I watched one episode and found it boring. lol. Maybe I need to watch more episodes to really get a "taste" of the show.


I will say that I'm not much of a fan of JK + 8 anymore. I don't know if Kate has just said "to hell with it" and shown her true bitchy colors, or if those blogs really did influence my view on the show. But I now cannot stand Kate. Just watching older episodes of her i'm just :eek: now.

I thought I was the only one who is feeling a little critical of Kate! I love the little kids but struggle with Kate and the cruddy way she talks to Jon. He is a sweetheart - sure he does some typical "man" things, but he is a saint and very involved. In my opinion, she is doing her daughters a disservice by openly criticising(sp) Jon in front of them. I think she means well, but that passive aggressive tactic where she talks to herself (or the kids) saying things like, "Don't listen to Daddy. He's mean," is ridiculous! What kind of message is that sending? Her sarcasm is a little irritating considering how anal she is about everything.

Okay, and one last rant. Will someone please, please start punishing Madi for the out of control and, at times, physical behavior? She needs some coping skills - I understand that the little kids are a stress - and her frustration is understandable. But, she is getting old enough to learn what is and is not acceptable regarding outbursts. There are ways to say, "I am unhappy," without screaming,hitting,pouting,stomping, and crying all the time.

That said, I still like the show and find lots of positives despite these irritations. Maybe in the future, the producers should put on camera more interaction between the littlest ones and less of Kate's complaints.

This is where spankings always worked for our family. Seriously.

Just telling Maddie to go to a different room or not participate in things isn't teaching her much. If she's sooo intent on whining about not getting her way, it isn't going to help if you tell her that she's not gonna be allow to make cookies (or whatever little activity they are involved in).

Her attitude isn't going to get any better, and she's going to start influencing some of the younger kids.

I only catch this show occasionally, but I feel it's evolved into a "let's see where my family can get paid to go on vacation" commercial. People didn't start watching the show to see them visit attractions throughout the country, we watched because we wanted a glimpse into the real life of a family with sets of multiples. The show has lost any authenticity it had when it switched to a pay to play attitude.

How could J&K and the show's writers not know that 7 year olds will whine all day? 7 year olds should not be given big responsibilities like that, period!

The new episode hasn't aired here, yet. I'm curious to see what they do to give back.

That episode was very cute. (giving back) I was surprised that the kids got it.

Being mommy for the day: which one whined because the other one was so bossy? She'll get straightened out by her peers; no kid likes a bossy friend for long.

is there a season finale set for the show? i figured the hawaii 2 parter would've been the finale.

Last night's episode was the Season 4 finale.

Amen. My momma was old school-- she'd say "if you don't stop whining, I'm going to give you something to really cry about." (Of course that was only if there really wasn't something wrong. She wasn't the devil.) I knew she wasn't playing-- that she'd whoop my little behind in a heartbeat.

That's cool because my mom's a big St. Jude supporter too!

My BF said that he hopes to expose his son to giving back, maybe some time next year. Right now he's only 3, so he doesn't quite "get it." :o

I was reading a friend's blog the other day, and she wrote that she couldn't find her 5 year old daughter's favorite coat one morning. When asked why the coat wasn't there, the girl told her mom that she gave it to her classmate because she was cold. My friend's daugher even told her classmate to keep it, because she knew that her classmate's family didn't have much. How about that. Isn't that so awesome?

I'm not a big fan of this blog, but they've already got the scoop on the Gosselin's new home in Wernersville, PA. $1.3 million was the price tag.

Their sources say the family's already moved in.

I thought I remember Jon saying that the new house wasn't in the same state? I know they said it wasn't in the same city or school district, maybe I just assumed they were gonna move out of PA.

I thought that too...especially since they were looking at property and land on their way to the Outer Banks.

But if you look at the slideshow on Photobucket, you'll see the living room and on the wall are the B&W professional photos that hung in their house in Elizabethtown. The photos are blurred out, but it's obvious what they were.

No it ain't just you. The way Kate talks to Jon is deplorable. Had it been the other way around, there would be some outrage. Jon needs to grow a pair... or take his cajones out of his wife's purse

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TLC offered to pay Aunt Jodi for being on the show. Kate would not allow it to happen. Why? I don't know. She's Kate.

