Sweet Sixteen Mom PITA

I was watching last night's episode of Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat this morning on TiVo. A preview for the new episode of Sweet Sixteen popped up on the television. While Cullen hates that show, I find it purely amusing. On the preview, the girl and her mom were doing the usual dress shopping for the special night. I'm sure they were at some place where the sequins alone were $100 a pop. I'm sure they were at some place that had a doorbell and you had to make an appointment to grace the saleslady's presence. No browsing here, ladies! I'm not jealous...much.

Sidetrack: It seems like 90% of the moms on this show believe they are 16 again. What they wear...what they say...how they dance...good god, how they dance!

The daughter comes out of the dressing room wearing this long, gauzy dress that was a cream color and had this purple shawl thing. The mom claps her hands together and dies laughing.

"Bwahahahaha! Gawd! That thing looks heinous!"

The poor girl looked heartbroken.

Next, she comes out in this rusty colored dress that had a very busy pattern. She does the obligatory twirl.

"You got some junk in the trunk!"

I thought the girl would die! The amount of blood that suddenly rushed to her face had to be pretty dangerous...life-threatening even.

Another dress.

The mom turns to the sales associate and says, "See! She looks like a man when she comes out!" at the same time the mom squares her shoulders and moves them up and down. Even the sales associate couldn't believe how she was acting.

While the previous dresses weren't exactly my style, or even the least bit pretty, the last one was....well...it was okay. It was gold and had a halter style top with a short pleated skirt.

"Mmmm. Okay. Ho! Ho!"

The voice-over says, "With moms like these who needs enemies?".

Seriously! What would make a mom behave that way towards her daughter?! That is just nuts! I could never imagine talking like that to Mikayla. I hope that her mom ends up buying a dress that looks cute on a 16-year old so that the rest of America can laugh at how stupid she is.