Traci Nobles, a 35-year-old former cheerleading coach from Athens, GA, was one of former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s sexting partners. She talks about her experiences here. She will soon be releasing a “tell-all” book about her experiences entitled “I Friended You.” I went to grad school in Athens, and I thought women there had more class. It’s one thing to be a virtual homewrecker; it’s another to add insult to injury by profiting from it.
Bravo has struck gold with their Real Housewives franchise. There’s a show in Atlanta, DC, New Jersey, New York, Orange County, Beverly Hills, and most recently Miami. The premise behind the shows is pretty much the same: camras follow rich women that hate each other. If that weren’t enough, VH1 has gotten in on the action and has Basketball Wives, Football Wives, and now Mob Wives. Go figure.
Chris Harnick hits the nail on the head when he describes the Bravo Shows as “soapy reality show[s] featuring absurd real women.” The folks over at the Good Men Project listed Reality TV as one of the 10 Worst Things to Happen to Women This Millenium.
I think it’s fair to say that all men hate that their women love these shows. Here’s why.
- Men don’t like golddiggers. We don’t mind spending money on women, but what we really want is a woman that we know will be there for richer or for poorer. By watching these shows, women seem to think that that’s how they should be living and if they are not living that lavish lifestyle, they are settling or missing out. And it’s somewhat of a slap in the face to the man that is doing his best to provide for his family. We’re doing the best we can.
- All the women do is argue. Bravo and VH1 don’t just cast anyone for these shows. They cast people that are crazy because they want viewers. EVERYONE acts crazy when a camera is in front of them, so you know what happens when you put a camera in front of a crazy woman.
- (At least in the case of Real Housewives of Atlanta and Basketball Wives) These women aren’t even married. The title of these shows is quite the misnomer.
- By watching a person live their life (that’s it), you’re making a person that’s already well off even richer. At least professional athletes have a talent. What do these women do other than eat at fancy restaurants, shop, throw charity events, and try to start a clothing line? Why is that worth watching?
- The shows are mind-numbing. I understand that people want to unwind after a stressful day at work, but what you watch shouldn’t be too removed from who you are. After watching a show with a bunch of idiots, esp. Jersey Shore, it’s only a matter of time before people question your competency.
- Many women don’t realize that these women don’t actually live as depicted in the shows. This is closely-related to my first point, but many women don’t realize that these shows aren’t reality at all. Jezebel has reported a couple of times on how these women are actually broke. They even created a convenient bankruptcy index of women on these Real Housewives shows.
The takeaway is that instead of worrying about how other people live, viewers of these “Wives” shows should make the best of the life they have. I promise you, you’ll be much happier once you realize how awesome your life is.
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They say women want guys that they can’t have. This may be true. But in order to get that woman that only wants you if you’re taken, you’ve got to be taken, right? Wrong. Enter Cloud Girlfriend, a new start-up in which users pay money to have real women write on their Facebook wall and send tweets. You may think this is a(n early April Fool’s0 joke, but the service has been covered by Mashable, CNET, PC Magazine, and the Boston Herald to name a few.
When you visit the site, you’ll see a disclaim that reads: “Due to high demand, we are only able to accommodate a limited number of users to the site. Register early to get in line.” I truly hope these early adopters did so as a joke. Then again, the service costs money, so these people may be for real.
As pathetic as this may seem, it’s not the first service of it’s kind. For instance, there’s Rentafriend.com if you need someone to hang out with. The truly sad thing is that there is a plethora of single women out there waiting to be asked out. If you don’t have the balls to ask a woman out, I seriously doubt you’ll grow a pair after having a confidence boost by a fake girlfriend.
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127 Hours. The Blide Side. Ali. These are all biopics about people that have done phenomenal things. Now meet Laura Vikmanis. She’s a cheerleader for the Cincinnati Bengals. She’s a single mother with two daughters. Oh yeah, she’s 42.
Vikmanis is a registered dietitian and wanted to do something different with her life and she tried out for the squad at age 39. She didn’t make the team, but trained hard and made the team the next year. Subsequently, a movie studio has picked up the rights to this “remarkable” story.
