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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 11:38 pm
I've known any number of parents (and husbands) invested in someone's long hair. My mom was the opposite.. she kept my hair short (and even permed, ick) until I was supposedly old enough to take care of it myself, then I grew it long. Then later when I was 19 and married, my husband didn't want me to cut it.. but when I did have it cut, he was ok with it. But hair length does get wrapped up in emotion for many people. Kate just needed Juju to show up and say "It is only hair"..
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 11:43 pm
Cringed and cried the first time Kota got her long hair cut off. My long hair is the only thing I am vain about and I loved her hair long too. Though now that she's older, takes care of it herself, and plays softball I think the shorter hair suits her much better.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 12:36 pm
Kate is not allowed to have the same emotions that anyone else is. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 4:31 pm
And since when didn't parents do guilt trips on kids anyway? Not that I thought it seemed like a major guilt trip.. the kid wanted it cut and she got it cut, with a huge smile on her face. Didn't look one bit guilty to me.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 12:51 pm
I was definately of the mind that Kate must be the shrew some want to make her out to be based on the complete lack of support she seemed to receive from her own family and friends. Didn't seem she had a single person on her side and that would say a lot, right? But I have really had to be fair and adjust my thinking this last year or so. It does seem her friends and family are just not fame seekers and were keeping quiet out of respect not because they agreed with the attacks. Here is another one poking her nose out a little bit .... Kate's mom (who we were led to believe did not have a good relationship with Kate at all)..... Kate's mom comes to her defense against her own son and his wife
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 1:49 pm
Interesting. mom did bring up a good point..why wasn't the show harmful to the kids while Jody and Kevin were on the show??
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 1:08 pm
oh, now I see why TLC replaced her show for a few weeks. They're battling in court again. http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/10/exclusive-jon-gosselin-violated-court-order-revealing-tv-battle-over-kids-charges
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 4:19 pm
Someday Jon might realize that the best way for him to keep his kids off the show is for him to get a job and support them. If he doesn't want them in the spotlight, perhaps he should stop bringing attention to himself because they are always dragged into the drama. I do not believe for an instant that Jon feels guilt over the kids being on the show. The only thing he regrets is that he isn't able to get his hands on the kids' money.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 5:34 pm
ITA Mama
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 5:58 pm
John can't get a job in the entertainment field until the contract with TLC is over, as they are preventing them from doing so. I think he wants to be a correspondent for an entertainment show. He stated this after the court date: On Friday Jon Twittered: "On October 13, 2010, I went to court to act in the best interest of my children- to remove them from television. The judge respectfully denied my plea, and granted filming rights to their mother. I honor the judge’s decision, but I do not support it. I will not stop fighting to remove my children from television. It is not a child’s job to support themselves, or a lifestyle, they need to be kids.” I completely agree with his last sentence.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 7:34 pm
I WOULD agree with Jon except that his contract expired last spring didn't it? He was free and clear and could have fought to keep his children off tv with a straight face but he decided instead to sign a new contract with TLC where he got paid basically to allow his kids to be filmed even though he would not appear on the show. Probably why the judge quickly and quietly showed him the door. I agree with the kids not being on tv anymore, just don't think it's anything but amusing to hear Jon pretend to have the moral high ground.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 8:04 pm
Luckily for the kids, I think their 15 minutes have passed.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 8:35 pm
Anything keeping JON off tv is a good thing.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 9:52 pm
Now if we could just get Kate off there. 
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 5:08 am
I agree completely with his last sentence. I just don't understand why he feels the need to tweet about the situation? Isn't that keeping them/him in the limelight? but if my kids could find a way to support me...i am all over that! LOL
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 6:10 am
Did any professional (pyschologist, therapist, etc) interview the kids to see what they want and how they are doing? Do they have any say in this matter at all?
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 9:44 am
Considering that Jon has been using the money that he made off of the kids to support his party lifestyle and his many girlfriends, I take that last sentence of his with a HUGE grain of salt.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 9:53 am
I WOULD agree with Jon except that his contract expired last spring didn't it? Actually, it did not expire. Jon had to sign a new contract that allowed the kids to be filmed again in order for TLC to drop their lawsuit against him.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 11:59 am
Why don't they just release him so he can go and do what he wants to do? Yes, he is collecting money for not doing anything, but he would like to do something else, but TLC will not release him. Yea he could go and get a regular job, but really why would he if he is getting paid by TLC. Personaly I hold TLC just as much at fault.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 3:18 pm
Maybe that's what Jon tells himself to make himself feel better Cricket but I doubt it. Would be the textbook defination of blackmail, highly illegal. His contract expired and then he renegotiated a new deal that saw him get paid for each episode that he allowed his kids to film. Besides which... even if it were true... would any parent sign a contract that they truly felt was damaging to their children to avoid a possible financial hit in a lawsuit? So even if true it still makes Jon look like a _____.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 6:31 pm
I don't think any of us knows what Jon thinks.. and I sincerely doubt that any contract is keeping him from looking for a normal job.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 6:44 pm
I completely agree, Countrydaze. He is still under contract. I'm sure we'll all be aware when he is finally out from under their (and Kate's thumb.) I can't help but think she is wanting TLC to stop him from being in the entertainment field. I still don't understand how they are legally getting away with this. If the situation was reversed, I'd bet anything Gloria Alred would be front and center as Kate's lawyer. Karma will come around and Kate will be knocked down to earth.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 7:44 am
I wish Kate a continued good life with her children and no harm come to any of them.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 9:23 am
I agree with ophiliasgrandma. Kate is doing what she can to support these kids and I wish her the best.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 9:51 am
I don't wish harm to anyone either, I just think that Kate is living high on the hog because of her children, big house, trips etc., and Jon well, I just feel bad for him, and I am not saying what he did was right, I just think because of all the years of verbal abuse, he snapped. He needs to be cut a break too.
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