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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:00 PM Original message |
Did anyone see this show last night called wife swap.... |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes - a lot of his base must be aborted downs syndrome fetuses. eom |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. yes I saw it - what a rude woman, what unhappy children she has |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I bet for different reasons though. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. What I was amazed at was that... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I think I might too... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. As a disability advocate, |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. my brother has downs syndrome |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Handicapped/challenged people are NOT.... |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I had a cousin who had |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. when my brother was born DS life expectancy was only about 14 |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Thanks..... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Thank you for sharing your story. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
84. Wow, what a beautiful story! |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. and I didn't mention how it brought us closer together as a family |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. At one point, it was thought that I was carrying a son with |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. I couldn't. That's me, though. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. it is far easier to think in absolutes |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Another boil on america's ass |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. i tried watching that show just once... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. what do you mean? why change the name? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. because it has absolutely nothing to do with the kind of wife-swapping i'm familiar with... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The actual title is Trading Spouses, not wife swap. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No. It's "Wife Swap" on Fox on Friday nights. Trading Spouses is on ABC? or NBC? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No, you're wrong about the show titles |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. they should both be called something else... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. :) You're right and so was Connie_Corleone. My apologies. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I, to my shame, do!!! |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. LOL...don't feel bad, |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Trust me, she doesn't feel bad. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. OMFG!!! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Um...err... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. She said they were cooking shows, so that doesn't count. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Actually, they were the home remodeling shows. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I LOVE those shows. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. I like Clean House (isn't it House and not Sweep or two diff. shows?) |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Ah, the ugly truth comes out. A proud viewer of garbage! |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. That's RIIIIGHT!!!! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. You've got it backwards... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I know. I apologized. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
74. It's an easy mistake... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. guess we know where your mind resides |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I saw it. That was the most bigoted, racist, hateful, bitchy, MEAN, disgusting |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't think I could have taken her for a day... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yep. She did something hateful like that with their money because they were shocked |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That women was unbeliveable... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. typical for those kinds of people |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Seriously advocating slugging, decking, or a black eye or bloody lip |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
41. I agree. n/t |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Trading Spouses is the same show that brought us "The God Warrior" |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. "...mean-spirited and hateful." |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. giggle |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. Well, if you weren't a |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. It's a sad day when you can only call me a TQ, B. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. The G-D Warrior ....UGHHHHHH! Don't remind me! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Exactly! I watch Wife Swap with my kids and sometimes |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I saw it and it was gripping. Did anyone see the one about the puppeteer |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sick idea for a show...but it's just par for the course, these days |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. I think the shows are very instructive and interesting, showing us how other |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. Sick on two accounts. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. My own wife had a couple of glasses of wine with dinner, so ... |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Gotta get her drunk, eh? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. Abortion before Downs |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Have you ever known a person with DS? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Argumentum ad Misericordiam |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Wow. Um, okay. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. That's a false analogy |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. And a kid born with some other genetic anomaly might not. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #54 |
82. If you are going to do that, you might want to call it by the correct |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Jeebus, I know |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #54 |
85. Yay for eugenics! |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
86. Down Syndrome is not a monstrousity. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
81. I have at least one friend with DS. |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. Cannot watch any of those reality shows |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. what is 'sick' about them. I don't understand. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Take Nanny 911 for example |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Yup. I think those shows in particular |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. American Idol is also useful |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Whatever |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
48. imo these shows are a form of child abuse |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. What I don't get is why people who are unwilling to play along sign up for these |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. it seems it's mostly the husbands who want to back out of the contract |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
76. those shows don't show the aftermath either |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. You know, lately, I have been wondering the same thing. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. I guess I just don't understand a lot of households. In mine we wouldn't |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. i'm pretty sure they are grossly misinformed about what to expect |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. How many episodes do you need to have seen to have a clue what you're going to |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. LOL. It's like the Springer show back in the day. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. but the 48 min. are real - that's the point, showing how 'real' american |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Strangley, yes. |
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