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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:01 am
LOL Sea. I know what you mean. When my granddaughter was in 5th grade I got my hug at the door and she went running to her mother screaming, "I'm taller than Grandma!"
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:24 am
It will be so good to see those cute kids again.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, May 28, 2010 - 4:42 pm
Well unfortunately I'm not small, just short! That was one fun thing at the last place I worked because we had a huge number of Vietnamese and Chinese co-workers and I fit right in with many of them, height wise.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 7:57 am
Saw Kate on The Today Show (or is it just Today?) She looks really good. She is also just as delusional as ever. To her, the crew is family. Apparently the only family they have (besides each other.) The crew is all men and she has a list of jobs for them to do when they are not filming. They babysit for her too. She ripped on Jon and his girlfriends (why does she not just stick with the advice of if you have nothing nice to say, don't mention Jon's name at all!! I mean he IS the father of those kids!) She sees nothing wrong at all with putting her kids back in the limelight. She's got to do what all mothers must do, you know!! But she did look really good. Like her so much better without that crazy short asymmetrical haircut.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 7:59 am
That seems a lot like saying something like "For a fat lady, you don't sweat much"
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:06 am
LOL Hukdon! I find it sad that her "family" are hired, paid to be there. And how nice that they do odd jobs for her! Wonder if that's in the fine print of her contract.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:44 am
I imagine if you are there all the time, with those 8 adorable kids, you'd develop some affection for them as a family. As for Kate struggling with the girlfriends, been there, and understand it. As a mother, unless you have been thru it, you have no idea how it torments those children who have not yet healed from the divorce to see daddy moving on, and moving women in and out like a revolving door. I'd be mad too, for what he's putting the children thru.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:57 am
I'm trying to figure out how to see this show ONLY to see the kids, without Kate. I so wish someone would edit a version like that. Wonder if it would be as popular as I suspect?!! I did read the first half of the show is her and the kids, and the second half is just her talking about her life (I'd rather have bamboo stuck under my fingernails!!). So if I do watch, it will ONLY be the first half. I want to see the kids, but BOY do I NOT want to see any more of Kate!!! Just give me the 8!!!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 9:06 am
Just read back. This is my feelings on Jon. He reminds me of friend of mine. I was friends with the husband (I dated his brother for a few years), and to be friends w/a husband you have to be friends w/the wife too. Excuse me while i roll my eyes and stop shaking at the memory. She was demanding, entitled, spoiled rotten, came from a family that had TONS of money then lost it after her Dad died and she never lost her taste for the expensive. My friend was the nicest guy in the universe and bent over backwards to make her happy. Nothing was ever good enough. No house nice enough, no restaurant fancy enough (and he took her to some of the best). It got progressively worse as the years went on, and I'm simplifying. There were good times, but eventually she sucked the life out of him. He called me one day to ask to crash on my sofa for a few days. He said he was terrified for the first time in his life he'd lose control and kill her. He was very tall, strong and if it wasn't for his kind nature he physically could have. He realized he HAD to get out that she simply had sucked his soul out and he was about to blow. I tell this story because I think this is what happened w/Jon and Kate, just that Jon blew a different way. I also think he stayed longer than my friend did, and no longer had friends left to reach out to for help. I'm not saying his actions after he split from Kate were right in any way, shape or form. I just understand how a person gets the life sucked out of them and blows. He also did complain he was too young and she mocked him. So I think Jon went after what he felt Kate took from him. But he ALWAYS was a good Dad, even when at his behavior worst. It's why I have some hope he will someday settle down and return to normal, esp if he makes a good friend in some sane person with no agenda. Conversely, Kate is in love with TV, considers crew her family now, and I think she is on a more dangerous path than he is. As always I'll end with, THOSE POOR KIDS!!!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 9:43 am
<Conversely, Kate is in love with TV, considers crew her family now, and I think she is on a more dangerous path than he is.> Too true, Lurk. When the "fame" and camera crew eventually disappear as they most likely will, given that she has no talent whatsoever to sustain it and the kids WILL grow up, I think Kate will have a very hard time handling it. And then there's all that potential future hostility from the kids to look forward to. I can see a major depression in her future.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 10:05 am
He's not a good dad now. Perhaps he was only a good dad when Kate was around to keep him in line? A good dad simply does not subject his children to threats of custody suits (that he doesn't mean), and introduce them to his latest shag. It hurts them. And I am "like family" with all the people I work with daily also. I regard that as a quality, that the people I work with care about me like family and are there when I need them. I have a very difficult time understanding that as a bad thing....
