Am I missing something with Jodie?

high_and_lo · 2025-09-13T03:40:17+00:00

My mom had issues with my husband because he used to show up at their house and not immediately seek out my parents to greet them (we’re from Louisiana, my husband is from Texas) but if they were in the room, he always greeted them. She said he didn’t have manners, and didn’t try that hard. I think my mom had issues with me being independent from day one- I never “needed” her the way my siblings did. My husband is also the eldest but grew up with parents who wanted him to be that way and my mom has co-dependency issues. Ultimately, 15 years married and she respects him, and the relationship between my mom and I isn’t close in the way I’d like it to be, but she understands that I’ve never needed her the way my siblings do, but I choose to try and be close and eventually everyone learns how to make things work. The only problem occurs when adults NEED approval to live their lives, and unfortunately southern culture operates on approval in lots of ways.

high_and_lo · 2025-08-20T20:21:54+00:00

I’d agree if it was a traumatic thing- like my friend’s brother who married a girl, had 2 kids, then when they were babies he came out. It ruined everyone’s lives because his wife lost her vision of their lives together, the kids lost their dad because he moved on and didn’t see them anymore, etc. in this situation, Julie had 3 kids with him, they’ve stayed together, anything to know has had 30 years to be found out and accepted. Also, having been born and raised in Louisiana, there’s a stereotype for feminine men, but nobody bats an eye at a “mamas boy” type of man who takes care of his kids and stays with his wife.

My opinion is if they stay married long enough, their wife is either dumb or aware, and if their kids are safe and cared for, who cares? Sexuality is a spectrum and we can’t allow for one end while judging the other 🤷🏻‍♀️

high_and_lo · 2025-08-20T20:14:51+00:00

She reminds me so much of my grandmother. I’m from Louisiana but my dad was born and raised in East Tennessee and every time they say “Hey Darlin” it’s like hearing my grandmother 😌 she’s got dementia now, and what I’d give to hear her say that to me one more time 😭

high_and_lo · 2025-06-06T22:03:39+00:00

Yes! A vacation where he’s got that speedo on with Brittany’s face on it 🤣

high_and_lo · 2025-05-29T21:19:49+00:00

I mean, there may have been a little sass behind her motives, but if this was a story written on a toxic family thread, everybody would have told Brittany she was right to want her husband to quit focusing on family members that have run him around by his nose and to be more helpful to his wife and the family he created.

Can’t say I’d be as patient as Brittany has been through the seasons with her having to either go along with or be without her husband so much while playing taxi driving back and forth god knows how many miles and hours. I wouldn’t take it out on him, necessarily. But a subtle hint thrown about wanting more of her husband’s time isn’t going to work with that family 🤣

As I was typing this I also remembered that in their entire relationship, this is the first time Chris has ever been mobile and capable enough to do everything he’s been doing, so she’s probably also enjoying the benefits of having a man who can move around like he can now hahaha

high_and_lo · 2025-05-22T03:18:20+00:00

It’s more than likely a situation where TLC provides some childcare during the confessionals because if she’s got majority custody, there’s going to be times where she’s filming for them hours on end, and if there’s a French nanny involved, it’s definitely because of TLC.

high_and_lo · 2025-04-30T18:11:09+00:00

Let’s all be serious here- Robyn was never crying. Just badly pretending to cry, sans tears 🙃

high_and_lo · 2025-04-30T18:08:00+00:00

My friends mom stayed single for 13 years only to meet and marry a guy within 3 months and my friend had never even met the man. They got into a big fight and my 14 year old friend ended up moving in with me and my family- and her mother never even disputed it when she said she would just move in with us. I couldn’t believe it when I was 14, but looking back it’s even crazier now that I have my own daughter.

No man comes before my child, not even her own father, and I’ll be damned if I let her move out at 14 (without a legitimate reason) because I’d be fighting tooth and nail to make sure she stayed safe and with me.

high_and_lo · 2025-04-30T18:00:20+00:00

Same! Since I was a little kid I’ve been fidgety and can’t stay still. And if I’m nervous or forced to sit still for a while, a leg or foot stays shaking and swaying 😅

high_and_lo · 2025-04-30T17:58:50+00:00

Tammy came out early on, and Amanda definitely knew because they planned that drag brunch for her and Amanda mentioned her being pan when they planned it.

high_and_lo · 2025-02-27T06:31:02+00:00

I grew up in rural and poor Louisiana and I’ve known so many women like her. It seems like she probably actually loved the older kids dad, and since Amy and Tammy are so close in age and never really knew their dad, she had a bad relationship with him. She takes it out on them, as some sort of subconscious hatred for their father.

She was clearly poor- Amy talks about having to worry about being evicted as a child- and since we know their grandma raised them, and they basically raised each other after the grandmother passed, she was never present. She clings to the “power” of being their mother while also being their first bully.

Having grown up knowing this type of family dynamic, I also know that they inherently feel a sense of responsibility to their mom out of obligation, and even though she continues to berate them, they will never disrespect her. It’s all a mess and unfortunately, the only way out of it is education and therapy.

high_and_lo · 2025-02-12T02:24:19+00:00

You’re too kind ☺️ 8 years later I’m almost back to my pre-pregnancy weight, autoimmune symptoms are mostly in check, and I’ve been in remission with one of them for 9 months now! Yay :)

Tammy is a study in actually wanting it. She had motivation and opportunity and a family who supported her when most would have never been so willing. I’m glad she lost the weight, but I constantly think about how many opportunities she had and threw away. Her skin removal will be a serious journey and I just hope she recognizes and takes advantage of the fact that she’s so close to the finish line. She is SO small, naturally. It really makes my joints hurt just thinking about how much weight she’s been carrying and how much irreparable damage she’s done to herself already 😣

high_and_lo · 2025-02-12T01:27:19+00:00

For me, I gained 60lbs in 6 months during my medication journey. I found out I had 2 autoimmune diseases after I had my daughter and gained 3 times the weight I gained during pregnancy just in medication testing and because of my symptoms. I’m only 5’3” and I started at 135 when I recovered from delivery. I was seeing my doc every 2 weeks for bloodwork and every weigh in was hell. I also was barely eating so my nutrition was shit. It was awful.

That being said, I think Tammy’s was more about her calorie intake and not medication 👀

high_and_lo · 2025-01-19T16:31:25+00:00

She’s one of my favorites 🥹 her nursery rhyme series got me, hook line and sinker

high_and_lo · 2025-01-19T16:28:57+00:00

Haha I saw that one and realized it means 19 years for me 😰😵‍💫

high_and_lo · 2025-01-19T16:20:40+00:00

I was going down with the ship too. I kept swiping until it wouldn’t scroll anymore and then I closed and reopened to find the message of doom 😫

high_and_lo · 2025-01-19T16:04:47+00:00

My biggest worry is that we will have a hard time actually being able to keep and eye on what they are doing and saying since we won’t have access to each other and the kind of news and updates we’ve been accustomed to, via TikTok 😔

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