S06.E21: Sean & Dottie LIVE CHAT

[QuinnInND]

1 minute ago, elly1517 said:

Yeah no snark here. Harvey was devastating

It was. My MIL lives near Houston, and she was so lucky to escape the bad flooding. But it was just awful. I feel bad for Sean. 

[Guest]

Well, at least I have the skin tableau to make me not feel so bad about this episode. 

[OoogleEyes]

Oh. I hate this part. So gross 

[Snarkastikate]

 What's up with Dotties hubby,  is he ok.....if you know what I mean?  And yup, another man who doesn't drive, for some reason.   

[simba barracuda]

3 minutes ago, Colleenna said:

How y'all doin? My eating habit tonight was a Boca grilled burger patty, big ole green salad, and an ear of corn. Thankfully I did *not* buy cookies yesterday. 

Dottie's butt looks like she is trying to smuggle a surfboard.

OMG, so mean! Welcome!?

[QuinnInND]

30 lbs of skin!! Good God. Hopefully this helps Dottie feel and look better. 

[Suzywriter]

3 minutes ago, simba barracuda said:

You stud! I had a bunionectomy and osteotomy last Thursday and have been bedridden since. Which is driving me NUTS. This show has actually helped me not eat when I’m bored (which is all the time when you have to sit in bed)and not freak out over manageable pain. Thx, Dr Now!

Yikes! Foot surgery is different...there are weight bearing bones involved. I don't walk on my fingers!

Rest up, and keep on Pounding!

[MrsRopersCaftan]

6 minutes ago, MJS said:

I know he’s brought a lot of this on himself, but I have such empathy for someone so helpless and so devoid of anything. I know this is generally a snark thread, but my heart breaks for him. 

He needs a social worker. 

 

I was thinking hopefully Adult Protective Services will be called in. There's no way he's going to be able to get this fixed on his own. I felt so bad for him walking in and seeing all of his stuff had been ruined. I'm guessing he held on to a lot of that stuff as a substitute for his mother. That had to be devastating for him

But OMG, walking through flood areas in his bare feet??? I'm shuddering just thinking about that.

Edited July 26, 2018 by MrsRopersCaftan
typing is hard

[CoachWristletJen]

Just now, Kid said:

Sean is a perfect example of learned helplessness.  He is too far gone. He will never learn to be able to take care of itself. That is my humble opinion.

I agree. It's really sad him losing everything in his apartment even if it was weighing him down. He still had a lot of memories there.

Just the way he went and sat out on his front stoop waiting to absorb more help and resources. There's no way he could possibly figure any of this out on his own, let alone do anything about it.

If left to his own devices, I don't know what he would do. He wouldn't do anything.

[Armchair Critic]

Just now, Snarkastikate said:

 What's up with Dotties hubby,  is he ok.....if you know what I mean?

He looked kind of blank in the hospital, but then again it is probably boring for him waiting around.

[rlc]

I’m not even angry at Sean because he has no abilities at all (minus crocheting and whining, of course). He needs an advocate. If I had to guess, I would put his IQ around 85. It’s a mess on every conceivable level.

[Smoothcoat]

The hospital has to have a social worker. Why hasn’t Sean seen that person??

[Pepper Mostly]

1 minute ago, hoosiermom said:

Sean probably wasn't wearing a shirt when the ambulance took him to the hospital.

I've seen people in Boston from time to time who have clearly just been released from the hospital--dressed in gowns, carrying those plastic bags marked "patient belongings". Street people, poor people, homeless. On a bus or the subway, no one to pick them up or take care of them. Its sad. 

[Threnners]

I was going to say Sean actually appears to be on the lower IQ side.   

[simba barracuda]

2 minutes ago, Suzywriter said:

Yikes! Foot surgery is different...there are weight bearing bones involved. I don't walk on my fingers!

Rest up, and keep on Pounding!

I don’t know, sounds like you COULD walk on your fingers

1 minute ago, Smoothcoat said:

The hospital has to have a social worker. Why hasn’t Sean seen that person??

Good question 

[CoachWristletJen]

Just now, MrsRopersCaftan said:

I was thinking hopefully Adult Protective Services will be called in. There's no way he's going to be able to get this fixed on his own. I felt so bad for him walking in and seeing all of his stuff had been ruined. I'm guessing he held on to a lot of that stuff as a substitute for his mother. That had to be devastating for him

But OMG, walking through flood areas in his bare feet??? I'm shuddiering just thinking about that.

Me 2! 

Seemingly out of habit, he went and sat down in front of his refrigerator and when he opened it up, did he almost seem to be expecting there to be edible food inside of it? 

Poor dude doesn't have a lick of common sense.

His mother completely crippled him mentally as well as physically!

[mysticalflute]

Mattress Mac! I remember hearing about that guy on the news after the hurricane!

