Anyone watching Maid on Netflix?

[Anonymous]

Regarding receiving any form of government assistance, the system is not designed to succeed sadly. People who receive it generally only learn it is a way of life vs. a temporary safety net.
It seems like for every step forward one takes, they are sadly taken two steps backward at the same time. 😢

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regarding receiving any form of government assistance, the system is not designed to succeed sadly. People who receive it generally only learn it is a way of life vs. a temporary safety net.
It seems like for every step forward one takes, they are sadly taken two steps backward at the same time. 😢

Government assistance is really only temporary. People should learn to be self -supporting. I say this as a child who had to visit social workers with my family and answer questions about home, school, what we spend money on etc. It is a well-meaning but a patronizing process.

[Anonymous]

No but I am watching The Squid 🦑 Game.

[Anonymous]

I loved it. Just finished it tonight. The only thing that bugged me was how they carried Maddy everytime here, literally. I was not carrying around my kid at that age.

[Anonymous]

Just watched the tenth, final episode of the series too.
Hoping Alex’s Mom ends up breaking up with her BF and goes to Missouri. Her BF just sits on his butt while expecting Alex’s Mom to wait on him, hand and foot. Always ordering her to work.
Thought Sean was a decent guy in the first episodes, realized in the latter ones he was a controlling man.
Alex’s Dad was a flat out loser overall. Unreliable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just watched the tenth, final episode of the series too.
Hoping Alex’s Mom ends up breaking up with her BF and goes to Missouri. Her BF just sits on his butt while expecting Alex’s Mom to wait on him, hand and foot. Always ordering her to work.
Thought Sean was a decent guy in the first episodes, realized in the latter ones he was a controlling man.
Alex’s Dad was a flat out loser overall. Unreliable.

I hope the mom stays away. She is a mess and Alex has her own responsibilities. The mom lies, and is not helpful.

[Anonymous]

Based on the author’s social media, she is happily married, had another child, bought a house in Montana and seems just overall content in her life. Her parents are not present in her life.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone actually read the book? Stephanie Land made a lot of bad choices that are not shown on the tv show.

1. Deciding to have a baby with no real job, savings, OR a boyfriend with a real job (and the kicker is, she was 29 in real life, not early twenties like the show so she should have had a better job or savings. She was plenty old enough to know better).

2. When she got a tax refund, instead of using the money to move her daughter out of the moldy apartment that she knew was making her sick, she bought herself a $200 diamond ring as some type of whacky promise to herself and a solo vacation.

3. After she and the daughter moved to Montana, she got knocked up again and decided to have the baby by herself AGAIN! Slid right back into poverty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved it. Just finished it tonight. The only thing that bugged me was how they carried Maddy everytime here, literally. I was not carrying around my kid at that age.

Same!!! I commented on this. I have a 3 year old and rarely ever carry him. He’s too heavy! Why did they carry her everywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone actually read the book? Stephanie Land made a lot of bad choices that are not shown on the tv show.

1. Deciding to have a baby with no real job, savings, OR a boyfriend with a real job (and the kicker is, she was 29 in real life, not early twenties like the show so she should have had a better job or savings. She was plenty old enough to know better).

2. When she got a tax refund, instead of using the money to move her daughter out of the moldy apartment that she knew was making her sick, she bought herself a $200 diamond ring as some type of whacky promise to herself and a solo vacation.

3. After she and the daughter moved to Montana, she got knocked up again and decided to have the baby by herself AGAIN! Slid right back into poverty.

Aren't you a little bit judgemental
How would $200 have fixed the mold problem? Are people with low income not allowed to ever have or buy nice things?

I would not judge anyone for having a baby. Life happens and I am over being judgy about that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone actually read the book? Stephanie Land made a lot of bad choices that are not shown on the tv show.

1. Deciding to have a baby with no real job, savings, OR a boyfriend with a real job (and the kicker is, she was 29 in real life, not early twenties like the show so she should have had a better job or savings. She was plenty old enough to know better).

2. When she got a tax refund, instead of using the money to move her daughter out of the moldy apartment that she knew was making her sick, she bought herself a $200 diamond ring as some type of whacky promise to herself and a solo vacation.

3. After she and the daughter moved to Montana, she got knocked up again and decided to have the baby by herself AGAIN! Slid right back into poverty.

You don't understand how poverty is a complete mindset, not just a circumstance. You're probably one of those people who believe that giving a rich person $500 and a poor person $500 should yield the same result if only the poor person tried harder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone actually read the book? Stephanie Land made a lot of bad choices that are not shown on the tv show.

1. Deciding to have a baby with no real job, savings, OR a boyfriend with a real job (and the kicker is, she was 29 in real life, not early twenties like the show so she should have had a better job or savings. She was plenty old enough to know better).

2. When she got a tax refund, instead of using the money to move her daughter out of the moldy apartment that she knew was making her sick, she bought herself a $200 diamond ring as some type of whacky promise to herself and a solo vacation.

3. After she and the daughter moved to Montana, she got knocked up again and decided to have the baby by herself AGAIN! Slid right back into poverty.

I’ve read the book but not watched the show. Honestly, I almost stopped reading when she described accidentally getting pregnant. Her boyfriend was very clear that he did NOT want the child. She was very clear that she was not against abortion, but her choice was to skip college and have the baby. I get that poverty is a mindset, but this one decision set her up to fail. And as you said, she was not that young when she made this choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone actually read the book? Stephanie Land made a lot of bad choices that are not shown on the tv show.

1. Deciding to have a baby with no real job, savings, OR a boyfriend with a real job (and the kicker is, she was 29 in real life, not early twenties like the show so she should have had a better job or savings. She was plenty old enough to know better).

2. When she got a tax refund, instead of using the money to move her daughter out of the moldy apartment that she knew was making her sick, she bought herself a $200 diamond ring as some type of whacky promise to herself and a solo vacation.

3. After she and the daughter moved to Montana, she got knocked up again and decided to have the baby by herself AGAIN! Slid right back into poverty.

You don't understand how poverty is a complete mindset, not just a circumstance. You're probably one of those people who believe that giving a rich person $500 and a poor person $500 should yield the same result if only the poor person tried harder.

I grew up poor and my mom wasn't married to my dad who remains a mystery to me. I could see how not having an education led to not having money and I just didn't want to end up like my mom. It's not rocket science that motherhood keeps women poor.

[Anonymous]

Yes motherhood can keep women in poverty, however many women want a loving family. Especially if they didn’t grow up in one. They want someone to love and to feel love in return. Babies fill that need. It’s part of the cycle of poverty. You can grow up poor, but if you had a stable family life, you may not get into the having babies at a young age cycle.

Stephanie most definitely wanted her child/children. If anything the show and the book demonstrate the importance for men controlling their own fertility.

Also pro-choice means also supporting women who choose to carry their pregnancies to term. Even if it’s not the choice you would make for yourself under the same circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just watched the tenth, final episode of the series too.
Hoping Alex’s Mom ends up breaking up with her BF and goes to Missouri. Her BF just sits on his butt while expecting Alex’s Mom to wait on him, hand and foot. Always ordering her to work.
Thought Sean was a decent guy in the first episodes, realized in the latter ones he was a controlling man.
Alex’s Dad was a flat out loser overall. Unreliable.

I hope the mom stays away. She is a mess and Alex has her own responsibilities. The mom lies, and is not helpful.

+1
The best thing that happened was that Paula decided to stay in Montana. Even if she is with that loser of a guy. So much better for Alex to be free of her.