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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 11:38 pm
Aww, Dogdoc, I feel your pain. This was a pretty hopeless show. Many people cannot see how they look to others, even when they watch it on TV, It will always be bad editing. There are a few shows that give me hope in reality TV - Celebrity fit club where are 3/4 of the people really change thier lives. There have even been a few families that seemed to have thrived under the switch - I think one family was making plans to visit each other each summer. And then there are these choice people. I think that the key is if htey "want to teach' the other families, that is a red light flashing, but if they are in it for the adventure and what they can learn, it will be more pleasant.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, November 17, 2006 - 6:23 pm
Another two of America's most facinating familes swap lives. Where do they find these people????????????????????
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Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, November 17, 2006 - 11:36 pm
I find it funny that we saw nothing of the CA family's life. No visiting with neighbors, friends, job visits----- they didn't even allow their new mother into their home.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 6:05 pm
I thought that CA family was way too pretentious and the other family was just plain nuts. LOL I guess you can't be on this show unless you are NOT a normal family.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 6:48 pm
Twinkie, I think it's mandatory to have a nutcase lifestyle to qualify for this show.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 11:35 pm
wow Medieval Times is pretty violent. I wasnt surprised to see the Father's face getting whiter and whiter. He really did look sick. Hearing the crowd yelling KILL KILL! didnt do much for me either. The Wifeswap mom was a horsenut and I've known a few in my time. I do believe a fair amount of stuff IS cruelty to animals and I completely saw the Dad's point of view. As if ANY horse wants to gallop around in a saddle and FIGHT with others (loud yelling and clanking of steel) yes, an animal can be trained and desensitized BUT is that the same as the animal "wanting" to do the job? I thought the Medieval Family was wacko. I cant believe the kids wouldnt be horribly embarrassed at having to dress up. Missed the first hour and would have loved to see the Rich mom's face when she realized how nutty that family was. LOL
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 2:38 am
Sunshyne4u, she was in total dismay when she saw what they were like. She really did not like cleaning the horse stalls either. The medieval family was totally wacko but the other family was so superficial and shallow. That poor child they are raising ~ a Paris Hilton wanna be? I dunno but I thought they were awful. Not a word said about whether they thought they should do any good works with all the surplus money they have either. I grew up with lots of horses and I have to agree that type of 'horse play' would definitely traumatize a horse. Most horses do seem to love some work like herding but not all horses like to be trained/ridden. Some rodeo horses are made/trained to be mean on purpose and it makes me sick to see it.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:25 pm
OMG, I'm just now watching Wife Swap because I DVR'd it and that wacko Ramona is on it! She was the first person eliminated from HGTV's Design Star! LOL What a nutjob!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 6:46 am
That's it!!! I couldn't figure out where I knew her from. Judging by the way she decorated her house (she doesn't like anything to match), she should blow off becoming an interior designer.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 7:15 am
I seriously doubt she ever had a career as a designer except maybe in her head. No wonder she was the first one booted. Didn't she decorate a vacuum cleaner as her part of the first design? I know she drew the huge pic of the beauty queen on the wall.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 11:35 am
And how would she know about the HGTV Design Star contest? She doesn't have a TV in the house and from the looks of it, I didn't see a computer either. When you think about it, for someone who is proud of her alternative lifestyle (and we won't even go into her not washing and brushing her hair), I would think winning HGTV's Design Star would go against everything she "believed in."
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 1:23 pm
Yeah, I wondered that too. I think she is just a kook.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 11:57 am
Twinkie, I'm having issues. I can't get over how someone who doesn't have a TV end up on TWO reality shows!!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 1:21 pm
Yeah, isn't that the damnest thing, Lexie. I think she'll put on whatever kind of show she's asked to do and has probably signed up for lots of shows. I'd bet she HAD a TV and just faked it for wife swap. I think she's just a glutton for attention and will get it anyway she can. JMHO I could be wrong.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, January 15, 2007 - 5:42 pm
Anyone watch this show anymore? I was wondering if anyone saw the one with the lady covered in tatoos, including her head which was tatooed, and the super religious mom, wife of the minister. I don't know where they find these people, but that one mom was the weirdest looking with her whole body, esp. her head, covered in tatoos. And, they have to pick the most opposite of people to switch, just like the other show.
