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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Monday, February 22, 2010 - 11:09 am
I would hate to quit watching this show because of that whiny voice as I really like Ruby and feel that she is a fine person.But oh my that voice. My thoughts on last nights show which I feel asleep on: * Always go to the bathroom at a hotel; they are more often then not clean. * Stay out of buffets ! Especially all you can eat versions in the South . Stick with Applebee's or something similar with decent options.Even McDonald's has a nice fruit and walnut salad that take I to work daily for a mid morning snack. * After loading all that"stuff" for the trip why no snack ? Duh... A little too scripted for me for sure last night.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Monday, February 22, 2010 - 1:25 pm
The fact that Ruby still can't remember a significant block of time from her childhood continues to fascinate me. I keep thinking that she must know what happened to her, but that she's unwilling to speak it aloud. Ruby's mother does seem to have purposely tried to shelter Ruby from men. Honestly, I can totally identify with her desire to protect her daughter. I trust NO ONE around my children. I was raped at 14 by a classmate and his friend who was a year older, and although I wish I COULD block that out, I have been unable to do so. I would do anything to keep my kids from being molested or taken advantage of in any way--so much that I didn't even let them stay with their older half-sister when they were little. I didn't like/trust my stepson-in-law and wouldn't let my kids spend the night away from home, except at my parents' home. I've actually told my children that I try to protect them from child molesters; my 13-yo son isn't too young, I don't believe, to know that there are people in the world who will hurt innocent children. He knows what I went through; I don't think I've ever spoken those words aloud to my daughter, who is now 11, although she knows far more about sex than I did at her age. I didn't know what sex was until I was raped; I'd never heard anything about it, had no idea what was going on. I've tried to arm my children with knowledge and a healthy dose of skepticism towards people. I don't want them to be too trusting of people. If Ruby's mother shares my opinion of men, it's this: most men are vile and disgusting; they think of their own needs first and don't care whom they hurt in getting their needs met; men treat women in demeaning, vulgar ways that devalue them. There is a big difference between the way men view sex and the way women view "making love."
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Monday, February 22, 2010 - 1:28 pm
If Ruby's mother shares my opinion of men, it's this: most men are vile and disgusting; they think of their own needs first and don't care whom they hurt in getting their needs met; men treat women in demeaning, vulgar ways that devalue them. You feel that in your heart because of the heartbreaking events in your life but you don't believe it in your head, right? Don't you sometimes wish that we could play with our memories like a hard drive? Just erase the data that cause us pain and put all our happy experiences right there on the desktop. LOL
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 3:55 pm
Rissa, I do wish certain memories could be erased at will! My head has recognized that my heart is right too much of the time: many men do absolutely disgusting things and I don't want to be close to any of them.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 8:52 am
Dipo stated: I never saw a show about why she got rid of her doctor, was it because he told her something she didn't want to hear? The doctor called Ruby out for missing appointments as they were getting closer to trying to find out what may have happened to her. He said she was disrespecting him. She told him she didn't like his attitude and changed doctors. I was so surprised and felt he was getting closer to the truth. Now she's starting all over with the woman doctor. It's sad to see her be angry or dream she's angry with her 'enablers' (friends) because if the didn't say yes to her she'd whine until they gave in. I sincerely hope she can get to a point where she sees that and can acknowledge she has to quit pushing others to get what she wants and push herself more instead. I missed the first episode where her guy friend's girlfriend is introduced, but wow...wow...I was blown away when she actually grabbed his arm during his birthday dinner and said, "Look at me." Anyone else curious about the "Doctor" she befriended as a child? When her mother was talking about it, I couldn't understand why she'd let her young daughter hang out with an older man; however, in reading the posts above, was this man actually 'treating' Ruby for something? Is this the doctor she and her mother were in counseling with?
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:59 am
Cricket, from what she said on Oprah (I haven't seen the new season yet - just clips from the Oprah show) that doctor was treating both Ruby and her mother at the same time. It definately sounded like a doctor-patient relationship, not at all friendship or personal.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 1:47 pm
thanks Cricket, that totally fits what I thought might have happened. She is getting to the hard part.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 10:38 am
You're welcome, Dipo...yes, she is getting to the hard part. Thanks, Rissa. Realizing it may have been a doctor/patient relationship makes more sense. Otherwise, I was dumbfounded when her mother said something like, "Oh, you just had a great rapor with him" thinking she was letting her child hang out with an older man. The mother must know why she and Ruby were going to counseling together. Has she told Ruby and they just haven't shown it yet, or I wonder if she is saying she doesn't remember. The producers will probably make us wait until the end of the season if the mother tells why they were in counseling when Ruby was a child.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 3:42 pm
I loved the latest show, the plus size teen beauty pageant.. Ruby as "pageant mom".. but clearly she got in there and mentored all the girls too. Hopefully, she'll stay connected to that pageant and keep on mentoring, dragging along her "fashion guru" too. And meanwhile she's continuing to lose weight as well.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 4:28 pm
That voice is too much. WOW I cringe when she whines lol
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 4:37 pm
Sea, that was a great episode. I would love to have heard the whole poem, the little bit they showed had me teary. I saw Ruby on Oprah a few weeks back, does anyone know when she is going to have the surgery to remove the excess skin?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 6:39 pm
I would imagine she wouldn't want to have the skin removed until she's lost at least another 100 lbs. or all of the weight she wants to lose.
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 10:29 am
Yes she said the doctor wanted her to get to a certain weight before the surgery, but I do forget what the amount was.
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