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TV ClubHouse: Archive: For Love or Money 2 !! (July14): Archive through September 09, 2003

Lori

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Luvtrash...a million in one lump sum is something...rationing it out bit by bit over a life time is peanuts.

Luvtrash

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks so much for the spoilers! Don't you just hate to have to watch a show before you know what is going to happen?

Essence

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goodnight guys. Enjoy the show westcoasters.

Lori

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nope I believe there will be LOM3, LOM4, LOM5...on and on and on! ;)

Lori

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good night!

Luvtrash

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Scorpio, I wouldn't be surprised to see Paige in the next one! (gag me!)

Abby7

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yes, luvtrash! i don't think i could watch a reality show without knowing what happened beforehand! lol

i even "cheat" when reading books....and, i even do everything i can to find out what a present is before i get it.

Prisonerno6

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"She could have kept the whole two million but she told Chad she would spilt it with him."

Is it me or was she being less than honest with this? I thought she said something like "I'll split the million dollars I was playing for in this game with you." She was playing for two million dollars in this game, but she made it sound like she got the million in the first round, and was playing for another million in this round. I guess I shouldn't be surprised...

Abby7

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Night! thanks again.

dh, just got home...for once, perfect timing!

Texannie

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Prisoner, I thought the same thing!!

Bracken

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Prisoner, I just don't think that way, I was surprised when she deduced that she was only playing for a million. He was only playing for a million. She was playing for two million or a consolation prize. (Wonder how much that was?)

It would never have crossed my mind to reduce the amount to be split to the million he played for. Had he kept the money, he would not be splitting it with her.

I guess it was nice of her to give him anything since she certainly didn't have to, but were she to split what she received by him choosing her, it should have been a full million.

I am surprised that he chose her and am a sucker for a happy ending, so I hope it works out for them. It is nice to know that both of them took a leap of faith here since Wade was a sure bet.

They are supposed to appear on the Early Show tomorrow to catch us up on what has happened since the show ended.

Knightpatti

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love happy endings! I thought for sure he was going to take the money. I had an idea half way thru the show that BB Ali should be playing this game! I thought Erin was beautiful, but a little boring. But I wish them both well!

Abby7

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah, i right away just assumed one million each.

now, i'm happy that chad picked her over the money for some strange reason. i haven't even seen it yet, but really wanted him to take the money.

this worked out very well.

Foliage

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They'll be on the Today show in the am.

The check she "signed" over was for $500,000, so sayeth my eagle eyed 12 year old. It seemed a little tacky to be dividing the spoils instead of basking in the glow of true love. bleh.

Sunrvrose

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 11:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't read all of the thread yet, but I decided to wait and see it live (no peaking on TVCH) I was really happy for her. I never wished for her to lose. Rob is no prize, but he seemed to think he is and he has this past sexual harassment thingy, so he deserved to get shafted.

Erin only did what was smart. But this time she knew she could have the 2 mil and the guy. And with no logical reason to do so, she gave away, apparently with no strings, 500K to the guy who chose her. I say bravo, good show, good ending.

A nice, sincere relationship from this would just be icing on the cake.

Spot

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 04:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it was more than generous of her to give him 500K. I can buy the position that she was playing for 1 mil in this show - the other mil she won on the first, and was risking, much like a poker bet. So her winnings were 1 million, and she split them. He never had a stake in 2 mil.

That said, I don't buy that they will be a "couple". I think it was a bit strange that he choose her over the money, as, to his own admission, he doesn't really know her. I still don't believe ol' Erin has much in the emotional bank, either. She admitted she was not looking for love, and I doubt she has accidentally found it!

Texannie

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you see them on the Today show? Too cute, but I loved at the end when Katie says "so what happens now" and Erin says "well, I am talking to some people about some stuff in tv or broadcasting" Katie just looked her like "uh...meant your relationship!!!!!" guess that shows where Erin's head is at!!!

Ladytex

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, that figures. I never thought that she was really in it for the relationship, only for the exposure. She probably dropped poor Chad as soon as the check cleared. Hopefully she will be the next Dana Conger (or whatever her name is) and the next time we see her will be on celebrity boxing or something like that...

