Season 2 Discussion

[SabineElisabeth]

Personally, and maybe this is partly relative... but I find Angela to be rather likable.  Yes, she could use a make over and some practice modulating her volume.  But, compared to the vapid, vacuous, self-absorbed people that comprise almost everyone else on this show, I would choose to spend time with Angela, who seems genuine, authentic, and has at least some self-awareness, any day of the week. 

Edited August 20, 2018 by SabineElisabeth

[Armchair Critic]

Something tells me Angela watched "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and thinks she can live that out.

[magemaud]

1 hour ago, Real Housewife LI said:

Melissa looks like she is 15 years old tops...she even mentioned she had to do homework

Melissa and Darcey’s daughters all look the same age to me 

44 minutes ago, Frozendiva said:

The translator hopefully translated the documents accurately

The scene with the translator reminded me of the question segment of the Miss Universe Pageant when the contestant doesn’t speak English 

[magemaud]

22 minutes ago, Real4real said:

And where is Mama Chantal when you need her?  Things just got a whole lot more stupider.

Tarik coined a new word tonight, too, when he said “It can’t get any realer than this.” 

[OrchidThief]

1 hour ago, HappyDancex2 said:

Jon is worried about Lucy's toothpaste???    He seems obsessed with teeth brushing.   This is a thing for him. 

At eight mos, Lucy may have a tooth or two. Or maybe not.

[Frozendiva]

9 minutes ago, magemaud said:

Melissa and Darcey’s daughters all look the same age to me 

The scene with the translator reminded me of the question segment of the Miss Universe Pageant when the contestant doesn’t speak English 

If Pole didn't spend all that money on the stuffies, he could have arranged for a notarized written translation for Karine's parents.

Tarik, you speak too soon. Things can get a lot more realer.

[magemaud]

I get Hazel’s Amish Bundling tactic, but are they really going to sleep ON the bedspread? 

[Frozendiva]

One gets the top sheet, one gets the duvet/bedspread. Maybe there is a spare blanket in the closet. Problem solved.

[MoodyGirl]

41 minutes ago, DVDFreaker said:

Is it me or is Jon scared to have sex so he said be right back to check on Lucy?

Maybe he’s not into her. I’m not trying to be superficial but she meets the love of her life for the first time with a crying baby and not a lick of makeup and messy hair. Maybe she should have left Lucy with grandpa and met him for one on one time. She’s pissing me off presenting the frumpy unkempt side. That’s the best she can do? 

[charmed1]

22 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

Something tells me Angela watched "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and thinks she can live that out.

She’d better research how the real-life version of that story turned out. 

[MoodyGirl]

1 hour ago, Kiss my mutt said:

Ricky looked a bit perturbed when Melissa called him a coward for being afraid to fly.  She is so not interested in him.  Ricky is a chumpity chump and I doubt he sees any action with her.  She seemed pretty vacant to me. 

And looks underage! I guess TLC checks this out? It’s gross how he thinks he’s in love with some stranger he’s only texted with. And actually sends her money. There really is one born every minute. 

[Liamsmom617]

I too really like Angela. She’s been my favorite from S1 Ep1 of this season.

 Though it still makes me giggle every time Jesse talks about not being a “fodder” to Darcy’s kids, he reminds me more and more of Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho” with every cold-eyed look over Darcy’s shoulder when they embrace. Yikes.

  Oh, Ricky. Bless his heart. And his Spanish is actually quite good. 

   Karine doesn’t seem afraid to stand up to Pole. Hopefully that will save her.

[Auntie Anxiety]

I wonder what happens in Jon’s mind when he drifts off channel with a blank look on his face. Those concussions really take a toll......

[spankydoll]

7 minutes ago, MoodyGirl said:

Maybe he’s not into her. I’m not trying to be superficial but she meets the love of her life for the first time with a crying baby and not a lick of makeup and messy hair. Maybe she should have left Lucy with grandpa and met him for one on one time. She’s pissing me off presenting the frumpy unkempt side. That’s the best she can do? 

That plain white T-shirt! Girl why? Angela had on a better nighty. 

[MoodyGirl]

Could Hazel be less interested in Tarik? I have to give her credit for her honesty—she’s looking for an American to take her away from the Philippines and take care of her. Oh, and she’s not attracted to you and doesn’t want you to touch her. (Can’t say that I blame her!) But I’m sure this perfect stranger will be a warm and understanding mom to your child?

