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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 4:31 am
My children are all adults, ages 47-33. All of them call me Mom except for my 45 year old son who calls me Ma. He's the only one, and I'm not sure where that comes from.
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 5:31 am
I remember we had this identical discussion the last time Luke was on AR!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 6:39 am
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. and I guess that's what bugs me about it - I do closely associate with Margie - I wouldnt survive the scrutiny of these posters - My son was accused of being "too sensitive" I was accused of pushing him in the deaf world - as if I had a choice! (fwiw he played hockey, and he was extremely aggressive, and yet, he is still at 25 very sensitive, he is accused of crying too much etc) and for the most part, he called me "mom" (never mother) but every now and then he does call me "mommy" and it stands out - as an affectionate, fun moniker, and it makes me smile, which is what he's going for!! Yet, for most of those years, I was called mama - and I call my mom - mom - or ma!! rofl - and we call my dad "papa" - my dh' his mom called her father - "gerald" as did all his grand kids and great grand kids!! we're just way too judgemental.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 7:38 am
(((Reader))) (((Pamy)))
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 8:36 am
Pretty much everybody I know here calls there parents Mama and Daddy, including the adult males. I wouldn't advise coming here and commenting on it, though, because a lot of those males also have guns lololol.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 8:41 am
I call my parents (I'm 52) Mom and Daddy. And I always yes sir and no sir them. I insist on it from my daughter too (the yes sir and no sir thing). Oh, or yes ma'am and no ma'am...I don't expect her to "sir" me...LOL!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:50 am
Reader, thank you for your post. I hear you.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 10:22 am
Me too, Reader.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 11:28 am
Reader, me too! Whenever I talk on the phone to my 21-year-old son, before we hang up he always says "love you," no matter how many people are around (and it seems that he's always in a group!). He started this all on his own when he went to college, which thrills and delights me no end!
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:08 pm
I watch the show and I have always found Luke to be a whiner and immature. he is just one of many players over the seasons that I just dont care for. I take the contestants on face value, whether it is the mormon sisters, the elderly father/young son, deaf son with mother, gay son with mother, gay brothers, autistic brother, , straight couple, fiancees, transvestites, doesn't matter - that is about marketing. I have developmentally challenged people working for me, we have physically challenged folks working in my environment and they don't whine, they dont cry whent things dont work out and they don't act like manipulative 8 year olds a. I wouldn't give Luke's behavior a pass based on his being hearing impaired, unless the task benefitted hearing contestants. You cant demand equality, if you make excuses for inappropriate behavior. As far as Margie is concerned, I dont know that she was overprotective other than she was reacting to the stimuli that her son was giving off. Those of us with children know that we all have buttons they know how to push. It is very hard to seperate from that and I think Luke conveniently calls for his mother when the going gets rough for her to get him out of a situation. She has probabaly done that all his life but this time it ain't happening.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:23 pm
We call WhosMom "Moo." I think, over the years it developed from "Mommy" when we were kids, to Mom (when I guess we felt we were too old for Mommy), which sounded too formal, so maybe we tried Mama for a while and didn't like it. Then maybe MooMoo, and finally just shortened to Moo. I remember one time in the grocery store, we just happened to be in the dairy aisle, and I saw something I wanted to direct WhosMom's attention too, so I said, "Moo" to get her attention, and of course she responded with, "What?" The look on the woman's face standing next to us was priceless, especially when I realized I was standing in front of the milk display. Now, I do a variation of what parents all over the world do when, the closer they get to a kid's full given name, the more "trouble" they are in. As her caregiver, the more exasperated I get with her, the more I use a sternly pronounced, "MOTHER." 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:28 pm
LMAO Who! I just spit all over my monitor!! "... especially when I realized I was standing in front of the mild display." Priceless!!!! I just paid a lot of money to have a glass/porcelain mug repaired. It'd been broken into lots of bits. It was a mug that was used to put out milk for Santa. My grandfather gave it to me. It has the name "Susan" on it. I laughed when I picked it up from the repair place... I'm like "Who's Susan?" My mother used to call me that when she was pissed at me and no way no how do I answer to that. I'll not even answer when the nurse at the doc's office calls for "Susan." LOL.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:56 pm
That is funny, Who! And I know just how stubborn she can be, too.. Costa.. no it doesn't even fit you, does it? Our names all had similar sounds so mom would sometimes spit out the wrong one or a series.. Jim Dick Lynn Jinx.. so you might get called the dog's name for a second.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 4:02 pm
LOL Sea. Yea, I was called "Ro-Ci-Marianne" quite a few times in my childhood. Costa, I feel like I've been fully initiated into TVCH now, as I think this is the first time anyone has ever admitted to one of my posts causing them to spit all over their monitor. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 8:55 pm
<waves to Who's Moo>

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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 6:48 am
