Loves2Dance

The only thing I could think while watching was wondering why Olivia is still with Ethan? He is a man child. Nor even an attractive man child. He offers nothing to their marriage. Nothing. Olivia deserves better. Olivia posted her 130th wedding nearly a year ago. I'm sure she is closer to 200 by now. Destination wedding photographers, if they're good, is actually a pretty in demand business.

So basically Real World with a new name?

It's been a while since I've logged in so let me clarify. It's not that I think Ava is immature or a bad dancer. IMO, she was a little young (especially if she did post a second time because girl...) but she's very talented. And the DCC would be lucky to have her. But she's not VK and a second chance isn't happening. She's the new #MeToo Taylor. She can come back as many times as she wants but Kelly is done with her. Same story, different girl...hence why I said don't come back. She'll continue to be edited in an embarrassing way and Ava doesn't deserve that. Ava deserves better.

Ava is you’re lurking here I hope you find a new dream. They will never, ever bring you back to training camp.

I doubt it. Micah is at an age where he can just pick up and go. He sold his boat so there had to be some premeditation. I think they upped the drama for the show.

Trust me, Moriah’s look isn’t out of place in Tampa. She’ll be fine.

My issue with the Lydia scene is 2 fold. 1. It should have never been filmed. Reality TV can sometimes go deep and uncomfortable and this made me feel like a voyeur. It was too private to film. 2. When religion is used to a tool to control, manipulate and guilt people I become anti-religion. Lydia has been mentally and emotionally abused under the guise of God and religion. That is disgusting. There is no reason why Lydia should have needed to stop texting the boy and for her parents to lead her to a place where she could potentially deny her own feelings because of God is gross. Barry and Kim screwed up with their kids but I’d argue that Lydia has had it the worst. Ethan, Micah and Moriah were able to run and become their own people, meanwhile Lydia is constantly abused and beaten down so badly she doesn’t have the fight to run herself. Lydia’s mental health worries me. A lot.

This, this, so much this! This information was out there, but finding proof and people to talk isn’t always easy. I hope this helps more of his victims come forward.

Isaac wanting to be there to make sure nothing happened and Micah saying "This is what my mom has always done" was the highlights for me because it's not just Ethan and Olivia. These children have been abused because their mother is a narcissist and no narcissist will raise children unscathed.

Olivia has friends but that isn’t the focus of the show. This is very edited and not a total capture of her life.

I think you’re projecting a lot. Olivia is a 21/22 year old child who grew up in a sheltered environment and is trying to create a more normal life for herself and her husband. When someone sets boundaries, that isn’t manipulation. Olivia’s mental health means more than Kim’s inflated ego.

I have been in Olivia’s shoes before. Just knowing someone is there, and worse yet, see them would put me into a full blown panic attack. No amount of logic or trying to put someone else first, is going to overcome that level of anxiety.

This one hit hard. I didn’t see the new about EVC until after I started watching. Then, because I’m weak, I googled halfway through and saw it. Given the circumstances I think they handled it well.

Finding out why VK left is the only reason I'm watching this season. The petty side of me really wants to know.

VK yo-yo'd a lot! Her entire first time in training camp she continued to get bigger and bigger. Not that she's big, but by DCC standards, her stomach was rolling over the shorts. Her first DCC year was the same thing. Another yo-yo. VK and I have very similar builds. The DCC standard is not a reality for us---it's just not. But she was more on the DCC heavy side then the small side for most of her time in the boots.