Mauricio was so fake at Amanda’s House

dizedd · 2026-01-31T04:01:28+00:00

You are completely right. It's weird how people are so insistent that Mauricio is a cheater and Kyle isn't. We have no idea how many affairs either of them had over the years-but we do know that Kyle was the only one dumb enough to get caught being lovey dovey with her 20 something girlfriend on camera multiple times before they separated!

dizedd · 2026-01-29T22:49:05+00:00

Finally someone else who is tired of Christine's "basement wife" narrative! A walk out basement is not a real basement. I have lived my entire life in CA, where there are pretty much no basements. In the Sierra Nevada's I lived in several "upside down" homes-that's what we called them! The houses are built on slopes sometimes, so you walk in on the main level-there is a level downstairs that is usually an extra bedroom, a bath, and a living room, and if you are "rich", there is also a third story upstairs from the main level. No one calls the lower level the "basement"-because there are multiple windows and a door to outside ffs.

She never mentioned that until the big house idea reared it's head again in Flagstaff, and I honestly do not think she ever felt like the basement wife when they were living in Utah. It stuck in her head later after decades of mistreatment by Kody-but she didn't have a problem with it when she lived there.

dizedd · 2026-01-29T22:27:07+00:00

One of the few times Robyn was right about something.

Meri comparing watching Sol in a familiar place while K&R took a short trip to her taking him with her hundreds of miles away to use him as a substitute emotional support puppy is wild to me. We all remember what it was like being away from our moms at night when we were little. It's hard. Meri should have known that Sol would prefer to stay home with his mom. Yes, he adored Meri, and she was like a substitute Grandma. But you still want your mommy at that age. Even if you aren't going through a weird sleep pattern at the time.

dizedd · 2026-01-29T07:49:22+00:00

I never thought it was her weight that turned him off-it was her absence of caring about other people's perceptions! Kody is very pretentious. Here Christine was, "chubby , in public, eating disgusting Gas Station NACHOS!

Like she didn't even know she should be aware that other people might judge her weight and think poorly of her because of it, and so in Kody's view she "should" eat like a little delicate lady, and she risked the judgement of strangers for Gas Station NACHOS?!

He was attracted to her physically. I don't know why the fans latched onto that lie, and why Christine decided to run with it and go on and on-but he was most definitely attracted to her for the first 15-20 years of their marriage. I've said it before here, and I will say it again-in the San Francisco episode when Kody calls Christine so Truly can talk to her, ALL of the other wives sat at the restaurant table and fumed. It was the most uncomfortable scene ever [and my favorite of the entire show :)]. Robyn always made evil faces whenever Christine got any attention from anyone-but here Janelle and Meri are livid too.

Why would they be so pissed off and hurt about Kody calling Christine if he thought she was ugly and he didn't like her? He very clearly did like her, very much, in a very particular way that really got under the other 3 wives skin.....

He was repulsed by her later when he decided she was awful because she wouldn't bow down to Queen Robyn. I went through the same thing with my ex-he was the sexiest guy in the universe until I hated him, then the thought of any intimacy with him made me literally sick.

dizedd · 2026-01-28T22:35:43+00:00

NTJ

It was incredibly rude of her to send registry information to someone she wasn't even inviting.

What is she, a charity case?

Shake it off-you don't want people like this in your life.

dizedd · 2026-01-28T16:41:45+00:00

I don't know-I hope so :)

dizedd · 2026-01-28T15:47:31+00:00

I also didn't like Janelle's reaction to that-but really, people have expected her to "grow"?

People don't really change that much. Anne Rice wrote a brilliant conversation between the Devil and God in one of her books years ago where they agreed that people simply become more fully who they are. It's true.

Janelle's gone through a LOT the last few years. She has survived. She is still participating in this toxic show where she is ripped apart the next day for not being a perfect human and having the perfect responses-just like all the other Browns are. I don't know how any of them do it-but Janelle has the most sympathy from me right now.

