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Moderator
Moderator
06-30-2002
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 4:55 pm
Just a friendly reminder to be careful of the namecalling. I realize it is hard to remember the names of these people from episode to episode, but we can't allow the nicknames to continue. Please choose a haircolor, call them #1 and #2, their city/state location, or something else that does not carry the derrogatory implications. Thanks! TVCH Mods (nd)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 5:14 pm
some people think blonde is a derrogatory comment 
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Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 8:49 pm
She thought it was an inseminator, but it actually was just a syringe, probably with vaccine in it.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, October 22, 2004 - 8:29 am
Yes, definitely not long enough for what she thought it was! I am still loving this show... Both families seemed to benefit from the experience, which is the pay-off for me.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, October 22, 2004 - 9:56 am
Sorry mods! Thanks for the friendly reminder! Well, I am glad to hear that it was a syringe and not an inseminator! That would have been totally gross! Thanks for the answers.
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Xena
Member
10-14-2004
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 7:31 am
I like to see ignorant people become a little less ignorant. The show from last week had the most drama for me. The earth lady almost went totally psycho on the other wife. On this past episode I can't believe how much work that poor man had to do. Atleast his kids came to their senses and gave their dad a hand,although they deserve a break too.
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 8:03 am
TIME CHANGE ALERT!! For people that record with VCR (it's automatic with TIVO) Wife Swap will start at 2 minutes after the hour, and end on the hour. 
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 4:50 pm
Let me try this again...if it double posts, I'm sorry. I got a "Cookie Hash" error. (I don't know what that kind of hash means...hmmm.) Last week's show with the NY farm wife and the snoot from Memphis, Tn was the first episode I have seen of this show. I'm a bit confused on what the premise is...is it just for the experience of the swap? Over on Trading Spouses, the goal is the "prize" of the money and the "twist" of how it is spent. I didn't see any "prize" on last week's episode. Can somebody clear the fluff from between my ears and getting my thinking clear?
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 8:21 pm
There doesn't appear to be any financial reward to the participants on this show. They supposedly do it for the joy of the experience, but my gut reaction is they do it to get on TV. The FOX version that aired during the summer, Trading Spouses, DID have a $50,000 prize for each family.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 8:54 am
Can someone recap for me what the changes were that occurred after the families got back to normal. My VCR didn't tape long enough and I missed the final minute. I did see that the clean-freak mom was more appreciated and her daughter was helping do the cleaning. Also her son was dressing himself. I didn't see what happened in the hippy house.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 8:57 am
the hippies hired a house cleaner!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 9:36 am
And got married as they have done in many previous lives.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 10:30 am
LOL! Thanks! I really liked the hippy woman, but her husband would have driven me nuts! She seemed to be very kind and open. But the 2 hours of meditation every day?! Wish I had time to spare like that. Oh wait, maybe that 2 hours I spend vegged in front of the TV is my meditation. I really felt bad for the cleaning daughter. How awful to feel so compulsive about cleaning that you can't function if there is a spec of dust in the corner. The mother in law was just TOO much. She needs to relax a bit. Right after my daughter was born I had an older lady tell me "I wish I had spent more time playing with my kids and less time cleaning." I say here, here!
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 4:04 pm
Cathie writes...The FOX version that aired during the summer, Trading Spouses, DID have a $50,000 prize for each family. ****** If you like the Fox version of Trading Spouses, it is still gonna be on. I believe the new episodes start next week or the week after. They changed the night from Tuesday to Monday.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 5:30 pm
next week
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, October 29, 2004 - 3:28 pm
Wife Swap is a BRITISH show idea which has been 'redone' by the USA. Of course, as Wife Swap was so successful in UK, the other network decided to start doing Trading Spouses to compete. Unfortunately, Trading Spouses started showing on TV first. Now we are comparing the two shows LOL. I, myself, Prefer Trading Spouses. At least they get some kind of reward for the disruption in their lives. Wife Swap seems to be ALL about disruption and conflict. I HATE how the camera people always stick the camera in the kids faces and interview them after the RULES Changes. The Kids often swear and badmouth, ranting and raving. My only hope is that something TRULY legitimate comes out in the end. My stomach turned when the producers put the animal activist in a Hunters house with dead animals mounted all over. That kind of sensationalism is offensive to me. HOWEVER!! I was shocked by the very end of the show when the family said that they were NOW going to be vegetarian!! so maybe something good DID come out of it.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, October 29, 2004 - 4:40 pm
