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"Wife Swap 12/08"
Another southern family to make fun of tonight! Let's chat it up...tattoos and all!

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 RE: Wife Swap 12/08 volsfan 12-08-04 1
 RE: Wife Swap 12/08 tempo 12-08-04 2
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 volsfan 12-08-04 3
       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 tempo 12-08-04 4
           RE: Wife Swap 12/08 volsfan 12-08-04 5
           i cannot believe that guy cqvenus 12-08-04 6
               RE: i cannot believe that guy tempo 12-08-04 7
               RE: i cannot believe that guy volsfan 12-08-04 8
                   RE: i cannot believe that guy prozac78 12-08-04 9
                       RE: i cannot believe that guy prozac78 12-08-04 10
                       RE: i cannot believe that guy volsfan 12-08-04 11
                       RE: i cannot believe that guy cqvenus 12-08-04 12
                           RE: i cannot believe that guy prozac78 12-09-04 23
                               RE: i cannot believe that guy ARnutz 12-09-04 34
                       RE: i cannot believe that guy sungirl 12-08-04 14
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 enixela 12-15-04 42
 abc sucks cqvenus 12-08-04 13
 RE: Wife Swap 12/08 txmomma26 12-08-04 15
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 silver1 12-08-04 16
       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 trudy 12-08-04 17
           RE: Wife Swap 12/08 Nanook 12-09-04 18
               RE: Wife Swap 12/08 silver1 12-09-04 19
                   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 ARnutz 12-09-04 35
               RE: Wife Swap 12/08 RangeRover 12-09-04 20
                   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 AprilleW 12-09-04 22
                       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 txmomma26 12-09-04 29
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 sophie33 12-09-04 21
       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 RyrieRae 12-09-04 24
           RE: Wife Swap 12/08 Spidey 12-09-04 31
       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 BarefootCrone 12-09-04 25
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 beardance58 12-10-04 37
 One of the families was local..... Esbea 12-09-04 26
   RE: One of the families was local..... 5280fan 12-09-04 30
   RE: One of the families was local..... trudy 12-09-04 36
 RE: Wife Swap 12/08 Loree 12-09-04 27
 RE: Wife Swap 12/08 bacon 12-09-04 28
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 PC452 12-09-04 32
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 RangeRover 12-09-04 33
       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 silver1 12-10-04 38
           he's probably happy cqvenus 12-10-04 39
           RE: Wife Swap 12/08 beardance58 12-10-04 40
               RE: Wife Swap 12/08 RangeRover 12-10-04 41
 RE: Wife Swap 12/08 SilverPlatedBoy 12-28-04 43
   RE: Wife Swap 12/08 volsfan 12-28-04 44
       RE: Wife Swap 12/08 tempo 12-28-04 45

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volsfan 19846 desperate attention whore postings
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12-08-04, 09:57 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
OH.MY.HECK! Just the previews should bring many posts!
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12-08-04, 10:08 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Great, another submissive wife. Its on!
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3. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Exactly...let the fun begin!
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4. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Punk rock mom seems reasonable. Submissive wife actually seems to have some spunk to her. Dominant husband is America's Worst Nightmare.
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5. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Dominant husband is America's Worst Nightmare.

He is a hellion! He is a pompous arse!

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6. "i cannot believe that guy"

that guy sucks so much. he's in the same category as jonathan on TAR.

i don't like ignorance. but it can be corrected. what i hate more than anything is when people are given the opportunity to learn something and correct it, they don't seize that chance.

i hate this guy.

the point of going on this show was to follow her rules. and he is axing rules left and right. i wish ABC would've intervened.

annoying.

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7. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
I hope Punk Rock Family isn't against orthodontia as one kid really needs it.
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8. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
I think he is far worse than Jonathan from TAR. This guy really is a bastage! He thinks women and his children are beneath him!

I hope the submissive mom makes BIG time changes when she goes home! But, I am afraid it won't happen!

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9. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
What a stinkin' putz. This guy is the reason that Southern Baptists get such a bad name. He needs to be drop-kicked. That is the most unreasonable person I have ever seen!!
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10. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
How do you find out where he lives?
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11. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
I agree! The sad part? He was raised that way and his son has been too!
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12. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"

*LOL* he must've made you real mad in order to make you inspired enough to register and post!

welcome!

i agree. that guy completely sucks.

