I Can’t Believe One of the Real Housewives Said This!
Dr. Jen Armstrong from RHOC seriously??!!
I love me some Real Housewives. Throw in Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and it’s a good night. Bring back Heather Dubrow and it’s a great night. A few appearances by her husband Terry and it’s an awesome night.
I’m all in.
Especially since they’ve mixed up a spicy new personality cocktail. A few extras will make this season more exciting.
Nah, Heather will do that.
Now to the shocking comment. I realize the world was reeling from Shannon’s ‘well intentioned’ dishonesty. I’m pretty sure that’s what she would call it. And $36,000 of canceled sushi and cocktails.
But was I the only one listening to what Dr. Jen said??!!
I realize it’s difficult to look beyond the hot shirtless husband and cute chihuahua? I get it, they’re distracting. But not when a self-proclaimed girl’s girl, throws some girly shade.
I’m gonna paraphrase here.
Dr. Jen said she can’t relate to stay-at-home moms because she can’t relate to women who lay in bed all day.
Give me a sec. To wake up that is. Before I go all Dorinda Medley (RHONY) “I’ll tell you how I”m doing. Not well B*tch!”
Why?
I was a stay-at-home mom. But don’t worry Dr. Jen.
I’ve temporarily pulled myself from my slumber to write this. Although you never know, I could be laying in bed typing. At least in your version of my world.
I’m outraged by this comment.
Ramona Singer (RHONY) might tell me to “Calm down! Take a Xanax!”
Back to that pesky girl’s girl thang.
Women support other women, even if they make different choices. No two mommies are alike when it comes to what’s best for their particular person and family. These are super emotional, financial, and individual decisions.
Take me for instance. I lost my parents in my twenties. My husband and I built a business together. We had to hire someone to replace me at home or at work. Either way, we would be incurring an expense. Here’s the thing about losing your mom when you’re young. It made me not want to miss a moment.
Even if it was the reciprocal and I was now the mother.
But I think it’s really impressive you’re a working gal.
Lots of women like me, ultimately question some of the decisions we’ve made. Kinda like how you questioned your daughter wishing you were in school more. Women tend to beat themselves up that way.
Hence, why we don’t need someone to flip the horse over and do it again.
You may not know this but Kenya Moore (RHOA) and I do…Stay-at-home moms are “Gone With the Wind fabulous.”
I’ve spent years contemporizing the archaic perception of SAHM.
Only to have a fellow girl’s girl set us back decades. Guess who’s tending to your children while you’re working? The women and now some men who are room parents, fundraisers, and the necessary volunteer infrastructure that supports teachers, administration, and students.
Remember hot shirtless guy? Because you kinda insulted him too.
Respect is a funny thing.
It allows people to be who they are. To do what they do. To see them NOT through your own lens but more accurately through theirs. We each play a different role in life and we each usher a different value.
But if that respect thing is just too complicated…
And you still confuse laziness with an unpaid job.
Then I”m not too tired to shout out Denise Richards (RHOBH) style.
“I am Fing SAHM”
