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They make around $1500 per episode and are paid as independent contractors. Each season lasts for around 10 episodes and none of them are on every season. Neither Mike nor Natalie have any side hustles going on-they're not shilling diarrhea tea or trying to promote their YouTube channels. Mike has an actual career and earns money outside of the show. Unlike others (*cough* Darcey) he's not trying to make being a Zlister into his job. I'm from a poor part of the country where $15,000 (before taxes) goes a he'll of a long way, but it's not a fortune. It won't buy a house. Hell, for a lot of us it won't even pay off our medical bills. I don't think any of these people are doing it for the money. These aren't the Duggers or the Goesslins or the little people who are pulling in craploads of cash along with new houses, vehicles, and exotic vacations financed by TLC. Unless it's a plotline that Sharp comes up with (hello Moldova wedding) they're not even getting meals and travel comped. I think it's just for the attention. They want to be on TV. On magazine covers. Clickbait articles. They want to see Chrissy Teigen tweeting about them. They put value in being famous, even if it's low-level fame.

My husband's looks like a regular driver's license. It's not green, but there's a green banner at the top that says "Permanent Resident."

Alex Miller is local and we've all loved him for years. I don't think he'll get far on the show but hopefully the exposure will help. He's a good kid.

Depends. There's no real rhyme or reason to what pregnant women might want. All I wanted with my third was spicy Cajun. With my second it was fresh fruit and grits (not together). What I'm appreciating about Yara and Julia is that they're both honest about intentions. Like them or not, neither one really come across as disingenuous.

I'd watch Andrei's cute little papa and his mother's "peasant food" spread all day. It's not really the same one. His was a jacket, hers a silk shirt. It was just funny.

It's actually Moldova*. Ssshhh...don't tell anyone. That's part of Family Libby's storyline next season: How Andrrrei is scheming to bring his entire family over. * 2021: Moldova GDP per capita- $2289 Ukraine GDP per capita- $2639

I feel bad for Natalie now, too. He clearly doesn't want her there and every other sentence that comes out of him is either super passive aggressive, actually aggressive, or mocking. Is Natalie nuttier than squirrel shit? Yeah, kinda. But Mike is stringing her along and almost actively trying to embarrass her. I don't care how crazy and demanding SHE is, if he doesn't want her there then that's on him. Be honest and let her go. Hey, did anyone else notice that Stephanie inherited Tom's bedazzled skull jacket at the end?

Same. I only ever randomly tune in, but every single time I do they seem to be moving.

Is his name Ryan?

Now I gotta go back and watch from the beginning... Also, SISTER WIVES is still on?

I thought so! I'd totally forgotten that the newspaper had done an article on us until it showed up in my FB memories.

People jumped down my throat on the main board when I said that I thought NonJovi had a problem with alcohol. New Orlean's culture or not, I still stand by that.

Wtf is going on now? Shit just started getting interesting...

What? Stephanie and Ryan are 25 years apart?! I had NO idea there was an age gap. 😉

Stephanie's on something...right?

Ooooh! More devil talk! Time to bring out the owls and candles!

Could Stephanie PLEASE stop referencing her sex life? Some of us might want to eat later.

Happy Valentine's Day! Throwback to pregnancy with BabyDrama1.

After raiding all the common area refrigerators, my husband begged a security guard to open a classroom building at our university in Wales so that he could get to a vending machine. It was 3am and I felt like if I didn't have a Coke I was going to die.

I have to hang out there. Twitter's the only place I see my husband anymore. He's always in his studio.

I'm here! I had surgery a few days ago so I've been in and out. I keep sleeping through things.

They need Lola. She'd tell Mike to write a letter and Natalie to lay down and have an adult temper tantrum.

Natalie looks pregnant in their "serious" intro picture.

Yeah, it's not so much the "finer things" as it is the trendy things. And what's popular and expensive isn't automatically the best. So many of these influencers brag about their taste and how the like "the best" (of the best) but they're confusing popularity and cost with quality.

Then I guess I'm a sucker. I don't have cable so Discovery+ is awesome for me. It carries loads of shows that I haven't been able to watch in years because they're not available anywhere else. It's not just TLC.