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I know reality TV is always mostly fake, but I couldn't take the Guncles' storyline even a little bit seriously. Here's how I bet it went down:
Bravo: Casting Call! Looking for parents with extreme parenting styles for a new reality show!
Guncles: We were smart enough to stay off of Tori Spelling's last train wreck TV show about her failing marriage, but at the end of the day we're fame whores who miss being on TV, so sign us up!
Bravo: Oooo, gay parents with a tiny bit of name recognition! You're hired! What is your extreme parenting style?
Guncles: Ummmmm... Well, it took us a long time to have the opportunity to adopt, so now that we have our daughter, we are pretty overprotective and have trouble leaving her, even when it's just with her nana. We probably go a little too far trying to still control her life when we are supposed to be working.
Bravo: Okay, sounds good. Here's the basic script for how we tell an extreme version of that in what will turn out to be 20 minutes of footage. Are you up for being portrayed as overbearing dicks? How about Nana? Is she up for a day of being treated like crap?
I think Bill and Scout probably are overprotective and probably do some interfering when Nana watches Simone, but the entire segment was obviously totally staged and even somewhat scripted.
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The body language in the godawful Chatfish was hilarious. Tia was nervously over bubbly and dynamic, and Bianca looked terrified of her and like she was looking for an escape route!
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They pretty much blew the surprise in the opening, when they showed a glimpse of the park scene. They show the part where Miranda says "SHE texted me" and even captioned it. I didn't expect the part where the catfishee and Nev and Max never meet the catfish face to face though. So many questions! Most of all, who was on the phone? A relative? Her disguising her voice? The person Nev spoke to sounded completely male and completely different from Gabby.
Also, I felt bad for Miranda, but talk about gullible. I love how she believed the the person cat fishing her with pictures of a hot guy was really just another hot guy.
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From Lilit's post:
Scott is -- and I hesitate to apply this word to any dude on the franchise -- great.
No... no no no no no no no. He is a complete tool. First, his crap about not wanting to help with the baby is bullshit. Yes, he works, and he's actually right that her job is to be a stay-at-home-mom. But her job never ends. Yes, he's tired when he gets home from his 8 hour day, and yes, he needs to sleep at night. But that time between getting home and going to bed? He should absolutely be relieving her from taking care of the baby. She needs breaks. When does she get to relax because she's tired? They both need to be caring for that baby equally when he's home. He came across as a total dick during that fight. He also agreed to stay with her when she decided she didn't want sex to be part of their relationship anymore but held it over her head constantly, including making her feel like he'd leave her for someone who would bang him if they didn't have a child together. That's emotional blackmail. Not to mention the bullshit about how the reason he wouldn't hold the baby when he was crying in the swing and Courtney was trying to take a nap was because poor Dayton needed to be independent and not a little girl. WTF is that sexist trash? It's either just an excuse to not lift a finger when it comes to actually caring for your child or it's a horrible attitude that will hurt his son as he grows up. Yes, the guy works and has an apartment. Those are the only two redeeming qualities that asshat had. That's how low the bar is now? I'd rather have a typical immature teen dad who is somewhat lazy and naive about working and money but is a devoted, helpful, loving father to his baby.
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I wouldn't say it gets better, but it gets more interesting.
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That was really, really, incredibly sad. I can't even snark.
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The abstinence stuff was ridiculous, but she does have the right to control her own body and her own sex life. She came across as a caring attached mom, and I thought that chubby baby was one of the cutest newborns in the franchise.
Side note: I wish these kids wouldn't name their babies names with sounds in them that they have no intention of pronouncing. Dayton (is that how they spelled it?) had no T when they said it.
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Still, though, that guy was an aaaaaaaasshole.
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It has to do with advertising. If Wheel of Fortune doesn't have Coke as an advertiser and/or especially has Pepsi as an advertiser, mentioning Coke would be like a free commercial. If 19K&C doesn't have Walmart as a sponsor and/or especially has a store like Target as a sponsor, same deal.
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In addition to it being Easter Sunday, I would imagine the nanny is mostly there when either both parents are working or when there will be a long time when just one of the parents would be alone with the two children and it might become physically difficult.
I thought the Easter outing was a fun afternoon for the family and the viewers. I don't think there's anything wrong with the shared sherbet treat. Will cried for it, was told he could have it if he cooperated for family photos, did the family photos, and got the treat. Maybe teaching him to ask nicely instead of starting right out with the whining, but again, we don't see every moment. As far as the strawberries, I actually don't think Bill and Jen necessarily knew he wasn't supposed to eat them. The crew showed the sign, but that doesn't mean Bill and Jen saw it. The snack he had after the egg hunt was just some animal crackers he'd gotten as a prize. All around, that is a normal amount of food for a 4 year old to consume over a couple hours running around in the hot sun. If I were to criticize one thing, it would have been allowing the kids to collect more than 10 eggs. In that case, they DID know the rule. It would have been a good opportunity to explain that if Will and Zoey took more than 10 each, there would be less for other children to find, which wouldn't be fair. However, I always wonder how much of these things is set up by production. For all we know, for the publicity the farm got, Bill and Jen and the kids were told to do whatever they wanted... I would imagine they weren't necessarily subject to the rules for "regular folks".
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I wonder if she perhaps wasn't allowed to go to this house, because her parents couldn't be sure they were being "properly chaperoned"?
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Also we have seen these kids at the doctors getting poked and proded. We saw them at the hospital when he had his ear tubes placed and more. Why not potty training? I personally don't care to see it. But I just don't see why they would stop at that. I mean they are showing them renewing their vows on tv too. Just like Jon and Kate did. It's the typical realtiy show thing. So for them to suddenly be modest about potty training?
Because it really is different? I would happily talk to all of you on this random internet forum about my husband's and my upcoming 10 year anniversary and the infection I got when I had my wisdom teeth removed, but I would draw the line at discussing my bowel movements with you.
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Stubborn kids and, in some cases, developmentally delayed kids can go forever without potty training and then do it in a matter of days. I think they're purposely not mentioning it because it's one thing they DON'T want on record for the world to see as Will grows up. It's truly not the biggest deal in the world. So many things that seem crucial in the moment (bottles, pacifiers, sleep issues, potty training) don't matter AT ALL once the kid is past them. As my kids and my friends' kids get older, it doesn't matter who did what when. They're all basically at the same place now that they're older. As far as the speech goes, they've showed him in speech therapy. They will likely continue to work with him on speech as he goes through preschool and, as kindergarten gets closer, work with experts to decide if he's ready for kindergarten, if he should be in a special ed classroom, or if he should even be held back another year before beginning. None of those options is the end of the world, and many people who care about Will will make those important decisions.
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Extreme Guide To Parenting - General Discussion
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They adopted Simone as a newborn. I know waaaaay too much about anything even tangentially related to Tori Spelling.