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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 6:07 am
I'm so over Matt
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 6:28 am
Sea, do you know that has the same story repeated 4 times? ha ha ha
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 7:11 am
Last night he disappointed me too. But I think the bottom line was if the sponser couldn't have their name prominetly displayed on the shirt then they would bow out which would have left the team without the funds to go to Ireland. Matt was between a rock and a very hard place. Amy knew that and even though she was disappointed having to give up her position with DAAA, she knew Matt had a good reason to go independent.
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 8:24 am
It seemed to me that being independent was really what Matt wanted all along, and he was looking for any excuse to allow him to do just that. I understand the need to have the funds to travel, but...how do other teams/athletes do it? They must all be in the same boat, yet seem to find a way without breaking from DAAA. I don't know. I was disappointed in Matt last night, too. I felt bad for Amy...and Zach!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 8:56 am
Last night was just another example of Matt doing exactly what he wants regardless of how it effects anyone else. I was so angry with him last night.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 10:24 am
Matt is a very strong willed person and I feel bad for anyone who tries to stand in his way! It does seem his mind was made up and he didn't want to work with DAAA. But I think the episode also made DAAA look bad, like they were so rigid with their rules they couldn't do something that would assist the players in getting sponsored funds. I wonder if they asked DAAA for a comment. I had to laugh at his Grand Canyon. It was just a trench of dirt and at the first big rain, is going to slide in on itself. It you want to build something like that, you have to create it, not out of dirt, but out of wire and plaster type materials.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 5:42 pm
Hey Hukd.. that means you read it! Perhaps I didn't.. just glanced over it. I'll fix it.. ============= I'm more and more over Matt. He just has to control everthing and yet wants no control over himself. As for the Grand Canyon.. heck I had a more realistic mini canyon one time when I was working on digging out tree roots in my yard and the root system was huge and deep.. I was using water blasting to erode heavy clay soil away from the roots in two areas and I had some great canyons with "boulders", flash floods and rivers, caves.. all naturally.. I'd work on chopping and hauling and moving with the trees and roots and rocks, then water blast and go take a shower and watch the OJ trial and next day the water would have gone down and I'd have new configurations in my little canyon land. Of course eventually I has the root system out a giant mountain and a deep canyon land until I had it levelled out again. It would have been a great lesson in weather and erosion. Zach is being pushed away because he just gives up.. I rhink Matt just had years where he did what he wanted while Amy was so busy with four kids and working two jobs and Matt was also away more and had less time to get in quite as much trouble. I think that is why Amy is so involved in her charity stuff now, just doing her own thing. He used to be the public speaker but she seems to be taking that role more.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 5:46 pm
Think Matt used to just run DAAA and now he doesn't..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 5:59 pm
Ah and I sure bet he would have hated it in the past if Amy's actions had forced HIM out of his position with DAAA.. and hated that Zach worries about losing that resource for himself. Matt used to be all about support of LP but while I'm sure he still supports them, seems like his own ego has grown so feeding it is more important. And more important than his wife and son and their involvement. And I see in the preview he didn't make it to the opening ceremony? Yeah, Matt, you can have a dream and steamroller over others to get it.. I don't think that is a lesson Zach will ever take to heart.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 6:00 pm
I may be wrong about Matt and DAAA.. he was on teh board of LPA. Amy, being more into the sports and having put so much into sports for LP was a natural for DAAA.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 8:27 am
I believe Matt doesn't think he has too much time left and is trying to cram as much living into what time he does have. I don't know about you all, but I see him failing a little bit more every season.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:13 am
I think that's probably part of it OG. Not sure if he's expected to have a normal lifespan, and even if he is his mobility has really taken a downturn. Can't imagine how scary that must be for a type A go-getter to start losing that mobility.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:41 am
If I remember correctly when he had his physical a lot of his numbers were waaay over the line.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 11:05 am
Too bad he doesn't consider relaxing with family as part of cramming in living.. he is cramming in doing, over the objections.. ==== Amy is in the Netherlands right now, tweeting pics of tulips and quaint houses.. I think for a speaking engagement..
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Cillysue2
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 12:59 pm
Imagine, as you sit here in front of your computer that you would like something from the kitchen, but you have a big problem, you can't get it alone. You have lost your mobility. That all by itself scares the cr*p out of me. And he is a type A personality. So I agree he probably is trying to cram a lot into what time he feels he has left. Especially after losing there family friend so suddenly. He should stop and think for a minute, and make memories with his kids. I am sure if heels that this is all very important, and to him it is. He probably has a list of things to do before he dies or becomes imobile. Very scarry.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Well put, CillyS. That's the way I see it too.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 5:03 pm
He's very mobile. He has his crutches and his scooter for inside and all of his motor toys for outside. Just because he is a little person does not mean he is going to die young. I believe Matt is only in his 40s.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 5:25 am
I think statistically his condition precludes a normal lifespan. I found this on a genetics site: Question What is the life expectancy of a human being with diastrophic dysplasia? Answer The clinical features of diastrophic dysplasia range from severe to mild. For persons with diastrophic dysplasia who do not have severe health issues in the neonatal period, life expectancy is not reduced. Matt spent huge amounts of time in the hospital when he was a small child. I really pray he has dodged the bullet of his early health issues shortening his lifespan.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, April 30, 2010 - 1:36 pm
I do think Matt seems to weigh a lot down with his disability unless it's something he wants to do. If it's something he wants, he makes it happen. I've seen him balk at minor things when on vacation, but he'll tackle climbing up into a tractor on the farm.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 01, 2010 - 9:33 am
I think basically in any venue, he wants to be running the show and Amy has grown to want to run her show more and the kids, especially the twins, have started running their own shows .. having opinions. Add to that wanting to just fly in and out of their lives but not adding in time for recovery, doesn't help much. Little or big.. as we get older we have to conserve some energy when travelling as we get older.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Monday, May 03, 2010 - 7:33 pm
I too am so over matt after this weeks program.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 2:23 am
Hi Lazylu 
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 6:07 am
That was just unbelievable. Last nights episode...Matt was incredibly selfish. I loved the way Molly put it, about how they were there to support another member of the family, it doesn't matter how bored you might be, you do it anyway. She is a smart girl. I just wish Matt could see it that way...I felt so bad for Amy and Zach...AGAIN!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 6:56 am
I can't think of any way to spin it so that Matt comes out looking very good.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 7:33 am
I really liked how Matt's assistant Caryn quickly removed herself from getting sucked into letting Matt engage her in an Amy bashing session. I couldn't believe he even left two of his own kids without a place to stay in Ireland. And he basically reduced Amy to maid service in her own home. He seems to be quite willing to "step up" when he can be seen as the one in charge and barking out orders. But when the real work comes, (such as arriving in Ireland and seeing to it things are running smoothly) he vanishes. Here's hoping he has a chance to step back, watch himself in these last few episodes, and take a serious look at how he's coming across and end up learning from it.
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