Really? One hundred and ten people at a bridal shower? Caroline is really going all out on this event. She’s very hands on with all the decorations. I know the storyline for this show is basically overprotective mother with ungrateful kids, but helicopter mom stuff aside, Caroline seems like she would be a great mom.
Oh look! It’s my favorite Manzo kid adjacent, Greggy Bennett! It’s been forever since he has been on my TV! He is there to crash the shower. I think he is actually one of Lauren’s bridesmaids, um…. bridesmen. Whatever.
Albie’s girlfriend for filming, Brittany is coming to the shower. She is getting a whole lot of storyline this season. I’m not sure what the arrangement is there but I don’t believe for a minute that these two have a relationship. Jesus, are they seriously still talking about Brittany? 
The future bride and groom arrive to the most extravagant bridal shower ever, everyone is dressed to the nines, except Vito who looks like he might be wearing a shirt with his name sewn on it. There is enough food for 310 people. It’s all very over the top!
The Manzo boys are driving a van to crash the shower with Greg in a box in the back seat. I would like to make some sort of dick in a box joke here, because it would just be so easy, but it Greggy Bennett!
As Lauren is reading the card from Caroline’s touching gift (the sash from her wedding dress to tie around the bridal bouquet and crying, Chris shows up playing the trumpet. Well, trying to play the trumpet. Caroline is already not amused. But once Greg busts out of the box, Lauren and Caroline are thrilled. Because, Greg Bennett.
More Brittany talk. Why?
At some point Vito got a clean t-shirt.
I can’t help it. I love this show.
Yes, the gifts would be great. Writing that many Thank You cards would be enough to push me over the edge.
Any good Italian party will have three times the food needed. When I shop for parties with non-Italian friends they argue against how much food I am buying. They just don’t understand.
Sweet T: I think every ethnicity does this:) After an Asian party, if you don’t have so much food that it looks like youre ready to START a party, you have failed.
I’m Irish and couldn’t imagine not making at least twice the food required for any function. What if someone shows up unexpected? How horrible would it be to run out of food while my guests are still hungry? I would never get over the humiliation. Therefore, always make way to much food.
I wanted to eat all that food and Caroline can adopt me anytime. Or I’ll just crash all their parties and pretend I’m the 4th Manzo child. It’s a big fam so they probably wouldn’t notice. Right?
I don’t have Instagram but last season sometime my friend, who does have Instagram, and I were looking at Brittany’s and there were lots of photos of her and Albie from pretty far back. Exactly how far back, I cant remember. Its fuzzy. Now I don’t know if that means they are really dating or not, bc watching the show I also have difficulty believing they are really together.
Did you guys ever notice that people who have super involved moms like Caroline usually also have super grumpy grunting dads like AL they are compensating for? (And you always have to be quiet because grumpy dad is sleeping!)
I thought Caroline did a really nice job. She was very sweet, I have 1 daughter and 3 boys so I could see myself and my hubby being like this with our daughter. I really hope the boys act like this on camera only because I would be kinda embarrassed of the way they act. Albie isn’t gay is he, socially awkward? Seems like he’s hiding something.
Brittany’s story line is sad in that pathetic type of way. They literally said they thought she was dating Albie the first time because of the show and his fame. She relieved some expensive glasses as a gift from Albie because she really wanted them and then sold them and it was shared on the show. Even if it’s all story line, a gold digging fame searching girl after a son is a creepy and horrible story line.
Loved, loved, loved Greggy B. showing up! He’s always so entertaining!
Caroline’s gift and demeanor was so touching, along with Lauren’s reaction.
I think Caroline’s a warm, loving, & funny mom. Always liked her.
Now this is why I started watching the Housewives shows in the first place. I started with New Jersey hoping it would give a pleasant little glimpse of their homes and families doing ordinary family things we all love to share.
With Teresa Giudice and all her avaricious machinations the spiral downwards moved quickly to her doom. That spiraling vortex called Teresa ruined the entire show.
If RHONJ had focused on Caroline – without Dina, and Chris Larita with a different wife, and people like Kathy Wakile sans Richard it would have been a much better experience for all of us.
Since the advent of the reptilian Meghan, RHOC is now ruined as well. So I am just about done with all the Bravo shows except the Manzos.
Caroline will always be The Top Tomato. Far more pleasant to watch than the current bitter dregs. TV was so much fun when I was young. People were entertained, laughed and related to people on that idiot box with tubes in the back. There is nothing entertaining watching self centered misery. Kathy’s sweet as well. Andy somehow believes this ship cannot sail without a present guest of State of Connecticut.
My sister had a 100 people at her shower. Maybe 120. It was ridiculous.
I don’t even know 100 people.
I don’t see new recaps… I am just catching up on last week’s episode and I HAVE to tell someone that I think Lauren is actually being very nice to her Vito’s mother and her mother. The baby talk is ridiculous and inappropriate. I would blow a gasket.
I would sign up for Amazon Prime to get a Greggy in the Box delivered to my door.