Season 13 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey kicked disconnected connected Feb. 7 with Dolores Catania revealing however “smitten” and “happy” she is with her caller boyfriend, Paulie Connell. Meanwhile, Teresa Giudice precocious celebrated her 50th birthday, but Joe and Melissa Gorga had nary involvement successful going to immoderate enactment to commemorate the juncture — particularly aft past season’s reunion ended connected a sour note. Dolores and Jennifer Aydin are besides not speaking aft the reunion — Jennifer’s inactive huffy astatine Dolores for defending Margaret Josephs amidst their ongoing feud — truthful everything’s successful turmoil.
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Anyway, conscionable moments aft past season’s reunion, erstwhile Teresa defended her determination to not see Melissa successful her wedding, Melissa texted her sister-in-law and said it was good and they should each conscionable determination guardant and not fto it origin immoderate much issues. Teresa, however, ne'er responded. Then, 2 months later, Teresa sent Joe and Melissa a substance message, inviting them to be her 50th day celebration, which took spot successful Tulum with the “closest people” successful her life. They decided not to spell due to the fact that Teresa didn’t adjacent privation them successful her wedding and she didn’t reply to Melissa’s text. But Melissa inactive invited Teresa to her summertime kickoff party, which ended up being an 80s-themed roller skating event, and Teresa attended, but much connected that later.
Over astatine Teresa’s caller location — you know, the 1 she shares with Luis Ruelas — she was engaged entertaining Luis’ extended family. She was seen getting chummy with Luis’ sisters, Veronica and Jennifer, who were some asked to beryllium bridesmaids successful the wedding. But erstwhile she and Luis were unsocial successful the kitchen, they talked astir however “childish” Joe acted astatine the reunion, but Teresa said Melissa’s to blame. “He conscionable follows [her] along,” Teresa said, portion Luis said Joe is “weak” and “immature” — “his insecurities are screaming,” helium proclaimed. Teresa seemed a spot caught disconnected defender by Luis’ comment, but she yet shrugged her shoulders and agreed. “Well…. yeah…,” she said.
Then, erstwhile everyone sat down for dinner, Teresa told her daughters that she ne'er wants them to combat similar she’s presently doing with her brother. They said that’ll “never” happen, arsenic though they tin foretell the future, and Teresa told them she “loves that”. Milania Giudice said, “sisters are different”, and Teresa said that’s wherefore she “wishes” she had a sister, but earlier she could decorativeness her sentence, she said she does “now” and pointed to some Veronica and Jennifer. So did Melissa ne'er exist? Awkward.
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After fast-forwarding to Melissa’s roller skating party, things became a spot much upbeat. This was besides the lawsuit wherever the viewers were introduced to the caller formed members, including Margaret’s person Jennifer Fessler (a “friend of”), Teresa’s person Danielle Cabral (a full-time housewife), and Melissa’s person Rachel Fuda (another full-time housewife). As mentioned, a batch of the formed members hadn’t seen each different since the reunion, truthful this was the archetypal clip everyone was coming unneurotic again successful 2 months.
Obviously, issues had to beryllium dealt with, and immoderate of the newbies tried pushing conversations betwixt the veterans (Teresa and Margaret, who besides fought astatine the reunion, arsenic good arsenic Dolores and Jennifer), but thing everyone was receptive. Teresa really invited Margaret to her location for food and crackers, truthful that seemed promising, but Dolores didn’t truly privation to talk to Jennifer Aydin and that infuriated her.
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Dolores did, however, privation each the husbands and boyfriends to airs for a sexy calendar (for charity), truthful she had to talk to Jennifer successful bid to invitation Bill, but that was the afloat grade of their conversation. So adjacent though they didn’t get their contented settled astatine Melissa’s party, everyone reunited astatine Dolores’ location for the calendar photograph shoot, truthful possibly it’d hap there? Well, not exactly.
But earlier we get to that, we person to sermon Margaret’s sojourn to Teresa’s house. Teresa told Margaret however wounded she was by everyone spreading rumors astir Luis. And Margaret tried explaining herself, but Teresa kept cutting her off, truthful Luis stepped successful and reprimanded her. He told her to beryllium quiescent and fto Margaret talk. Margaret said she and the different ladies were conscionable disquieted for Teresa, and they were looking retired for her. Teresa said she’s present seeking therapy and nary longer holds grudges truthful she wanted to determination on, but Margaret made a constituent that Teresa’s inactive holding a grudge against Melissa and Joe. And Teresa said she’s chiefly huffy astatine them “because of” Margaret. She said that erstwhile Margaret brought up the rumors astir Luis, Melissa and Joe should’ve stepped successful and enactment a halt to it.
Teresa besides said that she was aggravated with Melissa for sharing a substance of hers with the radical past season, and Luis said it shows however “insecure” Melissa is. “She’s an insecure pistillate if she has to bash thing similar that,” helium said to a amazed Margaret. Teresa said her substance to Melissa was a “test” to spot if she had her back, but Margaret wondered wherefore Teresa adjacent had to “test people”. And Melissa is the “insecure” one… yeah, okay. Surprisingly, Teresa ended up apologizing to Margaret for however she acted past season, and past invited her to the wedding. “It’s a large step,” Teresa said of their reconciliation.
But not everyone had the aforesaid benignant of luck. Melissa was furious erstwhile she heard Luis called her “insecure” — Margaret ran and told Joe and Melissa that spot of accusation erstwhile everyone got unneurotic astatine Dolores’. And Jennifer Aydin became adjacent much frustrated aft Dolores chose not to accidental hullo to her. Jennifer told everyone, including the newbies, however she felt, truthful Rachel took it upon herself to stock that accusation with Dolores. And since Dolores wasn’t astir to fto Jennifer ruin her event, she pulled her speech to talk. Dolores told Jennifer she tried talking to her astatine the roller rink, but she kept walking distant from her. Jennifer denied doing specified a thing, and said Dolores ne'er made oculus interaction with her. But Dolores said that’s astir apt due to the fact that Jennifer keeps going astir and telling everyone that she’s “not a bully friend”. Jennifer said that’s however she feels — particularly aft Dolores failed to support her successful her feud with Margaret. Dolores told Jennifer she’s not truly defendable, truthful Jennifer told Dolores that they don’t hold connected what a bully person truly is — she said she’s “nice” and Dolores isn’t. Jennifer said they’re not friends and ne'er person been earlier storming out, causing a immense country and throwing nasty digs astatine Dolores.
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