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Julieboo
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02-05-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 6:35 am
Mods: Can you move all posts from the Trading Spouses thread that pertain to WS into here? (That would be all posts after 7:13pm 9/26)
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:00 am
Wow, this show was fairly interesting. What city did this family live in that allowed them to have 25 pets?? I missed the first few minutes -- did they tell you what all the pets were? I can only imagine how bad that house smelled if the pets were allowed to poop inside. I'm not a neat freak but that really crossed the line for me (because if they're pooping, they're also peeing which can be really stinky!) That said, I think the kids probably had a happier life in the animal house than the kids in the anal-retentive house. Can you imagine how hard it would be to please parents who critique how you lay placemats on a table? Yikes. I really hope the strict mom loosened up a bit, for her kid's sake. And I hope the wild mom learned to clean a bit. (I can't blame her at all for being so angry at the meeting after having the other women talk about how dirty her house was and then find out she shipped the animals away.) I'll watch this again to see what other polar opposites they trade. Makes me wonder what kind of a person they'd trade me for -- I like to think I'm a happy medium.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:09 am
At first I totally liked the animal mom and disliked the anal one. But by the end of the show I pretty much switched.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:10 am
Ketchuplover Member 08-30-2000 Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 7:13 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just saw a kangaroo in a house! Reader234 Member 08-13-2000 Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 7:25 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ what is the reward for the abc people? at least in the fox families they could say 7 days, $50,000... now I just said this to dh, and well, lets just say he aint buyin selling out our family for 7G's a day! (yeah dh!) Reader234 Member 08-13-2000 Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 7:27 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BTW Julie, I saw Oprah and 2 families, did you? They werent the same families that are on tonight, it was amazing how the dairy farmer (I give so much credit to farmers btw) who broke down, but did he realize how his fammily was perceived as being used as "slave" labor? Marysafan Member 08-07-2000 Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 8:24 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I enjoyed tonight's episode of "Wife Swap". I found it interesting that the "uptight" wife was able to learn from the experience and make changes to improve her family life. While the other wife chose to be insulted and not only wouldn't open herself up to making any changes, but rather became even more convinced of how wonderful she was. It's too bad, because her family is the real loser. Maybe after it airs, she will see some things she could improve...but I doubt it. Hippyt Member 06-15-2001 Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 8:28 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was a wallaby,KL. This show was interesting. Interesting, and maybe not in a good way. Lkunkel Member 10-29-2003 Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 11:37 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The reward for the ABC show is personal growth. No money purportedly exchanges hands. I did find that I liked the pace of this one much better. It's editing is better, you actually see them setting up new rules and taking charge, and,in general, it is just so much better edited. I like that there is a face-to-face meeting with BOTH spouses present. That strikes me as important. I'll continue to watch it. I am glad they wrap up the family in one episode and the couple meet. I wasn't thrilled when she got rid of the animals--especially the boy's parrot--but at least it wasn't permanent. I wonder how much boarding cost. Julieboo Member 02-05-2002 Monday, September 27, 2004 - 6:33 am ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FYI for everyone, the show that was on last night on ABC was WifeSwap, not Trading Spouses. I wish WifeSwap were two hours long like TS is. Mary, I totally agree with you about Bambi-she totally closed her mind. At least the cleaner mom did loosen up. I loved how she was with the cat by the end. I'm sure the boarding was expensive, but I don't think that matters. I am a total animal lover, but even i thought 25+ was too much. It wouldn't have been so bad if the animals were housebroken. I think they should get rid of any animal (like a prairie dog and wallaby) if they can't housebreak it. I also think they kids should have a set bedtime. The 2 year old looked a lot older. maybe it was the wild hair. Woofy Member 08-09-2001 Monday, September 27, 2004 - 8:40 am ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drinking coffee though straws! Oh My GAWD!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:19 am
I really wasn't impressed with this show. I didn't think it was nearly as funny as Trading Spouses and in my opinion both Moms had major issues. I do hope uptight Mom loosened up a little (she seemed to be trying) and that the other Dad became a better parent.
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Marysafan
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08-07-2000
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:45 am
I saw a brief couple of minutes this morning of Oprah after the Show. They showed Caprice in the audience and she was asked if she had had any more contact with the family. She said that she had not because she knows that Bambi doesn't want any...but that she (Caprice) would like to know how the husband and children are doing. I think that Bambi enjoyed her life as it was. She didn't want to take on any more of the family responsibilities and I think she was frightened that hubby might want her to take on more than she had been doing. I was glad to see Mr. Pitts realize that he needed to be more of a parent...but he shouldn't be expecting any help from Bambi in that area...she clearly wanted no part of that. I would also hope that he would be able to convince her that the household could function just fine (even better) without that many animals. But Bambi didn't seem to be open to any suggestions.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 10:02 am
I wasn't impressed with it either. It was like take two crazy people and watch them twist. Crazy animal mom versus crazy OCD mom. How long did they have to search to find these two? Trading Spouses is much better,imho.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 10:53 am
How much time did the wives have during their swap? Just 2 weeks? I wish I had seen it from the beginning. I think I only got the last 40 minutes. It seems like it would be easier to get uptight, pretty obedient people to "let loose" (Bambi's mission) than to get relaxed, more undisciplined people to tighten up their ship (Caprice's mission). They were both extremes but I couldn't believe how self-congratulatory Bambi was. Caprice was really uptight but at least she acknowledged that not everyone would think her way was the right way.
