You know the Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of the O.C. Yeah right.
It was like a car wreck!
I could not look away.
In what warped world did these women become "Real Housewives"??
These are not real housewives.
Real housewives cook for their own families....or at least know how to order in.
They manage their own houses...or boss around their hubbies and kids.
They buy their own shoes. Sometimes with a girlfriend, but often alone and in a rush.
Plan the birthday party's for their kids, exhaust ourselves and love it.
Real Housewives do our own make up and wash our own hair. (when we have time)
We get our hands dirty.
We fund raise. We run bake sales and car washes.
We have split ends and chipped nail polish.
We run our car down to the E.
We have split ends and chipped nail polish.
We run our car down to the E.
We pay the bills, just in time.
We sneak cookies before dinner and sometimes...... we can't wait for bedtimes.
We know what we signed up for.
We are blessed and love almost every minute of it!
These are the things that make Me a Real Housewife and I just know that here, in the real world, I am not alone.
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48 comments:
You hardly ever see those kids on the real housewife shows. Who goes out every single night and who is home taking care of those kids??
Exactly!!! I don't watch any of those Real Housewives shows, bunch of whining spoiled brats.
At least on Desperate Housewives, you know it's fiction!
Me neither! I don't do the baking thing but I own up to a lot of the other stuff.
CJ xx
That's why I can't watch those ignorant shows...they make out like stay-at-home moms spend all day shopping and drinking martinis. How about we do a show with REAL moms?
I agree...there is nothing real about them. But why, why, why can't I stop watching???? I think I watch becaus they make me feel better abut myself. Great observations!
I watch those shows to see how bad reality TV really is! They just started a new series: New Jersey. Now they have 4 Total: O.C., New York, Atlanta and now New Jersey. They are not wives or mothers - and you hardly ever see the children on those shows! I agree - it's disgraceful. (Entertaining, but disgraceful).
They are casting for the Real Housewives of DC. It really is a train wreck.
You couldn't be more right! I still watch that crap but they're living fantasy lives. And the fantasies are even appealing to me. (except to watch on tv, lol)
Great post!
One night while surfing the TV I came across that show. I lasted about 5 minutes, and had to turn it off.
I agreee with you totally! What a shame they are missing out on so many of the joys that go along with picking play-doh out of the carpet... ;)
Couldn't have said it better myself! Of course with the exception of organizing bake sales and car washes. I can't even remember the last time i washed my own car!
I guess networks feel that "real" housewives would be too boring to watch. But at least it would make us feel like we're not alone!
They are much more real actresses than real housewives, I agree!
Secretia
Amen sista!
Great post.
those shows are so annoying, but i can't stop watching. it's pure entertainment.
My 28 yr old got me started when the Real Housewives of New Jersey were on. I haven't watch any of the others. "Real Housewives with a shit load of money" is what it should be called.
I couldn't agree with you more!! I don't have cable, so I've never seen any of the "Housewives" shows, except, of course, for Desperate Housewives, which is my obsession. But, like Menopausal said, we KNOW that's fiction!! I've seen enough snippets of these obnoxious women on talk shows, etc. to know that I'd like to smack 'em upside their heads!!
I was thinking about this just the other day. I am addicted to those shows. That would be my "fantasy world". I however am the regular "Real Housewife" that you are talking about here. I clean my own house, cook my own food, decorate myself. I was driving to the craft store in the next town over to get wreaths and bows for the outside of our house while I was thinking this. I was thinking they need to do a real show about us housewives. But then again we'd probably be too boring doing all of our cleaning and cooking and grocery shopping LOL
Now that's real!
yea.. real housewives, it just totally cracks me up!!!
Yep, I am a REAL housewife of the OC - truly. Those other women are fakes.
Amen!
The word real just makes the whole thing offensive. I think it is the outrageous irony that makes us look, stare, watch regularly and talk about it on our blogs.
What a great post. There's nothing "real" about that show!!
You are so right!
Reality t.v., isn't.
brats raising brats.
I can't look away from the Real Housewives of NY. Some of them aren't wives or mothers, go figure. What I love most is that with all their money and social standing they still seem to be unhappy. I would love to have a camera crew follow me around for a season so people could see what a real housewife is like. No one would watch but it would still be fun.
So true girl! I saw a trailer for one of those shows and was all, wha? huh?
Other than survivor and dancing with the stars, and maybe that home makeover show, I am so sick of people like that being on TV. gag.
I love that show because you are right -- it's a trainwreck and I sit there and pass judgement and get to be all kinds of bitchy that I try not to be in real life. So it helps me get the bitch out so to speak. You should have seen me during Housewives of New Jersey. I was cursing at the tv with an accent.
Those shows really bring out the best.
Well, I am single so I am a houseperson, but yes, tv surely exaggerates what it takes to run life successfully. I feel this way when I watch Sex and the City. What a joke! Who has time for all that drinking and dating?? And always has a clean house and new clothes and food in the kitchen?
I still have to clean house and do laundry, buy food, pay bills, plan parties for friends, spend time with my family, buy gifts, take care of my car and keep things running smoothly, all on my own. Without any emotional or financial support at home. I have yet to see a tv show that represents this accurately for a single person, either.
I don't have kids but DANG am I ever a housewife, mother to 3 dogs, 22 chickens and counting, married to a very busy man - wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, stained pants and all :-)
Thanks for writing this post and reminding me that it's COOL to be part of the REAL crowd!
I've yet to catch any of the Real Housewives episodes, because all I get to watch on TV is the Playhouse Disney Channel!
That said, I have to admit to loving to watch Desperate Housewives (from ages ago, it seems). :)
Cheers to that girlfriend! Those shows make me sick!
I can't see watching those shows. It always makes me think of watching Leave it to Beaver. Just not true reality.
Great post, you nailed my thoughts on this exactly!
Hallelujah and Amen!
Like a car wreck-too funny!
Crazy shit. I can't even believe that those women call themselves real housewives!
Fab- I also know that sometimes when I am all alone- not often with my brood-I catch one of the housewives shows and like a car wreck I am glued for as long as I am alone...I gasp and am mortified by most of the stuff they do... Now don't forget -we change cat litter, pick up dog poop and all sorts of other glamorous things they never get to do!
I couldnt agree more! In what universe are they real??
My guilty pleasure is watching those Housewives shows. Absolutely nothing like the real world huh? They are so spoiled, and yet, I cannot stop watching :o)
I know I think both of us are real house wives not that show. I mean the money and clothes when do they spend time with their children.. Have a great day.
Thanks for saying that! I've felt the same way about those shows - although, I have to admit...I was addicted to the NY Housewives series. Maybe the creators of the show meant for "Real" to be taken sarcastically?
you're so right. it would be nice to have all the extras those ladies have. they are addicting to watch though.
Love the list you came up with. I have watched the Real Housewives shows on occasions. You are right - they are train-wrecks. But sometimes I can't pull myself away!
amen.
'cept i'm not a housewife...
I saw this show a time or two and it pissed me off. Why don't they just rename it "future Brittney Spears, Lindsay Lohans, and money-seeking children hating housewives"?
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I like to watch those shows so that I think I am so much better than those crazy chicas! I may be poorer but def better . HA HA
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