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Ecoop
Member
07-07-2005
| Monday, January 15, 2007 - 8:59 pm
Yes, Watching2, I saw that show. It's hard to imagine someone spending up to $35,000 in one year on tattoos. However, there didn't seem to be anything particularly wierd about their lifestyle other than this, at least the way it was edited. The tattoo'd mom had a great work ethic, their house was clean, and their kids seemed fairly normal. Stay at home dad is fine by me. The ultra-religious couple didn't come across as real for me, at least the dad. He certainly rolled over pretty quickly on the issue of his daughter going out with friends and dating. I think he may have exagerrated his position for the sake of inpact on the show.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 8:24 am
Tattoo mom seemed somewhat normal except for that stripper pole. I came into this episode a bit late so I didn't get the background on why they had that pole there? I don't mind tattoos even to the extreme of this mom. The religious mom seemed milder than a lot of the other religious folk that have been on in past episodes.
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Ecoop
Member
07-07-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 5:54 pm
The pole was just for fun, Lilfair. They were pretty open with their kids about sexuality. This thoroughly shocked the religious mom, but the kids didn't seem to be affected by it one way or the other.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 6:55 pm
Thanks, Ecoop! Just for fun....ok. Why not?
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 1:05 am
tattoo mom was a complete hippocrite. Her husband was extremely disrespectful and the way he was trying to incite the kids into denouncing religion PROVED he was not openminded in any way. I laughed at the final couple meetings when the Tattoo dad was being rude and asked his wife if she tried to stop the family from being religious....and she said NO!! and the Christian dad immediately said Yes you did. You made us take everything down and when the kids asked you told them that it was because there wasnt any such thing as God. She clammed up then. I felt the 'update' part of the show is quite staged. In this episode's update I noticed the Tattoo mom was feeling so threatened at the fact she truly WASNT openminded at all....she had FREE THINKER tattooed on her shoulder. That family is not anywhere close to an openminded free thinking family. Free thinking is not dismissing every religion in the world because you choose to be closeminded and convince yourself Atheism is 'the Only answer'. By the way, i also thought that the Christian family may have been exaggerating the prayers etc for the camera. Like they knew that the mom would be expecting them to portray a certain way. also, I'm not a prude but no way would I have let the girls leave the house in those skin tight tshirts/ minis Either. I agreed with dad on that one.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 1:07 am
They were pretty open with their kids about sexuality. This thoroughly shocked the religious mom, but the kids didn't seem to be affected by it one way or the other. really? We dont know if it did or not. Children who are introduced to sexuality quite early in life can end up 'experimenting' very early as well- loosing virginity 10-12 yrs old. I'm not sure we can make any judgements. just saying
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Ecoop
Member
07-07-2005
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 8:38 am
You have a point, Sun. Even minor incidents can impact a child in ways that affect their later years and in ways that parents cannot even anticipate. The tattoo mom's attitude appears to be rebellion against her strict Mormon upbringing.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 10:24 pm
She was definitely rebelling against her strict Mormon upbringing. That was so obvious it just about hit you in the face! It's been a while since it was on now so I don't remember all of it, but there were some things the atheist parents said and did in front of their kids which made me raise an eyebrow or two! I'm no prude and talked and talked to my kids in any way which seemed appropriate or accepting by them at whatever stage they were at in life. We can pretty much discuss anything, but I wouldn't have had my friends acting out sexually in front of them. I don't think I'd want to watch my friends acting out sexually in front of ME!!! LOL It was more than the pole, but I can't remember now! I thought the "religious" family was very caricature-like. The "man rule" was just ridiculous!! I would have wanted to bop that guy upside the head!! I do think they encourage them to act very extreme for dramatic effect. It would be totally boring if there wasn't some drama!
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Survivoraddict
Member
09-02-2005
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:12 pm
Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was brought up LDS???? I missed part of the show obviously!!!! I am LDS and I've never seen anyone fall that far from the wagon, so to speak.
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 11:07 pm
I saw just parts of either Wife Swap or Trading Spouses which had a family of health and exercise fanatics changing with a family of dwarfs, and the little woman was feeding candy to the exercise children and trying to get them to have some fun and she torn down some nearly-naked photos of the wife. Which show was that and is it all over with?
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