# Octomom resurfaces; supposedly planning to go back on welfare **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301 "2010-09-19T16:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/41 "2010-09-21T09:09:34Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > > > 8 kids at once was never the norm, that is strictly the result of modern fertility treatments. > > While 8 kids at once was never the norm, families having 8 kids wasn’t unusual back in the very old days, if you counted all the stillbirths and dead kids. She’s at 14, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/42 "2010-09-21T18:10:52Z")
Yeah, that’s part of the outrage at her - she went in for fertility treatments that resulted in the octuplets **when she already had six kids** (that she wasn’t taking care of financially). ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/43 "2010-09-21T18:34:15Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > A serious replay to an inept joke ≠ flip-out. Sorry. > > Off to bed with you, Mikey, the grown-ups are having a grown-up discussion. [hijack] Dude…Really? Totally off the rocker. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/44 "2010-09-21T19:17:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yeah, that’s part of the outrage at her - she went in for fertility treatments that resulted in the octuplets **when she already had six kids** (that she wasn’t taking care of financially). She wasn’t taking care of them physically, either, her parents were helping her out or possibly doing everything, at the cost of their own mental health. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/45 "2010-09-21T19:19:30Z")
That’s right, I recall hearing that, too. I still tend to think the real villain of this piece is the fertility doctor who helped her do the absolutely wrong thing - I’m not entirely sure she’s completely sane. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/46 "2010-09-21T19:32:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That’s right, I recall hearing that, too. I still tend to think the real villain of this piece is the fertility doctor who helped her do the absolutely wrong thing - I’m not entirely sure she’s completely sane. I’m not entirely sure she’s completely insane. I’m positive she’s at least half in the bag, ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/47 "2010-09-21T19:44:51Z")
So, she has had a spectacular special interest story, kinda freakshow, and has gotten herself into good plastic surgery Californifucked up Hottie presentation. This should be an easy avenue to revenue these days. The fact that she hasn’t been able to retain an agent who could parlay that into decent bucks, with nice commission, really says she is Way Too Friggin’ Crazy too deal with. Foster care it is, then. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/48 "2010-09-21T19:53:09Z")
Not necessarily. There’s gotta be places where she can sell or rent her kids out for a comfortable income. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301/49 "2010-09-21T20:02:14Z")
How old are the kids now? Since they probably won’t be able to keep them together, let’s hope there’s at least a way to keep them near one another. (And what about the older kids? I don’t think you could split them up at this stage) That’s the bitch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-resurfaces-supposedly-planning-to-go-back-on-welfare/554301.md?page=2)