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I'm new around this board. The school truck crash case brought me over here. This is why it is a bad idea to give teenagers a vehicle. People don't respect things they didn't have to work to pay for and vehicles are an especially good example. Vehicles can and do kill people. If that boy had to work to pay for that truck and the insurance, he probably wouldn't be letting his friends play around in it. (I saved up and bought my first car - a 1970 something pink Super Beetle for $500 in 1990. I had to buy my own gas and pay the insurance. I didn't dare let my friends drive it, and I took care of it.) This was one of the first cases in a long time that I was able to watch because it was a real case ~ not people fighting over a cell phone bill, unpaid rent, and/or cheap garbage furniture/miscellaneous household goods. The video of the crash! What was she doing? Crash Burlison indeed! The halterview when Crash Burlison was saying she has been harassed and bullied because of the crash...well, yeah! You crashed someone else's truck into the school! People are going to have plenty to say about that! She didn't seem concerned or remorseful about what her actions so I'm sure that plays into her skewed perception of what people were saying. I can kind of see where the mom was coming from by filing the lawsuit but at the same time, no. That smarmy son needs to get a job and pay for the truck and in the future buy his own vehicle. On the defendant side, I hope those parents are holding Crash responsible for the damages, but sadly, I don't think they are.

I've never been to therapy but my very difficult to deal with bi-polar sister went to therapy and counseling. After her counseling or therapy sessions I would get calls from her w a bunch of bullshit her therapist/counselor told her to tell me. It was always some crap about how *I* (or our mom) had victimized her. She would even give me psych diagnosis her counselor/therapist had slapped on me. All based on my crazy sister's lies. No self awareness or insight. All therapy/counseling did was give her lots of psycho babble to spew on everybody else. I think it difficult to find a good therapist or counselor these days. Cate reminds me of my sister. Time wasted on therapy and counseling and they seem to get worse instead of better. My sister also gave up a baby for adoption.

Maci's new house looks like a semi-successful country singer star built it. It's like a CMT version of Cribs. On par with Graceland. It looks like it has a guest house which I think is super neat.

I'm glad to see Tyler doing something, and I think it's remarkable what he has done with that octagon house. He has put so much work into that place and much of it he has done himself. At least he is doing something productive. Home renovation is enjoyable and it is addictive. I'm in the middle of renovating a tiny house that I got for free, and I'm quite enjoying working on it. Maybe Tyler can turn this into a career.

I love that blue Tyler used in that room. It is also in their previous house. The table is pretty too, and so is the ceiling.

This. All this. I've posted before about my situation being adopted at birth by my parents, and I was raised probably much like Carly (raised in a nice, clean home by loving attentive parents; stable marriage between my parents; productive, law abiding, sober parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles, etc). People like the Baltierras werent even on my radar and I would have been scared to death if someone like Butch came around pawing at me and talking crazy shit about being my "family" or whatever. I can positively say with everything that has been filmed and aired about T&C and all their trashy family, I would be horrified to be expected to have anything to do with people like them. They are gross people the entire lot of them and on multiple levels. Merely the single clip of Nova handing dog shit to Dawn the social worker would be plenty for me to see, and as we all know, that clip is a good example of how disgusting they are. Poor little Nova playing with dried up dog shit and grazing/scrounging cheetos off dirty carpet. There is plenty for Carly to see and satisfy any curiosity she may have about her bio family, and I'm sure adult Carly's reaction would be much like ours around here. Catelyn doesnt see this though because she doesn't know any different. The only thing I can see happening is if this shit show is still on when Carly turns 18, I can see her being harangued into (reluctantly) having something to do with them.

This. All this. You articulated it perfectly. They weren't ready.

I agree. Cate hasn't gotten past the adoption. I've said for years that I think her main barrier to accepting it and living a happy, fulfilling life is Teen Mom. She has to keep talking about it. I find that constantly talking about my problems makes me feel worse. Dwelling on negatives isn't good for anybody.

