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Mgmriver
Member
04-27-2009
| Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 4:27 pm
I've never depended on a spouse for monetary needs so it's odd for me that Amy is so sensitive over money and wants to tell Matt how to spend it. I'm not worried that their kids won't be able to go to school. I know people who like to control their spouse when it comes to money so Amy has a lot of company. I'm glad that Matt doesn't give her paranoia much credit. Now dont get me wrong I love this show and this family they all have faults but really does anyone really think the Roloffs are not well off. Matt's time management with his family is odd but he does what he wants and I'm sure he's more mentally healthy for it. I suspect if he wanted to be with Amy he'd be there. We all end up where we want or at least we all should. Did Amy want him to be there of his friendship and love or to work for her? Matt's not dumb.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 5:48 pm
In a marriage, I don't think it's wise to do what you want when you want without considering the spouse or other family members, that's what marriage is all about, consideration, or it should be. As to who makes the most money, I feel, is a terrible argument. People are putting a monetary value on Matt's contribution to be a whole lot more than Amy's. Amy was running the house, taking care of four children, ( 5 counting Matt), working one and two jobs, and reining Matt in to a semblance of sanity. I feel stay at home Mom's contribute just as much to the marriage as the man, no matter his occupation, and Amy wasn't even a stay at home mom, she did everything. In a marraige, both partners contribute equally in different ways. I would love to think the producers are making Matt do all these things, but I fear it's really Matt. I don't know if this is Matt's way of rebelling against Amy and a marriage obviously in trouble, or if Matt feels his mobility is quickly leaving him. He looks around his family and everyone in the family are more mobile then Matt. His legs are going and it seems his arms and shoulders are giving out. Maybe, as Brenda mentioned before, he's determined to do as much as he can while he can. I still don't think this at all excuses his behavior, just looking for reasons. It's so sad to see this marriage in trouble, I hope they can stay together, maybe counselling will help, but I don't know, it's hard to resuscitate love, but I hope it can be done.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 6:03 pm
Even doing as much as he can.. I hardly think that Matt has been to Ireland so often that it has become boring.. surely he and Jeremy could have found something to do closer to the family? I guess what got to me this time was how much he injected himself into the team and such and then just abandonned them at such a critical juncture.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 11:08 pm
I agree Sea, about him injecting himself into the team and then abandoning them. In fact, last week I remember the synopsis offered up on our DVR (which IIRC is supplied by TV Guide) said something like, "Matt appoints himself Team Manager then announces he won't be attending Opening Ceremonies..." I just remember the "appoints himself" as standing out to me.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 1:13 am
LOL! Good point, Who!
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 2:35 am
I am am so disappointed in Matt. I used to think that while he was a spendthrift and super crazy about his projects, that he was still a nice guy who cared about people. But the past year, I have seen changes in him that I don't like. He does not take in account others' feelings. He skips out of commitments and delegates hard work to others.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 10:14 am
I haven't seen too much change in Matt since the show started nor have I seen too much change in Amy's personality.....they've stayed pretty consistent. Matt traveled a lot for his software company before and spent time away from the family. Amy was running the house as best she could and going to her job(s). Matt would build projects around the house and Amy would com-lain about the money the projects cost. The difference now is that if each of them are sick and tired of the other person , well at least the kids are older. But I do not see Matt giving up the farm. So if Amy goes for a divorce I suspect there will be a great big fight over the farm....who stays there....or do they sell. It's the reality show curse- another couple that are miserable together. I'm just speculating on a pending divorce because they seem so uninterested in having a love relationship with each other. I definately don't see any sort of romantic love between these 2.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:01 am
I can't see a divorce in the near future. Mainly because they still have Molly and jacob at home, so I think they will still try to get along for that reason alone. I think they will just keep doing their own thing.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 12:18 pm
They were on Rachel Raye today! They seemed content and enjoyable
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 5:49 pm
Best darn soccer game I ever saw!!! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Great episode, and best of all Amy and Matt seemed in sync.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2010 - 9:04 pm
Reader and OG, I'm so happy and relieved to read your posts!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 5:31 pm
Amy Roloff is going to be on the Joy Behar show on MSNBC!