I think some good things did come out of the past show...most importantly that poor boy (the son of the cleaning fanatic)gaining some self esteem and independence and confidence. He was beside himself about having to pick out his own clothes and do his own hair. (new rules by the hippie mom) It was sad to see him so upset. I don't know how old he was, I would guess he was about 10. All that crying, he was sure he couldn't pick out his own clothes. It was heartwarming that his sister comforted him by telling him she wouldn't let him pick out mismatched clothes...or something like that. He was afraid he'd look stupid. (I think he even used the word stupid.) He seemed much more self confident at the end of the show when he told the camera that he was now picking out his own clothes and doing his own hair. I did like that he stuck up for himself on the point that the new mom never said in her rules that she had to pick out what he was going to read. I felt so bad for him that he was so frustrated about reading what she wanted him to read, I didn't feel he was back-talking at all. I was sad and frustrated for him that his dad not only didn't stick up for him (as he pointed out to his dad) but that his dad almost doubled his reading time. The hippie dad seems very nice but clueless. He really thought the cleaning mom's tears were tears of joy! She was frustrated and miserable! I think he is too laid back. I wonder if his kids are ever late for school. I'm glad the cleaning fanatic's husband appreciates all the work she does a bit more. However, cleaning 5 hr a day is just too much. There is more to life. She could be doing so many productive things if she gave up 4 of those hr to work, do a craft, volunteer somewhere, whatever. I am wondering if she has OCD.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, October 29, 2004 - 7:38 pm
LOL, Happymom, I agree with all that you posted. I was thinking she must have OCD too. She needs some prozac or something. Who cleans under a radiator every other day? The hippies ate much healthier and were all slim. That father was way too laid back. The Stallones were all a bit chubby except for the father. She may have been perfect in her quest for getting rid of the dirt, but she let her son get to that unhealthy weight. I am glad he gained confidence and a little more independence in the end.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 2:00 pm
If you clean clean clean and are always thinking about the next thing you NEED to do, the kids get neglected. Neither of the two kids seemed very happy. Both were overweight and were more concerned about the housework than missing their mom. Did they even ONCE mention their mom without talking about what she would do after coming back and seeing the house?? The cosmic family was much happier and wellbalanced. Unfortunately, the few people I know who have a dirty house like She did, also have mental conditions and just plain dont notice. I truly feel it is neglect to raise children in filthy conditions but when we compare ourselves to other places in the world, our standards are really too high. IMO
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:06 am
No one watched this last night?! It was Fitness Wife vs Fast Food Wife
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Floridagirl1010
Member
07-29-2003
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:16 am
I watched it! I thought the fitness wife did alot of good to that family and the other wife interfered in an area that they work so hard at FITNESS and Sports! Hello?? The kids don't need to stop sports...why? That is a goal and a good one. I missed a little of it but was able to catch the last half. However, I saw the family on our News station here and the fast food wife was ticked over the editing and was really funny! She said that when she met the fitness wife she knew how the editing was going to go and was really upset. The kids couldn't stand the fitness wife and even said that she didn't bring pictures of her family just pictures of herself...the kids were really cute and very funny describing the whole thing. When asked if they would do it again they said NO! LOL!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:19 am
OH SHOOT!!! I missed it! I hope someone shows it again, being in Canada, sometimes we get the double shot... if anybody knows please tell 
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:24 am
I agree that the fitness wife did them good but she was a pain from what I saw. And I got the impression she looked down on them. I also got the feeling when the reunion took place that there was a certain something lacking from the fitness couple exchange. Might just be me but the whole family seemed to lack a deep emotional level to thier interaction. As for the "fast food wife", From what I figured the boys life consisted of chores then off to sports. Perhaps her best route would have been to let them sleep in then go to sports if they chose to and add in some family fun time "non-competative type". But you got to give her "thumbs-up" for the effort she put into keeping the fitness moms schedule. GEEZ I would have dropped dead. But the worst for me was the fitness hubby, what a pain in the bahootie.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:57 am
I didn't like that the non fitness wife took away the sports from the 3 boys in the other family. I thought that was just wrong...especially if it can have future ramifications such as the dad mentioned when he spoke of one of the sons trying out for high school football. Good for the non fitness wife for keeping the workout schedule of the fitness wife!!! I didn't like the fitness dad. I thought he was mean to the other wife and seemed to really smirk when mentioning cleaning up after the dog. He did not participate in this much. He didn't follow the rules. I like that the non fitness wife said something about niceness being underrated in society now. I agree with her, being nice is important. I like that the non fitness family is now working out and eating healthy food. I think the fitness wife was mostly a good influence on that family. I did think she came across as overbearing and offensive when the relatives were over. I did not like when she was yelling at the 10 yr. old about getting up in the morning and he could have his choice of being woken up by yelling or listening to a whistle! He was very mature when he pointed out that he could just set his alarm. Good for him! I wonder if the non fitness wife had an evening circle with the sports family. If so, I wish they had shown it. I thought the non fitness wife was kind and had such a pretty face. At the end, when the two couples were at the table, I thought the fitness wife was trying to hide her tears from her husband.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 11:04 am
The fitness wife/husband drove me crazy!!!! I loved when she was preaching to the guests at the family party that breakfast was the most important meal of the day and one of ladies said 'gee, thanks for sharing that!" LOL It killed me that the 'fast food' kids seemed to really respond to her rules so well. ;) I was glad to see them changing their habits though. I so felt for the non fitness mom doing that work out routine. Did you see how red her face was? The fitness dad was a <el>!! And those kids were really non entities in the episode. A girlfriend called me who really doesn't watch all that much tv (one of THOSE people!!) and said "I am bored, anything good on tv..what's this wife swap show???" Well, she is hooked now!!!! Welcome to the bottom with the rest of us! 
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