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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 9:24 am
I am praying for the whole family. I think the whole family needs all the prayers they can get. I am sure that both Kate and Jon have made their share of mistakes throughout the whole marraige. I pray that that they all find peace and both Jon and Kate can be civil to each other and friendly to each other for the sake of the 8 children that they do have together. I pray that the children know that their parents love them and that is why they brought them into this world.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 9:28 am
I just hope people will let this family alone for a bit. Seems like too many are obsessed with every move they make and are too "into" the kids. I hope this hiatus give J&K breathing time and they finally come to their senses and take this show off the air!!
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Mgmriver
Member
04-27-2009
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:03 am
This hiatus is so they can get their legal duckies in a row. Faulting editing is always a cop out from taking responsibility for ones actions. And yes, everyone is open to scrutiney when they put themselves and thier kids lives on TV for a paycheck. Not so sure the kiddies were born from love as much as from Kate nagging Jon to have more kids and Jon not being able to say no.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:51 am
just because Jon may not love Kate does not mean he does not love the kids. I just hope they can be nice to each other for the sake of the kids. He does not have to live with her anymore.
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Mgmriver
Member
04-27-2009
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 11:32 am
No one ever said Jon doesn't love the kids, that's obvious.
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 2:16 pm
Let's start a foot about going barefoot, okay? Since we've discussed the fact that Kate's feet appear to be dirty, I want to focus now on the fact that in some cultures it's considered an insult to show someone the soles of your shoes. Does that go for showing someone the bottoms of your bare feet? Just curious.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 2:45 pm
My understanding is yes. When we visited temples in Thailand, you go in barefoot and it is considered rude to point your feet out in front of you, toward someone. You're supposed to have them pointed back behind you. I didn't understand all the feet rules for sure. Bad to wear shoes in the house, but also bad to go barefoot outside.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 2:52 pm
Yep, I gather some took offense when Obama was photgraphed with his feet (in shoes) were up on a desk or something and the photograph showed the soles. Don't think he was or Kate was, trying to offend anyone.. sometimes a propped up foot is just a propped up foot.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:08 pm
Maybe, just maybe ,it was not nice of me but what the heck...........When the guy threw the shoe or shoes at former President G.W Bush and he ducked........... I rolled with laughter. Ole George was quick on his feet.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:41 pm
Marameko -- I think that was one of the only moments I enjoyed Bush! One more thing I remember about Thailand: at one of the temples we visited you couldn't walk around the grounds with open toe shoes, if you didn't have appropriate shoes, they gave you some to wear, plastic flats like a Barbie would wear. Also, they'd give you a skirt to wear if you didn't have one and a shirt to wear if you had on sleeveless. Thankfully I had on all the proper gear. My sister had to wear the shoes. Ick!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 6:02 am
And, God help you if you go to England and your name is Fanny.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 7:39 am
Since I've not seen all of the shows and only started watching lately, does Kate need to have the kids wear matching clothes all the time? The show I watched yesterday, some of the kids got gum on their clothes. She said something like most people would just throw the garment out but in her case it would mean throwing 6 garments out. WHY? Do those kids ever get to pick what they want to wear even if it doesn't match the others? It's cute when they are little, but they are getting older now and must have their own likes and dislikes. Do the twins always dress alike?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 8:15 am
I catch this show very seldom, but I KNOW for sure that Kate has problems with anyone else deciding about anything. So I would guess that the kids having chances to pick their own outfits would be slim to none!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 8:57 am
Fanny not so good in Australia or New Zealand.. same with Fanny Pack.. and you don't want to say you are "rooting" for a team, either. I suspect that when they start washing their own clothes, they will get more of a choice. And of course some multiples WANT to dress alike.. I don't remember having lots of choice at that age.. mom did the washing and the ironing and the choosing. Later.. different story of course. Funny, I just grew up with my mom wanting to dress us nicely and having a schedule for stuff like lunch and it wasn't until 30 years down the road when I went back to Michigan on a business trip and got together with my best friend from pre HS days and she said she always loved it when my mom would invite them to have lunch with us, said we were so lucky because we got consistent meals and that at her house it was really haphazard.. not that they weren't fed, they were, but nothing was stable. I hadn't particularly valued that in my childhood and was surprised that my friend had craved that. Anyway, guess I wouldn't convict Kate of a crime for dressing her kids the way she wants, for now. I don't see the twins being opinionless, for sure. And they weren't forced into activities alike. Cara and Mady tried skiing.. Cara loved it and has gone again. Cara.. didn't and certainly wasn't forced to go again. Cara got the rollerblades, Mady not.. Mady got her ears pierced.. Cara didn't want that at that time. One 'tup was able to not use training wheels, and that was okay. And the best to me was just waiting to potty train the boys, realizing that boys just take longer or start later and that sure avoided a whole bunch of aggravation all round. I've seen many times where parents want their kids to reach milestones and push them really hard to do so when it is pretty clear they are just not ready. (uh, wondering how much choice the Duggar kids get on how they dress? )
