I feel like it has been ten years since I watched this show. I had forgotten all about the wives trip to Tahiti! Tonight we are in for a skinny dip by Tamra, some voluntary swimming with the sharks, and some (well deserved) mean girl gossip about Meghan. Shall we?
As soon as they play the recap from last week, I realize why I had blocked that episode out. Meghan’s stupid bandana. I thought Heather liked her, why didn’t she tell her how ridiculous she looked? The girls are on a giant slow moving ferry and Vicki gets immediately seasick. Shannon still has SARS or whatever she caught on the plane. Things are off to a great start. But a few minutes later, everyone is up for champagne and a good lei. Another Tahitian greeting appears to be the flip flopping weiner dance. Tamra really enjoyed that.
The hotel is stuning. The bungalows are over the water with amazing views. Shannon is complaining about all the fattening treats laid out in her room. I am sure she will find a way to blame David for them being there. 
Tamra immediately strips down to her scanty bottoms and runs right in front of the cameras for a topless swim. Her boobs are awful. They are like giant bolders glued to her chest. While Meghan and Tamra swim, Shannon give herself a lung treatment. Heather fishes the half nekkid ones out of the water to get ready for dinner.
The dinner is a set menu, Vicki sends the medium well meat back, Tamra complains about scallops, while sitting by the sea. For some reason we have to talk about Brooks cancer treatments. He is considering stopping chemo because the sessions are breaking him down and there has been no improvement. Lizzie thinks she might be pregnant, so Vicki bought an EPT for her. As friends do. Basically, Vicki just wants to know if she can drink. Lizzie is not pregnant.
Meghan talks about Jim’s youngest two kids that she rarely gets to see. Vicki points out that having kids for visitation once in a while is not parenting. Vicki and Tamra go hard this point. Meghan cries about the love she has for two other women’s biological children. She wants kids of her own. Meghan cries.
The girls go to get on a small glass bottom boat to look and fish, and stingrays and sharks. The first shark freaks them out. The water is as clear as tap water. Vicki screeches through the swimming with sharks and stingrays portion of the outing while Heather tries to actually enjoy the experience. Heather seemed right in her element swimming in a school of sharks.
On the way back to the hotel the ladies stop for pizza. Shannon was the pizza looked incredible, at a little cash only shack on the side of the road with a brick oven. I hope the producers had some cash. Shannon tries to avoid temptation by checking in on David who has apparently let the girls go to a sleepover while Shannon is away. Which would leave him completely solo for the night. I’m just saying. Apparently, the twins were out TPing houses at midnight and one of them may have fractured her foot jumping over the fence. This is why you can’t leave the husband in charge of the kids. It looks like Heather paid.
At the forty minute mark, Heather blew a local dude’s conch. He had arrived via canoe with room service (so cool!) and she just could not resist asking to leave some lipstick on his conch. Amusing. Heather seems to be having the best time.
Lizzie, Heather and Meghan go to dinner off the property. Vicki, Shannon and Tamra just want to Whoop it up at the hotel. We know this because Vicki says they are going to “whoop it up!” eleventy seven times in three minutes. Vicki is allowed a golf care which she uses to drive her gang to the bar. I mean all the way into the bar. Clearly she has already had half a bottle of grey goose. The employees are disturbed. Tamra immediately wants shots and to skinny dip in the pool. They order fireballs and get straight vodka instead. Because they don’t realize they are in a foreign country and the guy doesn’t speak fireball. Then they start talking about Meghan and her step mother crap. The topic moves to Heather and the fact she is friends with Jim’s second wife. Shannon finds it outrageous that Heather is hanging out with the third wife.
Heather, Lizzie and Meghan are enjoying their low key evening. Heather tries to tell Meghan that Tamra has to let her kids go stay with “the new step mother” and she is very sensitive to the topic.
Heather’s group goes to find Vicki’s group who is drunk off of their asses and have made it into the pool with all of their clothes on.
Next Week: More embarrassing moments in Tahiti.
Gawd this trip looked like so much fun!!!! I needed a little levity today and this was it. Aside from the obligatory bitching, this looked like a fun trip to be on. Vicki needed to whoop it up. She’s dealing with a lot. Scenery was stunning.
It did look fun. I love vacation Shannon and thought she looked so cute in her sparkly shorts. I dont think the toilet paper escapade that the twins were involved in, was a big deal. We did stuff like that when I was growing up too ,and it was all in good fun. Anyway, I didnt miss the usual bitchy fights at all, its more entertaining to watch them enjoy themselves and bond.
Vickie, please don’t go away mad…JUST GO AWAY.
maybe back to pre-k
I love a good motley crue reference.
Vicki via Dr. Seuss:
Vicki throws up on a plane
She will throw up on a train
She cannot travel on a boat
She gets to gagging in her throat
Good grief, all that screeching! What are they, 4 year old girls? I couldn’t stand to watch it all, they’re so annoying.
