbs debate.  Long Island is just for the weekends.  The Bronx?  {{smoothsskirt}}.  That leaves Staten Island (ain't nobody taking a boat) and Brooklyn/Queens.   Queens offers guys like John and Doug Heffernan.  That leaves Brooklyn.  Now who wants to go all the way to Brooklyn for some strange when we can all sleep with these same 9 dudes right here in the real NYC?

{{handscales}} sharing vs. travelling?   does. not. compute.

[Ellee]

30 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

With maybe just a hint of "something" else...has Sonja ever said whether she swallows or not?  (She has brought up b.j.'s on several different occasions...)

Okay - I'm the first one in the handbasket to hell today...there's room if anyone wants to join me!   ;-)

:D :D :D 

 

[njbchlover]

4 minutes ago, ZaldamoWilder said:

Well that's a Miranda Hobbs debate.  Long Island is just for the weekends.  The Bronx?  {{smoothsskirt}}.  That leaves Staten Island (ain't nobody taking a boat) and Brooklyn/Queens.   Queens offers guys like John and Doug Heffernan.  That leaves Brooklyn.  Now who wants to go all the way to Brooklyn for some strange when we can all sleep with these same 9 dudes right here in the real NYC?

{{handscales}} sharing vs. travelling?   does. not. compute.

Good point - I mean, half of them wouldn't even go to visit their castmate, Alex, because she lived in-GASP!!!-Brooklyn!!!  And, didn't Sonja was mention she won't even go anywhere out of the UES (downtown, the Village, Soho, or anywhere??).

[izabella]

46 minutes ago, ButterQueen said:

Anyone surprised Ramona hasn't snagged a new boyfriend?

Nope.  I can't imagine anyone wanting to get near her.

[PreposterousISTA]

16 hours ago, HunterHunted said:

Did anyone catch the ghost of housewives figure on the periphery of the LuAnn and Ramona argument? She had on a pink dress, scraggly blonde hair, was leaning at a 45 degree angle, and a cocktail in her hand. It was not a good look. These ladies need to take notice. There's a not so bright future ahead.

Ohhh. Emmm. Geee. Just About Died Laughing

>>>>>>

[halkatla]

For the last 2 seasons, it feels like some rot has taken hold of almost all the housewives shows I watch. It slowly grew and grew, and now it´s full blown and everything I used to like and love has been ruined. I really thought New York was save though but there is hardly anything redeeming left there. I used to think Bethenny was good looking so it was strange when she came to the psycic party and looked like she had a neck-brace and when they showed flash backs she looked really weird and kind of ugly. I hate her voice and her screeching about everything is beyond annoying. It´s like a flick was switched and now I can´t stand her. It´s not because of anything she said or did, especially not because of Dorinda or John, but I think it´s crazy how opinionated she is on her "friends´" life. Ramona is totally different now from the way she was when she was fun to watch, acting like she´s so smart and sober and hanging out in Carole and Bethennys ass. I would have placed Ramona in my top 10 housewives of all time before this season. I´m holding out a little hope for Luann, and maybe Sonja, but those two aren´t exactly smart enough to take anyone down, so I don´t know. I´m not gonna say I´m done, since there might be some fun to come and they aren´t ganging up on anyone, but still, I´m not sure if I´m into the housewives´shows anymore.

[NewDigs]

9 minutes ago, halkatla said:

For the last 2 seasons, it feels like some rot has taken hold of almost all the housewives shows I watch. It slowly grew and grew, and now it´s full blown and everything I used to like and love has been ruined. I really thought New York was save though but there is hardly anything redeeming left there. I used to think Bethenny was good looking so it was strange when she came to the psycic party and looked like she had a neck-brace and when they showed flash backs she looked really weird and kind of ugly. I hate her voice and her screeching about everything is beyond annoying. It´s like a flick was switched and now I can´t stand her. It´s not because of anything she said or did, especially not because of Dorinda or John, but I think it´s crazy how opinionated she is on her "friends´" life. Ramona is totally different now from the way she was when she was fun to watch, acting like she´s so smart and sober and hanging out in Carole and Bethennys ass. I would have placed Ramona in my top 10 housewives of all time before this season. I´m holding out a little hope for Luann, and maybe Sonja, but those two aren´t exactly smart enough to take anyone down, so I don´t know. I´m not gonna say I´m done, since there might be some fun to come and they aren´t ganging up on anyone, but still, I´m not sure if I´m into the housewives´shows anymore.

Ditto.

These forums are better than the shows.

Certainly more honest.

[Ellee]

1 minute ago, NewDigs said:

Ditto.

These forums are better than the shows.

Certainly more honest.

And, funnier, too.