My dad to this day spit out the litany of names...and it doesn't help that we all start with "Rs" until you get to my daughter and my niece. I guess it is inherited because I tend to call my daughter by either my niece's name, my ex-boss's name (she is Shelly, my daughter is Shelby) or the name of any one of our pets, alive or dead. She just has given up and answers to just about anything.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 9:05 am
Who, I'm honored that I was the spitter!! But your post was hilarious! Moo. Milk aisle. I'm still laughing!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, April 01, 2011 - 5:46 pm
I'm already getting started on TAR withdrawals for Sunday. WHATEVER will I do with myself when the clock strikes midnight tomorrow night? Sadly, no show for us TAR Fans: CBS Primetime TV Schedule Sunday, April 3 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 7:46 am
Whose idea was that anyway? Oh well, I guess it gives us all a good opportunity to NOT watch television...LOL.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 4:23 pm
Now, I do a variation of what parents all over the world do when, the closer they get to a kid's full given name, the more "trouble" they are in. As her caregiver, the more exasperated I get with her, the more I use a sternly pronounced, "MOTHER." Who, my mother (87) also lives with us. She's usually Mom or Gramma, but when I get exasperated with her, she's MOTHER! When Luke gets frustrated, I don't hear him calling his mother "Mama." I hear him saying, "Mom! Mom! Mom!" I do think he has a lot more to deal with than the rest of us, so I'll give him a pass on the crying. I felt bad for him, was near tears myself at times in sympathy for him. One thing I've learned from having a child with high-functioning autism is to have compassion for others. You never know what challenges they're dealing with. Things that are simple for you and I are sometimes crazy hard for people with physical or neurological challenges. I so admire Zev, too, for being able to deal with the things that come up on this race. He has Aspergers. People with Aspergers are far more sensitive to stimulii than "normal" people are. By the way, I recently read somewhere that Bill Gates has Aspergers. People with Autism can be crazy smart, but just process the world differently (I've heard them described as being an Apple in a PC world). By the way, today is actually World Autism Awareness Day. If you know someone with autism or the parent of someone with autism (me!), give them an extra hug today. 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 6:26 pm
{{{Babyjaxbom}}} from a special ed teacher here!
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Slybones
Member
07-20-2007
| Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 7:00 pm
My grandson (autistic), spent this past week at Disney and loved most of it. I talked to him today and told him about this being W.A.A.Day and he was amazed that he had a special day. While my other grandkids call me Gramma, he's always called me Mimi, which of course makes me melt because we were told he would never be verbal. He's 12 now and has the most amazing math and art skills. We do a lot with the Special Olympics and being around God's blessings is something I would wish everyone could experience.
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Slybones
Member
07-20-2007
| Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 7:03 pm
And also I say thank God for special education teachers. You (and all teachers) are heroes to me and my family.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 5:49 am
Seeing Zev breaking the cup, I was reminded of what a friend who has an autistic child told him: "There is a reason you act like you do but it is not an excuse. Knock it off!"
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 7:16 am
People with autism like Zev, sometimes kind of have sensory overload, kind of like a power surge. My son is 10 1/2 and can have tantrum-like meltdowns if we let it get to that point. We try to avoid situations which will cause him to be frustrated to that point. It's kind of like a tea kettle coming to a boil, unless you remove it from the fire, it's going to whistle. Our doctor calls it "low frustration tolerance." It's just the way his brain is wired. My thoughts on Luke are that he has very few words to vent his frustration. He also seems to be a very sensitive person, as is my son. He was there at that task for hours and hours apparently. I would have been crying with frustration, too! I thought Margie did an awesome job helping him to focus and finish the task. He might have given up (and been sorry later), if she hadn't given him so much encouragement. I think too many of us are quick to judge other people's behavior when we have no idea what it would be like to walk in their shoes. Just sayin. I was not a Margie and Luke fan at all previously. I kind of thought he was a whiner, too (didn't like the shoving incident in his season), but I saw them differently this episode. Maybe I've learned to be a little more compassionate.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 8:40 am
It's interesting how much judgement there is (including judgement of others making judgements if you know what I mean). But at the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is a discussion board. It's probably better that we stick to discussing the show and the contestants' behavior on the show. 
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 9:05 am
I watched the tea scene online and honestly cringed. Luke is a big mama's boy. As for Zev, deliberately dropping the teacup was just punkish.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 12:52 pm
My husband watched the episode with me last week (he's not a regular watcher but is familiar with the show) and when he came back from food shopping, he surprised me with a six pack of the Amazing Race Snapple Iced Tea! diet, of course! It's pretty good, too!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 8:01 pm
What a nice guy! Watches the show and thinks of a cute surprise as well!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 9:51 pm
Panda, your husband sounds like a true romantic! Sweet!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, April 04, 2011 - 6:53 am
See, this is what happens when we don't have a new episode to discuss...we discuss the tiniest little details of the last one ad infinitum...LOL!
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