Tonya ...
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Buttercup | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:00 pm     I am not necessarily a fan of Tonya's, but here are some things that I have observed and overheard: --Out of all the people in the house, after Jason, she is the one who has made the least mean spirited comments about people. --I have heard her speak lovingly of her children on several occasions. More often than not the conversation has ended because somebody else in the group has brought up a different subject. Particularly when there have been people around who don't have children themselves. --When Tonya was explaining that she removed the hair from her little girl's back, she said she did it because her daughter was being teased about it. --As recent as yesterday, she was having a conversation with Gerry where she acknowledged the fact that she wasn't very educated. But that she takes pride in always having been home raising and caring for her children. I am not one to say that her decisions were right or wrong, I'm just posting what I have heard and observed. However, I would like to re-post part of Pcakes post: "PS: Remember, In life there needs to be "dumb" or "less intelligent" people to make the rest of you look so smart." It's something to think about. |
Tabbyking | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:14 pm     how could she have always been home raising and caring for the children when she talks about all the nightclubs she goes out to almost every night? i think perhaps tonya had too much responsibility before she was ready for it and may be trying to live her teenage years now. my mom did...which left us to raise the younger ones. so we missed our teen years so she could get hers back. and when i was 16, i took my mom to court as unfit, and moved out. i became emancipated when the legal adult age was still 21. i got through school, worked... it wasn't until i had my first child (at age 31, whereas my mom had her 7th at age 30) that i saw my mom again. it was sort of a forced occasion when a brother was getting married and it was so rare for all of us kids to be together. slowly, we got close again. she is a wonderful grandmother to my kids. she taught them to ski and play piano and took them camping and to disneyland. she comes to their special occasions. but i think if her 'looks' hadn't started to go (in her mind) and she wasn't in her mid-50's at the time i got back with her, she would still have been the same 'teenage' acting person. she married 4 times and had affairs with married men, and spent our child support money on miniskirts and diamonds while we ate spaghetti or beans every single night. we went to a wedding once when i was 15 years old and she met a married man whose wife was away for 2 weeks. she handed me the car keys and told me to drive us all home (200 miles and i had never driven before) because she was going to mexico on vacation with this man she met. so i do know some of what tonya seems like as a parent. i thought long and hard about putting so much personal stuff out about me, but finally did so because it shows why i feel about tonya as i do. and how i know it can affect her kids. |
Maris | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:17 pm     Tabby that is an amazing story. I never comment when people post their personal stories but I just said Wow when I read yours. I cant imagine having to take care of myself at 16. Kudos to you!! |
Tracy | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:24 pm     I remember reading somewhere that she doesn't have custody of her kids. Anyone know if that's true and if it is, why? |
Iceprincess | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:27 pm     According to what I have been able to decipher between her and the FOTH, she doesn't have custody of 3 of her kids which are from her first marriage. She has custody of 2 girls one is 4 the other I believe is 6 from her second marriage. |
Tabbyking | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:27 pm     thanks, maris. |
Zachsmom | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:30 pm     Thank you for sharing Tabby.. I admire your courage.. you should be a mentor to young kids today..and I am sure you are an awsome mom!!!! |
Tracy | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:35 pm     Thanks Iceprincess. Sheesh, 4 and 6 seem awfully young to be away from their mother possibly 3 months (although I can't really see her lasting that long). I don't remember any of the former BB houseguests having such young children. |
Tabbyking | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 03:49 pm     thanks, zachsmom. i do work with kids. and there are times my kids aren't so happy i'm mom, because i'm pretty strict! however, the highest compliment my son gave me was when his friend got into trouble and his parents just brushed it off with a 'boys will be boys' attitude. my son came to me and said, "i don't think so and so's parents really love him." and i said, "why?" and he said, "because they never punish him when he is bad, so they must not care." wow!! |
Drpepper | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 04:06 pm     She is not yet officially divorced, not until August. I would think custody would be determined then. I put it in under "Tonya is knowingly using the FOTH". But for those who didn't see it, go to http://sherylbraxton.com/smoking.html. |
Squaredsc | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 04:19 pm     tabby, i commend you, a lot of people could have gone in the opposite direction. |
Squaredsc | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 04:21 pm     thanks for the link drpepper, but can her boobd get any bigger?  |
Drpepper | Monday, July 22, 2002 - 04:34 pm     Your welcome squaredsc. And to answer your question, I guess you can if you want to see the world a little diffirent LOL! |
Phatcat | Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 12:58 am     Dang...for $11,000, I'd a sold her MY boobs. |
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