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I understand what she was put through & don't judge her for what she did. However, she's deeply damaged & I feel sorry for her unborn child.

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@Ainhisg wrote:

@cheriere the new boyfriend is her ex-fiance, and he is the dad.  In the best of situations, a stable, well-adjusted pregnant woman can still have issues physically and emotionally with impending motherhood--even with the best of support systems.  Gypsy is not that.  That poor baby being brought into such a mess.


I totally agree.  I really feel bad for the baby.😔

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I do not condone murder but she suffered mental, emotional and worst of all medical abuse.  She was subjected to having a feeding tube inserted, many surgeries that were unnecessary and more,physical abuse,emotional abuse, told she was younger than she actually.  I hope she is in theraphy. I, truly, understand why she did what she did and why she felt she had no choice.  Thank God, I have never walked in her shoes, I do have empathy for her.

 

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This woman is moving way too fast. She just got released from prison last December. Shortly after that, splits from her husband and goes directly to this guy, Ken. Now is expecting a baby. She needs to slow down. She needs to live her life away from the media/paparazzi.

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@grandma2pkmh   Many thoughts about all of this; however, I am so glad she dumped Ryan. He was a controlling jealous and insecure person who would have ultimately caused a lot of emotional stress for Gypsy. I lived that life with my exhusband and it was horrible. I endured for 9 years because of our son. So thankful I finally bailed. 

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Re: Gypsy Rose Blanchard

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@pattypeep  - So she jumps right into another relationship and gets pregnant?  She needs intense therapy, not another man and definitely not a child.

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@pattypeep   I agree about Ryan.  Can't stand him!

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Re: Gypsy Rose Blanchard

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I have watched some of the movies and read about this very sad case, but I will not watch any of the programs on Lifetime. I am also concerned for the baby. She has no idea of how to be a parent, other than to say that she will be the kind of mother she wished she had. Good luck with that. I don't believe she has the skills necessary for that, and I don't believe that she will want to share the attention with an infant.  She will also have zero patience for the needs of a growing baby. Other than what she is making from the "reality" show, she has no income or skills. Her  fiancee, I think also has a criminal past. He's not the one who is still in jail for the murder, but another one?

 

I wish the shows would be canceled, but, unfortunately, some people do like to watch to make judgements and to be thankful their own lives are better than the mess she is. 

 

I did feel sorry for her, given her horrendous upbringing, and I agree with those who said she had other options, especially at her age. She could have run away, she could have called the police, but I also understand her emotional need to finally be rid of the abuser.  But, if that was the overriding need, then she would have killed her herself and not had the boyfriend do it. I can see it in a fit of the moment, but not the planned execution. In that, I agree with the guilty verdict completely.

 

I don't get the romance between her and her husband, but, at least that is over - for now. I cringe every time I see the promotion on Lifetime where she says that she doesn't know if she will be happy and thinks that, eventually, she will want a divorce. WHAT???? 

 

I am actually glad to see that most of the people on here will not watch or support this pathetic woman. I can only hope that if she does manage to make it through the pregnancy, she will let some other family raise the baby. (And, I don't mean her father and step-mother.)

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I had heard the woman's name for quite awhile but did not bother to read anything about her until she was released from prison.  I knew nothing about the abuse her mother put her through or the murder.  I feel she suffered terribly but I think it lead to her own mental health problems.  Once she got to a certain age she should have just walked away and went for help.  I am sure in some ways it is like an abused spouse staying in a bad abusive relationship, but this Rose person seems to be calculated and a bit evil.  

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She has done so much, too much in the months she has been out! Married, divorcing, back to Ken and now pregnant with his baby.  Ken left her once and he might do that again. She should have gone slowly and not jumped into anything once she was out of prison!