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 10:57 am
It's the idea that it's the "only family they have" that saddens me. Yes, some of my coworkers become like family too, as do my friends, and real family. Kate seems to constantly be lacking in the friends and real family category. As for Jon, I'm not sure I have a clear picture of how much the kids are seeing him with his latest squeeze. When my friend was a single mom she dated, but he kid never saw the guy. She dated when her child was with the dad. So, it's possible the kids are insulated from it. I don't really know.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 11:06 am
There are photos of him introducing the newest to the kids. As there are with every other one he's dated. And the children are asking about them, so they are not insulated.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 11:29 am
Brenda ITA! Plus there's a difference IMHO of being "like family" with people you work with and "being like family" with a crew of people who are HIRED and PAID to work for you on a project. To me it's natural to get close to people you know in all aspects of life. That's reasonable. But when they are paid to be around you, I personally wouldn't trust that, especially since that is ALL Kate seems to have, while having lost ALL her family, all her real life friends etc. I've long thought it very telling that over the years we met (on the show) all these "dear" family friends. But now Kate isn't in touch with a SINGLE one of them. I've read article after article about it. Yet she's replaced them with hired workers. Something is just not right to me about that. Warning bells are going off in overdrive. Also, I found it most interesting that nearly all old mutual friends and neighbors had nothing but nice things to say about Jon, but not one good thing to say about Kate. Many were kind enough to say they didn't want to discuss her, but this was after saying how Jon was always kind, respectful and seen playing with the kids. And these are from real life friends and immediate neighbors. If that isn't telling, I don't know what is!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 11:48 am
I do think it's a shame that Jon is not insulating the kids. Not to male bash, but I don't think fathers are as careful about this as they should be. (well, on the other hand I've seen mothers drag man after man through their home as they dated... but I think women overall are more sensitive about this than men are). And yes, Kate seems to burn more bridges than anyone I know. Can't seem to maintain many long term friendships or relationships.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 11:56 am
Many long term friendships? Name ONE she has maintained with friends OR family??? Something is just not right there IMHO. As for insulating the kids, on one hand ITA with you. Part of me does wonder if Kate keeps saying such negative things about the women he is with to the kids that he introduces them so the kids will see they aren't devils. Not to say that is right, but somehow I can see that happening. I wish BOTH parents would leave those kids out of THEIR war!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 12:18 pm
I have to wonder about the parade of nannies that the kids have coming and going from their lives. What harm is one more bimbo going to do? I wonder how long each nanny stays with them and how attached they get to her before Kate gets rid of her or the nanny moves on. That is probably at least as harmful as daddy's new girlfriend that they barely see or bond with.
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Moderator
Moderator
06-29-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 12:49 pm
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 12:57 pm
Do we know there has been a parade of nannies?
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Kathyb
Member
05-17-2006
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 1:57 pm
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/06/exclusive-jon-gosselins-text-messages-prove-he-staged-his-apartment-break-read Jon Gosselin tried to blame his ex-girlfriend for burglarizing his apartment, but left an electronic trail that proves otherwise. RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained text messages -- sent from Jon to his then girlfriend, Hailey Glassman -- which may prove he staged the now infamous break-in at his apartment in Manhattan back in December. New York police recently cleared Hailey of any wrongdoing and closed the case. But now RadarOnline.com has text messages that show when Jon blamed Hailey for stealing his TV in the break-in he had already told her to come and take it! That never-before-revealed evidence proves that Jon knew she didn’t steal the TV. The couple had been living together and was in the middle of a break-up. Days before he reported a break-in, Jon texted Hailey. On December 16, 2009, Jon texted, “Leave the key on the counter. Not kidding. I told u if u choose them our friendship is over. Your choice. That’s not manipulation, that’s your choice.” Jon then texts Hailey she needs to be “Out before Christmas. Take the furniture and t.v. That is a gift.” The TV is the crucial part as Jon later accused Hailey of stealing it in the break-in. On December 17, Jon texted Hailey, “That’s fine, I’m understanding. Do u know why u have to move out, let me explain. If I were to get evicted, they would seize the apartment and all.” He then writes, “I can’t text my plan.” It’s damning evidence considering Jon claimed the break-in happened over Christmas while he was in Pennsylvania spending the holiday with his family. According to the NYPD, Jon then claimed that his ex-girlfriend Hailey slashed furniture, stole his TV and left a note with her name pinned to a dresser with a knife. As RadarOnline.com first reported sources say New York police investigating the "ransacking" of Gosselin's apartment believed the event was a publicity stunt. Glassman was cleared as a person of interest in Gosselin’s break-in last week. In an exclusive statement to RadarOnline.com, Glassman’s attorney, Stephanie Ovadia said, “I think the text messages speak for themselves. We’re glad the NYPD has closed this file and that the truth has finally come out.”
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 2:52 pm
It also shows that Jon is the manipulative one. What friends and neighbors see as the nice guy is just the typical passive-aggressive personality making sure that he never says what he means. Kate is seen as controlling because she states what she wants and goes after it in a very straight forward way. Kate in a break-up scenario just says it's over, you take this I'll take that. Jon plays games. I'm looking forward to seeing the kids and Kate. I can go the rest of my life and never see Jon again and I'll be happy. I'm afraid that won't happen, but I can dream.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 5:52 pm
Jon acting miserable doesn't make Kate nice. Kate acting miserable doesn't make Jon nice. Jon acts miserable. Kate acts miserable. Very simple. 
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 6:09 pm
I couldn't agree more! Which, yet again, brings me back to my one constant thought on this topic: THOSE POOR KIDS! And FWIW, I'd be THRILLED to never see or hear about either Jon OR Kate ever again!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 7:12 pm
It's pretty clear Jon had a huge meltdown of some sort. Not cool. But I agree with Jimmer. I have more confidence regarding Jon changing, getting his life back on track than I do for someone else changing.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Friday, June 04, 2010 - 7:21 pm
Lurk, I am with you 100% regarding Kate sucking the life out of Jon. I watched the show from the very beginning and Jon was the best hands on Dad ever. I too hope that he gets his act together for his kids. They need him and I agree Kate is all about being a "Star", but considering the fact she is only known for having a bunch of kids and bashing her husband I don't know how long it will last. I saw an add of her saying how hard it is for her seeing as how she has all of these kids by herself now....well what about her hired help??????? Sounds like she has a case of the P.L.U.M's (Poor Little Unfortunate Me), to which I feel she is more than 50% responsible for.
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