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 11:21 am
I was amazed at the changes Caprice made! Wasn't it nice to see her petting the kitten? I bet her children are delighted. It was sad to see Bambi's easy-going style is totally rigid ... I thought she seemed to have a lot of insight as she made some changes at the neat house, but when any changes were suggested for her, she couldn't deal with it.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 12:22 pm
Hooty, I did think that Caprice's change was very sweet-- She even seemed to have a softer, happier look at the end, I thought. Bambi was so judgmental for being so easygoing-- She couldn't even accept the idea that the odor of all the pets might be considered objectionable. She just kept saying, "They're family!"-- Well, your children are your family too, and you potty-trained them! Ugh.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 12:38 pm
Good one Kimmo!!!
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 12:58 pm
Oh, no, Julie, I'm potty-training obsessed! I didn't even realize my train of thought had crossed threads until now.... 
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 2:11 pm
LOL!!!! Kimmo!!!!!! I thought it was so funny how she even had the kitty in her bed and was comfortable about it. The other lady was like, "i like the table but I wanted it standing the other way" it was like she was going out of her way to be negative! I loved the uptight one's son. "my mom now let's me do.....pretty much anything" that was great! It must be hard to have someone come in and be al judgemental about your lifestyle. My MIL and mom do it now and they get the 3rd degree, imagine a stranger!!!!!!!!!! My heart went out to the 2 yr old when she was screaming as they were laying her down to bed. She was so upset!!!!!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 3:18 pm
I liked WS in a way more so than TS. TS is completely Fox’ed out…which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s a farce with the money coercion and more trashy. If it’s true there is no money involved WS is more of a look see into the workings of 2 different families. I think money tends to skew some of the families on TS. Anyway….OMG that anal retentive wife seriously got on my nerves. Not because of her cleaning obsession but because she’s inflicting that no noise rule on her teenaged sons. That is just not normal to silence your children like that. But as the show went on I thought she redeemed herself a bit by realizing that she needed to change a little bit. Animal mom is a freakoid by letting her animals make in the house. Hey, I’m a big ole animal lover and have 2 dogs. But guess what they don’t make doo doo in my house and if they did we’d fix it, pronto. My observation from last nights show was…where were the backbones of the husbands? They sure let their wives dictate everything. Well I enjoyed this voyeuristic jaunt and looking forward to the next. ;)
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 4:20 pm
Danz, I agree about how petty Bambi was about the table. I am still thinking about how she totally didn't respond to Caprice telling her how bad her house smelled....I know no one wants to hear criticism about their housekeeping, but it seemed like she completely escalated her hatred of Caprice throwing the animals out to somehow obscure the whole point that her house was not as clean as it could be. I was also shocked about letting the cat on the bed! I would have thought allowing that would be a long way down the road. It must have been weird for the 2-year old-- The cameras, a different woman in the house, etc. I can't believe Caprice really thought it would work to just suddenly put the girl to bed like that, she was just making a point. But I also thought the girl was just really angry, not traumatized/upset. I guess the dad wouldn't know the difference if they have always let the girl have her way.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 6:07 pm
A bit more from Caprice on Oprah after the show. She told how great this opportunity was for her to grow. She said it completely changed her life for the better. First with her children because she realized that it just wasn't right for her to treat them the way she had been treating them, especially the 16 year old because it wasn't working anyway. Secondly, one of the first things she did was to have a party and invite her closest friends. Friends take energy that she wasn't willing to spend...so she had been isolating herself in her house. She apologized to all her friends and asked them to accept her back assuring them that she had loosened up considerably. They kept the cat...and Caprice LOVES the cat. All of Bambi's animals spent 5 days at a pet spa being groomed and pampered. Caprice says that Bambi probably didn't come on the show because Bambi was afraid of how she was going to be portrayed, but Caprice thought that Bambi was portrayed in a pretty good light overall. Caprice's husband said that this was really good for getting them out of the their comfort zone and now they are more willing to try new things and push their limits a little more. He seemed to be very happy with the changes in Caprice also.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 6:19 pm
Thanks Mary!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 7:43 pm
Thanks Marysafan! I enjoyed your recap. I'm happy that Caprise and her family are chilling out a bit. I think she was right about why Bambi declined the show.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 7:53 pm
Thanks Mary, but about their parrot - was I the only one that saw that it was plucking its feathers out? I wonder if any parrot rescue groups called to step in? Its such a sign of stress... and a possible sign of neglect... parrots want a lot of attention
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 7:53 pm
I'm watching Trading Spouses right now (this is the second time) and I can honestly say I was more entertained by Wife Swap. Maybe it was the extreme personalities on that show that made it more interesting. I also liked the way the mom had to follow the house rules for 1 week and then got to impose her rules for 1 week. I'm wondering why others think Trading Spouses is so much better? Thanks Marysafan -- I'm glad to hear Caprice and her husband lightened up.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 8:06 pm
I really admire Caprice for looking at things and being willing to change. Sometimes you get so that you can't see the forest for the trees. Guess this break was so good for her because she nows sees the forest, and was open to making changes.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 8:18 am
WifeSwap moms are gonna be on the View today (the ones from tonight's show) rich spoiled mom and log cutter bus driver.
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Sweetest_thang
Member
09-28-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 8:27 am
I really do like WS better than TS. Simply because the wives and family seem to get more out of it personally, than monitarily. It's refreshing to see people grow from their experiences and just doing it for the $$. I can't wait until the next episode!
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Sweetest_thang
Member
09-28-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 8:28 am
Ok I meant to say It's refreshing to see people grow from their experiences and not just doing it for the $$ Sheesh.. I need a vacation!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 8:41 am
Oh, but did you see TS last night? I think both families got a LOT out of the experience.
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