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Real Housewives of New Jersey: The Jersey Breakfast Club

November 21, 2018 by tamaratattles 64 Comments

On Melissa’s promotional social media tonight, she said that this episode was really hard to watch. Nono has been in the hospital for weeks and Joe and Teresa have both been there every day. Melissa was there with her kids. The family is all rallying for Nono. Melissa feels badly about some of the things she says on this episode that leads to a rift between her and Teresa and causes everyone to have to choose sides.

On to Oklahoma …

None of the housewives know how to pack for Oklahoma. Some of them think it is “the south” and it is kind of but probably not the way they think. It’s more southern meets western.  Or something. At least most of them know that boots are a better option than Louboutins. 

Teresa and Joe argue via phone about Joe’s inability to visit his father because he is swamped at work. I have a very successful brother who owns one or two of his own business and he is for the most part the only fulltime employee of the company. I used to use this very same argument with him, you are the boss, you could come if you want to.  And it is true in the technical sense, but now that I own my own business, it is an all day every day thing. And yes I could take time off but when I do, I lose a lot of revenue because y’all expect me to be here all day pumping out stories. I get it now. Just because you are the boss doesn’t mean you can call in sick. Or take a mental health day, especially here because not posting regularly causes a nose dive in views. And view pay for my cheap boxed wine. I totally see both sides of the story. Meanwhile, Melissa is caught in the middle. 

Teresa is complaining about having to go to Oklahoma like it is as bad as doing nearly a year at camp. Melissa is on to her and knows that since she is pissed at Joe Melissa is in for a bumpy trip.

The girls act like they have never seen cows before. Aren’t Jersey cows from Jersey? Marge’s friend has a huge house in the middle of Nowhere, Oklahoma and the winds are rushing through the plains so hard the girls have to hold on to their weaves. I love it already.

Right off the bat Teresa makes a crude joke about not wanting to milk a cow because it reminds her of milking… I’ll spare you the image I will never get out of my head for those of you who don’t watch and just read the recaps.

Despite the house being huge it was built in the 1930s and only sleeps six. So two people have to sleep in the camper. Teresa immediately refuses to be in the camper. She’s afraid of coyotes. The camper is actually VERY nice. Dolores volunteers for the camper, it was not a selfless move, I would have begged for the camper it’s decked out and private. It looks like Jennifer (is this the first time we have seen her) is going to sleep in a bed with Marge so Dolores has the whole camper to herself. Dolores wins.

Teresa goes out to trash Melissa to Dolores because Joe and Teresa went to the Bahamas on the anniversary of Joe and Teresa’s mother’s death. Teresa thinks that is awful. I think it is great. It’s a hard day and anything that makes it better is great. Melissa tells Jackie that she is having issues with Teresa and her husband’s current argument with her.

I really thought I would like Jennifer because she is, I believe, Turkish? But she packed a ton of Chanel bags brags too much. Maybe she’s Iranian. Everyone goes out to see the beautiful sunset and Jennifer basically says she sees this every night from her beautiful home that is higher than everyone else. Yep. She’s obnoxious as fuck. Marge hates her too.

The ladies sit to an Oklahoma meal prepared by a professional chef. It looks very healthy but Teresa has brought her own meal with her for the trip because she is training for her muscle man competition or whatever. She’s having broccoli. Jackie shares she used to be anorexic. /heavy sigh No one cares.

Oh for the love of baby Jesus. Insert Melissa’s dead daddy story here. /HUGE sigh Apparently, a psychic told her that her dad had another daughter with someone else and she wants to find her. Teresa is not having it. She is pissed because Nono is alive now and she is not making him a priority. I don’t know who I am annoyed with more. Oh yes I do, it’s Teresa. Everything is about Teresa or it doesn’t matter. I do hope that Melissa’s storyline involves finding a sister she didn’t know she had. If true that would be fun.

Jackie

Wait, why is there a girl named Lexi there listed as “Margaret’s employee?” Joe steps up to take is father out because he has no other option with Teresa out of town. Teresa immediately receives this information as Joe is spending time with his father because Melissa isn’t there. What a “the smaller the forehead the less brain matter” exhibit this is.