Since that happened, Aunt Jodi has not appeared on the show -- same with Beth and her family, Nana Janet, and their other "helpers" except for Carla (she was in the garage sale episode) and their hired nanny.

It went into more detail on Aunt Jodi's sister's blog, but a lot of the entries have been removed.

Don't know. Don't care. Go write her a letter to find out.

Sorry thought this was a jon & kate chat...

Have you read this whole thread?

Parts... just looking for a little info.

It is. Or rather it can be -- just start talking about it again. :)

LOVE watching the kids grow up myself. I used to hate the show, but they've all definitely grown on me.

So I just watched the episode about their new house. Nice.

My friend who lives in/near the same town (and who has a family member who used to work at the same hospital Kate worked at) said that they bought it from a doctor (near where they previously lived), and apparently they were pretty demanding about getting the previous owners out quickly.

I wonder if that had any bearing on how moldy and dirty the refrigerator was. ;)

I was also told the house was 3.5 million, and that the show paid for it, but I'm not exactly sure what that means (i.e. did TLC buy it outright, or did they help on the loan, or what).

I don't know if the twins ever shared a room with the sextuplets. They had their own room in House #1 (Wyomissing) and again in House #2. I know they lived in another house before they moved to Wyomissing, but I don't know if the 6 ever lived there. They had footage of that old house in old videos with Grandpa Gosselin.

People on the Gosselins Without Pity blog have said that Kate was unhappy with the how the house was left by the previous owners, so that's why they hired people to completely re-do it. One of the rooms had a "god awful" mural that Kate couldn't wait to get rid of. Of course this was all on a blog run by people who like to make stuff up for the sake of bashing Kate, so... Anyway, the slideshow's up and you can take a look at it for yourselves.

And regarding kids who can't wipe themselves -- I've got lots of nieces and nephews. Most of them were potty trained by age 3-3 1/2. It was still tough for them to wipe themselves by 5. Some still couldn't wipe themselves by 6-7. I guess it depends on the kid.

I don't understand how everything is redone, and yet the fridge has mold in it. lol.

I won't say which one, but one of mine had a hard time with wiping after #2 until around 7. It made me crazy, but it's kind of important to make sure it's done correctly too. The other one had no issues with that.

Like OTW said, the twins did have their own room in House #1, and in House #2 (the one just before this brand new house) they *technically* had their own room, but they had to go through "the girls'" room (hannah, alexis, leah's room) to get to theirs. So it wasn't necessarily that private.

I don't know about myself, but I do know that my cousin had a hard time wiping when he was younger. I remember my mom & aunts talking about how its harder for boys to do it than girls.

I just started watching this show. Do they have jobs? Jon seems like a little bitch. Kate seems like just a plain ol bitch, although with that many kids I can't blame her. Those kids are way too cute though.

According to the listing, the house was listed for 1.3 million

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They both used to have regular jobs - he the IT planner and she the nurse, but since the show took off, they've been doing speaking engagements and have been promoting their books. I would think they'd be making $$$ off book and DVD royalties, not to mention the fat paycheck from TLC. I'd like to know how just how much just because I'm curious. I doubt they'll ever disclose that info, but Kate did say that all 8 will be able to go to college because of it.

Doesn't Kate still work part time as a nurse? I assumed she did it to get out of the house and interact with adults a few days a week.

She used to work every other Saturday....but then she stopped working completely to be a SAHM. Jon used to be an IT analyst, and then he got this new position (i believe in a different company) that would allow him to either work at home more often, or completely. But now I don't think he works at all....who knows.

I stopped watching because Kate was always screeching at Jon - it was driving me crazy to see her verbally abusing him. I kept wanting to get off the couch, climb into the tv, and defend Jon. :)

Dave hugged me a little tighter when we watched this. I think he was grateful that I let him buy things without coupons.

Lol a lot of the girls watch it at the house so when I'm there I'm subjected to the torture :p But that's always what I think! I'm always saying if she'd just stop yelling at him for five seconds!!!

Target has season 1 & 2 on dvd for around $20. I almost got it today.