It was also a little worrisome how Jon kept talking about how much stress this was...and the baby crying was stressing him...and his mom had to make him tea to calm him down. I’m wondering if he has other issues going on which keeps him home with Mom. Like mental health issues? 

Edited August 20, 2018 by MoodyGirl

[magemaud]

Have they ever said how old Melissa is supposed to be? I’m beginning to think that’s the “catch” of this online relationship and that she’s underage. First showing up with braces on her teeth then saying she had “homework” makes me really suspicious 

[Snewtsie]

i suspect Melissa’s boyfriend or pimp is running the catfish con, and she has never even texted Ricky. She just poses for the photos.

[RedBagWithMakeup]

I have the most overwhelming urge to grab some scissors and chop off the 4 inches of frayed, split ends on Angela's hair.

Tonight the stars of the show for me were Michael, Hazel, and Melissa's faces. They said it all, from complete lack of interest, to revulsion.

Editing to add, I wonder how Tariq felt watching this and seeing that Hazel only views him as a ticket out.

Edited August 20, 2018 by RedBagWithMakeup

[RedBagWithMakeup]

11 minutes ago, magemaud said:

Have they ever said how old Melissa is supposed to be? I’m beginning to think that’s the “catch” of this online relationship and that she’s underage. First showing up with braces on her teeth then saying she had “homework” makes me really suspicious 

He said she a nurse, if I remember correctly. But she needed him to send her money every week.

[Frozendiva]

I would think that on some level, all the Americans looking for spouses in poorer countries have some idea that part of the interest in them is a ticket out of whatever circumstance their so-called 'soulmate' find themselves in. The better life in the US - no matter what the package is like. Can't be much worse than what it is there. But, yes it can. The prospective mate may not be all what he or she seems to be and they find out once they get to the US. Being nice, bringing gifts is all good, but it is the ticket out that matters. Even if it comes at a price.

[islandgal140]

Lawd, just when I think TLC can't possibly top the last batch of 90 day messiness, they deliver platinum plated, olympic level, Nobel winning, life affirming, Thanos gauntlet all 5 affinity stone finger snapping fuckery!!! 

2 hours ago, ALittleShelfish said:

I don't see wheels turning, I see goldfish swimming back and forth like in a cartoon.

I see cymbal banging monkey

Thank goodness for TLC cameras because I would really fear for the safety of Lucy with her obsessed dick chasing mama. Her laying up in the bed while a men she just met goes up alone to her daughter's bedroom in the middle of the night had me seeing red. 

Even Jon's mama is calling him a flighty hoe! 

1 hour ago, charmed1 said:

Melissa was obviously getting a makeover at a funeral parlor. That’s why she was so late. That foundation was like 4 shades lighter than her neck.

She was looking casket sharp wearing I assume Chanel's Cremation #5 foundation. 

I thought for sure that Ricky was on his way to being this show's 1st catfish. I can't believe that idiot waited for 3 hours! Melissa likely had appts with her other sponsors. 

Ricky looks like the illegitimate son of Danny DeVito, who never acknowledged Ricky and didn't pay one red cent in child support.

Hazel knows her IG angles.

[magemaud]

4 minutes ago, RedBagWithMakeup said:

He said she a nurse, if I remember correctly. But she needed him to send her money every week.

You're right, Ricky did say Melissa is a nurse. I was getting her mixed up with Hazel. Maybe she's a nursing student (just like Chantel!)

[Major Bigtime]

All these people need some Xanax. And a wardrobe stylist.

Yet, it’s the best train wreck on TV!

[Auntie Anxiety]

2 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

 

Michael keeps calling Angela “masculine”, I think he means “aggressive”.

I think he means horny.

[Toaster Strudel]

I'm going to split my recap into parts so as not to exhaust everyone.

