I, too, was impressed by the fact that NeNe’s “dad” declined to discuss his affairs in front of the cameras. I’m not sure I would call him “delinquent,” — after all, we don’t really know anything about the circumstances, yet.

I didn’t get a “ghetto” feel for the presentation of Athens, either, but, of course, I don’t live there. NeNe’s late mother’s home looked to be a nice home in a nice area. I believe she said that they were the first African-Americans to live there. She didn’t seem to be claiming a hard knock life vis- a- vis her childhood (I felt that started after she left home.) Her aunt’s home, or what we saw of it, seemed OK , too. (I do wish her aunt had “put a brawr on” but I’m inclined to be more forgiving of that error in a lady of a certain age.)

The scenes with Kandi and AJ made me sad, sad, sad. We really demonized AJ (I did it, too) but in light of his untimely passing, I find myself wondering if we weren’t too harsh. If he’d married and divorced all of his children’s mothers first, would we have looked at him differently? Was race a factor? I wonder. I mean, when yo ustop to think about it, Donald Trump has three “baby mamas”, too.

I looked at the party and the counseling session and felt a wave of ager toward Kandi’s mom, even though I agreed with her in the past. It was all very confusing and sad for me.

Sorry to ramble on so. I think I need to stop watching the Real Housewives franchise. It’s not uplifting and lately, it isn’t even entertaining.