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Teen Mum UK - new series!

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Aquiver · 25/07/2019 21:19

Did anyone catch the start of the new Teen Mum UK series?! I have only just caught up on it.

I cannot believe how awful Chloe is! Utterly spoilt (facilitated by her parents) and mithering her OH to move house. Drives me mad.

Glad Sassi has more independence with her new job and house.

As for Amber and Shannon - my mind boggles as to why they are having their second kids each...

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Moomin8 · 26/07/2019 17:11

Dylan is such an idiot. His fingernails are filthy, he's got the lowest IQ of anyone in the show and he's just completely impulsive and selfish.

I think that with Amber, she tried dating other guys but in her head, they don't measure up to Ste. So she still wants to be with him.

Sassi is really tough and seems to bounce back from anything quite easily but Darren has treated her really badly at times.

It's a bit mean to say that the girls lack aspirations. It's a big deal having children at any age, but especially at 17. And their kids are all still preschoolers. It's no wonder they fall out with their kids fathers all the time. Just because they have children doesn't make you grown up emotionally.

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Aquiver · 26/07/2019 17:29

True @Moomin8 . I guess I just don't see getting pregnant as being an achievement (but that's a whole other thread).

Chloe seems to be v aspirational but her whole "look at how much we have achieved" shtick grates on me a bit - she had a big helping hand from her parents (from her car to her house etc) and so it's not as if she's clawed her way up. What does she do for a living? In previous series she was working as a sales assistant in Mamas and Papas, and then we saw her working in packaging for her Dad's firm.

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TurquoiseKiss · 26/07/2019 17:52

Moomin8 you hit the nail on the head with: just because they have children doesn't make them grown up emotionally. Me at 17 and some of the guys I dated, jesus wept, on and off again like a lightswitch. The most frustrating part is that the fathers life will always carry on/still feel like their own. I think Shannon has been visibly upset by that a few times, and again in the clip for next week. that Charlie swans in and out (literally, as he doesn't even live with her!) when he likes, just ups and goes to the gym without saying, but it seems her mum and sister are a good support to her.

Dylan and Darren also - they decide when they want to call it off, and back on again, give their kids a kiss goodbye and Facetime them later. Mums are left in the meantime broken hearted and solo parenting most of the time.

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Aquiver · 26/07/2019 18:00

But then @TurquoiseKiss - given the inevitable heartbreak and highs/lows of such volatile relationships, surely even at 17 you realise that having yet another child won't fix things (see Amber and Shannon)?!

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Moomin8 · 26/07/2019 18:25

I don't think they have children to fix things, I think they enjoy being mothers. Whatever you say about Shannon, she is a very patient mum I think.

notso · 26/07/2019 18:31

The rational part of the brain is undeveloped until around 25 though Aquiver what you have mentioned is often a difficult issue for much older women.

Stefoscope · 28/07/2019 00:32

Amber is so cringey, she seems to have a very high opinion of herself but is portrayed as doing nothing but slagging off/pinning after Ste. I don't believe she actually wants to be with him, I just don't think she could bear to see him happy with someone else whilst she was still single. Obvs he is going to go back to Kirsty or find a new girlfriend before no 2 is born.

Chloe seems pretty deluded, how does she propose she's going to afford a £300k house, when she was struggling to afford half of that a year ago? Unless she's assuming the UK franchise of teen mom will take off as much as the US ones have. Having said that, she does seem pretty switched on when it comes to day to day parenting and actually being present and functioning. Jordan just comes off as being a lazy lump. Whenever someone pipes up with 'he's a good dad' I'm struggling to recall a scene where he isn't glued to his games console or has his brother watching his son for him.

beepbeeprichie · 28/07/2019 07:33

Also one of my many guilty pleasures Smile
I have no idea what two, let alone one, women see in Dylan. Monosyllabic, no oil painting and omg that hair!!!
PPs are right; when Teen Mom aired originally it was supposed to show young girls how hard it was to be a pregnant teen/ young mum. I fear with this set of girls that the financial struggles aren’t particularly well represented. Only Sassi, who had to move back home, has really highlighted how hard it is to try to work (on the building site) and care for a little child.
Only Jordan has shown redeeming qualities out of the boys. The gaslighting behaviour and downright aggression (Darren, Dylan) is a sad endictment of young male behaviour today. What I see here and on love island- and that girls put up with it- makes me quite sad tbh.