Texannie

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The ironic thing was that just prior to that they both said that they were an "item".

Luvmom

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They were on the phone with Regis and Kelly this morning and Chad actually said he was in love with Erin.Erin said it was the first time on TV that Chad had said that.It was cute.They were both very giggly.

Lori

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 07:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Interesting though when Katie asked them if they were "in love", it seemed as though Erin was going to gush yes! Chad sort of hemmed a little and told Erin to go ahead and answer the question.

Lots of eye flipping this a.m. on Erin's part...you know when she looks up and to the side and laughs (what IS she looking at?).

Anyway I just have a feeling this won't last forever...but who knows?

I had NO idea that she only wrote the check for $500,000! Wasn't this double or nothing? Seems it should have been for one million...but then money conquers all!!! After all if Chad had chosen the million, she would have had nothing! He would have had a million!

Realfan

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 07:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<<That said, I don't buy that they will be a "couple". I think it was a bit strange that he choose her over the money, as, to his own admission, he doesn't really know her. I still don't believe ol' Erin has much in the emotional bank, either. She admitted she was not looking for love, and I doubt she has accidentally found it! >>

LOL!! I know, I know. I wonder if the producers urged him to pick Erin, and urged her to give him some of the money. I expected her to give him $1M, not 500K! What's up with that?? She BURNED the first check; she didn't have it anymore! I think she looked ungenerous splitting the "second million," which didn't really exist except in her head. I saw the amount on the check (big-screen TV) and was shocked.

That said, even I was somewhat taken in by their schmoopiness, at least for a little while. Maybe Chad is her dream man--he was starting to twist his lips just like Erin! Maybe they'll breed lots of little lip twisters...

On the spoiling, I'm never online to read the spoils (I love to read them the next day), but if I did, it would probably have ruined what little suspense this show held. Could it have BEEN any more repetitive and boring? UGH!! Should have been an hour. That whole "First we went on this date, then this date" schtick, which HE started to repeat. UGH, just ugh. And the endless "thinking" montages with the same statements repeated over and over... I still have no sense about Erin as a person, either. And not much about Wade or Chad. It's like these people exist in a bubble and have no thoughts about anything other than romancing Erin. They came off as one-dimensional.

So I flipped to Paradise Hotel off and on, even though I was taping it.

Whit4you

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Fooooolks - she won 2 million after taxes - that's just over 1 million and you think she should have given him 1 million? That wouldn't make sense to me. She gave him half of the million she's actually getting. (Can't quite figure out how she's doing that since she's not getting the 2 million in a lump sum)

However, even if she did get the full 2 million with no taxes taken out - she really only won 1 million by him choosing her - because she spent 1 million to make this 2 million.

Anyhow - she didn't have to give him anything but choose to and I thought it was nice (although thought it was a bit tacky to do it at THAT moment...) The way I see it, her giving him half the money will give them a much better chance of making it in a relationship. Because rather than her having a million (after taxes) trying to date a guy who couldn't afford the kind of things and places she now can - they can both afford to live the same way. This will help alot. Had she suddenly had a million and him being broke relatively speaking - it could cause a strain on the potential relationship.

Brenda1966

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought her only giving him $500,000 rather than half of the 2 million was tacky. I would have split the 2 million in half and been happy to have found love as well!

I'm glad he picked her. I needed a happy reality Tv ending (because I'm sure I'm not going to be happy about the BB ending...)

I taped the morning show in hopes of seeing them -- I hope they were on the first 2 hours (I can't believe they stretch that show to 3 hours).

Realfan

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I really think Wade and Chad made a deeper connection. They were so cute together, with their "I got your digits" stuff. I think it's twu luv!

Seriously, I really think they'll be friends forever, long after Erin dumps Chad for her "broadcasting" career.

And Wade would SO make a great Bachelor. Too bad it's on another network.

On the check writing, it was a staged and stupid anyway, especially considering that $2M check was bogus and she'll get the money as an annuity. But if she should never have said she would split it with him if she only planned on giving him 25%.