Wifeswap

[Maplehugger]

Ok... I typically don't watch TV, but watched "Wifeswap" last night. I absolutely kept LOL. Where do they get these people???

I am a tree hugger, but watching that lady last night made me want to go buy a chain saw!!!

Anyone else watch this show? It does prove that the grass is not always greener, but that we just need to spend more time working on our own yard!

 

[MEOMY]

I saw that too and I can't believe how weird both of those women were! Can anyone explain to me why the South Carolina wife make that poor little girl say "Ma'am" after addressing her?

 

[Kelly]

Can anyone explain to me why the South Carolina wife make that poor little girl say "Ma'am" after addressing her?

She was really big on respect for parents. No interrupting, and use sir and ma'am when addressed. Her own kids had no problems with it.

These kinds of shows, at first glance, are easy to dismiss as garbage a christian shouldn't watch. But if you look at the overall picture, this show is all about learning from others how to be better spouses and parents. You can learn from others either through their qualities or their faults.

The dads both needed help. Redneck dad was too self serving and hippy dad was too liberal.

 

[snoopyloopysk8a]

These kinds of shows, at first glance, are easy to dismiss as garbage a christian shouldn't watch. But if you look at the overall picture, this show is all about learning from others how to be better spouses and parents. You can learn from others either through their qualities or their faults.

I agree. My mom didn't like the name of the show, but I watched it anyway, and it wasn't as bad as the name would lead you to first think. It could help everyone learn in their marriages how to be better spouses.

 

[MEOMY]

She was really big on respect for parents. No interrupting, and use sir and ma'am when addressed. Her own kids had no problems with it.

I think that's radical to make your own kids call you "ma'am", let alone making some little girl this woman only met a week before say it. I don't understand what this woman was trying to accomplish in a week with this girl, besides making the girl despise her.

The dads both needed help. Redneck dad was too self serving and hippy dad was too liberal.

And that's what makes it good television

 

[wvmtnkid]

In a strange coincidence, I actually got to meet the people from SC. I was in New York this week with some friends and they were staying at the hotel we were in. We were getting are bags from storage at the same time. They were actually very nice people. They were telling us about their adventures. The husband said "She (his wife) cried when she left and cried when she came back."

As for the ma'am thing, I think it is a respect issue. Perhaps a southern issue as well. Does it hurt a child to say yes ma'am and no ma'am for a week? I don't think so. I think she was trying to teach the child some responsibility and respect for her elders.

I thought it was amusing that the woman from Arkansas said that when she returned she thought that she was the best mother in the world. If I grew up in a house that was a complete garbage bin as her's was, I think I would have a different view.....

 

[sammipher]

I am from the south and have always said ma'am and sir...it is a respect issue....if you are from here...you will realize that it is disrespectful not to....it's part of our culture...as with where anybody else lives they may do things differently. I don't think it would kill a child to have a little respect for their elders...it's not degrading...It's just like if you called someone miss or mrs or mr....is that degrading you?