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 8:28 pm
I hope Joy is nice to Amy. Amy is religious, and I don't think Joy is a big fan of conservative people.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:00 pm
I just came on here to say that I just caught the last 5 mins of Amy on Joy Behar. I wish I knew she was on. Joy replays here at 430 am CST, so I'll set my DVR. The last five mins were good. Amy looked great!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:03 pm
I saw the interview and it seemed to go well. Amy was all fancy with lots of makeup. She looked very nice, talked about her charity/foundation.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Monday, May 17, 2010 - 8:39 pm
That was pretty nice of the Hilstrand brothers to show up for Amy's charity auction.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:43 am
Poor Amy fell three times that we saw. I know the fall out the front door must have hurt, but the trooper she is, she picked herself off and went on as if nothing had happened. That woman is a dynamo!
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:30 am
That first fall took my breath away, she it so hard. She is one tough little woman. She sure was determined to master that little scooter too. I hope she raised a lot of money for her charity.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Nice to see Amy and Matt getting along better. They both seemed much happier in last night's episodes than they have in awhile.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:52 pm
I hope we hear what the event raised for D AAA? Has anyone heard. I actually went onto then D AAA website and donated a little bit of cash. I couldn't;t figure out how to do it on line but they have a mailing address. http://www.daaa.org/DAAA_donate.html I think D AAA is a very worthy cause and I'd be happy if my little donation could help a little person go to the games or become involved in sports. Even though Zac's voice was a bit quivery and not very clear I thought the message was a good one in helping explain D AAA to folks like me that weren't very sure what it was all about.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 2:24 pm
I was wondering about the actual dates of the episodes. I think this was done before they went to Ireland and not after like the way the season runs. At first I thought it was since Amy had to start an organization under her name to raise money for another organization, but I'm really not sure. I would have thought she would have mentioned the issue that had happen if it already had. They had months posted on the bottom of the screen and it looked like it might have wrapped up in July. When the sponsors offered the check to Matt for the Statesmen, the date on the check was blurred out which I thought was weird, but it looked like September. If it was actually done before Amy was asked to step down from the board, I feel more sad for her than before. It looked like she could have done a lot of things for them, and she would have shined. I know she will be able to move on and do many things, but it seemed she really loved DAAA.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:12 pm
I was wondering about that too Zgoodgirl. I had the gut feeling that the auction took place before the soccer game stuff too. Even though Matt and Amy seemed to be getting along better in these past two episodes, I can't help but to detect an undertone. Like Matt's talking about Amy's golf lessons as a "distraction." Its very possible I'm just very soured from the last few episodes, and am overly skeptic. After seeing Matt's ugly behavior with the whole soccer team and the DAAA, I can't help but be a skeptic and wonder if he didn't like Amy being successful with the auction, or the idea of Amy shining in her position with DAAA. The skeptic in me sees him being quite fine with sabatoging her position with them once the sponsorship issue came up. Seems like he wants the limelight all for himself.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:17 pm
I also think this charity event was before the Ireland trip. That is sad, she worked so hard and then to get kicked off the board.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:11 pm
I had the same feeling.. this was before the Ireland trip and Matt forcing a split with DAAA.. I was teary-eyed along with people in that audience when Zack spoke from the heart. You could tell that Jeremy and Molly "got" it, too. === Here is Amy's Tweetmail today http://amyroloffcharityfoundation.org/2010/05/18/thanks-for-watching-lpbw-donate-to-the-amy-roloff-charity-foundation-and-receive-an-autographed-picture?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Amyroloffcharityfoundation+%28amyroloffcharityfoundation.org%29 Thanks for watching LPBW! Donate to the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation and receive an autographed picture! Posted: 18 May 2010 02:27 AM PDT After my show aired tonight regarding my Charity Foundation, donations are coming in..thank you so much! For each donation of $25 or more, I will send you my most recent autographed picture...(makes a nice gift J) Thanks for watching my show and supporting the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation! All my best, Amy After my show aired tonight regarding my Charity Foundation, donations are coming in..thank you so much! For each donation of $25 or more, I will send you my most recent autographed picture...(makes a nice gift J) Thanks for watching my show and supporting the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation! All my best, Amy Posted via email from Amy Roloff Charity Foundation Amy Roloff Charity Foundation! Watch tonights episodes of Little People big World! Posted: 17 May 2010 06:23 PM PDT The Drama continues next week! Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile Posted via email from Amy Roloff Charity Foundation You are subscribed to email updates from The Amy Roloff Charity Foundation To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:14 pm
Click on that link and then on our charities and DAAA is one of their charities.. but the list is pretty interesting..
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