Love After Lockup: Life After Lockup

[mamadrama]

"Pretty girls." That pretty much sums up how Michael feels about "females" in general. They're reduced to the way they look and the moniker he bestows upon them. Women mean nothing to him. I chalk this storyline up to "so stupid it's probably true". 

Angela and Tony are just pissing me off. Are we really meant to believe that Tony is stifled by the "rules"? You know, the don't fuck prostitutes one? They're both acting, she's just a little better. Unfortunately, nobody told Brenda at La Cabana ahead of time because she seemed to genuinely believe that he really was hooking up with hookers. 

I like Lamar. When the gangbanger is the one to root for, that's at least something different. Again, I think there is a fair amount of acting there, but I think he really DID get upset at the Bible study and I believe the other lady was distressed in the way that people who are in the wrong but victimize themselves anyway can be. 

I have no idea what Josh sees in Cheryl. 

Hoping that Marcelino and what's-her-face and their visit to the attorney was fake. Even Marcelino, a man not known for his stellar ideas, seemed to think that searching for her lost teenagers might be a bad idea. In SOME situations like that (not all, but some) the little family reunion appears selfish on the birth parent's side. This is one of them. If you want them to know that you still think about them, write a letter and have it delivered to their parents. Let their parents decide when giving them that info is most acceptable. 

[KateHearts]

6 hours ago, Kangatush said:

It's really unclear what her end game is.  She just babbles about losing her kids to adoption.  I don't think she ever says if she's looking for custody, visitation, a conversation, or whatever.  Right now it just seems like she wants to give her attorney a lot of money for access to public records.

For some reason, Brittany's phrase "I lost them to adoption" really rubs me the wrong way. She didn't LOSE them; she gave them up and had to because she was incarcerated.  While I will give her credit for having been young with a screwed up family, I still think what she did was what had to be done for those children to have a chance at a life. I just can't help but feel her saying "I lost them to adoption" is her attempt at making her a more sympathetic figure.

[Friday]

Excuse all my posts today, but I binge watched all six new episodes for "fun" last night.  I really need to get a life, but I was at the point where I either needed to delete the episodes or start watching again.

But just wanted to add, I cringed when I heard Sarah refer to her children as pretty girl instead of by name.  And she kept doing it and made me dislike her more.  She needs a matching hoodie with their names if she needs to be reminded.

 

[Kangatush]

2 hours ago, KateHearts said:

For some reason, Brittany's phrase "I lost them to adoption" really rubs me the wrong way. She didn't LOSE them; she gave them up and had to because she was incarcerated.  While I will give her credit for having been young with a screwed up family, I still think what she did was what had to be done for those children to have a chance at a life. I just can't help but feel her saying "I lost them to adoption" is her attempt at making her a more sympathetic figure.

Agreed.  I can appreciate the fact that it wasn't a voluntary decision on her part, but can't she understand that hopefully her kids are having a nice, normal life, without her influence?  What does she hope to bring to the table with them?  I'm not saying never, but I honestly think the decision whether or not to reach out to birth parents is a decision best made when you're an adult.  

Imagine, if you will, either of these kids going to school, "Why yes, that is my mother on that show about cons.  Her husband is kind of a douche, but at least she wanted to have a threesome with her old cellie.  Did you catch the weird middle aged man fight with the dude who's probably a lot like my bio dad?"

[DanaMB]

14 hours ago, mamadrama said:

I have no idea what Josh sees in Cheryl.

Really hope it’s just the money from the show. 

[Jeanne222]

I think Brittany has never gotten over running away and her parents moving with no forwarding address!!!  They left her high and dry.  They were dysfunctional and she must have been a wild child!

Marcellino is drowning.  Her three and their two make seven months to feed on how the poker cards are falling.  I heard him say they already have a $30,000 attorney bill and gambling has not been going well.  I'd guess network checks are currently keeping them afloat!

