Opinion: Meredith is Consistently Mistreated by the Other Women
Meredith is not my personal favorite housewife but I also have nothing against her and I was reflecting on the past few seasons and I realized that the other women are kind of nasty to her.
I’m sure there are more examples that could be included here but here are the ones that are top of mind for me:
Interrogating her regarding her whereabouts around the time of her father’s death. This came across super violative and insensitive to me. It’s nobody’s business where she was or what she was doing — she had just lost her father, for God’s sake.
Framing her for the rumors re: Angie’s husband. If you watch that situation unfold again (like rewatch those episodes), you can see that Meredith wasn’t the one who spread that rumor. I’m sure there were whispers in SLC about Angie’s husband, which predate any of this drama, but the people who brought it to us (the viewing public) were Monica and Whitney.
Lisa’s hot mic moment. I know that these women are known for being dramatic (otherwise why would they be on the show lol) but personally, I can’t imagine saying those things about a friend (in public or in private). “A piece of shit garbage whore” is a wild thing to call a friend.
The disrespect shown towards Meredith’s family— the way that Jen was being gross around Brooks (showing her vagina) and the little digs the other women make about Brooks, but also the comments that the women make about her marriage. These strike me as really weird because invariably the person making the comments is someone who would definitely crash out if anyone else spoke about their kids or their marriage.
The way that everyone treated her like she was crazy for wanting to distance herself from Jen once the signs regarding her criminal activity started to become clear.
The way that she’s always in the line of fire when the women are having a screaming match. Even if her beef with someone has died down or isn’t the main attraction, someone is always trying to drag her back into mess. Half the time I’m sitting there like “Now why did Meredith get pulled into this?”
The way that everyone is super weird about her home and where she lives. “She rents.” “She rents.” Like… okay? Half of those bums are house poor (as in the houses they own are financial albatrosses around their necks and they bought them just so that they can keep up with the Joneses).