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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, January 08, 2010 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
LOL... that was pretty funny Tish. Countess Crackerjacks - I can't wait for NYC to start.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, January 08, 2010 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Very funny! I think my favorite line is "We'll begin with Tamra, an acrid pineapple of a person, who used to have it all. " LOL

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Friday, January 08, 2010 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
This isn't the first time I've heard Tamra and Simon refer to how horribly Gretchen has treated Tamra. What the . . . . ?!

And as much as I want to believe Vicki has turned over a new leaf, I'm having a hard time buying it as being anything beyond a scripted act. Six months from now, I think she will say "we tried, we really tried - didn't you all see that?". I really do hope that I'm wrong on that because Don does seem like a great guy.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
The vacation, the wedding... I think all of that was paid with "promotional considerations" from the hotel in Turks and Caicos. Will I think her intent was great, and Don's reactions honest, I do wonder if she'd have done the entire thing in such a "grand" fashion without having it all paid for her.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
It seemed very genuine Costa. I choose to believe Vickie would have.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I do too. I give her big kudos for working on the marriage rather than putting it on the back burner. Now I wonder how she will deal with Tamra's impending divorce, whether she'll support a split or be a strong advocate for counseling and stuff.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I dunno. I thought so too till I saw the "promotional consideration" flash by and there big as all get out was the hotel name. I think it was genuine I just don't think it was 100% real.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
P.S. As far a Tamra, I think they are way past the point of counseling. And if HE has filed, calling out her wandering ways, I sorta doubt counseling would help anyways.

Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
between vicki and the show, who knows what the "motives" were but it was nice to see donn get a nice moment after years of being emasculated on the show.

vicki will 100% support the divorce, that way she can have tamra as a bff all to herself.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
... and see Oregon... I get the impression that Vicki is totally over Tamra being her BFF.

Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
because simon doesnt like them hanging together. remove smon and besties again

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I guess we'll see. Vicki said she doesn't need any toxic friends in her life.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
I know I'm in the minority, but I felt bad for Tamra when she was having lunch with her mother. She said it all when she said she'd never be the person/woman Simon wanted her to be. Too bad for Simon. There is more to her than just staying home. For God's sakes, if she's a realtor and they were having money problems, he has a real nerve not letting her work and help pay the bills. He hasn't worked for awhile, has he?

I see him as a very controlling man and the more he kept saying their marriage was so great, the more I saw the panic in Tamra's eyes and the more I felt he was trying to convince himself. Last year and this year I saw Simon as having more of Slade's personality..not attactive at all.

So he accused Tamra of infidelity, eh? I'm betting it was the day she went with the Realtor looking for a house for them to lease and he refused to go. For a man like Simon who must be in control, that could be considered infidelity.

I feel bad for Tamra, now having to raise 3 children on her own, after raising her son mostly on her own. I feel Tamra has been herself on the show, but Simon just never knew her.

I can't help but feel the new couple with their impossible relationship has changed what Simon wants this year. It's like he's always got to be better than other couples...very unrealistic.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Both Simon and Tamra have a single fatal flaw... each thinks the other needs to, should, or will change. People just don't change. Simon will remain a controlling husband who wants a Stepford wife, and Tamra will remain a woman who'd prefer some independence.

One thing I noticed... how often have we seen the Barney kids? Other than Tamra's oldest (the one who's always in trouble), I don't recall seeing her kids that much. Ever.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Cricket, on his Bravo blog, Simon says that he in fact got Tamra the job--the realtor is one of his best friends and he asked him to hire her. As far as I can recall, Simon only asked Tamra to have real estate as a part time vocation instead of a full time one.

That said, I don't think Simon is a prize by any means. I know I could never be married to someone like him--or that other husband who practically refuses to let his wife out of his sight.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
Ahh, thanks, Tishala. It seems he wanted her to work the hours that suited him. However, in Real Estate, especially when first starting out, one needs to put in a lot of hard work and that could mean many hours.

I feel badly because it was sad to see her Mother cry and saying that Tamra has 3 children to still raise. I'm sure it's upsetting to her.

Costacat, they showed the children in the last show. They were in the backyard and the youngest daughter said she didn't want to goto the beach. However, it was a bit telling when asked about going to the beach, she thought that meant the parents were going and she'd have a babysiter, lol...or she may have meant a babysitter would be taking her.

I do have to agree I didn't even know they had the older daughter until the end of last season. I've mostly just seen the younger son and daughter and of course Tamra's oldest son who is just a mess.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
No, Cricket. I know they showed the kids this past week. But I can't recall seeing those kids often in any previous episodes. Not much if at all.

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
I don't know and I really hate to say it but I just don't feel Vicki has the same passion for her hubby as it appears. The depth of emotion just didn't seem there for me. When they hugged, I didn't see her "melt" into him, but she seemed to hold her body stiff and away from him and her hug had the "pat on the back" portion which is never a good sign. I hope I am wrong.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I agree with you Terolyn. What I came away with, was a Vicki who was desperately looking to love Don deeply, but it seemed difficult for her. I do think that she's really trying though, so I hope for their sake it all works out.

Lotsofkids
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08-11-2007

Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lotsofkids a private message Print Post    
News on NEW JERSEY HOUSEWIVES:

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice’s husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence after crashing his car into a telephone pole in New Jersey, PEOPLE confirms.
Police in Montville Township, N.J., responded to an emergency call made at 1:47 a.m. after a car struck a telephone pole. When they arrived, Giudice was at the scene and was then taken to the hospital, Police Captain Ed Rosellini tells PEOPLE.
He was charged with “driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving [and] failure to maintain his traffic lane,” Rosellini said.
Guidice was transported to Morristown Memorial Hospital and after his visit, he was handed over to the Clifton, N.J., Police Department because of outstanding warrants, Rosellini said.
There, he was held on $2,625 bail, according to TMZ.com, and was released at 6:20 a.m. –Blane Bachelor and Brian Orloff

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
So not only is Joe "juicy," he was "juiced?"

Lotsofkids
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08-11-2007

Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lotsofkids a private message Print Post    
Haha, That's good Lexie!!

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 11:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
Tamra was on the after-show for HW of OC tonight and she mentioned something happened with Joe, but I wasn't sure what. She said she felt horrible because he didn't 'seem' that intoxicated at all and if he had, they (the people with him..family and friends) might have prevented him from driving.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
Several weeks ago Vicki confided to someone that her first marriage was very abusive mentaly,verbaly and physical.

I think it's why she kept Don at arms length and she had to see herself on TV, that she was retaining her own abusive bits she hung onto as a defensive mechanism.

In any case I hope the best for them.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I just watched last week's show. I think Lynne acts like a real ding bat sometimes. She got so defensive over Gretchen's offering a friendly ear to her daughter. Gretchen never offered advice, and Lynne just kept digging at Gretchen. I'm really not liking Lynne at all.

And the new HW, Alexis? Gah.

Why are most of these women just really unlikeable? Gretchen is the only one I really like. Sure, she's made mistakes. But at least she seems real! Oh, I know! She's the only one who is NOT a housewife! LOL!