"let's go, wendy!" and she's all "i'm coming, dear!"

ain't nuthin' gonna change in that house.

as for punk rock, if the kids think it's good to have a tutor sometimes, they should have one.
i hope christina isn't so resistant to that idea.

~ cq

oh i hear her now talking about that the kids need help for college prep. that's good.

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23. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
>
>*LOL* he must've made you real
>mad in order to make
>you inspired enough to register
>and post!


EXACTLY! I was in the middle of watching the show, and ranting to my wife what a -junior-grade turd this guy was, and just had to grab the laptop and find out if there was somewhere to vent! Glad to see there are others that feel the same.

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34. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
Welcome to the boards Prozac!

That guy was a major arse and unfortunately his son will be exactly the same!

He & his wife should've never had kids if all they can think of is when they will move out and be gone!


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14. "RE: i cannot believe that guy"
>What a stinkin' putz. This
>guy is the reason that
>Southern Baptists get such a
>bad name. He needs
>to be drop-kicked. That
>is the most unreasonable person
>I have ever seen!!

I am NOT believing that guy, how can she stay with him? I feel so sorry for the daughter. UNBELIEVABLE. This is a good example of what too much fundamentalism can do for you. CLOSE YOUR MIND.

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42. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I kept thinking that Bill was the kind of guy who had a disembowled body in the freezer. That man was wired way too tightly and, like the rest of you, I don't buy his "Reality TV made it seem like I did it" argument. I can't help but look at him and think, "This is the sort of person who votes for Bush." Scary.
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13. "abc sucks"

listen. they edit it so this always seems to have a happy ending.

like i'm gonna believe that jerkoff helps out and lets his wife let the daughter buy high heeled shoes. they probably have to hide it like my cousin used to hide her clothes from my uncle.

*sigh*

what this show does to me is make me see ppl like the crying christian and think to myself, cq, if you don't hurry up and have kids now, you're gonna look like a grandma, too, who has no clue what kids need/want.

~ cq

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15. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Ohmygoodness.....that was the WORST show I've seen in a while. I can't believe that 5 mins in, I was actually agreeing with the "freak" dad and mom. I thought for sure I'd want to reach thru the TV and smack them just for allowing their kids free reign like they do, but those kids actually seem pretty well adjusted, smart, and even a bit self-aware. Those Christian kids are so sheltered. And I cannot BELIEVE that "Christian" mom and dad actually went on national television and said they cannot wait until their children are out of the house. I wonder if the daughter heard that and what the reaction was. Heck of a way to show "love to one another" and all that. And could someone please tell me where in the Bible it says the man should go out and earn the wages?!?!? WTF.....Both families had issues, but I think the "freak" family actually had their heads on semi-straight.


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16. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
After watching tonight's episode of Wife Swap I just had to find its message board and register. It's easy enough to feel sorry for Brittany, but she did get a lot of much needed hugs and attention through the ordeal. The one I'm scared for is her brother. I got such a strong feeling that kid is going to end up doing things that involve guns, torture, knives, animals, people. Who is there to help him? You got it.....that twisted anal retentive he calls "dad." I'll be awake all night worrying about how to help that kid. Short of sending him to live with the Texas family, I really don't know what else can be done. Any ideas? And I agree with an earlier poster who said that if the family doesn't abide by the rules of the show, ABC should step in and do something. I'm sure these families sign contracts before filming begins? Maybe they could be sued for breach of contract?
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17. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I think the network did step in. That's why they showed Bill calmed down after the tatoo/cops thing. I wondered how he had such a change of "heart", even my daughter mentioned it. I think the producers stepped up and he was eating a little crow. He was just placating them obviously since he doesn't seem the type to change one tiny bit. Did you see him throw the silverware when they showed him doing dishes at the end? What a great guy.

I think the son has real problems too and I wondered about him doing something evil to the other mom for awhile. He purposely set his dad off about the tattoo thing, I think he knew exactly what he was doing. What a little bas****.

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18. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
>I think the son has real
>problems too and I wondered
>about him doing something evil
>to the other mom for
>awhile. He purposely set
>his dad off about the
>tattoo thing, I think he
>knew exactly what he was
>doing. What a little
>bas****.

