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Libby actually had a shot at doing something cool. If she had trolled the others then she could've offered something that none of the other cast members do. Rather than trying to be "sexy" she could've taken pictures that were similar, but funny. Like the "normal looking" people who try to recreate popular IG shots but are silly about it. Some ideas: sexy teddy while scrubbing the toilet or standing in a room full of toys/clutter, posing seductively in Wal-Mart granny panties, posing seductively in sexy clothes while sipping on a juice box with Pringles crumbs in her lap, bubble bath with candles and low lighting but with rows of plastic bath toys behind her, owning the tampon string shot, on all fours in a nighty with toilet paper stuck to her feet... She really could've done the whole #momlife thing and trolled the other moms who try too hard to look hot. THAT could've been her brand and we'd have laughed with her, not at her.

Wait, what? I just started...Have John's kids been living there with the Methy Bunch the whole time?

Taking the Only Fans (which is fairly new and didn't gain a ton of traction until the pandemic) thing aside, the weird thing is that those other things are jobs. Youtubers, podcasters, etc create content, they keep books. They network and attend expos and conferences. They (theoretically) pay taxes. There are top universities in the US that now offer degree programs in it. It's weird to US because it's new and we remember a time in which YouTubing didn't exist. However, for this generation it's seen as no less of a career option than being an actress, model, radio broadcaster, or singer was in previous generations. You could add almost anything in the arts or entertainment field to that list. Or any other industry where high levels of success is based on aptitude, talent, and luck. My husband spends probably 30 hours a week on his podcast-and only 1/4 of that is actually spent doing the podcast. He's also a university professor and manager at a Dollar General store and, according to him, the podcast work is far more challenging in the number of varied skills he must have. He has to be researcher, accountant, marketer, interviewer, graphic designer, videographer, and editor all at once. He's constantly taking courses (at our university) to learn new IT skills. I have a kid who wants to be a videogame designer and another one who wants to be a YouTuber. Neither one of these things bother me. For one, they're kids. When we were little in the 80s my friends and I wanted to be singers, basketball players, actors, and astronauts. Odds are that by the time they reach the point where they're looking at colleges they'll have changed their minds half a dozen times. I WISH I could return to my childhood to the point where the whole world was open and I truly thought that I was going to grow up to be a country singer. Or when my little classmates thought they were going to be famous baseball players or football stars. Those were good days. I think that most of these people on 90DF, like Stephanie, just want to be famous and they'll do anything to snatch a bit of that pie. What were seeing now are couples who have watched the show and have learned how to play this game (like Libby and Andrei). With Stephanie, though, they seem to have picked a real crazy. Like, certifiably crazy...

I was walking down the sidewalk of a busy street in Dubrovnik, Croatia trying to get to my bus stop when this dude approached me and started talking to me in Croatian. I politely apologized, said I didn't speak the language well, etc. It was at that point he opened his coat, pulled out a bright green dildo, and started chasing me down the street waving it wildly around his head. I'm still not sure what that was all about. Some kind of bootleg dildo salesman? 😁

Okay, I was loving Debbie on the latest episode. The way she was going off on Mother Brandon was all of us. Collee is still a skeeve, but I can't believe how much I enjoyed Deb.

I know, right? That's just...what they're called here. I'm married to a Brit, though. We still fight over jumper/sweater, flannel/wash cloth, boot/trunk, torch/flashlight, biscuit/cookie, trainers/tennis shoes, dummy/pacifier, and nappy/diaper.

I think the single location and lack of amazing travel opportunities is having the reverse effect on these bachelorettes. They're not getting as starry eyed and fantasy driven as the ones in the past. When you're living in a LA mansion with a fabulous pool, traveling around the world, staying at 5 star resorts, and partaking in once in a lifetime experiences in exotic locations it's easy enough to become hooked on the one you're with. Maybe not so much when you're spending 6 weeks in the same hotel (of which you're relegated to only a tiny portion of) and your fantasy dates include visiting...the back of the resort.

Yeah, Jesse was nasty but in an honest kind of way. Like, I think he treats everyone like that. The man's a nut. Tom, on the other hand, was calculated. He fucked with her head in intentional ways. The key, not letting her see his house, telling her he would've proposed in the Canary Islands, continuing to chastise her by telling her that her fights with Stacey were all HER fault (they were 50/50), taking her dancing and then saying that he didn't like dancing with newbies...He was educated in Darcey 101 and he used his degree against her.

Also unrealistic for a man to propose when the day before he was still dating more than one woman and thought he was in love with both.

The whole thing makes me think that it's a storyline that Brandon and Julia, or maybe Sharp, made up for more drama. Perhaps this scenario really did happen back in Iceland or Paris and they were reenacting it. I can totally see Brandon being like, "The audience will love us because everyone's had a pregnancy scare!" Thinking that he's so darn adorable and likable that we'd all be cheering him on and getting nervous for him and then feeling relief when we learn that he can continue pulling out again without any fear (since, you know, it's worked so far). I think it's been a real awakening for him to learn that we do NOT think he's cute and adorable and that we think they're all fucking idiots.

The way that Harris was talking on Bares All about her...southern kitty cat... pretty much solidifies that.

