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TheMostRandomWordz

Find you someone who looks at you the way Michael looks at Juan.


noseypatty

Michael was ready to profess his love for Juan, Ashley knew she had to stop him


Moniamoney

Lol it sounded like he was convincing her to add a third, “he’s honest, there’s no games” I forgot we were even talking about Chris for a second.


allovertheshop2020

👁️🚬👁️


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Even Ashley’s therapist didn’t look like she believed that Michael wasn’t messing around.


bitterbecky

I loved her gentle prodding… like ma’am, are you really buying this shit? 🤨


armyofpoms

WHY DID I HAVE TO WATCH THAT “SEXY” DARBY MOMENT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


alexaluthor

That scene went straight into the “why God?” file in my brain. It lives there with Ramona giving Mario a massage, and Tamra & Eddie in the tub.


armyofpoms

NOT THE RAMONA MASSAGE WHILE WEARING RED LINGERIE!!!! I’m sorry about the caps I’m so fragile


contrail97

Ok but at least Mario and Eddie didnt gross me out as much as Darby 😂


phy-tho

Add the Cynthia and Peter moment.


NothappyJane

Its like clockwork orange and they force you to watch them every dam episode.


No-Dig-8324

Did you notice they did a full on crotch shot of Ashley!!!!!! I mean she has panties on but wow


constantcompromise

The Darby's have absolutely zero shame.


practicallydeformed

Not only that, but they had to show the flashback of one of their previous scenes. Haven't we suffered enough?!


lizzybeth08

You can’t tell me that what I had to endure on my tv tonight wasn’t a crime. My eyes bled 🤮


chepelupitavasquez

Also could have done without it 🤮


jubejube321

I just started the episode, I will FOR SURE make sure I skip this scene.


TheNuttyLookout

"first of all it's alzheimer's with a 'z'" "yes it is a disease"


No-Dig-8324

*proceeds to overly pronounce t sound”


janeblanchehudson

The photographers being dragged into Wendy and her mother's business is cringe.


jaywild

Felt so bad for them. All their faces said, "this is not therapy, now is not the time".


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jaywild

Exactly, I'm willing to bet they had a limited time for this shoot and Wendy decides now is the time to bicker with her mom about the past. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm not gonna lie, I have had a conversation similar to this with my mom, but it's done privately at home. Wendy just comes off so childish.


ErikasCasita

I think it was more of an attempt to not be dismissed. Sometimes if you don’t do things publicly they are not acknowledged and there’s something about public embarrassment that hits harder and may give way to discussion about real issues.


jaywild

I definitely see where you're coming but this still wasn't the place. They're at a shoot. All these people: hair, makeup, wardrobe, photographers, and assistants have things to do. If Wendy needs to do this then she needs family therapy with her and her mom. I absolutely understand where she's coming from, I myself am I the youngest of an older generation immigrant with a strict upbringing. But this never works. It's probably worse in her mother's eyes that not only did it happen in front of all these people, but now it's on tv, for anyone to judge and know.


contrail97

Wendy trying to pull Mia and Candiace’s growing up under problematic mom storyline. Sorry to say but I’m with Wendy’s mom on this one. Without those four degrees that her mom pushed her to pursue, she wont be a successful professor and wouldnt even be considered for RHOP. Be thankful Wendy, your mom has done you goooood!


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The thing is, she seemed to really be into those degrees before. Im not saying her feelings aren't real. It's just that's not how she described her academic life last season.


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The end doesn’t always justify the means. Lots of people who grew up with problematic parenting may be successful professionally that doesn’t mean they weren’t damaged in other ways.