Yeah, that boy was a brat. I can't believe he was complaining when punk mom asked him to take out the trash. Wasn't that a chore given to him by his parents?

It was horrible though how the Baptist couple talked about hating their daughter, and counting down the days until they leave. What sorry excuses for parents. Why did they even have kids in the first place?!

Bill totally sucks. He is one of the most unreasonable people I've ever seen. He wanted to call the cops because punk mom took his daughter to get a temporary tattoo? That was completely ridiculous. He was really pi$$ing me off how he was refusing all of the rule changes. The whole point of the show is to live by someone else's rules for a week, and they live by your rules for a week. I don't understand why idiots agree to do this show and then complain and refuse to cooperate. It just makes them look like a complete @ss on national television. How childish was that when Bill stormed out of the meeting at the end? Punk dad didn't even say anything bad. Just that Bill was being unreasonable, which was true!

That segment at the end when Bill was cooking and doing dishes was obviously staged. He didn't change his attitude at all.

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19. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Must add something to my previous post......forcing Brittany to copy Bible verses as "punishment" is one way to guarantee that the kid not only hates you and can't wait to run away, but that she will also resent everything spiritual and wise that might give her the strength she desperately needs to rise above her current situation until she's 18. God's word gets enough abuse without being used as teenage "punishment." This type of negativity and closed-minds in the name of Christianity is almost..dare I say it..Evil. I don't care how many Bibles the mom leaves on everybody's bed, it's like the hollow ringing of a bell if she can't live some love.
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35. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Welcome silver1 to the boards!

I agree with what you've said, that girl will wind up getting tatooed and pierced on her 18th birthday!

...and if her parents think that 14 is old enough to run away, she should run now as far as she can!


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20. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Well I have crossed over to the dark side..

I couldn't believe I would like Bible Thumping Mom but when she had her epiphany early on.. I went Hallelujah!!! She was willing to listen and be open minded... unlike her Nazi Husband who at one I point I thought was going to have an aneurysm if that vein in his neck got any bigger. I didn't know what was bigger it.. or the stick shoved up his a222.

But as txmomma said.. where is it in the Bible exactly where it states "the woman does al the house work and the man the manly work?" Please cite the book and verse...thanks in advance.

Poor Britney...talk about misunderstood. They had made the decision that as she was a teenager she was immediately the devils spawn. Talk about lack of confidence in your own child raising. As for the son well I feel sorry for any woman who ends up with that redneck in training.

As for Heavy Metal Mom.. a geniunely caring mother. That said she also needs to face the truth and be a grown up. She fears her children leaving as she fears getting old. She is not doing them any favors by leaving their education neglected - at that rate they won't have any skills or abilities to leave home anyway. And if she is really worried I could put her in touch with Cult Dad in Santa Cruz he could teach her the technique of removing their shoes ensuring the fact they won't ever run away.

And for the love of God woman a clean house is not representative of being a Martha Stewart clone.

I am not sure about BTD and his sudden behavior change. Although he hardly was one to fear the cameras when it came like acting like the assnozzle he is I still think its suspect. But I have no doubt that BTM was a better mother to Brittney. The kid's face said volumes.

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22. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I agree with everyone who has said how much it sucks that Bill wouldn't abide by the rules change. I wish there would have been some repercussions but... really what could the producers do? If they take him to task they probably lose the family for the show. They don't want to sue him they just want their show by airtime.

Like others I really worry about the son though. I don't know about torturing small animals in his future but I am sure he will torture women. Before he finds one as submissive as his mother he is going to treat a lot of them really badly...mark my word.

The bible does talk about a wife submitting to her husband but it also says that the husband shall love his wife as Jesus loved the church. There are of course dozens of other verses talking about husbands and wives submitting to each other but I don't want to preach and I'm sorry if I've already done too much of that here.

I really think the TX Mom hit the nail on the head when she asked him what he was so afraid of!

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29. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
The bible does talk about a wife submitting to her husband but it also says that the husband shall love his wife as Jesus loved the church. There are of course dozens of other verses talking about husbands and wives submitting to each other

Thank you for posting that. This is perfect. Submitting to each other's wishes ... NOTHING about submission of the woman only. Drives me nuts when men hide behind the Bible to create the environment they need at home.


