# Gah! Put out my eyes in disbelief! ("Real Wives" show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-put-out-my-eyes-in-disbelief-real-wives-show/451997 "2008-06-06T09:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-put-out-my-eyes-in-disbelief-real-wives-show/451997/1 "2008-06-06T09:18:52Z")
Real Wives of Orange County (or something like that). I woke up from a small nap on the couch to see that this was playing on my tv where before there’d been something worth watching (obviously, hence the nap). I was like a rabbit in the headlights, yelling for my husband to come and see the nasty skanks. Apparently this is a ‘real’ show - with nasty “she’s SOOOOO my bestfriend (to camera - “I hate her perfect hair/tan/vag”)” and I have learned that when your husband to be is only prepared to spend 2.1 m on your new house, as opposed to the 3.4m you want, you are within your rights to call him a ‘cheaparse’ and ask him ‘do you really love me and want me to be happy or what’ so-called women. Seriously - I am now convinced that money does not buy talent, good social graces, manners or class. These women are horrible. And they interrupted a perfectly good drool-on-the-cushion nap. Bitches. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-put-out-my-eyes-in-disbelief-real-wives-show/451997/2 "2008-06-06T11:55:17Z")
I was sure that you were going to get to the story about one of the women’s son being arrested for not only possessing heroin, but **selling** it. [This just happened a couple days ago.](http://www.hollywoodbackwash.com/real-housewives-of-orange-county-son-busted-for-selling-drugs/) I know it’s wrong to find happiness in stories like this, but, in the very little I’ve seen of the show, it’s very hard to be sympathetic for these people. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-put-out-my-eyes-in-disbelief-real-wives-show/451997/3 "2008-06-06T12:51:09Z")
**DellieM** : I’ve edited the thread title to be more descriptive. Please note [Forum Rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601) and note Post #6, or [Guidelines and Etiquette on the Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384745) and note Post #3 in that thread. No biggie, you’ll know for next time. It’s just more courteous to other readers to have a descriptive thread title. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-put-out-my-eyes-in-disbelief-real-wives-show/451997/4 "2008-06-06T15:11:29Z")
I like the show. Some of the women are fun to watch because they’re absolute trainwrecks or straight-up psychotic (Vicki), but a few of them seem to be genuinely nice women who happen to live a very lavish lifestyle. It can be fun seeing them deal with their family and friends. The problems surrounding the boy in the link that **mshar253** posts, for example, have been adressed on the show several times. Now, Real Housewives of New York City I just find boring. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-put-out-my-eyes-in-disbelief-real-wives-show/451997/5 "2008-06-06T17:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=DellieM] Seriously - I am now convinced that money does not buy talent, good social graces, manners or class. [/QUOTE] Was that ever in question?