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Indybarb

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 05:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
just read about danni telling how she HAS to win, had to take out loan to cover her going, can't go to vegas, etc.... am i wrong, or did she not just have a boob job also (not just tonya) AND, i heard her say she just got contacts before the show... i also hear her say she loves being there and is in no hurry to go back and it doesn't sound like she means just cause of the money...

Fluffybbw

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm wondering if this is just another ploy for the game, like Krista's sob story last year of wanting a tombstone for I believe it was her mother or grandmother and how much the money would help her with her child, and yet she didn't see her child until a week or two after she got out of the house and was finished partying with Boogie.

C1mag

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Indy you've got a lot of mixed up information there on Dani. I can't answer all of them but I can tell you that her "boob" job was acquired about 10 years ago and she is not embarassed over it. It was done privately for her own self after she had her second child. As you can see she didn't go with a big cup size. Theres a bit more to the story but it actually makes sense when told the proper way.

As for the contacts, I think it's great if she has them. Eyeglasses can be a pain sometimes. In fact I don't see why there is even a mention about the contacts. They are so common. As for her saying that she loves it there and doesn't want to leave, well thats understandable.

At the age of 15 she had her first child and has been a mother, a wife, and a full time financial provider for the last 15 years of her life. She never had a chance to be a kid so this to her is like taking that time to rediscover that kid inside of her. That is completely understandable. She desperately misses even the smell of her kids but she is loving the journey she is on right now. For the first time in her adult life she has the opportunity to step out of that daily routine. There is nothing wrong in that at all. In the real world she is a hard working devoted wife and mother.

Her story makes sense and it really isn't a sob story. It makes her a real person with a real goal in that house. When she tells her story it's usually because someone asks. Dani isn't the type to pull a sob story to manipulate a person. More than likely she shares when someone asks her. This woman isn't looking for fame. She just wants to buy a home for her family as they still live in an apartment/townhouse, and relax for the first time in her life. I see nothing wrong with that. I hope she goes all the way. She'd put that money to some real good use.

Everyone praises Jason for his moral values in that house. There is one other person who hasn't used one single foul word and that is Dani. The DR was so surprised that she didn't cuss that they actually pointed it out to her. She simply replied, "I've never thought about it. I just don't think you need to make a point by using foul language" As a mother she scores big as a role model to her kids. I applaud her approach to this game and wish her the best.

Hope I cleared some things up. The issue of not being able to afford the trip to Vegas is also understandable. Any income she has is shared by 3 individuals besides herself in her home. The houseguests agreed that the actual winner should bye her ticket to Vegas. That is of coarse unless she is the winner :) It was cute and again it was not a sob story it was understandable when put in context. She's not single. All her money is joint.

I know for some she plays this game so hard that they see her as too tough. I see her as determined to meet her goal. I think she is a genuine person. Beyond that exterior I see an incredible young woman who has faced all of her responsabilities in life and deserves the chance at half a million dollars.

Jan

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
c1 does the husband work? If so, do you know at what? I don't remember hearing about that.

Deeya

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
c1- Let me say that has to be one of the best "serious" posts I have read on the boards lately.

Dani is playing the game hard... she wants to win... and she's going after it... good for her...

I totally agree that she can have both feelings of enjoying her time away from home and missing her kids/husband... don't all of us have conflicting feelings at times??

So what if she spent money on implants at some point in her life.. financial issues change from time to time for most of us... what we could afford a year ago.. we can't afford now.. and our priorities change too.. she wants a house.. maybe she didn't want want 10 years ago...

While I don't like everything Dani does in the house... I think she is a great game player.. and she seems to be a pretty decent person too... smart, responsible, and real... it won't hurt my feelings if she wins (although it won't hurt my feelings if a couple of others win too).

Wendydarling

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Marcellus makes a good point: how did she have time to get a loan when she knew she was going in the house? Marcie suspects that she's playing too hard..and I agree. She lost points.

Jan

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
wendy certainly her husband knew she was going so maybe they discussed it and determined that, if she went, he would get a loan. So perhaps she just knows that is what he did??

C1mag

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jan I know her husband does work and that he works nights while she works days. They are a two income family. As for Marc's speculation about the loan I think Jan pretty much sums it up. I'm sure they came up with alternate plans just in case she got the gig. He could easily place the loan and hold it until she got in the house.

Indybarb

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 07:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
C1..... i see much of your point(s).. and agree with them..... however, if things were quite tight for me and my family, i would not quit a secure job (without even being able to tell my boss about it!!!!) and go off to POSSIBLY win half a million... i know any place i worked would NOT be holding my job for me when i didn't show up for a few months, or my husband called and said, "sorry, she won't be there for a few months, she is on BB3, please hold her job"!!!