There is also another friend of Marge’s there named Polly. I will never keep up with all of these people at the breakfast table. Teresa tells Melissa that when she is not around Joe spends more time with his father. Melissa suggests they talk about this privately. Teresa is not having it she has her agenda and she is going there. Dolores sticks up for Teresa because Dolores has never met a felon or disbarred attorney from New Jersey she doesn’t like.  She is/was in bed with the disbarred attorney associated with the site that Thomas Ravenel paid to trash the mother of his children and a perfectly innocent women who dated him for five minutes and bailed. That person also repped Siggy and I can’t believe they didn’t fire Dolores at the same time but there are people who watch these shows who have no idea what is going on even when you explain it to them. They buy the Bravo version of events hook, line and sinker. And that is the majority of the casual viewers.

On the other hand, Teresa has a point that she needed her brother that weekend. And their father could have used some comfort. So again I see both sides but ultimately it is an individual choice. Teresa goes on appearances to this day while her elderly father is in the hospital because “she has to work.” It’s complicated.

In more important news Teresa is wearing cootie cutters and “boot” with stiletto heels. They head out onto THE LAND to either fish or shoot. Some are carrying their Everfulls. /deep sigh Only Melissa and Jackie choose to shoot. This makes them my favorite. But wait, their target is a house?I don’t think I’d agree to randomly shoot a house at all. Random people maybe, but I don’t know who is in the house! Just kidding this is weird as fuck. When I lived in Tallahassee I went fishing with a guy that I was dating briefly and kept going after we broke up. I am a girly girl at heart though. So while I am fine baiting the hook, casting, and reeling it in, I can’t take the live fish off the hook. So if I caught one, the day was done and I would drop it hook line and sinker into a small cooler and cut the line. I woudn’t go again until someone could set the line for me. Teresa caught a nice fish and they threw it back in. I hate people who do that. Jackie? is a great shooter. Melissa doesn’t want to shoot.

Jennifer is awful so she will be team Teresa with Dolores. Then there are the good three, Jackie, Melissa and Marge. Melissa doesn’t want to go shopping with the group because she wants to avoid friction with Teresa.  Jackie tries to support Melissa on the shopping trip. Marge stays back with Melissa. The girls get a lot of really nice free merchandise in exchange for Bravo promoting the store and the ladies posting their “purchases” on social media. Nevertheless it was an amazing store and I’d probably buy a pair of their five hundred dollar hand made boots if I were there. All these fools care about is labels and this store has craftsmanship.  Bravo again fucks over the store with their lack of giving them decent name recognition. The town clearly paid to have the town name listed several times on the chyron. If you want the name of the store you can go back on their social media for their paid endorsements. The city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma clearly paid a lot for this.

Marge bonds with Melissa after they all get back. Melissa says that everyone gives Teresa a free pass because Joe is in prison and going to be deported. Melissa talks to Teresa about how she treats here and Teresa is a bitch about it. Melissa says she doesn’t want to fight. Teresa is being her true awful self. Melissa begs Teresa to keep her brother sister stuff in between them. Teresa is a moron. Then there is a hug it out moment.

Next week, MOTS.

Other than the random anorexia story, I really liked Jackie a lot. Also spare me your anorexia stories in the name of Christmas, PUHLEASE.

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Filed Under: Danielle Staub, Dolores Catania, Entertainment News, Jackie Goldschneider, Joe Giudice, Margaret Josephs, Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice Tagged With: Danielle Staub, Dolores Catania, Entertainment News, Felons By Bravo, Jackie Goldschneider, Jennifer Aydin, Kim DePaola, Margaret Josephs, Melissa Gorga, Posche Fashion Show, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ, Teresa Guidice

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  1. Elle says

    November 21, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    Jennifer is indeed Turkish.

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  2. LMD says

    November 21, 2018 at 11:29 pm

    Jennifer and Jackie are not my cup of tea!!!

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  3. Amanda says

    November 22, 2018 at 12:04 am

    That house was gorgeous!! I could totally see picking it for a bed and breakfast stay or whatever new stuff ppl do these days. Haha. Also, Oklahoma is definitely the Midwest, right? I’m questioning my sanity with them all thinking they’re in the south and wanting to say “y’all” all of the time. I occasionally get into a similar discussion when discussing St. Louis with the man. His family is from there via Staten Island and I always call it the Midwest but like 6 out of 10 times, he decides it’s actually a part of the south so I’m just confused and I’ve been there at least ten times. The perils of being stupid.

    Jennifer is an ASSHAT!!! Dear god! Who brings 6 Chanel purses then claims a prairie sunset is the same as her McMansion sunset. She’s so not fun or friendly.