I just realized that I look like Coltee's Jess in the red hair and glasses one. (Which, granted, I did play around with but I wasn't trying to look like her.) Are we going to have live feeds for the Single Life and Pillow Talk?

One of the best things about Discovery+ is that they've taken each couple and compiled all their scenes from all their episodes and put them together in "journeys". So if you only want to watch Dani and Mo you can do that now without having to search for their segments throughout the various show incarnations. So yesterday I binged Tom and Darcey. My kid is convinced that the Tom on the show is not the same one as the one in the pictures. I can't convince her otherwise, although she finally caved and conceded that there is some Photoshop going on. One thing I noticed on this watch through is that she never talked about her daughters to Tom. No talks about him possibly being a stepdad, no introduction Facetime calls, no "I hope my girls like him..." Plus, she only spent 3 weeks with him versus the, what, 6 with Jesse? I think she and Tom probably DID have an attraction to each other but ultumately only did the show because they're both famewhores (no offense, I like my famewhores). Tom may have had a little crush on her at first and then it went all the hell when she started rolling around and crying on his bed on the first night. She spoiled whatever fantasy he may have had of her. Darcey, on the other hand, may have started out feeling lukewarm towards him but as the filming continued got deeper and deeper in until she'd convinced herself that she WAS in love with him. The first scene of him walking his dog, after showing us all the Instagram "blue steel" shots, looking like a middle-aged librarian will never not be funny...

Did you all see the Reddit post from the old Yahoo page? Apparently when Deavan was a teenager she signed up for several different Yahoo accounts and started passing around the rumor that she was dating Joe (or was it Nick) Jonas. It's hilarious.

Y'all, I'm feeling real conflicted here about the rape accusations. My default is to believe the woman. That's always felt like the right thing to do and in the Me Too movement it's become even more important to take these accusations seriously. But with THIS situation...I don't know, guys. It was wrong of him to press forward without the condom, especially since she'd explicitly told him not to, but the scene didn't unfold the way I expected it to. Regardless, I think she could benefit from some serious counseling.

I'm straight, married, and about 15 years older than her and I've got a bit of a girl crush myself. She's adorable. And funny. I feel like her sense of humor is being wasted on these nuts.

Either they truly don't have anything else to fight about so they keep bringing this same argument up for camera time or something else DID happen and there's a lot more to this story than what we're hearing. Either way, Natalie's crazy but I'm getting fed up with Mike. And then there's that. I feel like we, the audience, are getting played big time here.

That's what I used to say about reality TV-even if what they're saying or doing is made up, the fact that they're willing to go along with it still says a lot about them... One of the rumors I've heard from a former cast member is that what were seeing of them LOOKS like it was filmed over several weeks, but was really filmed in one week. That they've basically taken 3 or 4 bad days and fights at the beginning of the 90 days and stretched the scenes out making it look like it went on the whole time. Who knows if that's true, but it was interesting.

My teen son watches this with me sometimes. We've always been honest about sex conversations with him, especially since he's entering the age where some teens start becoming sexually active. Not wanting him to get confused by Brandon's ignorance, when Brandon said that I paused it and told him, "If he's complaining that sex isn't as fun with a condom then homeboy's not doing sex right." My son nodded and said, "Especially with Julia! I'd wear full on body armor if I had to. She's hot." God, I hope we don't end up on I Married a Mama's Boy.

I think she's talking about oral medications in general and is using "drink" interchangeably with "take." Her English is remarkably good, but she still stumbles. They act like the pill and condoms are the only things out there. God I HOPE all of this is a fake storyline.

There was something weird about the ring scene...Knowing more now than I did then, I think she agreed to split the show money with Zied and he was asking her for his part (in advance since they don't get paid until the end). Rebecca's been pretty public and open about a lot of things.

We went to the courthouse without telling anyone. We wanted to get a jumpstart on the green card paperwork so we did it the day after he landed. My mom kept our son and afterwards we played mini golf, ate at Carrabas and watched 1408. Three months later we had our actual wedding. Live band, open bar, etc. Guess which one we enjoyed more? I will never understand these people who A) wait until Day 89 to marry (I call production shenanigans) and B) have little money yet think they have to have the big wedding.

My daughter and I counted the number of times she said "my mother's ring." Tally: 9 (within a 3-minute timeframe)

Brandon infuriated me. Not only does he continue to act like a fuck face, throwing Julia under the bus whenever possible, but to blame HER for possibly getting pregnant? Look, dude, there are 500 types of birth control out there. Pick one. Also, what kind of fuckery was it to tell his parents BEFORE finding out for sure? I was staying with my in-laws and husband when I got pregnant with our first son. We went to the doctor and got it confirmed before we sat down with them and told them. Why cause drama before it's necessary? NonJovi doesn't deserve Yara. She tickles the shit out of me. So does Julia. They should hook up. I'd watch that. Throw Anfisa into the mix and that would be reality gold.

Yeah, it looks tight and swollen. I've been there. I looked like a cabbage patch kid on steroids. She was never really much of a stay at home mom type. Christine raised most of the kids. Janelle's probably looking for a break.