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  1. A Brit here, but with family/friends dotted around North America so I spend a lot of time "across the pond". I've spent so much of my time trying to teach grandchildren and nieces and nephews to say please and thank you and my d-i-l (who is Canadian) readily admits that if it weren't for me & my son - who was raised in the UK - their children would never say please and thank you as much as they do - it's the perception here that you rarely get a please or thank you from Americans. Good to know there's a lot of you who do teach their kids good manners - maybe we focus too much on those who don't say it rather than those who do!
  2. I would guess that Amy's remark about a new oven not being in her budget is an attempt to get a manufacturer to send her one for free in return for "product placement" in her cookery videos. Well, maybe I should re-phrase that - her "I'm pretending I can cook" videos
  3. Checking in from the UK here - I think we're one episode behind the US. Having watched the show from the beginning and barely ever commenting, I can only say what a piece of work Tori is. If there were a contest for "laziest, most disrespectful, entitled person" I'd have to award joint first to her and her slobby husband.
  4. I'm in the UK and I think we're a few days behind you. So I watched TV while having my dinner last night and I caught the RV episode. Their stupid and childish toilet talk quite put me off my food!. Even when they were with the elephant seals, they managed to get "diarrhoea", "poop" and "farting" into the conversation. I've never actually known as family who spend so much of their time discussing, and commenting on, each other's bowel movements. Perhaps they don't have the imagination or intelligence to think of anything else to talk about. It just seems very weird that it takes up so much of their time.
  5. Watching from the UK here. I had this same argument on The Little Couple thread not so long ago - I'm not trying to be rude, but why is it you (generally) don't teach children to say please and thank you in the US? It's something we notice all the time as we spend a fair amount of time in North America and we're always commenting on it. When Danielle was asking the girls to tell the waiting staff what they wanted to drink, not one of them said please and neither did she ask them to - our kids would get prompted to say it - you never ask without saying please, you never receive without saying thank you. Perhaps it's just a cultural thing that we find difficult to understand.
  6. I agree with Scarlett45 - financial betrayal has such a domino effect and can easily affect the lives of so many people as well as a spouse. Kids could be left with no roof over their head - friends & relatives may have lent money only to find it never gets paid back leading to further distress. And what about violence within a relationship - isn't that a betrayal of the trust and respect you have for each other (and your vows if you're married)? If I HAD to make a choice between staying with a man who cheated sexually, or one who beat me black & blue, I know which one I'd choose
  7. I'm in the UK so the last show just aired last night. What really amazed us was Zach & Tori completely misunderstanding the purpose of the steroid injection - if an injection was going to allow the disc to realign - which is what Zach said it would do - then the first doctor wouldn't have suggested surgery. Even Matt said it would only give him temporary relief but in their usual denial mode, they hop along to the hospital expecting an injection to make everything ok. You wonder if they're actually adequately equipped to deal with real life on a day-to-day basis, without the prop of the show and it's income. Both Amy & Matt have their faults, for sure and if Matt & Caryn's relationship did start before the divorce, then it's tough for Amy to deal with, I accept that. But she's got to put it all to rest now and move forward. All her snipey remarks - like they both liked to travel but it never worked out, and Matt bulldozing over everyone - she just can't be with him without having to make these snide comments, so she'd be better off not agreeing to these awkward hook ups. At least Matt had the grace to say he wanted it to work out for all of them as she's the Mother of his children - whether he really meant it or not is neither here nor there - but it made him look way better than Amy and, quite frankly, her constant whining about one thing or another. Yup, life is tough - but she's got 4 kids, reaped the benefits of the farm and of the income from the show, travelled extensively and even bagged herself an ok boyfriend. There's a hell of a lot people a hell of a lot worse off.
  8. You may be a library director Mollysmom, but as a Mother and a Grandmother I would be utterly ashamed if my kids for example......helped themselves to food in a stranger's house, when the occupants were not even there..............constantly demanded and were given things and never said please or thank you.................had table manners of a two year old.................spoke to adults like they were something on the bottom of my shoe..................completely disregarded simple instructions, and I could go on . And yes, a huge proportion of blame rests with the parents, who haven't a clue about discipline or boundaries, they rarely prompt those children to rectify or modify their bad behaviour and are not bringing them up to show respect for anyone or anything. I'm really shocked that you think children don't learn to say please or thank you until they are 10 or 11 - which pretty much proves my point.
  9. When I read posts defending the appalling behaviour and manners of the Klein children, I understand why Americans and their children have such a poor reputation in other countries.
  10. Hey guys. I'm in the UK and I think we are 1 week behind you. I was happy to find this discussion and that so many of you on here find the children's behaviour completely unacceptable. It's seeing programmes like this that turn Brits against Americans and give them the (somewhat unfair) reputation they have over here. I've lived and travelled in North America so I know the Klein kids don't represent the US generally. I was pretty shocked to see their behaviour during the house hunting - but even more shocked to see how Jen & Bill handled it. Sadly, they lived up to the bad press they got here after the Scotland fiasco. The parents need educating more than the children I reckon. One thing I do notice a lot in the States (and I'm truly not wanting to cause any offence here) is that kids are far less likely to say "please" or "thank you" than they are here in the UK. One of my friend's son and d-i-l live in the US and when they visit, she says she spends the whole time reminding them to say please and thank you. When I stay with friends in the US or Canada, if the kids ask for something I always have to remind to say the "magic" word before they get it - maybe it's one of the differences between our two countries?
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