Does anybody watch this from time to time? I think it's one of MTV's best shows documenting young people on a certain topic like ("I'm Broke", "I'm Getting Married", "I'm Moving to Vegas", "I'm Interracial", "I'm a Genius", etc.) Well the latest episode that I saw was "I'm Dating Someone Older". They followed two different couples and it seemed that by the end that one had broken up for good and the other was about to go their separate ways but after the show they got back together.

The couple that had broken up for good was an engaged couple in which the guy (who was younger than his girlfriend) moved to California to be with her (they met online). They seemed to be happy by the pictures they showed but during the show all they did was argue. She didn't like the fact that even though he worked two different jobs to pay half the rent, he still barely could make up his share of the rent. Apparently she had an established job where she could afford what she wanted and more, but wanted him to stop playing video games when he was at home and complained that he was a "sloppy" guy. it was crazy.

I saw this episode too! I love this show

What I dont understand is,why did she expect so much out of this guy? Im sure she knew what he was like before they moved in together.
I wonder if the guy she was cheating with younger?

ThreadCula said:

she was cheating too??? when did it show this?

missfee said:

They showed it towards the end. She gave him a deadline to get a better job, etc. He didnt follow through so she was upset. She came home one night and she said "You wonder why I leave the room everytime my cell rings?" He asked her if she had someone else...she said "YES!"
She was really cold about it. He ran to bathroom,he was hurt

I like "True Life" as well.

Has anyone ever seen the show "Underage and Engaged" on MTV? It's about a really young couple who are engaged to be married. Most of the couples seem to be in their late teens, early twenties.

psychodelicide said:

Yep watch that too. I love me some Mtv Reality shows

Im worried about ALL of those couples

ThreadCula said:

I love reality TV shows too. Hopefully the young couples can stay successfully married.

ThreadCula said:

I LOVE that show. I like to try and pick out who's going to get divorced and who is going to make it because I'm sick like that.

There was one couple where the girl was 19 or something but the guy looked to be in his early 30's. I'm not sure if they really should have been on that show. They probably should have been on True Life.

JasmineFire said:

Did any of you see the episode where this one couple got married, and the guy was CONSTANTLY calling his mom after they got married? There was something a little odd about that son/mother relationship, they seemed almost too close. He was like a mama's boy or something. Being married to someone like that would drive me bonkers.

Then there was another young couple who were always arguing about everything, it seemed. They were walking out of a door to go outside, and the girl let the door slam in the guy's face! I thought to myself, "Now there's a couple that probably should not marry." They just didn't seem to respect each other like a couple in love should. They will probably be on the show "Divorce Court" next.

ThreadCula said:

aww man where was i when this part came on???!! oops u know what, somebody called me that's what happened and i wasn't paying attention. i gotta see it again, and yes that was COLD. if she was doing all of that why didn't she just give him his ring back instead of holding it as collateral until he paid his share of the rent that month? she seemed a bit catty, like she was trying to be his mother. she knew he didn't make that much money when they met. it's women like that, that give the good women a bad name.
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missfee said:

Man! They have every episode online but that one!

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/d...odes.jhtml

missfee said:

I was wondering if she was a dancer or something...

Love "True Life", "Juvies", "Engaged and Underage" and "I'm From Rolling Stone". MTV actually has good shows. But all that's good about MTV is offset by those damned "Sweet 16" spoiled brats/clueless parents.

JesseDezz said:

I like "Juvies" too. I agree about "Sweet 16", those kids are DEFINITELY spoiled. Never saw "I'm From Rolling Stone".

missfee said:

I actually saw this one myself while tickling my curiousity in dating older women. But now I realized that dating someone older is just a destination for failure, just like with those 2 couples. I mean, there are some older women that strike my fancy, but I know it won't work because they'll just see me as some punk kid and not a real, responsible man.
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MTV has relegated "I'm From Rolling Stone" to late-night status. It started out at 10pm on Sundays - now, it comes on at 11pm. There are two more episodes left - you can see the previous ones over at mtv overdrive. Good show that actually has them doing something that can lead to a real career, unlike those repeat offenders on those "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" "Gauntlet" and "Inferno" retreads.

missfee said:

that was soooo fucked up. what i didn't get is how she justified being so damn entitled to everything!

missfee said:

Wow I'm going to have to catch this online if it's there. That's one of very few shows on MTV that I enjoy.

purplecam said:

