Got an e-mail from a mom on my daughter's soccer team. She is going to be on Wife Swap, so they are re-creating a soccer practice to film for the show. Did all the girls want to be part of it?
I decided to pass. I don't my child to be part of what I consider to be an icky reality show. Survivor I see as harmless; I like American Idol. There are others that, while I don't watch them, seem fine, if that's what you're into: Amazing Race, the Bachelor.
But Wife Swap seems yucky. A wife is much more than the one who pays bills, takes care of the kids, does the cooking and cleaning. How can you trade wives? Are they doing one another's husbands, too? Ugh. And how do the kids feel about "trading" their mothers?
This woman can do what she wants (I really don't know her) - that's her business. But I decided not to let them use my child. I am not that enamored with the idea of being on television.
What would you do?
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Like the weather, no one ever guaranteed that life would be fair. But it's OK to have fun in the rain. And who doesn't enjoy a little storm now and then?
About Me
- Cindy
- Settled here in a college town in the Midwest ... valuing time with my husband as we rear our three girls ... writing redeems me ... seeking, changing, rearranging ... not looking back ... just enjoying the ride — bumps and all
Links
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- Julie: An American Girl
- Random Family
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2 comments:
I agree with you and think you made the right decision. I think Wife Swap is weird. Other reality shows seem ok, even if they're not my style, but Wife Swap is just too...familiar.
I would have done it. Of course, I don't have a wife and I am not a wife. But, I think it might be kinda fun. It is your decision though. However, you can trade me anytime.
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