The screaming and forced laughter was cringeworthy. It only got worse when the “whoop it up dream team” started with the shots.
I just had to run here to see if you saw what I saw- can’t find my reading glasses so I am on super-zoom…….its late, I’m old…..Heather is so insecure and jealous of Shannon if she has funs with Tamra and Vickie. I have a gut feeling that Meghan is Heather’s tool to chip way at Shannon. I played the scene over where the three drunks are in the pool and Miss Design-a-mansion is not happy, and tells Shannon to cover-up…….no mention of Tamra using the ocean for a toilet, or Vickie screaming. And BTW, good point, that you already brought up in an earlier post TT- what kind of girlfriend is Heather that she’s hanging with wifey #3, and is good friends with #2 whom he left while “dating” #3……..Meghan really should be called #2……it
fits.
Next week, looks like Miss Edmonds is up to her Shannon- spirit killing ways yet again,,,,,And Heather is enjoying it……….I just have a feeling that she is doing Heather’s work, because Heather is so busy with her eleventy million bathrooms, and having moles taken off her calloused work hands. Maybe Im onto something and maybe it was the late night tacos…….Thanks for listening….sorry for babbling.
No, you are spot on. Meghan probably thinks it’s a good career move to be Heather’s minion. Heather can multi-task. Destroy Shannon AND build a mausoleum…I mean house. I figured out why Heather’s eyes are so hideous. Most people, without a shitload of plastic surgery, don’t have the whites of their eyes showing all the way around their irises every time they look at you with even the smallest amount of emotion. She must think it makes her look intense. Intensely intelligent. No, it makes her look like a nutball on crack.
I like the nutball on crack description of Heather! Youre right about Heather’s competitive friendship issues with Shannon. She’d just as soon take the bitch down, than let her bond with Vickie, Tamra or anyone else, and be more fun than stick up her ass Dubrow is.
LOL. That was a good one JeJune!
You have an extremely active imagination.
Sounds plausible!
I agree. Heather got some fan backlash for the way she treated Shannon last season, so she’s found a way to still poke at her while keeping her own hands clean.
I agree. Heather is very manipulative and Meghan is dumb and gullible. She also strikes me as the type that neeeever forgets. She will get you back today for some imagined slight that happened 3 yrs ago.
Looking at that gif, I still can’t believe Vicki filmed like a month after all that surgery.
It would seem that Vicki is going down the plastic surgery drain that many a housewife has fallen into. She probably did, however, need some work. It’s harder to watch when someone was pretty to begin with then totally screws up their face like Brandi did.
I don’t care if people have plastic surgery. I fully plan to one day. I was just commenting on how crazy it was that she filmed last year during her recovery.
I guess this is mean to say but Meghan’s ass looks awful.
Love Vickis Edith Bunker trot to the p room. She used to do the EB trot a lot in the first seasons. I’ve missed it! LOL
The entire faux outrage over whether Heather is friends with Wife 2 and Wife 3 is more telling about Vicki, Tamra, and Shannon, who are projected all of their issues onto something that’s none of their business. They’re not rallying in support of Wife 2, they’re rallying AGAINST Meghan. Don’t mask you motives in some concern trolling for Wife 2 – dislike Meghan for the many many reasons she’s given you, and don’t bring Heather into the nonsense. It cheapens their position.
I love you! You said it much better than I could
AMEN! PREACH!!!! They have no idea. I think it is really Terry who is good friends with Jim.
And again I say to them – they should be THANKFUL that no matter how toe stepping it is, they should be grateful that a stepmom even PRETENDS to love the kids. Seriously…. I’ve seen the other side of that coin. Sure… some boundries may need to be set, but better than attempting to have it appear that they don’t exist or aren’t part of the family.
I can’t stand Meghan on the show – don’t get me wrong – but this topic? Oh and the holier than thou attitude because they’ve pushed out a kid from between their legs. “Have your own” – um, ok. Flip that around Tamra. Sure worked well that Simon thought of Ryan as a pain in the ass and had no affection or regard for him whatsoever.
Thats true about step parents sometimes not giving a shit, and its not so great for the kid when that happens. Ive seen it in some of my siblings marriages, and its sad to witness. Vickie is probably rubbing it in, to one up Meaghen on that score. Its mean to downgrade someone for not giving birth or dismiss their love and contribution with step children or nieces and nephews. Meaghen’s behaviour and emotional reactions remind me of women ive known ,who were infertile and the step children were all they would have to parent.. I do feel bad for women, who are made to feel excluded because they’re nit a member of the biological mother’s club. Some women can be so smug about that. I get it a bit too because ive only had one child.
