Fair, and points for honesty. (I too have many young-and-dumb stories). But I’m willing to bet even younger, dumber you would have been smart enough not to even contemplate complimenting anyone’s ass in a work environment. When the boss does this to a woman who really can’t tell him to fuck off, I assume he’s actively…

I’m going to share a story about a much younger, much dumber me.

I hereby decree that all professional golfers, regardless of gender, shall be required to wear the mini-skirt upon the green.

Professional golf? The same institution that bans men from wearing shorts but seems to encourage women to wear super-mini skirts? The hell you say.

Whitest Woman Ever

He’s a big sweaty beast and he doesn’t play the goofball like Chip does.  I too feel like Erin designs the homes for the owners, and I like the little watercolors she does too.  They just feel more genuine.

This is exactly how I view them to be.  Their banter, while a bit forced for the camera and to create content, seems not so far off what I’d expect.  They just seem like nice people, but bland as all hell and their taste and skill at remodeling homes deserves the enormous target for criticism that they get.

I never could get into Fixer Upper, but Home Town has been way better. The houses themselves come out looking way more varied and they do a far better job giving their clients what they want, while still giving unique touches as well. Probably a good amount of it is staged, but I feel that they are a far better couple…

“I didn’t know I wanted this house until I saw just how well a bowl of lemons fits right there!  Do you think they’d let me keep it?”

I lived in Waco for a while and waited tables at a restaurant Chip and Joanna went to almost every Saturday night and I typically was the one waiting on their table. This was years before they had their show. They were always nice and largely the same as you see them on TV, the personalities are real and not made up…

6.) Put bowls of lemons everywhere.

He has dialed up his shtick to an 11

I feel like she designs homes for the customer where Joanna designs homes for herself. You can get dirty in Ben and Erin’s homes; where Joanna’s over use of white and porous materials means you can’t actually LIVE in the home. Its a house, not a home.

My feeling, too - especially since there is the story about how they bought out their partner right before signing the TV deal without telling him about it. Although looking into it now, it just recently got tossed - with Chip countersuing. Who knows what the truth of that was - but I do get a kick out of the claim…

So do all sane people, hopefully. They’re probably just as fake but they hide it a lot better (and the houses haven’t started pushing 700k+ yet, generally, which is when reno shows get fucking boring). 

How to remodel your house according to Magnolia:

They are prosperity Christians. They believe that they are entitled to rule the world.

Look, I’m gonna say it -- I like Ben and Erin more. 

These kinds of things always make me wonder what is ever “enough” for these people? What is the point of growth for the sake of growth? A monument to ego?
The 10 million they spent on their theme park thing could have been put in trust for their children and they could probably live off their investments and earnings…