Miss Thang reads a quote from the NY Times describing the Jersey housewives as being more popular than the other housewives because they're the most preposterous and the most believable. Mama offers that they're popular because they don't try to be what people like. I'm guessing that they've been using that same line since they made up the bitchy popular clique in high school. We get a flashback of the whole pulling-out-the-book-table-flipping-meal fiasco. Meanwhile, Mama is looking a lot like a bulldog who's pretty sure her bone is going to be stolen. So I'm guessing that the months between filming and the reunion haven't been spent in deep reflection over her spiritual growth as a person.
Miss Thang wants to know exactly what precipitated the over the top table-flipping madness. Low-Magnon furrows her brow in concentration and makes some "zzzz" sounds before explaining that "everything just exploded and she was done." Awesome. Her insight is breathtaking. However, she totally recommends that whole table flipping thing to put some spice into a sex life, because afterwards the Juice was finally turned on, and she means really turned on. Mercifully, before she can launch into a graphic description of wild neanderthal/weeble sex, Miss Thang brings up the question of whether it was appropriate for Nina's kids to be in the room for the book confrontation.
The Manzo/Laurita woman must have been taking some polls at the local beauty shop and discovered that Nina's decision to leave her children in the room for the confrontation has been wildly unpopular with the viewing public. Mama Manzo and the Diva are jumping all over Nina for bringing the book to the dinner and then pulling it out in front of her children. Nina points out that she didn't actually say anything inappropriate unlike Low Magnon and the Diva. But none of the Mean Girls are going to admit to any inappropriate behavior of their own. This is about Nina being the bad guy, while they're the good guys, and there's absolutely no possibility that every last one of them is crazier than a rat on crack.
Those flowers are an insult to my family.
Nina explains that her decision to keep her children in the room is part of a master plan to prepare them for any situation in life, which is why she is sending them to spend the next year in the Middle East. Seriously, these girls are going to be totally qualified to work as producers on the Jerry Springer show. Miss Thang points out that Nina must have known that her girls were going to see a knock down, drag out fight. Nina shrugs and tells him that maybe she thought the presence of her girls would keep the women from exploding. Cool. I think everybody should have a child or two to act as human shields.
The Diva points out that, while Nina didn't actually say anything inappropriate, the contents of the book and therefore the very presence of the book was inappropriate. After all, the Diva never talks to Lexi about kidnapping or prostitution. Well, almost never, all those diatribes about the dangers of Greece don't really count.
It must be hard to remember what was shown and what wasn't when you're in the heat of reunion lies discussion.
Mama Manzo starts blathering on about how Low-Magnon and the Juice were nice enough to extend an olive branch to Nina and, instead of making olive oil, Nina threw it back in their faces. Because Mama knows that inviting Nina to her dinner party was an act straight out of the overflowing generosity of Low-Magnon's heart. After all, it takes a really big person to invite a universally despised guest to a dinner party and suspend all judgement, while entertaining them with an open heart and good intentions. And it would have been really impressive if that was what had actually happened. However, inviting a universally despised guest to your dinner party with every intention of continuing to despise her during and after the event, all the while expecting her to appreciate your super fake efforts to temporarily tolerate her, just doesn't have the same panache. Especially when you throw in their klassy whispered exchanges, not to mention sending texts about her to their spouses, while sitting directly across from Nina.
We were prepared to pretend to be nice to your face and you threw it right back at us.
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I found the dirt about the fat man found in the truck of a car. Yep. Everybody wants to think about the day of their engagement with such beautiful memories. Maybe "Mama" should have a chat with the cops because they seem to have a completely different opinion about "her family".
I saw the Diva's wedding tv show but the split marriage info is a little vague. Would someone please post a link or post a hint to a good link?
I have a friend who pays for everything in cash but he has retail stores. Juicy and Cro have cash handy because......?
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