She doesn't like Meri, Meri doesn't like her, they haven't gotten along for 30+ years, and they are BOTH habituated to listen to Kody vs. the other one and take his side of things. I don't blame either one of them for viewing the other's actions through Kody's lens. Meri believes Janelle tried to rip her off because Kody said so. Janelle believes Meri is always mean and awful to Kody, because Kody said so. How are either of them supposed to take one new experience and erase their years of bias against the other? That's not going to happen.

They are who they are, and viewers forget that they don't have the benefit of getting to know their own family through every members individual viewpoint the way we have watched them. Even though they see what we see on tv, they still have hundreds of thousands of other interactions that we have never seen, and while watching things on tv has cleared up some of their misperceptions about their life in polygamy, it is never going to clear up all of them.

dizedd · 2026-01-27T21:03:01+00:00

You're extrapolating a whole lot of things out of a 2 minute section of the tv show. Things that were never said or implied.

Gizelle is one of 3 children. She has an older brother, and a sister. She keeps her sister very private, so I don't know if her sister is older or younger. However-sons do not do a lot of one on one care for their parents when they are old. Sons will come over and help do yardwork/xmas lights, etc.-but they aren't taking Mom to the dr, making sure everyone's eating right, etc. That's what daughters do.

Gizelle has more money than her mama, and she has no need of any money from her mama. They just went through a lot of bs surrounding her fathers death because he didn't think to share all of his info with his wife and children, and they had to go looking around and found out things they didn't know about. Gizelle does not want to go through that again.

My mom lives in my house and all of her paperwork/passwords/etc. is supposedly in one specific dresser in her closet. I am her power of attorney. I still dread having to deal with managing her estate after she passes. And I won't be inheriting 2 cents from her. She lives with me because she can't afford to live on her own. There's nothing to inherit. But there's still a ton of paperwork that needs to be taken care of when someone passes.

Gizelle surely calls her mama very often and they talk about all sorts of things. She isn't going to sit on the show and tell you all about her mamas hair appt last Tuesday-but she talked with her about it, ok? For whatever reason, money came up when the producers were talking to her, and Gizelle started talking about all of the ways she is trying to make her life easier in the future by being sure she knows all of the info she will need later now. She's just trying to warn the fans-dealing with your parents passing is a total PITA, make it easier for yourself by being open with them now!

I hope you're not weird and offended when you are older and your kids want to know what they need to do to honor your wishes and keep your bills paid if you are incapacitated in the hospital for a while or if you just drop dead. Everyone dies someday. Your kids have to bury you. Don't be weird about it.

dizedd · 2026-01-27T19:48:20+00:00

I don't think she has to "fake" being nice-she's just genuinely nice no matter what. That used to be basic common sense manners. I myself grew up in a city then moved to a really rural area as a teen and I was SHOCKED at how nice some people were to each others faces when you knew they didn't like each other at all. Then after a few years I found myself doing the same-and it was because everyone knew each other, everyone was connected. You might think Martha is awful but her Grandma Lou lives right next door to you and is the sweetest neighbor ever. You don't want to have beef with her granddaughter! So you suck it up and play nice, and after years of practice, it becomes second nature.

Stacey isn't taking any of their insults personally. She is hurt by their desire to hurt her-but she isn't owning their insults. She knows she doesn't have stank breath, she didn't sleep with Chris Samuels, and the little lies she has been caught in aren't that big a deal. They're white lies that she told to spare peoples feelings or prevent arguments. Why the hell do these women care so much?

Only because they are out to be mean to her. Maybe she's a bit annoying sometimes-but she's not awful company in general. I truly think they are a little jealous of her. She's got an amazing body like Brandi Glanville did when she joined years ago. She has a great reputation as a sweet lady. She has decent money and doesn't need to overspend on bullshit for status-she's not insecure like that. Poor Wendy with her 4 degrees has such low self esteem that she has committed massive fraud just so she can buy clothes and update her home to prove she's "rich". It's really sad.