Sext Nigerian has a lot to say about Emphysema Angie:

• She's sooooo mature
• Her stature is bigger than expected
• You MUST be tired. PLEASE sleep.
• She's like a man
• She's big
• I should be able to cope with her for two weeks
• Put on Foundation with a capital F
• Look younger please
• She's masculine
• My ex-girlfriends weren't grandmothers
• My mom won't like the age difference AND the appearance
• (Wipes his mouth off with a wet brown paper towel after she kisses him)

But our heroine with the linebacker physique pays no notice, because, you understand, it's not that kind of give-and-take, going deep, relationship. This is a relationship where when a man promises dick, even though you sent him 30 yr old, out-of-focus glamor shots over the internet, he's expected to stay true to his word and deliver said dick without delay or ceremony.  When you spend your last penny to leave the country for the first time, and to Lagos of all places, after putting a $300 ring on lay away at the pawn shop... dick or no dick is not something that's up for discussion. Never mind the smelly, sweaty armpit stains (even if shaped like a heart, so romantic), you've earned the right to be all over him at the airport whether he wants you or not. His junk is yours to grab in the car.  Grab his face and kiss it. Don't let the TLC camera make you self-conscious - jump him and demand that he drop his pants immediately. This is very normal!

Props to her for vowing to eat everything Michael's mom will offer, even if she doesn't know what it is, as seen in next week's preview. Being an inveterate smoker, she probably doesn't taste anything anymore, but textures could still be problematic. If she doesn't like the food after she has chewed it a little, she always has the option to spit the bolus into Michael's mouth in front of his mother.

Before anyone feels pity for Michael... remember how much he loved that Trump bobble head. That alone makes "coping with Angie for two weeks" worth it.

"People are looking at me funny" she lamented. No dear, They just want to Make Nigeria Great Again.

Garbage Gnome & Karaoke Rachel's great online love fantasy has already become a repetitive, crushing bore. "She looks a bit different" - you can thank filters for transforming her irregular, boulder jaw line into a waif-like anime chin. Jon's "I promised that I would always be there for an online baby that I've never met" is almost immediately followed by his stress level going through the roof when the baby makes a noise that isn't even crying, discovering that babies are human and don't have teeth (let's hope he kept the receipts to return the special milk-flavored newborn toothpaste). And in the preview: "I kinda feel it would be wrong if she called me dada." That's how fast he went from "I'll always be there for this baby" to "don't call me daddy mkay." 

Edited August 20, 2018 by Toaster Strudel

[vimsa3]

7 hours ago, Horrified said:

Darcy is the QUEEN of street vendor "designer" labels.  Every frickin' thing she wears or carries is a knock-off.  Number of people fooled?  Zero.

Yea that is what I thought but she did buy the Louboutins when she went to see jessi

[Toaster Strudel]

Stand By Ricky - He waited three hours, we waited a whole week. Who are the suckers now? We've been played more than him. Melissa did show up, rock-hard, bolted-on tits on nearly full display, so Ricky's dicky was suitably happy, if a little disappointed in the braces, because this online relationship is totally not superficial on his end.  As an example of how profound and real their connection is, she suggests they go dancing. "I don't dance because my momma said something about my dancing that gave me the sads and broke my confidence forever." She suggests they go horseback riding. "I'm too fat," he offers, his jowls jiggling as he giggles. Ricky's evaluation of the encounter: "My charm won her over. You get that vibe. I'm more in love."

"Why were you late?" the producers asked. "I was between escorting gigs I have a busy schedule."

I have two pet peeves regarding this storyline. The first is that TLC is irresponsible for repeatedly hinting that people are getting catfished by Spanish fashion models, breast implanted Columbian hotties or mysteriously evasive Filippinas, and yet the dreamboat love interests always show up. I don't think it's realistic. At this time there are probably tens of thousands of people being catfished, they watch this show and all those unexpected happy endings reinforce their delusions. The second pet peeve is suitors like Ricky who are literally being led by their dicks pretending that they are gentlemen and totally uninterested in sex - their intentions are pure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Besides being a filthy lie, this is the lowest effort courtship imaginable. They pursue women that are overtly sexual, for their own sexual gratification, then act all coy in their presence, like women that present themselves that way don't welcome that kind of attention to at least some degree. So instead of making an effort getting to know the woman as a person, exploring her desires, trying to be an attentive and creative lover, doing things together to create bonds, it's like they just give up and and try to sell themselves as a celibate, sexually undemanding partner.

