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Zeno39
Member
11-09-2002
| Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 10:21 pm
You all are going to hate me, but I thought the boy was obnoxious. If he talks to his mother that way, then something is wrong. Children should be taught to respect their parents, and others, not to sass and say mean things to them. She (the mother) said that he was going to be a handful at the beginning of the show. Why doesn't she discipline him instead of letting him get away with his actions? One of my daughters is a vegetarian, but she could care less about what other people eat. She does not force her ideas on other people. Besides, there are foods now made for vegans which taste like meat, but aren't. At least, in Seattle, she can find these foods. I don't know about anywhere else, because I haven't been interested enough to check. These two women were a bad choice to put together. I blame the network- but that is what they do. They enjoy getting a rise out of people such as us, as well as the people on the show. Personally, I didn't like either one of them. I think their husbands were more mature than they were. JMO
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Bearlee
Member
05-18-2005
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 9:02 am
I think the problem that the Vegan mom's family had with her eating it is that she was the one who forced the family into this lifestyle. They said she changed to vegan and had not eaten any meat since before the daughter was born. I think the way she went about preaching to her family is what upset them so much that she would think nothing of eating the meat. I think she played it off as not being a big deal.
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Jennabeesmommy
Member
06-06-2004
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 6:45 pm
That vegan mom came off as a big hypocrite, and very spoiled. It was all about her, and screw everyone else. Then she was trying to help ZZ with his homework and she was doing it wrong and insisting that she was right. The know-it-all thing drove me bonkers, too. That's a personal pet peeve, anyway.
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Metoo
Member
02-22-2005
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 9:57 am
I missed seeing this show the first time it was shown. I saw part one last week and from all of your comments I'm really looking forward to seeing this tonight. Thanks for the "heads-up".
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 3:27 pm
I loved the kid but think he drinks too much soda and is on the fast track to becoming an adult diabetic. I would never let my children drink caffeinated soft drinks at that age. The vegan lady is mean to him in part two of this show if I remember correctly. I wanted to smack her and I am not a violent person.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 3:40 pm
Yeah! It's on tonight and I can't wait.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 6:38 pm
I'm ready to jump right through my TV and strangle Vegan mom! And her hoity toity friends back home!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 6:42 pm
I missed the first 15 minutes, but the next ten were hysterical! "Soy burgers prevent cancer, regular burgers cause it," and cut to vegan Mom lighting up a cigarette. After seeing her in tears over the animal rights movie, cut to a shot of her almost strangling the dog while trying to push its face in its pee.
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Jennabeesmommy
Member
06-06-2004
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 6:49 pm
OMG! I knew this woman was a whack job, but I forgot how truly screwy she really was. What a hypocrite! Real burgers give you cancer, but let me light up a cancer stick. And what a smart person she is, she can spell monkies! Did they teach her that in those parenting classes she took?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 6:51 pm
She's taken a few parenting lessons. hpmf. She needs lessons in how to be a decent human being. She's just downright mean.
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Jennabeesmommy
Member
06-06-2004
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 6:57 pm
What??? People in Louisiana are behind people from California? OMG! Diana had way more respect for Barbara's family then Barbara had for hers. And ZZ was depressed because he was missing his mom, not because he has bad parents. I thought the dad was wonderful, especially when he was crying. Barbara was acting mad because the dad was comforting ZZ. I hope she used some of that 50k for compassion classes.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:02 pm
I love the cajun family and who does she think she is to act so high and mighty? She's a great example of who not to be when you grow up.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:12 pm
Surely she's mortified after watching herself.
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Jennabeesmommy
Member
06-06-2004
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:13 pm
I noticed, too, that Barbara was talking about ZZ being whiny, but her kids were way whinier than he was. I loved the Cajun family, too, Twinkie. Especially the dad. If Diana ever gets sick of him she can send him to my house. LoL!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:22 pm
^5, Jenna! LOL
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:24 pm
When did lions become vegetarians? (Didn't she said she felt would feel worse about eating vegetarian animals like cows or lions than she would alligators?) She talks about ZZ being depressed because he doesn't get to spend enough time with his Mom, but then she cuts her daughter off from talking not once but twice. The snide side of me wonders if those parenting classes were court-ordered...
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Jennabeesmommy
Member
06-06-2004
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:32 pm
No, but they might be soon. Did you see where she almost hit the daughter when she cut her off? She shoved her hand right in her face and tried to push her away a couple times. I hope the husband files for divorce. He seemed pretty disgusted at the end.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:39 pm
I wonder when this show was taped? A year ago or more? I really wish there would be a follow up show with a lot of these families.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 8:07 pm
that was a little too disturbing for my taste. ZZ seems so grown up for his age. i really enjoyed the cajun family. i feel sorry for the vegans and not because they dont eat meat. butter wouldnt melt in vegan mom's mouth anyway.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 9:10 pm
The snide side of me wonders if those parenting classes were court-ordered... ROFL!!! I was astounded to learn that lions were vegetarians, too. 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 9:29 pm
I saw it the first time. And what I remember is the end when vegan mom was so mean to little Lucy. Lucy was so excited about helping decide/give her opinion about how the $$ s/b spent and vegan mom was sooo mean to her. My heart just got so sad for her...
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:21 pm
OMG! I am so pissed at that "Vegan" mom. The way she treated ZZ who I thought was a wonderful little guy. Did anybody think Barbara was flirting with Diago? Brushing his hair, having him pull her chair out, ugh! Her husband is scared to death of her and hopefully disgusted. Her own son looked at her like she was out of her mind when she started to cry when reading how Diana spent their money. I hope Barbara watched herself on tv and realizes how badly she has treated her own family. I also hope that Diana, Diago and ZZ can forget that rude woman that briefly came into their lives. ok rant over, but still... ok really I'm done.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:24 pm
One more thing, Zeno, I don't hate you for saying that you thought ZZ was obnoxious but I don't agree with you one bit. He is perfect mixture of his mom and dad with a sense of humor that is beyond his years. I also love Lucy and would bet that is one little girl that will give her mom a run for her money.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:28 pm
Also Zeno, I think that children should be taught to stand up for themselves and that the adults even mom and dad should earn their respect. I didn't think he was disrespectful. Their culture is very flambouyant and some might misread that.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 9:15 am
ZZ is a natural comedian. I loved the comment, "A frog is a frog, but a dog is man's best friend." The vegan lady made a complete fool of herself.
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