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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Oct 29, 2023 9:47:07 GMT -6
Share all your thoughts and spoilers here
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 29, 2023 14:16:50 GMT -6
Still patiently waiting. My library got more copies but these people ahead of me are slow readers.
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Oct 30, 2023 6:08:38 GMT -6
I'm seeing alot of "that's normal in the south" on social media in regards to Lynn taking Brit out for drinks at 13/14. It's not normal to me. Especially when her dad's an alcoholic. Lynn was either also an alcoholic or trying be a friend not a mom.
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 30, 2023 6:45:09 GMT -6
I'm seeing alot of "that's normal in the south" on social media in regards to Lynn taking Brit out for drinks at 13/14. It's not normal to me. Especially when her dad's an alcoholic. Lynn was either also an alcoholic or trying be a friend not a mom. Don't a lot of states in the south have that law that as long as parents are there kids that are underage can drink in restaurants and stuff? I vaguely remember watching a show years ago and they were talking about that. Like throwing alcohol parties for high school kids and stuff too and it was all legal. My mind was blown cuz I had never heard of that before
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Oct 30, 2023 6:58:05 GMT -6
I'm seeing alot of "that's normal in the south" on social media in regards to Lynn taking Brit out for drinks at 13/14. It's not normal to me. Especially when her dad's an alcoholic. Lynn was either also an alcoholic or trying be a friend not a mom. Don't a lot of states in the south have that law that as long as parents are there kids that are underage can drink in restaurants and stuff? I vaguely remember watching a show years ago and they were talking about that. Like throwing alcohol parties for high school kids and stuff too and it was all legal. My mind was blown cuz I had never heard of that before Really? That's so wild to me.
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Post by McBenny on Oct 30, 2023 7:39:53 GMT -6
I'm seeing alot of "that's normal in the south" on social media in regards to Lynn taking Brit out for drinks at 13/14. It's not normal to me. Especially when her dad's an alcoholic. Lynn was either also an alcoholic or trying be a friend not a mom. Don't a lot of states in the south have that law that as long as parents are there kids that are underage can drink in restaurants and stuff? Yes, in Louisiana and Texas.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 30, 2023 7:50:22 GMT -6
Don't a lot of states in the south have that law that as long as parents are there kids that are underage can drink in restaurants and stuff? Yes, in Louisiana and Texas. I believe Ohio has it or used to at least
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 30, 2023 8:35:36 GMT -6
I think I have like 15 minutes left and she's talking about her miscarriage when we were questioning if she was actually pregnant. And I feel like an asshole.
and full on FUCK her parents and her sister.
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 30, 2023 8:43:01 GMT -6
Just kidding. I had like 5 minutes left and I just finished. Overall, the writing was meh. It kind of sounded like a reading of my Livejournal circa 2007 when I was 18/19. I think she could definitely benefit from therapy with a therapist that SHE chooses/clicks with and not one on her father's payroll.
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Post by thatgolfb on Oct 30, 2023 9:54:33 GMT -6
I have about 20 minutes left, and I know everything must be taken with a huge pallet of salt, but one thing I can tell from this book is that she really loves her kids.
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Post by thatgolfb on Oct 30, 2023 9:55:17 GMT -6
I think I have like 15 minutes left and she's talking about her miscarriage when we were questioning if she was actually pregnant. And I feel like an asshole. and full on FUCK her parents and her sister. I knew her parents were bad, but I really didn’t understand just how bad her sister is, too. I cannot imagine having that attitude toward my sister! Just wild.
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Oct 30, 2023 9:57:10 GMT -6
I think I have like 15 minutes left and she's talking about her miscarriage when we were questioning if she was actually pregnant. And I feel like an asshole. and full on FUCK her parents and her sister. I knew her parents were bad, but I really didn’t understand just how bad her sister is, too. I cannot imagine having that attitude toward my sister! Just wild. Did she talk about her brother at all?
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Post by willow on Oct 30, 2023 9:58:29 GMT -6
I have about 20 minutes left, and I know everything must be taken with a huge pallet of salt, but one thing I can tell from this book is that she really loves her kids. This is what I came away with too. I know her recollection of things will be skewed and hampered by the trauma and shit that she has gone through from a young age, but I have no reason to doubt her repeating how much she really loves her kids. I hope her sons are able to rehabilitate their relationship with her now that they are almost adults.
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Post by willow on Oct 30, 2023 9:59:09 GMT -6
I knew her parents were bad, but I really didn’t understand just how bad her sister is, too. I cannot imagine having that attitude toward my sister! Just wild. Did she talk about her brother at all? She does but nothing about him specifically treating her badly, that I can recall. Mostly about how badly her parents treated him when they were kids.
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Post by thatgolfb on Oct 30, 2023 10:00:08 GMT -6
I knew her parents were bad, but I really didn’t understand just how bad her sister is, too. I cannot imagine having that attitude toward my sister! Just wild. Did she talk about her brother at all? She does, but not to the extent she talks about her sister.
