[wanttobemommy]

Ok so I am crying. Thanks to my pregnancy hormones. I was sitting here watching the show and they annouced that they were seperating then a little screen pops up saying that Today Monday June 22nd procedings were held to dissolve the ten year marriage of Jon and Kate..


WHAT the hell!!! I know they both have their flaws. But I personally thought that they were going to try and make things better. I dont know how to feel but sad for them and their children.

What are your thoughts??

[QueenAngie]

Very, very sad!

Think they should have gone to counseling and gotten help before it came to this point.
Do not know exactly what their real life is like, but Kate does seem very bossy & mean at times.

What are your thoughts?

[mcmama]

He brought a woman to their house, in front of kids, sunbathing in a bikini in the yard, with the cameras on, - just USED a woman to passively declare his independence. He should be ashamed, the wimp.

I'd be bossy too, with all those kids. She reminds me of me in my daycare days, always counting. I really resent the way that she has been vilified for making money and looking good. Moms don't HAVE to be dowdy. But it is a lot of pressure on their family, and who could have guessed just what a reality show REALLY means?

I think their nesting arrangement is the best thing possible with all those kids at such a young age. I hope that some abuser doesn't tell his wife that this is the best thing, look, those people can do it with 8, why can't we do this with one or two. nesting is not for everyone. You have to have a place to go.

Will be interesting to see if Jon can actually handle it. I have my doubts. He is so passive.

I think he has made a terrible choice.

[jkl123]

I think it is the best thing. There has been obvious turmoil on the previous tapings, I can only imagine how bad it was off-camera, too. We only see it for an hour each week. Those kids get to witness it every hour of the day. Not fair. Better to have two happy parents living seperate lives than two miserable parents together.

I've only been watching the show for a brief time, and only re-runs (except for this new season), but Kate is a witch with a capital "B". There is no way I could tolerate someone like that. Her little digs, the sarcastic eye rolls, the air about her that she thinks Jon is 'beneath' her - no wonder he wanted out.

We also have no idea if they tried counseling. Probably not, because the media would have gotten wind of it, but we don't really know. If one party doesn't want to try, then counseling is mute anyway.

Hopefully now, they can re-focus on their kids, and not their harsh feelings toward each other.

[QueenAngie]

Should clarify, I only saw the commercial on it tonight.

Not the actual show, as something else was on.

He brought a woman to the house in a bikini in front of the entire family? Oh my! Shame on him.

[LeanyBean]

I think they fell into the reality show curse. The divorce rate is somewhere in the 80% range for couples who participate in reality shows like this. It's a sad thing. I believe that if they would have chosen walking away from the show and focused on their marriage they may have had a fighting chance to stay together and be happy but I must agree with jkl123 about it being better to have two happy parents living separate lives than them being miserable together. It sure seemed that way when my in-laws divorced.

I haven't watched any one of the episodes (I find Kate annoying most of the time) but I enjoy other TLC shows so I see all the advertisements and of course the publicity the whole thing is getting in all forms of media.

I just want to hug all the kids and re-enforce that this is in no way their fault.

[DK615617]

Originally Posted by mcmama

He brought a woman to their house, in front of kids, sunbathing in a bikini in the yard, with the cameras on, - just USED a woman to passively declare his independence. He should be ashamed, the wimp.

I'd be bossy too, with all those kids. She reminds me of me in my daycare days, always counting. I really resent the way that she has been vilified for making money and looking good. Moms don't HAVE to be dowdy. But it is a lot of pressure on their family, and who could have guessed just what a reality show REALLY means?

I think their nesting arrangement is the best thing possible with all those kids at such a young age. I hope that some abuser doesn't tell his wife that this is the best thing, look, those people can do it with 8, why can't we do this with one or two. nesting is not for everyone. You have to have a place to go.

Will be interesting to see if Jon can actually handle it. I have my doubts. He is so passive.

I think he has made a terrible choice.

What do you mean by nesting arrangement? ( I haven't seen the show in a while)

[2girls]

Originally Posted by DK615617

What do you mean by nesting arrangement? ( I haven't seen the show in a while)

They stated that the house was the kids house, they bought it for the kids.
So the kids will be staying there full time and when it's Jon's time to be with the kids, he will come and stay at the house and vice versa.

[Samual]

Originally Posted by 2girls

They stated that they bought the house was the kids house, they bought it for the kids.
So the kids will be staying there full time and when it's Jon's time to be with the kids, he will come and stay at the house and vice versa.

Basically, it removes the inconvenience of children from your 'new life' and stops your ex taking anything out of the relationship that he/she owns. It means the parents are virtually always on their own with the children as well, from the people I know this is the common thing to do to strip your husband of all his money and to poison the kids against him, then you can do what ever you want at home and pretend the kids don't exist.

[MissyChrissy]

I think it's very sad. She's definitely controlling and has issues, but I would have liked to have seen them work on it more. Do they have to be legally separated for a certain amount of time before a divorce is granted? I know in NY you have to be separated for a year.

I haven't seen anything where he brought another woman to the house.