I'm pretty sure Brittany has no job skills.

[hookedontv]

16 hours ago, KateHearts said:

For some reason, Brittany's phrase "I lost them to adoption" really rubs me the wrong way. She didn't LOSE them; she gave them up and had to because she was incarcerated.  While I will give her credit for having been young with a screwed up family, I still think what she did was what had to be done for those children to have a chance at a life. I just can't help but feel her saying "I lost them to adoption" is her attempt at making her a more sympathetic figure.

Yes, me too. I can appreciate that she was young, obviously dumb, didn't have a great childhood, was incarcerated, but at the end of the day she didn't "lose" them to adoption. She was incapable of providing decent lives to them. The kids were removed from her custody for the sake of the children. 

Speaking of kids, she's got FT custody of Gio, has Zoila, and now another on the way. They have to all be getting gov't assistance for health care - even the adults. This pisses me off to no end, because I am a practical person. I turn down invitations to go out to dinner with friends when I know I might come up short if I have some big bills due. These people don't think twice about preparing for and popping out kids, no regard about logistics or the affordability of the situation. ARGH. Why am I wasting my time thinking about this???

[RealReality]

32 minutes ago, hookedontv said:

Yes, me too. I can appreciate that she was young, obviously dumb, didn't have a great childhood, was incarcerated, but at the end of the day she didn't "lose" them to adoption. She was incapable of providing decent lives to them. The kids were removed from her custody for the sake of the children. 

Speaking of kids, she's got FT custody of Gio, has Zoila, and now another on the way. They have to all be getting gov't assistance for health care - even the adults. This pisses me off to no end, because I am a practical person. I turn down invitations to go out to dinner with friends when I know I might come up short if I have some big bills due. These people don't think twice about preparing for and popping out kids, no regard about logistics or the affordability of the situation. ARGH. Why am I wasting my time thinking about this???

I don't know the specifics, but I'd assume maybe Marcelino has some military benefits coming in.  My dad retired from the military and gets tri-care coverage, so maybe Marcelino has health care. 

But its pretty ridiculous that they have three children and one partner who can't work and the other who just doesn't want a job that requires him to listen to a supervisor.  

Doing a job you don't like to support your family is something a lot of people do. Not sure why Marcelino is so special.  As someone else pointed out, with veterans preference he could easily get a solid, steady job with decent benefits.  

I think they are reliant on the WE TV income which is why they go out of their way to try to create these dramatic storylines.  And maybe this is what everyone is doing and they just aren't as good at acting as everyone else because they come off as boring and annoying. 

Even their manufactured storylines are a snooze.  I can't see how they will be asked back for another season, but even if they are, depending on reality show money is a horrible idea unless you're on a RH show. 

[Spike]

2 hours ago, hookedontv said:

Yes, me too. I can appreciate that she was young, obviously dumb, didn't have a great childhood, was incarcerated, but at the end of the day she didn't "lose" them to adoption. She was incapable of providing decent lives to them. The kids were removed from her custody for the sake of the children. 

Speaking of kids, she's got FT custody of Gio, has Zoila, and now another on the way. They have to all be getting gov't assistance for health care - even the adults. This pisses me off to no end, because I am a practical person. I turn down invitations to go out to dinner with friends when I know I might come up short if I have some big bills due. These people don't think twice about preparing for and popping out kids, no regard about logistics or the affordability of the situation. ARGH. Why am I wasting my time thinking about this???

Yeah and she had her mom come to help out with the kids so clearly she is overwhelmed with what is on her plate already so why add two more kids into the mix?

[hookedontv]

2 hours ago, RealReality said:

Doing a job you don't like to support your family is something a lot of people do. Not sure why Marcelino is so special. 

I think this is what bugs me the most about Marcelino. He walks into an employment agency with no real work experience to speak of and expects to get a job that pays $60k right off the bat. He and Brittany talk about something like $20-30k in outstanding lawyers fees. Those aren't going to pay themselves. 

