I have one word for all of these mother/son relationships – BOUNDARIES! Secondly, there is something quiet cathartic about yelling at these weird relationships, and they are really weird at times 😬.
Now, let’s dive on in…
Mom Lorenda, Tre and Abbey: Oh, this week does not look good for Tre. Turns out his mom was born on Valentine’s Day and every year Tre celebrates with his mother excluding Abbey in the process. The man actually bought his mother flowers and did not get THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD anything for the national (international?) day of love. So not good. But wait it gets worse – Abbey’s best friend told Tre that he needs to include Abbey in on his V-day dinner plans with his mom. His response “I gotta check with my mom – it’s up to her” 🤯. And does he actually bring this up with his mom? Of course not! He just takes her out leaving sweet Abbey at home. What the actual F🤬🤬🤬?!? I can’t tell if he is that obtuse or just a completely thoughtless idiot. Neither look is good on him. As I told Kim last season “run Abbey run…”
In other news, it’s apparent that Lorenda has failed as a parent as she has not taught her son how to “adult”. Which is the one of the main sources of contention between Abbey and her. She feels Abbey (not Tre of course) doesn’t maintain the household the way she should and does not take care of Tre in a way he deserves to be treated – like a 5-year-old who isn’t allowed to mature beyond that age 🤦♀️. I would love to be a fly on the wall in this family’s therapy session 😆😆😆.
Mom Laila, Shakeb and Emily: I really hope this is their last season to get it right or move on from each other. As a condition for Laila blessing his house, Shakeb has to meet/have lunch with a woman of his mom’s choosing. Now I understand that blessing a house is important to many people, but I think using it as a bargaining chip is bad juju in my opinion 🤷♀️. Anyway, Shakeb actually agrees to this, and we begin his story tonight with him meeting up with her for lunch (I know I was screaming “don’t do it” too). The young woman is from Egypt and is the daughter of Laila’s best friend, but Shakeb has never met her before? I mean the woman considers Laila like a second mom and Shakeb, who is “so close” to his mother really has no idea who this woman is. What am I missing here (cough cough casting cough cough)? And although she has heard all about Shakeb, you want to guess what she doesn’t know? One hundred fake dollars if you guessed she doesn’t know he had a girlfriend 😜. Boy was she confused. One thing that pissed me off about this whole lunch was Shakeb’s interview where he says that the young lady gets how important his mom is and wishes that Emily would understand that. Uh hello – that isn’t the problem with your relationship! It’s the fact that your mom hates your girlfriend – do we need to replay season one?
Later in the episode, we see Shakeb stops by his mom’s house, while Emily is with him, to visit. Emily, who hasn’t made amends for her behavior last season (and she acknowledges that she needs to) wisely decides to stay in the car, which Laila agrees was a good idea. I do not see these two working things out any time soon.
Mom Nancy, Robert and Kristy: We pick up where we left of last time, Robert storming out of the house after the request for a paternity test. Of course, he only got as far as the driveway (probably because production wouldn’t let him leave – yeah I said it!). Mom comes out to double down on her belief that his youngest daughter is not his. That is a shitty thing to say without any proof other than she doesn’t look like you 😡. You may not like his spouse, but dragging the children into it, is beyond foul 😡😡😡! Poor guy is in such a tizzy over it, he can’t concentrate during training for his upcoming bout, which is annoying the trainer as it should. The trainer advises he not pursue it, but he chooses option two – ask Kristy to take the test 🤦♀️. Not only that he thinks date night is the best time to talk about it (say it with me now – IDIOT). His reasoning is that his if they just do the test and prove his mother wrong that will be the end of it. And if you think this whole thing went over well with Kristy, you’d be so very wrong. First, she says there is a thing called genetics that explains why one child may look more like one parent than the other. Her other issue is that he is willing to hurt her to please his mom and that he can’t even see that’s what’s happening. So, with date night effectively ruined, they head out.
Mom Kelly, Matt: I’m not adding Brittany into the mix until it’s more official. Of course, if she’s smart, she too will run for the hills before this relationship goes any further. On to the show – we find Kelly and Matt on an outing to a cemetery, yep a cemetery 🙄. This is because Kelly is feeling her age as her birthday approaches (she’ll be 60) and she wants to visit the burial plots she has purchased for her, her husband (who wisely chooses to stay off camera almost all the time 😁) and Matt – no one else. This guy is going to be attached to her for eternity 😳. They are having a little picnic plot side and Matt finally tells his mom about Brittany and that he wants them to meet. And Kelly starts in on how she will be much tougher in her vetting process this time around. Have I mentioned how ridiculously dramatic Kelly can be? She is too much, and I don’t know how Kim survived all those years living with her. We leave them lying on their plots with Matt vowing they will be together in this life and the next 🤢.
Other thoughts
- BOUNDARIES PEOPLE, BOUNDARIES!!!!!
- In case it wasn’t clear I stand by the other women (girlfriends and wives) in most of these situations (jury is still out on Emily) because they really get the short end of the stick, and I can relate.
- Props to the trainer for calling out Nancy’s treatment of her grandchildren in his interview. I always love the side “characters” who are honest when questioned by the producers
- I often wonder if the producers with the moms begin to side with their craziness or stay neutral, especially those who work with Kelly and Laila as they have been around since season one 🤔.
My Lemons My Lemonade 