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21. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I couldn't agree more. Did anyone tell the 'Christain' family that they actually have to change and open them BE OpEN to trying new thing. Seems kind of stupid to have them on the show. Dustin seems like a totally spoile brat if you ask me. He was the tattle tale that called his Dad. Like father like son. I hope that when Britney turns 18 she goes far far away to college so that she can actually experience life. Just goes to show that you can't judge a book buy its cover.

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24. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I am a Baptist Christian.
I am from the South.
I am a human.

Please, please, please... do not judge any of these categories that I fall into by what you saw on your TV last night. WE ARE NOT ALL LIKE THAT.

Needless to say, I was embarassed to be any of these three things when I saw Bill behaving as he did. But at the same time, I am proud to be those things because I know that there are plenty of respectable, open-minded people like me. I'm just sorry that the worst of us are what is considered good televsion and that is all the world really gets to see.

As if his true colors didn't come out during the show, he summed up his character as a "man" at the very end when he threw in the towell during his conversation with the Texas couple. This is a man who cannot take criticism without saying "I'm outa here" and in my book, that makes him a coward. It is no wonder this guy is such a nazi of a husband and a father. He has no confidence that he can raise a well-disciplined, well-structured family. Therefore, he becomes the drill-sargent, flexing his muscles in front of his scared little family, in order to establish some resemblance of control. What he doesn't realize is that someday soon, he is going to loose COMPLETE control over his family, and then it will be too late to salvage anything from the wreckage.

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31. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I'm just sorry that the worst of us are what is considered good televsion and that is all the world really gets to see.

As an environmentalist, meditating hippie-type, I feel your pain. My "kind" has also not been well represented in these shows. I work, wear shoes and don't preach my way as THE way. It's my way and it works for me.

But, you're right, those of us who aren't the freakish ends of a spectrum don't make for good tv.

I certainly would never judge an entire group by the actions of one of these so-called "representatives," because all they represent is that freaks come in all shapes and sizes.

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25. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Count me in as someone infuriated enough to join this forum in an effort to blow off steam!

I was raised by a man almost exactly like Bill. Leave out the religious part, and you have my father. He ruled his family through fear. I was Bill's daughter, and I can tell you from experience, she will turn against everything they are pounding into her head once she's on her own. I have seen many girls like her - raised under an iron thumb - who went hog wild the moment they were in college or out of Mommy and Daddy's house. I truly ache for this girl, because she is a victim.

I'll tell you what really struck me about Bill, and I know getting anyone in that household to admit it would be a miracle, but I'll bet you money Bill is physically abusive. Oh, he's not your average trailer-park-have-the-cops-called-out-every-Saturday-night kinda guy; he's a little higher on the food chain than that. But I wouldn't be surprised in the least if he hasn't hit his wife and daughter, and they are too afraid to tell.

I will give his wife this - she was willing to admit she could open her eyes and learn new things. His son? Just another redneck "I rule my house" kinda guy. I pity his future wife, if he's lucky enough to find one.

I must go. I'm still so infuriated with Bill I could scream, and I don't think my coworkers would understand.

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37. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I usually watch this show with my daughter (age 17), and we laugh hysterically through it. This time, we both looked at each other, and we were like -- this isn't even funny, it's so sad. I could not believe that guy. And why was he even allowed to be on the show if he wasn't going to follow the rules -- or even try. And he was going to call the cops on her?
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26. "One of the families was local....."
LAST EDITED ON 12-09-04 AT 10:08 AM (EST)

Heres the story from the paper.....

Aiken family has stressful 'Wife Swap'

Web posted Wednesday, December 8, 2004
By Kamille Bostick | Staff Writer

Everyone knows what happens when oil and water mix, but that didn't stop Bill and Wendy Ray, of Aiken, from taking their chances.

The Southern Baptist couple and their two children agreed to switch moms with a punk-rock family from Dallas for ABC's reality TV show Wife Swap.

"We thought it'd be fun to see how other people live," Mr. Ray said with a resigned laugh. "We should have been wiser for what we were getting into."

Mrs. Ray, who applied to the show in the hopes of earning prize money and a taste of TV stardom, agreed.

"It wasn't as fun as I thought it might be," she said, noting that there was no prize money. "Sure it was our 15 minutes of fame, but basically they gave us seven minutes too many."

As part of the show, Mrs. Ray and Cristina Aguirre, a mother of three who allows her children to home-school themselves, spent two weeks running each other's households and taking on the other's duties.

