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Episode Date: November 12, 2025

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and then they put off until the very end because of her arrest. Now this episode was pretty good, but Bravo really does a number on their programming sometimes. They decided to put this with Real Housewives of Potomac so that everybody would have to watch it. But then it didn't record with Real Housewives Potomac. So if you

recorded this, then it did not record Wiveswap. It only got the first hour, which was Potomac, which meant that you had to get this at 1.30 in the morning when they re-aired the WISC. Bravo, stop. Just stop it. And then they also packaged watch what happens live into this

two and a half hour block to try and get the ratings for everything off of Potomac. Guys, we'll watch your shows, but stop trying to trick us, you bastard. I know. Well, it's interesting this was supposed to be the season premiere of wife swap and it wound up being the season finale I actually think it worked out for the best because I think the Angie K episode was the best of the season I think that was their strongest episode and that was the best one to lead off the entire franchise

so I think it actually was really good that Angie started the show um and this episode was um it was a weird one i thought because i think we all expected wendy to just like lay into this lady on the show and she didn't she sort of politely did but she didn't it was a very nice i was going to say how did she not lay into the lady she did like or i thought she was going to but in a very restrained way she was like and it was a nice episode all the episodes have been surprisingly very nice and lovely um but i felt like i felt like i felt like this episode the woman may that the wife may have learned from wendy but there's not a chance in hell that wendy took anything not a single ounce shred smidgen or molecule from the woman she swapped with

she's like get this trash out of my house right now my way is still the best way yes uh it was pretty interesting to watch there was definitely a layer of nervousness through this because I mean, the reason we expected Wendy to lay into the woman was because of the previews and how they showed Wendy reacting to this and the stain on the carpet and stuff like that. But then when we actually watch the episode, I mean, I thought it was pretty interesting with what a loser the other mom kind of came off as and how I think the whole audience was like, fuck her. And she was a very nice lady and probably has some severe depression issues or something's going on there. But there's something going on there. But, you know, this was this was yikes. I mean, the other lady did not come off looking great.

And she's been all over Reddit, like, oh, my God, you guys, they're not listening our episode and TV guides. So be sure you watch it. I was so excited to do it. And she's posting all these threads. And it's like, hey, girl, that's so exciting. You're on, you know, you're on wife swap. And I was like, oh, my God.

I don't think she realized what a trash box she ended up looking like. Well, I was just like, I really was concerned for her. I was like, she sort of sounds depressed. She, like, stays in bed all day. She just doesn't really leave her room. everyone has to do everything else. And I'm not saying that in a judgey way. I'm just like, I was like,

should we do a wellness check on her? Like something? And she was like, I'm really burnt out and everything. I was like, there's something going on with this lady that's deeper than what this show is expressing. They're like,

oh my God. Well, I used to live this like type A personality. I moved to Florida. I'm just like, now I'm just going to relax. I was like, um, I feel like we should maybe just like have a check in.

Let's as a group. We can all come together. Check in on this lady. Make sure everything really is okay. but yeah I was it was a little I felt like it was like it was darker around the edges than the show was trying to acknowledge I felt yeah I thought it was a great episode actually I think it was one of the best ones I mean they were really for but yeah I thought it was good and you know all of them tried to bring in a housewife to support the other housewife you know like a guest star appearance and this one didn't they brought Wendy's mother instead and I thought that was an extremely wise decision that shit was was amazing. Yeah. That was amazing. But anyway, let's start up. Let's start it up. We're in Potomac and we see Wendy and Eddie talking and Wendy is saying, without a schedule, all things fail. If you don't have a schedule, what are you doing in your life? We have three kids. Do you know how hard it is to schedule

them and also a fake robbery? You have to make sure you have a timetable. Yeah, so she introduces her kids, Carter, Cruz, and Cameron. And then she reminds us that in Nigerian culture, education is the main focal point so they will have multiple degrees and lots of debt that they can hopefully one day learn to insurance fraud to pay off and uh you can't have charges without degrees okay that's right paraphrase karen huger you got a half charge you gotta have degrees to have charges so the producer is like is your mom strict and he's like i don't like my mom carter's like i don't like my mom's rules but we have to obey them and when he's like yeah they don't get chips We don't do sugary drinks.

Wait, I hear noise. It's that one of my kids. What are you eating? It's like, you see, you see? So you do do chips. I mean, you've got chips in the house. It's coming from inside the house. So Wendy says, like, I wake up at 5 a.m.

