# Which of the Desperate Housewives is for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592 "2005-11-24T16:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/1 "2005-11-24T16:16:21Z")
Marriage-wise, that is. My apologies if this question has been asked before, I did a couple of searches and didn’t come up with anything… anywho. I’ve made it through about halfway of the first season, up until the _Guilty_ episode, and I have to admit, I think [Bree](http://www.celebrity-exchange.com/celebs/photos61/marcia-cross.jpg) is tops for me. [Gabrielle](http://www.eva-longoria-sexy-pictures.com/evalongoria007.jpg) is smoking hot, [Susan](http://www.celebrityzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/picdisplay2.cgi?teri,011) is cute as well (but dumb) and a sober (not pictured) [Lynette](http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/02/04/Felicity_Huffman,0.jpg) ain’t shabby, and is smart to boot, but Bree apparently is extraordinarily cunning (and good looking and intelligent) and has the guts to use it. Plus, she can cook. And I love tough redheads. 😉 Which is your prefferred [Desperate Housewife](http://www.celebrity-exchange.com/celebs/photos61/desperate-housewives-14.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/2 "2005-11-24T16:58:08Z")
> [@Operation Ripper](#): > > ? You forgot [Edie](http://www.wisteria.tv/imgs/sheridan/437.jpg). She’s for that like fast and easy women. Plus, she has the bonus of being smart and not being afraid of anything including using her assets to get what she wants. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/3 "2005-11-24T18:45:05Z")
Gal here. I like Edie best, too. Besides the reasons **Lil’ Mahoney gave** , Edie is strong, vulnerable and funny. Bree I like for her strong personality, although her opinions are narrowminded and uptight. I can’t really see why her kids hate her, though. I loathe Susan. Her clumsyness may be endearing the first time, but it gets annoying after the thirtieth time. Just think before you act, woman! ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/4 "2005-11-24T18:50:02Z")
You may as well be asking “Only one of your nephews gets to live, which one is it?” This question is too hard to answer unless we’re talking who’s for me long term, in which case it would be Longoria’s character, being a good deal closer to my age than the others. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/5 "2005-11-24T18:54:17Z")
I’m afraid they’re all against me. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/6 "2005-11-24T19:00:42Z")
It’s not Marcia Cross. Something about that woman scares me. I fear she’d eat my soul. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/7 "2005-11-24T20:48:55Z")
I’ve never seen DH, but I’ve always found Teri Hatcher very sexy, especially as Sidra on Seinfeld. “They’re real and they’re spectacular!” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/8 "2005-11-24T21:16:12Z")
Bree’s the only one that turns my crank, really. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/9 "2005-11-24T22:53:15Z")
Lynette for me, thanks! Not really because of her being better (though she’s certainly smart, and attractive) but because I really don’t like any of the others. 'Cept for Eva, but yeah, that’s just because she’s hot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-desperate-housewives-is-for-you/332592/10 "2005-11-25T13:52:19Z")
I agree with those who think Bree is too scary. If I were rich enough to afford the high-maintenance type Gabrielle would be my pick. Edie seems to be the most fun of the primary female characters, though I’m really drawn to Betty Applewhite ,the new black character played by Alfre Woodard. Woodard was kinda hot in that Star Trek movie where she appeared with her head shaved.