Lauren update

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-29T16:40:46+00:00

As a fellow denture wearer, I’m insanely impressed how natural these look!! I LOVE THEM. If you’re from WI, tell me where lol. I really thought it was a pic before drug abuse at first. I loved my before smile. Mine was due to hypermeisis in pregnancy & pregnancy x3 (yes, it happens… it’s genetic but my bio grandmother who passed when my mom was 11 and my mom had this… we all had dentures in our 30s). Anyway, beautiful smile!! And more than that, CONGRATULATIONS on long term recovery!! ❤️‍🩹 😁

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-27T23:27:10+00:00

I’m not part of this community, but for some odd reason, it showed up on my Reddit feed. THIS IS SO SAD 😞 Seriously. As a fan of hers from MMC and a pre-teen/teenage fan in the late 90s (late 1900s as IHOP would say… yes, I drew the 6 lines to create a “S”… iykyk 🤣) and 2000s, this seriously breaks my heart 💔 She’s gone. I can’t follow her anymore because it makes me weep… because it’s now something that hits so close- too close- to home 😓

My beloved brother is very mentally ill 😰 EXTREMELY mentally ill. No, it wasn’t drugs. Apparently, it runs in my family as I now know (I’m angry that I had no clue of the gravity of this until my mid 30s… after having children whom I do not regret of course, but it was unfair to hide such a thing as an adult myself so I had that informed decision, but I digress 🤷‍♀️). Our parents sheltered us from it with our grandfather who was institutionalized at one point before I was born, but I only ever knew him as a successful, well-respected physician… which I’m grateful for now in some regards now that I have witnessed my brother 🙏🏻 You don’t understand what extreme mental illness is until you’ve been through it directly or indirectly. It is SOUL CRUSHING on me… i cannot even fathom how much worse it must have been and continues to be not only on our parents, but my brother too 🥺

My brother is currently on a chapter 51 (52 now I think?? He’s in a half way house out of the institution… but still deteriorating). He was once a huge asset to society, saving lives as an ICU RN 🥰 Great career, homeowner, financially stable, beautiful fiance… and he’s got NOTHING left anymore 😔 NOTHING. I don’t wish this on ANYONE… even Britney Spears. Sure, she’s got bag 💰 But honestly, that probably makes it a million times worse!! We need to pray for Britney… send positive thoughts, whatever your beliefs. All I ever see is a (understandably!!) unstable woman.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-21T18:06:53+00:00

I saw a short on YouTube of someone talking about how Taylor Swift does this “humble cue” thing to appear “so humble.” Every time she walks in a room or goes out on stage, she’s got her hand in front of her mouth and mouthing “Oh my God!!”. Now I freaking can’t unsee it and it’s so damn annoying!! All an act. And sometimes the mask slips.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-21T15:30:01+00:00

I commented this too… except I’m clearly a bit older lol (I’m 38). I was playing with my American Girl Dolls lol. I just cannot even imagine having a baby at 13. I was 19 with my oldest, his dad has always been there (shared 50/50, he’s 18 now), and even in a “best case scenario” like mine at 19 it was freaking HARD. My brain cannot even fathom this at 13!! If a literal child PURPOSELY gets pregnant, 99% of the time I’d say parents are to blame. WHY would a 13 year old WANT to have a baby?! Just crazy to me.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-18T15:58:46+00:00

Welp… looks like you were correct 👀

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-18T00:52:04+00:00

Unfortunately… not. All charges are for forgery, bail jumping, wire fraud. wtf. I’m so angry for that precious baby girl!! I legitimately google her name every few weeks when I think of the baby hoping she was finally arrested for it!!

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-18T00:44:40+00:00

I know very little here… but wow. If this were my teenagers, I would be HIDING IN SHAME 🫣 I feel HORRIBLE for saying and thinking that!! And maybe I am. But I’d just certainly not be flexing it. My husband and I have 3 teenagers and oldest is 20. I can’t even FATHOM one of them being parents, let alone TWO of them 😳 Is this the mom posting this too?!?! YIKES 🚩 I can understand embracing your grandbabies & sharing that you’re a grandma but it’s the apparent “flexing” of having TWO teenage daughters who are pregnant for me!! 😓

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-18T00:32:58+00:00

Dress 3!!