    I could write a vocal about the Giudice/Gorga drama but I won’t do it on this post. Let’s just say I understand that Joe can’t just leave because he’s the boss. Theresa is dumb as a stump though.

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    • Amanda says

      November 22, 2018 at 12:09 am

      Novel. Silly phone.

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    • Erica says

      November 22, 2018 at 12:30 am

      I’ve never been to Oklahoma, but my mom’s side of the family immigrated there via Germantown, Ill. several generations back. It definitely has some Southern similarities, etc – when people talk about being “Southern” and Southern food, I recognize a few similarities from the relatives and the food that has been passed down, certain words, etc. I think the census designates it as the South too..

      But during the Civil War it was mainly Indian Territory. It is no Georgia for sure. It also borders the Southwest and is part of the Great Plains (I think…)

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    • Jim says

      November 22, 2018 at 5:23 am

      I was surprised to see that according to the Census Bureau, Oklahoma (and Texas) are in “The South”. I would have thought it was the southwest. The division of the south, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, is the “West South Central”.

      Also, Jersey cows are from the Channel Island of Jersey which is a dependency of the UK.

      This concludes your geography lesson for today. 🙂

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      • Jaded says

        November 22, 2018 at 8:14 am

        Growing up in Oklahoma we were taught it was the Southwest.

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      • Piper Kelley says

        November 22, 2018 at 9:50 am

        I lived in the Channel Islands as my husband is from there. Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney (where we lived), Sark and Herm 🙂 My husband said that would be a funny trip for them to take as the people are much wealthier on the original Jersey

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    • ShebeSheBroke says

      November 22, 2018 at 8:37 am

      Being from the South I thought OK was definitely the Midwest, but when I moved to CA I discovered that not only do people think OK is the south, some of them think Missouri is too. I was like…what?

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      • Nanette says

        November 22, 2018 at 10:56 pm

        I am from California and what you may find hard to believe is that, despite having EXCELLENT teachers, I know many California HS graduates who think New Mexico is part of Mexico. One who thought the Vietnam War was fought over the Panama Canal, and another who did not know what the Boston Tea Party was because she “must have cut school that day.” There are lots of Californians who cannot remember how to spell California, so they call it “Cali.” Only kidding … about Cali, the rest is true.

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        • tamaratattles says

          November 22, 2018 at 11:20 pm

          Don’t tell anyone but if we were to have a dumboff, I think Georgia would be a fine competitor. I had a series of spectacularly dumb principals. The dumbest was a guy who called me into his office to tell me that my required parent letter he put into place and insisted on editing was terrible and going to make the entire school look stupid. I had a little blurb on every subject and for science I wrote something like, “We are currently discovering the animal kingdom, and so far we really like studying insects best. We love creepy, crawling things.” He basically called me stupid and embarrassing for saying that insects are animals.

          Marinate on that for a moment. And he was the principal of an elementary school. I was at a rare loss for words. Eventually I took a county purchased Big Book from the required second grade curriculum and opened it to the pages that said “insects are the most numerous species on the earth” and left it on his desk. We never had another conversation

          That said same principal was in charge of the book of the month. We had a really great one one month were I got to incorporate my love for fine art with Math! It was probably my favorite series of plans ever we got to explore math through painting and it was awesome. But when he introduced the book to the faculty during a faculty meeting he could not pronounce Renoir, Degas, Picasso, etc. It was SO embarrassing to sit through! By the end of my lessons my kids could identify a Mondrian panting and a Degas painting and explain the differences of each artist. THEY WERE EIGHT, And they had a greater appreciation for math.

          We used to playTrivia games while waiting in the long boring lunch line. This was a mark on my record for “showing off.”

          I miss my kids but I don’t miss how stupid everyone else was.

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          • Nanette says

            November 23, 2018 at 1:54 pm

            I wish every child could have you for a teacher. Or, one like you. That idiotic principal … better he is where you and your fellow teachers know he is an idiot than teaching future generations and molding them into idiots. My sister and nephew teach elementary level and they had a MENTALLY DISTURBED principal — who endangered lives by her crazy — and no one can figure out how she ever was hired anywhere. My nephew uses music in his math lessons, similar to your art. They learn two things at once, and their comprehension and retention are better.

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    • sliceo'pie says

      November 22, 2018 at 1:37 pm

      Actually Tennessee is in the South or more specifically the Southeast region of the United States. I had a friend who lived there. it’s a really diverse state geographically and is broken up into three different. But what the hell, I’m from Jersey -my world view is that of the old New Yorker Poster from the 1970’s.

