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Julieboo
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02-05-2002
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 5:43 pm
The front of the house did look a bit dumpy-ish. So I could see neighbors getting upset if they felt that house was representing them. It does sound like who you are thinking of. Diane sure seems wonderful. I like this show cuz they use "real" people and they don't have to be "pretty" like people they use in BB or Survivor or Apprentice... Diane is totally beautiful on the inside.
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Dar422
Member
08-19-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 10:32 pm
Thank you Puzzled, Julieboo, & Rslover. I also thought Veronica was serious about the ring (the only part I really saw).
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Friday, October 01, 2004 - 7:10 am
I too thought Veronica was serious about the ring. She was not a very happy person anyway. I did like these families much better than in the past. They really did seem nice. I thought economically speaking, they seemed on par with each other. Veronica's family, I would guess, had a bit more money. On the other hand, Diane's house was messy and not kept up...which probably made Veronica's house look that much more expensive. Diane was truly wonderful and I hope Veronica takes some pointers from her behavior on how to relate to her kids. All in all, a good show!
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Friday, October 01, 2004 - 7:10 pm
I saw at the end of the show where it's moving it's time slot to Monday nights, the previews looked like they were rerunning one of their shows from previous trades next week (I think the Jen/Kathy trade). When are they going to put another new trade on? Anybody know?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, October 01, 2004 - 7:21 pm
Somewhere above I posted the date that the next new show will be. Hold on. Okay, November 1st is the next new episode. I don't know if the reruns will still be on Tuesdays or Mondays. (I'd guess Tuesdays.) In the meantime, we can watch all new episodes on Wednesdays of WifeSwap (which really is just about the same, only done in one episode and no money is involved.)
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Friday, October 01, 2004 - 7:46 pm
Thanks Julieboo! According to the previews after this week's show here in Cleveland, Ohio, it said that Trading Spouses will be moving next week to it's new time slot on Monday nights. I think there is another show coming in on the old Tuesday time slot. I haven't tried watching Trading Wives.
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Potted_plant
Member
08-29-2001
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 12:31 am
$7000 a month mortgage & $2000 a month on food...........time to budget, folks. <RA>
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 7:31 am
Holy <RA>, batman! Okay out of the 4 kids of city barbie wife's that little boy is <RA>, obviously trying and succeeding to get attention, negative only. The rest of the 4 have potental to be sweethearts. But that youngest is out of control and the dad does need to step in. Potted, I agree they need a budget, but i think the hubby is too busy trying to "be the man" that he doesn't want to tell his wife to slow down with the spending. If she doesn't really cook or isn't the best cook that means they eat out a lot probably and with 5-6 people that's a huge of dough spent. Farmer wife's kids are so great and that boy! Oh man I just want to hug him. He was sooooo sweet and City mom was really crappy to him. I wanted tell her "hey <RA> it's not about you..it's about the kid missing his mother and wanting to help" On this switch though it seems like the most terrible is City wife and her youngest <RA>. Hubby and the reamining kids are okay. It's very obvious that city wife is spoiled but not so much that she couldn't change. It seems she's doing what she's expected to do, spend money and not bother with financial matters or even discuss them with her hubby. This is obvious with how the city hubby broked down with Farm wife so easily. It's like he needed someone to listen to him. BTW what's was with City dad saying: "My wife doesn't like when a man raises his voice?" Hmmm looks like city wife has an issue or two..or three.
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 12:26 pm
Whenever city wife was talking to the camera; I just laughed; she couldn't put sentences together. City wife needs to drive the little out of control child out to the country wife and drop the kid off. Lots of room for him to wreak havoc.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 12:49 pm
I tell ya,workaholic dad is gonna drop dead from the stress and the smoking. He lives in that dang office! Sad thing is,his wife would prolly have a cow if he laid off the work a little and didn't make as much money.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 11:00 pm
City Dad is headed for a breakdown, or worse. The hours he works are insane, and no doubt, with the fatigue and stress he is accomplishing much less than he would with a sane work schedule. His kids won't be grateful for the pretentious McMansion. All they'll remember is that their Dad avoided them and they never had a relationship. Why shouldn't Mrs. City spend like a loon? She hasn't a clue about their finances. How come she isn't roaring into his office, asking why he has to work a zillion hours to "support" the family? Geez, it might help if either one of them ever gave a thought to the other. Duuuh. Their little one is, no doubt, reacting to all the stress and dysfunction in his family. This family needs HELP! Mr. Hunter may not cry, but he's obviously sensitive and understands other people's perspective. He wasn't at all put out that Mrs. City couldn't hack the hunting. I liked the Hunter family's house much better than the City folks home. What was with that crazy fountain thing in the front, anyway?
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Daphnematthews
Member
07-22-2004
| Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 8:35 pm
The workaholic dad did mention he hadn't slept with his wife in 3 years because he was in his office round the clock. He looked to me like he might have high blood pressure as I noticed from the start, his face seemed to have a reddish hue. If he's inside all the time working, it wouldn't have been from a sunburn.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 6:40 pm
I loved the project the dark haired mom had the family do. The blond haired mom tried hard, have to give her that. I like this show.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 7:01 pm
Welll the blond wife blew it.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 7:05 pm
City mom was immature and petty toward her own family. The show really made her look bad. My god when workaholic dad ended up looking better than his...wow. I'm so glad this show is back on regularly.
