So I’m sitting here watching the 16 and Pregnant Life After Labor special, and honestly, I’m still really annoyed by all the moms except Catelynn. They sit there and giggle about their episode, their boyfriends make stupid comments all while sitting there muttering incoherently.
None of the ladies or gentlemen act embarrassed by their episodes, and in a lot of their reactions you see they’re kind of proud? Most of them are definitely defensive towards the viewers viewpoints of their parents and significant others, like Farrah defendiing her mom about the “smack heard round the world”. The girl in the first episode, Maci (she of the dipshit “fiance” who mentally and emotioonally checked out on her) announced that he’s definitely starting to own up a bit, and when asked about how he acted, Ryan took a bit to answer, so MACI answered for him. Dr. Drew kept telling her to stop rescuing him, which she denied doing. It was painful. I must say, Maci is definitely a little more mature than the other girls (as per usual, not including Catelynn in this), as evidenced by her struggle to talk over Ryan- because she knows he’ll end up hanging himself by saying something incredibly stupid.
It was good to see Ebony is still with her baby’s father, now they’re married. It is a little disconcerting to see that it’s kind of status quo with them- he’s still “planning on going into the air force” or whatever armed forces they were planning on, but Ebony has had to put her goal of doing the same off again. In fact, she’s going to be staying at home and doing the college credit thing with the baby while he’s gone.
Then, watching Whitney and Weston, and their situation. Weston, while a very very supportive s/o of Whitney, made you not HATE him as much as the other idiots on the show, but you shake your head because of what they got themselves into. It’s also incredibly sad that their baby has medical issues, something I didn’t write down, but means that his life will be severly inhibited. It’s a hereditary disease that affects his liver, which means no sports, no partaking in smoking or drinking or any of those silly things you find yourself doing with your friends. Their story is sad, but ultimately doesn’t leave you wondering why the hell they’re still together.
Let’s get to Amber now. Amber who was with that guy who bought her a $21.40 engagement ring from Walmart. When he bought himself a $480.00 playstation. When the guy was on this episode and asked about that whole issue, he started saying that he should have thought about the finances more. When Dr. Drew questioned that further, Amber interrupted saying, “Well, it’s not the money that matters…” Yeah, I guess not, but ugh. Save the money and buy a CRIB! Then Drew asked how they managed to get pregnant, and Amber said the boyfriend didn’t want to use condoms because he lost feeling. Boyfriend said something along the lines of, “Well, I didn’t say thaaaat…” Drew asked, “So you gave up your childhood so he could have enjoy sex better?” Amber took part of the blame, saying she could have said no. Ahhhh. Teen love.
Catelynn and Tyler. Have I mentioned how much I love these kids? They still show so much maturity and so much strength that you can’t wait for them to grow up and have children they get to KEEP. They have such level heads on their shoulders, making observations about how being a teen parent means you choose to give up everything. They gave up so much by giving up the baby. Again, they both teared up, as did I. Tyler breaks my heart. When asked about her mother, Catelynn said she’s been a little more understanding, especially since she misses Catelynn. Why would she miss Catelynn? Well, she’s living at Tyler’s house now. Why, Dr. Drew asks. Because the house is full of alcoholics and drugs. Poor kid. Honestly, they are the most adult kids I have ever seen.