I don’t think Vicki or Tamra were trying to one up WhatsherStupidFace, I think that they were calling her on her overly dramatic TV grab about the trials of being a stepmom to two adult girls, and two children she rarely sees. I don’t think wife number two is overly interested in coparenting with the slut who was engaged to her husband before they even divorced. Allegedly.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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“I don’t think Vicki or Tamra were trying to one up WhatsherStupidFace…”
Agreed.
Oh, damn, Janet – the BS that only kids (and moms of them) can get!! I forgot! I’m an only – it gets better when your kid hits 40. LOL. I had someone tell me (when I was 9 or 10 mind you) that it was really too bad that my father didn’t get more children (not my mother- but my father) because he loved kids so much. No bitch, he was nice to your kids – but you don’t hear him talk about how relieved he was that they finally went home. She also once said that it was too bad he didn’t have a boy (to me, his daughter) – it is a good thing I told him that gem when she wasn’t around, because my dad probably would have gone OFF on her ass. He was PISSED at that one. Oh yeah – when I was 16 she told me I should have lots of kids “for my dad”. I told her with a deadpan face I was going to marry some rich old dude, have a kid, divorce him for lots of alimony, then send the kid off to boarding school. She was such an idiot she believed me.
I had a stepmother who resented my brother and me. She did every thing in her power to keep us from our Dad. I don’t like Meghan, but I think she tries to have a relationship with her step-by-step kids. The way Shannon, Tamra, and Vicki badmouthed Heather for being friendly with Meghan was pretty nasty. Terry seems to be close to Jim, and why would Heather come in between her husband’s friendship by being rude to the new wife? Vicki’s barfing, Tamra’s titties, and the screeching made this episode one for the fast forward.
As a stepdaughter to a wicked stepmother (oh believe me, that trope exists for a REASON) I have to agree. I think Meghan is actually somewhat genuine in her affection and attempts with Jimmy’s kids.
Yes!! Perfectly said!
Yes I agree, they’re just trying to separate Meghan from Heather by any means necessary. Can’t say I’m not enjoying it though 😉
Xanadude, I couldn’t agree more!
Vicki is pushing me toward Team Meghan. The constant nagging about her not having kids is so annoying. She made her point now and now she needs to move on. And Mom of the year Tamra chiming in. Ugh.
Seriously. Meghan’s main point was they are not stepmom so they don’t understand how she feels. She’s right. And Meghan doesn’t understand the moms perspective. It’s not that complicated, but Vicki is a loud mouthed nasty woman.
Vickie is old and bitter and has to basically buy a man to keep one. She is a shrew and will always be envious of those younger and prettier and in a more favorable position financially. Apart of her really wants to be taken care of
They aren’t going to side with her on this when, at least Tamra and maybe Vicki, have been on the other side of that coin and have had stepmoms to their children.
@therealdeb: fuck that old and bitter shit. Give me a break. If an older woman has a problem with a younger one, she’s automatically jealous?? Women get older. That doesn’t mean they are ready for the nursing home. Aside from Brooks’ cancer and losing her mom, Vicki’s life seems to be on the right track and the bitch WORKS.
What could Meghan possibly have that Vicki wants? A gay husband who seemingly can’t stand to be in the same room with her? No job, no kids, no sense of self?
Yes, Vicki’s claws have come out on the younger women on the show, but they were the ones dependent on a man for their income and Vicki has real issues with that. Or their boyfriends or husbands – Alexis and Gretchen – were douchebags and Vicki called that out, too.
Sorry for the rant. You obviously pushed a button!
So sorry if i pushed a button. I do not think all older women are ready to hang it up, Vickie has always been a “look at me” and i cannot stand that. I actually feel sorry for her in how insecure she is, but she is also very bitter. I know she is proud of the business she hs built and she should be, but I also believe she maybe would love to be taken care of.
This week’s episode seemed very forced…more so than usual. The one thing that did appear genuine was Meghan’s bizarre stepmom outburst. She gets stranger by the day. Is she still wearing that pink wig around? I just keep trying to figure out if it is attention from everyone she wants or just the attention of her husband. On a side note Odd Mom Out made up for what RHOC lacked tonight.
Love Odd Mom Out.
Me too!
The episode was so forced. Trying so hard to have a good time. Crashing bores all of them.
Here is my take, Vickie is a bitch and an attention whore. She has to feel superior to everyone is all regards. Shannon is tiresome. I could never be friends with someone who is such an hypochondriac. How David stays with her is beyond me, she is always sick or upset or crazy. I cannot with her. Tamra is still a cunt with ugly melon tits. Heather was a hoot this episode, this is the Heather i like to watch, this is why i have tried so hard no to dislike her. Lizzie, got to love lizzie. they need to let up on Meghan about the kids. Jim will most likely never have kids with her and i think she knows this even though she wants her own kids. For Vickie and Tamra to be so nasty about it is ugly, i was far closer with my step mother than my mother. Those 2 are nasty bitter ugly hearted cunts
Megan is very immature for her age. Shes going to realize that she and her husband are not well matched. They have very little in common. Her tears are not because no one understands how much she cares for her step children. Shes mourning the loss of her chance to have her own kid. She never should have agreed to that. Guessing she accidentally turn up preggers in 2-3yrs or divorce and marry someone that actually wants more children.
