Posted on 06/23/2009 12:13:49 PM PDT by Melpomene
One of the finest men I ever knew, he’s gone now, was named Jon. A decorated Marine, purple hearts courtesy of Korea, and a patriot. A real man.
Pretty much agree with your take and I am a girl.
I did watch last night’s show and have - until a couple of months ago - watched this show for the past 3 years. I watched because the CHILDREN were adorable.
I had stopped watching because Kate was, and still is, a b1tch all the time. Didn’t she watch the show and see herself? Last night, Jon was cooking out on the grill - it was full of hotdogs etc. Kate came out with a tray full of stuff and the first thing she said was: haven’t you started the X or finished the X? Even after all that’s gone on - her first reaction is to complain about whatever Jon is doing/did . She also got in several digs about how long it took the Crooked House people to finish the four houses for the kids. (although before the end of the show she did manage to give her obviously rehearsed mini-mercial about the company).
Yes, Jon needed to grow a pair, but I assumed he thought the best way to handle the situation was to not air their battles for the camera.
The part I disliked the most about the show was the “parental interviews” - boring and negative. If TLC is smart they will focus on the kids and end that painful, awkward ‘bridge’ between the kid segments that was used by the 2 ‘adults’ to tell their respective sides of the complaint du jour.
What a future show would have going for it is the precious children and how much they love each other and thank god they have each other, because ‘mommy and daddy are going to be busy finding themselves’ indefinitely.
I disagree to an extent ,, I ended up watching as my wife just “had to” watch ... I don’t see Kate as ever changing ,, Jon has flaws but he’s been beaten down publicly for years and can never be a real father if he can’t be a man first ... buying and riding a motorcycle is GREAT therapy... should help more than any amount of time with a counselor...
“I don’t know for the life of me why anybody watches this crap.”
I’m with you. Even those dang commercials annoy me. The wife’s hair-do looks like she was electrocuted.
Poor kids is right. These people pimped out their family for money and fame, and now the kids are going to suffer from a broken home too. Jon and Kate are typical Americans these days. Displaying pure selfishness and cowardess.
Dude, those kids do not look anything like her, they look exactly like him. You would think he would be more interested in keeping the family together.
You hit both nails on the head. Exactly. She was so awfully disrespectful to him. And he needs to be a man. She needs to respect him and he needs to love (really) her.
There is no use for cheating, period. He should have manned-up and left before he thought cheating on his wife was part of the marriage vows.
They chose to film a show, they knew that it would stir up interest in them, and they knew full well what happened next.
So please, boo hoo.
In my opinion, from what I have seen, I do think that Kate is the culprit. She comes off as a complete ass-hat.
Why you would issue a statement saying that she had to file divorce papers to protect her kids and herself is beyond me. I guess she is referring to one of the kids getting hurt on Jon's watch(this Saturday). It happens lady.
Father's tend to let their kids go a little more. They aren't as protective. They aren't like that because they don't care, it's just their nature.
She won't disclose what she meant by that statement of course. She would rather throw rocks at him and leave.
She is a real piece of work!
And, out of respect, I apologize. Regardless, it was funny....it is not often you see someone with the name spelled that way. More often than not, they have been of the liberal persuasion.
I just went over to their website. Kate and Jon have “devotionals” and “prayers”. I wonder ... will they be redefining divorce now?
I couldn't resist. I went over to the devotionals. Here's the verse for today:
Matt 7:12 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Such simple words that hold such heavy meaning. I try to teach my children this daily... Whenever they squabble over a toy (which I might add, is VERY often!) This verse is referred to as the Golden rule. Recently, I was reading a Berenstein Bears book about this verse to
Hannah. In the book, Sister bear excluded a new girl from her play group at school. She felt very guilty about it and remembered a time when she was excluded and how she felt. Her mommy taught her about the golden rule and she went to school the next day and treated the new
girl how she would have wanted to be treated! She invited her to join her play group!
What a great book about this verse! When we are tempted to treat others less than well, we need to remember that God loves us and created each of us equally no matter our abilities, appearance or talents! I admit, sometimes that is a very hard thing to do!!!!! Lord, please help us to treat others the way we want to be treated remembering that you love us and created us equally!!!!! Amen.
Other recent verses include:
Isaiah 40:31
Philippians 2:14
Psalm 139: 9-10
Isaiah 40:29
Philippians 4:13
Romans 12:21
These two “parents” never cease to amaze me with their money driven hypocrisy and immaturity all for SELF SERVING purposes.
http://www.sixgosselins.com/devotionals/devotionals.html
“You hit both nails on the head. Exactly. She was so awfully disrespectful to him. And he needs to be a man. She needs to respect him and he needs to love (really) her.”
Ditto.
Mr. Mom isn’t his thing.
She wears the pants and the wolrd revolves around HER;
not her kids.
If either of them were truly interested in preserving their family, they would yank the show off the air asap and go into some serious marriage/family therapy. No more interviews, no more TV time. Just tell everyone to go away and deal with their real family issues. But they haven’t...so that tells me everything.
Like they say, money is the root of all evil.
That’s what I thought was so interesting; the network had to yank the show, not the parents. All their yakking about “it’s for the kids” is baloney.
That’s disgusting. And a poorly veiled swipe at the tabloids.
Which, today unfortunately, happens in their mid 30s.
If either of them were truly interested in preserving their family, they would yank the show off the air asap and go into some serious marriage/family therapy. No more interviews, no more TV time. Just tell everyone to go away and deal with their real family issues. But they haven’t...so that tells me everything.
Like they say, money is the root of all evil.
Yes ... They are making a mockery of everything they pretend to stand for. It’s ALL ABOUT MONEY!
BTW, I hear they have been LIVING SEPARATELY FOR TWO YEARS!
So much for the renewal of their wedding vowels.
This show is an UGLY LIE and it’s ALL FOR MONEY.
They’re just following the script.
The show needs to END and an apology to the “audience” would be appreciated. It's NOT about the kiddies. It's all about MONEY and ratings. These people should be ashamed of themselves.
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