Premiere of Bethenny Getting Married?

OOK so how cute are these two? Well Thursday night was the season premiere of "Bethenny Getting Married" and what a premiere it was! Over 2 million people tuned in, it was the highest premiere in Bravo TV's history. Wow, combine that with the good reviews and you've got a winner here. Who knew when RHONY premiered 3 seasons ago that Bethenny would be the breakout star who would get her own show? I have to say that watching this show is much less stressful than watching this past season RHONY, let me tell you. The premiere episode had a guest appearance by Alex McCord and her husband Simon Van Kempen and they appeared, as Bethenny said, normal. It is so true. This show is closer to what reality should be. This is a successful businesswoman who is trying to have it all. Whether she can have it all for a long period remains to be seen, she is off to a good start. 

  This show is, at this point, about Bethenny planning her wedding, running her multi-product business, and expecting a new baby. She is a first time mother, second time bride. Her fiance Jason Hoppy is a stable influence on her, that is obvious after this first episode. Bethenny is a bit neurotic, as all self respecting New Yorkers seem to be. Her humor is sarcastic and snarky. But she had me laughing so much. I suspect that much of that humor is masking a lot of pain. Which we actually get some peeks at during her therapy session. She has agreed to have all of her session filmed, in fact that was her idea which I think is really brave and could be very helpful. 

  This premiere episode had her searching for a new assistant, preferably a gay male. She ended up with a very straight Max, who fiance Jason Hoppy wasn't too happy about until they bonded over sports and gave each other a fist bump which drove Bethenny to distraction. We also saw Bethenny and Jason fight about having his friends that she only met once, staying the night after their housewarming party. I think Bethenny's reluctance to open her home to people that Jason trusts (he's known his best man for 20 years) for an overnight stay is maybe a bit over the top. Yet I think this has something to do with her solitary life as well as her upbringing, which was NOT good. Jason is from a calm, normal, close knit family. Bethenny likens her upbringing as being brought up by wolves.

Between planning her wedding and this housewarming party, Bethenny was pretty stressed and of course she has to be hormonal. But then you see her and Jason picking out their wedding bands and it is so obvious how much the two love each other. You can see that Bethenny feels safe with him and Jason for his part is learning to be patient with her, which probably isn't easy at times. When Jason is stuck in Florida on a business trip on the night of the housewarming party, you think Bethenny is going to have a meltdown, but it turns out that things do work out. It is obvious that she is uncomfortable entertaining Jason's friends by herself, but she is the hostess with the mostess and manages to have a great evening. She almost tries too hard to make sure that the conversation is lively and that everyone is entertained. I doubt that she noticed that she cut off Jason's best man while he was talking. I think half of that is the man was kind of soft spoken, especially when compared to our lively and loud Bethenny.

  I have to say that I am really happy with this show so far and plan to keep on watching. I feel almost a kinship with Bethenny. She reminds me a little of myself, someone who uses humor to cover up deep pain. Always trying to keep it going. I laughed a lot and after watching some of the stuff that is going to happen this season, well I think it's gonna be hella funny. She is what she is and tells it like it is and we love her for that. You go Bethenny! We're right behind you!