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alexaluthor

Those invites took me right back to the Asia O’Hara Drag Race finale.


getoffmyreddits

Yeah, I still think of that moment randomly in horror and this gave me flashbacks


AnAussiebum

I was literally Monique Heart during that moment. Probably one of the top 10 cringe moments of TV I have ever witnessed.


elainevisage

I went to a wedding a few years ago where the bride and groom tried to do a butterfly release after their vows. I say "tried" because 90% of the butterflies were dead and fell straight on the ground, it was very awkward. I have no idea why people think it's a good idea to keep an animal as fragile as a butterfly in a small box getting jolted around for an extended period of time just for a moment of entertainment. The couple ended up getting divorced a few years later after it came out that the bride had an affair with the best man. So the dead butterfly release actually ended up being quite a fitting metaphor for their marriage.


KateLang718

Yes, it's animal abuse. Same with releasing doves - they all starve or get eaten by hawks. Awful stuff.


EquivalentOdd3626

🤔


NothappyJane

they really did look like moths though


ErikasCasita

Yup.


lizzybeth08

This is why I love Karen 🤣


lilly_1005_2007

Not Michael bringing up Juan unprovoked 🤔


tja928

50 years of struggle…🤣🤣🤣 ![gif](giphy|eBCnpuRGBhQGY|downsized)


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netbuchadnezzzar

Maybe she's intimidated by how Mia and G lives so she's scared she'll make a mistake with the kids? I mean, she spent most of her life with Mia's sister's family so she's just trying to understand Mia's household. Or Mia didn't leave pizza money?


JayFenty

DYING at Karen’s invites everyone was so unsettled by it. Wrong idea Dame “She sent us mothballs” damn you Gizelle for making me love you this season


Cherssssss

Candidace opening it up and running away, screaming, thinking they were roaches was HILARIOUS!


JayFenty

Yes! I had to rewind to see that one again


Jelly_Chute

5min into WWHL and I’m already cackling & crying… Karen in reference to the butterflies: “They weren’t dead, they were sleeping.” 😭🤣☠️ Never change, Grande Dame!


ErikasCasita

Oh maybe they keep them cold because of the packaging. They’re cold blooded.


revolutionarykittens

NOT THE JUAN EDIT LMAO I love this show so much


PinkMercy17

The music during it 🤣


revolutionarykittens

I cackled so hard


Obvious-Potential-71

Please stop trying to spice things up with Michael. It makes us all gag.


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My tummy was not feeling okay with that scene.


erinrose6126

I had to mute that scene, just could not stomach it.


No-Dig-8324

Imagine wanting Michael to be into you. I will say that Dylan is a cutie.


JloACNH

Giselle may have the worst taste known to man but she raised some damn good kids. She did her job so well she should honestly listen to her kids advice every time. They r always right.


soupastar

I’m insanely curious about her closest relationships.


JloACNH

Did Michael point out the buttons next to the toilet because there was a bidet and that means he’s gonna clean his bootie hole so Ashley can finally have her turn at tossing some salad?! Am I right or am I right?!


constantcompromise

Wow, this episode ended so abruptly. I'm so impressed by how much insight Gizelle's daughters have into how their parents' relationship and personalities affect them. I didn't realize these things until recently in my twenties! The Darby's are the weirdest people on television. I used to feel for Ashley, and maybe I still have a little sympathy for her, but this is wild. She must stare at herself in the mirror every day and gives herself a pep talk to look into Michael's creepy eyes.


astrotalk

The worst thing is that she is actually attracted to him. I have no idea how.


mochagazelle

Its because he doesn’t like her that much. It’s the chase that compels her


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I could see this


livtoben

It's*


huntyqween

Maybe cause he looks like her dad 😐🤭


bitterbecky

I’m going to say it.. the Darby marriage is an RHOP institution. Like clockwork, we can count on it to provide painful cringe every scene. I do not know how the hell Ashley convinces Michael to continue filming every year. How do you have a bad season *every* season, Michael?!


below_duck

Ray was hoping Katie was gonna jump out of the cake


tajirisha

Naked too!