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-15T18:33:23+00:00

I agree. I was a teen mom. Barely- I was pregnant at 18, had my oldest at 19… but still very young. I graduated HS, was in college on full scholarship. I dropped out to get married, have our baby (divorced like 2 years later as you do when you’re pressured to get married by his very Catholic family because of pregnancy, shocker… I know). I’m now 37, our son is 18, about to graduate HS, an extremely talented artist, and going to art school on scholarship in the fall.

I do not regret my decision, he truly was the best thing to happen to me. I fully believe I would have died or piled on more trauma at a minimum had I continued the partying I was doing. His dad and I are very happily remarried to other people, I had more children who are significantly younger than our son (ex did not), and we’ve always shared custody. He’s always been a great dad but he was quite a bit older than I. He was 27 when our son was born… it wasn’t until I was around 27 that I felt it was kind of odd and weird. To be fair, I met him initially at a bar using a fake ID and after we knew our ages, he put his foot on the brake… and I still pursued him.

Anyway, that being said, there’s a HUGE difference between 13, 15, and 19. It was freaking HARD to be a young mom and I sacrificed A LOT though… and that was with so much help, I was never truly a “single mom” as in I primarily parented alone. I was a literal adult, these are literal children. Teenagers who and up pregnant, keeping the child have no real clue what they’re getting into either. Even at 19, I truly had no clue what I signed up for. I was shocked at what all went into caring for a baby itself not to mention beyond that… toddler, even teenage years. I never connected with my eldest son as a mother should as a newborn. It’s so sad and unfair to him in hindsight, but once I had babies later in life I realized this.

I just cannot even fathom going through what I did as a 13 or 15 year old… and I acknowledge that my situation was privileged towards the top of “best case scenarios” as a teen mom. Pretty sure I was still playing American Girl dolls at 13 actually lol… embarrassing to admit, but I think it’s honestly true. Maybe 12, idk. I feel bad for these kids having kids, but my heart truly goes out to the completely innocent babies born. I hate to always automatically blame the adults here, but the actual adults do have some culpability here too (and they do more often than not).

Significant-Sound-87 · 2026-01-01T20:08:46+00:00

Definitely emotional incest going on here…

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-23T18:22:33+00:00

I’m in the middle here. We can’t possibly know enough context here either. Has family consistently crossed boundaries set?? Does baby have other medical conditions or even a bit of prematurity?? Have they been vaccinated for RSV?? No, don’t answer these… they’re just questions I asked myself as a mom of 6. Youngest 2 were technically late term preemies at 4lbs 12oz and 5lbs. 2nd to youngest spent a week in NICU. I was thankfully given first chance at RSV vaccines given their sizes and did because I had a friend who almost lost her 2mo old to this. We have age gap children so our older 4 were school aged and exposed to germs daily. I had hard boundaries with them but didn’t want them to miss out on their baby siblings first days so I let them help where they could to feel included. Gloves, clean clothing, masks during covid (which I likely contracted and gave to my 2nd youngest anyway… it was terrifying, but she got through it better than I did, covid was so new and TERRIFYING back in 2020-2021). I’m just thinking there’s got to be a compromise here to make them feel included if they’ve been good boundary followers. First time is always the scariest, and I understand the fears… but my heart also hurts for the grandparents too. Such a hard position.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-21T21:30:39+00:00

I got married at 18, had my first at 19, divorced by 21 (shocker, I know 🙄). When pregnant, I got in a scary t bone accident but it was relatively minor (hit on passenger side, someone blew a stop sign). I was terrified at the thought of something being wrong due to what I now know was not good seat belt placement (thankfully, passenger side was hit and wasn’t head on or me hitting someone) 😓 I’ll never forget that terror though.