The kids are dressed by 7. They ate breakfast and ready by 7.15. Dinner is between 5.30 and 6. 7 is bad time. 8.45 is prayer. 9 is bedtime. And he's like, yeah, Wendy's rules for me are. follow Wendy's rules. I'm pretty much her supporting staff. Is there any surprise that I got into

weed? There's 15 full minutes for prayer. What the hell are you guys praying for? This is how you pray. God, thanks for everything. Love you. Mean it. Bye. Amen. That's it. That's like the only break they get. I hope they don't have to do a 15 minute prayer because that's hideous. That's really intense. Yeah. So then Wendy is like, you know, my love of Stwokcha comes from having no structure because I was a latchkey kid and my mom worked too much. So I wanted to make sure that when I had kids, I was more present with the clock. And Eddie is like, yeah, there needs to be a balance. Chuck, you balance. He's like, okay, he's on one foot. Do whatever you say. Okay. Whatever you say. Your balance windows closed. Okay, time for prayer. But that's, it's not even eight 45. It's it's post balance prayer. Sorry. And she's like, yeah, there was no question. Eddie's like, yeah, you know, if I were to give you advice, I'd say balance. your schedule and she's like yeah no one asked you to question there was no there was no ask for advice yeah no one asked you advice so now we go to naples florida to the

shapier rose so we meet alethea and um she's like i'd like for you to meet breck ferrets are just amazing pets the only bad thing is they're a little stinky i'm alethea ferret mom and i'm a stay-at-home mom my husband craig we are college sweethearts we have four children and of course a ferret and many other animals because apparently that's the only people you can cast on this show people with tons of animals yeah we want to freak clean people out with dirty poop people okay that's that's what we're going for poor people are dirty okay i hope that america has understood unless you are rich and on housewives you are a dirty motherfucker that's it that's really very true poop in a hole in the ground and you live with

disgusting animals and that's what and you don't have enough and you don't have enough and you don't have enough time together with the family at the table that's the other running thing if you're poor that means people are eating it different times although i guess that was emily's yeah yeah well comparatively yeah she was the poor one on that on that on that on that episode she was the poor one so only in orange county does it reverse because the other people have the giant mansion with the farm and emily just had the tiny house which is the woman's like oh what a nice small little house we don't here together as a family classic poor person um wasn't this lady's name althea aletia doesn't sound right i think it would have stuck out to me if it was aletia because that's like

how i say alicia you know because i'm gay i have gay tongue so i'm like aletia and that's why i don't like people named alicia because it's hard for me to say it i think you actually are right i think like maybe her name is spelled like aletia but i'm going to have trouble because I just got through an entire Potomac episode earlier this week, really struggling to call jazzy, jazzy instead of jassy. And now we have Althea. What is Brava doing to me? I'm a very phonetic person.

I'm a very, I'm a phonetic literalist. I can't deal with this. So Althea is telling us that she has a lot of animals, but they're stinky. And she's a stay-at-home mom. And her husband is Craig. And they were called sweethearts. And she's got four kids. two girls and two boys and she's created a life of her dreams where she is just surrounded by

hobbies all she does all day is everything she wants and she has embraced this lifestyle of low demand apparently which basically means empowering your children to be independent now when she said this and she explained it i loved her i was like this is amazing she's like why do i have to pack my kids lunches they have hands they can pack their lunches they know what they want they should do it i I hate helicopter parent. So, so far, I'm like, this sounds great. You know, I believe that children should have jobs, which is why I support, you know,

terrible companies that deliver things to me in two seconds. Like, give me a T-Moo any day. Give me an iPhone. Some five-year-old made it. You know what I mean? Like, an American tale, like, Fival, he was actually, I didn't feel bad for him. I felt like he was actually growing as a mouse,

as a little mouse, his character was growing. But I think that, I know you're forms personality, okay? I know what you're saying because, but the thing is this, though, is that when she says low demand parenting, that to me did not strike me as, I want my children to be stridently independent where, like, to me that's kind of like hands-off parenting or whatever.

Low-demand parenting, I was like, okay, you just don't want to deal with your kids, do you? That's what it is. And she's trying to assign all this, all these, lofty ambitions like they're going to become really independent i was like i don't know about that but at this point i know you're saying the jury's still out we're going to see if she actually yeah we didn't know yet what she meant but at this point i thought love it she's great but there was some signs there were some signs that about this lady being crazy which we'll

get to in a minute so dylan's like yeah our mom does her own thing she's always crocheting or playing with the animals one of these kids has that stupid hair it's like a new version of the mushroom hair where they come it all forward but this one yeah he comes forward and he doesn't curl it anymore now it's just flat it's like an awning at a restaurant that comes out so i feel like it looks like a flying saucer that landed on his head yeah poor thing so he's got that and um he's like yeah she just wants to crochet she doesn't give us haircuts or anything like really that we don't wash our hair please watch my hair yeah um and she is like you know a few years ago we lived in new york we lived we lived such an over-scheduled life everything had to be perfect they were booked fun

