Is Octuplet Mom's Reality Show Deal a New Low in Celebrity Obsession?

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The discussion centers around Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, who reportedly already had six children prior to giving birth to the eight. Concerns are raised about her decision to undergo fertility treatments while living with her parents and relying on welfare. Many participants express disbelief at her choice to have more children given her financial instability and the challenges of raising 14 kids in a small home. There are speculations about the legality and ethics of her fertility treatments, with some suggesting she may have obtained drugs illegally. The conversation also touches on societal responsibilities, the implications of single motherhood, and the potential burden on taxpayers. Participants question the motivations behind her desire for a large family, with some suggesting it may stem from a desire for attention or financial gain through media opportunities. Overall, the thread reflects a mix of outrage, concern, and curiosity about the implications of her actions on her children and society.
  • #61
Apparently the sperm donor is a 'friend'.

I would expect him to pay for his children.

I can imagine that quite a few parents are upset by this woman who is expecting taxpayers to pay for her children.

"I feel as though I've been under the microscope because I chose this unconventional life," she said, suggesting there is a double standard because she's a single mother.
Apparently she doesn't get. Some might be upset about her being a single mother, but the rest of us are a bit outraged, because she expects others to support her irresponsible lifestyle. She (and presumably her parents) can't alone support 14 children, and certainly not their medical bills.

Unconventional lifestyle??! No - just irresponsible and selfish. :mad:
 
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  • #62
And it gets worse.
Octuplets Mom Collected $168,000 in Disability Payments
... On Sept. 18, 1999, while on duty as a psychiatric technician at Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, Calif., Suleman responded to an emergency alert called when 20 patients rioted.

"While she attempted to hold down a female patient, she was struck on her back by a desk that was thrown by another patient in the ward," according to a document submitted last year to a state claims examiner. "She experienced the onset of immediate pain in her low back."

Permanent Damage
Doctors advised her against taking a job that involved "prolonged sitting, standing and walking," according to the workers' comp documents.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20257478,00.html

Consider already the circumstances in a hospital where 20 patients are rioting. And she was working there.
 
  • #63
Once you get past the shock of a single parent living with her bankrupt parents in a 3 bedroom house with 6 children, one of which is autistic, taking fertility treatments to have 8 additional babies (plus the cost of delivery, intensive care and follow up medical treatment) and all of the other costs to raise 14 children...the real issue comes into focus.

No...not whether or not she is planning more...who is going to raise these children? Who is going to feed them, burp them, sing them to sleep, read to them, wash their clothes, bathe them, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

I know from experience (4 kids spread over 6 years) it's a lot of work and there's never enough time or attention to needs. Kids have unlimited needs.

Money doesn't solve all problems.
 
  • #64
LowlyPion said:
And it gets worse.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20257478,00.html

Permanent Damage
Doctors advised her against taking a job that involved "prolonged sitting, standing and walking," according to the workers' comp documents.

Consider already the circumstances in a hospital where 20 patients are rioting. And she was working there.

Well, now that the facts of the story are finally being brought to light, it's starting to make more sense. If she can't sit, stand, or walk, her only option is to lay on her back for the rest of her life and pump out babies. How can anyone not see the logic?

And how cruel of those broadcasters to make her sit through those interviews. Didn't they realize that she was in pain? She should have been interviewed on her back.

And what of all those people who can't have babies? I think Nadya plays an important role by providing a scenario that provides hope and inspiration to those who are childless, living vicariously through her generous gift to the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sFBOQzSk14c&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sFBOQzSk14c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Monty Python's Life Of Brian - The Immaculate Edition (1979)

Makes you wonder if Terry Gilliam isn't the father.
 
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  • #65
What of her own parents?

Was she never told no?

Was she possibly never spanked?

What told her it was ok to sponge off society and burden the world with more of her brew ... and as chilling - imparting her way of thinking to this cult of her progeny that she has literally spewed from her loins in such excess?
 
  • #66
The doc giving her fertility treatment should pay child support for the kids.
 
  • #67
She's a role model. Will she be having 8 more?
 
  • #68
LowlyPion said:
What of her own parents?

Was she never told no?

Was she possibly never spanked?

What told her it was ok to sponge off society and burden the world with more of her brew ... and as chilling - imparting her way of thinking to this cult of her progeny that she has literally spewed from her loins in such excess?

Well I guess in this case if they didn't they'll probably wish they had...17 people in their 3 bedroom ranch.
 
  • #69
WhoWee said:
Well I guess in this case if they didn't they'll probably wish they had...17 people in their 3 bedroom ranch.

That's only 4 sets of bunk beds per room, assuming of course that the little whelper of a princess gets her own room. I'm sure grammy and grampy won't mind.
 
  • #70
Phrak said:
She's a role model. Will she be having 8 more?

No apparently she cleaned out the fridge of all those fertilized eggs she had laying around.
 
