How do we feel about these at-home IV services? Seems a little scary to me, and I’m not referring to my fear of needles, and how the whole thing just seems ick. That’s a lot of trust you’re putting into these traveling LPN’s that are going to be pumping some sort of substance into your body, that you hope is what you asked for and isn’t going to kill you.
I guess it’s something the normal average person doesn’t do.
I’m sure they have you sign a waiver that you won’t care if they kill you. Taylor is joining Austen for this hangover rejuvenation drip.
JT is a fucking slob. His place is a wreck. Usually when the cameras are poking around their personal spaces, everything is impeccable. He’s just like not bothering to even do the dishes.
Why do all of these guys drink hot tea? Is that a thing in the South?
He calls him mom who scolds him for drinking heavily since he’s diabetic.
Not a Charleston native, we learn, he hails from NORTHERN Virginia.
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Shep and Craig meet for pedi’s. Craig is so feminine. Shep seems a little out of his element. Thank God one of them is somewhat normal, if you want to call Shep normal.
Shep tells the ladies (by ladies I also mean Craig) he’s going pheasant hunting the following day, so nail polish is definitely out of the question. He’s probably worried he’d get shot by his peers.
I think I said in my double recap last week, I’m seeing this whole season is going to be Taylor and Austen – did they or didn’t they??
I’m kind of over it like, NOW, and bored with it, and we’re on episode 3.
So doesn’t it make this story line kind of a snooze ?? Any fucking idiot can see that they CLEARLY have slept together. So how interesting is the ‘did they or didn’t they??’ going to be, week after week?
I guess to see Shep and Olivia constantly having shitfits over it? Also who cares. And why is Olivia still crying over Austen?
And here’s what I say about ex’s dating friends, and this whole dating thing. I think, and I know you didn’t ask, that the ‘rules’ should be like the engagement ring rule.
Isn’t the rule that if SHE breaks off the engagement, she returns the ring. If HE breaks off the engagement, she is not obligated to return the ring. Sounds fair.
So how does this apply to ex’s and friends you ask? (And so what if I’m comparing a diamond to a person? it’ s a diamond!!) If YOU break up with, or choose to divorce someone, meaning it was your decision to call off the relationship than you need to shut it as to who they date after that.
You have no say, and no reason to bitch, whatsoever because YOU broke up with that person. YOU did not want to be with that person. So you don’t have a leg to stand on, as to what he or she does afterwards. And if they choose to date a friend, or someone you know, or whatever, that friend is not doing any type of disservice to you, because YOU chose to not be with this person.
I’m not saying it’s not awkward, I’m saying the friend is not back-stabbing you.
Now if you got broken up with, meaning you’re sad, you got dumped, you didn’t want the relationship to end, then your friend is 100% off limits to date that person. Because that is deceitful.
So who broke up with who here? Shep broke up with Taylor. So Austen can date her. Shep needs to shut it. Just fucking shut it.
He doesn’t want to be with her. You can’t break up with someone, and then expect them to not want to move on, and suck it up if they end up with someone you know. shit happens.
But I do recognize the weirdness in it, and that it would affect the friendship. But again if you didn’t want this person, why do you care??
Now on the other end, it gets tricky, because Olivia and Taylor are now besties, and Austen ended this relationship, so my rationale does not apply. Can’t these people just date someone else, honestly? Does anyone else live in Charleston??
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So the IV-on-the-go-chicks arrive. Austen offers Taylor eye patches. So these Charleston guys, I don’t know, the pedi’s, eye patches, girlie drinks. I don’t mean to judge, but I am. The IV chick looks at Austen chuckling, when he whips these suckers out. He’s so excited. This dude is really someone all of these chicks are fighting over??
Austen lets Taylor know she was all the buzz the previous night with the guys, and of course Shep is miffed about Taylor and Austen’s ‘friendliness.’
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Girlie garden party hosted by Venita. They discuss Taylor who has not yet arrived.
I feel bad for Charles, he needs a dude to hang around. At least he got a gift bag.
As they discuss Austen, it’s funny because literally there are three chicks connected to him sitting here. Madison, ex girlfriend, Olivia ex- kind of girlfriend, I guess, even though he kept telling her he didn’t want a serious thing, and Taylor, currently friend with benefits, has feelings for him, or whatever.
And it’s Austen. I don’t think he’s bad looking, but he’s not that great looking either. And he seems like a nice guy but he’s a little weird,
I don’t think Olivia is amused by Madison bragging it up how she fucked ARod while she was with Austen, and he was also still with JLo. Remember these two were at each other’s throats at the reunion last season? And she and NaoHomie attempted some sort of Olivia take-down. I forget but they accused her of something weird. I remember NaHOmie looking so pleased with herself and sinister when Madison announced it. That just sealeld it for me when I was already thinking what a pathetic nasty gold-digging human NaHomie was. SO glad she’s not here. SO GLAD.