play dates eight days a week in advance it was just so suffocating ugh they had the worst friends and then ultimately that led to burnout and when we moved to florida i found another way to parent which is just a hole up in the room and do crocheting all day and then see if their kids are alive at the end of the day it's just more stressful for you you know it's way more stressful for you but like you don't have to be scheduled and i want to share it with another family yeah and dylan says yeah mom's always crocheting and one of the kids goes yeah i wish my mom to cook dinner more often and the other kid goes yeah and also a mom that's not lazy oh out i mean the first second that the cameras come in your kids are begging for a new mom that's not good yeah it's one thing to be

like to encourage your kids to be independent and that when they are like complaining thing and saying things like mom make me this you say no you have to make it yourself because that's that is parenting still because right you're still you're still saying i'm teaching me a lesson that you have to be independent it would just be like you're just not present and then you start to say um i think you're just trying to make a you're creating a narrative for what's going on in your life right now that's trying to sound like you're doing more than you are yeah so we we find wendy is finding out where she's going to go they get it on the phone and so all the family gathers around and it's naples florida and she screams and eddie's like you know how that has crocodiles right and she's like oh my god

Aquacadile, it's the swamp people. Carter's like, I'm going to pray for you at 845, right? Yes, mother. And also being sent to Florida, I mean, Wendy is a political commentator, and she's an extremely liberal commentator. And, you know, I think we all had the same thought. Like when you're going to Florida, it's like, oh, shit, what part of Florida is this? How bad is this?

What am I in store for? Is this going to be political fighting? Am I love to say game? Is Naples on the East Coast or the West Coast of Florida? I don't know. Oh, no. No idea. It's where the alligators are.

So Althea gets a thing that says, welcome to Potomac, Maryland. She's like, oh, okay. All right, interesting. And so Wendy arrives and she's like, honey, I'm home. Althea finds out, and she doesn't have any idea. She is not watch his show.

You can tell. Because she was so excited to be on a Bravo show. And then she's like, Potomac. Google the cast, honey. It's like, oh. All right, Naples is on the, is on the, the west coast, and I guess south of Fort Myers. So Wendy's like, wait a second, where's this furniture? There's no furniture in here because like the foyer, the living room,

there's no furniture. There's just like many different plastic basketball hoops that are hanging, which is like. It's weird. There's no couches, nothing. It's a big blank room except for basketball hoops and then a TV hanging on the wall, but there's nothing to sit on and watch the TV. It's a bizarre. She just gives it to the kids to play basketball in. That's fucking crazy.

It's like a janky Dave and busts. Well, she's not, I meant it's like one of those Airbnbs you go into. You're like, what? And she calls it a makeshift Dave and Busters. Here's what I don't understand. This is as far as we can tell, like a kind of a Florida. It's not necessarily maybe a McMansion, but it's like a nice size home.

Were they not able to convert any other room into like the playroom? Could they turn the garage into the basketball zone? It just seems strange that they just have no interest in even using that space for any sort of seating or luxury, not luxury, just comfort. Yeah. So Althea loves Wendy's house. And we see her driving through Wendy's neighborhood and just looking at all these homes. And she's like, oh, my God, wow. Because those are big, you know, East Coast mansions, basically.

And she's like, wow. So then we'd see Wendy's. she's like oh it's nice brick colonial house dorothy's not in kansas anymore she's in maryland wow so she walks in and this is the first sign that she's crazy because she's wearing a jumpsuit and it has peace signs and yin and yang signs all over it and we know what that means fucking crazy person just barely you know white knuckling it through life trying to keep it together yeah she's uh like you she's like trying to be super positive And it's like, hmm, lady, no.

So then Wendy is walking around and she's like, oh, wow, four kids. Okay, all right. Let's see. And then she walks around a corner and she's like, oh, my God, what's that? And it's like a cat. The cat's just staring at her. Like, oh, God. She starts screaming at the cat.

She's ridiculous. She's like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. It's a cat. You've never seen a cat before. I know. I felt like, I thought it was going to be like a snake or some other pet, but it's just a cat. I mean, Wendy had to deal with a full on pig last week.

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So she screams at the top of her lungs when she sees the cat and she's like Dr. Doolittle, what is it, Dr. Doolittle? And Althea walks to her house and goes, oh, cute kids. Wow, this house doesn't really look ball friendly. No, ma'am. That's also the running theme with the Real Housewives houses that they are sterile and cold. That's also me in general. don't throw a ball at me we all know do not throw it at me i'll just scream and start yelling and run away so now it's time for the house rules and hers this lady althea because she's wacky she's handwritten the rules on different colors of paper so each page is a different color and wendy's like

oh okay so she doesn't want to use the computer okay well i use canva for her rules so Well, Wendy is so disgusted by this handwritten, like, construction paper rule set. She's like, really? You don't even have any, you don't have like Microsoft Word or pages, Clarice works, anything. Come on. So Wendy's like, dear mom, she's reading the rules. Dear mom, animals are a big part of our family, so please treat them like your fur babies. And she goes, oh, Jesus, no.

