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Hypermom
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Merrysea, yes, Luke went to college in Rochester, NY....his degree is in criminal justice and he graduated in 2008. Margie lives in CO. Luke also worked at the college in 2009. So, he has been away from home.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I hope I am wrong, and since it was shown in the previews I probably am (typical CBS misdirection), but Zev seems to be having increasing difficulty with stress right now, and it showed that next week the press of people and the cacophony of sound really affect him. I hope that doesn't affect him long-term...he's such an endearing character.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think it's misdirection, Roxi. I'm sure it is bothering him, and I can only imagine how the cacophony adds to his stress level, but I think he'll be able to work though it. He's done very well so far, when it didn't seem as if he would. He can be very determined when he wants.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
L/M have not been a favorite team of mine in either race. However, as a Special Education teacher, I can say what an outstanding job M did in encouraging L not to quit!

I cannot begin to tell you the number of times I have heard, "You can't do it? Okay, let's go color/have some ice cream/get a cookie/play with the trucks, etc."

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think encouraging him to continue when the ultimate goal is a million dollars is a little bit different than encouraging someone in a class to do something, wouldn't you say? I would expect that there would definitely be an additional motive that M had...

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Sure the million dollars may have been a motive for Margie to encourage Luke not to quit the task...However, I get the impression that she cared more about Luke not quitting so that he wouldn't have to regret quitting later. She seemed very focused on his feelings. She mentioned things like Luke feeling like he let her down (or would let her down) and how she was not let down but very proud of him.

In her bio, neither she or Luke mentioned the money, if I remember correctly. I think her reason for going on the race again was to travel and have an adventure and his was to redeem himself for his blunder during the last season.

Lostfan
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03-10-2010

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lostfan a private message Print Post    
You know the difference to me in Luke's frustration is that he kept expressively wailing or whining for his Mom

He kept calling her mama ... that makes him sound even more immature. Mybe I'm wrong, but I dont know ANYONE of that age that still calls his mom "mama" jmo tho

Landileigh
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
wow... my 21 year old calls me "mommy" - should i inform her that it is a sign of immaturity and not loving endearment to call me that?

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
My 16 year old son calls me Mama, and I love it. I hope he never stops.

I think it probably varies by region, so we shouldn't draw a conclusion from it in regards to how mature he is or isn't. :-)

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Ryan called me mama until about age ten. And that was only because other kids questioned him. I loved that he called me Mama for so long and I was sad to see that term go away. But a part of me was relieved, because at least around here, Mama is really reserved for very young kids and older kids do notice things like that.

Texannie
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07-15-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
My 21 year old son calls me 'mama'! I love it. He is also an almost fully functioning adult! LOL

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I think Mama and Daddy are more a cultural thing than an age thing. I - and my friends in our 50's and 60's - still spoke to/about our parents in those terms. I am sure we all wish that we still had them around to address so -

Costa - teaching our kids to persevere or to quit when the going gets tough to me is a life lesson. Life lessons have to do with forming the person, irrespective of the reward, if any. JMO, of course -

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
It's interesting how we strongly associate things with our personal experiences growing up and expect others to behave accordingly. For example, the "appropriate" way to address your Mother at a given age.

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
My mother referred to her parents as Mama and Papa all her life. I, in turn, called my parents Mother and Father. lol

I don't think Margie's encouragement of Luke to finish the task had anything to do with a million dollars and had everything to do with trying to boost his self-esteem and not wanting him to feel he let her down.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Finally! From my fav exit interview site:

Exclusive: Margie Adams and Luke Adams talk 'The Amazing Race' realitytvworld

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I called my father 'Daddy' until he died when I was in my 40's (and I still refer to him that way when talking to my brother and sister).

Whoami
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08-02-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the link. Though I don't know why they're calling it "exclusive," when TVGuide Online already had an interview posted earlier in this thread. LOL.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
On Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver the kinds were always formal and used "mother and "father." The cleaver kids even called their dad "sir."

I have heard only one person in real life call their father "sir."

My parents are both deceased but I use the terms " my mother" and "my father."

Pippin04
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10-26-2007

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pippin04 a private message Print Post    
My daughter calls me Mama when she is 21.

Pippin04
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10-26-2007

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pippin04 a private message Print Post    
not when she is 21 she is 21.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I had a couple of friends in high school who were required to use sir and ma'am when answering their parents ("yes sir" "no ma'am"). They still called them mom and dad, but their replies were always required to be formal.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
lately my son just yells at me prolly calls me the B word behind my back. just adds to my depression

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
WHOA!! I hope you put him in a big time out for that!!!

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
I call my parents mom and pops, or mama and dad. I don't ever remember referring to them as mommy and daddy, even as a young child. Cultural thing? Maybe.

I don't know any males who call their folks mommy and daddy, but mama is common, and it's usually dad for the father. I know many females who still refer to their father as daddy, but call their mother, "mother" or "mom".

I never thought of Luke calling his mom "mama" as any big deal due to my own upbringing and culture.

I also call my parents "sir" and "ma'am" when it's appropriate. Again, the way I was raised.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 10:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
We went from mommy and daddy to mom and dad.. but the use of mama by Luke or the use of daddy by Christina isn't an issue for me. Luke tends to seem to be needing assurance when he calls out to his mom. Christina is usually asking Ron to hurry up, or not get distracted, so that seems different.

But I don't see a thing wrong with any of the name choices.. do think it is regional.. every single southerner I've known uses Daddy and I don't hear that near as often here from adults.