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Post by thatgolfb on Oct 30, 2023 10:00:48 GMT -6
Did she talk about her brother at all? She does but nothing about him specifically treating her badly, that I can recall. Mostly about how badly her parents treated him when they were kids. This, too. I don’t recall anything bad. I honestly forgot she even had a brother till this book.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 30, 2023 10:10:01 GMT -6
I have about 20 minutes left, and I know everything must be taken with a huge pallet of salt, but one thing I can tell from this book is that she really loves her kids. This is what I came away with too. I know her recollection of things will be skewed and hampered by the trauma and shit that she has gone through from a young age, but I have no reason to doubt her repeating how much she really loves her kids. I hope her sons are able to rehabilitate their relationship with her now that they are almost adults. Not saying she doesn’t but my biological mom will talk consistently about how much she loves her kids and how much she wants a relationship etc but not actually do any of the work. *I’ll be picking up the book tonight so take my anecdote with a grain of salt
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 30, 2023 10:23:41 GMT -6
This is what I came away with too. I know her recollection of things will be skewed and hampered by the trauma and shit that she has gone through from a young age, but I have no reason to doubt her repeating how much she really loves her kids. I hope her sons are able to rehabilitate their relationship with her now that they are almost adults. Not saying she doesn’t but my biological mom will talk consistently about how much she loves her kids and how much she wants a relationship etc but not actually do any of the work. *I’ll be picking up the book tonight so take my anecdote with a grain of salt I can understand the doubt, but a lot of her talking about the conservatorship was her saying she followed the rules so she'd be able to spend time with them. She went to rehab so she'd be able to spend time with them. She did the show in Vegas for X time so she'd be able to take the summer off and spend time with them. It comes off very much like she loves her boys and everything she's done is to have them in her life.
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 30, 2023 10:25:52 GMT -6
She does mention that her mom & brother's girlfriend got matching haircuts when her mom's book came out and how she couldn't understand how her life was falling apart and her family basically turned their backs on her while she was still bankrolling their lives. She was lonely and called her mom and her mom said she'd call her back, they were out shopping and then she just never did.
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Post by hugsfordrugs on Oct 30, 2023 10:44:35 GMT -6
Did we know about all the time she spent in rehab? I know some of it was public but it seemed like she was forced into rehab quite a bit through the years and I don’t recall all of it being public knowledge (not that it should be).
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 30, 2023 10:59:49 GMT -6
Did we know about all the time she spent in rehab? I know some of it was public but it seemed like she was forced into rehab quite a bit through the years and I don’t recall all of it being public knowledge (not that it should be). I think we did and it just added to her mental health concerns of them continuing the conservatorship.
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Post by bazi on Oct 30, 2023 11:36:35 GMT -6
She does mention that her mom & brother's girlfriend got matching haircuts when her mom's book came out and how she couldn't understand how her life was falling apart and her family basically turned their backs on her while she was still bankrolling their lives. She was lonely and called her mom and her mom said she'd call her back, they were out shopping and then she just never did. I just finished the chapters where she discussed how her mother wrote a tell-all while Britney was in the midst of a breakdown. In real time. This might be a hot take but I think her mom did just as much damage as her dad.
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Post by tinyjoys on Oct 30, 2023 11:38:05 GMT -6
She does mention that her mom & brother's girlfriend got matching haircuts when her mom's book came out and how she couldn't understand how her life was falling apart and her family basically turned their backs on her while she was still bankrolling their lives. She was lonely and called her mom and her mom said she'd call her back, they were out shopping and then she just never did. I just finished the chapters where she discussed how her mother wrote a tell-all while Britney was in the midst of a breakdown. In real time. This might be a hot take but I think her mom did just as much damage as her dad. Oh definitely. And definitely enabled her dad to do all the things.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 30, 2023 11:43:22 GMT -6
She does mention that her mom & brother's girlfriend got matching haircuts when her mom's book came out and how she couldn't understand how her life was falling apart and her family basically turned their backs on her while she was still bankrolling their lives. She was lonely and called her mom and her mom said she'd call her back, they were out shopping and then she just never did. I just finished the chapters where she discussed how her mother wrote a tell-all while Britney was in the midst of a breakdown. In real time. This might be a hot take but I think her mom did just as much damage as her dad. For sure she did
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Oct 30, 2023 11:44:42 GMT -6
I haven't read it yet, just heard lots of it from Tiktok, but what shocks me is that the conservatorship didn't start until 2008. So she could have, in theory, did and said whatever she wanted up until then. But she was so controlled that she wasn't even able to. Think of how controlled she was to sit there all docile with Diane Sawyer saying "well every story has 2 sides and that's all" instead of saying fuck Justin and tear him a new one in that moment.
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Oct 30, 2023 13:02:47 GMT -6
She does mention that her mom & brother's girlfriend got matching haircuts when her mom's book came out and how she couldn't understand how her life was falling apart and her family basically turned their backs on her while she was still bankrolling their lives. She was lonely and called her mom and her mom said she'd call her back, they were out shopping and then she just never did. I just finished the chapters where she discussed how her mother wrote a tell-all while Britney was in the midst of a breakdown. In real time. This might be a hot take but I think her mom did just as much damage as her dad. For sure. I don't think she ever had real love in her life, which led to horrible chooses in men.
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Oct 30, 2023 13:04:28 GMT -6
Do we believe the only "drug" she was on was otc energy supplements?
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Post by willow on Oct 30, 2023 13:10:20 GMT -6
Do we believe the only "drug" she was on was otc energy supplements? I believe she was absolutely drugged by her father but she may not have realized it all the time. She said they put her on lithium during one of her rehab stays and it made her feel like she couldn't use her brain.
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Post by bazi on Oct 30, 2023 13:23:22 GMT -6
Do we believe the only "drug" she was on was otc energy supplements? She talks a lot about using (or abusing) adderall. And anti-depressants for awhile.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 30, 2023 14:06:23 GMT -6
Do we believe the only "drug" she was on was otc energy supplements? No
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