Tough Love N.O. Recap: Family Time

Tough Love

By Luscious | Thursday, June 21, 2012 | 9:07 am | 8 Comments
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On Elizabeth’s last day in her home town, Carl knocks on her hotel room door and brings her breakfast.

You mean to tell me he’s been this supportive and
you are staying in separate rooms??

How patient do you think this man will be? For God’s sakes girl, roll in the hay with this hunk.

He’ll teach you all about the big O.

 

I guess it’s the last night for Donna’s visit – I’m not sure, the time lines are all bungled up, but she and George W. are having a cozy and intimate evening in. She has made some delicious finger foods and everything seems to be going well.

 

Donna is doing a great job of being relaxed and enjoying the moment.

And truth be told, it isn’t really her fault when the talk starts to turn serious. It is George W. who tells her he thinks she should stick around New Orleans for awhile after boot camp is over. She tries to keep things light and not talk about any big steps, but he asks what she’s thinking. So she admits that she’s scared with the immense possibilities, the pressure and the demands that could come from a long distance relationship (my words, not hers). She tells George W. she needs his help to overcome the fear that holds her back. Unfortunately, that has him stumbling over his words and saying “I don’t know” a whole lot. He gets flustered and tells her they are only three weeks into the relationship.

Dude, you started this conversation.

It’s daytime again and Corey has arrived at Daniel’s place to meet her mother. She’s nervous, because I think really she doesn’t want Corey to be there. She decides that it is too early for Corey to meet her son, which I applaud her for. I’m glad she still thinks about her little boy and is interested in protecting him, even when she can’t figure out how to protect her own heart. Anyway, Corey arrives and he’s looking might delicious in a fuchsia shirt that is a little too tight.

He brought flowers for Danielle and her mom. Class act.

Pretty much as soon as Corey arrives, Danielle whisks him out of the house, down the street and sits him on a bench and demands to know what he’s thinking. The poor sweet dear tells her that he thinks she could maybe be the missing piece in the puzzle that is his life.

That’s nice. Can I get back to you on that?

Danielle has already made up her mind to wallow in the pointless past, so she tells Corey she doesn’t see how it can work when they are in separate cities. Corey says he’s given that some thought and he’s prepared to create a schedule and commit to visiting each other on a regular basis. I’m impressed that he’s willing to do whatever it takes.

Kind of like what you told Kevin you would do to be together, stoopit girl.

She continues to indicate she doesn’t know and tells him that she’s taking things step by step now that boot camp is ending. She pretty much sounds like she’s saying she’ll be done with him when boot camp is over.

Way to waste his time, Danielle.

 And so the time at home comes to an end. Here’s a few things I’ve learned:

Melissa asked Chris more than once how he liked Boston. He said he would never live there in the winter. My prediction:

If Chris doesn’t come to her pampered ass, they are history.

Partly due to her own choices and partly because it’s the way it should be until the time is right:

This will continue to be the only good man in Danielle’s life.

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Luscious just got back from a one year backpacking trip around the world with her husband (TVgasm fill-in specialist, The Professor). She spends her days writing, knitting and sewing. She's only good at one of those hobbies, not saying which.  Her secret dream is to write romance novels and have critics say her brilliance is wasted on such a pointless genre. Also, she'd like to create a pair of pajamas for her niece where the sleeves actually work.

8 Comments

  1. 1
    LyndaB
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 11:19 am

    These are just the best recaps….. my gut always hurts from laughing so hard.

    Alas, poor Elizabeth. Although she “seems” to be coming around, I don’t see how that girl can give up her bling and roses long-term. She’s a hot mess, that one is.

    I’ve been a huge fan of Tough Love since the first episode. Usually, this far into bootcamp I can make a fair estimation of who will stay together, who will go back to their old ways and who has at least learned something. I’m just not sure this time around. They all give me reason to doubt.

  2. 2
    Patty
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    Thank you for also recognizing Donna’s date looks like George W! I thought I was the only one! I feel so bad for Elizabeth; I hope she gives Carl a chance because he seems to be a really together and caring guy. Great recaps!

  3. 3
    labowner
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Oh My GAWD I almost cried when Elizabeth couldn’t get a hold of anyone in her family. I am putting my support behind her seeing it isn’t the bling, it’s the small moments, like him bringing her breakfast after a shitty evening. And if she doesn’t want him, I do.

    Danielle – what the fuck chickee? Steve, JW and Danielle’s mom need to get together and slap some sense into her. Although I am assuming mom has cracked her upside the head for the way she was talking throughout her adventure.

    Stephanie is looking better and better with less makeup. You are right Luscious, why hasn’t Steve mentioned the gobs of makeup on Elizabeth. Another reason to believe he is trying to keep her for himself….. ha. My male friend thinks he is gay because his pants were so tight during panel. :)

    And does Donna’s man dump her or do you think we are being set up?

    Thanks for the enjoying and very funny ride Luscious.

  4. 4
    BSparky
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Can’t believe this is your next to last re-cap for the show. I’ll miss your snarky humor. It always makes me laugh! “Let me just live out a little presidential fantasy and then he’s all yours…”–hystrical! Keep up the good work and thanks!!

  5. 5
    sardini
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 7:57 am

    I can’t believe this season is almost over! I totally agree with the GWB comparison, my husband and I have been saying that all along.

    I felt so bad for Elizabeth, too. Like I wanted to cry. But, I have to wonder what the full story is. I think there is a lot more that we’re not hearing. Why else would not ONE person show up? And did I hear right that she has a twin? You have to mess up pretty bad for your twin to disown you!

  6. 6
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 10:05 am

    @sardini stole the words right out of my mouth.
    Elizabeth had to have done something. Even if her family were complete douchebags, there’s no way that not ONE person would text or show up. They would write back, even if just to say “haha, we’re not coming”. For them to completely ignore her, including her twin sister, she must have done something. Either she didn’t tell anyone the whole story or the producers are keeping it from us so that she can seem more sympathetic. I did feel bad for her though, because that must have been so horrible and shitty to go through.
    Also, has anyone ever seen Elizabeth without her makeup? Maybe Carl didn’t show up that early, but dang…her makeup was done, hair freshly blown out…who has time for alladat?

    Interesting that Despina was Miss Mass.
    She’s completely the opposite of what I would think a beauty queen would be. I bet the other contenders for the title were mad when she won.

    I forgot that Stephanie was husband-hungry until she mentioned that thing about Good John. They are so cute together though, and I was happy to see that Stephanie laughing at how foolish she looked on that bull. She almost had a meltdown the last time she had to make a fool of herself, so I call that progress.

    This season has been weird as hell.
    Usually, you feel confident that the girls have learned and changed alot, but this season, I feel like very little has been accomplished.

  7. 7
    spinal11
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 11:19 am

    It may not be that Elizabeth’s family disowned her, but just that they either didn’t approve of her coming on the show or didn’t want to appear on camera. It’s not exactly your typical “meet my new boyfriend” situation, and if her family is as obsessed with keeping up appearances as she implied on many occasions, I’m not surprised that they wanted nothing to do with the charade of a reality show.

    And it is a charade. The challenges have way more to do with watching these women act silly on TV, than helping them change any of their issues. If I had trouble finding love this show would be the last option I would turn to. The vast majority of women are only on here for publicity.

  8. 8
    Classy Drunk Classy Drunk
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 8:41 am

    By this point in the show I hate one person, but I’m actually rooting all of these women on.

    I felt bad for Danielle. The vague answer is worse than a yes or no.

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