DumbledoresArmy · 29/07/2019 13:06

One of my guilty pleasures too! Just caught up.

What the frig does Amber see in Ste? Jesus.

I think Chloe has her head screwed on right but just don't get the need for the new house already?

Dylan is vile. He'll move on from Re Ann & get another girl pregnant too.

Can't see Charlie & Shannon staying together. I think she actually really wanted a girl.

I would like Megan to find someone nice.
She looks better this series.

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Aquiver · 31/07/2019 21:28

Did anyone catch today's episode (Season 6 Ep 2)?

Have recorded it to watch on catch up, but won't be able to do so until Sat! Shock

Caught the first 5mins - Chloe mithering Jordan about the new house, yet again...

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loops2019 · 31/07/2019 21:40

Yep

IHaveBrilloHair · 31/07/2019 21:58

I saw on Instagram that Shannon has had the baby.

DappledThings · 31/07/2019 22:18

Urgh. Hated seeing McKenzie and Dulcie sitting miserable in the car and the dark watching their parents argue. Probably all confused about what was happening.

Chloe is so bizarrely obsessed with owning her dream home at 20.

Shannon is a fool for having a second baby and is being totally strung along by Charlie coming and going as he pleases.

Amber got a puppy too? Stupid idea that. Same as it was when Chloe and Jordan got one.

DappledThings · 31/07/2019 22:30

Charlie is also scarily good at turning Shannon around so she feels she's in the wrong

ReturnofSaturn · 31/07/2019 23:17

Charlie is a piece of work still I see.

Does he even consider himself to be in a relationship with Shannon?

GoodBoyGhost · 01/08/2019 07:51

Chloe and Jordan are so odd! I'm half convinced that storyline about him spending the rent money was made up and poorly acted because there is just no way I would just shrug it off if my partner spent £800, refused to tell me on what and then said he didn't know if he wanted to be with me! It seems to be so petty between them.

Charlie is unbelievable and Shannon can not let him continue to get away with it. He really has got a great set up for himself hasn't he? I feel like Shannon needs to focus on herself and get out more, not just sit and wait for Charlie to come over. She is worth so much more than what he is willing to give her.

Dylan is ridiculous. Not speaking to the girl he's trying for a baby with? And I really do like Megan but she comes across as not over Dylan. I commend her for wanting to co parent amicably, I do think she is a great mum.

Sassi needs to not go back to Darren because he worms his way back in and messes her around over and over.

Cannot believe Amber has a dog. A recipe for disaster and I wonder how long before it'll be rehomed. Looks like next week Ste is back to messing her around again.

In short, these boys are awful and I think I'd be pretty ashamed if any one of them were my son. The girls are naive and together, the whole lot of them are scarily immature.

TheFairyCaravan · 01/08/2019 08:03

Charlie obviously doesn't live with Shannon so she can continue to claim benefits. He's always going to treat her like shit. She knew this before she got pregnant for the second time. Look how he treated her when they were in Majorca, he blamed her for getting herself pregnant with Theodore. Then she "forgot" to get the MAP and was pregnant again. He's not going to change. He will destroy her self esteem and convince her she's worthless before they finally break up. It's so, so sad to watch.

Chloe and Jordan are so bloody boring. There's no way he spent all that money. She'd have been going ballistic if he had. He's been packed off to his mums for less. There's nothing in their lives that's worthy of being put on the tele so they have to make it up. It's ridiculous.

Megan is my favourite. She's such a sweetheart. I wish people would treat her how she treats others.

I bet Amber's neighbours just love listening to that yappy dog all day. It did my head in on the program. She and Ste are like Shannon and Charlie, not living together so they can claim benefits.