She did make her choice and I have known a few women who made a similar choice and later regretted it..They realized they longed for a child of their own. She is very immature, but are any of those women the most mature? She just stands out farther than the rest
Tears? I saw her make a crying face but I saw no tears. Nor did I see any redness in her eyes from there having been tears at some point. Total fake attempt at an “I want kids” storyline for the camera.
Yeah those are her two choices. Id rather do that myself, than choke on what I gave up and regrets. Living with regrets is the worst. I allways knew I wanted at least one child, so I never would have married someone with a vasectomy or a man who denied me that. I wouldnt care how rich he was. Sometimes if youre older and migh not get pregnant anymore, you might feel if its a nice guy, you may settle for a man who doesnt want kids, rather than lose out on a chance for a life partner. But not at Meaghen’s age, when its more of a given that you could have that.
What choice did she make in that regards? I missed that part, apparently
I missed that too Twilly. Did Meghan agree to not have any children when she married Jim or something? I didn’t know that. If so, that’s crazy since she obviously wants children of her own. No way that marriage is going to last, and Meghan will thank her lucky stars down the road that it didn’t.
A persons choice to not have children should never be judged by anyone at anytime.
Children are not the be all to a happy life for everyone.
Plus we don’t always know the reasons why someone hasn’t had children. Sometimes it is because of fertility issues that can’t be solved by IVF. Sometimes it is just how life worked out – I don’t have kids, and you can’t believe some of the arrogant comments that are said in front of me. Having kids doesn’t make you more intelligent or more worthy or more valued – but some of the comments I’ve had said to me. God love one of my besties – someone said something like that in front of me, and she (who has one kid) said “Jesus, it isn’t like pushing out a kid made me more intelligent than someone who doesn’t have kids. There is a reason why Erica is getting my kid if I die rather than some people I know who have kids”
I agree completly, and I dont ever judge someone for not having kids. And I also dont ever presume to know why they dont, so I never ask people that I meet if they have kids or not, because you dont know if it was by choice or not. I remember being at a party one time, and a woman with a small child, asked another guest (who was divorced after many years of marriage and at the party with a guy she was seeing ), if she had any children? The woman very sadly and apologetically, said no she never had any children. She ended up getting totally wasted on wine liike she never had before that night, and the guy she was with got pissed that she drank so much. I knew what set her off, it was that stupid inane question. I told off that woman later who asked it. She was my neighbor and I told her you shouldnt ask that question of people. If they have kids and wanr to talk about it they will. You should wait for them to bring it up. She may have not been able to and it made her feel terrible. That women later on got dumped by that guy. He took everywhere with him, but he just wanted company and a bed warmer because he had gotton divorced. She thought he actually cared about her and was devestated. Oh people!
Very good point. I have children but I agree 100% with everything you just said and I’m sorry you have had such ignorant comments.
My response was to erica
What Janet??? You can’t ask someone do you have kids??? Are you kidding me??? The person that asked that question did not control the woman you knew to force her to get drunk and act a fool! We are all adults. Being asked if you have a spouse or children can often be like small talk it is not meant to harm someone. Get real.
Amen. The choice not to be a parent really should be respected. Better to make that choice than to give in when you’re not sure, or know that you wouldn’t make the best parent, or know you won’t be able to give them a good life. I’ve heard people who don’t want kids being called “selfish” but what about those who have kids when they don’t have sufficient money/parenting skills/whatever? Isn’t that selfish? How about those people who clearly can’t stand their own children? If we would just accept people when they make that choice instead of pressuring them to feel a certain way, the world would be a lot better off.
I don’t have any kids either. A dirtbag drunk of a neighbor, across the street very smugly asked me recently who I intended to leave my house to, when I died (she’s 71, I’m 57), I told her my nieces and nephews probably or the humane society. Turns out, I found out that her loser, drug-selling as a teenager, sporadically employed, 33yr old son (who STILL lives at home) has been stealing sh!t from my front yard and car, for the past 2yrs. I’m still sitting here, trying to figure out, what the he!! that old bat is so proud of.
Maybe she was trying to figure out who to leave her shit to other than her loser kid?
I really need to write a will myself. No kids and a dozen nieces and nephews. All my siblings are quite a bit older and my oldest nephews are close to my age.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I need to figure out who gets to break into my house and remove all the embarrassing shit before my younger relatives come in to get the stuff I think they should have.