The episode, taped in September, airs at 10 tonight on WJBF-TV (Channel 6).

Before arriving in Texas, Mrs. Ray said, she had second thoughts but knew she had a contract to fulfill.

"They (the Texas family) were very intelligent, very friendly. They just looked very strange and had weird hairdos and piercings. I thought they were devil worshipers," she said. "I'm sure that they thought I was just as odd as I thought they were, and that's what the TV people wanted."

Clashes occurred over lifestyles, curfews, chores, home-schooling and a temporary tattoo that Mrs. Aguirre wanted Mrs. Ray's 15-year-old daughter, Brittany, to get.

"You'll see that on TV," Mr. Ray said of his defiant refusal to go along with the plan.

"My son (12-year-old Dustin) called me at work and said they were taking her to Augusta to get a tattoo, and that's where the controversy comes in," he said.

Mrs. Ray said things didn't go much better for her in Dallas.

"It was awful for me," she said. "I was just so lonely. I missed my family so bad. I would just cry my eyes out."

And the worst part: "Being in somebody else's house and asking them to change. I thought I could do it before I left. I felt bad imposing my rules on them," she said.

"Being from the South, I was raised to be courteous and tolerant and gracious. I wasn't raised to go into somebody's house and say you've got to do it my way. If it was their thing, it was their thing."

Still, as viewers will see, acceptance didn't keep the families from reuniting without conflict.

"I hate that two families that probably could have been friends aren't, and not because of who we are as people but the way the television thing works," Mrs. Ray said.

Because of that, the Ray family has a warning for viewers: "What goes into making a reality show isn't necessarily reality," Mrs. Ray said.

There is a passing concern among the Rays about what people will think after seeing the episode.

"The people who know us know we aren't confrontational people," Mr. Ray said. "But it doesn't matter what we look like, we're adults and we can take it, it's the kids that we're concerned for."

Brittany and Dustin said they're not too worried about what will be said about them. They're just happy their mom is back home.

Mrs. Ray said she's happy, too.

"I wouldn't want to do it again," she said. "With this experience I've learned my lesson."

edited to LMAO at thinking they were "devil worshipers".....



I didnt post the link because you have to register to see the story.

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30. "RE: One of the families was local....."
ABC didn't work too hard to show that the Aguirre family are also obviously devout Christians... albeit in a very different fashion than the Ray family....


http://www.manhunt.com/news/stories/1102193091.html

Aguirre Family on Wife Swap
Words: Lori Lenz

Spy Glass Blue Frontman Allan Aguirre and family featured on ABC's Hit Series "Wife Swap"

Dallas, TX - Wednesday December 8th, Allan Aquirre and his family will be featured on the hit ABC series "Wife Swap." Aguirre has spend the last 12 years as a groundbreaking artist in the Christian alternative scene with bands Scattered Few and Spy Glass Blue as well as the label Accidental Sirens. The family was paired with a conservative Southern Baptist family from South Carolina. ABC has loosely deemed the family "The Christian Osbournes"

While early edits have not been seen, much of the footage surrounds the family's bands - both Dad's Spy Glass Blue, as well as Drama Dust, a band made up of their three children Xaundelle, Corin and Saphraine. Wife Cristina spent 2 weeks in South Carolina with the other family.

Aguirre explains, "This whole process reconfirms what I already knew about how my family functions, we all have definite roles that we each play to make up our family unit. It's been an gratifying experience."

A short teaser will play after tonight's episode, and commercials will play throughout the upcoming week. “Wife Swap” airs Wednesdays on ABC at 10 EST.

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36. "RE: One of the families was local....."
"The people who know us know we aren't confrontational people," Mr. Ray said. "But it doesn't matter what we look like, we're adults and we can take it, it's the kids that we're concerned for."

What a weasel. No matter how much damage control he thinks he's pulling off I saw what I saw.

Also, I often wonder what happens to these people after the shows air. You gotta think Mr. Weasel and Little Weasel are giving the girls a rough time of it right now.

I hope the Devil Vegan Woman is still eating alligator... err I mean crow around her hometown this week, too.

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27. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I think ABC has to step in and penalize any person that does not follow the rules. Why go on the show if everything has to go your own way? The idea of the show is to look at another lifestyle and be willing to experiment a little outside of your family life. But we keep getting these people who refuse to change after the other person has changed for you the first week.

