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Old 03-13-2008, 01:59 PM
DaemonSeid DaemonSeid is offline
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Originally Posted by skylark View Post
I think that the backlash is defensive... like maybe the stay-at-home moms view the show as a criticism of their own lives. Trying to look from their perspective... I've often felt a little patronized and defensive when watching a Wife Swap show where one of the wives is telling the other that she isn't a good mom for not cooking, cleaning, etc. everything around the house because the other mom has a job she is trying to balance.
Skylark...that there is a perfect example...

What 2 families will get together and 'swap' members...let them go to each other's homes and try to tell another family what to do?


The only time people wifeswap is when they are swinging

(which when first heard of the show, I thought that was the premise...hehe)
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