So you need a porn pal… LOL if you live long enough you eventually get rid of that shit on your own. And if you don’t? You won’t care. You’ll be dead.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Ha!!! In a totally off topic, one of my older cousins once told me that one of the first times her mother in law came to visit her, the m-i-l thought she would be helpful while she and the hubby were at work, and cleaned the house (not in a nosy way, but in a sincere gesture of letting her come for a long visit – she liked her m-i-l). So… my cousin came home to all of their, ahem, toys lined up and organized on the dresser (and the rest of the house was amazingly clean and organized). My cousin thought it was hilarious (and was just pleased about the rest of the house) – her husband was soooo embarrassed!
I enjoyed the episode….except for Vickie’s tired, old “Whoop it up” phrase every 10 seconds and her weird wretching gag reflex noise that she manages to make on EVERY trip they go on.
Because she is M.R., imo!
Someone please revoke Vicki’s passport. She is the ugliest ugly American when they take these trips. Shut the F up, Vicki.
Every time she leaves the country I cringe at how she behaves. I still remember how she behaved in France or Italy, it was terrible. She is the classic example of trash with money, hell I have seen trailer trash behave better in public.
Ahhh, Tahiti. I close my eyes and picture the clear blue water, the beautiful foliage, thatched huts, tranquil surroundings… and then I hear Vicki screeching and spoiling it. Can you imagine after flying all that way only to wake up your first morning there and hear that hyena’s voice?
I like to have a few cocktails and have fun, too, but enuf already Vicki! I cringe when she starts her whooping it up nonsense. She knows better and she should be ashamed about the ugly American image she’s leaving everywhere she does this.
Had to LMAO about the hyena’s voice on a tranquil Tahiti morning comment — it’s so true. Vicki really does make an ass of herself when she travels. I’m embarrassed she’s an American.
These women ruined Tahiti…
Their behavior made me wonder if there were other guests at the hotel while they were there and what kind of accommodations the hotel had to make to the other guests to compensate for sharing their lovely resort with that group. I’d be talking to the manager in about five minutes if I were there at the same time. I’m guessing there were a lot of free meals, free rooms and free bottles of wine being passed out to the other guests.
spot on! I find their behavior completely cringe worthy while traveling abroad except Heather
So true!
Where was Meghan’s HASHTAG COOL STEPMOM moment (remember to do the crossed fingers in case people don’t understand what the word HASHTAG means when you say it loud, gurl!)? If she doesn’t keep that sh!t rolling, she’s never gonna be trending…
*eyeroll*
I didn’t think it was actually possible to be a caricature of a caricature till she came on the show. My friends think she has to be acting, because she’s too young to be so tragically “un-hip”.
nah, she’s just a basic bitch is all
Oh seriously what kind of fucking partiers are they? They ask for “fireballs”, um stupid vapid bitches didn’t notice the liquor wasn’t amber colored? As a person who has a bottle of “fireballs” in the freezer as we speak they are just trying to sound cool.
I thought Fireball was a flavored whiskey? I have a small bottle here for a person that enjoys it over ice.
I did not think it was a mixed drink.
It is a cinnamon flavored whisky that tastes like the fireball jawbreakers we had as kids. It’s the new jagermeister of the college bar scene. It’s not something that you would hear people with money ordering, is the polite way of saying it.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Um, they knew they weren’t drinking Fireballs… didn’t you hear Shannon mention no cinnamon? They just couldn’t get the waiter to understand… HE’S the one who didn’t get what a Fireball was. They just were trying not to hurt his feelings. A first for Vicki.
They knew they were not fireballs. Their mistake was not placing an order that the water could understand. Or switching to martinis after they realized it was a vodka night.
So people who drink fireballs think it is a drink you drink to look cool?
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:32 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I think they were trying to be cool, that is just my take on it. I got a bottle for my birthday as a gag gift. It is nice to mix with a nice cider, like Anf=gry Orchard.
I like fireball! It’s not to look cool but b/c I love cinnamon and it’s great poured into a hard cider around the holidays. That said, I’m not much of a drinker and really love candy so…
We have been drinking and serving a lot of Fireball and Angry Orchard this summer. It’s delicious!
Speaking of age inappropriate shots, I bought all the ingredients for alcohol infused pudding shots – easy to make and freezable, so you make a bunch at once and pull out what you need when you need it. I plan on eating them during the debates on Thursday.
Pudding shots sound perfect for the clown car….I mean the debate!
I have never heard of pudding shots. But we had a memorial golf tournament last weekend and I emptied out every bottle of Vodka I had and made about 150 Jell-O shots.
The best is vanilla vodka with orange jello. Tastes like a creamsicle!