And I know I wasn't the only person that thought Wendy was the Church Lady from SNL. When she ambled in with her rule changes I burst out laughing. Then when she let the kids dress her up. Well... it sure seemed like someone dressing up a man to impersonate a woman. I think it was the way she walked or something. But it was odd.

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28. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I just wanted to comment on the punk rock family. I heard them playing their instruments and singing their songs and all I can say is that The Ramones have nothing to worry about.

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32. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Well, we got ourselves a classic good ole boy!!!

It was his way or the highway, and it wasn't nothing anybody could do about it... (sad to say)

I've seen better...I've seen worse, but he was a total #*!. Did anyone notice South Carolina Gamecock logos all over the house, even in the girl's room...

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33. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Well I am getting tired of the "excuse" making explanation gratification that these families seem to be obligated to make.

While I respect their feeling the need to clarify their reasoning and justify their families... to that I say "you reap what you sow"

Endlessly we have heard from every reality contestant at one point or another all of them indignant and upset has to how they were portrayed and blame the editing. We have heard this since the first Real World.

If you have concerns about your warts and all showing.. DON'T GO ON TV! I doubt anyone of us would survive the fisheye lens and endless camera probing/producer egging/24/7 examination and exploitation of our lives.

Wife Swap and Trading Spouses are both interesting shows. And the fact is that we do learn about ourselves and others through this type of experiment. Sure people are going to make fun of you and that's what we are here for. But none of us are perfect and no one of any intelligence or awareness is going to generalize that all Punk Rockers are "devil worshippers" or all people from Oklahoma are NUTS (this however is starting to become worrisome because at this point Oklahoma seems ground zero for reality tv's worst offenders). But we do see how people are living for better or worse.

We are a celebrity obsessed media worshipping culture. If you sign a waiver you do just that "waive" your rights. But if BTD was not a control freak asswipe I would be hardpressed to find anything else to the contrary. He just didn't demonstate any type of tolerance or understanding. His outburst at the final meet was all we needed to see about how he handles conflict - in other words - not at all!

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38. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
The true character of a person is not in how they ACT, but how they REACT.

He tells the press he is known to be "nonconfrontational."

We all have our "act" ...the way we want others to see us. And we all have our "reactions"....the truth.

If he was not already a misogynistic hot-headed control freak who is terrified of women, then pointing a camera at him would not have revealed that.

The sad thing is, he can't be happy like this. Think of all he's missing.

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39. "he's probably happy"

his way or the highway. and his wife puts up with it. and so do his kids. i'm sure he's completely content.

all Punk Rock Dad said to him was "this isn't a reasonable man." and he couldn't take that piddly amount of 'heat' so he left the kitchen.

pathetic. i wonder how he doesn't suffer constant migraine from keeping his mind that tightly closed.

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40. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Actually, I would have to agree that he was nonconfrontational. Confronting punk rock guy would have meant that he would have had to open his mouth, instead he chose to be nonconfrontational and just leave. He also is a control freak who should not have been allowed to be on the show because there was no way that he was going to have the rules changed in his house -- he even said that. It was his house, and he made the rules. When punk rocker confronted him, he left. It was a very sad episode.
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41. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
I agree the man is totally afraid of anyone questioning him. He cannot handle confrontation in the least and which is why he walks out, resorts to threats or simply digs in his heels with the big "NO."

He reminds of my father who ruled with intimidation and used physicality to back up his lack of logic or ability to openly discuss differences. And while I have no evidence that Bible Thumping Dad does the same I think he uses the "threat" of it to rule with an iron fist. Plus he has the whole Bible thing to manipulate with as well.

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43. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Hello

This is the "Punk Rock" dad from episode 10.

Reading your posts is just as entertaining as watching the episode.

Even though some of the situation was a bit sad, I hope it was still entertaining.

For a closer look at The Zany Aguirres, check out: http://www.thezanyaguirres.com

Untill the repeat airs...

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44. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
Welcome Rock Dad!

We like to hear in depth stuff on these families. How did being on the show change you and your family? Have the changes lasted? What did you learn from the show about yourself?

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45. "RE: Wife Swap 12/08"
And have you had any further contact with the other family after that guy stormed off the set.
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