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    Vicki Gunvalson

    Business is Business

    Vicki can't believe that Tamra can't put aside their personal issues to make WInes by Wives work.

    May 13

    I hope all of you enjoyed Mother’s Day. I have to say it was probably one of my best Mother’s Day that I have had in a while with my kids.

    Briana and I started the day with a four mile walk around our local lake, stopped for an egg breakfast afterwards, headed down to Newport Beach for a few hours, and then went back to my house for a BBQ with close friends. It was Mike's first time back at the house for a few months, so it was great to have my two kids, the two dogs and Troy together. The kids swam, while I grilled pork tenderloin, filet mignon, and grilled vegetables and made a nice big salad. It was one of those days that I felt completely at peace and without stress and really just enjoyed he moment and felt grateful for my blessings.

    Now, onto a recap of this weeks episode. When Lydia and Heather picked me up from LAX, I had just flown in from Atlanta which left at 6:45 am east coast time (3:45 am pacific time), had been flying for four hours, had been gone three days at an insurance conference and was exhausted. I was not "up" to going to Malibu, as I had pretty much decided not to continue to do any appearances or events with Tamra due to our ongoing friendship issues. Chris, our business partner, felt it was important for me to go so I did. Hindsight, I probably should have stayed back. I told Chris about my concerns of being around Tamra because of our unresolved issues, and he assured me she would be fine and it was strictly business and there would be no conflict.

    Since I had already picked out my wines for the next six months, I had a lack of interest in even being there as my job had already been done. I wanted to go and support Tamra choosing her wines, but truthfully I think she was more into drinking the wines than she was really picking out a wine of the month for our club.

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    miranda99 1113 pts

    Vickie- You've become everyone's favorite!  Seems you and Gretchen have taken on each other's past lives lol.  You used to share Tamara's venom, pick on others and make cutting remarks about others.  Im guessing you have grown and learned.  Gretchen has not taken that role.  She's downright nasty!

     

    angel1221 32 pts

    please Vicki....you are becoming pathetic. Crying about being alone....your son can't even tell you his address! And Vodka by Vicki? Give me a break....it's all about making money now right? Stealing from all the other housewives who try to sell us anything with their name on it! At least Tamra is a good mom, which in case you did not hear Brianna, she said she has to come to work to see you because you are there all the time! Great job mom! This is what you worshiped...your job your career, and now it is all you have left and you feel empty. Well..., DUH! You made the bed you are now sleeping in. Would never buy anything from you!

     

    midnightmom 21 pts

    Stop with the boo hoo's....get rid of brook's who only want's your money. Please buy a roll of ducktape to use on your mouth.  You were was to rude the father and daughter at the wine tasteing. 

    sandygellner 515 pts

    What is going on with your hair this season, Vicki?  It is in need of a good haircut, conditioning and style. 

    Ceci2468 599 pts

    I don't much care for you or Brooks but you need to live your life. Others might not approve of your relationship but they are not in it. Let Briana and Ryan know that the "living arrangement" you made to not letting Brooks come over to the house is not working. Let them know that you'd like them to stay but you want Brooks to come over. If they still want to leave after that then let them. You only live once and you need to try to be happy. That being said, I think Brooks is using you but sometimes people have to live and learn the hard way. Hopefully when things fall apart (and I'm pretty sure they will) your family and friends will be there to help you pick up the pieces.

    Lynnette11 8 pts

    Vicki your always saying that u love Brooks, a woman as independent as u its not like u need him.  Brooks is not it, he's a user and he does not have your best interest he wants to destroy your inner family he already has u and Tamara at  odds with one another and stupid u  blames Tamara because Brooks has put it in your head.  A woman as smart as u when it comes to business sure looks dum when it comes to men.  If u ask me Brooks should just be a drive by to comfort your love muffin and thats ALL nothing more!

    SadiesQ 750 pts

    Vicky - I get that you felt awkward being single on a couple's trip but when you freaked out about checking into the hotel and sought comfort from Terri...Really? Talk about Red Flags! Beware of single women that seek comfort in the husband of her friend rather than the friend herself!

    JanicePrado 485 pts

    Brianna didn't go........ why didn't you take Brooks? 

    penneyone 4564 pts

    Vicki you can have  a Vicki line just like Tamra has a gym. I can't see where that will hurt WBW. 

    luvtotravel 53 pts

    Gosh girl, when are you going to realize that Brooks is playing you!! Take your blinders off - sit down in a comfy chair w. kleenex by your side, and watch the HOC re-runs. . . . perhaps you'll see then what you do not see now. 

