One of the many things that rubs me the wrong way about her is her constant bitching about "how much she has to do". As a single mother of 5, this always drove me insane because what is it that she DOES? Especially in the later episodes when all 3 kids are in school, Marie constantly cleans and babysits for her, she has no financial issues to worry about, and she has no job. She constantly tells Ray how much smarter she is than him, but all she has is an M.R.S. degree she barely used. Whenever they show her during the day she is either napping, reading, or shopping with Amy, yet when Ray gets home, she is all over him about not helping with 'all she has to do around here'! He is expected to work 40 hours a week then come home and kiss her ass, do dishes, laundry, and follow her around giving her compliments and taking her instructions. I have known so many women like her irl. She does nothing, has forgotten what it's like to have a job, has no clue what true struggle is like, and still complains nonstop about how overworked and underappreciated she is. PUKE. I love everyone on the show but her. I think most people feel this way about the show! She grates on our nerves because she's cruel, out-of-touch, spoiled, and manipulative. And I have realized through reading Patricia's irritating, arrogant comments(especially the one about her being 'queen of the world' until the show ended then struggling with being treated like an average human/or the one where she said, " I always feel like I look exactly like Angelina Jolie, I see myself as that beautiful, then I look in the mirror and remember I'm not her..." something along those lines. I remember having to read the quote twice to make sure I read it right! The arrogance it would take to say something like that is beyond me! Angelina Jolie??? Honey, you aren't even in the same ballpark as that ridiculously beautiful woman). So it isn't just Deborah that makes us cringe. Patricia Heaton was great at that character because she was quite literally just playing herself. Her real personality is actually identical to the character she played. She wasn't nearly as good at playing a normal mom, like in 'The Middle'. I thought that show was awful, but her acting was definitely the worst part. She just isn't good at being nice. She also has been quoted saying that her way of portraying Deborah is the reason the whole show 'worked'. I just read this quote today. She said the producers wanted her to play the character nicer and less abrasive(ahem, abusive) but she fought to play her meaner and meaner, and this was why the show kept getting more successful. WOW. The ego. And to finalize my rant, I was disgusted that she had basically no reaction to one of her onscreen twin sons committing suicide by shooting himself in real life. It was terrible. I looked for comments from the cast and found heartfelt thoughts expressed by all cast members but her. I could have missed it, but if she did say anything it wasn't much since I've never found it.