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I understand wondering why Rhonda would return to Fla. Trust me, she did to film the dinner party. Don't take this stuff so seriously...afterall, Lisa didn't! Even with all her time at the SO house, I'm not surprised in the least that she didn't return any phone calls of the housemates. THAT IS plain and simply....LISA! I have not asked her why, and don't intend to. Even tho Lisa is not the 'norm' of society, she is a lot of fun and interesting. Her life may not be real to most, but it is her life.
When I say Rhonda was evil, I mean that she was tough on Lisa and not so warm to her friends, but I don't think that will show on camera. Maybe I'm wrong. I guess in the end, what you see on reality TV is not necessarily reality. About a month or so after the dinner party, they flew her back to LA. We will see what happened?!?! No hard feelings here. Just thought I would share my tidbits for those Lisa followers.

Alleycrash - I certainly didn't mean to imply that your story wasn't true. It seemed more than a little weird that SO would go to all the trouble of going to see Lisa if she didn't fulfill her assignments (and we all know she has trouble with those). In a way I feel sorry for Lisa although pity is a feeling that most of us reject when it's aimed at us. She probably is a lot of fun, however, the point of being on SO is not to be the life of the party - it's to get your life going in the right direction. I think most of us are frustrated with Lisa because she simply didn't take the process seriously and she really needed to if she truly wants to change her life. So, maybe she really didn't want help and she had other motives that we can only guess at. Whatever happens to her I don't think any of us want her to be unhappy. If we really didn't care about her we wouldn't be writing all these posts, would we. I personally feel ripped off that she never cared about the people who watch the show. Anyway, as you said, Lisa is just Lisa and she'll live her life exactly the way she wants to.

Wasn't she supposed to take tennis lessons too?

Who knows...anymore. There are so many rumors and variation of rumors out there... Some of the supposed requirements sure seem rather lame... but maybe for Lisa... they are at least a step in the right direction. I could see maybe the 3 things that Lisa established as her goals... Cooking, tennis lessons and a part time job... (and the latter only after being prompted by Rhonda....
Just to see if she could fulfill her own goals... I have no clue how painting a room fits in with anything...

We know based on something Kelly said in the last couple days that she has been there at least 2 weeks already.. so we should be seeing some sort of tivo preview one of these days hopefully to tip us off as to when some sort of conclusion is reached.

I don't wish her ill will or anything... But I sincerely do not think she deserves to graduate.

Well I agree with a couple of things said here.. the 3 tasks were lame and Lisa IS Lisa .. the same Lisa that walked in is the exact same Lisa that walked out.. thus showing there was no change. I agree with KPW, she doesn't deserve to graduate.. for soooooooooo many reasons.

Rhonda I know it's too late because it's all been said and done.. but flying out there to give her any more attention IMO is just a waste of your resources.. put that money into someone that earned it. Lisa you have a good life.. it will be what you make of it.

Mystique wrote:

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Lisa you have a good life.. it will be what you make of it.

And Mystique....you really hit it here!!

No, none of certainly wished her ill, but the frustration, irritation, disappointment, and then utter ridiculousness (borne from beating our heads against walls when she CHOSE not to really take the experience seriously and change her life) we've posted shows where we've gone with her in her journey vs. others who we had roller-coaster rides and differences of opinions with, but who WORKED!!!

If she's so happy with her life and continues to justify herself like she did toward the end of the show with the, "that's just who I am" speech.......then she needs to "own" that decision. SHE is the one who applied and wanted to get on the show to change her life and then chose not to on national t.v. We would rejoice with her if she truly honored her commitments....even babysteps. Yes, most of us hope that someday she does actually "get it" because WE know she's not living a happy and fulfilled life.

But we want to see women who WANT change and want to work so we can learn and grow with them. Hence the overwhelming negativity of any resources, t.v. time, etc. going back to someone who doesn't want it, respect it, etc.