[Grey Goose]

3 hours ago, Yours Truly said:

I think one of Beth's biggest problems is that she just can't take it when there are expectations of her. That's why I don't like her. Sure she's "savy", got hustle etc. etc. but everything happened on her terms on her time schedule and honestly that whole skinnygirl endeavor and jackpot was just right time right place and for a person that's always throwing something against the wall to see what sticks.... welp, she found the wall the right thing and right platform. To me, a mogul that does not make so blah to her "business savy" label. Everything since that's been a conscious effort has failed hence her return to the HW's. Skinny girl is still going strong because an official corporation took the reigns. She wants to live in a world where no one expects anything from her. She doesn't want to be disciplined she doesn't want to be restricted she doesn't want to conform to even the basics that society expects and that is what truly pisses me off about her. Whenever someone comes to here with less than a free pass for reckless, careless behavior (i.e. Heather, Jason) she fucking spazzes and falls into victim mode siting being raised by wolves like that should automatically excuse her from having to incorporate herself into society in a somewhat acceptable fashion. That's the most selffish bullshit ever. We have social etiquette and expecations (albeit sometimes too serious) for the simple reason  that we share this world with OTHER FUCKING PEOPLE so we need to try to at least stick with some generically agreed upon codes of conduct. But no not our Beth for some reason she's a special snowflake that shouldn't be held to such atrocious demands. <eyeroll>

So having many million dollars in the bank because she had some hustle and was in the right place at the right time

~~~ and being on a reality show ----- maybe that's all she can do.  It's a hard knock life!

[The Mighty Peanut]

John is just an older version of the high school boyfriend you stay with only because your parents hate him. You tell yourself no one else *understands* him, but it's really just to piss off mom and dad.

Edited May 13, 2016 by The Mighty Peanut

[WordsWordsWords]

A few random thoughts, in no particular order.

1. I love these forums. They keep me from imploding from the idiocy on display on the RH shows.

2. There is NO man on any of the housewives shows (with the exception of Jim Marchese on the NJ franchise) who disgusts me on a visceral level as much as John M-I-can't-be-bothered-to-Google-how-to-spell-his-name. I have developed a dislike for Dorinda as well. There is some sort of pathology at work keeping her with him. She is much less obnoxious when she's not in his company or rabidly defending him.

3. How in the world did Sonja (and Dorinda) think Bethenny wasn't going to have a problem with Tipsy Girl? I'm a writer and if a friend of mine came that close to a title of mine, I'd be pissed off. I'm not Bethenny, so I would control my reactions better than I imagine she will, but I'd be pissed. (And, yes, I know you cannot copyright a book title. I'd still be pissed off.)

4. I'm mostly psychic-skeptical. I had one reading that was in error about every word after "hello." On the other hand, before I began writing seriously, I had another reading in which the psychic told me I was about to make a name for myself as a writer. I hadn't even told him my name or that I was a writer at all. He was right. :) (Not much of a name, but I'm getting there.) So the psychic / was a tossup for me.

5. As a writer, I often receive ARCs (advance reading copies) -- uncorrected galleys. (Yes, I have a point.) So if Luanne had on display a production copy and gave that to Ramona with the intention of giving her a real version later, well that's one thing. If she intended to fob off a production copy as a gift, that's another thing. And if Ramona just intended to light-finger herself a necklace -- because we know she is capable of that -- well, that's yet another thing. But still, who's shocked that Ms. Singer uses the term "regifted" incorrectly? Her grasp of grammar is not firm at the best of times.

6. Jules. *sigh* Yeah, we know. You're Jewish and Asian. You don't have to keep telling us. (I know, I'm guilty of the same, but I am one of zillions here on the forums and don't figure everyone remembers I'm a writer, so I say it when I have something writerly to add.) Seriously, though, who doesn't know what an iPod is? Hermits in the deepest desert know  about iPods. To be positive about her, I'm impressed she's open about her eating disorder. I truly hope she's in recovery and not talking a better game than she's playing.

7. From the preview, next week we will learn about squirting? Really? Why?

[zoeysmom]

Vulture recap Bryan sums up the Ramona/Luann brouhaha quite well:  http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/real-housewives-of-new-york-city-recap-season-8-episode-6.html

[TexasGal]

Because I'm an attorney with some trademark experience who is currently between jobs (sips a beverage loudly), I decided to check out the Tipsy Girl situation.  Sonja said the sloppy seconds dude had filed for a trademark for it, and sure enough it is registered with the Patent Trademark Office (PTO).  Both for packaged alcoholic beverages and restaurant services.  Since the PTO process would involve "publishing" the mark for opposition before it registered, Bethenny has no one to blame but herself, or her attorneys, if she was unaware this existed and didn't oppose it.

Edited May 12, 2016 by TexasGal

[Pepperminty]

Dorinda needs to spend a night with John completely sober. That includes sex. I don't think she'd make it through until morning.

 

[Satchels of gold]

I'm dying

http://m.imgur.com/a3gpKNS

[ElDosEquis]

3 hours ago, Ellee said:

:D :D :D 

 

So, if she can't get stem cells, she gets them straight from the 'tap'?

(Being a guy and a gentleman, I will hold your handbaskets as we go to the Inferno)

[ElDosEquis]

55 minutes ago, Satchels of gold said:

I'm dying

http://m.imgur.com/a3gpKNS

If you got a rock of coke - I read this in a book :o - and broke it into chunks, the flakes reflected the light and it did look like little diamonds......

[ElDosEquis]

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Tipsy+Teen&FORM=IRMHRS

 

It's the Skinny/Tipsy/Angry  equation....

Edited May 12, 2016 by ElDosEquis

[WireWrap]

14 minutes ago, ElDosEquis said:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Tipsy+Teen&FORM=IRMHRS

 

It's the Skinny/Tipsy/Angry  equation....

I do believe you are correct ELDOSEQUIS! LOL