My favorite episode of "True Life" was the "I Have a Friend with Benefits" episode, because that's how I roll. I already have too much stress in my life as it is and I don't need a boyfriend to add to that. I don't want to have to worry about where he is, because the majority of the time I really don't care anyway, but I have to pretend like I do, so he feels special. Dude, I don't care where you go, hang out with your friends all night (I'll be chillin' with mine that's for sure), but if I find out your ass is cheating, then you better let me know so I can tell you to just stay with that chick because I'm out. I refuse to fight with some other girl over a cheater. She can have him. I also hate having to check in. I don't like talking on the phone alot, so I don't call and I got yelled at once by my boyfriend at the time because I didn't tell him where I was. Why should I have to tell him where I am or where I'm going? He's not my dad, and even if he was, I'm grown and pay all my own damn bills. I answer to no one. Serious relationships make me feel crowded, imprisoned, and overwhelmed at times. I get bored very quickly, so he would have to be extremely interesting to keep my attention. I just need the sex and someone to hang out with every now and then. Friends with benefits relationships are great and they work until one person starts falling for the other and wants to take it to the next level. That's when their over for me.

estelle81 said:

well thats cool. i mean at least you recognize the fact that you can't handle a real relationship. it's good to know when a person knows and recognizes what he/she wants out of a person...but as for me, friends with benefits is just a way of saying, "i only want a person of the opposite sex for one thing and that's it". And in some ways i think it's a selfish way out. But that's just my opinion. There's different strokes for different folks. I think it's cool when you find someone who wants the "friends with benefits" thing too, but it's not cool when you get with someone and pull that routine and they end up getting hurt or feeling used because the status wasn't clear from the start. It's all about communication now days. So i guess as long as you are clear with whoever you are dealing with on what you want (friends with benefits) and what you don't want (a relationship) then everything is gravy.
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missfee said:

Oh, definitely. I agree with you that it's not cool to leave the other person with the wrong idea about the status of your relationship. I'm really straight-forward with guys on my status. I've only had one guy who wasn't cool with it, but was in the beginning and then changed his mind. I don't think he totally understood what friends with benefits was. It is a selfish way of thinking I'll admit and agree with you, but nowadays, the majority of relationships that I've seen my friends and family go through, and that I've been through, have had selfish issues in them too. Compromising is something that has to be done to make any relationship work and many people have a problem doing this. I guess this is why divorce is soo high nowadays. Infidelity is the most selfish thing anyone can do in a relationship, IMO and I've met soo many people who are guilty of it. Unfortunately, I believe that selfishness is a part of human nature, but some individuals are waaay worse than others and many people are very selfless, but nobody is void of selfish behavior. You have to worry about yourself in the long run after all, because in the end, you are all you really have in this world.

Underage & Engaged - have you noticed how the guy always has an almost absurdly close relationship with his parents (esp. the mother)? and how the girl has little to no home life, and seriously envies her fiancee's family? And how the guy always says the girl will be a perfect wife - JUST LIKE HIS MOM?!?!



When I see this show, MOMMY COMPLEX just screams out at me. On one episode, the mother of the groom asked the bride to take photos of their wedding bed (where they will both be losing their virginities) and send them to her. On another episode, the mother of the groom waxed the virgin bride's coochie for their wedding night!!

Too close to comfort for me.

And, in the most recent episode of True Life I saw, a girl 21 years old declared bankruptcy. BANKRUPTCY! and she has absolutely nothing to show for it! What blew my mind was that none of those kids (who were all broke and seriously in debt) took on a job to start paying off those bills. They just lived, completely broke and jobless, with their parents!

That said, I love these shows. such trash for the mind! such guilty pleasure! just like I NEW YORK.

Natsume said:

yeah pretty disturbing.

Natsume said:

Oh yeah, I noticed that right away, too. The guy's family is the tightest little cult and the girl seems to have either no one or just her mom. There was one episode where the girl was close with her family. The guy was , too but they were upset at him for dropping out of school to marry this chick and she wasn't black, which was an issue as well.

But yeah, most of these guys have the CREEPIEST relationship with their mom and need to grow up and cut the umbilical cord a bit before getting married.

So glad to see that I'm not the only one who watches "Underage and Engaged".

Natsume said:

i know i saw that episode too. i couldn't understand what it was that she was doing that she had to declare bankruptcy, meaning where was the Manolo shoes and the Dior bags at? Another girl's mother was paying her bills for her and she was too lazy to even want to do her resume!!! Her mom was doing it for her! Let that had been my mom, she probably would have kicked me out. That chicks mother was doing way too much for her.