      Re Jennifer – I CAN’T STAND one upper’s. I grew up around people with old/older money and most of the time you didn’t know they had it until you arrived at their home. Ok-this is really snobby and no offense to anyone but Paramus NJ is horrible-you go there to shop but you don’t actually LIVE there. It’s what you think when you think Jersey -the land of strip malls, highways & highly over-populated. It’s famous for the Garden State Mall. If you had any taste and could build a house anywhere in Northern NJ you would not build it in Paramus. She’s a very insecure person and uncomfortable with her new wealth. I can understand that but I dislike when people put on airs. ” I know the value of a dollar! i’m not paying $500 for boots” Handcrafted!! Girl, you’d pay $5k if they had Chanel stamped on them and they were plastic. Let’s be real.

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      • friendsorfaux says

        November 26, 2018 at 4:08 pm

        aw man i don’t like that. grew up in paramus-its a really pretty town where people live – not where the malls are. don’t be small minded no one likes that 🙂 also Jennifer lives on Alpine Rd. it is the most expensive st in the town and sits way elevated

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    • Kelnlola says

      November 22, 2018 at 4:32 pm

      Thank you for wishing me well on my first day of work the other day. It meant a lot 🙂

      I also don’t know about the new girl with the dark hair but I do like the new blonde girl.

      I haven’t watched this show since Theresa went to “camp” but I am really enjoying this season. Like I realllly love this show right now. It’s right up there with Below Deck for me. I love every scene with Marge she’s so cute. And I love Theresa’s kids.

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      • Amanda says

        November 22, 2018 at 11:06 pm

        You’re welcome! I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving!

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  4. Mary says

    November 22, 2018 at 12:04 am

    I LOVE Tre’s hot pink dress color she wears in her interview.

    It was hard for me to follow the story tonight. My brain froze at the fact Jennifer brought 4 Chanel bags on the trip. Even if you travel to Paris, do you bring 4 similar sized bags?

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    • ShebeSheBroke says

      November 22, 2018 at 8:28 am

      She’s just obobnixois. That was obviously all a ploy to show off how wealthy she is. But it’s just kind of…*yawn*. Like if you’re really that wealthy, why do you still dress like that?

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  5. Amanda says

    November 22, 2018 at 12:27 am

    Oh! I meant to ask, what about catch and release fishing gets you, TT? Just removing the fish from the hook? I feel you on that but it’s got to happen with all of the size limits on all of the fish. I try to let someone else take that job when we go fishing but I love going anyhow. Being on water in the boat or just fishing off the piers at the beaches is so relaxing for me. I would’ve wanted to shoot and fish and I’m a girly girl too! I also would’ve spent some serious cash in that store because craftsmanship is so rare.

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 6:21 am

      I just hate catch and release fishers because, they just torture the fish laugh and toss then back. Fish for food or don’t fish at all.

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      • Kipper says

        November 22, 2018 at 6:41 pm

        Exactly!

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      • Amanda says

        November 22, 2018 at 11:10 pm

        Like tournament fishing or bass fishing. I’m not into that. Fishing is for food. We keep everything we can but don’t want tickets from the fishing police so some of the fish have to go back. They are really strict.

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  6. NancyintheSmokies says

    November 22, 2018 at 1:12 am

    You made me laugh out loud!! “because she’s never met a felon or a disbarred attorney she didn’t like”. I just enjoy your free flow stream of consciousness style of writing. Its fucking funny.

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 6:23 am

      I probably should have named this site drunken recaps by Tamara and then I would not get eighty billion comments about my typos and more like this. LOL. Thanks.