Maybe in your 20s. A friend of my daughter’s challenged us to take a shot of Fireball on the 4th of July. Oh honey – old farts like us can still drink you kids under the table if we actually wanted to 😉
I want to go to Tahiti! I’m aching for clear blue water. I’d even watch the episode again just for the beauty but I can’t take any more screeching. I’d be scared to swim with sharks & rays but I’d do it without sounding like a 13 year old girl at the mall.
Lady, everytime Tamra and Vicki vacation together they break the sound barrier with their dreadful screeching. Soooo disrespectful. I had to stop watching even though, like you, I was enjoying the beauty of Tahiti. The sound affects get to me.
Long ago I gave up hoping Vicki and Tamra would act like adults with manners and consideration when a guest in another country.
****** totally unrelated it was just announced on l.a news this evening kim Richards arrested at target in Beverly Hills for shoplifting $600 of merchandise………
Correction van nuys target
Thanks for the recap, TT. Those women would give me such a head ache. I want to vicariously enjoy Tahiti, but it’s impossible with all the forced screaming whoopy, fake crying and barfing.
Hubby and I watched in 7 minutes flat. It’s amazing what fast forward can do for your evening!
Read about Kim R arrest, waiting for TT to come out with the real story
I think what is so irritating about Meghan’s step mom comments is that she has been, at the time of filming, married for 4 months! It takes time to build that relationship/friendship. You can’t expect 2 grown children and 2 little ones who live in another state to automatically think you’re their mother. Crying about it on tv doesn’t help the matter either. She needs to follow the Eileen Davidson school of “how to be a stepmom”. Of course, Eileen has class and is respectful of her husbands first wife…something I don’t think Meghan knows how to be.
Eileen is the best, love her. She defines class in my opinion, especially in handling herself in the tornado of last season. Wow.
Nice read tt and for the first time that I have read you had a good sense of humour and I had a chuckle.
I don’t buy Meghan’s crocodile tears for a second. Maybe deep down she is stressed about eventually wanting a child of her own, and I do believe that she has love for Jim’s kids, but the wahhh wahh I’m “constantly reminded i don’t have a child of my own”, well, sorry, you married a man with four children by two women. It is what it is. I get where Vicki and Tamra were coming from, you don’t need to be a mother to know it IS different than being a stepmother, just as you don’t need to be a stepmom to know it’s different than being a mom. Obviously they are both very different experiences and Meghan’s bs about “how would you know it’s different you’ve never been a stepmom”, yea, ok meghan. Growing a baby in your own belly, birthing and raising your own biological child I’m sure is exactly the same as waltzing in and being a stepmother to someone else’s. I really need to be on both sides of that fence to know they’re different? please.
It just seemed to me she was taking offense that they were implying she couldn’t love her stepkids, she can, but it will never be the same as if they were her own. I don’t think that’s an insult, just fact, and that’s ok.
Vicki does act like a classless heathen abroad, it is pretty embarrassing.
Heather’s figure was pretty shocking IMO, just awkward and far too thin in my opinion- jarringly so- but I hesitate to criticize too much on that because if she is that way naturally it really isn’t fair to critique someone’s appearance when they can’t control it. I just was taken aback.
That headband, however, she is totally responsible for and it was god awful.
Meghan’s figure**, not Heather’s
Dammit Shae! I loved the headband! It’s the 80’s hair band metal girl in me talking… 🙂
Seek help NBJ, even in the 80s that would not have flown.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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All she needed was a basket of fruit on her head to really set it off.
Why is Meghan so possessive of Jims kids by other women? I wonder if he’s had a vasectomy or has told her he doesn’t want anymore kids. She seems obsessed with him having children with his first couple wives. That’s what happens when you are wife #3, sweetie!!
On another note, I give the women credit for jumping in with those sharks. No goddamn way would I ever, I don’t care how “friendly” the locals tell me they are.
When you’ve attended a Housewives reunion, why be scared of a shark or stingray? 🙂
I like Meghan. She’s not perfect but neither are any of the other ladies. She’s not afraid to speak up for herself. I think the Meghan hate is a little over the top here.
On the contrary, I find her totally unlikable obnoxious to the point of being extremely rude. It’s not a matter of being perfect, nobody is, I just find her childish, immature, arrogant, rude, obnoxious, and very off-putting lol
I’m not wild about her, but the level of hatred among some of the ladies seems a bit much.
Who died and left Heather as the mother from Hell? I’m willing to say upfront that I don’t like her, at all, but she was really obnoxious on this episode. Someone should tell her it is much too late to cover up Tamra’s naked assed self. I know she can’t b/c of botox and other procedures but she seemed to be wrinkling her nose up about everyone’s behaviors. And, I just adore sweet, luscious Lizzie.
Didn’t you notice that there were guys swimming in Tamra’s direction with snorkels and masks? She made a comment about them. I think that is why she was telling Tamra to get out of the water and cover up, not because she’s a prude (if you are judging her as a prude because she refused what I euphemistically call a “lap dance” during the bachelorette party fiasco – I would have been right there with her in the corner.
