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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 6:20 pm
I think the thread for this show has been lost, correct me please if I am wrong. I always enjoy this show more than the other show where the wives change lives. There's no $$$ involved in this one, they wrap it up in one neat hour, and the thrust really does seem to be how much each family can learn. I like the episodes especially well where they really do seem to learn, and tonight's was a prime example. It was a riot how the over-emotional husband capped it off with the song tribute! But more interesting was the followups, where you saw the pair of boys allowed more freedom, and other boys and their father pitching in on housework.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 11:02 pm
HI Beth, I enjoyed this show too. But I admit I like both shows. (Wife Swap & Trading Spouses)
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - 6:35 pm
I liked the show tonight. The two girls really seemed to like the tea party mom after awhile. The two men at the other house were stuffy and condescending. It was nice that the two couples hugged in the end. That doesn't usually happen.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 1:41 pm
This episode was a little more refreshing than some of them. Both families were actually likeable so there wasn't too much drama this episode.
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Jodie75
Member
08-26-2004
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 7:02 pm
Ugh, I would have died rather than put on the frilly dresses and engage in a tea party. I was surprised the two girls were so tolerant. I almost think they just felt sorry for her. And I loved Trading Spouses. Has it been cancelled?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 7:23 pm
I thought that the son had a lack of manners for someone who's mother taught manners. I did like how they all seemed to come together at the end.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 2:47 am
Mamie, you are right that the son did lack some manners, but compared to some of the yahoos they have had on this show, these two families weren't all that bad.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 2:31 pm
Why is it that the husbands, who I would assume know that there would be a rules change, always say "No, I'm not doing it." What a waste of footage. Eventually they relent and with tears in their eyes end up saying they now realize what the new mom was trying to do. Eek!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 7:51 pm
Agreed, Dogdoc, I am a bit tired of that formula too, which usually also includes the new wife stomping off to a hotel.
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 9:21 pm
And at the end meeting they always dislike each other and yell. Next you see them hugging. The end. Be nice if they thought of something new.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 6:32 am
That too, Suz. The show has become very formulaic.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 11:35 am
I do like the part where they go back a couple weeks later to show us the changes that have taken place. The least family changed goes first. We then hear "There have been even more changes at the ----- household.
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Jodie75
Member
08-26-2004
| Friday, October 24, 2008 - 6:40 pm
Loved tonight's episode - the Meltons and the Dufrenes. I especially loved the Dufrene (bayou) boys. The dad was such a sweetheart, and the youngest boy - how cute was he? I most definitely did not like Mike, the ballet dad. He was so arrogant and self-absorbed. He truly did not see that he was forcing his son to do everything he himself enjoys, without giving a thought to what his son might be interested in. I've never heard of an able-bodied American boy not being able to ride a bike. Ms. Dufrene didn't exactly talk to him very tactfully, making fun of his ballet and cultural interests, but Mike's total refusal to give a thought to what his son might want was awful. And what a poor sport he was. Look at what Pookie did for the rule change! He actually donned ballet slippers and pranced across the dance floor. lol! And he did come around, and pushed his boys to follow the rules. I loved him. It broke my heart to see how well he took to the elocution (sp?) lessons. I bet his business increases after tonight's show, or at least I hope so. I thought it very ironic that both moms felt the respective kids were being forced to live exactly like their parents do. The boys in the bayou were never exposed to anything else, and were growing up like their dad did (I assume), and the ballet kid - sorry, Jake! he shouldn't be referred that way had to do everything his father did. I thought he was a very good sport about it all - I remember being really embarrassed by my parents at that age. Hopefully Mike was just stubborn because he didn't want to give in to Brandi on television, and the "update" is all true and will continue. I felt so sorry for Jake. I don't see anything wrong with boys doing ballet, don't get me wrong. It just seemed his parents had no clue "who" Jake was. One last thing - I thought Mike's art "critiques" were absurd. I'm wondering if that was another Wife Swap slice n' dice.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, October 24, 2008 - 6:48 pm
Mike didn't leave a good impression on me either Jodie. Pookie, on the other hand, was a good sport. At first, I thought it was rude of the swap wife to tell him he needed elocution lessons. I was happy to see how nice the elocution teacher was and how much fun Pookie had in the lesson. His kids really do look up to him and copy him. All in all it was a good show, even though Mike was insufferable at times.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 7:48 am
Did they ever explain why Mike and his wife picked out Jake's clothes everyday? That was very odd for a child that age.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 10:47 am
Beachcomber, Jake's parents were very controlling in general over his life. I loved the trip to the art museum where Mike was analyzing the paintings and Jake was yawning. I felt sorry for Pooky's kids having to go to the opera. The littlest kid looked scared.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 11:17 am
Thanks Dogdoc! I was amazed at the clothing thing because how you dress is how you express yourself, especially to a teenager. That young man has no control over or ability to form an opinion about any aspect of his life. Complete rebellion has to be simmering underneath the surface.
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 1:12 pm
I also thought it was interesting to see the bayou dad cooperating with the ballerina mom, even though her changes were so extremely out of his comfort zone. I thought the 'opera' looked like it was really a restaurant or community center of some sort where they set up a stage and brought in opera singers and audience members for the show.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 2:19 pm
I agree about the opera Bookworm. There wasn't much of an audience there.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Yes, I wonder if it would have been different if they had gone to a real opera house. Here they were right on top of a shrilly-voiced singer and that was all there was to look at. I remember my first visit to a "real" theater (opera or not, didn't matter). The size and scope of the physical place itself was awe-inspiring and the special effects and costumes were magical. All that was missing here. Seems like there could have been a more kid-friendly intro to "culture"!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Oh my, it really bothered me tonight that the husband who was preaching love was the least loving and most nasty of all. It also seemed like he learned nothing from the experience. The controlling ex-millitary husband really impressed me when he finally did a turn-around with his daughter. Those 2 were the chief winners of this experience. I almost feel like we were missing something onscreen, because there must have been a "light bulb" moment for him.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 10:30 pm
Beth, that Rostafarian father really scared me. When he took the money from the jar to buy beer instead of food for the kids it made me sick.
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Lotsofkids
Member
08-11-2007
| Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 6:09 am
what amazes me about this show is, they know the purpose of the show but the husbands are always SO against the changes, then why do they agree? ...at least on trading spouses they get the money even if they don't do it the "new" wife's way. but I do love it anyway! supernanny was really good as well this week!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 9:50 am
I think the fathers are coached to object to the changes.
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Jodie75
Member
08-26-2004
| Friday, November 14, 2008 - 8:27 pm
Can anyone tell me if Wife Swap was on tonight? I am annoyed because my PVR didn't tape it. Was it a rerun? Was it on at all?
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