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  7. LaLaFly says

    November 22, 2018 at 1:39 am

    Derail! Because Oklahoma’s musical legacy amazes me!
    Oklahoma is considered the midwest on the map, but most people from Oklahoma consider themselves western. There are a LOT of famous musicians from Oklahoma. I drove through Oklahoma once and was astounded at all the roadside signs declaring the birthplace of some pretty famous musicians so I looked it up. It’s jaw-dropping. Let me bore you. Hopefully this will help someone with insomnia finally nod off…
    Born in Oklahoma: Hoyt Axton, Chet Baker, Charlie Wilson, Garth Brooks, Anita Bryant, J.J. Cale, Henson Cargill, Joe Diffie, David Gates (the band Bread), Vince Gill, Woody Guthrie!, Wanda Jackson!, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire!, Barry McGuire, Patti Page!, Sandi Patti, Jimmy Rushing (Count Basie Orchestra singer), Leon Russell!, Blake Shelton, B.J. Thomas!, Carrie Underwood, and Jimmie Webb. Impressed with the fact that obviously the only thing to do in Oklahoma is make music? Wellllll…these artists all spent a significant amount of time living in Oklahoma and/or were raised there: Gene Autry, Elvin Bishop, Roy Clark (RIP), Ronnie Dunn (Brooks & Dunn), Steve and Cassie Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Gap Band (brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson), Merle Haggard!, Roger Miller!, Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts Band), and Bob Wills!
    This is the end of my derail.
    Teresa still sucks. Melissa is never going to win. I don’t know the rest of these women that well. I still miss Jacqueline, Kathy, and Rosie. I’d watch if they just brought those three back. That would be fun and crazy. I need to go to bed. Why am I still typing?

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 6:25 am

      New slogan for Oklahoma “We are not California” I mean as a southerner, I am on their side but I am not sure what the fuck Oklahoma really is. We should all take a field trip!

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      • LaLaFly says

        November 22, 2018 at 10:31 pm

        Let’s go!

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        • Kipper says

          November 22, 2018 at 10:47 pm

          I’m in! I have not a one Chanel bag (not saying I wouldn’t mind one or two) but I own several pairs of boots (roper/cowboy), I say y’all a lot, eat real food and enjoy a great sunset! I haven’t watched any of NJ yet, I’ve considered dropping this from my play list along with ATL but I will probably break down tomorrow…

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      • Nanette says

        November 23, 2018 at 2:17 pm

        I can wear my vintage boots that belonged to Kitty Wells, even though she was born in Nashville.

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        • Kipper says

          November 23, 2018 at 2:22 pm

          Oh how cool!

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        • LaLaFly says

          November 23, 2018 at 8:57 pm

          My jaw is dropping over Nanette owning a pair of cowgirl boots owned by Miss Kitty Wells! I am in awe.

          Sounds like we need a Tamara Tattles Trip to Oklahoma!

          My cowgirl boots are vintage Larry Mahan roper boots which I do not get to wear very much here in the perpetually hot south so a trip to OK would be perfect! lol

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  8. Marc says

    November 22, 2018 at 2:20 am

    Please dear God no more Theresa vs Melissa storyline. I like them both nich better when they are not fighting with each other. Joe G does need to spend more time with Giancito regardless of Melissa’s travels.

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  9. Navymommy says

    November 22, 2018 at 7:44 am

    I am sorry Jennifer but your view is of PARAMUS! ‘Nuff said about this superficial twat.

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    • sliceo'pie says

      November 22, 2018 at 1:38 pm

      I can see the Garden State Mall when the sun sets! I’m dying with envy.

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  10. Navymommy says

    November 22, 2018 at 7:50 am

    Oh, and according to the monthly bible of Southern Living, OK is most definitely in the South. I think of it as Southwest myself.

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 10:36 pm

      Oklahoma is NOT THE SOUTH. And neither is Florida below the panhandle Freaking yankees all.

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      • MaBarker says

        November 23, 2018 at 10:00 am

        lol

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      • LaLaFly says

        November 23, 2018 at 10:21 pm

        Oh, my dear sweetest TT…there are plenty of southern places in Florida below the panhandle. Almost every part of the state right down the center is full of Southerners except for Orlando. I know so many born and raised Floridians from south of the panhandle and they are all very, very southern. <3 I learned how to make the best sweet potato casserole ever from a woman in Lutz which is in the Tampa area. I wish I had some of it right now.

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      • L. Griffis says

        November 24, 2018 at 8:44 pm

        I was born and raised in South GA and can agree that TT is totally correct. South FL is indeed NOT the South. In Fact FL barely squeaks in because North FL is as redneck as South GA.

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        • tamaratattles says

          November 24, 2018 at 9:46 pm

          Thank you! Florida is totally a yankee state. The rednecks have MOSTLY been run off by the retirees from the north.