And in this house, we don't wear, we don't sweat, sweat the small stuff. And then like a dog walks up to her. And when he's like, ah, I'm like, Wendy, it's a little dog. This is, you can't use up all your screams. There's still a chinchilla to meet. She's ridiculous. And she has dogs. What is she so afraid?

It's like this little furry dog. Like, you've got the same size dogs. He's like, ah, dog. So this was where I was kind of worried that Wendy was just going to be an asshole through this episode. Same make like every single thing seem disgusting. But by the end, I was completely on her side. I was like, wow, Wendy's nicer than I would have been. in this situation yeah when he was great i would have called social services honestly not with the dogs

but throughout the episode i just you know don't don't tell gina that she'll get very upset um so althea's reading her rules and they say um there's a clear schedule in the house and the schedule must be adhered to that means you you my dear friend must be awake no later than 5 30 a m and then back to wendy reading rules in this house we don't have a lot of rules and routines or routines are hard for us to stick to. So bedtime chores and homework. She's like, wait, they don't have a schedule? Oh, God.

First, no computer, then no schedule. I don't know what I'm going to do. Yeah, and then, of course, Wendy's schedule is like, get the kids out of bed by 7.15. House has to be vacuumed and organized by 10. Begin dinner, prep by wine. Dinner served no later than 6. Bath time at 7.

Prayer time is 845. Everyone at bed by 9. Yikes. So then Wendy reads hers. And so we moved to Florida. from New York to embrace a no stress lifestyle. Good luck, no schedule, no rules. And Wendy's like, what am I weeding?

Like this is a nightmare. So then Wendy goes into the laundry room and surprise, there's a guy in there. She's like, oh, you've been here, you've been hearing me screaming around the house. You know, that's probably what she was thinking. Like, I've just been doing these big screams for the animals and there's been a guy here listening the entire time.

And of course, this guy hears screaming, in the house and doesn't come out of his little hobby hole. He's used to it. Yeah. He's used to. He's like, I thought my wife was back rubbing lipstick all over her face, turning in circles in the living room, you know, crying softly. So he's like, yeah, hi, I do, I do some trading and some financial consulting back here.

And she's usually in her room crocheting or playing with the animals. And I think you met some of the cats outside. She's like, how many cats are there? I think there's five. I don't know. I haven't left this room. about six years. So I don't really know what's out there anymore. Yeah. Five cats, two ferrets, a chinchilla. Then we got some ducks. She's like, love that. Love that for you guys.

And he's like, yeah, we put my laundry, we put my office in the laundry room. So, you know, I get the full dual purpose. I can do my full-time job and I do the laundry. But it works for me. It works for me. You know, does not work for you. literally doing laundry and day trading at the same time. So then Althea meets the kids and Dylan, who is, that's Wendy's daughter, is like, I wasn't sure what to expect high heels and makeup and hair and everything. I was kind of taken aback, but I was also informed that I only have a five-minute slot on my schedule to be taken aback and then I have to go forward with prayer.

So Althea's asking Eddie, does your kid, Does your wife really get up at 5.30 p.m.? And by the way, the rule said no later than 5.30 p.m. So she's like, she gets off at 530 a.m. Is that crazy? And he's like, oh, yeah, well, what time do you get up? She goes, oh, no, I don't even set my alarm. He's like, so six.

She's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, sir. That's my favorite. I have to say one of my favorite things is when I talk to people who have families. And like if I say, oh, I had to wake up at 8. this morning or if i i'm not usually wake up around eightish anyway if i say something like i have to wake up at 7 30 they just look at me like what fuck off seriously i know that's true i get up at 630 well i wake up at 630 but i do not get up at 630 i do my morning routine for my children which is give the dog food and then let him go outside and then i go back to bed until until i

have to do this. Yeah, I, it's just, it's, that's just so funny. Like, I love, like parents, it's like, you get to sleep later than 6 a.m. What, how does that, what's that like? So then back at the other house, Wendy is learning that the husband does all the morning duties and takes care of the kids and all that. And she's like, okay, well, what time does mommy duty start? And the kids are like 12.