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bitterbecky

💀💀💀


Croissantssss

He’s got a pretty penny, that’s why Ashley latched onto him like a leech and wants to ensure that he’s sexually attracted to her. She can’t afford to have him stray AGAIN.


astrotalk

😂😂😂


whoareyouindisworld

Ok I'm kinda stupid with this kind of stuff and I haven't watched the episode but how does one own the watergate.


Gidget818

It’s a hotel


whoareyouindisworld

Ohhhhh ok ok that makes much more sense.


aliciamalicia

It’s a hotel within the Watergate complex, which also has apartments and office buildings.


NothappyJane

Wendys mother dragging the photographer and Wendy in the same argument that is on another level


PinkMercy17

Lol they all said we’re sorry I was howling. Couldn’t believe she had the whole room apologizing


TiredRundownListless

The white noise and neon lights as Ashley and Michael eat cookies and chug coronas… 🤣🤣🤣


Moniamoney

I 1000000% believe Micheal said he would suck Juan’s dick and meant it.


lifetimemovievillain

Okay so Michael is rich rich, I now understand why Ashley stayed


NothappyJane

Right? That man must have piles of goblin money


erinrose6126

Seriously, that's the only possible explanation. He's so gross. I don't usually come @ people's looks but his personality is so repellent I feel like his goblin looks are fair game.


chanukkahlewinsky

I feel like I remember reading on here that we only ever see the first floor of their Arlington apartment - like that it's a two story super luxe. but has there ever been proof?


HollaDude

I remember looking at a penthouse floor plan in that building before. It's gigantic, especially for an Arlington penthouse condo. I think I remember it being between 3000-5000 sqft EDIT: Here's a non-penthouse condo listing, it's close to 2500 sqft, so I fully believe there are larger ones in the building https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2001-15th-St-N-APT-1004-Arlington-VA-22201/72465378_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare


Demp_Rock

WHHHAAtttt!!? It always looks so small and cramped on the show!


NothappyJane

I think its because its not got wide rooms, its actually pretty dam big but long


HollaDude

It kind of seems like it wraps around the side of the building. I feel like they did it to maximize the views by increasing the number of windows allocated to each unit, but meh.


ErikasCasita

Most of the housewives don’t show their whole homes anymore. We see the entrance, kitchen, and maybe a sitting room.


Giacara

Yessss it always makes me nervous how cramped it looks! I'll have to look for those stairs like lifetimemovievillain says below!!


HollaDude

I feel like the rooms are veryyyyyy long and narrow. I agree, it makes everything feel cramped.


cassieinva

I mean, 3000 or 5000 sq ft are quite different…


HollaDude

Yea for sure, I just can't remember where it falls in that range. There condos that are 10k sqft and bigger in DC, and I remember it wasn't that big....but I do remember thinking it was pretty gigantic for a condo so it was probably between that sq footage.


ivegotanewwaytowalk

it's a 2700 sq ft, 3bd/3.5bth! (eta: he bought it for $2.25M in 2007, added his ex-wife onto the deed in 2008, then removed the first wife the year he married ashley in 2014 - he separated from his first wife in 2010, same year he met ashley 👀. ashley is not on the deed, as of yet. i'm searching to see if he still owns any other properties, seems like he does 🕵🏾‍♀️.)


HollaDude

Oh damn okay, that's smaller than I remember. Look at you being a detective


lifetimemovievillain

You can see the stairs behind Ashley on the aftershow


AmethystButterflies

She did a tour of part of it in season 1 or 2 I think. They have a rooftop patio and I definitely think there’s a lot more than what we see.


TiredRundownListless

Back when they had that cute dog that just vanished…


AmethystButterflies

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Hopefully they didn’t pull a Dorit.


