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I Don't Get It!

Why did I watch it?

I'm female.  Before I was a woman, I was a girl.  I've been female all of my life.  I was even a real housewife - in a way, I still am, but I DON'T GET IT!

 

Never, in all my years of being a girl and a woman have I engaged in screaming matches with other women - and these women are supposed to be friends - and on television, for all to see?

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Last night I must have been feeling masochistic because I watched the finale of this season's "Real Housewives of New York City."

Is this how women really behave?  Have I been living in a bubble my whole life?

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Gossipping, back-stabbing, exaggerating, lying, screaming, drunken obscene behavior - and all for public view and, of course, a paycheck.

I watched, mouth agape.

Yes, I'd seen the show before, and yes, I've watched it from time-to-time, but it wasn't for entertainment.  I don't know what it was for.  Sometimes we pull on  a hang nail.  It hurts.  It's stupid, but we do it anyway.  Why?  I don't know.  To get in touch with ourselves?

I don't feel superior to these women, I feel bewildered by them.

Are they faking craziness?  Is it an act?

When has confrontation, hysteria, and hatefulness become entertainment?

Just asking.

Charlotte Miller

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