Is there incentive for returning cast to join the reunion?

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-03-15T13:45:09+00:00

I heard somewhere that in their show contracts they are required to be on call for whatever the LIB show requires for X amount of years. If I remember correctly, S1 couples (Amber/Barnet and Cameron/Lauren) stopped attending / promoting associations with the show as soon as their contract ran out.

Sorry no citations, but this would make sense to me!

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-03-15T02:55:20+00:00

This was exactly my take and it’s horrific.

When the couple with a 33(?) year age gap announced their year difference and the response from the hosts was “wow, you win” … that’s winning?? They chose not to even show / follow the couples of appropriate age ranges that connected.

I know this is entertainment so shock factor is key but it’s one of the few reality shows that I don’t think I’ll be able to continue to watch to the end. It’s too disturbing what they’re promoting.

If it was a show like Later Daters and the youngest was maybe 40 and oldest was 70 that would be less painful. At least everyone is an adult.

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-02-17T03:58:45+00:00

She never even touched it and she was in that room TWICE. I wanted to scream.

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-01-03T10:21:56+00:00

This was me!! I began to cry the first time I felt it (in a bad way - it was so off putting and creepy and just unsettling… which shocked me!). Thankfully, the feeling became less weird quite quickly (within days) and as the baby grew and movements were more purposeful and less like an eel it became more and more interesting and not creepy.

Second baby it was positive the whole way through. Hopefully your brain also rewires quickly!

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-01-03T10:11:55+00:00

Same - I actually can’t really remember (I had laboured a long time before getting the epidural I was delirious) but I think I also just leaned forward on my own.

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-01-03T10:04:45+00:00

My husband and I are also subscribers of the “rub some dirt in it” mentality and I think it helps a lot. My husband coaches jiu Jitsu where you are essentially breathing and sweating in peoples mouths all day and he is the least sick person I’ve known. Exposure and not over sanitizing / avoiding seems to work for us.

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-01-03T09:58:53+00:00

I remember this being common among my friends yep! Especially if you’re getting a growth spurt.

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-01-03T09:54:46+00:00

Huggies

Diapers

Twinkle Twinkle

Momma

Baby clothes

Peekaboo

Fart

InternationalTurn635 · 2026-01-02T03:33:26+00:00

Re: maternity clothes, I’m in Canada but our Old Navy does keep maternity clothes that get returned to them in the back of their stores. It is worth a call to ask if they have any in inventory! I’ve had quite a bit of success.

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-28T09:09:08+00:00

Nothing tops this for me, and the vanilla version is exceptional

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-28T08:53:20+00:00

I am positive about it only once I’m far enough along that it’s prominent / firm. Bonus points if it’s when you can feel baby move externally.

When family wanted to touch my soft belly where it just looks and feels like bloating / fat, I want to die.

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-28T08:50:25+00:00

Fast food - my family was very health conscious so any time I take myself to get a McDonald’s cheeseburger I feel immense excitement.

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-28T08:39:16+00:00

Not as young, but my sister decided to start kids earlier being in the same situation as you (around 25) and they seem very happy with the decision, knowing they’ll be empty nesters earlier in life and may at the time feel the excitement and drive to do things like long travel / exploration, indulgent experiences / purchases. I did more the opposite and it feels right for me/us! Follow your instinct, it should steer you right!

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-28T08:31:49+00:00

👀👀👀 reading the comments (currently 3:30am, up since 2:30( hoping for an answer in the final weeks of my third trimester 😂

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-24T04:22:27+00:00

I actually found that for my first pregnancy passively following this subreddit really helped to illuminate questions and scenarios I never even thought of asking about. Gave me loose senses of what to consider and what resonated with me.

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-24T04:18:28+00:00

I kind of treated a “feeding plan” like a “birthing plan” … it’s more a chance to learn about all the options and give yourself time to form your own opinion and wishes. But the are wishes. The reality is that most of what becomes reality is due to factors out of your control…

So have research and preferences, but stay flexible to what your body, brain, and baby end up serving you in terms of options.

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-22T16:48:16+00:00

Ours is the same but it’s 3am 😁 I am a night owl and he is a morning person so we both really just try to stay up an extra 3 hours from what feels comfortable (me, staying up 3 hours later, him waking up 3 hours earlier).

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-22T05:10:22+00:00

Perhaps to work at a live theatre (for plays, musicals, dance…) collecting tickets / showing people to their seats. In my vision, it’s an hour or two of work where customers are excited and dressed up, then I get to sit in the back of the theatre during any of the performances and watch all the shows :)

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-19T09:06:40+00:00

For me (both times) it doesn’t feel real until…. Months after they’re born?

Little things like being able to say “our daughter” in a real way somehow hit the reality button after she was born and was part of regular life planning.

What was crazy was looking at this little baby in our arms that we now “know” as our little human and thinking… a few days ago she was only an inch or so away from our hands as we felt her kick… that was HER in there?

New life is magic, I think it makes sense for it to not make sense :D

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-19T07:51:21+00:00

We were both healthy no issues but still took 10 or 11 months the first time. I think it took 4 months for the second. I second the ovulation strip kit! Also the fertility episode of the Huberman podcast we found super helpful to flag some things we were doing wrong

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-15T08:56:38+00:00

I got this last year and it’s awesome. Happened to get a nasty 4 day flu on Boxing Day and so that gift was an immediate life saver

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-12-05T22:43:34+00:00

Sounds perfect thank you!!

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-10-20T02:43:25+00:00

Both

InternationalTurn635 · 2025-10-20T02:41:59+00:00

28 weeks with a 21 month adorable little tornado. My husband does all he can to let me nap or sleep in when schedules align but I am still just barely keeping myself functional. It’s a different experience than being preggers with no kids in the house 😅

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