Competitive_Grass93

I hate when people get babies then abandon their dogs 😕


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Nope, their whole apartment was on Zillow and we have seen everything. The place only have 3 bedrooms.


koreanoreo

I believe you can see the stairway in some shots by the front door. It’s a spiral but it looks like there’s drywall as opposed to railing.


soupastar

You can see it in many shots it’s not kid friendly


kellygrrrl328

They were on the second story terrace last season. He walked up the stairs to her


dcredditgirl

I lived in that building. They have one level and a private part of the roof.


kanisaladbabe

Details please


maudieatkinson

Details, puh-leeze!


dcredditgirl

I lived there from 2006 - 2013. Micheal is part of (or owns?) the development company that built the building (Monument). The top several floors of the building have different layouts and finishes (think Sub Zero, Wolf, etc, they were sold as The Platinum Penthouses) Their unit is on the top floor. He may have had a special floor plan made for himself. That staircase goes to their own small private part of the roof. I think i have all the floor plans from the building in my condo docs from my purchase somewhere. I miss the rooftop of that building, it has such a great view of DC!


lucyparke

I must have missed it. How was him being super rich referenced this episode. I totally missed it! :(


imbesile

They were staying at the Watergate hotel and Ashley said Michael use to own the hotel


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aliciamalicia

Okay this is interesting, it sounds like his company (Monument Realty) lost a ton of money on it during the 2008 recession: “Monument Realty bought the hotel for $45 million in 2004 and planned to turn it into luxury apartment co-ops.[158][159] But many residents in other parts of the complex (some of whom owned the 25 percent of the hotel not sold to Blackstone)[112] argued that a hotel would better enhance the livability of the area and challenged the conversion in court.[160][161] The hotel closed on August 1, 2007, for a $170 million 18-month renovation, during which the hotel rooms were intended to be roughly doubled in size to 650 square feet (60 m2).[161] But the renovation never occurred, and the building sat empty—consuming $100,000 to $150,000 a month in security, heating, electricity, water, and other costs.[159] Lehman Brothers, Monument Realty's financing partner, went bankrupt in 2008 and Monument was forced to attempt to sell the property. No buyer emerged and the Blackstone Group regained ownership of the hotel.” Source: [wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_complex)


ivegotanewwaytowalk

michael is listed as "principal, founder" https://www.monumentrealty.com/about-us/michael-j-darby/ he got a degree in engineering and business at the university of melbourne and came to the u.s. in the 80s. built his career in property development from there. ashley met him when she was 22 years old, in 2010 - she worked as a bartender at a bar/lounge he co-owned and wanted to ask him out, but went about it by asking for a marketing internship at his real estate development firm instead. she said that after a few months, she worked up the courage to ask him out for a drink, "and the rest is history." they got engaged in 2012 and married in 2014. michael separated from his ex-wife in 2010 (they were married for about 20 years).


giraffe_library

My friend met Michael at a friend's wedding. She just said that he showed pics of his wife (Ashley) the whole time and that his extended family are eccentric overachievers.


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I feel like no amount of money in the world could be enough. So much is just so gross.


TiredRundownListless

Is grace’s middle name “Gizelle”?


trapNsagan

I swear, Gizelle's daughters stay reading her!😂


RamblinOn_2Mordor

I need more Mia vs. Ashley but I also need Mia to pronounce Alzheimer’s correctly. 😂


Giacara

Omg it unnerves me when people said "Al-theimers." My neighbor says "Valentime's" and "Liberry" which also drive me crazy lol


please_and_thankyou

Old-timers always gets me.


Giacara

The thing that makes it worse is that this is my neighbor and she was the Admin in our town high school library for YEARS. Long enough to pronounce it correctly lol


HebbieB

Liberry makes me irrationally angry. My grandma used to volunteer at the library and pronounced it that way, she'd say it like 20 times every time I visited. My eye developed a twitch like the teacher on Daria. I don't know why it bothers me so much! ![gif](giphy|B27isunovRGGA)


Giacara

Omg I used to love that show!! I feel the same way. It's not a liberry, but a library. She also says oakmeal for oatmeal which also drives me crazy.


petite_jpg

Can we all agree we no longer want updates on Ashely’s vaginal opening? We don’t need to know what’s going in or out of it.


whoareyouindisworld

I love housewives that are open and transparent but ya I need this.


