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Archive through April 23, 2005

The TVClubHouse: Amazing Race ARCHIVES: Amazing Race VII: AR Teams: Uchenna & Joyce: Archive through April 23, 2005 users admin

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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would be so stoked if they did it!!

Hootyhoot
Member

12-18-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How about Joyce saying "Walking in the rain with the one I love ..." ... this couple is adorable!

Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What an awesome team. They are so sweet to each other and to the others. I love this team!

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really love this team, too. I'd be just fine if they won. :-)

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I realize this is just my fantasy and probably not theirs but sometimes people get so obsessed with reproducing that they forget about the love available to them in pre-existing kids.

Nicely said, Sea. Unfortunately, adoption in this country is very expensive and can be a legal nightmare. I've known couples who became attached to a child, only to have to return him to his birth mother when she changed her mind within the six month timeframe. Many couples are daunted by the expense and the emotional risk. I also have a friend who went through years of infertility treatments and miscarriages with her husband. They finally adopted a little boy last fall and are over the moon. I always told her it wouldn't matter who actually gave birth, once that baby was in her arms it would be all hers!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
But <Babyjaxmom>, they have been unable to have a child and plan to try expensive procedures that may or may not produce a child.. they could spend all their winnings and remain childless. At least with adoption, there would be a child or children to fight for. I definitely wish them the best.



Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I totally agree with you, Sea . . . and don't call me Julie!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL.. THANKS Mod!! But I really did call her Julie.. Nice name, but not hers.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Huh?

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
See!! There's Julie!! LOL

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi!!!

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, Julie! Nothing against you. I was just teasing Seamonkey a little bit!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, April 18, 2005 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gotcha! :-)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Uchenna, is one class act!!! I was so impressed with his words and actions during and after Joyce getting her haircut. Joyce, what a trooper and she looked so beautiful too!

Readonly
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04-16-2003

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really hope this team wins. They have come so far (and not just in miles) on this journey. I was so impressed with them last night.


Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 5:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OM ...me too... I'm liking this team more than I've ever liked any other team in any other season...

I want them to win it ALL....

Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That Joyce is one unstoppable gal! First the getting back on the horse not once but twice, and now making this sacrifice! Of course, having a wonderfully loving and supportive guy like Uchenna would be a big help as well!

Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 7:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What an inspiring couple. I have loved them from early on but each week I just gain more and more respect for them and how they treat those around them. What a woman - I can't think of any other AR Women that would have even considered shaving her head. And she was absolutely beautiful!

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just had to come in here and share how I was bawling my eyes out when Joyce was having her head shaved (didn't get around to watching my tape till Thursday morning). Uchenna was so sweet and supportive that it broke my heart even more. You could tell how upset he was to see her so distraught! I know it's "only hair" and it will grow back, but as a woman, I felt her pain. We're all about the hair, what with the perms, color, expensive haircuts, straightening, styling products, etc. It wouldn't be a multi-million (billion?) dollar industry without us gals. But on the bright side, her hair will be so much healthier when it grows back--free of all those chemicals, colors, sun damage, etc! And wasn't she beautiful as a bald woman? She has really pretty eyes that just stood out once the hair was gone. I still get teary just thinking about it. Probably one of the most moving scenes I've watched on TV. I'll bet she cried when she told the other teams, too. I just wanted to hug her! Uchenna was doing a great job comforting her, though! What a guy! {sigh}

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well said, Babyjax. Three years ago I had hair to my bum that I chopped off - all of it. It was about an inch long all around. At the time I thought it was a good idea -- but it only took about two weeks for me to regret it. It's still growing back. I can't imagine shaving it completely. But... as I commented to my BF as we were watching... she's not shaving her head for a million bucks, she's shaving it for a BABY.

Joyce, you're amazing. You go, girl!

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Karen, me too! Twice in my life I've had really long hair and cut it on a whim, only to regret it shortly thereafter. It takes sooooooo long to grow it back, too, plus that awful in-between stage is so painful! I just don't think the guys understand what we go through (sorry, Jimmer!).

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I agree it was very emotional. I do question that it was all her natural hair, so it may not take THAT long to grow out so that she can have another weave if she wants.. but this takes little away from the sheer emotion of it.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL! I was looking at this thread a while ago and wondering if I should make another comment – but I see that some of you already know how I feel about this.

I just feel that it’s unfortunate that people and society place so much emphasis on a person's outward appearance.

But then again, as Babyjaxmom noted, I’m not a woman and I have no direct understanding of how woman feel about this.

I was watching the show a second time with my wife (as you can tell we are big TAR fans) and I said very confidently to her "You would have shaved your hair, wouldn’t you?" Her rather tentative response was "I think that I would have". (OOPS! ) Read that one wrong perhaps (though I still think she would do it).

Anyway, I’m very happy that Joyce did it because it shows that she has confidence in herself as a person – that she is more than just a pretty head of hair. I’m also happy because they seem like a nice couple and it would have probably been the end of the race for them if she hadn’t done it.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't tell that when a man starts losing his hair, he doesn't think 'damn' rather than 'oh well, this is just a natural part of aging'! LOL

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes but when most people lose their hair, they aren't getting a chance to win a million dollars by doing so - it's usually an involuntary process.