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I would like to add that I was sexually assaulted when I was very young. I was a child at the time and it happened in a capacity in which I thought, at the time anyway, that my mom should have known. Although I never came right out and told her, I tried to give her "signs" that it had happened and, for years, held unresolved anger against her because I thought she'd been aware of it and had done nothing. All of what Grace said and did rang true to me. As what I think is a result, I spent many years chasing after men I couldn't have precisely because I KNEW I couldn't have them and they were therefore "safe." The one part of me wanted a sexual relationship, but the other part of me was too scared. The fact that Grace became aggressive with Will over that Thanksgiving break makes sense to me, as do some of her other relationship choices. The bitch royale was fantastic. I was happy to see the "night the lights went out in Georgia" speech from DESIGNING WOMEN was one of the choices on the wheel, as was Sally Fields' "You like me, you really like me" Oscar acceptance speech.

Amber claiming that she's not abusive because she's "only" hit one man is about as logical as Jenelle saying that David isn't racist because he has black friends.

While I am THRILLED that they're doing a series of these books, I really with it were the Mayfair Witches instead. I'd love for someone to do a mini series of the first three books in that series. The first one is difficult for some people to get through, mostly because it's just a lot of background info on the family, but I adore it. I like these novels as well, but I'm kind of over them at the moment. There are lots of vampire shows and movies out there, and while I still think Rice's are the best, they're just not holding my interest like they used to.

What the FUCK did I just watch? Good God almighty.

That must have been the agreed-upon subplot for the cast last year-that all the women had miscarriages. It actually makes me angry on Kristina's behalf because I truly believe her story. It's pissed me off the way some of the girls (I refuse to call them "women" because that implies adulthood) talk about their miscarriages as though it's just another way to gain attention. For those who have been through actual miscarriages and child loss, it's kind of a slap in the face. I'd be shocked as hell if MTV were making money off this show anymore. It's just the same old shit repeated over and over and over again. And Bristol...yes, it IS odd that she is doing this show considering the fact that her stalker is legit and probably dangerous. Then again, she's been a part of how many reality shows now? At least 3-4 if you count her son being on Dancing with the Stars Junior. I just can't get over how BORING the show has become. And Carly's parents might want to consider changing their names and going off grid. **This is the casket my son was buried in. He died of cardiac arrest when he was 2 months old. We put a seemingly healthy infant down for sleep and he never awoke. Child loss isn't just a anecdote to be shared in an offhand manner when you're trying to one-up someone for the spotlight. (Amber.)

I've had some people (chicks I went to high school with and other authors are the worst) get on my Amazon book links and write bogus reviews just so that they can bitch about me. Hell, I've had entire blog entries written about me. You know what I do about those things? Nothing. I don't read them anymore. The only reason so much "drama"surrounds Amber is because she invites it in and then sits down to tea with it. People keep yanking her chain because they know she'll react and, well, it's entertaining when she does. I used to root for Amber. Now I'm just glad that Booger Butt (gah) finally has her REAL mother. Christina.

I wonder if this will be anything like the case where the NYC nanny killed the two kids and then tried to slit her own throat? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/nyregion/nanny-trial-verdict.html

After having a boy, I wanted a girl so badly that I could taste it. They were doing a hysterectomy after my second child so I knew that baby would be my last. When we found out he was a boy, I cried. I felt awful about that even at the time but it hit me that since he was the last, I would NEVER have a girl. It was a weird kind of grief (sorry for being overly dramatic, but it's how I felt at the time). Once he got here, though, he was the sweetest baby in the world. I LOVED having two boys and I didn't want it any other way. And then he died. He died one week before my scheduled hysterectomy. I canceled the surgery and talked to the doc into letting me try again. I was heavily monitored, even spent 4 months in the hospital with that pregnancy, but I wanted to TRY for various reasons. And I wanted a boy. I'd enjoyed having 2 so much that I was angry and sad that I no longer had that. And then my ultrasound came and...it was a girl. I have 46 first cousins and I am the ONLY one who has had a girl. And, guess what? I cried. I wanted my two boys back. But I got over that too and my daughter rocks my world. I am really lucky to have her. The difference is that I didn't tell my kids any of this. I didn't post any of it on social media. I kept those tears to myself because even though I wanted the gender I wanted, I also knew that it could hurt my kids' feelings and, just as importantly, was kind of a slap in the face to those parents who couldn't have kids at all.

None of them seem to learn anything. Well, except Bev. As hard a pill to swallow as she can be sometimes, she does seem to show some emotional growth. Erica gets under my skin. I actually like Geoff and I think she's hateful to him.

My husband is the one who turned me on to this show but as the seasons roll on, he is getting more and more frustrated by Adam. My mom has a hard time dealing with Bev but, for my husband, it's Adam. He finds him immature, whiny, and bratty to the point where he almost can't watch the show these days. I mostly tune Adam out (I like Pops, Murray, Lainey, Barry when he's with Lainey, and a lot of the other supporting cast members). Although I was ecstatic to see the NIghtmare on Elm Street crossover, I was with my husband on this one. Adam is just a little too much for me.

