Ok. So maybe I am late to the game about all these new rumors. Have you all heard about Jon and Kate? You know... plus 8?
I love them. I love the show, I love the kids, I just love it. And apparently there are rumors going around that they are in trouble...
And I am devastated. This may sound really corny, but from watching the show I always got the impression that Jon and Kate would stay together forever. They, to me, seemed to have a sincere love for each other and their kids. I have heard people complain about Kate being a nag, and being controlling, and blah blah blah. I totally get that there's some truth to that, but when I watch the show, I also realize that IF I were the one taking care of 8 children that young, I'd be wound pretty tight, too. She has to cook, clean, do laundry and just keep up with those 8 youngsters in general. That doesn't seem like an easy task. So if YOU had to raise 8 kids, wouldn't YOU sometimes be on edge? Wouldn't YOU sometimes have to nag your husband to help out, or get on board with you? Wouldn't YOU be cranky and crotchety at times? For goodness sakes, I WOULD! And for the record, I think she does a pretty amazing job at keeping that family organized and taken care of. So I think it's kind of ridiculous for people to be making excuses for Jon's recent *scandalous* behavior. And frankly, I hope it's all a lie. I really, really, really hope that this is all gossipy hype, and that Jon and Kate will make it through. Sigh...
I must also say that I am VERY disappointed that, according to the tabloids at least, Jon has been cavorting with the JUNIATA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM! Shame on you, girls! I happen to personally know SEVERAL of the girls on the team, and I am so disappointed in them, if it's true. I will be shooting off a few emails once I'm done with this post.
Oh my...so sad. So sad. Who's next, the Duggars? I can't imagine how Jim Bob would come up with that huge alimoney/child support check...
Thoughts?
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Thoughts on Jim Bob? Purely awesome.
I read about the college town romp Jon had, apparently he was with his parents or something?
Can't say I'm too surprised. I used to like the show, but once they started getting trips to Disneyworld/Hawaii and teeth whitening and personal trainers and hair plugs and tummy tucks, it just didn't seem real anymore. I am sorry that their marital problems will be headline news. Their kids are super cute and well behaved. Anyone would struggle with the demands of a family that size and throw in the media attention and it's a recipe for disaster.
I am putting my money on rumors - even though I have only seen the show twice. I would be clinically insane if I had 8 kids!! Way to go on your 5k - you could do a triathalon no prob!! That little lady is so cute - sometimes in church I feel the need to want to hold baby sage and baby rumsey.
Hmmm...I've only seen clips of this show when watching OTHER shows about the show. You know, like when they were all on Oprah or whatever. So I have no idea what's going on. But I can say from personal experience that having young children is just. plain. hard. There are A TON of upsides, but it can be very stressful! It's hard on any marriage. So if it were me I'd probably be a bit more edgy than I'd like...Hopefully they come through this.
And as far as the Duggars - no worries. The kids are all raising each other so I don't think the parents are stressed at all. :) The kids might be stressed, but not Jim Bob.
Anna - HA! Mike and I made that same observation about the Duggar kids! Anyway, as an update...I had lunch with a couple girlfriends today and one of them (HI DANI!) teaches in Elizabethtown, where the Gosselins lived until they moved to Virginia. Apparently, they are mean and suck. They used to have signs on their lawn saying "GO AWAY" and "DO NOT ENTER" until someone made them take them down. If people approach them in public, they get all indignant and are rude. This totally makes me sad. If I can't trust TV anymore, WHO CAN I TRUST???
That's hilarious, I blog about telivision all the time! I do have to admit though I think Kate can be a little too much, you can only belittle someone so much... who knows the pressures that they face, i don't. Do I think they love each other, well no. Maybe not as much as they should. I love the show, love the kids, minus Mady (beast) but Kate isn't my favorite. She's changed A LOT over the years... Who knows. I hope they make it too, but you just never know. Photos like that can't be good, and as a wife i would be livid. Granted I'm not a wife, but i sure can pretend.
Alyssa...funny story that my mom told me...she was in line at Wegman's and somehow got on the topic of Jon & Kate and the lady also attested to the fact that Kate is not nice AT ALL! I forget the story completely now, but I know the lady thought she was a witch from personal experience. Also, I like to watch Table for 12...these parents have two sets of twins and then sextuplets (two more kids than Jon & Kate), one of the sextuplets has cerebral palsy and has to be taken care of 24/7, and you can totally see their love for one another. Yes, their house is not nearly as organized as Kate's but they also seem more down to earth, relaxed, and like a family than the Gosselins. Check it out sometime if you get the chance!
I don't like to watch Jon and Kate. But I like the Duggars. Some people think that the parents are shirking their responsibilities by having the big kids help the little ones and by having all the kids do work of some sort. But that's how my MIL raised her 13 kids and they've almost all turned out pretty darned well. If you actually watch the show, you can see how much love the kids have for each other and for their parents. And I was super impressed by the advice the dad gave his oldest before his wedding night. The Duggars ROCK.
Here's my feeling on the Duggars, Chrysta. And keep in mind that I've never watched the show.
I have no problem with them at all. Would I be willing to have 18 kids? Uh, no. So more power to them for doing it and managing to keep their kids grounded.
I'm okay with older siblings helping the younger siblings. I mean, where did I grow up, right? I still think of you as my second mother. But where I object is that the small ones are "assigned" to older ones and, as I understand it, all of the parenting responsibility falls on the sibling. If that is the case then I have problems with that. Kids should be allowed to be kids. Parents are supposed to be the ones providing the MAIN SOURCE of emotional and spiritual nourishment.
Division of labor for chores, etc? Fine by me! But I don't agree with how the child care responsibilities are divided.
Overall, though, I have no problem with the Duggars.
I am interested to know what the advice was for their son on his wedding night...
Well if I remember correctly, Jim Bob and Josh actually said that "marital relations" worked "kind of like legos".
Oh my.
The lego thing wasn't what I was referring to. It was JB's advice about communicating, and how the physical relationship may be all-important to a man, but a woman often needs communication and affection and tenderness more than she needs to do the deed. ("Do the deed" is me paraphrasing. He put it much more sensitively than that.) And then he told his son that if he always put his wife's needs first, they would have a wonderful marriage. If every young couple got that kind of advice and then followed it, there wouldn't be so many divorces.
As for the big kids/little kids thing, yes, the big kids have a particular little kid they are "assigned" to. But that's for logistics. Ara did it that way, too, so that there wouldn't be any assumptions that a given child was taken care of when in fact that child hadn't (for example) been dressed for church, or worse yet, was missing entirely. I don't think, however, that the Duggars place ALL parenting responsibility on the older kids. Yes, the older ones are responsible for knowing where their younger one is, so that when Mom needs to know, she knows who to ask. But if you ever watch the show, you'll see that the Duggars are hands-on and eyebrow-deep in parenting ALL of their kids. I mean, she HOMESCHOOLS them all, for pete's sake! Can you imagine?!?! The Duggars ROCK. Really, they do.
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