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.
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  • #103
TheStatutoryApe said:
when I heard this I wondered if maybe it was a snarky response to the porn offers.

As a point of curiosity I have wondered if anyone ever watches again the birth of any of their children, if their birth was indeed ever recorded in the first place, by an overzealous husband with too much anxiety to deal with in the moment and hiding behind a camera?

I can't imagine the relevance of ever seeing it again, for the husband or the wife or even the child involved.

Now this nut job thinks that people would pay to see her open her bomb-bay doors and carpet bomb Southern California with her brood? Just saying ... I think there's some real narcissism at work there.
 
  • #104
LowlyPion said:
As a point of curiosity I have wondered if anyone ever watches again the birth of any of their children, if their birth was indeed ever recorded in the first place, by an overzealous husband with too much anxiety to deal with in the moment and hiding behind a camera?

I can't imagine the relevance of ever seeing it again, for the husband or the wife or even the child involved.

Now this nut job thinks that people would pay to see her open her bomb-bay doors and carpet bomb Southern California with her brood? Just saying ... I think there's some real narcissism at work there.
several of my female online friends have been having children lately and its virtually the only thing they discuss in their blogs. so much so that I stopped reading them because I was so sick of hearing about pregnancy. in real life my friends who get pregnant don't come out as much of course but even the little that I saw them was much the same as those blogs. I think its just common for couples to become obsessed with their pregnancies to the point of even wanting it video taped.
trying to sell those tapes though is definitely pretty rediculous.
 
  • #105
TheStatutoryApe said:
several of my female online friends have been having children lately and its virtually the only thing they discuss in their blogs. so much so that I stopped reading them because I was so sick of hearing about pregnancy. in real life my friends who get pregnant don't come out as much of course but even the little that I saw them was much the same as those blogs. I think its just common for couples to become obsessed with their pregnancies to the point of even wanting it video taped.
trying to sell those tapes though is definitely pretty rediculous.

Eeww. For the record, I am NOT going to have my baby's birth taped. First, who ever watches their wedding videos again? (BTW, we didn't have one done... we did a nice old fashioned elope-at-the-courthouse wedding.) Second, I just can't picture my husband being able to do that. He'd be a stand-at-the-head-of-the-bed guy, holding my hand IF I'm lucky. BUT third... he's going to be lucky if I allow him in the room in the first place. If anything looks a bit off (even me being in a bit of pain), he's prone to going ballistic at the doctors and getting himself hauled out and threatened with jail-time.
 
  • #106
As a chemical physicist, I feel configurations of 2 kids, 8 kids or 18 kids are optimal.
 
  • #107
alxm said:
As a chemical physicist, I feel configurations of 2 kids, 8 kids or 18 kids are optimal.

That post makes me feel like an empty shell.
 
  • #108
alxm said:
As a chemical physicist, I feel configurations of 2 kids, 8 kids or 18 kids are optimal.

The S orbitals are enough for most.
 
  • #109
physics girl phd said:
Eeww. For the record, I am NOT going to have my baby's birth taped. First, who ever watches their wedding videos again? (BTW, we didn't have one done... we did a nice old fashioned elope-at-the-courthouse wedding.) Second, I just can't picture my husband being able to do that. He'd be a stand-at-the-head-of-the-bed guy, holding my hand IF I'm lucky. BUT third... he's going to be lucky if I allow him in the room in the first place. If anything looks a bit off (even me being in a bit of pain), he's prone to going ballistic at the doctors and getting himself hauled out and threatened with jail-time.

I think they are all deeply personal events and call for focus in the moment. Recording them with the distance or detachment of a cinematographer is not what is called for. Nor is it how they will ever be remembered.

Why distort the experience with the demands of clinical detachment?
 
  • #110
OK. When your 15 minutes is up, isn't it time to leave the stage?

Now this?
Octo Mom Signs Reality TV Deal
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/octomom-signs-reality-tv-deal-2009295

The only reality show of this family I want to see is a Survivor show in a reptile infested swamp. (I think the reptiles would lose.)
 
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  • #111
LowlyPion said:
OK. When your 15 minutes is up, isn't it time to leave the stage?

Now this?

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/octomom-signs-reality-tv-deal-2009295

The only reality show of this family I want to see is a Survivor show in a reptile infested swamp. (I think the reptiles would lose.)

She's been trying for this since the begining. I think that public opinion of her was too negative at the time for her to get any sort of contract.
 
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  • #112
LowlyPion said:
OK. When your 15 minutes is up, isn't it time to leave the stage?

Now this?

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/octomom-signs-reality-tv-deal-2009295

The only reality show of this family I want to see is a Survivor show in a reptile infested swamp. (I think the reptiles would lose.)
 
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