by Chandra Clewley

We are back to The Real Housewives of Orange County, our original housewives and certainly the tannest, blondest and most..errr….manicured of the group! Gretchen and Slade have been together a year and a half now and Slade is helping her with all of her business ventures and housekeeping. It seems like he might be a kept man at this point. It looks like Gretchen is doing well in her businesses also. Gretchen also talks with her assistant about taking her back the next time she gets in an altercation, since she wasn’t exactly standing up for Gretchen at Tamra’s party.

Tamra breaks down to her lesbian friend Fernanda about going through her painful divorce with Simon, and later is house hunting on “divorce row” when she walks through her new boyfriend Eddie’s former home and is creeped out that he lived there with his wife at one time. Apparently, Tamra moved out of her home quickly and found an apartment that was temporary. Now she needs a new home, one that is downsized but all her own.

Vicki and Donn seem to be getting along better, and she is going to Seattle for a sales meeting. She is constantly traveling while Donn is winding down. She takes her daughter to Seattle with her and in typical Vicki style they party it up. Vicki gets flirty with a co-worker while there, but says it isn’t a big deal when her daughter confronts her about it.

We are introduced to Peggy, Alexis’s “friend” who seems really competitive with her. Peggy is married to a younger man, and has two daughters, Capri and London.

Later, Tamra and Alexis go to yoga and then grab a cocktail. Tamra admits that she is keeping her new boyfriend away from everyone so she can have him to herself. The conversation turns to Simon being controlling and she asks Alexis if she sees the similarities with Simon and Jim. Alexis doesn’t even though Jim tells her what to wear, what to do keeps her “in line” and takes the lead. Including his slight annoyance with Tamra for some of the things she says. They also talk about how Tamra and Gretchen instigate each other and that is probably how the argument at the party started.

Catch an all new episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County next Sunday at 10/9 C on Bravo.

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