The Real Housewives of New York City, Episode 13: "Win, Place or Sonja"
Shortly after this episode aired, I really railed against George. He's an old pervert who gets away with his ridiculous behavior because of his age. I mean, I detest Ramona most of the time, but does she deserve to be talked to that way? Does she deserve to have someone say that if she died he would go to her funeral and fondle her corpse? And why isn't Aviva doing anything about this? If Aviva wants to be buddy buddy with Ramona, why is she allowing her father to treat her "friends" this way? We'll get into that more later.
When I was on a Housewives fansite (don't judge me!) railing against George's uncouth behavior, a commenter brought up Sad Sonja, who was especially sad this episode, again, more on that later. Sonja has dated a 23 year old this season and we have seen her hit on multiple barely legal boys, but no one seems to be batting an eyelash. People laugh it off. Sonja's crazy. It's who she is. Granted, she's not flashing her vagina or rubbing it against people's legs, but she should be absolved. Is she just as much of a perv as George, but she gets a pass?
Personally, I think Sonja is not as bad as George. She is ridiculous, but relatively harmless. George is touching women with his hands and other... things. Not cool. And there is no excuse. Just because he is over 80 doesn't mean that he should be exempt from common decency.
Sonja invites Aviva and Cody over so they can get free manicures, find out if Cody is a gold digger and be racist. Seriously. What are these women thinking? Apparently, Cody owns successful nail salons, I mean, she is using Swarovski crystals on their nails. Sonja manages to be racist and kind of charming all at once? I mean, Cody seems to be cool with her. After the manicures are done, the ladies are convinced that Cody is marrying George for love, so Aviva decides to bless the upcoming nuptials with an engagement party at the NYC Museum of Sex.
Here is a perfect example of Aviva enabling George and his horrendous behavior. She pretends like she doesn't condone it, but here she is encouraging it. The party is everything that you would expect. There is weird wooden penis statues, monkey's having sex, Kristen gets her first feel up from George. It's a magical evening. Ramona breezes in with Mario and her best gay. Ugh. I can't tell you how much I hate that term. "Best gay." It's like you are reducing people down to an accessory.
Ramona is a bitch. She likes being a bitch. She looks for any excuse to be one. She comes to this party even though she hates George. It's under the guise of supporting her new best friend Aviva. Sonja tells her not to bring up Cody's dead parents and what is the first thing she does? Brings up the dead parents. She acts like she tuned Sonja out, but we all know that she was just doing it to stir the pot and then she leaves so she doesn't have to deal with the fall out.
I just don't get it. Then, she goes over to Aviva's under the pretense of apologizing, but she doesn't mean it. Now, I'm definitely not saying that Ramona deserves to have George say that he is going to fondle her at her funeral, but why make the gesture of apologizing, if you don't mean it? The whole thing is so dumb and so Ramona.
LuAnn continues to try to force a friendship with Sonja. I'm not sure why. Is she trying to take advantage of this rift between Sonja and Ramona and get herself a new minion? They go bike riding for a picnic and Lu has a conversation with Sonja that goes nowhere. Sonja claims that she and Lu are as close as can be, but as soon as Lu turns her back she'll be LuMan again.
LuAnn invites the ladies to go to the races at Saratoga. Carole, Heather, Sonja and Kristen take her up on the offer, while Aviva and Ramona decline. We all know that Ramona only goes to the Hamptons and Aviva doesn't travel with the women. The ladies put on their Saratoga best and hit the track. Sonja starts drinking at 10am, so you know it's going to be a good day. The ladies decide to do some betting. I'm not even going to pretend that I understand how the whole betting thing worked. All I know is that Carole, Heather, LuAnn and Kristen pooled their money, while Sonja decided to do some $1 bets because that is how you bet at Saratoga and she knows all about betting because she's been doing it since she's a teenager.
Well, the girls win big and Sonja does not. The ladies win a little over $3000 and Sonja... does not. The ladies are a little gloat-y, but why shouldn't they be? They won. That is exciting. After the women collect their winnings, Sonja kind of wanders away. The ladies call and text her, but after no answer they head back to the house.