Reminds me of an unemployed aunt I had, years ago, who hadn't worked in years and balked at the audacity of taking a job that paid $30k (her prior salary was around $50k.) I was like "lady, that's $30k more than you're making now, which is ZERO." 

Marcelino needs to get his head out of the clouds, get a decent job that offers benefits and a steady income in order to support his family. His KIDS. ugh. Some people....

[Kroliosis]

On 2/7/2020 at 9:10 PM, kacesq said:

Clint looks older than his mom.

OMG another season of the pedophile enabler? And damn...Honey Boo Boo....

was that kid(?) eating coco puffs Honey Boo Boo?

[John M]

33 minutes ago, hookedontv said:

I think this is what bugs me the most about Marcelino. He walks into an employment agency with no real work experience to speak of and expects to get a job that pays $60k right off the bat.

Like, conceptional, what does he want to do? He has no professional qualifications that would dictate any sort of career so like, what exactly does he want to be in charge of?

There are plenty of great administrative type jobs where you just have to be competent at a thing that they train you to do, don't make a scene, collect the paycheck. Like seriously, it's fine if your job is, I dunno, processing titles at a car dealership.

[Persnickety1]

21 hours ago, KateHearts said:

For some reason, Brittany's phrase "I lost them to adoption" really rubs me the wrong way. She didn't LOSE them; she gave them up and had to because she was incarcerated.  While I will give her credit for having been young with a screwed up family, I still think what she did was what had to be done for those children to have a chance at a life. I just can't help but feel her saying "I lost them to adoption" is her attempt at making her a more sympathetic figure.

Yup, yup...I said the same thing to Mini Persnickety.  You don't "lose" children to adoption.  You either are such a shitty parent that your parental rights are severed or you voluntarily give up a child for adoption.  It really pissed me off that she phrased it that way, too.  Bitch made it sound like there are Adoption Thieves out there just waiting to snatch babies from their parents.  

I don't care how old she was when she had them, teenager or grown-assed adult.  She was old enough to know right from wrong and was probably drugging it up and running with a crew of unsavory characters, and that's how she "lost" her kids, not to adoption but to the courts for being unfit and from there her rights were severed and the children were adopted.  

She needs to stay the fuck away from those kids unless they or the adoptive parents reach out to her.

Ugh.  Hopefully she just came up with this shit to keep a spot on the show and doesn't really intend to follow through with it.

Edited February 10, 2020 by Persnickety1

[hookedontv]

10 minutes ago, John M said:

There are plenty of great administrative type jobs where you just have to be competent at a thing that they train you to do, don't make a scene, collect the paycheck. Like seriously, it's fine if your job is, I dunno, processing titles at a car dealership.

Exactly! And Marcelino has no concept of "getting a foot in the door" of some sort of job that may allow him to work his way up a bit. He just wants to take the elevator up to the corner office and private restroom without lifting a finger. 

[Pepper Mostly]

On 2/9/2020 at 2:31 PM, Friday said:

I LOVED it when Lamar kept telling her not to touch him.    

Right? Jesus Christ woman, keep your damn hands to yourself! I half expected her to tell Lamar to bust up a chifforobe.

[John M]

24 minutes ago, hookedontv said:

Exactly! And Marcelino has no concept of "getting a foot in the door" of some sort of job that may allow him to work his way up a bit. He just wants to take the elevator up to the corner office and private restroom without lifting a finger. 

I actually think Marcelino would be good in some sort of administrative job in government, they are good white collar office jobs with benefits and room for advancement that typically don't require much education or special skills. The problem is Marcelino would have to shut up and follow directions even if he thinks he knows better and I don't think he is capable of doing that.

Edited February 10, 2020 by John M

[Spike]

2 minutes ago, John M said:

I actually think Marcelino would be good in some sort of administrative job in government, they are good jobs white collar office jobs with benefits and room for advancement that typically don't require much education or special skills. The problem is Marcelino would have to shut up and follow directions even if he thinks he knows better and I don't think he is capable of doing that.