and like 12 and they're like yeah she sleeps in and Wendy's like she sleeps till noon every day and they're like yeah and then now I'm starting to worry because Althea at first seemed like fun and but now we're seeing that Althea's version of no pressure

parenting means no pressure on her the husband has to do anything and then we learn she has a daughter that does everything else that she's parentified which is fucking terrible and so her daughter is raising her children and then it's getting sad because it's like this selfish woman sleeps till 12 and then crochets all day while her family does all the work it's not

cool yeah i think when she had that breakdown in new york she was like i can't do this anymore and her husband was like please don't leave us we'll live a life where you can just do whatever you want i'll do everything just don't leave yeah that might be true i mean that's what i'm saying like there's some there's darkness on the edges of this of this episode with this lady where it's like there's something there's something deeper going on i firmly believe because this is not a situation of, like, reiterating what I said earlier of like, no, kids, you can't rely on me. You need to do this independently. And, you know, I'm going to be doing this for the, I'm doing this right now for the household or for my job or for whatever I need to do.

And you need to do this. You need to take care of yourself. This sort of feels like she's absent. It's like absent parenting, not so much low-demand parenting. Yeah, she's just a roommate in a house with someone with kids or something. And it's interesting that we have this theme two weeks in a row because, Because last week, Emily was in bed all day and she didn't want to come out and hang out with her kids. Like she had to actually learn to spend time with her kids.

And Emily's complaint about her mother is that her mother was always depressed and would never take care of her. So it's weird that it keeps coming back. Well, it's also why I'm grateful that the season was only four episodes because already within like two or three episodes, there are a lot of like recurring themes. It's like animals, dirtiness, attentiveness to family times. And so the novelty is already actually kind of like wearing pretty thin for me. Like I feel like four and I'm like set and I'm done. I really think this is actually a very charming show.

And like, but I've, it's like, it's done all that I need to do. It's not every episode is like, is covering decreasingly new ground. Is that even a grammatically correct way to say something? But it is fascinating the overlap that we do see. It's interesting or is what they are presenting. And that this is, we have this overlap two weeks in a row. Yeah. Wendy is dressed to the nine.

She's wearing these gold, really high, high heels and this really fancy outfit. And they're like, okay, well, you're going to be like your mom today. You're going to be like our mom today. So you need to change. And she's like, oh, God, well, I could wear a maxi twist. Very comfortable. But she comes out in like a little jogging outfit or whatever. Which is cute.

Yeah. And Althea has to dress fancy, which is hilarious. because what are you, Paula Poundstone? Is this like a Paula Poundstine karaoke? What are you doing? She clearly, I mean, obviously she got heads up that she had to dress this way because she packed some sort of ill-fitting business suit from like 1989. Like, there definitely needed to be a brick wall behind her in a microphone

so she could like tell stories about being caught in traffic. But I was like, what business suit is this? Yeah. So then let's see here. So Susan is like, okay, well, what's the typical dinner you cook for your family? And I'll think, oh, wait, oh, this is Wendy's mom, Susan. Okay, so Wendy's mom comes over and she just looks at this lady. Like already, she's like, what is this suit?

Who is this person? So she's like, we're going to make Okra soup for the family. So they sit down and they're, Okra's not easy. Like, Okra takes a lot of prep and work. And all the family sits around and does it together. So they're doing that. And Susan's like, okay, so what's the typical dinner you cook for your family? And she's like, yeah, I didn't inherit that trait.

So what do you want me to do? She goes, wash to okra. So she just runs water over it. And she goes, am I doing it right? She goes, no. God, what am I going to do with you? So she's like, this lady's an idiot. And she does not pretend that this lady is not an idiot.

Susan is so disgusted by this lady's lack of initiative and, like, world experience. She's like, I raised my daughter to get four degrees and it's still not enough she needs to get three more this lady can't even put degree on is deodorant like well who where did you find this loser so then cruz goes Cruz says so althea she's like you don't even know what you're doing and susan goes okay one two three slides you have to get it together i mean you have to treat the respect i mean do you need help cooking with your kids like what's wrong with you she's like well my mom comes over and teaches my daughter's how to cook and my sons and susan goes And you just stay in bed?

And she goes, yep. She goes, where I watch. What kind of person are you? Because, well, it makes me very happy that she's passing on the skills. Oh, my goodness. I can't get you. You are the bystander. God help me.

So then we go, oh, no. So then she's like, the best reflection of my parenting styles that I always get glowing reviews about my children. I mean, they do well in school. even without me enforcing homework. And she goes, you're against homework? And she goes, yeah. She goes, oh, my God. And you're taking credit for your kids coming out right?

You know what? They have no choice but to work hard because you're kind of lazy. She's like, she just looks at the camera and she's like, damn, Slate is eating me alive. Yeah, she does not care. She's like, she's like, I don't care of the mandate of the show is to be uplifting and show how we can grow from our differences. She's like, you are failing.