Later on that night, the women are getting ready to go out and Sonja comes stumbling in. She is three sheets and is mumbling to herself about how horrible all the other women are. Each of the women try to talk to Sonja, except Carole, who knows there is no reasoning with a drunk person. Kristen tries to explain to Sonja that they didn't leave her on purpose, but Sonja just ends up shouting random things and cursing at Kristen.
Then, Sonja decides to pack her bags and leave to go to the Hamptons, where she is appreciated!
What did you guys think? Will Sonja leave? Is Sonja just as bad as George? Why is Ramona such a bitch? Let me know in the comments.
Personally, I think Sonja is not as bad as George. She is ridiculous, but relatively harmless. George is touching women with his hands and other... things. Not cool. And there is no excuse. Just because he is over 80 doesn't mean that he should be exempt from common decency.
Sonja invites Aviva and Cody over so they can get free manicures, find out if Cody is a gold digger and be racist. Seriously. What are these women thinking? Apparently, Cody owns successful nail salons, I mean, she is using Swarovski crystals on their nails. Sonja manages to be racist and kind of charming all at once? I mean, Cody seems to be cool with her. After the manicures are done, the ladies are convinced that Cody is marrying George for love, so Aviva decides to bless the upcoming nuptials with an engagement party at the NYC Museum of Sex.
Here is a perfect example of Aviva enabling George and his horrendous behavior. She pretends like she doesn't condone it, but here she is encouraging it. The party is everything that you would expect. There is weird wooden penis statues, monkey's having sex, Kristen gets her first feel up from George. It's a magical evening. Ramona breezes in with Mario and her best gay. Ugh. I can't tell you how much I hate that term. "Best gay." It's like you are reducing people down to an accessory.
Ramona is a bitch. She likes being a bitch. She looks for any excuse to be one. She comes to this party even though she hates George. It's under the guise of supporting her new best friend Aviva. Sonja tells her not to bring up Cody's dead parents and what is the first thing she does? Brings up the dead parents. She acts like she tuned Sonja out, but we all know that she was just doing it to stir the pot and then she leaves so she doesn't have to deal with the fall out.
I just don't get it. Then, she goes over to Aviva's under the pretense of apologizing, but she doesn't mean it. Now, I'm definitely not saying that Ramona deserves to have George say that he is going to fondle her at her funeral, but why make the gesture of apologizing, if you don't mean it? The whole thing is so dumb and so Ramona.
LuAnn continues to try to force a friendship with Sonja. I'm not sure why. Is she trying to take advantage of this rift between Sonja and Ramona and get herself a new minion? They go bike riding for a picnic and Lu has a conversation with Sonja that goes nowhere. Sonja claims that she and Lu are as close as can be, but as soon as Lu turns her back she'll be LuMan again.
LuAnn invites the ladies to go to the races at Saratoga. Carole, Heather, Sonja and Kristen take her up on the offer, while Aviva and Ramona decline. We all know that Ramona only goes to the Hamptons and Aviva doesn't travel with the women. The ladies put on their Saratoga best and hit the track. Sonja starts drinking at 10am, so you know it's going to be a good day. The ladies decide to do some betting. I'm not even going to pretend that I understand how the whole betting thing worked. All I know is that Carole, Heather, LuAnn and Kristen pooled their money, while Sonja decided to do some $1 bets because that is how you bet at Saratoga and she knows all about betting because she's been doing it since she's a teenager.
Well, the girls win big and Sonja does not. The ladies win a little over $3000 and Sonja... does not. The ladies are a little gloat-y, but why shouldn't they be? They won. That is exciting. After the women collect their winnings, Sonja kind of wanders away. The ladies call and text her, but after no answer they head back to the house.
Later on that night, the women are getting ready to go out and Sonja comes stumbling in. She is three sheets and is mumbling to herself about how horrible all the other women are. Each of the women try to talk to Sonja, except Carole, who knows there is no reasoning with a drunk person. Kristen tries to explain to Sonja that they didn't leave her on purpose, but Sonja just ends up shouting random things and cursing at Kristen.
Then, Sonja decides to pack her bags and leave to go to the Hamptons, where she is appreciated!
What did you guys think? Will Sonja leave? Is Sonja just as bad as George? Why is Ramona such a bitch? Let me know in the comments.
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