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What??? I cannot tell you how hard it was to scrape my eyebrows off of the ceiling after that 1st sentence. OK, back on earth - they put the pig somewhere with disease? Jeez. Babs & Glenn should have built a nice little pen in the back and called it a day. You never know what's going to happen when you give an animal up. I'm on some animal activist FB pages and the latest news was someone adopted a pig, then turned around and killed it. What is wrong with people?

Am I missing something - Twit has tons of food on the counter and what, 4 people coming over?

I had stuff to do and a newly-moved sister to talk to, so I saw the video, but had the sound down. Four thoughts: 1. Why would Buddy move to be around a lot of other addicts? Why move at all - don't plenty of addicts just have to stay where they are and deal with people and places? Yes, maybe he can't work in a bar anymore, but move out of town? I dunno. 2. G-d in heaven, Twit, stop kissing the dang cat on the mouth. 3. Twit - leave Buddy and Heather alone. You are not Dear Abby (I haven't dated myself too much here, have I?). 4. Our sweet bunny of 10 years died the other week. My son and I are devastated. We had to go to the crematory and pick out an urn for our little ball of fluffy love. I didn't have the sound on, but I saw the tears and I understand- especially if they are feeling guilty over letting the pig go (watching the rerun and haven't heard how it died yet). They should feel guilty. They brought the pig into their home and then as soon as it acts like a pig, they send it away. You treat all of your animals like members of the family? No, I don't think so.

Somewhere I saw a pic of Pauline and a bunch of other folks, not all from the show, in a group at Dr Now's office. So, it appears he has them, but between the need for privacy and support groups not really exciting TV, we don't see them.

Three things - 1. After people mentioned that the nurse/assistant (who surely must be one of Dr. Now's relatives from her looks) never reacted to patient's gain or loss, we see her smiling. And yes, I realize this stuff is taped long before we see it, but anyway... 2. James doesn't need to go in the office with you, Tamy. He said tell him what happened, it sounds like he's willing to listen to you talk about the visit, jeez louise, get off the guy's back. 3. Tamy - he's not your husband. You're divorced. You're lucky he came to Houston with you and like a lot of selfish people who take no responsibility for themselves, you can't say thank you, all you can do is argue that he's not doing more. I'm not feeling the Tamy love. I think she's weak.

Yeah, no kidding. Aside from civilians, almost any military guy will call a female of any age, 'ma'am.' It's not an insult.

I know that people in many parts of the country still say 'ma'am' and 'sir. ' What I'm looking for is info about the "No, sir. No, ma'am" combination. My people are from Virginia and I went to camp down there many years, but I never heard that combination before. I still like it. It's comprehensive. And probably more suitable for work than the ever popular, "Hell, no!" : )

It did look like they were in a hotel or something. They must have some extra money as several of the previous patients have been in hotels and were worried about spending so much money and were trying to find an apartment quickly.

These boards? My background is taupe or something pink/gray.

Fair enough. Sometimes, tho, all you are going to get in life is someone to hand you stuff or fold the laundry. Sometimes you have to be your own support.

I saw a UK show with a guy with a huge stomach - he had like a shelf thing on a walker and put his stomach on it. Jeez.

People move away all the freakin' time. As an adult, I've moved coast to coast, state to state, and most of the time on my own or with a kid in tow. Grow up. She's another 600 pounder who 'can't function' away from family. Yes you can. Ask folks in the military (Air Force brat here). I don't know why these folks being unable to cut the enabling umbilical cord ticks me off so much, but it does. I can't tell how old Zachary is, if he can drive or what, but even if he can't, he's a big guy, seems supportive, and can help out a lot. To heck with James.

Man, you can't even go to the bathroom with this show. What was in the Christmas pic?

I'm so silly - I laughed like an idiot when Dr Now said, "eating habit."

Well, compared to a lot of folks on here, she cleaned up pretty well for the trip to Houston.

Good grief - it never ceases to amaze me how different people's bodies get. Poor Amber had huge legs and you could barely see her feet, Tamy's got a stomach down to her ankles... Why don't people stop eating when they see things are getting out of hand? I don't understand it. They don't have to be skinny, but damn... Jeez - watching her stomach roll between her legs... My husband passed away suddenly (not unlike Tamy's father) when my son was 14. I wanted to step away from reality, but I had a child, who was having his own issues dealing with loss. I had to pick myself up and function because he was a KID. He was my responsibility. I couldn't be a mess because one of us had to be the adult, pay bills, make meals, etc. and there was no one else around but me. If her mom had been a mom, maybe Tamy wouldn't be this way. You don't need a degree in psychology to know that children suffering loss need stability and attention.

Hey gang - how is your eating habit?

Is that 'no sir, no ma'am' a southern thing? I kinda like it. Please tell me someone besides Twit says it so I can start using it.

I'm 64. I still call my mother 'mommy,' as do my sisters. My father died awhile back, but I called him 'daddy.' Why not? On the other hand, my 40 yr old son calls me mom or ma. Don't like 'ma,' but his late father used to refer to me that way when our son was little. I find it a little country, but OK. I agree with the rest of your comments. And - what was with the dance class? All of a sudden Twit is an Hawaiian dance expert? I thought the class was supposed to be for exercise. I don't see those ladies doing much of a workout.

Did anyone catch the phone call in the preview? Was it about the pig? : (

Whit has to go down the stairs one at a time??? The dancer can't do better on stairs than a person with mobility issues??? I'm just going to say right here, that Whit and Babs are like me and my son in the car. We had to fly on a recent trip because we didn't want to kill each other driving 10 hours together. I hope Babs can get better at driving. I had a great aunt who was 90 something before she stopped driving. She swore to me that if they took her license for being old, she was going to drive anyway. It's hard to be dependent on others just to go to the store or church.

I didn't realize that Heather had children. Yes, she needs to walk away and get Buddy out of their lives. Not that he's a bad person or even that he had to go to rehab, but more because he's unstable right now, he's put other things in front of his relationship with Heather and her kids, and just needs to deal with these things on his own and away from children. Is KLove actually her friend or just a fitness guy who got some free publicity from her? Enough with the cats. G-d almighty. It's a cat. I'm with Glenn on this one - and what house sitter would let a stray stay in the garage w/o permission? Yeah, Whit, you've stalled. You don't work, you don't dance, you don't contribute to society. You hardly even show up for your own dance classes. I'd tell you to get out off of my TV, but I enjoy the snark.

Lucy is one of my heroines. She not only acted, but took control of her career back when studios used women (and men, but we're talking women here), diversified into production, and worked hard, hard, hard. Twit wouldn't know what hard work was if it rubbed cream on her chub rub.

Soooo - is Twit still going to convert? hahahahaha

I haven't joined Reddit yet (I have enough time sinks on my hands), but I do enjoy reading the threads. I swear some folks from here are over there as well; lots of folks with phrases/comments that I've seen before. Regarding RJ Woodbury - I was a FB friend and was so shocked and saddened to see when he passed away. I'm not sure if he ever got out of the facility, based on the pictures on his page. I remember watching his interactions with his mother and thinking they reminded me of how I am with my son. So much sadness over food.