You're a fucking loser. I love Wendy's mom. She's like, you suck, bro. So then we go over to the other house. And Wendy is like, so Craig, you do everything. You walk the dog. You do the laundry. And the kid's like, yeah, he does everything.

She goes, you take the kids to the sports? She goes, yep. And one of the kids is like, unlike mom, she just leaves me there. And he goes, but she comes to your games. Yeah, but she doesn't even watch them. And the dad's like, that's not true. And he's like, uh-huh, she's just on her phone the whole time. When you're like, well, I'm getting trashed.

I don't trash. So I'm, no, so whatever she does, I'll do it. So then, uh, the ship, now it's nine o'clock and, um, and basically the kids, the Shapiro's are playing basketball. Deo Cephos are going, like, praying and go in bed. And now it's like, it's after midnight and the kids are still playing basketball. They're making so much noise. And Wendy's like, losing her mind.

So now it's day two. And Wendy's like, okay, Wendy's rule. Oh, sorry. This is Wendy's rule in the voice. My voice is going to you, Althea, wake up at 5.30, wake up the kids by 6.30. So she wakes up at 6.39, which is significantly later. And she's the only, I feel like she's the only wife we've seen who like blatantly disrespects the rules of anyone else. And that goes for all housewives and wives or whatever.

So she's just like, whatever. I'm sleeping until 6.30. And she basically wakes the kids up at 7.09. Yeah. So they're late. You know, they're running late. And Eddie's like, okay, we're going to take them to school. You're coming, right?

She goes, I mean, I guess. Does she wear pajamas? And she's like, no. So then over at the other house, Wendy is just lying in bed. And she's like, I don't know what to do. Just lying there in bed like a dead person. Like what in the hell am I supposed to do? So one of the kids, Haley, comes in.

And she says, well, we could do the animal morning routine. I'll hold them back. And you can get the poop. You're going to do great. She goes, great. So then she's like, she hates it. So then she basically, we then go to, Wendy essentially picks up the poop.

And then three hours later, it's like three hours until the rules change. And Althea has to vacuum the whole house. So she starts vacuuming. And she's like, being in real housewife is a lot harder than I expect it. I mean, Wendy's rules just leave no room for error and no room to relax. can't wait to change the rules of the house. So Wendy is like, yeah, there was also when Wendy cleaned up the poop, she was like, wait, this is your mom's, the only thing she does all day is she just cleaned up this poop. That took like three seconds. That's all she does the entire day. This lady doesn't

have to do anything. And also the daughter, Haley, who is helping her clean the poop or showing her is the daughter that's parentified. So there's an older kid who comes over and she's got a boyfriend, I think. Did she bring her boyfriend? Or was it just her? Later, he comes over. They're kind of like the parents to the kids and she hugs each of the kids and she makes sure they're okay and when they come home from school she hugs each of them and it's like welcome home from school how was school and wendy's like okay so haley's the mom you know and haley is a hands-on mom so that's why these kids are doing okay because they have someone raising them they have the dad and this daughter mom yeah and actually the two daughters um seem uh at the shapiro's like very bright young

women. I mean, the kids seem, I mean, the kids are like the two boys are young. So yeah, they're all sweet. But like the two like daughters seem like they're really like very, very sharp and they're like ready to kind of like break free of this, this chaos. So Wendy is like, okay, everyone, uh, welcome to Wendy's world. First order of business. Got to protect your home from robbers. You never know when they may strike. Okay, we can cover all of our cameras. I know that sounds counterproductive, but trust me, it's what you do when the robbers come. Hide this book with the chichilla rule number two so she's like okay seven p.m is dinner no devices we've got to come together and we're going to spend time doing what each of you want to do so um she hangs out with haley

and she's crocheting and um she's like yeah my mom taught me to crochet and she goes yeah well you know baby scyla was talking about football and he was talking about how your mom doesn't go to his games And she goes, well, you know, maybe she's aloof and a little bit in her own world. But, you know, when I was growing up, she was a PTA mom. And me and Dylan were in theater. And she was like making the costumes. She was there at every single meeting. And so we find out that that mom, these other kids don't get that mom, you know.

And she was very type A. But now she moved to Florida and had a nervous breakdown. That's me just guessing. And she's like, it's like two different people. And she goes, well, you know, I see the way you're embracing the kids and you're like the mother. Do you feel like you and your mom switched roles and she's like the child and you're the mom? He's like, well, I kind of parent the kids how I want my parent, how I want to parent my kids when I'm older, like with more structure, more regimen. And like, I don't know if that makes me sound crazy like a military person.

