The Real Housewives of Potomac (Washington DC)

Yikes. I wish Ashley would leave him. She deserves so much more.

Ugh.


Sexual Assault Charges Dropped

Mine too. I think he's a slimy creep

I'm happy for HER that she's expecting. I know it's awful to say ...but I wish it was with a different man.

Potomac premieres May 5th

What we see of Candace's mom is horrible. Though I do think that Candace makes a huge mistake by taking money from her - it forces her to put up with the treatment. Candace should have been right in saying her mom didn't have the ability to say her brother could not attend the wedding. However, since Candace is leaning on her to pay for so much of the wedding, footing the bill does allow her to have a say. It means that essentially Candace's mom is throwing the party and has a say in the guest list.
Candace has a lot of good going on in her life right now. She'd be better off to scale back her life financially and cut the ties to her mom than to keep on living off her mom's bank account. Her mom can get away with behaving like she does because she's paying the bills.
And i agree on Ashley.  She makes a good housewife because she's willing to put everything in her life out there. But some things just don't need to be put out there. 

That scene with Ashley and Michael was just down right gross.

This episode made it very clear that Micheal is more than willing to cheat on Ashley. I feel bad for not liking Candiace's wedding gown last week. I don't think it flattered her at all.

Is it possible that Ashley is the one who misunderstands her husband?  Quite often it seems that when they met, she was swept away by the lifestyle he could offer her.  The longer they've been together and the more independence she's gained by earning things herself being on the show, she's grown a little more skeptical of some things he does - but she's still caught up in the desire to have what she wants through him.  It's just changed from being a lifestyle to being a baby. I think there are a lot of signs that point to him coming across as quite clearly who he is to others, but not so much to Ashley who chooses not to see it.

I think that's entirely possible too.  Different people want different things from a relationship.  If they have a deal that works for them about rules for when it's okay for either of them to sleep with other people and it works for them, so be it. I don't think they'd be the first housewives couple to have such an understanding. But I don't think that there's a lot of room for any housewife to openly admit to that and find acceptance.

Why is Robyn still on this show? She's lucky she overheard Michael's comment.
Is Ashley drinking or not drinking?
Karen finally accepts the olive branch but Gizelle just can't help herself by still questioning her about the house. 

Candiace's mother is cruel, but Candiace needs to stop taking her money. She said she and Chris are saving money for a home. Maybe they could move somewhere temporarily while they save. That could reduce a lot of stress. On Instagram, Ashley said that she thinks she grew the most this season and not just because of the pregnancy. Ashley can't try to say that Robyn made up what she hear Michael say. Candiace said she heard it too. I think Ashley and Micheal know about each other and are fine with it. I do thin Ashley talking about everyone else's relationships makes it easy for people to go after her for not talking about her marriage.

I think that there's much ado over nothing with Ashley's drinking and pregnancy. She's being smart to reduce her drinking while trying to get pregnant, but the expectation that a woman will not drink for 9 months of pregnancy AND however many months it takes to get pregnant is unreasonable in my book. There are so many emotional ups and downs of what Ashley is going through. To deny yourself of participating with friends in something like a night of partying is reasonable when you know there's a baby you're growing inside of you. When you're denying yourself of that before hand and getting a monthly reminder that you COULD have had fun with friends but didn't for what turned out to be no reason - it can add to the emotional downs and make it harder. I don't see an issue with it.
I do however think it's interesting that when she was called out on it, Ashley got so defensive and was so direct in declaring it was no one else's business. I can't remember which of the women called her out on it (I was not paying close attention to that portion of the scene) but she was right. As often as Ashley inserts herself in other people's affairs and stirs it up challenging the things they do and say, she opens herself up to the same treatment. Her reaction showed that she can dish it, but she can't take it.

I love Giselle's dad.