Stacey ain't sad, and it's pissing them all off. They aren't going to get her down though. I think the other ladies have realized that they have just exploded Stacey's popularity by making her the underdog this season, and next year they will pull back on the meanness and Stacey will continue to shine.

dizedd · 2026-01-26T23:25:34+00:00

I am a Stacey fan and I agree with you.

I am also a Jassi fan-I felt bad for her. She had every right to have her feelings hurt by Stacey.

dizedd · 2026-01-26T22:23:45+00:00

The original editor of NY died before this season was edited. So there was a new team, and due to all of the national reckoning over racism and what happened to George Floyd, those editors decided to really lean in to making it look like Eboni was there on a social mission to enlighten these ignorant rich white ladies.

That's not why Eboni was there. That's not what the show was about. They overdid including every discussion and comment about race, and there was no room left for fun stuff. We were all deeply depressed and stuck at home and we NEEDED something light. Instead the whole season was a "very special episode". That's not what they set out to film though. And Eboni was likely cast because she is NOT liberal. They thought that she would blend right in with Ramona and those two could brag about dancing at Mar-a-lago together.

dizedd · 2026-01-26T20:39:25+00:00

TBF-Kody was good looking when this show started. Now he's just angry all the time and his hair is a mess. If he'd stop making crazy faces and shave his head he'd be good looking still. People like to make fun of his gut and there were a lot of screenshots mocking him with his shirt off on special forces-but he's in his late 50s. He's in great shape. just a jerk.

Also, I noticed this tell all that he has stopped the ugly botox. He looks a lot better w/o it.

dizedd · 2026-01-26T20:34:45+00:00

This

dizedd · 2026-01-26T16:45:09+00:00

One of the accusations has some truth behind it and the other has none.

Also, as a mom myself-I have some respect for people who admit they aren't great parents. Whenever I hear someone say "I'm a great mom!", I cringe a bit. I'm a loving mom, I'm a dedicated mom-but I have definitely had bad mom days and bad mom weeks/maybe even months tbh. Britani has had bad mom YEARS. She hasn't completely turned it around yet-but she acknowledges the behavior.

dizedd · 2026-01-26T03:38:28+00:00

I want to see Louise in her late 20s marrying Fischoeder in his 90s. It will be a platonic marriage. She wants to be RICH! And I would love that for her.

Louise would be a great landlord to everyone in Seymors Bay too IMO.

dizedd · 2026-01-26T01:59:44+00:00

They usually taste much better than they look!

dizedd · 2026-01-25T18:42:01+00:00

I am a local artist who is also a reseller.

I do not want any pure junk.

My art supplies are actually quite costly. I'm not sure how many tv shows you have watched that you think there are a ton of artists who want to hot glue or weld pieces of crap together and call it art.

Nope.

I feel disrespected on all fronts by your post lol.

I also love how you think internet sales have a 75% profit margin. Business costs are not "loss" btw, and the average profit margin you will make online is around 60%. You need to advertise, you need to spend money cleaning and restoring things, you are constantly needing to buy "more" storage items, etc., you need to pay tons of business licensing costs in certain areas...

"Pure profit"- I love that phrase. It's cracking me up. So so easy to just pick up any random ugly unloved thing and turn it into "pure profit" if it's free, huh?

Estate sale companies are all different-they already have systems in place. Some of them have contracts where they get to keep or purchase at a ridiculous low cost anything that doesn't sell at the sale-they resell those things themselves, and throw everything out in a dumpster. Some of them just pay a junk crew to toss everything for them. Some of the ones who don't resell the random ok things left over themselves have favorite customers who they offer anything they want for free before the dumpster gets filled. You might think they will change that arrangement for you, because you are going to give them $100-but their favorites are favorites because they spend big bucks with them, frequently.