"It is illusion to think I will become a father" is a string of words that Drama Darcey will refuse to understand no matter how often it is repeated. Illusions is all Darcey has got. From her fake House of Eleven brand to her "Euro pop" auto-tuned single that makes people laugh even as their ears bleed, everything with her is image unsupported by substance. She sees married people (it is a rare sight???) and that's a sign from the Universe that she is meant to be with Discipline Master Jesse. Like the fine Dutch gentleman that he is, he promises to bottle up the constant, nagging frustrations that enrage him when he's with her, when in front of her daughters. Chivalrous indeed! Thank you to the show editors for sparing us that tedious typed love letter and only showing the ironic praise of Darcey's "natural beauty" - she's an ambulatory Sephora outlet who wants to make sure the cameras show her waking in the morning with false eyelashes and sparkly eye shadow. Darcey's daughters are darlings, though sometimes the youngest looked on the verge of tears. I had to laugh when the eldest impishly declared that she was a millenial just like her mother's new transatlantic lover. Of course they would have plenty in common.

Why oh why did Darcey feel the need to shriek like a banshee with manufactured excitement the whole time her daughters were there? God she's exhausting

If the Universe had anything at all to say about any of this, it said it very clearly when Jesse boarded the "Hornblower Serenity." I believe he may be meant to her her Captain some day.

Edited August 20, 2018 by Toaster Strudel

[Toaster Strudel]

Every time Tarik says that Hazel will make a great stepmom all I hear is "the sex will be wild!" Hazel is very upfront about her motives, but she will not compromise on some principles. Deep down she must know she's selling herself out a bit to a man who shows up to meet her at the airport with a wife beater and a backwards baseball cap. He's too sloppy for watching an early season varsity football game on TV while nursing a beer. I'm sure she's making some compromise. Tarik has a big house, a good job, she's poor, she lost her son, he's her only chance to escape poverty. She was genuinely impressed with that condo, which was bittersweet to watch. My heart goes out to her. I may be wrong but I believe that while she feels little love or attraction for him, she intends to dutifully make a life with him, make the best of it, and be his Asian Angelina Jolie. I'm looking forward to next week's insane religious displays.

I wouldn't be surprised if Kriny did keep options open and flirt with other men given that she wasn't even sure that Five Alarm Pole would ever come back (especially since he was denied his K1 application). Why not try for someone who isn't a arsonist and a huge sack of panic attacks and OCD? Kriny's father may have bought Pole's benign explanations of his criminal past but I didn't. Pole will never learn to trust her more. He will trust her less and less. You can't cure deranged psycho. But he brought her cool poop emoji pillows, adult onesies and Mickey Mouse dildos so Kriny is in love! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Next week: it's hinted that Mother Pole doesn't think it's a good idea for them to wed in Brazil or to conceive. It's probably the editing monkeys playing with us since there was a passing scene of what look like be a room where civil marriages are officiated.

Edited August 20, 2018 by Toaster Strudel

[Dobian]

Melissa showing up almost three hours late for a date she had a lot of notice about because she had plans... I imagine these "plans" involve a certain clientele.

It's one thing to be modest or conservative, but Hazel displays no chemistry at all toward Tarik.  If she needs Tarik to show her she can trust him, she needs to show Tarik that she's interested in more than just a meal ticket to America.

Poor Michael, he starting to realize the nightmare he is in.

I knew the pregnancy test was another TLC fake-out.  

Darcy calling her daughters Jesse's step kids while they took pictures was just cringe-worthy.

Edited August 20, 2018 by Dobian

[bethster2000]

1 hour ago, Toaster Strudel said:

"People are looking at me funny" she lamented. No dear, They just want to Make Nigeria Great Again.

 

Priceless.  Toaster Strudel, you are a very funny writer.

[RedBagWithMakeup]

@Toaster Strudel, that was epic hahahaha. Thank you!

[Mainer]

3 hours ago, SabineElisabeth said:

Personally, and maybe this is partly relative... but I find Angela to be rather likable.  Yes, she could use a make over and some practice modulating her volume.  But, compared to the vapid, vacuous, self-absorbed people that comprise almost everyone else on this show, I would choose to spend time with Angela, who seems genuine, authentic, and has at least some self-awareness, any day of the week. 

I agree! She can go from NOT to HOT! Like honey boo boo’s mom

[Mainer]

3 hours ago, MoodyGirl said:

It was also a little worrisome how Jon kept talking about how much stress this was...and the baby crying was stressing him...and his mom had to make him tea to calm him down. I’m wondering if he has other issues going on which keeps him home with Mom. Like mental health issues? 

I was thinking the same thing... and I actually think she was too, she has a weird look on her face when he was doing that. I was actually worried for the baby when she let him deal with the crying... I was thinking what if he snaps?? That’s your baby I wouldn’t trust a stranger with my baby!! No way!