While I am glad that she stuck with it and made the squad, I can’t say that this is movie-worthy. I feel like this is more an attempt to cash in on the cougar culture (i.e. Desperate Housewives, Cougartown, etc.) than an effort at make a quality film about the human struggle. I know her husband left her, but I can’t really think of what else they can throw in to make this story even remotely entertaining. It would have been a much better story if she made the Dallas Cowboy’s squad or if she was the first African-American to make the squad or if she was young, but overweight or …
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I, like most people, am not fond of sequels. However, copycats are worse than sequels. Bring in Friends With Benefits. Based on the trailer, it is the exact same movie as No Strings Attached. The only difference is they switched out Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman for Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. Or, you can say they switched out a That 70′s Show or Black Swan star. I find it hard to believe that Portman and Kunis didn’t realize they were doing the exact same movie while they were on the Black Swan set. Both movies involve corny guys and unstable women that want to have a friends with benefits/no strings attached relationship. I’m pretty sure this movie won’t do better than No Strings Attached (especially because it will face more competition). The only thing helping this movie out is that it’s not in 3-D.
Call me old fashioned, but I’m not a fan of plastic surgery. If you don’t like your weight, go to the gym. Don’t like your nose? Marry someone that doesn’t mind it (trust me someone is out there).
We take body distortion to a whole new level in the US and now we have coupons to help us out. Why?
As I wrote previously, cellulite is natural. Think Kim Kardashian has a nice, perfectly round butt? Think again.
It’s just Photoshop. But if you look at the original photo, you’ll notice that she still has a nice butt.
Guys may privately complain about cellulite, but I don’t know of any heterosexual man that would have a problem getting aroused at the site of a naked Kim K.
UPDATE: Anti-Facebook Pastor Used to Have Threesomes With Wife And Male Parishioner
As I read the comments about Cedric Miller, the pastor telling his top church officials to cancel their Facebook accounts or step down, I couldn’t help but notice the numerous people that thought he was taking such drastic measures for personal reasons.
It turns out they were right; Miller is the one struggling with infidelity. Back in 2003 Miller testified in a criminal case that he, his wife, and a male parishioner engaged in threesomes. Sometimes the parishioner’s wife watched (I guess four’s a crowd). The party was eventually broken up when members of the congregation caught on and planned on making it public (damn criminal trial messed the whole private matter thing up).
This shouldn’t come as a shocker because people with extreme positions often have something to hide themselves. We’ll let the judge decide whether Bishop Eddie Long committed the alleged tort, but either way no heterosexual man, especially one that leads an anti-gay march, should send pics like those to another man.
Source: Chicago Tribune
If they wanted to encourage safe sex, maybe they should have just had The Situation’s mom go on. Just a thought.
I went to see “Due Date” with my girlfriend yesterday (disappointed by the way) and I saw the trailer for Hall Pass. The movie is about two guys that get a “hall pass” from their marriage and can do whatever they want for one week. I’ve heard of real-life couples having days off, but Hollywood had to stoop and try to make a comedy out of this.
Maybe it’s me, but there’s nothing funny about infidelity (i.e. just watch Due Date). It doesn’t help that Owen Wilson is in the movie.
I’m sure this movie will make some half-ass attempt to have a theme that infidelity is wrong and that the “hall pass” was a bad idea at the end. But the damage has already been done by that point. Marriage doesn’t have to be boring and monotonous.
The one thing this movie seems to have right is that guys can’t do any better than the woman they marry. I think it’s funny when people in relationships talk about the type of woman they could be sleeping with as if they were sleeping with models when they were single. Let’s face it, most men never dated a 10 before marriage and that certainly won’t change when they develop a gut. Yeah, you may have a little more money in your pocket, but that doesn’t change the fact that you were a loser when you were broke.
I hate reality TV. I hate plastic surgery. I hate people that make a mockery of marriage. Thus, it goes without saying that I will absolutely loathe Bridalplasty. The show is a reality-game show where women compete for the grand prize of … plastic surgery.
This plastic surgery mess has REALLY got to stop. If a man has found you attractive enough to be his wife, you can’t look that bad. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it 1000 times more: Low self-esteem is a huge turnoff.
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