TeenMom USA

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New thread to discuss the American Moms so we don't get confused/derail the UK one.

Raking it in, not taking..

Leah is so dull I think they will sack her at some point.

Agree about Kaitlyn she's so rude and aggressive but the kids seem very polite and lovely

I think it's fair enough for Joe to get child support if there is a large disparity between their incomes. Joe supported Kaitlyn which enabled her to study and finish college, now she is doing well it makes sense.

I think Kaitlyn has had a really hard upbringing and doesn't deal well initially when people disappoint her. But she's shown that over time she can really rise above it and put her kids first. She had a great co parenting relationship with Joe for years. I think she'll be able to do it again. I agree her kids are lovely, happy and well cared for so credit to her for finding her way to being an amazing mum and an educated woman. When you think about how she was abandoned by her mum, homeless, pregnant and no relationship with her Dad as a teen. She's come so far.

Am I the only one who doesn't believe that Janelle had a 'sinus' problem? Sunnies, hoodie, emergency hospital run... sure looks like DV to me.

Joe has always scuppered the good co-parenting by messing Kail about with money or wanting in on hers. He isn't entitled to any. Not by UK standards anyway- none.

I thought drugs straight away with that clip of jenelle

I thought Joe and Vi would both be working and running their own household income etc. Odd. Weren't there reports of him trying for a rap career?

Leah's life is so normal now (which is good for her!) that aside from Jeremy being a bit of a naff dad there isn't any exciting drama for the producers.

I assume jo and Vee work pretty normal jobs and have a normal income, maybe jo is bitter about kailyn's income..

When Joe mentioned he couldn't afford to repair the broken air-conditioning in Issac's room I was surprised, as I presumed they both worked. I thought Joe might be a bit sore about Kailyn's income, but that seems a silly reason to start making waves when they've all been getting along.

Jo and Vee both don't work. He said somewhere that he has to be there to pick Issac up from school so can't work

@ExtraPineappleExtraHam oh I didn't know jo doesn't work. that's just ridiculous. What a terrible example they are setting!

Also he must get paid the same as the other dads. One of the mums fought to get the dad's paid the same as the mums so Gary, Tyler, Ryan, Adam (yes...Adam!) get paid to film. Jo must be raking it in and still wants to claim off Kail. Vee looked embarrassed (as I would be!)

I forgot Jo must get paid by MTV. He can't be doing too badly

I thought Vee worked in Real Estate as I remember that was the reason she didn't want to appear so much.

Adam is such a arse, imagine signing over your child after a few years. Poor Aubrey, she looks really lost lately.

Adam won't get paid to film because he's not in it same for jo he won't get much because he's very rarely in it

I was watching an old episode the other day,Janelle has always been so.incredibly selfish hasen,t she in ?that episode Kaiser was a baby a c she was still with Nathan she was ranting to Barbara that she was going to take Jace when she got custody and Barbara would only see him rarely ,no thought to how Jace would feel having his world turned upside down Nathan was actually quite insightful about Jace ,those poor kids

Jenelle is not a good mother
Jace is very lucky to have babz I hope he grows up to know this

I’ve been rewatching Teen Mom 2 from the beginning, and it’s crazy how much they’ve all changed. Janelle is probably the exception - she’s always been shockingly selfish, and constantly messes up every chance Babs gives her.

Side note, Chelsea had a real obsession with leopard print 😂

I love teen mom! I've got so many unpopular opinions on it that I know will get shouted down lol.

A lot of the teen moms money comes from instagram, and the dads don't have the same acess to that. I can actually see Jo's point about the money. There is a diffrence in lifestyles in the 2 houses, which does matter in the us, plus she was taking money from him while they had 50/50 with out thinking that she was taking from a family with less money when she doesn't need it., and after she had agreed to stop.

@kimlo I don't know, what's to stop the dads from building up an Instagram following? If the mums are smart enough to leverage the fact they sold their privacy for peanuts in their teens and make the most of it, the dads should give it a go as well.

the Dads can't get the same following purely because they aren't in it as much so people aren't as intrested.

@RingOfAppreciation yes! Chelsea and leopard print! Also pink and fluffy stuff too. Whatever happened to that pig? Christmas honey roast? She was very immature and relied heavily on her dentist dad in the earlier series. What I don't get with Chelsea is if she ever really had any ambition in the first place. With kailyn, there is studying and working and real graft for a purpose. But I've never really seen what Chelsea wanted apart from help with Aubrey. And now that she has 2 more children, there still isn't any impetus to do something. Yeah, she was into make up, but show me a girl who ain't

Chelsea really has done well, she’s definitely matured the most, she’s really beautiful as well. Aubree was always so lovely on the Dr Drew shows. Adam is awful though. Some of the things he said to her when Aubree was a baby were disgusting. I’m actually enjoying watching her & Cole, even though they’re a bit boring!

I’m on the fence with Kailyn. She seems to be so driven, but doesn’t present very well. I always remember feeling sorry for her in earlier series when Isaac was little, she really did seem to be on her own, unlike the others who had parental help or a steady partner.