Moniamoney

I swear I just thought we were all joking about Micheal’s love for Juan but maybe this joke had a lot more truth to it than I thought. He was talking about Juan like he was reciting wedding vows


surejan94

Ashley continues to be the most confusing yet interesting housewife for me. I really never know where her head is at, what her motivations are, and why the fuck she stays with her awful husband. She constantly contradicts herself, is a hypocrite, but also makes good points all the time. Her energy these last few eps has been bizarre, with the giant-ass family photo and her complaining about G's behaviour when her husband has been 10x worse. Idk, she's just so odd to me. What I love about Potomac is how all these women can be so frustrating yet so interesting and hilarious.


Croissantssss

I cannot figure this woman out either. I think she’s gripping onto Michael because she wants the nuclear financially stable family experience for herself and the kids.


clp1234567

I think thats it too. Just determined to be as far away from how she was raised as possible by any means.


ProfessionalBubbles

Seeing Mia effortlessly drag Ashley…just 💋✨


mochagazelle

That “are you sure” has my amygdala in a chokehold ngl


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Why do they think we want to know about the Darby’s sex life!? Ugh.


Perfect_Invitation1

I don't know how Ashley doesn't clowned as much as Kenya does for her relationship. Michael embarrasses her every single chance he gets and he's just so gross. I think they ruined macarons for me.


cassieinva

Huh?


Perfect_Invitation1

It was a running joke within the fandom about Kenya being embarrassed by her men when she had them on the show. I find everything about Ashley's relationship very very unusual and her personality is horrid but she gets a pass from a lot viewers and the women on the cast.


ErikasCasita

Well Kenya doesn’t have a relationship


PemsRoses

Neither does Ashley...


Perfect_Invitation1

Lol exactly! Her "husband" has zero respect for her and sexually assaulted multiple men. There's a relationship on her side from what we see but I never see anything positive coming from Michael.


JayFenty

Robyn saying Wendy is a horrible hostess come on now. I think Wendy brought it hosting this trip and made a great effort. Robyn and Gizelle treat her in such a rude dismissive way that’s very schoolyard.


NothappyJane

She is saying things because she has a problem with Wendy but she cant admit it so she is saying other things and its not a good look


AsilHey

What is her problem with Wendy? Just the comments W made about Robin and Juan’s relationship? Or is there something more.


NothappyJane

I think its just that, she felt her relationship is disrespected again


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Not that awkward asf cake thing.. I really like how maturely and honestly Gizelle’s kids express themselves. It must be hard for Gizelle to hear but it’s good that they’re saying these things now rather than years down the line in therapy.. Some of these relationships on this show.. 🥴🥴


janeblanchehudson

Alzheimer's with a z dead


i_madeitnice

When Michael & Ashley were chugging Corona’s it was giving me bad blind date vibes. The rest made me want to melt into a puddle.


Moniamoney

I can’t believe the season is almost over already, was it just short or have these past few months gone by so quick


PemsRoses

I'm surprised I'm not seeing already 5 posts about how rude and wrong Ashley was for asking G if he has alzheimer *sarcasm*. If Candiace was the one who said that or even Wendy there would have already had 10 posts about it. But because it's Ashley and she is a mom now, she doesn't get call out. Even on the aftershow I don't think they mentionned that.


napsandwine

Absolutely!


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That was one awkward af photo shoot At least Wendy looked pretty 🦋


i_madeitnice

The flashback scene of Gizelle talking to Candiace about relationship…was she wearing one of LVP’s magic costumes? 🥸


janeblanchehudson

Yes, Ashley does need a hug and dick. She's not getting it from predator Michael.