     

    And, this time I must say that Gretchen and Tamra are acting like HS mean girls - - maybe it is time for you to make new friends as well as getting a new boyfriend.

    mimiw2 12 pts

    Vicki, no one can tell you who to love.  We all have to learn things the hard way. That's how we grow.  I don't know how you put up with Tamara or Gretchen.  They are both immature. You need to just take care of you!

    rosyposy 2652 pts

    Just walk away from the wines by wives thing.  It was obviously "Wines by Wino" with Tamra involved.  She is such trailer trash.  How did you ever involve yourself with that woman in the first place?  I think the abusive trio (Tamra, Gretchen, & Heather) are just too unhappy with their lives to be good company.  Tread carefully!  Good luck on the Vodka business.  Who needs a partner who drinks all the profit, anyway?

    timbun 2327 pts

    When Bravo named the episode they called it something like Whine by Wives.

    jayr 539 pts

    "She [Gretchen] can't even make a cup of coffee without calling Slade much less could she travel on a couples' trip without him."  Good one, Vicki!  At the same time, you're there by yourself, that's a fact, so what, just do it.  Don't do the whiney, poor me, baby-voice thing.

    promotepeace 515 pts

    God bless anybody who would dare try going into business with Tamra!!! You don't need her to succeed! If anything, she needs you!

     

     If a man truly loves you...how can he see other women so quickly?? Brooks is shady!

    jayr 539 pts

    Ahhh Vicki, I think I might like you if I really knew you.  But, geez, you seem to have such low self esteem --- if that portrayal of Brooks and you having dinner was anywhere near reality, run away. Get as far away from him as possible.  What an arrogant, self-serving, passive-aggressive phony he is!   Seriously, you can find someone way better, and even if you didn't, you're far better off alone than with the likes of him.

    golden10 618 pts

    Vicki,

    I agree with you.  Tamra and Gretchen are just so negative.  It seems Gretchen is like a dog with a bone and she just can't wait to tear you down.  I hope you stay away from those two as nothng good comes from them.  You are a smart business woman and Tamra just wants to hang on by your coattails.   

    steve.snedlecker 343 pts

    you and your brooks .. you looked like a food when you went out to dinner with him.. he is playing you.. and you dont get it.. everyone around you see it but you .. are you really that desperate not to see it..and to think he is a role model what a joke.. i would never take advise from him or you.. for that matter .. the fact of the bricks come from reading books ... on relationships.. i have seen it in two books ... he is a fake.. and you buy it up..no wonder you are in the shape you are in.. do not feel sorry for you.. cause you ask to be made fun of.. you really do.. 

     

    steve.snedlecker 343 pts

    you talk about Gretchen why even bring her up.. what is wrong with you.. are you in high school still get over it.. and get over the fact... grow up.. and act like a lady since you are not really one to begin with.. you have to act like one instead of being one. 

    Thinkbeforeyouact 527 pts

    @steve.snedlecker Was Gretchen a lady when she told all the viewers to suck it? Or how about clapping when her old friend was tossed out of a party? Or even about asking Vicki if she was the mother of her grandson because she had said "we had a baby". Who can forget the drunkenly slurred "Tammmmrraaa!" That one proceeded making out with Tamra's son in the bathroom. I guess my definition of a lady is a little different than yours.

    steve.snedlecker 343 pts

    who shows up for a dinner an hour and half late at that time and you still had to get there and the drive would have been another hour just to get around LA and if it was down in OC then you can tack on another hour on top of that.. so what was really the deal there.. you were going to show for a dinner three to four hours late.. and now you talk about it being a dinner and play.. you would have missed the whole thing.. again i dont get it.. you lie

     

    JARNY 187 pts

     steve.snedlecker  You writing a novel or blogging???!!!!

    Viewer31 97 pts

    Sorry but I can't imagine being friends with someone as low, classless, cruel, backstabbing & vulgar as Tamra. She brings your standard down. I would think twice about calling her any kind of "friend" or "sister" & leave her only to a distant cast mate. Viewers would have much more respect for you.

    steve.snedlecker 343 pts

    i am confused ... you say on camera it was six months you had those dinner plans. and then when talking to your daughter it changed to three months and here you are saying its a month.. i see the lies ... all i know its that pretty crummy the way you change things to suit your ideas.. 

    i would never go into business with you ... and the fact that you are selling on here and trying to sell every thing i would never buy anything.. from you..cause you lie.. plane and simple you lie i do not work with lairs ever..  