He would be a perfect snide DMV employee.

[Kangatush]

2 hours ago, Persnickety1 said:

Yup, yup...I said the same thing to Mini Persnickety.  You don't "lose" children to adoption.  You either are such a shitty parent that your parental rights are severed or you voluntarily give up a child for adoption.  It really pissed me off that she phrased it that way, too.  Bitch made it sound like there are Adoption Thieves out there just waiting to snatch babies from their parents.  

 

For years my dad would go spend a few weeks in Guatemala doing volunteer work every summer.  In the beginning, he was told to be really careful because it was a widespread belief that white people were only there to steal babies for adoption.  It was during a really tumultuous time there, and frequently people were "disappeared" for political reasons.  It eventually morphed into a fear that the white people were there to steal organs, before it settled down.

 

3 hours ago, hookedontv said:

I think this is what bugs me the most about Marcelino. He walks into an employment agency with no real work experience to speak of and expects to get a job that pays $60k right off the bat. He and Brittany talk about something like $20-30k in outstanding lawyers fees. Those aren't going to pay themselves. 

He said he wanted to teach.  We all know screw doctor, lawyer, or CEO, beginning teacher is where the big bucks are...

[mamadrama]

12 hours ago, DanaMB said:

Really hope it’s just the money from the show. 

I wouldn't do it for a million bucks and a lifetime supply of White Castles. She is a complete killjoy.

[AZChristian]

16 hours ago, Kangatush said:

He said he wanted to teach.  We all know screw doctor, lawyer, or CEO, beginning teacher is where the big bucks are...

I bet a big part of that is his assumption that when you're a teacher, you walk into a room and EVERYBODY knows who the boss is.

Boy, would he be in for a rude awakening.  You can't do to your students what his "go-to" behavior with Giovanni's father was.

[heatherchandler]

19 hours ago, John M said:

 

There are plenty of great administrative type jobs where you just have to be competent at a thing that they train you to do, don't make a scene, collect the paycheck. Like seriously, it's fine if your job is, I dunno, processing titles at a car dealership.

He could do a job like that, but how much would he make doing that?

[John M]

30 minutes ago, heatherchandler said:

He could do a job like that, but how much would he make doing that?

More than he is making now.

[AZChristian]

1 hour ago, John M said:

More than he is making now.

And he wouldn't be losing anything on his next paycheck - like can happen with poker.

[Jeanne222]

1 hour ago, AZChristian said:

And he wouldn't be losing anything on his next paycheck - like can happen with poker.

I watch the poker tournaments on tv and all of those men playing are professionals!  There are no ex prisoners with jailhouse experience winning.

Big amounts to even enter tournaments.  You also have to have a stash just to sit at a table in a casino and the rent and utilities can't come out of that big of money!

In his circumstances with a young family to support I could more see him working a middle income job 9-5 and playing poker as a side!

Gambling of any Kind is a slippery slope!  All depends on luck!

[kacesq]

On 2/9/2020 at 5:01 PM, KateHearts said:

For some reason, Brittany's phrase "I lost them to adoption" really rubs me the wrong way. She didn't LOSE them; she gave them up and had to because she was incarcerated.  While I will give her credit for having been young with a screwed up family, I still think what she did was what had to be done for those children to have a chance at a life. I just can't help but feel her saying "I lost them to adoption" is her attempt at making her a more sympathetic figure.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I didn't want to come off as disrespectful of Brittany, but as an adopted child, that phrase bothered me in the worst way.  Because I don't consider myself as "lost."  But Brittany has a way of removing her own agency from any of her decisions - nothing is ever something she did.  It's like when felons say they "caught a charge."  No, dipshits.  The charge is usually because you did it.  Charges aren't ephemeral spirits floating around the universe waiting to be "caught."

