She's another one who has a boyfriend at her size, and he doesn't appear to be a 'chubby-chaser' either... oh yeah, and he works. As some others said on another site, "I wonder what's up with him?" LOL, I kinda wondered that too. He seems too good to be true.

Alicia didn't appear to lose that much weight even after the surgery, though. And the house they were living in in Houston. I always wonder why some of them appear to be living in shady public housing, like Joe and his mother, and then others like Alicia and Tim look like they are living in upscale neighborhoods.

I coped and pasted this off of Reddit because I feel the same way as this person said:

"I get what everyone is saying about Tim, but I'm still not buying it that he stays with Alicia out of love or because "we're both addicts." They are completely mismatched in looks and I can't imagine she can provide him with much of a sex life. Not trying to ruin the fun here, but it's not good to believe that these kind of "relationships" actually happen in real life. Young, healthy men are not going to be happy living celibate with hugely obese women. I think eventually we'll find out he stays with Alicia out of friendship and whatever financial/domestic benefits she does provide, but that's he's also got a "friend" or two somewhere else. We've seen it happen on this show before.".

I also very much believe the part he might be staying with her for financial gain because they never married but it was never said why. It could be because Alicia gets SSI benefits like many people on this show, and the house they are living in could be paid for by state benefits Alicia is getting. They would lose all of that if they got married. I bet there is way more to their story.