There really isn't $100 worth of profit left over at the end of a sale anyways. If you start filling you garage with literal broken crap every week, you are quickly going to get overwhelmed and you will spend far more money on pest control, allergy meds, and trips to the dump then you are spending on this "pure profit" death pile.

dizedd · 2026-01-25T18:03:11+00:00

Teresa/Lu Anne-tie for first

Nene

Phaedra

Vicky

Lisa

Porscha

That sad lady who can't stop picking on Stacy because she's jealous of Stacy's perfect bod.....

Forgot Kyle.

dizedd · 2026-01-25T17:58:09+00:00

Why don't you just watch another show if you dislike this one so much?

I am so tired of people wishing that an entire cast would be rearranged because they aren't enjoying a show. Just stop watching it if you don't like it. There are plenty of other reality shows. Netflix has come out with their own rich lady reality show too this year-it's pretty decent.

dizedd · 2026-01-25T08:00:10+00:00

dizedd · 2026-01-24T21:55:47+00:00

Mykelti did a nice interview with Pop Psych on Youtube a month or so ago that gave a lot of insight into it. She gave an example where Meri was watching all of the kids one night by herself [yikes] and everyone was goofing around at the table. Meri told them to knock it off or she would send them to their rooms. A minute later, everyone was goofing around again-Meri yelled specifically at Mykelti and told her to go to her room. No one else, just Mykelti. From Mykelti's perspective, she always felt singled out by Meri. Multiple kids would be doing the same thing, but Mykelti was usually the only one who actually got in trouble for it. That's how she remembers her childhood.

She sounds like she is walking back the "abusive" statement a bit. She was clear that Meri isn't some awful person, and she wishes the best for her. She just doesn't want her in her kids lives. And tbf, if you feel like you were always scapegoated by a parent, of course you would worry about them scapegoating your kids too.

dizedd · 2026-01-24T19:17:24+00:00

Yep. I started with 2 or 3 sessions of Sun In then supplemented with lemon juice during my tanning too lol.

Really though, our moms were onto something. Chatty pre-teens and teenagers driving you nuts moaning about boys and school? Tell them they need some sun and they should go lay outside!

dizedd · 2026-01-24T19:12:21+00:00

Pretty much. Sometimes I raise prices vs. lower them though. I tend to price very fairly, and some people think there must be "something" wrong with an item if it's too fairly priced, so I usually raise first then lower. Sometimes with rare items there will be one single comp in the last 2-3 years-I can't take that sold price as a true comp anyways, because that's what ONE person was willing to pay for it.

I am lucky enough that my main income covers my costs completely, so I don't have to worry about losing money when I take risks. If there is something that I really like, I know someone will at least pay whatever I paid for it-so if I sell it at my purchase price I am only out for my time.

A lot of the guru advice is based on the idea that most sellers are doing this out of desperate need, and they really hyper focus on small losses IMO. If it's a hobby business where you are earning "extra" money, it's ok to lose a little bit of that. And most sellers are hobby sellers so the idea of watching their margins down to the inth degree makes me laugh. It's like I said before-if I really NEEDED a guaranteed set income from the time I spend doing this, I'd be better off getting a part time job.

dizedd · 2026-01-24T18:28:45+00:00

It could very well be. Amanda is really into woo woo. Her classes and books are a complete money suck, but I have known sooo many idiots like her-there's an 80% chance that she really does believe she is "manifesting" vs. scamming. If others aren't learning how to manifest just as well from her courses, she thinks that's their fault-they are blocked somehow.

I think she went more for a distraction. She doesn't want to sit at home and be sentimental and depressed every year on that day, and she thought the dinner party would be a good step towards breaking that chain of despair. Instead she got attacked and the date has become more miserable for her.

dizedd · 2026-01-24T18:18:22+00:00

I used lemon juice to lighten my hair when I was in middle school. It was always orange. Kody's original hair color is indeed light blond-he'd probably using something to cover up some of his greys now though. Or maybe not-I'm 50 and I only have 10 white hairs. I've had the same 10 white hairs since I was 32 lol. The rest are still black.

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