If her husband isn’t interested in having a baby, then she needs to divorce him quickly and move on.
Definitely something that should’ve been sorted out 100% before marriage- unless he gave her reason to think it was a possibility so she went forward anyway. I know I don’t want to have kids and I put that out there as quickly as possible, no sense getting involved with someone whose life plans and goals are entirely incompatible with your own. Just wind up hurt 🙁
Agreed. I was kind of foggy on that whole exchange. It seemed to me that Meghan was upset because Jim doesn’t want more kids.
That is shit that should be covered before the engagement.
Was Meghan a homewrecker? She said she had been involved in her step-children’s lives for two years before marrying Jim, but Jim got divorced from wife #2 in 2014 and married Meghan that same year.
i don’t know, maybe he and his ex were separated and in the process of divorce, in which case I wouldn’t call it homewrecking per se. I can’t stand meghan, but who knows the circumstances under which she and jim began dating. I would think it’d be hard to be in the kids’ lives if you were the secret mistress on the side lol
Even Ramona gave up on the phrase “Turtle Time” once she realized how stupid it sounded (and her attempt to monetize it failed). One can only hope Vicki will tire of it soon, but I have the feeling she’s going to say that her constantly chanting it is an homage to her mother, who also used the phrase, at least once on camera.
Then again, at least she isn’t bedazzling it on panties, so that’s a plus.
Oh my, Tamara, the recap is so much better than the show! Thanks.
I had to laugh when Meghan said that the ladies were high maintenance in re the dinner complaints. Then we see a clip of her being the same way. If memory serves, these editors/producers really don’t like her. (These days my memory doesn’t always serve.)
I don’t watch OC anymore, mainly because of the new housewife, who is truly the worst. Also, I was liking Vicki and don’t want that to change.
I think Meghan was using that headband to signal back to her planet. She looks real alienish to me. She always seems like she’s trying to imitate humans like the coneheads.” I think I can be an effective parental unit.” Her logic always seems a lil off. I wouldn’t be surprised if she studied “our ways” via soap operas and after school specials. Hence the blurting out, “I put my step daughter on birth control.” Ok, I’m rambling. Thanks for giving me a place to express my crazy theories.
Mary C .. Hilarious!!!!! Yes! Yes! the headband is a signalling device …
I think you’re onto something there, Mary C!
OMG Mary C — I burst out laughing at your first sentence. Thank you!!
Ditto al la ditto!
Too funny Mary C.
bad part is this: from now on I will forever hear Meghan’s voice as a “Conehead”‘on every episode.
Conehead…perfect!
Why is anyone putting Vicki down for her surgery? She looks fricking amazing! Vicki is getting better looking as she is getting older. Whatever she has done looks natural and very pretty.
Eyeroll with Meaghan crying over the children that are not hers. Sorry not buying that BS for a second.
Re last weeks ep why didnt Shannon tell Mehagan she had Giant Preying Mantis Head after she accussed her of having judgy eyes? Come on Shannon you need to work on some snappy comebacks!
And finally why does Heather always talk about money? I find it vulgar her constant bitching of how much things cost, like Terry’s $400 shirts.
Oh and totally agree Tamara’s boobs didnt look the best but she must be pretty thrilled with them or she wouldn’t have taken her top off on camera.
When I saw this episode in Oz they pixelated out Tamra’s boobs. Were they not pixelated out in the US? Because TT mentioned them earlier as well.
Yes they nips were blurred but you could still see how, as one of my tweeps referred to them, they looked like “bolt ons”. They were very strange looking and hard.
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I felt the same way LC, it was a total dis.
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I’ve said previously that Vicki is looking great this season. lol about Preying Mantis Head, Shannon has to be quicker with the come-backs.
$400 shirts? Oh my God! I was would be embarrassed to admit something like that. I can’t imagine what could justify the expense. Well..look what they spent on a sink..ugh
This was such a funny recap!! I did like Heather in this episode.
Really Jen? Whats to like? Heather is so fake ..nothing seems natural. All for the cameras, nothing real.
Loving Shannon, she on the other hand is very genuine and sweet, has some whackadoodle ideas re health but so what? We all have our little quirks. How horrendous having your stupid husband’s cheating out there for all and sundry. Poor woman I would be a basket case. I hope they make it they seem to be a lovely family
However I do hope Jimmy gives Meaghan with Giant Praying Mantis Head the flick.
Agreed on all counts lol
Ugh… I guess that is why the casting of the HW is ultimately brilliant because there is someone for everyone. I so enjoy Heather. I don’t think she’s fake at all. I think she rightfully enjoys the fruits of her family’s labor (yes, I’m giving her credit – she’s supportive of Terry’s work, and it is clear that they consider themselves a team).
