The Real Housewives of Chicago

Let me start by saying...I didn't totally watch The Real Housewives series. I think I have seen just about the whole Real Housewives of New York in reruns on Bravo. Now, be sure to tell me if I got it wrong here...these women are horrible, HORRIBLE people!

I don't know any of their names. I do know that two of them got in a battle over playing doubles tennis...they play...and they both suck (I would have LOVED to whale on them both):P One of them is a Countess, and she is rude, and self centered, oh...and she's the one who wrote a book on etiquette (perhaps she will read it). Then there was another who went out and spent $16,000 on a purse...I don't know if I would ever be able to do that...even if I could afford it (which I sooooo can't) There is one girl who I didn't think was so horrible (the single girl writing some sort of diet fitness book). Other than that...the whole series followed these awful women, around their self centered, over privileged lives, as they figure out new ways to be cruel to each other.

Again...I have never seen the Orange County version, or the Atlanta version (they did Atlanta right?), or the New Jersey Version...Now, they are holding casting for the Chicago version.

My question is (this is assuming all the other casts were as horrible as the New York cast)...Why would anyone want to be a part of this show? Is it that you are so horrible, that these women didn't seem horrible to you? Do you have to be so self absorbed, that you don't even realize it's a bad thing? I am both fascinated and perplexed all at the same time...

I'm not naive here...I gotta think we have some horrible people in Chicago that would be thrilled to have cameras follow them around as they do and say awful things about each other. Needless to say...I don't run in that crowd.

There's a tiny (really...teeny tiny) piece of me that wants to create an awful, bitchy, self absorbed version of myself and go to tryouts (Let's face it, the reality is...I work way to hard for my money to be one of these ladies. Do you know how many blogs I'd have to design to buy a $16,000 purse?!?);P Not that I would ever want to be part of the show...I'm just one of the many people, slowing down to look at the car wreck...as I drive by...

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  1. I went to middle and high school with one of the New Jersey housewives...don't get me started on the awfulness of that show!

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  2. The overprivileged women on those shows annoy the shit out of me. It's all about being richer/prettier/skinnier than X, Y and/or Z.

    There's no sense of reality at all.

    It's a trainwreck that you just can't stop watching. I watched a few episodes of the OC version and, admittedly, it's a guilty pleasure.

    I much prefer my normal life.

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  3. That's a interesting post, because yesterday when I read the article in the SunTimes I immediately thought of you trying out. Not implying that you're bitchy or anything, not at all, let me clarify that, just that I think you'd be an interesting Chicago wife to follow around. Go for it!

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  4. The whole 'real' part of the title is such a misnomer. Their lives are sooo far out there and bizarro. I'm sure everything is magnified because of the cameras and their desire to be up front and center... but damn.

    It would probably be fun just to show up at the tryouts.. just to see ;-) hee hee

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  5. It's like "My Super Sweet 16" but with older and more stupid ladies.

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  6. I watch them. I love it. Every week I am astounded at their behaviour. Every week I think, I can't believe there are really people like this in the world. I think you should try out. How nice would it be to have a regular Real housewife? : )

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  7. I think people just want to be famous... even if they become famous for being horrible, crazy people. Go to the auditions and give us the scoop!

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  8. I am such a sucker for these shows. I suppose in part because I could totally be one of them. Well, minus the loads of cash, the catty bitchiness and the self loathing. I guess what I really mean is I would love to be one of them for a day, or two. I'd love to know what that kinda of person feels like as they lay down at night.

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  9. I don't have TV, so I don't really know what the deal is with the real housewives of anything, but I can say that the $16,000 purse line caught my eye.

    It's just, you know, I think my purse cost more like $16. So all I can do is think THAT IS INSANE. So. Yeah.

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  10. I've never even heard of this program but a person who spends $16k on a purse can't be all that nice. Think of all the other things that could be done with the money. (even if she spent $1k on a purse....and thats still a lot)

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  11. I have (sadly) watched all the Housewives of OC (2 series) and all of Housewives of NYC. I too am horrifed as to how horible they all are behind each others backs. I mean; once the series goes to air don't they all watch it and see what they say about each other. I'd watch myself in the Fruit & Veg Aisle of the supermarket if I were me. Might get yourself hit on the head with a lebanese cucumber! One word: BIATCHES!

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  12. Also ... don't be worried about the $16,000 on a purse - in the last episode of the OC Slags one husband gave his wife a $35K tennis bracelet and the gold digger chick (who incidently I liked) was give a harley davidson bike work about $40k, why? Just because.

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  13. I watched the Atlanta version and I have to say, it was the fact that they are such bitches that kept me watching every week. It is the mere fact that these women's lives are so ridiculously priveleged that makes me want to know what happens next. Now, I am so far on the other end of these chicks as personalities go, and I know that I could NEVER be anything like them, even with money. But I'd have to have the money to see if I'd spend like them. Can someone spare a mil?

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  14. I have to admit it's a guilty pleasure for me too. What gets me is the word "REAL". For what I can tell, NOTHIN' on those women could be considered real. HA!

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