[IvySpice]

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Brittany's phrase "I lost them to adoption" really rubs me the wrong way. She didn't LOSE them; she gave them up and had to because she was incarcerated. 

I’m with Brittany on this. She is describing her experience. She was underage. At least when it comes to the first child, she was pregnant as a result of being raped by a much older man. She wanted to keep the babies and could not because she was a homeless teenager (she was not in jail at age 15 when the first was born). She didn’t have any meaningful choice. Regardless, they are now lost to her. I’m all for holding her responsible for the decisions she’s making now, but jeez, a teen in the clutches of a predator is not responsible.

On 2/9/2020 at 9:38 AM, cooksdelight said:

True Mormons would have nothing to do with this show.

I don’t see why that’s true. Mormons can be famewhores just like anybody else. They’re not Amish. Plus, a lot of them would be thrilled to evangelize on TV. If Lamar agreed to be baptized, what a coup for the neighbor lady — she got him to see the truth when his own wife failed! Everyone watching sees her lead him to the Gospel! That situation is catnip for the right Mormon.

[Pepper Mostly]

44 minutes ago, IvySpice said:

I don’t see why that’s true. Mormons can be famewhores just like anybody else. They’re not Amish. Plus, a lot of them would be thrilled to evangelize on TV. If Lamar agreed to be baptized, what a coup for the neighbor lady — she got him to see the truth when his own wife failed! Everyone watching sees her lead him to the Gospel! That situation is catnip for the right Mormon.

I agree with this. A bunch of the pros on Dancing with the Stars are Mormon. They're happy to don sequins and fringe and shake their moneymakers on national television. I know proselytizing is a big thing too. Weeping Wendy was probably just upset that she couldn't score a soul for the church. 

[cooksdelight]

2 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

I watch the poker tournaments on tv and all of those men playing are professionals!  There are no ex prisoners with jailhouse experience winning.

He’s not the ex-con, his wife is.

[Kiss my mutt]

I was rather surprised that the attorney said she would be able to access the adoption files. I’m adopted and I feel like it would be intrusive and quite unsettling to just be contacted out of the blue unless I requested it. I was able to open mine when I was 18 because my birth mother granted permission at the time of the adoption but only if I wanted to. 
 

I feel a bit lost with the whole Michael, Sarah, Meghan and emotional wife thing. Is he still with Meghan or is this an additional “wife”? I’m dumbfounded he can find anybody that will put up with his shit let alone, three. 
 

[candall]

2 minutes ago, Kiss my mutt said:

...
 

I feel a bit lost with the whole Michael, Sarah, Meghan and emotional wife thing. Is he still with Meghan or is this an additional “wife”? I’m dumbfounded he can find anybody that will put up with his shit let alone, three. 
 

I'm right there with you.  I thought the introduction of "Maria" was the highlight of tonight's episode. 

Fascinating. 

Why would anyone choose to be exposed on national television as the dumbest woman on the planet?

[RealReality]

20 hours ago, IvySpice said:

 

I don’t see why that’s true. Mormons can be famewhores just like anybody else. They’re not Amish. Plus, a lot of them would be thrilled to evangelize on TV. If Lamar agreed to be baptized, what a coup for the neighbor lady — she got him to see the truth when his own wife failed! Everyone watching sees her lead him to the Gospel! That situation is catnip for the right Mormon.

LOL, I agree with this.  I bet this is how the producers sold it to her and she is just arrogant enough to believe that it was all going to go down exactly as you said.  

Amish are famewhores too, you know how many reality shoes/documentaries I've seen about rumspriga????????  🤣😂🤣😂

[Scout Finch]

If I recall correctly, there was a brief interview with Brittany and Marcellino saying that they hadn't planned on another baby. She was on birth control--I think she said it was the implant kind--and it failed,

 

[Spike]

32 minutes ago, Scout Finch said:

If I recall correctly, there was a brief interview with Brittany and Marcellino saying that they hadn't planned on another baby. She was on birth control--I think she said it was the implant kind--and it failed,

 

Marcellino said that it was his super Puerto Rican sperm.