Cate was only staying at Kim's house because they were keeping her close to make sure she went through with the adoption. Kim made it clear that she didn't like Tyler being with Cate and Cate would not be living there if she kept the baby. Even after Carly was born, Kim booted her. Cate was mostly living at dysfunction junction with abusive, drug addicts Butch and April. Also, Tyler made it clear he would break up with Cate if she didn't follow through with the adoption. Of all the moms and dads from both franchises, Cate's situation was the scariest and most depressing; even surpassing Amber (Amber and Leah at least had Gary). Cate was lacking in every single resource needed to give Carly an even half way stable life. It is sad and depressing for Cate but she made the most loving choice for Carly. When Carly was born, 16 year old Cate lacked money, a stable home, decent education, and even half way reliable support system. It took years for Teen Mom to take off and really pay the moms, and no one even knew that would happen. Perhaps I'm not remembering correctly, and there was someone willing to help her, but from what I remember there was no one. April and Butch mentally abused Cate about the adoption after the fact, but those two crack heads weren't going to offer anything to Cate and baby Carly. Tyler did not want Carly and he made that clear. All the moms had some combination of obstacles to hurdle, but not all of them. Cate was the only one who had every single obstacle imaginable. How was any of that positive for Carly?

No, Carly is the biggest winner. Cate and Tyler were kids living in a world of shit. Carly would have been subjected to profound poverty while living with the abusive/crazy druggie duo of Butch and April. We can only speculate, but most likely if they had kept Carly they wouldn't have been picked for Teen Mom, and furthermore, who even knew TM would drag on for so long. We saw what life was like for Cate and Tyler and the sad conditions they were living in. There is no reason to believe the addition of Carly would have improved their lot, and realistically, it would have most likely made it much worse. Carly is the big winner.

Those fingernails! Those sharpened to a point fingernails do not look good. Sorry but not sorry, that is ugly and it doesn't look good.

I agree, but I know several fathers with 50/50 time who still have to pay exorbitant child support amounts. I only know one couple who agreed the CS was stupid since they have 50/50.

Obviously, I'm behind on watching because I didn't know a new season started. I have to call shenanigans on Bristol and Dakota. The last part of the first episode and most of this episode they were wearing the same clothes while discussing their issues and it escalating to separation/divorce. It looks to me like their separation/divorce was planned all along (and they were probably already separated) but they kept it to do re-enactments and have drama for Bristol's story line for the show. I'm also going to call bullshit on Cate's "anxiety." Being uncomfortable and/or not really liking/wanting to do something is not anxiety but these days it seems to be labeled that way. I see this way too much with 20-somethings and younger; especially among popular youtube personalities. Graveyard girl is a good example. She goes on and on about her anxiety sometimes making hour long videos but really it seems like she is getting anxiety confused with just not liking or wanting to do something. We all have seen for years how lazy Cate is, and that laziness leaks into all aspects of her life. When confronted with anything she doesn't want to do or like to do, she throws down the "anxiety card" and then she doesn't have to do it. There are consequences for that and it gets her what she wants in the short term but look at how miserable she is.

I'm only to the first commercial break but I almost can't with this shit Let me start with a huge wtf ~ Season 7 Ep 25??? What's going on that they are numbering the seasons like this? All this angst about the old girls meeting the new girls and making declarations about what they will do if the new girls don't bow to their authority. What?? Since when do worker bees get to pick their fellow workers and tell the bosses what to do? That's now how hierarchy works, but whatever. I guess it is part of the show producers' manipulations of these idiots. Last part for now: Did Ryan go to "long term rehab" or jail? I thought it was jail. Edit to add: Amber and her demands to Larry for "respect." Textbook delusions of grandeur.

I think its funny how Barb is the only one left to film with Jen-yell now; especially funny since season before last Jen-yell was throwing tantrums demanding Barb be fired and not filmed! Barb is still being filmed and The Neanderthal is the one fired and not allowed to film. I love it!

High! High! Ya both high!

I've changed my mind about The Neanderthal carrying his handgun on his hip on The Land. I don't think it is for snakes or pigs or anything like that. The Neanderthal keeps that gun on him at all times to intimidate Jenelle and the kids.

I had to zoom in and there is a shadow, but that is a legit holster. The trigger is covered which is what matters. I doubt Ensley is strong enough or has the coordination to be able to remove the gun from the holster. Anything can happen, but it is unlikely. It doesn't matter if the barrel is showing as far as firing. It matters that the trigger is covered, and it is. There are many legit reasons for him to be open carrying on The Land. Right now snakes are crawling like crazy; especially poisonous ones (copperheads and cotton mouths are active right now). They may even have wild hogs in their area, and those things are aggressive.