    Thinkbeforeyouact 527 pts

    @steve.snedlecker Well, I sure would go into business with her. She is tenacious, savvy, and a real worker. I guarantee you that Vicki had all her ducks in a row for the Wines by Wives way before Tamra did. I would select her wine options before Tamra's any day.

    LexiLu 218 pts

    I  see the pain in your eyes.  Everyone in the group is in a relationship and you are alone.  That has to be hard.  If you aren't always appropriate I think it's because you are probably feeling awkward.  You have a lot of great qualities and will be fine, but I was sympathetic to you in this episode.

    SadiesQ 750 pts

     LexiLu There was a time when Vicky criticized the other's for spending too much time with their husbands/bf's. She was jealous then and she is jealous now. Maybe if she had paid more attention to her husband she wouldn't be alone now. Oh wait! How could she have paid more attention to Donn when in last weeks episode she claimed to have loved Brooks since the first time she saw him....she was married to Donn at the time. Oh Boo Hoo! She got what she asked for

    erica8123 1587 pts

    I don't think Tamra was right to call you names but as usual you take no accountability. 

    Not to say Gretchen was right but to her defense you have treated her much worse in the past and I don't blame her for being bitter.  This is also true with her boyfriend.  You have always put her on defense with Jeff and Slade and shouldn't be surprised she is angry.  However, you will never understand because you don't take full accountability in that situation (go figure) either.

    I am over the Brooks thing.  I agree with your daughter/Son in law/Tamra on this situation BUT at this point everyone that is trying to protect you needs to let you learn on your own.  I just hope when he screws you over we don't need to listen to you cry about it for an entire season.  In all honestly I hope they are wrong about him.  I also understand why he is fed up. 

    Vicki, I used to consider you one of my favorites but I am just over it. 

     

    steve.snedlecker 343 pts

    funny how you had talked to Chris about your issues but failed to talk to Tamra about not going.. 

    walleesmomma 24 pts

    Wow!!!  just watched the show from last night - really Vicki?  You are the most insincere, whiniest thing I have ever seen.  Not to mention, a big fat liar!  You told Tamra that the reason you had to leave was you had a dinner party that you had planned for 6 months.  Then, when Brianna came to see you, you told her you had the plans for 3 months!  Which is it?  You can't have it both ways, Vicki.  If you don't want or can't be in this business with Tamra - LEAVE!!!  Stop trying to always be the victim - in everything!!!  Was Tamra right calling you a bitch?  Absolutely not; however, her and Eddie had a conversation about her wanting to change her ways and talk things over instead of yelling and screaming.  You, however, have not even once said that you would like to change things - and it shows.  You are more mean and hateful than ever and as others have said, that nasty thing called karma is coming right back to ya.  GROW UP!

    amber.lyons 376 pts

    Vicki, you don't have to explain the difference btwn the Vodka and WBW, we know one is a subscription and the other is direct sales. Tamera just had to jump at the chance to find fault in you, we have her number, and Gretchen's as well. Those 2 are beyond defense. Good call on Gretchen's dependence on Slade aka Slave. You said you told Tamera ahead of time you had a dinner commitment, bute she acted like you were springing it on her and abandoning your responsibility. Glad you took up for yourself in the blog. Oh, and Tamera was pulling in the wine employees against you, bad form all around, she is despicable.

    Krystal-n-GA 30 pts

    Can't fathem why you would let Tamra portray you in the light she did ! Why didn't you stand up to her and let it be known to all watching that your business had been handled rather than disclosing it here in your blog? I am baffled why all of you appear to be letting Tamra the psychotic mean girl continue to have all of this control ! ! !

    Thinkbeforeyouact 527 pts

    @Krystal-n-GA Can anyone have a normal conversation with Tamra when she is drinking?

    lorelye 564 pts

     Thinkbeforeyouact Talking to Tamra is frutiless effort.  She will appear to agree and want to be friends and then as soon as your back is turned she is shooting you the bird or talking crap about you.  She is not to be trusted. 

    erica8123 1587 pts

     Krystal-n-GA Well because most often when people do that it is because they aren't being completely honest.

    piperbeau 12957 pts

    Did Tamra really have the audacity to question your work ethic and business sense??!  Now She is really grasping at straws!! Thats a joke!! Wasn't she the one that was forced to sell her house in foreclosure??!!  Lately its seems like every time Tamra or Gretchen open their mouths they are trashing you and Alexis!! So over it.... At this point its frustrating and predictable... I love watching you in action!! I really really admire you!! 

    rightdownthemiddle 16 pts

    The show I watched last night to me showed you did not really want to be there. You state you are a professional bussiness woman over and over yet you did not portray that at the wine tasting. Some of these viewers dislike Tamra or like you so I think the facts are getting distored. Some of the things you said to the host and his daughter were not in good taste. I'm sure you would not like it if the father asked your daughter when was she going on a diet.  Tamra is not a nice girl but this was also your nasty trashing buddy that you jumped on the bandwagon with over and over again in the past.

