‘Wife Swap: The Real Housewives’ Recap: Melissa Tidies Up

The last time I watched Wife Swap, Jill Zarin was trading places with Jenna von Oÿ . Oh, you read that right. Jill was switching with Six from Blossom . As Jill would say, von Oy vey! The original series was really about classism more than anything. A wealthy woman, often from an urban area, would switch with a less wealthy woman, usually from a rural area. The rich lady would struggle with tending animals, living in a small house, and lacking creature comforts. The poor lady, for lack of better terminology, would love her life of luxury before finding it entirely empty. They would return to their respective homes not just having learned how the other half lived but imparting to the audience that the affluent were more controlled, cleaner, and lonely, while the less affluent were mes