The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

Let's skip all the boring stuff, we all know what this show is. Here are my unqualified psycho assessments for all the girls:

Jen Shah: Histrionic Disorder

• categorized by exaggerated emotionality and attention seeking behaviours
• Overwhelming desire to be noticed
• sense of self-worth depends on the approval of others

Mary Crosby: Psychopathy. (Or antisocial personality disorder at the least) -Disregarding or violating the rights of others -Inability to distinguish between right and wrong -tendency to lie often -Narcissism

Heather: Mentally stable for the most part. "Religious trauma" and a bit of an inciting conflict problem.

Lisa: Antisocial personality disorder -Lisa seems to display some pretty evident dark triad traits at the least (psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellian) she's NOT a psychopath, but she's definitely manipulative and does show some pretty evident narcissism.

Meredith: Anti-Social Personality disorder. Clearly she's very neurotic and often withdraws as a coping mechanism. It seems like she's often masking her emotions, and generally plays her cards pretty close to her chest. She unable to be vulnerable very often and displays some narcissistic tendencies.

Whitney: I don't even know what to say. At first I thought she was just really stupid, but then I realized it's more that's she's just extremely naive. Lisa's not so far off with the Nancy drew comment. Maybe another histrionic.

What Bravo doesn't seem to understand is their viewers like when the housewives have admirable qualities and decent moments. You can't have too much over the top vapid fakeness or the audience loses interest i.e. Real housewives of Miami. One of the reasons real housewives of new york is the best one is because of the real friendships the women seem to have underneath all the glitz and pettiness. The reason rhobh is starting to do better is because now they have Kathy Hilton and you can see the real connection between her and Kyle. Rh of atlanta has a lot of fights and friction but underneath it you see they have a lot of fun together and have known each other for years. This show has none of the good and all of the bad. They are just trying way too hard.

As somebody who previously lived several years in Salt Lake City, I think that the issues these women talk about and face are extremely relevant and entertaining. Those who have never lived in the city do not know how much the church has an impact on the community, and how people who are not apart of the church struggle to fit in. Although most critics find these women vapid socialites, I believe that their lifestyles are more upper middle class than other housewife casts, making it more interesting and realistic. People also have to remember that the point of reality TV is to entertain, and in order to do so you need to have controversial moments that reflect reality. These women are doing that, and they are sacrificing their own real life reputation in order to shed light on issues and altercations that happen consistently with everyday Americans. The audience should stop throwing rocks from glass houses and appreciate their candidness.

Being a SLC native, and living a life very outside the normal Mormon lifestyle, this show is fantastic! I am obsessed with the women, and the drama is so much fun too watch. The only one on this show I could do without is Mary. She drives me insane, and I don't understand why she's a part of this group. Meredith, Lisa, and Jen are my absolute favorites!!!

In any RH franchise there will be some good drama, but RHOSLC brings unique a backdrop of snowy mountains, religious elements and the most diverse cast of any RH show. Jen Shaw, Lisa Barlow, Meredith Marks, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay and Whitney Rose are each fascinating women on their own. From open to credits I watch every week.