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Neither would I. Hell, I hate to be associated with some of these people and I only know them through my tv screen!

Yeah, there's quite a bit they've left out of this one. It's hard to remember what they said on the show vs reality. Some of the pictures they showed on Natalie in their first season were clearly taken on Mike's property, yet they continue to try to make us believe that Natalie had never been to the US until this season. In their in initial episode Mike said that the start of their romance was when he started texting her.

Yes, that's what I said over on the episode board. They didn't want their names mentioned or their pictures shared either.

No idea. Before they were saying it was the sister's house they were saying it was Mike's other house. They apparently filmed in one and lived in another. The whole thing about Uncle Beau moving out was bullshit. He just moved to another place on the property.

There's no question that this is a crime on the fraudester's part and that they're awful people. My comment was just in regards to "what kind of person believes in curses." I've never been in these people's shoes, but when my kid died it would've taken very little for someone to convince me that they could communicate with him. I'm not religious, I don't even believe in a supreme being, but at my lowest point I wanted someone-ANYONE-to be able to tell me that he wasn't gone for good and that he was okay. Luckily, I didn't have wads of cash to throw around at random people.

Mike and Natalie married on April 15th. Not only does their friends they met through also live in Squiem, but they're less than a mile away and they socialized often. The fact that the show just completely ignores them is funny.

They met at the ceremony. I don't think they wanted to be filmed so in the 90 Day universe they don't exist.

I like my jeans broken in! Ours is still cheap, but other area secondhand stores are definitely cheaper. Our Methodist Opportunity store still has $.25 Wednesday. Tamara can definitely kiss my ass.

I believe in the paranormal, negative energy, and karma (good and bad). Some people get in such dark places that they become desperate and believing in a curse, something that can be lifted, sounds better than their current situation. I don't find believing in curses or magic to be that much different than believing in a lot of religious things. Some people pray and/or repent to help them change their circumstances and they believe these things will work. If it gives the person comfort or helps them understand the world in a way that makes sense to them, and they're not forcing their beliefs on anyone or engaging in poor behavior, then I don't see a problem. I think the problem comes when you start shelling out half a million dollars to catch the curse in a grapefruit under your bed...

Fixed it for ya.

I shop at Goodwill and bought my wedding dress there. No shame in secondhand clothes, they're cheap and it's a good way to recycle. The Goodwill clothes originally came from regular stores. The objective, though, is to buy things that don't LOOK "used." Rebecca could use some help in that... Rebecca appears on Reddit and Twitter a lot. She's funny, self deprecating, and warm. None of those things are making the cut on the show.

I'm wondering if Natalie's scenes were aired our of order. At this point I'm rooting for Ry-ariss.

Hell, I'd have been crabby and exhausted around NonJovi even if I weren't pregnant. I wish more women would talk about not enjoying pregnancy. Considering the stereotype of the healthy, glowing earth mother stuff we see and hear about, admitting to not enjoying it almost feels shameful. It's not, though. She didn't even get the chance to rest, did she? Long drive from LA and straight to the casino floor.

Well, she WAS crying over not knowing how to get home. Maybe that's one of the reasons she was upset-she had no money for continual travel. Or maybe she was hoping that her mom, a friend, a producer, etc would take some pity on her and use their card to purchase a rail or bus ticket back to Kyiv. A third party could purchase a mobile ticket for a train or bus online. Or maybe she did have a lot of cash and was planning on using that. If you get a sympathetic hotel clerk, and you're only spending one night, you can sometimes get them to take a cash deposit instead of a credit card. I side eye most of what happens on this show. That whole scene was one of the few that I actually bought, though, because it does happen. The only thing that didn't make sense to me was why Tamara, after seeing the scene at Mike's, didn't offer to let her stay with her. Or that her Ukrainian friend who lives nearby wouldn't be an option. They could've done it off camera if they didn't want to be filmed.

Natalie may not have a cc or it may have been full. I travel for work and many hotels ask for a credit card to imprint and keep on file for incidentals, regardless of how the initial reservation was paid for. I actually have a credit card that I only use for such purpose so that no hold goes on my bank account. I spent 6 nights at the Swissotel in Boston and they "held" $200 per night. That money was released after I checked out but it was still a PITA. When I was a travel writer my company paid for the accommodations but I still had to present a card upon check in. It didn't have to be the same card.

Wtf was Chantal's mother on tonight? Regardless, she's right-things DID get stupider.

The whole dream wedding thing is crazy in general. Most of us got married at the courthouse and then planned the "real" wedding at leisure. We got the visa requirements taken care of in a timely manner yet still got to have the nice ceremony, big wedding cake, beautiful dress, etc. Nobody cared that we were technically already married, they realized that we had to because of the visa stuff, and going through the gourthouse first in no way took away from the "dream wedding" we eventually got. Rebecca is delusional. I like her and yet I'm still feeling bad for Zied.

I feel bad for Yara. I was not one of those women who sailed through my pregnancies with that beautiful glow. Hyperemsis with all 3 and by the end of each one I'd lost half my hair, was swollen so much that I could barely swallow, and had skin that Crisco would've been proud of*. Even in the early weeks before the hyperemsis reared its ugly head I was exhausted and in pain. I couldn't imagine having to be entertaining or sociable for my fiance's friends. We took our babymoon to Croatia where all I had to do was lie back on the beach of Hvar and eat ice cream for 2 weeks. That's all I had energy for. I don't blame Zied for the pants. My husband has no idea what size he is. The only time he's ever been clothes shopping was once when, on his way to work, he spilled something on him. His way was to duck into Walmart, grab a punch of pants, and try them all on until he could button something. His mother and sister shopped for him and then I did. With the way Rebecca's acting I wish Zied would wear a clown suit. I fully support whatever he shows up in. Stephanie is a sex tourist and her sections make me feel secondhand embarrassment. My teenage son hollered at the screen and told her to stay home and get an escort next time, that it's cheaper. Brandon can fuck off at any time. I hate myself any time I agree with his parents. * ETA: a picture in my second pregnancy. The top and bottom pix were taken 6 months apart. My the time I gave birth (placenta ruptured right after that one of me in the wheelchair was taken) I was so swollen that I couldn't eat because I couldn't swallow. I don't even look like the same person. Friends were coming into my room and then turning and leaving because they didn't recognize me. Yara's a whiner and doesn't seem to be having complications, but I still try to give pregnant women a wide berth (not to be confused with a wide girth, lol). Also, I just can't stand NonJovi so...

Amira dodged a bullet.

I hate it, and myself, when Brandon's parents make sense.

This whole thing is pissing me off. She may not have cash, though. She's been in the US for 3 months and can't work. We don't know how much she came over with. That, and having a newborn, was the hardest thing on us when we got married. He'd sold his car and stuff and came over with some money, but between gas, groceries, stuff for the house, bills, and baby it all went in a few months. Being financially dependent upon me was very difficult for both of us. His first US job was as a living historian at a pre-Revolution site. It paid minimum wage, but it got him out of the house and gave him pocket money. That alone was good for his ego. I hope Zied does something similar. A lot of us in the K1 community saw our spouses go through some major depression that first year, especially those of us who live in rural areas. I hate Mike. I hate Brandon and Jovi, too. They can all kiss my hiney.

Ah! You must be right. I totally missed that. I hope that story was real because, if not, fuck that. (Not that I'd wish child loss on anyone, I just don't trust these heifers-producers included.)

He does! He seems to enjoy it, though.

That was my point. This is all for show.

According to someone on Reddit who met Uncle Beau yesterday, Mike and Natalie are married and separated. She's living in Seattle. No baby.