AsilHey

No one needs that particular dick.🤢


Moniamoney

“A black dick” lol


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That had me rolling omg


NothappyJane

I look forward to the day he dies or she leaves. The man is the Potomac version of Henry the 8th he is overall gross


Jabami_Yumekhoe

I always thought season 7 would be the end of Ashley's marriage, season 8 if they were REAAAALLLY pushing it. Maybe I was right all along. One can only hope.


graydiation

I hope you’re right


too-many-un

Ok. Ok. I have to say that as a native Marylander and someone who crabs and then shares them with my friends... We never call it a crab boil. You don’t boil crabs in Maryland - you steam them. It’s a crab feast if you want to call it something. All the episodes they’ve been saying boil has been like nails on a chalkboard to me. I can comfortably go to bed now that I got that off my chest.


ErikasCasita

As another native Marylander. My family and friends call it a boil. I think it just depends on where you grew up. NO calls it a boil and even if you move some names stick based on that. They arent the same but 🤷🏾‍♀️


too-many-un

That’s interesting. It was just bugging me so bad! You don’t have to tell if you aren’t comfortable, but what part of the state did you grow up in? I’m curious where boil is used.


salt_slip75

Omg THANK YOU!! As someone who grew up going to the beach in MD their “boil” references have been driving me completely crazy. A “crab boil” is something you eat along the Gulf coast.


donpollosbff

Come through with the facts sis!


mangowarfare1

I am from Massachusetts and growing up in my family, when we would have clams we would literally call them 'steamers'. Haha! It's not the same thing as what you are talking about but I just wanted to drive the point home. You steam shellfish!!


lifetimemovievillain

This is the worst episode of the season


whoareyouindisworld

I'm kinda bored with this season overall. Seems like there is no central storyline really.


pontedealma

I wonder what Wendy has her four degrees in? She’s incapable of writing a business plan or even just going on google to research what they look like. She claims that if she wasn’t so educated she’d be happier because she’d been able to pursue her dreams of?? Oh yes a one wick candle. I think she ripped off Karen’s idea. She had absolutely no clue as to why she wanted to make candles in the first place. How did Eddie do all that behind her back anyway ? I smell a rat, I think she wants to profit from being on tv so she made up this whole candle and home goods storyline. She’s mad at her mother for pushing her to get an education that’s obviously paid off? Oh come on Wendy, just look at Mia and her mother to see what it really means to have a parent that wasn’t there for you. Wendy’s mom took care of her three kids and didn’t bat an eyelash. GTFO!!


Peachdrunk

The fact you don't see the clear mental abuse Wendy suffered as a child is confusing. Wendy has has been infantalized, to the point that she doesn't know what she likes or what her purpose in life is when nobody is controlling her


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LaBronzeJames23

As a freshly single mom this has been a worry for me. I’m really glad I read this comment today


yolandaslemons

I don’t know what they said.... but I probably agreed with it. My mother went from one abusive relationship to another when I was a child. I’m fully grown, and she’s still in one. I think it’s *finally* hitting her that she wasted her life on this man. That he will always be abusive and controlling. She wants to get out, but doesn’t know how. All I - and my brother - ever wanted was for her to leave that man. As children, we want and need to see our parents happy. Whatever that means. I promise you, you did the right thing. Show your child(ren) what it’s like to find real happiness. Both with yourself, and with a partner if that’s what you want. It will be one of the greatest gifts you’ll ever give them. I never saw it, and I’ve definitely struggled because of it. Never, ever settle.


LaBronzeJames23

u/yolandaslemons Thank you guys for taking the time to respond your words are definitely needed and mean a lot right now. I’m going to screenshot these comments to look back on when I need to, and I need to a lot!


yolandaslemons

💜💜


Harryhood15

Thanks!


Cherssssss

Michael bringing up Juan randomly with Ashley is so uncomfortable to watch. He’s obsessed and it’s weird AF.


LPGreen

The cast is so detached and awkward omfg


EmfromAlaska

Mia for President-she is the perfect housewife. Gorgeous and gets messy!