Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: previous discussion in Other Shows that Suck Forum

0 Points

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: previous discussion

Started By	Comment
blondemss		#13501	[-]
Posts: 5162 03/18/12 06:52 PM Guttersnipe, and a lazy slob More Recent Posts	i'd carry that. i quite like it.
	Remove this ad
ImCrushingYourHead		#13502	[-]
Posts: 12093 03/18/12 07:08 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	It would look good with your avi.
bklynMaggs		#13503	[-]
Posts: 3542 03/18/12 08:05 PM More Recent Posts	Crush, you're absolutely right! The same shade of pink.....and white too! Buy it blonde (and don't let CD borrow it! even if it's raining and his Ipad might get wet)
Connie Sewer		#13504	[-]
Posts: 5130 03/18/12 08:30 PM More Recent Posts	I just don't get it in the current economy, I really don't. Even if it's just a "piddly" $2,400 dollar purse, instead of a $16,000 purse that Jill Zarin bought in season two that Carboy, so whole heartedly defended back then, is just decadent to me. I don't get it, I just don't get it. $15,000 for a fucking purse could buy a whole lot of help for a charity like St. Jude's Children Hospital or any Animal Control Clinic or Humane Society in your local community. A Birken bag......, or help for sick children or animals that desperately need a home lest they be euthanized, is a no brainer for me. I have come to dislike and disrespect all these women for the shallow, self centered, media whores they are. They could have had a voice and an impact, but they chose to stay silent, greedy and ignorant.
blondemss		#13505	[-]
Posts: 5162 03/18/12 08:37 PM Guttersnipe, and a lazy slob More Recent Posts	holy crap icyh and bmagsg! i'm consistent if nothing else :) and connie? wrong tree to be barking up. i would never pay that much for anything. and every penny i have does go to dog rescue. or replacing the things the dogs i rescue and foster destroy before i calm their anxieties or aggression.
Carboys Desire		#13506	[-]
Posts: 17006 03/18/12 08:44 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	I defended Jill's purse? Let me guess, because my memory is not as good...I probably said that to her (more likely Bobby!) the $15K is just a drop in the bucket in relation to their household budget. Kinda like when you make more money you buy more expensive things, eat at more expensive places, buy more expensive cars, take better and more frequent vacations, and everything else just follows suit. I still feel that way, and I've been there--definitely not to the Zarin's level or anything near that, but I get it. I would guess their charitable contributions go up as well. We know she throws charity events, even if they are for show and for her own popularity, but I would hope at least some of those result in some real money going to the charities. If you got it, why not enjoy it? Help others absolutely, but enjoy your successes or your damned luck--HELL YES!
Connie Sewer		#13507	[-]
Posts: 5130 03/18/12 09:04 PM More Recent Posts	I'll refresh your memory then. You were adamant about defending Jill's $16,000. hand bag. You loved her back then, big time. I don't hold that against you. You were just caught up in delusional Jill love. We all make mistakes.
Connie Sewer		#13508	[-]
Posts: 5130 03/18/12 11:10 PM More Recent Posts	blondemss wrote: and connie? wrong tree to be barking up. i would never pay that much for anything. and every penny i have does go to dog rescue. or replacing the things the dogs i rescue and foster destroy before i calm their anxieties or aggression. Wasn't barking up your tree luv. My post was aimed at somebody else. Read it again darling.
worstdog		#13509	[-]
Posts: 6639 03/19/12 01:05 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	I don't care how much money you have/make - $2400 for a purse is just insane and stupid. I can honestly see someone like Adrienne dropping $5 in a Salvation Army kettle on the way into Neimans to buy a $16K purse and feeling like she's really 'given back.'
CC1018		#13510	[-]
Posts: 3461 03/19/12 01:05 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	I make decent $$, but cripers I sat here Sunday agonizing over whether or not I really needed to spend $30 on a purse from Kohl's .. it's actually a purse I had in my hands @ the store Thurs, but I didn't have any Kohl's cash or %-off coupons, so I held out; then I got a coupon in the mail Friday for 20% off ... & I STILL didn't buy it because I didn't want to waste $8 on shipping & I know for a fact I'll be getting another coupon from Kohl's in like 2 days. I guess once you start buying expensive prices, it becomes the norm.
	Remove this ad
ImCrushingYourHead		#13511	[-]
Posts: 12093 03/19/12 01:23 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	I do think that's part of it. But why do we spend on anything we don't need? Vanity, greed, insecurity, competitiveness, desire to possess beauty, impulsiveness, and/or the hope that the object will make us special/desirable/superior? Not that I'm defending their gross conspicuous consumption. But it's hard to predict what one would do if one really had the means. I just hope to god I would forego the pricey but tacky too-short dresses and 12-inch shoes. Last Edited By: ImCrushingYourHead 03/19/12 01:26 PM. Edited 2 times.
CC1018		#13512	[-]
Posts: 3461 03/19/12 01:29 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	ImCrushingYourHead wrote: I do think that's part of it. But why do we spend on anything we don't need? Vanity, greed, insecurity, competitiveness, desire to possess beauty, impulsiveness, and/or the hope that the object will make us special/desirable/superior? Not that I'm defending their gross conspicuous consumption. But it's hard to predict what one would do if one really had the means. I just hope to god I would forego the pricey but tacky too-short dresses and 12-inch shoes. I also find it amusing to think they probably drop $50 plus tip to get their friggin' nails painted. They're 'too classy' for tips, but most of us manage to have the same look with a $2 nail file & a bottle of Sally Hansen we picked up @ the CVS BOGO sale.
