Real Housewives of NYC (show, friends, reunion, status)
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LuAnn isn't gracious. She thinks being gracious is about veneer. She's the Dorian Gray of NYC. Hiding the ugliness beneath a self-contained shell, she happily slides the knife in, while whispering to her victim, "Be quiet, it will all be over in a moment." It's not gracious to chide guests, it's not gracious to put down others. LuAnn uses etiquette as a sledgehammer, because deep down she's insecure about her claim to status, and if she can denounce the people around her, in her mind she builds herself up. Manners and etiquette are not meant to exclude people, they are meant to include people. That's something that Alex does understand, and LuAnn doesn't. And that's why, regardless of how awkward Alex can be, she always has more class than LuAnn. Because she's trying to expand her world, while LuAnn is trying to keep her social world exclusive.
LuAnn isn't gracious. She thinks being gracious is about veneer. She's the Dorian Gray of NYC. Hiding the ugliness beneath a self-contained shell, she happily slides the knife in, while whispering to her victim, "Be quiet, it will all be over in a moment." It's not gracious to chide guests, it's not gracious to put down others. LuAnn uses etiquette as a sledgehammer, because deep down she's insecure about her claim to status, and if she can denounce the people around her, in her mind she builds herself up. Manners and etiquette are not meant to exclude people, they are meant to include people. That's something that Alex does understand, and LuAnn doesn't. And that's why, regardless of how awkward Alex can be, she always has more class than LuAnn. Because she's trying to expand her world, while LuAnn is trying to keep her social world exclusive.
I tried to rep you, but it said I had to "spread it around" before giving you more reps. Outstanding post. You are a perceptive one.
Miss Manners gives out etiquette advice left and right ... in her BOOK. But she is the first to say it's VERY BAD ETIQUETTE to correct other people unless they are your own children.
LuAnn does not understand this. She actually violates the rules of good etiquette when she corrects and chides people.
Check out these links where the women were psychoanalyzed. These were all written in 2010. She nailed LuAnn.
I think that most successful people have some OCD. You kind of have to.
I'm actually reading Bethenney's book "A Place of Yes" right now. It's a self-help book, but really interesting. She talks about her childhood and every relationship and business mistake she ever made. But she talks about what she learned from it and how it helped down the road.
She done so many different things! Gives you a better idea of her background than the show can delve into. I like the book.
I'm actually reading Bethenney's book "A Place of Yes" right now. It's a self-help book, but really interesting. She talks about her childhood and every relationship and business mistake she ever made. But she talks about what she learned from it and how it helped down the road.
She done so many different things! Gives you a better idea of her background than the show can delve into. I like the book.
Great...now you have made me want to read the book. Toss it over here when you're done.
I'm actually reading Bethenney's book "A Place of Yes" right now. It's a self-help book, but really interesting. She talks about her childhood and every relationship and business mistake she ever made. But she talks about what she learned from it and how it helped down the road.
She done so many different things! Gives you a better idea of her background than the show can delve into. I like the book.
She mentions the show in the context of her life journey. She talks about how she found out about the show, deciding to be on the show, and WHY she went on the show.
It was always about business for her. She had a lot of friends advising her NOT to do the show. She had the BethennyBakes business at the time, but very little money. She didn't want to be the usual "bored rich housewife" that BRAVO loves to cast. She didn't want to get sidetracked by the frivolous stuff.
I never knew it, but she was already working on the SkinnyGirl Margarita before the show was even cast!
She doesn't really talk about the other housewives in detail, except to bring up a few incidents from the show that pertain to her life path. She does talk about leaving and said the others didn't say a word to her when she got her own show.
One thing I can tell you, is that she isn't kidding when she called herself "the runaway bride". She was engaged a few times! She ended up deciding she wanted to find her own security and make her own money even though it would be harder than just marrying it.
I am finding the stories about all the businesses she tried to be interesting. That's my favorite part of the book. There's a lot there I can relate to and some good advice.
The book gives 10 rules for life - I think it's a better read than most self-help books because she is brutally honest about herself. No sugar-coating. She said that's what her fans want from her - they relate to her more because she is willing to talk about stupid things she's done.
Not at all. But Romoana's use of the word, however politically incorrect, was used properly in the english language. My friend has one on his arm and he went on to make many millions of $$. Jill treats her bio daughter as if being fat is a deformity as well. There are many things that set us apart. One of my children was born with a congenital birth defect. Sounds baaad but it was temporary and fixed by 1 Yr old with no lasting effects BUT the definition sounds scary.
I have been happily married for 13 years and I don't think people who state this means they have a bad marriage. Mine is great 95% of the time currently.
LuAnn isn't gracious. She thinks being gracious is about veneer. She's the Dorian Gray of NYC. Hiding the ugliness beneath a self-contained shell, she happily slides the knife in, while whispering to her victim, "Be quiet, it will all be over in a moment." It's not gracious to chide guests, it's not gracious to put down others. LuAnn uses etiquette as a sledgehammer, because deep down she's insecure about her claim to status, and if she can denounce the people around her, in her mind she builds herself up. Manners and etiquette are not meant to exclude people, they are meant to include people. That's something that Alex does understand, and LuAnn doesn't. And that's why, regardless of how awkward Alex can be, she always has more class than LuAnn. Because she's trying to expand her world, while LuAnn is trying to keep her social world exclusive.
Exactly!!!! And I might add that those who think LuLuser is gracious are possibly the "Mean" girl in their real life and that is why they understand her?
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I tried to rep you, but it said I had to "spread it around" before giving you more reps. Outstanding post. You are a perceptive one.