  • #71
Has anyone in this thread mentioned how many impoverished children in this world could be brought up by the expenses (prenatal, birth, follow-up, child welfare, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare...) this greedy woman has saddled the U.S. government with? I find it hard to forgive a "child abuser."
 
  • #72
Loren Booda said:
Has anyone in this thread mentioned how many impoverished children in this world could be brought up by the expenses (prenatal, birth, follow-up, child welfare, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare...) this greedy woman has saddled the U.S. government with? I find it hard to forgive a "child abuser."

How many of these impoverished children have you brought up with your own funds?
 
  • #73
LowlyPion said:
No apparently she cleaned out the fridge of all those fertilized eggs she had laying around.

No problem. I bet she has thousands of eggs just ready to pop. I think you can get as many as 32 per egg by division.
 
  • #74
I'm sorry, but just looking and hearing about this craziness...all I can say is, "Hello welfare, here I come. Thanks all you American's!"

Ok, so working in the medical field, I have seen some things similar, but where on Earth did she get the money for the fertility drug, or is that a new welfare treatment? I have never seen anything to such the extreme. Why on Earth does she want anymore kids? I think 6 was plenty, if not more than good, lol.
 
  • #75
How many of these impoverished children have you brought up with your own funds?
None. My chief concern is that several million dollars could have been saved for supporting a hundredfold other children throughout their own childhood (the octuplets and their siblings, unlike their mother, are not at fault to me). I pay taxes, have taught children from birth to adulthood, have avoided passing on genetic disorders, and support charities for children - more than most.
 
  • #76
Phrak said:
How many of these impoverished children have you brought up with your own funds?
That makes no sense. Are you asking how many children he's fathered that are sucking up public money?

I blame tv shows like the Discovery Health channel that glamorizes irresponsible people like the Duggar's that rake in money by having too many children. Also, the money, media exposure and advertising thrown at women that have had multiple births as a result of fertilization treatments. The world is horribly over populated and population control is so important. I can't believe that baby factories like the Duggars have a tv show. What is wrong with this country that such blatant disregard for over population gets a tv show?
 
  • #77
well, look on the bright side. at least social security will still be there when you retire.
 
  • #78
Evo said:
That makes no sense. Are you asking how many children he's fathered that are sucking up public money?

No...
 
  • #79
Yikes.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/02/0212_octomom_pregnant_pictures_ex5.jpg
 
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  • #80
LowlyPion said:
Yikes.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/02/0212_octomom_pregnant_pictures_ex5.jpg

I saw that yesterday and gagged. People just weren't designed to carry litters.
 
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  • #81
Math Is Hard said:
I saw that yesterday and gagged. People just weren't designed to carry litters.

Exactly...we have two breasts. Two! Not eight :eek: !
 
  • #82
someone should suit up and lance that thing
 
  • #83
lisab said:
Exactly...we have two breasts. Two! Not eight :eek: !

Those kids over at halfbakery.com
If you can imagine it, they've talked about it.

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Polymastia_20Pornography"
tit for tit for tit for tat

A new genre of adult film/plastic surgery wherein starlets flaunt numerous pairs of bosoms, for novelty and notoriety.

If four is better than two, then eight is great! But is eight enough?
— nihilo, Jul 12 2006

There's the solution. Plastic surgery. Just add 6 more boobs.

What a lovely photo that would make. :!)

275200442_0fd71ec3c3.jpg
 
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  • #84
OmCheeto said:
There's the solution. Plastic surgery. Just add 6 more boobs.

Supernumerary nipples are apparently already programmed into the genome.

Just a little fiddling with some genes ... and no plastic surgeons required.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernumerary_nipples
 
  • #85
That could give new meaning to

"Hey that's quite a six pack you have there."
 
  • #86
you guys know about Rule 34, right?

LowlyPion said:
Supernumerary nipples are apparently already programmed into the genome.

Just a little fiddling with some genes ... and no plastic surgeons required.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernumerary_nipples

i remember, back around jr high, seeing a pic of a woman in a magazine with 3 breasts. this was way before schwartzeneggar's movie. i don't know if it was real, i was still naive to prosthetics and airbrushing.
 
  • #87
Man Gave Sperm 3 Times, Believes He May Be Octuplets' Dad
'GMA' to Reveal Identity of Man Who Could Be Octuplets' Father
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WomensHealth/Story?id=6928821&page=1

So they must be his? OK. Get out the checkbook bub.

(The story relates other titillating facts.)
 
  • #88
  • #89
Have you noticed she's never photographed taking care of the original 6 children...not even the disabled or autistic one.
 
  • #90
WhoWee said:
Have you noticed she's never photographed taking care of the original 6 children...not even the disabled or autistic one.

Apparently that's what the grandparents are for?

Her parents and food stamps and public charity of course.
 

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