zippityboomboom		#13513	[-]
Posts: 17412 03/19/12 02:20 PM Registered User More Recent Posts	I would never buy that purse, not because of the $$, but because it is white. White is just asking for it to get something on it.
cg41386		#13514	[-]
Posts: 15843 03/19/12 04:11 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	Connie Sewer wrote: kczar wrote: Another casting choice of Kyle's no doubt. We need someone added who will call her on her shit. Yep. It will be lopsided without Camille, now that Lisa only has Brandi in her camp. Of course Dana/Pam will be gone as well as Kim. Neither one of them figured in the equation anyways. I wanted a new cast member that would be more sympathetic to Lisa. Kyle, Adrienne and Shana will ride rough shod over the rest of the women if they get another cast mate that "owes" Kyle for getting them the gig. I guess we'll see. Camille isn't leaving.
Connie Sewer		#13515	[-]
Posts: 5130 03/19/12 04:27 PM More Recent Posts	My mother died suddenly last August. She lived on limited income (SS and a small part of my Dad's pension). She took in pets over the years and had money electronically withdrawn from her checking account every month to help support a local homeless shelter. When all is said and done and her house is sold, her total assets will be around $100,000 before it's divided between the four of us children. What should I do with my $20,000, (after taxes and the real estate agent gets her 6%). Should I pay off my mortgage or buy a Birkin bag? Last Edited By: Connie Sewer 03/19/12 04:44 PM. Edited 1 times.
Ouchie Poo		#13516	[-]
Posts: 3385 03/19/12 06:13 PM More Recent Posts	Buy a Birkin. It will make you look better.
TWOP HOWARD		#13517	[-]
Posts: 122 03/19/12 07:07 PM More Recent Posts	Connie, your story about your mother (sorry for your sudden loss BTW) reminded me of something I observed years ago. I used to manage a large lending department of a bank and had a wide variety of income levels reporting to me. Some of my professionals made 6 times the salary of the clerical people. I knew the situation of many of the clerical people, many of them single mothers who took their children to daycare on a bus at 6:30 am and then caught another bus to come downtown. Anyway, in this city, the various CEO's would compete with each other to see how much they could pressure their employees to give to United Way and they compared their company's donations to the other corporations, etc. So instead of focusing on running our business units well, we managers spent an inordinate amount of time doing United Way crap. But the clerical people, who were generally supporting children on the one income, were much more generous, cheerfully pledging "fair share" while the overpaid and mostly childless yuppies did nothing but complain and give the most minimal amount and only after being pressured. I secretly hated United Way myself as this was one of the top cities in the country for the organization and they were always doing STUPID stunts like kicking off the pledge campaign by trying to get in the Guiness book by releasing the world's largest amount of helium balloons (which ended up causing huge problems at our airport and was ultimately seen as responsible for the deaths of several people) and I could never figure out what that had to do with United Way which was supposed to be a charity,but since I had to interface with our CEO I always pledged the required amount and then wrote the check out payable to Planned Parenthood and mailed it to United Way for them to forward, as it was the only way I could feel good about the donation. I TOTALLY agree with worstdog about the Maloof dropping $5 in the kettle and feeling she has given back. There was a definite inverse relationship between income and generosity in my experience. The luckiest people tend to totally discount the role of luck in their success and credit themselves and their supposed hard work.
Connie Sewer		#13518	[-]
Posts: 5130 03/19/12 09:24 PM More Recent Posts	What a difference a decade makes. It wouldn't have even crossed my mind to be offended if Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan were reported to be carrying a $15,000 dollar purses when they were arrested. It would just be normal, along with their beaver and mug shots at the time. I didn't care, but the economy changed and so so did my sensibilities about such things. I used to get it. You made six million dollars last year filming a Pro Active commercial and bought yourself a $15,000 purse, fine, whatever. It just doesn't wash with me anymore. $15,000 dollars would buy five tons of rice for a starving country, or 100,00 inoculation shots for polio in some third world country.
Connie Sewer		#13519	[-]
Posts: 5130 03/20/12 07:17 AM More Recent Posts	Ouchie Poo wrote: Buy a Birkin. It will make you look better. What to do, what to do.... A Berkin bag or ten pairs of Loboutin shoes?
worstdog		#13520	[-]
Posts: 6639 03/20/12 01:22 PM Registered user More Recent Posts	Connie - you're due for a good ankle twisting. Buy the shoes. Oh, hell - toss a spare penny in the container at McDonalds for the March of Dimes, buy 5 pairs of shoes and a small Birkin. Sure, they'll all be out of style next year and you'll be left wondering WTH happened to the money, but think how GOOD you'll feel about your donation!!!
	Remove this ad

<< Previous Topic Next Topic >>

Yuku free message boards

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: previous discussion