RHOC's Jennifer Pedranti Talks Adjustments to Living With Ryan, Is Still Struggling to Coparent With Ex

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00:00So, was your ex supposed to be paying those monthly payments and you were just unaware of what was going on?

00:06Yeah, so he paid our rent, he paid everything.

00:09We had talked like, okay, the job, if I get the job, I was going to contribute.

00:15And the job was Bravo, but we hadn't had contracts yet.

00:18So, I was like, of course, if I do that, then I will totally help with rent or expenses or whatever we had talked about.

00:27And so, at that time, our arrangement was truly I had a debit card.

00:31And it's like, if I need gas, I text him, can you move money?

00:34I need groceries, can you move money?

00:36And so, I don't know if people understand.

00:38It was not a situation where I was sitting on all this money and just being like, I'm going to go get my hair done.

00:43It was not like that.

00:44You assumed the funds were there.

00:45Yes.

00:46And then you were like, oh my God, what am I going to do with myself and all these kids?

00:50And the owner of the home was like, it was right around Christmas.

00:54Sure.

00:55And so, we were having a conversation.

00:56And she said, look, get through Christmas.

00:58I know you and the kids.

00:59And I said, thank you so much for that.

01:01And then it was right around New Year's that we were all, my dad, Ryan, what are we going to do?

01:07How much has not been paid?

01:09And then rent was due on the 5th.

01:12And I was sitting there going, this is what we owe.

01:14And I owe another $12,000.

01:16And I asked the owner, I said, what if I get these kids and I out before the 5th?

01:19And she's like, okay, don't worry about it.

01:21And I moved in four days.

01:22Sure.

01:23And we went to Ryan's.

01:24And how was that then?

01:25Still there?

01:26It was an adjustment.

01:27We're still there.

01:28And it's amazing now.

01:29It was an adjustment period.

01:30For Ryan, for me, even though we were almost four years in, we're blending a big family

01:34and animals and all the things.

01:36And so, Ryan is very structured.

01:38And I learned I was very, like, I did everything for the kids.

01:42And so, Ryan's made me a little more structured.

01:44I've made Ryan a little more loose.

01:46And we are totally settling in now.

01:48But I would be lying if I said there wasn't a time period.

01:50We all needed to, like, settle into what we felt in the beginning was Ryan's home.

01:54But now we feel like we're all home.

01:56Did it ever put a strain on the relationship at all?

01:58Yeah.

01:59He had to have some mom talks with me.

02:01And that, like, it's like, you're not going to talk to him as a mom.

02:04You're not going to talk to me as a mom.

02:06And then when I let it sink in, like, you know, why are the kids not helping with the trash?

02:10Why am I picking up everyone's laundry?

02:12There's so many people in this house.

02:14Little things where I'm like, you know what?

02:16You just made my life so much easier.

02:17So much easier.

02:19Good.

02:20And things are settled with your ex now, right?

02:22Now.

02:23Divorce was final on the 11th.

02:24Okay.

02:25And I just keep saying I hope now we move forward.

02:28Sure.

02:29Are you happy with how everything turned out?

02:32I'm happy that that tie is now not between us.

02:37And, you know, it kept Ryan and I tied to it.

02:39It kept Will and I tied to one another.

02:42And I know he's so happy.

02:44And I know he and his girlfriend, wife, I know they want to move forward.

02:48They want to do the same.

02:49And so, peace, right?

02:51Peace.

02:52Yeah.

02:53I'm just ready for peace.

02:54Co-parenting peace, too?

02:55I need co-parenting peace.

02:56We are not.

02:57You're not there.

02:58Yeah.

02:59But they say, I feel like every time, you know, you talk to people and they say that

03:02it's bad, you know, time heals everything.

03:04And hopefully.

03:05I hear that, too.

03:06Yeah.

03:07And I so hope that.

03:08It's weird.

03:09I know this is an odd statement to make.

03:10It's like he still feels like family to me.

03:12Sure, yeah.

03:13And my family was Will's family.

03:15And my family still loves him, too.

03:17And we would embrace.

03:18I mean, his girlfriend was a friend of mine.

03:21I've known her for so long.

03:22So it's like, come on.

03:23Let's like.

03:24Get on the same page.

03:25Get on the same page.

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