     

    Just going by your blog, if this is your bussiness (and your so professional) run it, participate, and ignore Tamra. If you cant deal with it and have to convey your participation to a third party get out.

     

    I'm not sure how the whole Gretchen change is coming into play on the show here (well have to wait and see) however, I do remember you leading the pack of wolves telling everyone who would listen that you thought her previous fiance was paying her to take care of him. 

     

    I'm not on the Slade fantastic voyage but, you should be ashamed of your actions. Your boxing buddy (Tamra) and you pretty much slandered the man on his alimony etc. Guess what...I cant tell you this...for all the negative and hatefull things you did and do it's playing the life card with a nice deck of jokers for you.  Brooks.... Now of course the viewers dont know him etc, etc,but  a person who is thinking clearly would recognize that there is a serious issue when the viewers dislike (or can actually see) this man in a different light.

    reginae 801 pts

    Hi Vicki,

                    I know this is beside the point but I just wanted to say that you looked really good in that coat at the winery. I hope that is what was in the bag when you were walking away from Tamra. You look great this season and I wish you the best.

    Stylo74 610 pts

    Tamra is just a cruel person. I don't understand why anyone hangs out with her or would ever want to be her friend. 

    AN-JO-LINA 438 pts

    Vicki!!!

    Why did you have to say that girl looked older than 24yrs old? That was pretty rude. You cliam you had plastic surgery because Slade made rude remarks about your appearance. So, why try to embaress a young lady in front of a group of people like that? Being from Orange County you of all people should know, saying a female appears older than her actual age is not a compliment. Me no likey that behavior!

    Thinkbeforeyouact 527 pts

    @AN-JO-LINA I think it was just a slip up. You know, you try to recover but you just keep jamming your foot deeper into your mouth until you realize it and shut up.

    AmyMac 27 pts

    @AN-JO-LINA Come on, Haven't you realized yet that Vick does no wrong! She is the victim. She is blatantly rude and then tries to act innocent with her, "What? What did I say?"act that some actually believe!! She behaves no better than any of the others, but tries to pretend she is so sweet and innocent. Ugh

    wiscfan 541 pts

    Vicki, I couldn't help but think you were way above this group of dumbheads on the Malibu trip.  Tamra with her truly stupid comments about your vodka and it being sold in Las Vegas really showed her lack of smarts.  Terry blurting out personal details of their marriage, Lydia generally looking like she's in la la land, and Gretchen with her incessant butt kissing of Tamra........ wow, I couldn't have gotten away any faster.

    Thinkbeforeyouact 527 pts

    @wiscfan So agree. Gretchen needs to get out of Tamra's butt already. Come on out of their Gretchen. Tamra uses her scarily psychotic behavior to control everyone. She is basically incapable of being positive or fun. Her comment about the Wines by Wives club being marketed in Vegas in a store was Neanderthal. But hey, when you're Tamra and losing a logical point you just start cursing at the other person or stick your fingers in your ears and yell, "La-la-la-la-la!" And, I still don't trust Lydia.

    Activist1 118 pts

    Vicki, you are a breath of fresh air this season and keep up the great work!

    MaryA807 16 pts

    Hi! I just wanted to say how prode I was last night when you spoke openly and truthfully about Divorce and your experiance's in your life.I hope Heather and her husband listen too you.I myself have been married23years and it not has always been easy.

    Lhaywood 398 pts

    I hope Bravo is starting to realize that Vicki is not well liked and might be the cause for viewers to move away from this show....

    Esther194 1169 pts

     Lhaywood By the time I fast forward through Alexis and Vicki, there's not much of the show left!

    MsPierre 48 pts

    Why does Tamra get a pass?  Tamra treated Gretchen just as bad if not worse than Vicki, yet Gretchen believes Tamra has changed her ways and she is now Team Tamra.  The only reason Tamra is friends w/Gretchen is because she has no other friends that she can control and Gretchen wants so badly to be relevant in Tamra's life.  Vicki isn't the only one that needs to self reflect.  Tamra is the meanest, nastiest witch of them all and she deserves EVERY dagger thrown at her.