 

 

 

 

[Keywestclubkid]

4 hours ago, Spike said:

Marcellino said that it was his super Puerto Rican sperm.

 

 

 

 

 

[Spike]

1 hour ago, Keywestclubkid said:

 

How timely they just reissued her album on vinyl.  The stars may be blind but I wish I were deaf.

[Rt66vintage]

On 2/10/2020 at 1:12 PM, John M said:

Like, conceptional, what does he want to do? He has no professional qualifications that would dictate any sort of career so like, what exactly does he want to be in charge of?

There are plenty of great administrative type jobs where you just have to be competent at a thing that they train you to do, don't make a scene, collect the paycheck. Like seriously, it's fine if your job is, I dunno, processing titles at a car dealership.

This made me think Marcellino might be a good car salesman. He also might consider an upstairs job in a casino, counting money, or being a loss prevention spy manning some cameras. I hope TPTB cancel this boring couple, and drop this outlandish find your adopted kids fiasco. It doesn't look like their lawyers will give them more (free) help (due to the lien posted above. 

[Maybeitsme]

Dang I just rewatched Michael telling us all how he wanted a  threesome and this new chick was down with that but first and foremost he had to go see his Pretty Girls 🤮 he is the worst 

Wonder if he is expecting sarah to join in (doubtful) or he gonna bring someone new back. He basically told her to shower and be ready.  What a d***

[Armchair Critic]

My kid had practice tonight and then we have to leave for a school trip tomorrow at 5 AM (ugh) so my romantic Valentine's evening is a $5 Little Caesars pizza we picked up on the way home and Love After Lockup. I feel like this show is rubbing off on me, next thing you know I will be chain smoking and spying on my boyfriend. 😂 

At least it beats a mayo and jelly sandwich (was that what Lacey was fixing for her kids and Chane the other week? eeeeeeew)

[Armchair Critic]

On 2/12/2020 at 11:11 AM, Spike said:

Marcellino said that it was his super Puerto Rican sperm

We really need a barf face for a reaction choice

[Maybeitsme]

2 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

My kid had practice tonight and then we have to leave for a school trip tomorrow at 5 AM (ugh) so my romantic Valentine's evening is a $5 Little Caesars pizza we picked up on the way home and Love After Lockup. I feel like this show is rubbing off on me, next thing you know I will be chain smoking and spying on my boyfriend. 😂 

At least it beats a mayo and jelly sandwich (was that what Lacey was fixing for her kids and Chane the other week? eeeeeeew)

I needed that laugh. Been a tough week, but I can always look forward to these "folks " to make me feel a little better about my life lol so there's that 😅

[Maybeitsme]

Here we go

[Armchair Critic]

I hope those little girls can't hear their yelling. Ugh Michael is the worst bringing yet another woman around them.

[OoogleEyes]

Protective custody??

[kacesq]

How old was the guy Brittany is talking about?

[LucyEth]

I wish Sarah would stop putting on whatever accent that is supposed to be when speaking with Michael.  Also, she needs to let go of Michael, she still wants him and will never feel anyway but angry.  Michael is no prize either, he is a big loser.  How many women does he need to have and why is he getting them?

[Armchair Critic]

If they are using this adoption stuff to give them a story line with some drama that is just wrong.

[Leilani]

Someone tell Brittany she needs tears with her whine.

[RealReality]

OMG, can we please move on now????? From this boring ass bullshit of Brittany and Marcelino?

[kacesq]

Look it’s Lamar, former gang member...and yet the only sane reasonable one in this bunch...

[Armchair Critic]

Just now, LucyEth said:

why is he getting them?

I read that Megan said Michael was well hung (I told you we need a barf face response on here...LOL)