[millennium]

I'm sad for Hazel, as I would be for any young woman so desperate to escape a life of hopelessness and poverty -- and to get her child back -- that she would sell herself to a shallow, self-absorbed idiot from America (the backwards baseball cap on a grown man did nothing to diminish the idiot impression).   My disgust for Tarik, who's acts like he's live-streaming Tarik's Excellent Adventure and is only too happy to  exploit this woman's plight, ratcheted up significantly in this episode.

Angela.   I couldn't help but note the irony of bringing MAGA gear to a "s-hole country."   Her pit stains, her ugly bra, her jackass laugh, her grabby hands (which if she were a man would get her arrested) -- all combined to remind me of a line from a classic novel set in darkest Africa: "The horror!  The horror!"

Melissa.  The gif that keeps on giving.   I agree something about her seems curious.   Is she bi-racial?  Colombian and Asian?  Has she had too much plastic surgery?  And braces?  Homework?  I would get back on the plane and be content with never finding out.  Ricky's spidey sense is probably tingling but he doesn't notice because of that other tingling.

Darcey and Jesse.   I tried to imagine what her daughters must think of Darcey's desperation, how all their classmates will see their mother groveling, altering her appearance -- making herself look like either a casting reject from Younger or a walking advertisement for a designer counterfeiting ring --  begging, whining, crying, eating Amster-shit on a regular basis.   But hey, at least she awakens every morning freshly made-up complete with false eyelashes.    When Darcy forced the "family hug" and cried "Team Darcey and Jesse!" I couldn't help but hear "Janice and Joey's Day of Fun!" 

Every time the camera showed Jon gazing at Lucy, he looked like he was sizing her up as a meal.   And Rachel, oh Rachel, if you're getting into bed with your boyfriend for the very first time and you're hoping to make, as Chuck Woolery would say, a love connection, you do not wear your frumpy oversized thick cotton sleep shirt.   No matter how uptight the British seem.

Pole and Karini.  Did I forget them?   Wish I could.

Edited August 20, 2018 by millennium

[Lily247]

Rachel's big white tshirt with the frayed collar when she and Jon were settling in for their first night together ... smh. I thought it was a little wierd how they immediately acted like an "old married couple" right off the bat ... 

Ricky's Spanish skills are a little confusing. He seems somewhat able carry on a conversation, yet doesn't know a lot of simple words. 

Hazel .... I want to dislike her for being so opportunistic, (the only reason she was jealous if his ex from Bangkok was probably so she wouldnt take away HER meal ticket) but when she said she had to give up custody of her son, my heart broke a little for her. 

Edited August 20, 2018 by Lily247

[millennium]

Like vamanos!

[millennium]

1 hour ago, Toaster Strudel said:

 

I have two pet peeves regarding this storyline. The first is that TLC is irresponsible for repeatedly hinting that people are getting catfished by Spanish fashion models, breast implanted Columbian hotties or mysteriously evasive Filippinas, and yet the dreamboat love interests always show up. I don't think it's realistic. At this time there are probably tens of thousands of people being catfished, they watch this show and all those unexpected happy endings reinforce their delusions. The second pet peeve is suitors like Ricky who are literally being led by their dicks pretending that they are gentlemen and totally uninterested in sex - their intentions are pure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Besides being a filthy lie, this is the lowest effort courtship imaginable. They pursue women that are overtly sexual, for their own sexual gratification, then act all coy in their presence, like women that present themselves that way don't welcome that kind of attention to at least some degree. So instead of making an effort getting to know the woman as a person, exploring her desires, trying to be an attentive and creative lover, doing things together to create bonds, it's like they just give up and and try to sell themselves as a celibate, sexually undemanding partner.

 

I agree 100%, but if we're being honest here, you had me at Garbage Gnome.

1 hour ago, Toaster Strudel said:

I'm looking forward to next week's insane religious displays.

 

It's not complete without rattlesnakes.

[Mainer]

I hate to say this but those poor girls better get the beer goggles out or throw on a set of captain contacts cause Tarik and Ricky are nothing to look at! There definitely gonna need some liquid encouragement!! 

On another note I thought it was pretty weird that Melissa wore the same shirt she sent all her selfies in... like is that your only shirt? Pick a different one... he already saw that one...