How long were they down at Disney? That seems like a quick trip. But I've been so busy lately working on a project so time is flying for me.

I looked at those pre-fab cabins like Jen-yell bought and when I did the math, it was more expensive than framing up the same thing myself and paying a few male helpers. They are cute. I wonder if she paid cash or if she is doing the rent to own.

Jen-yell's neanderthal is a jackass. My husband is from Michigan and I tease him about being a yankee when he mocks Louisiana culture. When we lived in our old neighborhood, a couple from Ohio moved in and the wife was making fun of roads and bridges closing due to ice. I thought that was really rude. In Louisiana we don't get enough ice to have equipment to deal with it so an ice storm does shut everything down because it sets up dangerous conditions we aren't used to. We can deal with heat and humidity but extreme cold and ice is a different story. Kind of like how up in the north, they can carry on during snow but people die from a heat wave because they don't have air conditioning. I've seen people mock people living on the gulf coast and saying they shouldn't live there because of hurricanes. The oil refineries are on the coast so that's where people live to work. People mocking people in other regions seems to be more typical than not. The neanderthal is a jackass though and he has no right to mock anyone.

It amazes me how many people are not prepared for a disaster. Every time there is a hurricane or severe winter weather the majority of people are caught off guard and unprepared without water, canned food, a generator and/or gas. The masses rush the stores to try and get supplies and/or go out in dangerous conditions trying to get what they need. When I know bad weather is coming, I clean a bathtub and fill it with water and add a few drops of bleach. We have non-perishable food reserves (not stuff that is my normal top choices to eat but sustenance enough that we can think and do stuff). An emergency reserve of gas cans that is enough to fill my husband's truck. I make sure to fill my car with gas before people start rushing the tanks and we have a siphon hose so that we could empty it to use for other purposes if necessary. I could go on and on. I don't fully trust my back ups so I have back ups for the back ups.

Jen-yell and Lurch are idiots to not have a propane generator hard wired to their house. They aren't that expensive ($10-15K) considering what you are getting. It is plumbed to a large gas tank and wired to the house. When power is lost, it automatically turns on and when power is restored it turns off. That should have been a priority over a swimming pool, but they are idiots. They live way out in the middle of no where so I would think they thought of this stuff. We live in a rural area at the end of the power grid. We are the last service point and our power goes out at least once a week. We didn't hesitate in our decision to have an automatic generator installed. I also designed our house to be somewhat passive solar. Lots of large, well placed south facing windows for sunlight and also the house is positioned a few degrees off from due east/west. From dawn until dusk, we don't need to turn on any lights. We also have a wood burning fire place, gas stove, and gas hot water heater because I knew power outages would be an issue so anything any alternatives to electric where the ones we chose.

I hear you. We dropped out of the local homeschool co-op because I just couldn't take the anti-science and creationism bullshit. That combined with the huge families that form cliques and shun "outsiders" was just too much. Surely Maryssa is enrolled in an online public school. Surely.

On FB, the Furnished by Farrah ratings are 2.4 out of 5. https://www.facebook.com/pg/FurnishedByFarrah/reviews/?ref=page_internal Here are a few of the reviews: "Recently found this store and was super excited to visit, as I am a recent transplant who needs to furnish her home. When I visited, the staff treated me disrespectfully right off the bat. I was interested in buying a sofa, but the staff basically treated me like I was some peasant, reminding me that all sales are final and do not discount prices...I was like, um, okay, I never asked if they were returnable or discounted...the sales person then scoffed at me, rolled her eyes, and proceeded to turn her back and walk away. Incredibly unprofessional. I walked right out of the store. Do not give these people your business, unless you like to be ripped off and treated like crap." "My best friend just moved to the near by area and thought it would be a cool experience to shop for furniture that was much needed at Farrah's store... however she was sadly let down... the staff was very rude, she was asked if she had a budget for their store or was celebrity seeking... and honestly she has more than enough to shop at the over priced garbage store that Farrah had opened... they are a rip off and so disrespectful... what a shame!"