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Why does Amber live so far away from Leah?

posted 8 years ago by kinman9992001
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I live in Indiana and am surprised Amber lives so far from Leah. Geist ( where Amber lives) is a fancy area with waterfront homes about 40 minutes or so from Anderson ( which is more of a blue-collar working class town). If Amber really wanted to be involved in Leah's everyday life, taking her to school etc.., she would live in Anderson, which has plenty of nice homes. It is more prestigious to have a Geist address, which is obviously more important to her. It looks pretty low-class however, for her and Matt to always be sitting in the garage in their camp chairs! I'm sure their neighbors love that. I have to give props to Gary and Christina for being good, stable parents and putting their kids first and Gary has certainly stepped up to the plate. Leah seems like a really good kid, and I give Gary credit for that. Amber will probably never change, unfortunately, and it appears that her past substance abuse may be creeping up on her again. Maybe the distance is a good thing, after all.

[–] irishm 8 years ago

I agree on the distance issue and also on the camp chairs... I started a thread on it when they first started doing it and others seemed to think it was perfectly okay, but I just can't fathom sitting in an uncomfortable chair in an open garage next to a row of trash cans when they're living in that huge home. Surely there must be a family room... yard... deck... anyplace else that would make a better hang-out? (In some neighborhoods you're not even allowed to keep garage doors open, so if Geist is high-class, maybe that'll be a new law after everyone gets sick of looking at Matt on his "throne" day in and day out.)

Gary has matured more than most of the original "cast". I'm honestly surprised, but also honestly proud of him. Leah is very lucky to have him in her life.

[–] MinaGodiva 8 years ago

but I just can't fathom sitting in an uncomfortable chair in an open garage next to a row of trash cans when they're living in that huge home

I think she sits in the garage on purpose so she doesn't have to clean her living room.

[–] babz12 8 years ago

Yes, they have that nice deck out back. But for some reason they choose to sit in the unsightly garage, which I guess I could understand if they didn't want to be in the house and it was raining, but on a decent day? Makes no sense.

[–] filmgrad-09746 8 years ago

What's funny is I remember her mentioning when they moved how she'd be closer to Leah, so she could do more now...and I thought 'oh wow that's a great step'. Then they show Gary talking about her move and he points out she's maybe 5 or 10 minutes closer now LOL. Idk with her anymore how she even justifies things.

[–] blonde_angel2008 8 years ago

Whats worse is Leah even asked Amber about being closer and Amber responded with some BS about how she lives in a nice neighborhood that people want to be in. Psh. Screw the fancy neighborhood. I would rather be closer to my kid!!

[–] Heygirl215 8 years ago

Yea that was a really idiotic and arrogant thing to say. She'd rather live in a fancy house almost an hour away than a close distance to her child? Completely seflish. It isn't like she doesn't have choices in this. Remember how they were downing their old neighborhood to their neighbors lol, the same neighbors that helped them move. My my my its going to be a long fall for Amber and Matt in a few years. I truly hope that they are serious about the effort they put into house flipping because the dough won't be rolling in forever. Id love to see Amber's face when she has to tuck her tail between her legs and move back to among the mere mortals of Anderson.

[–] Heygirl215 8 years ago

I agree completely. But If I remember correctly, Amber was getting harrassed badly in Anderson, people were even vandalizing her home. For a while she or Gary didn't even feel safe for Leah being there. This was during the abuse/pre prison days. But she should move at least to the next town closest to Leah. For me, Id want to be within earshot of my son, not 40 minutes away. Amber thinks that status, money, and a fancy house makes you, and it doesn't. I hate to see her in a few years when the show is over and it's time to earn a real living. She'll wish she had that $900 she spent on those costume looking outfits for Leah.

[–] poetofmyheart111 8 years ago

Idk I'm from central Indiana. Between Giest and Anderson. It's really not that far. You just hop on I-69. It's closer to 30 minutes or less which isn't bad. And Anderson is not the nicest area. I wouldn't choose to live there.

[–] NotForMeThanks 8 years ago

I agree. I really don't see how living a half hour away makes her such an awful person. As a New Yorker, thats like living one borough away. Like me living in Brooklyn and my mom living in Staten Island, which is a half hour away. How is that bad? Especially being 15 mins from Leah's school. If something happens to her in school, amber wouldn't be too far away. Why doesn't Leah go to a school that's more close by to Gary's? Because a half hour to an hour trip really isn't a big deal. How close does Gary live to the school?

In NYC, some kids have to take public transportation everyday to get to school because they want to go to a better school than the one close to them. In Staten island, it's because they don't want students to be segregated by color so they have some travel across the borough to get to one and it's not looked at as a big deal. Leah is all cushy in her parents cars traveling a half hour or 45 mins while some kids take buses and trains. Leah doesn't have it that bad.

Also, most people do want to live in a nice home in a nice neighborhood. What's wrong with that? Why is it not ok for her to state that and move into one?

I think some people are overreacting about the distance and about her moving into a nice neighborhood and talking about moving from a one that wasn't nice. Don't see how that makes her think she's the sht.

[–] blonde_angel2008 8 years ago

But why tell your 7 year old daughter that the reason is because the neighborhood she lives in is one that a lot of people want to live in? Why not just say well because I like being closer to your school so I can come pick you up more often. Or that Anderson just isn't the best place for her to be right now, so she chose somewhere that was closer to her school instead. It's not so much the distance or the neighborhood that bothers me, it's the reason she gave her young daughter who doesn't understand why her mom doesn't want to be closer.

[–] Lordcuckoobutt 8 years ago

She said why... so they could live in a neighborhood that lots of people would like to live in. *eyeroll*

[–] PaigeJoy 8 years ago

amber lives 15 minutes from Leah's school.

Gary lives in the ghetto. Anderson is not nice at all. its actually not even a really safe area.

Amber had issues with people vandalizing her house and car. She now lives in an upscale community. Its safer and more secure for the family. I think it is way better that Amber lives closer to Leah's school. She can pick her up, reach it in a hurry in case of emergency. It has its benefits.

The sitting in chairs in their garage. A lot of people do that, in nice neighborhoods too. I live in a gated community and everyone hangs out in their garages.

[–] poetofmyheart111 8 years ago

Thank you. I'm from Hamilton county. Just up the road from Anderson. I remember in high school hearing about their horribly bad drug problem there. I say good on Amber for moving. Plus I could have sworn Gary moved to noblesville so unless he moved back to Anderson that's even closer to Geist.
And ya plenty of people in my neighborhood hang out in their driveways. We don't have super fancy porches. It's more convenient and easier to interact with your neighbors by hanging out in the garage/driveway. I guess my entire neighborhood is classless. (Full disclosure some of them really are but I'm talking about the people who have junk in their yards, who never mow and who have tons of broken down cars. Not the ones who hang out out front)

[–] Brookiee124 8 years ago

I really don't think 40 mins is that far... Kail and Jo lived a state away (about 4 hours I think) and they made it work before he moved.