[Mainer]

14 minutes ago, millennium said:

 

2 hours ago, Toaster Strudel said:

 

I have two pet peeves regarding this storyline. The first is that TLC is irresponsible for repeatedly hinting that people are getting catfished by Spanish fashion models, breast implanted Columbian hotties or mysteriously evasive Filippinas, and yet the dreamboat love interests always show up. I don't think it's realistic. At this time there are probably tens of thousands of people being catfished, they watch this show and all those unexpected happy endings reinforce their delusions. The second pet peeve is suitors like Ricky who are literally being led by their dicks pretending that they are gentlemen and totally uninterested in sex - their intentions are pure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Besides being a filthy lie, this is the lowest effort courtship imaginable. They pursue women that are overtly sexual, for their own sexual gratification, then act all coy in their presence, like women that present themselves that way don't welcome that kind of attention to at least some degree. So instead of making an effort getting to know the woman as a person, exploring her desires, trying to be an attentive and creative lover, doing things together to create bonds, it's like they just give up and and try to sell themselves as a celibate, sexually undemanding partner.

 

 

I agree! It’s pathetic, trying to make themselves look like gentlemen when they chose those girls strictly on appearance! They don’t even care who they are as a person they see an opportunity to take advantage of someone less fortunate... it’s sad it’s like there literally buying them because they know they can’t get a girl in that league so they search out a poverty stricken country to find someone down on themselves that will stay with them because they literally don’t have a way out of there awful situation... and it’s all sex driven and  disgusting .  Sad . There nothing but nasty pigs these men

 

and true the catfished people are finding hope in what TLC is portraying here

Edited August 20, 2018 by Mainer

[renatae]

Angela was SO embarrassing grabbing at Michael like that. She has no basic manners at all and she's literally bowling him over. She is so outside his comfort zone with her behavior, add to that the age difference, and NOT being her selfies, and she has blown herself right out if the water. And she doesn't know what a hawker is? Girl, that is not unique to Nigeria!

Hazel is kind? When I first heard him say that last week I thought he was so naïve as he barely knows this girl. Now seeing her in person, kind is the last word I would use to describe her. Cold and calculating is more like it. She knows what she wants from him. No mention of what she is offering. Not sure what to make of her desire to not have sex until she marries him. Since her family is religious, that could be it, but she does have a child and I haven't heard it mentioned that she was married before.

Jon's mom infantalizes him. She acts as though he's 16 and too young to even consider parenting. Not a very nice person. Jon himself seems a bit better this week. I thought it was sweet when he went to comfort Lucy. Just hope he can keep a handle on that stress and learn to live with the changes.

Melissa seemed sweet, but she's ghosting him again. I don't think she ever planned for this to be a real relationship and he's backed her into a corner.

Surprised Karine's father was accepting. I think she brought the pregnancy test thing on herself by flirting with other guys, but it was still extreme. At least it appears Paul only got the restraining order for texting. Sure would like to know why he set that fire and to what.

Jesse was somewhat more bearable this episode. It is unrealistic for her to expect him to feel comfortable in the father role. They are both idiots to expect this to work.

Edited August 20, 2018 by renatae

[charmed1]

32 minutes ago, renatae said:

Hazel is kind? When I first heard him say that last week I thought he was so naïve as he barely knows this girl. Now seeing her in person, kind is the last word I would use to describe her. Cold and calculating is more like it. She knows what she wants from him. No mention of what she is offering.

My thoughts exactly. I don’t feel an ounce of sympathy for this girl. All my sympathy goes to Ari. She’s the only one with no choice in this ridiculousness.

[sconstant]

2 hours ago, millennium said:

Melissa.  The gif that keeps on giving.   I agree something about her seems curious.   Is she bi-racial?  Colombian and Asian?  Has she had too much plastic surgery?  And braces?  Homework?  I would get back on the plane and be content with never finding out.  Ricky's spidey sense is probably tingling but he doesn't notice because of that other tingling.

“The gif that keeps on giving” - slow clap for the best one liner.  Though I bet she also keeps on taking.  

I will note that all y’all owe me money because I had my chips on “she exists, she shows, she is from the photos.”

[LocalGovt]

I found Angela constantly grabbing for Michael's private parts nauseating. How he made it through that night, I'll never know.  She doesn't belong there; doesn't belong in this situation. She needs to find a nice 50-something year old man in Georgia, to go out to eat and to tractor pulls with.