Mrdisguise

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 07:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
in the first episode of bb- they showed danielle's house. it was a fancy looking house

Bmh

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 07:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
C1mag..I praise your post about Danielle it was wonderful..I always wanted to explain that to the Dani haters but never had the words for it..thank you for clearing up some of these things..

Dani is a wonderful,strong,and independent woman..and if anyone of the woman left were to win..it should be her..She truly is a role-model..and is doing awesome playing this game..and doing it NOT for herself but for her family..She wants this money for her family..I respect her and admire her for her strength..I hope she wins..she deserves it

Jan

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 07:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree bmh both about Dani and about c1mag's post.

Many posters seemed to get their hate on for Dani when Marci was HOH and she tried to manipulate him and save Josh. I was even upset with her then and posted negatively about her.

But then I realized that, in the end, she listened to Marci, kept her commitment to him to not use the veto, and still kept him in her alliance. She did listen to him and she did keep her word. So I got back on her bandwagon. I certainly don't think she is perfect (but then no one in or out of the house is!)

Ginger

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 07:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. I have come to like Dani and I think that she is a dedicated mother and wife and just all around good person. I have sometimes rankled at her tactics, but I'm generally thrilled with how well she is playing the game, so I'm rooting for her (behind Marcellous and Jason).

Having said that, I think this talk about her needing the money is perhaps an overstatement. She's not rich, but she's not poor either. Yes she has kids to support, but as others have noted, she and her family are solidly in the middle class. And yes she was a teen mom, but she is clearly in the small percentage of teen moms who go on to live in relative economic comfort and marital stability, despite the odds stacked against them in the beginning. I do hope that Dani doesn't start to use this "I need the money" tactic. It has never worked in the past (Autumn, Krista). That sort of thing usually makes HGs resent the one doing the whining.

Biloxibelle

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi, been a "lurking member" here for a long time only reason I haven't posted is I haven't had anything to say...yet LOL. I like Dani for 2 reasons. First she is playing for 4 people her husband, her girls and herself. And I can just see the loiness in her when it comes to her family. Second she is the only I have ever heard say $500,000 is a life changing amount of money and it is. I know after taxes and such that it's doesn't put you on easy street for the rest of your life but it is life changing.

I would love to see her and Jason at the end. I would be happy to see either one of them win it. They are both at this point playing an excellent game IMO.

If you think about it, how many people get a 1 in 12 chance to win a half a million dollars in their life time? I would hate the thought of being away from my family for 3 months and for most reasons I wouldn't. But with odds like I would have to give it shot.

Firstsnadra1

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wendy & Ginger, I agree with you...Danielle lost points in my view. Saying how much you need the money doesn't go over well with the other hg's. As Marcellus said, it makes them feel inferior, that they're not needy of the money. Hey, who couldn't use a half mil? The point is not that Danielle wants the money. The point is she had a discussion with several hg of how she "needs" the money. And how she would have to apologize to her husband if she didn't win. PLEASE!!!!!! She's got no sympathy with me. If she "needed" the money that bad she could have skipped the boob job and sent her kids to public school.

Bmh

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
before trashing Dani..I think alot of you guys need to get your facts straight..I suggest you scroll up towards C1mag's post about Danielle..and then I think you will understand a little better..because those of you trashing Dani have no idea what you are talking about..

Woodpecke®

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that Danielle is a fine person, and I do think she has an excellent chance of winning the game. The winner of this game should not be determined by who "needs" the money the most. I was not thrilled with people during BB 1 who thought that Eddie "deserved" the money because he overcame the most obstacles. Danielle needs to cancel the pity party and concentrate on eliminating undesirable houseguests. By the way, if she can't afford a trip to Vegas for a cast party after the show, she certainly shouldn't be planning to be in the house another 45 days.

Wcv63

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
C1mag great post and Deeya great followup.

I have nothing to add except that I agree with both of you!

Scorpiomoon

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't understand why people are so critical of Danielle because she flat out admitted she needs the money.

Unlike many of the hgs, she has long-term financial responsibilities. Winning the money absolutely would help her. Why is it wrong for her to be forthright about that? It is the truth.

The other thing she more or less pointed out was she has more to lose by being on the show than what she could gain. If she doesn't win the money, this could turn into a huge financial disaster for her family.

If anything, I am tired of her constant complaining about how limited her life is because she has kids--how she can rarely go out and do things spontaneously. Boo hoo. Even a 15 year-old can understand that when you choose to have sex there could be long-term consequences.

Crossfire

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If coming on the show would be a financial disaster without winning, then that would be what I call a self inflicted wound, and I see no reason for the others to fall on her sword for that.

Bmh

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dani decided she needed to go on the show for 2 reasons to get away from it all to just be at peace and have fun..because she didn't have much of a life because of her early pregnacy

And of course to win the money..she made that decsion cuz she needed the break..but I dont think we should be bashing her if she needs this money..she is just being honest..since when is it bad to be honest about your problems??