[CoachWristletJen]

2 minutes ago, rlc said:

I’m not even angry at Sean because he has no abilities at all (minus crocheting and whining, of course). He needs an advocate. If I had to guess, I would put his IQ around 85. It’s a mess on every conceivable level.

I was thinking the same thing. He has a very low IQ, probably in the eighties.

[simba barracuda]

That’s quite a chair

[CircusPeanuts]

7 minutes ago, CoachWristletJen said:

Yes, he does. He needs someone to offer him guidance in his life.

 It’s too bad his father basically abandoned him. He really needs guidance and support. 

[aliya]

13 minutes ago, OoogleEyes said:

Oh man, now the hurricane?  If it weren't for bad luck...

if it weren't for bad luck

[simba barracuda]

And, holy cow, Houston, pure a city full of nice people!

[Armchair Critic]

A guy I used to work with, he was socially inept and awkward. When his parents died they moved him into a senior apartment complex (even though he is only 50) and the older ladies there include him in things and look out for him. Too bad Sean is too young for that.

[Pepper Mostly]

How long before this cheerful young woman is snarling? 

[Wanda]

Mattress Mac MacIngvale was amazing after Harvey. He opened his furniture showrooms as shelters and donated furniture.

[simba barracuda]

Ugh, don’t know how the word,pure got in there

[CoachWristletJen]

That may well be the biggest chair I have ever seen.

[QuinnInND]

1 minute ago, mysticalflute said:

Mattress Mac! I remember hearing about that guy on the news after the hurricane!

He's a great guy! A Houston legend! 

[ams1001]

I remember the mattress guy giving away furniture. I think he was the same one who opened his showroom and let people basically camp out on the display furniture.

[QuinnInND]

1 minute ago, simba barracuda said:

That’s quite a chair

They call it a Big Man chair. 

[simba barracuda]

He’s having a hard time letting go of his mom

Just now, QuinnInND said:

They call it a Big Man chair. 

Apt

[OoogleEyes]

Hoarders!

[Suzywriter]

That was an embroidery machine!!!

[Wanda]

Wow. Could Sean sound anymore like he’s in hoarders with his “ I have to look through that ruined molding box of crap”?

[Armchair Critic]

"Working hard" while he sits under an umbrella watching the others work? I hope he knows enough to show his appreciation.

[elly1517]

Real great people in Houston! 

[Pepper Mostly]

1 minute ago, CoachWristletJen said:

That may well be the biggest chair I have ever seen.

I confess to some slight envy of that chair. looks comfy.

[Wanda]

OMG Sean, please and thank you, say please and thank you!!!!

[QuinnInND]

Just now, Pepper Mostly said:

I confess to some slight envy of that chair. looks comfy.

They are so comfy! 

[dreadfulLeigh]

This goes without saying, but I am endlessly furious at his mother. What she did to him, or even did t do, is atrocious. It’s like the other side of the coin of neglect. He has no coping skills. The mentality of a 10 yo, and that’s probably verryyyy generous. 

Hell, my 2 year old, of her own volition, has more common knowledge of self care, cleaning, and preparing food than this 27 year old man! She’s like me, though, in that I insisted I should start doing my own laundry at 13, got my liscnse at 15 and moved out 3 weeks after graduation. Sean, seemingly, appears to be naturally unmotivated and risk adverse, a perfect base for his mother’s horrible parenting. He’s like those poor children you read about, neglected to the point of brain atrophy and cognitive deficits. As a mother, I just can’t fathom wtf she was thinking raising him to such a helpless lump. 

[mysticalflute]

Ohhh no Dottie, no!

[QuinnInND]

Oh dear. Delivered food for Dottie. Not good. 

[Suzywriter]

Where is the sister who called the brownies "a chocolate chip *pah*"?

[Wanda]

Sean needs to meet Dottie to learn what the magic words are.

[Pepper Mostly]

Why oh why didn't Chris leave more food?? Why is she spending money on take out??

[Wanda]

Just now, Pepper Mostly said:

Why oh why didn't Chris leave more food?? Why is she spending money on take out??

Chris didn’t seem the sharpest knife. 

[ams1001]

1 minute ago, dreadfulLeigh said:

I just can’t fathom wtf she was thinking raising him to such a helpless lump. 

He'll never leave me! (Unless he dies.) Never mind what happens to him when she inevitably leaves him. (Unless he dies first.)

 

1 minute ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Why is she spending money on take out??

She can probably get groceries delivered, too.

[QuinnInND]

1 minute ago, dreadfulLeigh said:

As a mother, I just can’t fathom wtf she was thinking raising him to such a helpless lump. 

He was her baby and was always going to be her baby. She wasn't all there either IMO. 

[Snarkastikate]

Am I missing something? Sean needs to get better so he can live in a care facility? Huh?   Not that i didn't think he shouldn't be living in one.....

[cmpbl]

Houston is a huge city I'm sure they have places that deliver groceries. If they don't that would be a great business for someone to start.