On to of Bobby's billboard drama (which I guess one could argue was just an interesting marketing ploy), he also has the reputation in country music circles of being a complete jackass and if he has a personal vendetta against a singer, he will blackball them and trash them on radio. I have a TON of problems with Bobby. He can get off my screen any day now.

Ha ha, sorry. Got my Juniors mixed up with the adults. Show mix up aside, the sentiment remains the same, though. I didn't care for the music on either one.

Did anyone else think some of the song choices were odd? I get that maybe they were trying to find songs that weren't so overdone, but I think it worked to their disadvantage at times. The Mermaid song that Sophia danced to on Juniors just sounded and looked...odd. And I say this as someone who loves TheLittleMermaid and its music. The same went for the adult Disney night. I guess I just didn't feel like some of the songs presented well for the choreography.

What bothered ME about this episode is how we, the audience, are meant to laugh off the whole Amy storyline because "he means well" and "oh, it's just that silly Sheldon!". If they'd been using this storyline as a teaching experience, to show that it absolutely wasn't okay but that it happens to some women (not like this, of course, but versions of it in different settings) then, okay. I'd roll with it. But I don't think that's how they intended it to be. I think it genuinely was meant to be more Sheldon Shenanigans and left at that. I was offended not only by that, but by Sheldon's continuous insistence that nobody else's field is as important or meaningful as his. As a fellow scientist, I am not sure how Amy was able to marry someone who literally doesn't respect what she does.

I was born in 1980 and I've made a similar comment about growing up on Family Ties. My grandmother, who lived with us, loved it. We watched it every week and once it went off the air we continued watching it in reruns. Perhaps saying "grown up on it" is a stretch, especially since it was only on the air for 5 years or so, but it was still a big part of our lives when I was a kid. Pop culture still references it.

So, considering the source material, I found this episode super boring. This is one of those cases where the real life counterpart story of Allison Mack and NXIVM was actually more interesting, and far more diabolical IMO, than what the show could throw together.

Some of the true crimes that I expect SVU to rip off this season: - The Hart family in Oregon: a Caucasian lesbian couple adopt half a dozen African American children and after years of dodging abuse allegations reported to CPS by various people, they load all the kids up into the family minivan and drive off a cliff, killing everyone inside (one body hasn't been found yet) - Chris/Shanann Watts in Colorado: a good-looking, upper middle class couple live in a $400,000 cookie cutter home in a nice neighborhood. He works for an oil company, she sells Thrive (an MLM thing). When she (5 months pregnant) goes missing with the the couples 2 little girls, their bodies are later discovered at one of his former worksites-she's in a shallow grave, the 3 and 4 year olds have been dumped into oil tanks. He's arrested for all 4 murders (including the fetus's death in a roundabout way), but he claims that he killed her ONLY after he caught her killing their girls via a baby monitor. He's currently in jail. - Mollie Hibbets in Iowa: pretty college co-ed goes for an evening job in small-town Iowa. When she goes missing, everyone in her life is suspected. Later, an illegal immigrant is arrested for her murder. He claims that he saw her, followed her, tried talking to her but when she turned him down and said that she'd call the police, he "blacked out" and awoke later to find that her dead body was in his trunk. He dumped her body in a cornfield and claims that he remembers nothing about the crime. - The Delphi, Indiana murders: 13 and 14 year old Abby and Libby go for a hike in a popular park in their small town. When they don't meet their ride, a search ensues. They're dead bodies are found the next day. Although a brief video of the perp was caught by Libby and uploaded to her phone, there are no POIs. We don't have a cause of death and leaks about the case have been abnormally quiet. (My cousin is LE in Delphi and he was assigned to the case in the beginning.) So these are some of the ones that I expect to see in some form or another, especially since they are high-profile at the moment. The Mollie Tibbets one, especially, seems likely.

I'm sorry about your bad news. :-( I do the same sometimes. It just feels better to focus on something else and to be chatty in a place where you're among friends. I hope things get better for you.

Wow. Honey Boo Boo is...well, there is no way I can finish that sentence without it being totally mean, and since she's a kid that doesn't feel right. I've always considered myself kind of "classy white trash" but HBB and her mother (mostly Mama J) come across as the other kind. I do hope she stays in the competition for a little while. I am saying this from what appears (to me) to a health point of view and not an aesthetic one, but I think the physical activity might be good for her.

I bow to you and your Christmas shopping! That's awesome. Yeah, every once in a while my husband will come out with something that surprises me. Neither one of us are super romantic do when he does or says something like that, it always catches me off guard in a good way.

I did a Go Fund Me update and included a little video. Here is Stubby and her first few months of life. I can't believe how far she's come! She has to have one more surgery for her bowels (she as trouble using the bathroom) and during that one they will also spay her. (I sometimes call Stubbs "he", but he's really a she.) Stubby is a complete joy. She's definitely one of the family now.

Yes, I am aware of that. I still don't see it as a romantic relationship.

I have a really hard time seeing Beverly with Murray. I don't dislike Murray, but what kind of relationship do they really have?We never see them really interacting in a partnership kind of way.

I'm embarassed for the recording engineer and producer in this "video."

I won't use the word "hate", but my strong dislike of this man almost kept me from watching the priemere. Glad I did, though.