It was nice to see Sassi and Darren getting on again. She'd be mad to let him come back, though.

thismeansnothing · 01/08/2019 13:58

I'm 2 mins into last night's episode. Chloe gets on my wick. "I've fallen in love with my forever home" . Not 'our forever home' mine.

Limer · 01/08/2019 20:12

I love and hate this show! Mostly love the teen mums, mostly hate the teen dads! I know it's heavily edited, it looks as if they have a crew to follow them for significant events, e.g. a birthday meal, a baby scan, but there must be many weeks when nothing is filmed.

Even so, I despair at the low standards of all these young women, without exception they are letting the various young men in their lives get away with treating them like shit. Until this week I sympathised with Jordan - who I thought was dominated by the drama queen Chloe, and was diagnosed with depression, but still quietly working hard, paying his way and being a good dad. But what did he spend his £800 bill money on this week - games?

It's shocking that both Shannon and Amber are pregnant again, don't they realise that the feckless dads won't be seen for dust as soon as the sleepless nights hit again? It's already happened to Megan!

DumbledoresArmy · 02/08/2019 07:46

I think of a of the dads Darren seems to be the best??

It's saddening to see the attitude of the young dads on this show.
Times have not changed that much have they?

Moomin8 · 02/08/2019 22:00

But what did he spend his £800 bill money on this week - games?

There is a rumour circulating that it was prostitutes. Let's hope it isn't true 😬

Darren is a good dad in that he seems actually able to take care of his own child and not act like he's doing it as a favour. But he's treated Sassi really badly - saying horrible things about her acne and gaslighting her saying he left her because she had some people round for a party when he was the one cheating.

TheHandsOfNeilBuchanan · 02/08/2019 22:59

I think Darren is one of the worst! I still remember little zenaya (??) Crying as he screamed at Sassi then he slammed the door in his daughter's face. The things he says to Sassi, the strain and gag lighting. He's abusive.

Chloe drives me mad, I'd be depressed if I had to live with her. Megan needs to move on, Dylan's a waste of space. Charlie and Shannon seems to me to be six of one half a dozen of the other, he was so clear that he wanted to wait and be more financially stable before having a second child, which she wanted straight away, then she forgot her MAP.... Yes they both had unprotected sex but if your long term partner and parent of your child promises you they'll take the MAP you should be able to trust them. It did feel to me that she did that to get what she wanted and to keep him. Why would you have a second child when you don't even live together? Theodore is cute but they both need to parent him more, he just does whatever he likes. Oh and who does the range rover belong to is it Charlie's dad's?
What the hell does anyone see in Ste?! Amber is also getting whiney and irritating. The whole valentine's thing was cringeworthy, I'll buy him a bracelet and tell him to stop wearing the one an ex bought and sulk about his tattoo...

I assumed their housing/benefits etc would be affected these days by the money from MTV, does anyone know how much they're paid?

Moomin8 · 02/08/2019 23:14

Yes they both had unprotected sex but if your long term partner and parent of your child promises you they'll take the MAP you should be able to trust them.

They both forgot about the MAP - he also did! and has admitted he did.

OkPedro · 02/08/2019 23:29

I don’t agree about Ste.. ok he’s not a looker but he comes across as a genuine fella and he’s a good hands on Dad. I like amber but agree it’s a pity how much she’s changed from season 1. She was ambitious and outgoing.

I can’t stand Charlie what an absolute shit. It would drive me insane him walking out during an argument, driving off and not caring that he has left behind an upset girlfriend and full on toddler 😡
I had to laugh at Theodore on Shannon’s bed sitting on his balance bike 😂
I shout at the tv when she lets him away with stuff but then I remember I had a non sleeper and gave in regularly just for peace!

IVEgottheDECAF · 03/08/2019 08:17

I also think Darren is horrible. I think Ste is a better dad but dont think him and Amber should be together. She seems to think shes better than him. I can see the reality tv fame going to her head a bit just like i think it has with Chloe.