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Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 1:34 pm
I think she touched on it during one of the episodes, maybe with her doctor. "Think Drew Barrymore" is the phrase I think she used. And that her mom was about the next man with money, and one week it'd be major shopping sprees and limos, the next, wondering how they were going to eat. I think that's the reason she gave for her need to be super-successful on her own, without a man's help. Hope I'm remembering right-I've got that CRS disease-can't remember squat.
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 1:37 pm
Bluejax, you've remembered it pretty much as I remember it. She did say that it was a pretty uneven childhood financially. I didn't read the article above but I do recall B saying at other times that her mother basically ignored her, and that she lived in an abusive household. And her stepfather worked at the track, so she grew up around that kind of environment.
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Texannie
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07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 2:17 pm
Blue, I think she also said it was why she got engaged so many times cause she thought she needed a man to be 'safe'.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 3:25 pm
BJR - that's how I remember it.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 5:06 pm
Thanks for the confirmations, all. Glad to know I've got my memory priorities straight. Can't remember what I go to the store for, but this kind of trivia, oh yeah...lol
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 6:27 pm
also wasnt there a touch of "Mommie Dearest" and anorexia thrown in for self esteem issues from Prisoners link: There was a lot of destruction: alcohol abuse, eating disorders and violent fights.”
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 6:38 pm
get out the hankie.. bethenny and jason wnat to take a moment to honor Brian, while he cannot be hear in body, his spirit... *sigh and that reminds me when she broke down knowing no one from her family would be there... too sweet his vows.
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 6:43 pm
somebody - post what they said when they put their rings on - I LOVED those words!! (I have a son that just got engaged, it will be an interesting, and fun wedding!!)
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Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 6:47 pm
With this ring, I give you my heart. I promise from this day forward you shall not walk alone. May my heart be your shelter, and my arms be your home. (The whole wedding is beautiful on so many levels. And Alex looks spectacular!)
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Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 7:15 pm
Loved it again! I think what I love about this show is that it's so real. I don't feel any staging, it's just Bethenny raw. Jason is so sweet, too. I also loved their vows! Ramona and Alex got to enjoy this day in person, while we all know Jill sat home tonight and watched it just like we did. She must be SO filled with regrets for her selfishness and how it ruined their friendship.
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Panda
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07-15-2005
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 7:24 pm
great episode! What a nice wedding and Bethenny & Jason looked fabulous! I even liked it when the wedding planner was explaining to B how to walk in, etc - I am glad he worked out for her.
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 7:26 pm
Thanks Prisoner that was beautiful!
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Mummy35332
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09-09-2005
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 8:05 pm
I cried.
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 8:23 pm
Alex did look stunning - but that bothered me - first it was black - then it was so over the top (it didnt help that they replayed their first season when Simon asked Alex if she made the society page) was she trying to outshine the Bride? (if it had been her first season I would have my doubts, but getting to know Alex, I barely paused - but since they showed her getting out of her car, being asked and mobbed by the paps...) and how much more real can she get? Could she have asked the cameras to leave while she had her "moment" (LOL that wedding planner really earned his money! I loved how he gave her a moment then gave Jason a moment... When DS got married last January, the photographer took over afer the ceremony it pushed everything back and the reception got shortened way too much... I want a do over!!)
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Missyb
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07-28-2004
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 9:47 pm
The moment before B tried the cake, they break to comeercial. The wedding planners face is priceless. I wish I had a screen caption. Too funny.His eyes are enormous.
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Terolyn
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05-06-2004
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 4:58 am
I kinda felt both Alex and Ramona (while stunning and beautiful) were dressed way over the top. I didn't notice anyone else in ball gowns. Both of them looked like they had bridal style gowns on.
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Shelb724
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10-20-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 5:26 am
To quote Bethanny from housewives,watching that was "refreshing." My heart just had been broken by Lebron James (I am in Cleveland) so i figured, heck, if i can stay up to watch insane women from NJ on Mondays, I can stay up to watch Bethanny . And it was very worth it. Loved the scene where she was walking through the back of the restaurant, that was hysterical.
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Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 5:53 am
I got a kick out of Jason's mother's line about being the only one who wasn't nervous. "That Xanax really works!" I thought, yep, Bethenny's wit will fit right in with that family. I don't mind that Alex and Ramona were dressed to the nines. I thought they looked lovely and really added an air of high society to the wedding. Contrasted nicely with Jason's 40-something-year-old frat boy friends jumping around in the pool at the Four Seasons. The matron of honor was a hot mess, IMO. She just didn't get that she was stressing Bethenny out. And what was that tinfoil thing on her shoulder? What a beautiful moment when Jason saw Bethenny for the first time as they opened the doors and there she was standing there in her wedding finery. Loved how he immediately asked the officiant "Can I kiss her now?" Bravo, if it's true that you scope out different message boards to get a feel for what people want, THIS IS IT! This is real life drama, not made for TV clashes. This is in your face, loving and bickering couples, peeing in a bucket, neurotic dog, editing a book on your wedding day, it better be the right red velvet cake, friends supporting friends, real-life reality. You don't need to add a lunatic into the mix to make the drama.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 7:13 am
Those words were beautiful; I look forward to watching the show which I taped while sleeping so I WOULD come to work this AM. AS you all know it is hard coming to work on a Friday in the summer day when you would prefer to read or go play.
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Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 7:53 am
Loved, loved, loved the peeing in the bucket, then when she told Jason "let's be grown-ups, just one time" about his friends maybe getting in the pool, then told him about the bucket. He says something like, "oh yeah, that's adult"...lmao Then her saying, after the buddies were in the pool, 'I'm just pretending to be upset, what can I say after peeing in a bucket?'. Best show ever-yeah, Bravo, take notes. This is what we want!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 8:53 am
great show!!! she looked so geniunely happy and so beautiful!
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Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 9:10 am
And the peeing in a bucket thing could have been yuck, but her shushing the others, then sticking her finger in a glass of water just made it hysterical.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 9:23 am
What I want to know is did she end up going commando to her wedding? 'Cause in a shot after the bucket scene, Julie was holding her panties and everything else was back in place....
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 9:28 am
Here's link to a picture of the wedding cake: http://blog.pinkcakebox.com/
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 10:20 am
i wondered that too Prisoner.
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