She's like, no, I don't think that like making breakfast for your brothers and sisters is crazy. Yeah. So Haley is basically like, I'm just glad that my mom isn't stressed out like as she used to be. she used to be but like sometimes i wish you could be more present in my life you know kind of like how i had it when my you know my sister and i were growing up which is also interesting that there's like this divide around like the two daughters and then the two sons like was it i don't know like i want to like know more did she like did something change when she had like her third child was she like planning just to stop after two i just keep on like creating these stories in my head about what

what changed for this lady yeah like i'll give you two more if you don't make me do anything or something I don't know, but it's, I can't do this. I already got two, I already got two up and running, and now there's a third one. I don't know if I could do this anymore for that's my life. Yeah. So then back at the other house, Althea is teaching the kids to crochet, and they love it. They're having fun. And then they want to paint stuff.

And Eddie's like, this is going to be messy. Is this water soluble? And she goes, we'll find out. And so they put up this big, like, protective blanket over the carpet. and they're all doing this in the living room but like why not the foyer is right there and like why are you doing it here on the carpet

unless Wendy and Eddie already had a plan to dig up that carpet and they knew they were going to be renovating so who cares but it just seemed like such a strange place to do these arts and crafts like you may not have any rules but don't you have some logic do like why not say let's do it in the kitchen on the counter or like why there

yeah she doesn't care like that he's that he asks is the water is it water soluble and she's like i don't care let's go do it on the white carpet you know she's an asshole like this lady's just an asshole she doesn't care about anybody else and she hides it with a smile you know but she's just at the end of the day and assholes an asshole commercials here comes one right now the crew spills the paint of course immediately red bright red paint all over the carpet and they're like oh my god oh my and he's like

I'm going to get in so much trouble. He's freaking out. And camera's just like, I'm going to show mama my crochet work. So then in the other house, Wendy goes to the beach with Shane. She plays a piano with Dylan. She goes and watches football with Skyler.

And she's like, that's my baby. That's my baby. That's really well. It was cute. Did I earlier say that Dylan was Wendy's child? I don't know where that came from. I was like, when I said that, I was like, that's strange that she had one child that doesn't have a K.

Dylan is not Wendy's child. So they're, yeah, Wendy's like covering a lot of ground. She's like out and about doing a million things down in Florida. But the other family, but over the Ocephos, they're just in the living room, painting, doing crochet. So Eddie's asked, Eddie's like, so are you guys, you guys about to do this, you know, play some basketball?

Because they're putting up the basketball hoop in the kitchen. And they're like, yeah. And then Elthia is going to order dinner in. She's like, no dishes. It's great. That means more fun time. Yeah. So now that Wendy, Wendy's people, no devices at family meal.

So then Althea's parents come and join. And one of the kids is like, I'm bored. And she's like, come talk to me. So she's like, nope, it's the, you're not doing anything. It's the thick of dinner. You're going to sit right here and you're going to enjoy it. And the kids like, my mom would let me go outside and play in the club house. And she's like, I'm not your mother.

Sit down. Yeah. And he's like lying on the table because he's having a tantrum because he's bored. It's like, okay, kids. This is why you need to have some sort of rules for your children because they become monsters. Yeah. And so no one knows how to sit at the table. They're like, we haven't done this.

And Craig says, we haven't done this since we lived in New York. And she's like, wow, you know, well, I've enjoyed you guys. I've learned so much for me today. and you've exceeded my expectation. You're my own. Like, you're my own now. I went to a football game and played piano. You're my children now.

So, Wendy gets really into it, which is surprising. It was a nice turn to see Wendy, like, get so soft and sweet. And Haley is like, you really listen and I appreciate that. I appreciate that. Like, you hear me. We see each other. And grandma's like, that's very nice. So Haley loves Wendy.

I think it's because, like, Haley seems like a little braniac. And she probably, and like, Wendy sees that and probably, like takes her under her wing, which is very cute. And also they had the conversation where Wendy's like, so you're basically the parent here and you know, the kid's like trying to excuse the mom like, well, she doesn't mean it. Wendy's like, yeah, you're the mom.

So and it's like finally someone acknowledging what this kid does for the family, you know, which is nice and terribly sad as well. So then it's over at the Asaphos house. It's, you know, it's normally it would be time for bedtime and praying, but Althea's like, okay, well, you know, no more bedtime. Have fun. Eddie, what do you think? And he's like, I'm tired, but now the kids just get to play. And they're like, they're playing with that

basketball hoop like crazy and they're pretty much up to like 1 a.m. Yeah. And now we get a spontaneous life adventure because that's another rule. So they go see alpacas. Althea takes him to go see alpacas at an alpaca farm. And Cameron's so funny. She has one and it's kind of following her around. And she's like, why are you following me? Are you, am I your favorite lover? Yeah. What was the name of that one alpaca? I forgot what it was. Devante. And Eddie's like, Devante. And the lady's like, yeah, his name is Devante. Oh. So then at the other house, Althea is getting ready to go. The kids are like, when do you leave? Please make it soon. But no, they said that they had fun with her. And Carter's like, yeah, you guys never let us have fun. Yeah. So Wendy, Wendy says her