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 9:10 am
She has stated in early episodes that she dresses them alike for a few different reasons. First,so she can spot them easily when they go somewhere,secondly because it makes matching easier and laundry easier.And I too for that matter,dressed my daughters alike when they were younger.They are irish twins,and believe me,it was WAY easier to dress them alike and avoid the fights what would ensue if I had not. Plus they were just so darn cute!! On Table for 12,the mom doesn't dress the Tups alike,but they have 2 sets of twins that are older,and they have the benefit of hand me downs. If you have ever watched SuperQuads about the Mathias quads,their mom dresses them all alike as well. I think it's just easier. Was for me anyway.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 9:18 am
I got no hand me downs.. small family and I had two cousins, both older and both tall males.. and not local. My mom bought cute dresses but she also made sure that they got handed down to neighbor kids and one girl who was younger and also small enough benefitted greatly.. her mom was stoked because this was their surprise third child (my mom wasn't the youngest of moms but Susie's dad was 7 years older than my mom.. they had the same Friday the 13th of November birthday but 7 years apart) and they had two older, out of the house sons, so no hand me downs for her. I do remember that they had a very neat thing for ice skates.. a skate exchange and we were able to get very nice used skates and you could later exchange them if your feet grew.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 11:14 am
I hated when Kate MADE Colin (or might have been Joel) stay seated on the kiddie potty until he "went." That is just plain wrong. She said he had to stay there all day if that is how long it took and the other kids got to play. That is not the way to potty train.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 12:21 pm
Dressed alike or not, throwing away six outfits because one is ruined is just silly. Use the other five outfits as play around the house clothes. When they are little it is cute that they dress alike. When my kids were too young to know how hokey it was, I'd make a shirt for my son and a dress for my daughter out of the same fabric. When they see photos of it, they give me the evil eye, but at the time it was cute.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 12:48 pm
I think her dressing the kids alike could have paid her big dividends should one of them ever have gotten lost. Can you imagine trying to remember what each one had on...scheesh!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 4:22 pm
Mamab, my mom used to sew for my two older sisters and use the "leftovers" to sew a skirt or something for me. Not totally matching outfits, but I actually thought it was cool that I had something that matched my much older (7 and 9 years) sisters. 
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 5:01 pm
I think dressing them alike is the least of their worries or not a flaw to be concerned about. For one thing, none of us really know how many "gifts" they get to wear to showcase on the show. If you got 6 matching outfits sent to you why would you not use them.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 5:59 pm
Amen Stacy,Amen.. Please,someone send my kids 6 free outfits? LOL!! 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 6:01 pm
If you got 6 matching outfits sent to you why would you not use them. I "think" that Mamabatsy's point is not about why are the Gosselin tups dressed alike, but the comment that Kate made that if ONE outfit was ruined all SIX outfits had to be thrown away. Even tho I have watched that episode a few times, I never realized she made this comment. I think for trips outside the house it is indeed beneficial to dress the tups alike, or similar, so it's easier to spot one if he/she wonders away from the group. At least while they are young. Around the house - when filming isn't being done I guess because I can see the producers liking the tups to be dressed alike for the show - I don't see the need to make sure everybody matches. But some people are just that way, no matter who is going to see them or if nobody is going to see them, they have to be "perfect". I had a roommate like that. Annoyed the shit outta be at times. She was a good egg tho. Throwing away 5 good outfits because 1 matching one has been ruined wouldn't be something I would do personally. And just because she made the comment doesn't mean she would really do it. She could have just been very upset and blowing off some steam. [OK so she WAS very upset and could have just been blowing off steam.] I mean just this morning I threated to cut my hubby's pickle off if he didn't quit annoying me. I was serious at the time, but his pickle is still safely attached at this time. I have seen the tups dressed differently, esp the boys, but usually its when they are at home and not going anywhere.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 6:17 pm
I agree, I did not hear the comment or realize it was ever said, but throwing them away would be a shame. Again there is a lot that makes me crazy about these parents but dressing the kids same isn't one of them for me personally. Also, when the twins come home from school, I have not seen them dressed alike in a long time, my guess is they don't want to and she doesn't care. Kate at one time seemed very frugal ( maybe she still is) but she is also charitable, so I would have to think at worse case scenario she would donate 5 outfits. I bet they get stuff sent to them all the time truthfully, they are a marketing dream for children's clothing. Thank goodness for safe pickles!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 6:19 pm
Of all of Kate's various unlikable traits and habits, for me dressing them alike is small taters.
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