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I really like Gia. I feel as though she’s grown into a strong, young woman amongst the chaos. I also have a lot of empathy for the way she was parentified. When Tre was at “camp” Gia did everything for those girls and navigated a dad that didn’t seem very present. I have a friend who in her thirties is still parentified by her siblings as a result of their childhood so I can say that, like Gia, she never really got to be a child even as a teenager as she was propelled into adulthood before most of us. So the she’s a child argument is a bit nonchalant because the girl hasn’t had the chance to be a child for 10 years.
I don’t think her involvement has been too much. I think we’ve always seen Dolos kids giving their view on her life, Melissa’s kids just aren’t interested, Marge doesn’t talk to hers and the rest are too young. I get Gias relationship with her mum as I feel like my mum often doesn’t articulate herself well with her brothers and I still grab the phone to explain what she means so she doesn’t get walked on by them so I’m probably a little bias there. And with 2 seasons ago I 100% would have spoken to my uncles like that.
I would never have talked to my uncle like that. I don't ever remember one of Dolo's kids speaking rudely to one of the housewives.
I think we’ll have to agree to disagree on the uncles on.
One of my mums brothers is often quite rude to me and often makes uneducated comments towards minority groups. I will not allow him to silence me under the old school mentality of respect your elders. I am a grown woman and if someone is going to speak rudely to me I am going to defend myself, relative or not. Joe being rude to his nieces, in my opinion, ties back to his deep rooted, misogynistic values of women being seen and not heard.