goodbyes to Shapiro's. And, um, and she's, she, she enters, she comes back home and like, oh my God. Oh my God. Hi. And he's like, Wendy, me, Wendy. They're like, hi. And I see, they hug. It's nice and everything. And right away, camera goes, mom, look at her carpet. she's like uh i'm like you i'll think i was lucky that susan wasn't there to see that stain because susan would have let her have it susan would have killed her so wendy's like okay let's have a seat well i can have a better view of the spot you left on my carpet althia's like trembling she's like oh my god i'm nervous she's like laughing like nervously when he goes well i'd really love to know your honest opinion uh just kidding i'm not really going to listen

And she was, well, do you really wake up at 5.30 a.m.? No, I wake up at 5.m. I'm up no later than 5.30 a.m. You didn't really read that very carefully. Does a printer type look scary to you? Is that why you can leave all my directions? And she's like, wow, I was a morning person. That's the only thing she takes out of it is that she had to get up early. This woman is a mess.

And Wendy's like, well, I wasn't a morning person. I made myself a morning person because of my kids. And she goes, well, I mean, I just did that for so many years. Yeah. And you still have kids. kids. Yeah. Wendy's like, okay, I got that you do your own thing and you take up space in the house and everyone and everyone revolves around you. And then it really struck me because that daughter of yours, Haley, who is so amazing, she gives to your other children the type of mothering that she

wishes that she had. And she said, you see me. And I feel that means that she feels that she has been unseen. So from one mother to another, from a very type A organized and successful mom to someone who is a disaster sitting here in front of the red stain she put on my carpet try to meet your kids where they are okay and your kid and your husband does everything and i know you know he's doing you know he does what he does in the house for you and you know i want to impart on you maybe one day or two during the week maybe you could help him because i foresee happening like you guys are going to exchange burnout and she's like oh yeah well he's also kind of a martyr so let's not forget that about old craggy boy when he just looks at her like you fucking kidding me like you are after

first of all wendy very kindly read this woman for filth i mean she literally called out every single issue very well but she wasn't totally mean about it she was extremely blunt but she wasn't mean and then this lady's like oh yeah my husband's a martyr you're calling your husband a martyr he's raising your kids he's paying for everything he's doing all the laundry you got a lot of fucking nerve lady yeah that was shocking when she did that she threw him under the bus when yeah well give it to me okay because i give it right to you she's okay i know you did she's like yeah well welcome to housewives 101 she's okay well i think um um she's so nervous to tell wendy what's wrong with like her life she's like um i think my biggest takeaway is that the kids

feel like they're too scheduled and there's not enough fun and i i want you to build in some more flexible free time so that way they can find their passion and they can find joy and maybe you can find joy i don't please don't hate me please don't hate me and when he's like flexibility fun and free time i love that for other people we'll see so um althea's like are you gonna keep the basketball hoop no you're lucky she's not like shoving it over your head and strangling you with it frankly she's like that's the first thing that i'm taking down when you but there's nothing breakable she's yeah you can take that with you. What's the worst case scenario? I don't know. Maybe coming home to a red carpet, Althea, I don't know. But this time it's blood. So Althea says that Wendy reminded her to

empower her kids and they still need a mom and they want their mommy. So she's got work to do guys and she'll be a better team player with her martyr ass husband and maybe even do some more housework. And Wendy learned to give her kids more latitude. Another one of the them are going to do these things and we know i think this is the first episode that it's like yeah no one's listening here i don't think any either of these are going to listen so we see althea came home and made her family a priority she even visited haley at her internship in washington she surprised the family by cooking scrambled eggs one time and you know she only cooked them one time if that's the big deal they're going to make of this on paper plates scrambled eggs

one of the easiest things you could ever make literally so easy wendy replaced her her carpet and took the kids to the beach or something stupid but and she like let the basketball hoop stay up for like three extra days i got three bonus days before it was thrown in the trash yeah they did not yeah i think althea is probably not going to stay with this family i think she's going to be out something something's going to happen but i don't i got bad vibes from that one and i feel bad for her because i do see her posting on reddit and stuff and she does seem really sweet And I haven't read any comments or anything about this episode because, like, who's going to go read a wife swap thread? You know what I mean?

Even I'm not that sad. But I feel like she's probably going to get eaten alive in there. Yeah, I think it's, you know, I think wife swap was a very pleasant surprise. I thought it was going to be awful. I thought it was going to be awful and super produced and scripted and planned. And that's definitely, it definitely is produced and everything. but it was a much better show than I thought. I really enjoyed watching it.

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