Shannon I think is a nut, and not in a fun way. My mom and I abhor cheaters – and think David is kinda creepy – but we also don’t blame him for cheating. Nag nag nag screech screech screech. Paranoid and over inflates what people are saying (she did it with Heather last season – there was no conspiracy). Meghan was ABSOLUTELY wrong in her harping on the infamous phone call, but Shannon was out of control ridiculous in her reaction – not to mention inappropriate in the place. No one was implying she was uncharitable. Just rude.
I’m not a huge Heather fan but I do love her taste in clothing (and cabinets). The woman has style. She always looks fantastic. I’ve never seen her in anything inappropriate or ill-fitting like the other women. She is obviously very intelligent and impatient with some of the idiocy going on around her.
I enjoy the episodes where they are just out having fun, although I would have enjoyed the Lizzie, Meghan, Heather outing more than the Vicky, Tamra, Shannon drunk-a-palooza. It was like they were faking the fun.
You know, I saw a photo of her with absolutely zero makeup on, you could see her skin as opposed to the white alabaster makeup she always seems to have caked on…and I thought she looked infinitely better and really beautiful.
I think the makeup she wears on the show makes her look harsh, her skin too matte and too white with the heavy eyeshadow. She looked stunning with nothing on, I was surprised.
Heather is very pretty without makeup. The heavy eye shadow doesn’t improve her look imo. But as I said, she is always pulled together and rocks the clothes she wears. Like her bathing suit in Tahiti. Tasteful while being sexy.
The only woman on the show with whom I could ever travel is Heather! She knows how to behave in a foreign country; she knows how to dress appropriately; she doesn’t get falling-down drunk and end up in the pool; she is polite to the staff; and she actually tries new things and seems to have FUN without being obnoxious. I cringe every time the HW travel and think “there goes our collective reputation again!”
If I was unfortunate enough to end up at the same resort as Vicki and Tamra, I think I would have to check out early. Geez, they are as bad as shrieking peacocks, but at least the peacocks don’t know any better!
Agreed abouy traveling with Heather. She always has a good time without screaming her head off, exposing her 50 year old boobs, or crying about step kids. She up for all sorts of adventures and shopping. I also thought it was sweet how she was sending selfies of herself with her hut behind her to Terry. I’d have to have a lot of cash to spend so I would be jealous of her all the time.
Wouldn’t be jealous of her…Calling Dr. Freud!
I like Heather. All the women, except Shannon, have said Heather is a good friend. I sure wish I had her figure and could afford her clothes.
Oh CaWoman-23,
You nailed it. I couldn’t quite place the sound but I live in SoCal right next to an entire community taken over by peacocks. All over the roads, on the roofs, in the yards. Every house.
They are all designer pretty as they preen and strut. But , Lord, are they hard to listen to.
Kinda like Viciki and Tamra.
Hmmm sounds like you may live quite close to me. So do I 🙂 I live near Palos Verdes, but I know Arcadia has a lot of them too!
Ooooohhh–close enough!
Quaint little Monrovia—-Arcadia adjacent!
My husband graduated from Arcadia High! My mother-in-law was principal of Foothill Junior High in Arcadia. I think my FIL graduated from Monrovia High – or was it Duarte?? And my brother-in-law was born in Monrovia hospital. I love old town Monrovia! Are you familiar with Resistor Records on Myrtle? It was co-founded by my husband’s good friend going back to junior high. (He passed away earlier this year)
Small world!
I lived in Sierra Madre from 1990 to about 1995. We are in Glendale now. It is a small world. Used to love taking the kids to that big park with all the screaming peacocks. 🙂
Very small world indeed!
In the very middle of Los Angeles County—- I live in the Mayberry of Southern California, Monrovia. A beautiful Main Street, farmers market, deer on my front lawn and always…..a roaming brown bear. We are famous for our bears. They have just become a part of everyday life for us
And we are all familiar with Resistor Records! Vinyl rules!
Glad to hear from a neighbor. Thank you!
I lived in the Monterey bay area and the neighbors had peacocks. The screeching was dreadful.
I am surprised to say I feel sorry for Meghan. She probably thought that she would forego having kids because he had 4 and she would be a stepmother and get a chance to help raise them. Not what she envisioned and it must hurt. Also, unless you are dealing with classy mature adults steparenting is a minefield.
To me the only issue should be that the mom and the dad decide how they should be disciplined and raised. But other than that stepmothers should be allowed to love the kids LIKE they are their own. What on earth could be wrong with that? Well. An ex-wife who hasnt found someone else will bristle at your little happy “family” can make your life a living hell. Add in the territorial “that is MY child” and…all I can say is God bless all the stepmothers who are in this situation. Eileen is lucky because Vince married well the first time around.