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My spin on the Oprah trip was that it was "authentic." At her age, and with her money... I would not want to stay in a lot of the places, or eat in a lot of places they stopped at. I could see her as getting cranky during this drive... I remember the times my husband and I drove to different colleges with our daughter... we were all fine in the car for an hour or two, but we were not happy campers after several hours. Different strokes for different folks... the good news is... thankfully we're not seeing this trip in it's entirity. LOL

I think that Oprah, lets just say has very high standards. I know that driving cross country might be stressful, but, she doesn't have most of the worries many people traveling have, such as if they will have enough money to put gas in the car, or if they can actually afford to stop the night and get a room, or locating the cheapest places to feed your family or god forbid you have car trouble and can't afford a rental. Oprah has seen hard times, but I guess that it has been a long time ago since she really had to worry about a paycheck.

I only saw the latest show up until the point they were going to the yard sale. I really wanted to see that. I'll catch it on the rerun.

I saw a comedy skit about Oprah in the car talking about all the things she missed while on that trip. She's talking to Gayle saying, I miss my dogs, I miss my yard, my house, my bed, everything but Stedman. His name never came up. I thought that was hilarious.

I think that Oprah, lets just say has very high standards. I know that driving cross country might be stressful, but, she doesn't have most of the worries many people traveling have, such as if they will have enough money to put gas in the car, or if they can actually afford to stop the night and get a room, or locating the cheapest places to feed your family or god forbid you have car trouble and can't afford a rental. Oprah has seen hard times, but I guess that it has been a long time ago since she really had to worry about a paycheck.

I only saw the latest show up until the point they were going to the yard sale. I really wanted to see that. I'll catch it on the rerun.

I saw a comedy skit about Oprah in the car talking about all the things she missed while on that trip. She's talking to Gayle saying, I miss my dogs, I miss my yard, my house, my bed, everything but Stedman. His name never came up. I thought that was hilarious.

Missed the show today but what an interesting observation that Oprah never once mentioned (or ever mentions) missing Stedman. Maybe she does it on purpose.

Did anyone hear on the View, (I've missed it the last few days but read something about it in the paper) where Rosie wondered why Oprah doesn't just "come out" as in "the closet" about her relationship with Gayle and raising suspicion that they are even just "a little bit gay"? Huh?

Not that I care, I was just curious about whether Rosie would say that or not.

Anyone know?

I think it's ridiculous.... Rosie is going to find herself in hot water trying to be funny one of these days... or trying to out people that may not need or want to be outed.. How in the world would she know?

Alot of women have long time special friends who are like sisters. That is what these 2 have seemed to always had. I know they went way back. It would be really sad for everyone to make assumptions over close friendships... be they a celebrity or not!

Rosie did say that she thought Oprah and Gayle are just a little bit gay. I saw the show that day. She was kidding around, but I think she meant it. She later explained that what she meant was that she believes everybody has a little interest in the same sex, like a scale of 1-10. One representing someone with a little attraction to the opposite sex and 10 being an openly full fledged gay.

I had a conversation with one of my gay friends recently about whether she had "gaydar." She said that she thought she did and that she thought most lesbians know when they meet another lesbian, even when it is unspoken. She couldn't describe just how that works. I guess Rosie thinks she knows when she sees gayness in others.

I do think the enire relationship of Oprah and Stedman has been strange. I have no problem with her not wanting to be married to him, but, do you think she is just VERY talented at keeping her love for him hidden? I never see it. She used to talk more about him than she does now for some reason.

A few years ago, I hung out with a group of girlfriends who liked to party. We had lunch every Friday at out favorite resturaunt, went out to dinner together at least one night on the weekend with dancing afterwards, and usually met for a drink one weeknight after work. We also often shopped together, went to a movie on Sunday afternoon, attended parties at each other's house, and vacationed together. I know this sounds strange.

All of the the other girls, were MARRIED. Two of them had young children. They were much more excited about the girls in the group than they were about their husbands. Believe me, they were NOT into their husbands at all. They wanted to have fun.
None of them were lesbian to my knowledge. Our friendships were totally platonic. Using Rosie's theory, we may have scored on the rating scale.