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          • Bee says

            November 26, 2018 at 7:42 am

            My experience of living in Florida was that most of us transplants stick to the coasial areas or Orlando. But if you go towards the center of the state you may mistake it for rural Alabama. As for the Florida panhandle, we all know it’s nickname, lol

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      • Sharon says

        November 28, 2018 at 5:07 pm

        TT, I beg to differ, I’m born and raised in central FL. Where Disney is now, my friends and I used to ride horse until her grandfather sold it. Now, south of central FL I agree Yankees all!! Dagnabbit!! 🙂

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  11. ShebeSheBroke says

    November 22, 2018 at 8:25 am

    Wow TT. I’m kind of surprised by how dismissive you are of Jackie opening up about her eating disorder. That seems to be the huge elephant in the room in some of these shows, particularly RHONY, where it’s very clear that the women don’t have a healthy relationship with food. As someone who also struggled with serious anorexia for many years, I actually appreciated Jackie’s honesty. It’s important to be reminded that obsessive calorie counting/food weighing/restriction isn’t healthy. And I really appreciated her showing the pics of her at her wedding. A lot of times when you’re anorexic, people will say “You’re so skinny!” and although they mean it in a “Holy sh*t you look unwell” kind of way, the anorexic brain just hears “Hey I look skinny! This is great!” That’s why it’s kmportant to say “You look unhealthy,” similar to what she said her father’s friends did.

    That said, she still seems a little too frail. I hope she stays in recovery. We do really very rarely get any sort of body positive messages from this franchise, and I appreciated this.

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 10:43 pm

      This franchise is full of anorexics. If this is her storyline I am out. I’m not a fan of announcing your entire mental health history the first time you sit down to dinner. But whatever.

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  12. ShebeSheBroke says

    November 22, 2018 at 8:34 am

    Oh, sorry, I missed this disclaimer at the end where you said you didn’t want anorexia stories. My mistake. Whatever happened to the contrite, mournful TT from yesterday or Monday or whenever who was lamenting the lack of compassion shown for the women on these shows? I guess that was all empathy theater. Well played.

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 10:45 pm

      Nope. I’m still the same. I’d like to make it through on recap without cancer stories, anorexia stories, and STAY TALKING ABOUT THE EPISODE. I’m not sure why this is a hard concept. Perhaps I presumed incorrectly that your anorexia struggles should not be the focus of the comment section on a housewives recap.

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  13. Adam Davis says

    November 22, 2018 at 9:30 am

    Totally agree. My son in law from NC does that. I’m like hey you just threw away dinner for your kids idiot. Smh.

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  14. Judith Vance says

    November 22, 2018 at 9:36 am

    Since they are already in Bartlesville, why not take a day trip to Pawhuska and see how a real entrepeneur operate?

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    • Judith Vance says

      November 22, 2018 at 9:38 am

      Entrepreneur operates – special snowflake of a keyboard!

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 10:47 pm

      Because the city of Pawhuska didn’t pay for the trip, Bartlesville did.

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  15. Shamrocks says

    November 22, 2018 at 10:49 am

    Watching Jennifer makes me completely NOT envious of her lifestyle. I would much rather have my middle class lifestyle with my basic bags than living in a palace surrounded by Chanel but have to beg my husband to go away for the weekend. I get that everyone has their own ideals and lifestyle- but it irks me that this is referred to as a “traditional” marriage. Just because it’s tradition doesn’t mean it’s ok- think historically about traditions that are now horrific.

    I can actually relate to Melissa. My husband is Italian and has an ill father, and I lost mine when I was younger. We both work full time and have small kids and his older sisters get annoyed that he doesn’t mow their lawn and fix their house (we offer to pay since we don’t have time but that isn’t good enough). When we got married he didn’t call his parents every day and his sister told me I have to make him. It’s stressful.

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    • Observer2 says

      November 26, 2018 at 9:10 pm

      That’s nice of you to offer to pay for those services for your father-in-law.

      Perhaps if you made the arrangements directly with the provider for the services to be performed and handle the payments directly – that would be greatly appreciated. It makes it harder on the sibling who IS taking responsibility to handle everything and sort the payments and reimbursements, etc.

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  16. Karen K says

    November 22, 2018 at 11:41 am

    Very boring season so far. I have no hopes that it will get better. Uninteresting women with no story lines.

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  17. UTattleTale says

    November 22, 2018 at 12:57 pm

    I suspect part of the issue with Joe being “too busy” to have regular contact with his father is that he and his father have had, and continue to have a contentious relationship. IMO, Joe probably grew up in a household where Teresa was the golden child and Joe was the child that had to do better, be better, step up more, groomed to carry the family responsibilities, etc….. I suspect he never measured up to his Dad’s idea of who he SHOULD BE instead of being accepted for who he IS.