Taylor defends her behavior at Madison’s party, but acknowledges she was pretty unhinged.
Olivia looks extremely bothered by Madison referring to her and Austen’s relationship, as she advises Taylor on how to behave post-break-up from Shep, comparing her situation to her and Austen. It’s not really that comparable. SHe treated Austen like shit, cheated on him, and she’s the one that broke up with him, Not the same. She’s trying to come off as relateable this season, and sweet little Susie Homemaker. Not buying it.
Her fidgeting and faces are cracking me up. She looks like she’s stroking out honestly. She clearly still has a problem with Madison. I’m not saying that I blame her. Madison is a dick. Either that, or she’s having severe stomach cramps.
Why would Austen have stepped in when Taylor was going berzerk on Craig? Shouldn’t Shep have been the one to step in and speak to her? And try to calm her down?
Shut up Leva.
Taylor: “I think Austen treats his friends so well. He makes a better friend than boyfriend.”
Madison announces, “I think he’s low key in love with you.”
More Olivia stroke faces. She claims she is super chill with Taylor and Austen being friends. She says.
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It’s good to see Craig’s ‘pillow’ business thriving, and has expanded to other home decorating items, and even clothing. I was curious so I took a peek at his site. The pillows are pricey but throw-pillows generally are now. He has himself doing all of the ‘modeling.’ I could do without seeing him in these girlie aprons. Couldn’t he have gotten some cute chicks for this?? Here is the site if you wanted to check it out. I don’t think the pillows are all that.
https://www.sewingdownsouth.com/
His partner tells him he’s not allowed to Hampton all summer with Miss Paige. The business needs him here.
Newsflash Craig – Paige is NOT moving to South Carolina. Don’t you guys think that if she was that into Craig, she would already be there? I think she can do what she does from anywhere.
Craig has a thriving company headquartered in Charleston, (called ‘Sewing Down South) and he can’t move to New York at this time. Paige is an influencer.
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What is going on here in Charleston? These people are weird to date each other’s ex’s. This new Rod guy, who’s friends with Austen, is now into Olivia.
My engagement ring rule applies here again. It’s some kind of weird male ego possessive bull shit, is it not??
Eye patch Austen now orders a pink froofy girlie drink. It sounds lovely he says. Is he straight? I don’t know.
Rod delivers the “weird awkward news” that he’s dating Olivia.
So to break it all down, Austen never really even fully committed to Olivia, then told her he didn’t want to see her at all, and this was over the span of a few months, I think?
And he’s now sort of moving in on Taylor, Shep’s ex, but he’s peeved that Rod is seeing Olivia??
What the heck’s in the water down there? First of all why are they all dating each other’s ex’s? There’s that.
And why do these dudes feel so entitled that the chick they threw out like old sneakers, when they were done with them, that they’re not supposed to ever date anyone else?
I love how these dickwads say “she’s not my property.” It’s the same exact same thing that Shep said about Taylor. But IS THAT what they think? Because they sure do act like these chicks are their property. I know things are a little behind, and old-fashioned down there, but didn’t realize they were like 400 years behind, when women were literally property.
Did it kind of make you chuckle that Shep drops in on Olivia? So they’re friendly? Taylor and Austen are friendly? Is this normal? This doesn’t seem normal.
He brings her a bag of the freshly shot pheasant. “Did you catch it??” Catch it. Olivia is coming off really ditzy. And she didn’t even know what ‘disposition’ means.
This bag full of bloody flesh, is still warm becasuse it’s freshly dead. And still has feathers. Euw.
After the vocab lesson they discuss Taylor and Austen and he lets her know that Austen was tongue tied and appeared to be lying about his and Taylor’s friendship and non- romantic relationship.
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Olivia decides to confront Taylor about Austen.
Taylor calls Craig to apologize, which I thought was funny. “Hey, sorry about that. Can you come to me Daychaser launch event??”
She tells Olivia that she invited Shep. Let’s hang around our ex as much as possible.
Olivia dives right in.
Taylor stutters and stammers and manages to admit that they discussed pursuing a relationship. Her sweater is so fucking ugly.
But they didn’t even kiss, nor have sex, when she spent the night.
Couldn’t these two have gotten their stories straight before filming?
She wastes no time playing the God card. I think this chick is suddenly religious and a good Christian girl when it’s convenient. She reached out to Austen instead of God???? WHAT ???
She maintains there has never been a hook up nor even a ‘drunken kiss.’ when Olivia specifically asks that. They never kissed but knew they were atttracted to each other? At least she knew enough to not cover her mouth when saying it. The defensive hands-up gesture is probably not a good sign either, as far as body language.
Olivia gets up to leave, and Taylor follows her out. I think she was expecting Olivia to tell her it was okay and not be as pissed off as she was.
Clearly she never mentioned it, because if she did, then they wouldn’t be able to maintain this little pretend ‘friendship.’