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Upstate
Member
01-16-2004
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 7:28 pm
it seems like the blonde mom doesn't have a logical thinking process. when ever she talked she confused herself. i really like the blonde mom's kids. the other kids were ok. it was just a little too much of a momma's boy thing for me. it's funny blonde mom says her kids have everything. she doesn't get it. hopefully if she watches the show with an open mind she will come around.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 7:30 pm
I liked how at the end the work-a-holic dad said it was never about the money and that the wife didn't realize that or something like that. Very profound.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 9:25 pm
I am very confused as to what the city mom did that blew it with the money???? I didn't see the first half, but the city dad seemed to be really taken and changed by the other mom. The city mom was so pouty with her kids. Did you see her comment to the gal giving her a pedicure that giving a pedicure was acting like Jesus cause washing someone's feets was such a great act of humilty????? what the??????
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 10:26 pm
I felt sorry for blonde mom.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 10:28 pm
She tried so hard to be nice and friends with the girl and that girl was just rude. I am sad thinking of her watching the show tonite, it was bad enough for her without seeing how mean they talked about her
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 11:24 pm
Yeah that girl simply had no manners, which says a great deal about her upbringing--and then the sense of entitlement when they had the nerve to get annoyed about not having $1000 to spend as they wished. I'm thankful the blonde mother at least cared about being a good hostess even if her guests didn't care about being good guests, as showing up early proves. The poor woman was going out of her way to be gracious and nobody seemed to care. At some point I would have just told them to traipse around in their dog poop and be done with it.
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Max
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08-12-2000
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 11:30 pm
Argh! my tape cut off at the end when the city dad was reading the letter alone in his office. I don't know what I missed from there. THe city mom seems to me to be very, very insecure and scared. She doesn't act as though she knows who she is aside from the things she has -- she seems t0 measure her self worth on her possessions and how others react to her rather than have a strong sense of self like the country mom did. I really loved how the country mom got the city dad to realize what's important in this world. And I was so happy for him when his financial angel came in to save the business. One can only hope that he can get his wife to understand the new priorities he has seen for his life. The way it ended, it seemed to me like the marriage might be in for some rocky times and that if she doesn't get more self confidence and understanding of herself so that she can understand others more fully, he may not stick around. OTOH, he's really just starting to realize he wants to connect more with the kids, so who knows. Texannie, as far as I can tell, the city mom thought she blew it because she didn't distribute the money in the same way that the country mom did. That is part of her lack of self-confidence -- she felt like it was some sort of contest. In reality, where she blew it wasn't in how she distributed the money, but in the way she doesn't seem to be able to reach out to others because she's so worried about how SHE will be perceived. I felt bad for her and I hope that she can eventually use this experience to grow. I loved how the country family was so gracious about how the money was specified to be spent, even though it wasn't what they had hoped. THey have a lot of class (although I'm sure city mom wouldn't see it that way). 
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Roppiepie
Member
05-06-2004
| Monday, November 08, 2004 - 11:36 pm
blonde mom has zip self-esteem. She was whiney as all get out with her host family as well as her own. Her daughter was very intuitive and I'm willing to bet that she spends a lot of time trying to help her mother through her emotional minefields. She just came accross as an air-head. She is so insecure in her role as mother she couldn't even enjoy the quilt her family made for her. I felt sorry for her kids. Divvying up the $$$...is blonde mom out of her mind about $5 alowance for the older girl and $3 for that charming son! I got confused about her being ticked about each of her own 3 children getting $1000 each to spend any way they chose. She said something like she thought it was stupid because her kids already have everything! It always comes back to the kids...they are so ripe and vulnerable to exploitation.I think the ones who benefit most from these swaps are the dads. I almost cried listening to brunette mom's song written and sung by her husband. "It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This". Blew me away! The blondes husband was so happy to spend quality time with his kids. So far, the Moms from the country fare much better than the city Moms, when it comes to adapting!
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 5:25 am
Tish, I agree with your perception of the way the hunter family treated blond <mom>, but then as I watched further, I saw other things...and felt differently by the end of the show. For instance, <blonde> mom was so condescending to the woman who was giving the pedicure to the daughter. If I was the daughter, I would have melted with embarrasment, yet I thought the daughter handled it with class given her age. Then when blond <mom> got so upset over the arrival of their guests, the daughter put on the clothes <she> bought her, even tho she hated the outfit; the daughter did it just to make <her> happy; then the daughter went down and helped in the kitchen, she tried very hard to easy <her> tension and nervousness and even walked out with <her> to meet the guests. I thought that was very sweet and showed maturity, especially since the daughter really didn't like the <her> that much. The daughter did not appreciate what the <blonde> mom was trying to do to her with the makeup and dress up, but I think that's because <she> mom made the daughter feel like she wasn't acceptable being just herself. The daughter kept saying "That's just not me"... and <blonde> mom just kept ignoring her... at first I thought that was rude of the <her>.... then I realized it wasn't rudeness, it was cluelessness. I think eventually the daughter realized it too.... As for the $1000, the hunter kids had been promised by their parents that they would get that amount for a shopping spree... and then to be awarded $3-$5 per week? I thought they were very well mannered given the circumstances...LOL <QT>
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 6:20 am
The $5 and $3 allowance was just amazing. My ds makes more per hour babysitting! I am confused though, didn't the family get the rest of the money (after the tithe) to spend? Kep, I agree with your assessment of the mom and daughter. I was very touched when the daughter noticed how much the mom was flipping out about the guests being early that she put on that outfit that she hated and went in to help the mom. Frankly, I don't think any of the guests at either party come off very nice or hospitable on these shows.
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