    My husband comes from an italian family with 4 siblings. The two girls were the golden children and cater to, and the two boys were constantly told that they either were not measuring up to some idea in the parents heads, being asked to shoulder extra family duties, or were being told that they had to set aside their own adult families in order to cater to the whims of their parents. If they put their own families before some parental request, they were told they were neglecting their parents, by both the parents and the daughters. They were regularly reminded of their short comings, and things they did for their parents were never enough. They were expected to sacrifice their lives for their parents because after all, they were created by them. The daughters, on the other hand, could do no wrong, were encouraged to have a live and a family of their own and supported in everything they do. Very unfair. It created family tension. Perhaps this is what Joe is dealing with.

    Thanks for letting me rant on this subject as we deal with this to this day, even though both parents are deceased. One sister pulls a “Teresa” on us all the time, reminding my husband of all those times he did not measure up, ignoring all the personal sacrifices our family made to be there when we could, and do whatever we could.

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    • sliceo'pie says

      November 22, 2018 at 2:46 pm

      Oy, family can be so difficult-especially with in laws. As an ‘in-law” one can really feel a lack control or a voice in these situation. You sit by in frustration watching your spouse in pain and feel helpless. It’s nearly impossible to change your own family dynamics let alone your spouse’s family. Thanks for sharing your story-I’m sorry for your painful experiences. Even though they’re deceased, it obviously still hurts from time to time-those memories pop up. I work every day on forgiving someone who hurt me badly-ultimately it’s for my own peace. Happy Thanksgiving.

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  18. Undine says

    November 22, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    I think it’s possible for both sides to be right: Joe does need to spend more time with his father and Teresa needs to leave Melissa alone about it. The fact is a lot of men don’t be value emotional labor or caretaking of children and elderly parents. Joe should be called onthe carpet for that. And anyone expecting his wife to take up the slack is rude and unfair. Teresa is just plain awful, and in this case she might be right but her methods are heinous.

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  19. Nanette says

    November 22, 2018 at 11:14 pm

    TT, they did show the sign for the western wear shop — you must have blinked, because that’s how long it was onscreen. I rewound because I used to design signs. But it was FAST!

    Tre is as despicable as ever. No more namaste. Jennifer is pretentious and insecure and I love Margaret’s (my favorite) said about her.

    I was hoping when Melissa said the psychic said she might have another sister that someone would scream “Teresa!” but that didn’t happen.

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    • tamaratattles says

      November 22, 2018 at 11:28 pm

      This is the reason I don’t sign Bravo releases for the site anymore. At first I was really flattered but they never include the site name even for a second so, noe. Probably not going to do it again. It’s a PITA to stop what I am doing and autosign the release and such and it doesn’t help me at all. My time is more lucrative working on the site. Also the big sites don’t allow it at all. I can see why now, I have been on several shows only Wendy Williams and That couples therapy show included my site name and even then it made zero difference in followers. I have to just earn them one by one.

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      • Nanette says

        November 23, 2018 at 2:23 pm

        Loyalty. That is what you get. Because of your integrity and your writing skills and your unique voice. And you have the funniest, most intelligent followers I’ve seen on any TV site.

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  20. Nanette says

    November 23, 2018 at 2:30 pm

    Fiddle Dee Dee. I have never been to the South. And I am not a geography major. (And I am from California, so I don’t know if I even qualify as a Yankee!) But to me, the South is as much a state of mind, and a way of living, as it is geographical. I checked it out, the Census Bureau uses only FOUR designated areas. National Geographic uses FIVE. In the Nat Geo, Oklahoma is SouthEAST. Then there are the subdivisions, such as Pacific Northwest. I would bet that Patricia A. (although a transplant) would agree with TT on what is the “real” south. Or we could ask Phaedra Parks, an expert on all things Southern Belle. NOT!

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    • Bee says

      November 26, 2018 at 7:49 am

      Patricia is a Yankee who likes to play like she’s from Charleston.

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  21. WinnielovesKevin says

    November 23, 2018 at 4:25 pm

    The only thing I came away with, was that Theresa may believe that milk comes from milking a cow’s penis?!!! Sigh

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    • Nanette says

      November 23, 2018 at 10:03 pm

      No wonder her coffee tastes funny.

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      • Kipper says

        November 24, 2018 at 12:52 am

        Giggle!

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