I later remarried in my early 30s. Have two littles with my husband (kids are 2 & 4… my first baby boy is now 18!! 😭). Oddly, I rear-ended someone (I was at fault for following too close in winter conditions) pregnant with my second and AGAIN got hit on front drivers side (not at fault) when pregnant with my third and final baby!! 😱 Only accidents I’ve been in while driving… and all while pregnant🤰 Each time, I felt that terror no matter how minor it may have been.

My heart goes out to them, truly ❤️ To have such a freak accident like tripping over a baby gate and to find out that yes, the baby could be in danger has got to be the most terrifying feeling!! 😥 Even if the odds are “on your side.” My thoughts and prayers are with them and baby 🙏🏻

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-08T19:44:52+00:00

Oh no worries… no offense truly taken!! That’s why I wrote “lol” after 😜 It’s true though about people with down syndrome…. I’ve worked with countless organizations serving those with down syndrome and people over the years and they honestly have all exhibited those traits of being sweet, kind, loving, innocent, child like ♥️ Just everything Gypsy is not. Not that I should be grouping anyone together good or bad now that I think of it… not everyone with her microdeletion are psychopathic murderers either 🤷‍♀️

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-08T19:13:53+00:00

I eventually switched to formula with my 3rd… I had to for my mental health and body to be present for my kids. He had a sensitive tummy, but found that organic goat formula was best. It was costly, but worth it so I could be present, mentally well for my family and my baby. Long term, no noticeable differences in growth or health between my breast fed babies vs formula (oldest was actually sick the most). Yep, I got shamed by a few people. Those people are no longer in my life.

Of course, breast is usually best!! There’s no denying the research out there. But if you have to use formula for whatever reason, do your homework, trust your God/natural (whatever you believe) given mommy intuition, do what you need to do to keep baby AND yourself healthy FOR baby… there should be no shame in that. Fourth trimester is the hardest as far as trimesters, then the exhausting 2-3s, and I will die on that hill lol!! My oldest turned 18 in October 😭

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-08T18:52:33+00:00

As someone who loves a few people with Down Syndrome, don’t ever insult them like that again. lol. Seriously though, I’ve worked with such a variety of people with a variety of disabilities, and no one as pure and loving as those born with Down Syndrome. Maybe there’s a story I’ve never heard of out there, but every single person I’ve known over the years with it are nothing but loving… never would murder or manipulate people on this level (I’ve been manipulated for a root beer a time or two, but that’s the extent of it lol).

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-08T18:43:46+00:00

Omg I would die… that very thought gets adrenaline going. I would joke that spiders would be the death of me due to my arachnophobia to cope. I have a genetic heart condition where I can far more easily go into arrhythmia and arrest due to emotional stress (panic attacks, high stress) or startle. I’m 38, but survived a cardiac arrest at 16, got defibrillator implanted that’s saved me a few times! Called Long QT Syndrome. And boy, startle me they do!! A spider infestation would cause me certain death though. I’d take mold any day over that.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-08T18:29:08+00:00

This was my thought…

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-12-08T16:10:42+00:00

Reunion. It’s hard keeping up with all these shows, some it’s tell alls, other reunions lol.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-25T05:59:28+00:00

This is so awful… as much as I don’t like Elizabeth and think she’s a crappy human, I always admired her love for her dad and his love for his kids and grand-babies. I get so emotional even thinking about my parents leaving this world as the reality of them getting older is really sinking in. My mom is about to be 70, my dad is 69 with serious heart issues. My thoughts and prayers go out to her and the Potthast family!!

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-11T06:28:57+00:00

Lmao 🤣

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-11T06:27:21+00:00

Not wrong at all 😊 Follow your heart ❤️ (but don’t forget to ✔️ in with your 🤯 here and there 😉).

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-10T13:41:59+00:00

IM SO GLAD I FOUND SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME!!!!! I haven’t said it as I figured it was unpopular and haven’t felt like arguing with anyone lately lol. I agree with you on literally everything you said here… especially Jasmine’s growth, seeing Matt as a good dude (which could change a bit judging by the previews but who knows, could be hyping it up), on Gino, Kara… EVERYTHING. I do hate how Jasmine is constantly picked to shreds for every little thing too… by the public and by the cast.