[noveltylibrary]

10 hours ago, Sofiyya said:

I'm not as hard on Jesse as a lot of people are.  Darcy's so insecure that she's been painful for me to watch.  I doubt I'd know how to resolve that either.

I'm with you.   When she yelled at him and stormed out of the restaurant but then cried the love of my life I gagged.  She's too old for this crap so it's just pathetic.  If you're that unhappy you leave, you don't try to 'do better' and hope they 'love you again'.  All I see in her rants is that she's playing out some issues she grew up with, which in the end has nothing to do with a partner but everything to do with what's inside.

[HeNeedsSomeMilk]

9 hours ago, Real Housewife LI said:

Melissa looks like she is 15 years old tops...she even mentioned she had to do homework.

Agreed!  Ricky better take his Keenan Thompson looking ass back to Ohio before he finds himself talking to Chris Hansen in a "To Catch a Predator" episode.

8 hours ago, DVDFreaker said:

Is it me or is Jon scared to have sex so he said be right back to check on Lucy?

He stepped out to have a good puke.   No way in hell I would let that fledgling serial killer be alone with my child.

[Scarlett45]

9 hours ago, SabineElisabeth said:

Personally, and maybe this is partly relative... but I find Angela to be rather likable.  Yes, she could use a make over and some practice modulating her volume.  But, compared to the vapid, vacuous, self-absorbed people that comprise almost everyone else on this show, I would choose to spend time with Angela, who seems genuine, authentic, and has at least some self-awareness, any day of the week. 

 

 

8 hours ago, Liamsmom617 said:

I too really like Angela. She’s been my favorite from S1 Ep1 of this season.

 Though it still makes me giggle every time Jesse talks about not being a “fodder” to Darcy’s kids, he reminds me more and more of Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho” with every cold-eyed look over Darcy’s shoulder when they embrace. Yikes.

  Oh, Ricky. Bless his heart. And his Spanish is actually quite good. 

   Karine doesn’t seem afraid to stand up to Pole. Hopefully that will save her.

 

2 hours ago, LocalGovt said:

I found Angela constantly grabbing for Michael's private parts nauseating. How he made it through that night, I'll never know.  She doesn't belong there; doesn't belong in this situation. She needs to find a nice 50-something year old man in Georgia, to go out to eat and to tractor pulls with.

So far, I do like Angela and Rachel. Don’t get me wrong I think they are making questionable choices, BUT I think they are probably genuinely kind people who do want an emotionally intimate relationship. 

As far as Angela, I understand as women get older the men start dying off and there may not be that many available men her age in her home town, but she could get on online and find a guy in the closest metro area who would be into her.

 

Rachel has a divorce and two kinds under her belt but she is young and lovely. Again, a single dad looking for a companion isn’t far fetched. Or a slightly older man who’s kids are grown and out of the house might be a good fit for her. 

 

I was going to wait and see about Tariq and Ricky but Tariq crossed some boundaries. Just because you’ve been talking to a woman online doesn’t mean she owes you anything a few hours after you’ve met! Yes, Hazel is very pretty, but one “you’re gorgeous” is enough- if you keep saying that she knows that’s all you’re concerned about.  

Edited August 20, 2018 by Scarlett45

[HeNeedsSomeMilk]

8 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

Tarik, Hazel doesn't seem very 'in' to you.

Well, there's a no shit statement if I ever heard one.  Chunky?  yeah, but she's not exactly a prize either.  Sure, she's not ugly by any stretch, but not pretty enough to make me fly from Virginia to the Philippines by way of Bangkok and who knows where else either.  She needs to get over herself, even though she's only using Chunky to get a green card.  

[snarkish]

9 hours ago, HappyDancex2 said:

Jon is worried about Lucy's toothpaste???    He seems obsessed with teeth brushing.   This is a thing for him. 

I did notice he has rather nice teeth...

[zenme]

9 hours ago, PityFree said:

 Interesting! I remember reading a very long time ago that if you wore a shirt that was close to your eyecolor, it made you seem more trustworthy and truthful.  I wonder if Paul is trying such a strategy.

I can only imagine Paul thinking "Blue is for boys. I must wear blue."  He seems that immature.

[snarkish]

9 hours ago, sainte-chapelle said:

I thought she had a "rode hard and put away wet" look myself.

I unfortunately work with an "Angela stereotype" and my ex husband's current wife is one if you replace the hair with short brunette and add several tattoos.