by Jessica Blackwell

Can you spell D-R-A-M-A? Because that's what went on in this week's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Everyone except the Manzos headed to the Giudice's shore house located right on the water. I'm sorry but I have to ask. How can they still afford to have a shore house and luxury vehicles? I don't get it, it's very confusing. If I was one of the people they owned money to, watching this show would anger me. Anyway, the adults left all the children with Rosie. Having all those small children in one place, drove Rose nuts! On the boat ride, Teresa reamed Rich for blacking her husband's eye.

Lauren began her diet, and that's great for her but she said some things on this episode that were very disturbing. She said, among other things, that she HATES the way she looks, and that she feels like she is worth less than her brothers. The family making jokes didn't help either. She also mentioned that Vito likes skinny girls and joked around about him cheating. It was sad to see that she has such low self esteem.

The ladies headed to a solstice party that was hosted by Jacqueline's energist and was supposed to promote good energy, only it actually ended up being the opposite. As Kathy said, it was only a matter of time before Melissa blew up on Teresa about the comment that was made to her husband. I knew the drama was going to happen, but I didn't know it was going to come out quite the way it did. Rosie ended up confronting Teresa first, and their conversation got heated but ended well. Then Teresa asked Jacqueline if Melissa and her spoke about the comment, and Jacqueline grew exasperated and made the two women talk. As soon as Melissa mentioned Joe Giudice going to jail, she freaked out and tried to walk away.

Teresa seems to blow up whenever someone mentions that Joe Giudice might be going to jail. This was right around the time when he was arrested for trying to get the fake ID and went to jail for a few days. It's very strange how she keeps telling people in Italian not to talk about certain things, knowing that when the show airs it will be translated. Meanwhile, she's giving interviews, baring her soul but not speaking to her family. It's all very bizarre.

When Melissa and Teresa finally spoke, Teresa of course tried to justify her actions. Melissa tried to get Teresa to understand that she would never leave Joey or cheat on him, but Teresa didn't seem interested in believing her. Melissa demanded an apology, Teresa called her a bitch, and nothing was resolved. I think Teresa is unhappy and unsatisfied with her own marriage and hates that Melissa and her brother remind her daily what she does not have.

After this fight, I'm not sure how they will bounce back or get along. I guess we'll see next week...

The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Sundays at 10/9c on Bravo.

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