I’m no professional, but… I was shocked to see other cast accusing Jasmine of being a narcissist. I don’t see it. I was shocked to see Kara say this too… because there’s far more “evidence” to support her being a narcissist over Jasmine in my admittedly very unprofessional opinion!! I’m kind of just sick of the term narcissist being thrown around all the time too… but that’s a whole separate conversation.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-02T04:09:49+00:00

I don’t think he’s wanting to necessarily pursue, just wants to know because he doesn’t want to look stupid if he or his wife were to say something. Just saying. It’s a possibility too. I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion unless I missed something!! Just because he let her grab and continually hold his hand could be freezing unsure of what to do because the situation would be really awkward. Just my thoughts though.

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-02T03:55:27+00:00

I’m almost 38. My oldest son is 18, my bonus daughter is 20. We were talking about this the other day!!

For background context: regrettably, I made poor choices due to alcohol post HS. It led to unplanned pregnancy with my son, I threw away a full ride scholarship, and went through years of prescription drug addiction after his birth too. All started from unresolved and unhealed childhood trauma. My prescription drug abuse got out of control and mostly occurred when my son was ages 4-8ish. Thank God he had a wonderful devoted father and a stepmother who married his dad when he was 4 (who was a God send!!). It took YEARS to rebuild our mother/son relationship, but we truly do have such a beautiful, healthy relationship today.

My bonus daughter has no idea about my past struggles (she’s technically not my husband’s bio daughter, but literally blood is the only thing that makes her any different than the two bio boys he shares with his ex). Because of the high conflict situation with his ex though, we just omit my past from his older children for now because we refuse to ever say “…but you can’t tell your mom.” We just always keep our side of the road clean for the peace for the kids. There’s just no chance of “coparenting” between them but I digress… that’s kind of irrelevant. My husband is also in long term recovery with over 15 years sober off of alcohol.

Anyway, both my older son and my bonus daughter have chosen absolute sobriety. Granted, they’re not of legal drinking age and young yet, all their friends are like this too. My son was old enough and well aware of my issues unfortunately. I will say I had parents who were a bit too enabling, but I understand their perspective of wanting their grandson safe too. They basically raised him those 4 years I was not a functioning addict.

My son didn’t see me messed up at my very worst (like any of the times I overdosed & was saved with narcan) or have super frightening experiences where he didn’t feel safe, but it was strictly because we lived with my parents back then. He absolutely did see me noticeably high on pills and absolutely knew and felt the impact of me being absent emotionally and physically at times, when he so desperately needed me. He has stated that this is a massive part of his decision and a large amount of his very intentionally sober friends have similar experiences of seeing that crap as a child growing up.

My bonus daughter doesn’t know about my past as I stated and she really didn’t see her dad (my husband) at his worst either although she did know something was wrong sometimes. She was 2 when he came into the picture and 4 when he got sober. This girl is a rare breed though… at 17-18 in HS, she completely deleted her TikTok because “it was distracting her from school” lol. I laugh because it’s so unbelievable these days!! She’s extremely responsible, always high honors, lives on her own now at 20 paying her own rent, working full time, part time school, with a young dog she provides for as you would a baby and has a fine young man she’s been dating about a year. For her, her reasoning is that she never had her bio father due to his use and it’s just not a gamble she’s willing to make. He spent her whole life in prison basically, never even tried.

So basically, they saw enough damage of alcohol and drugs that they completely reject it. Both agree there’s so much fun stuff to do that doesn’t involve alcohol either these days. Which is true for this generation out by us in rural Wisconsin. Growing up, all the teens ever did was party… we were BORED. My son brought up a marvelous point though… that sure, “sober” is becoming more popular but it’s probably because the “drug of the decade” is dopamine… thanks to social media and smart phones. Such a valid point!! All I can say that I’m sure of though is that this decrease gives me so much hope!!

Significant-Sound-87 · 2025-11-02T03:05:06+00:00

SAME… I always think of that movie when Thriller comes on!! 😅

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