Would you ever - from PunkeeWunkee's Mom's Post

TheOaf66 wrote: Would you ever do the wife swap thing? I don't think Jennie could live with a family opposite to ours, they would have to be dirty, do nothing with their kids, and the hubby would have to be the head of the house hold

luvmykids replied:


I might have done it only to show my DH what a good deal he really got

mom2my2cuties replied: I couldn't. I am a neat freak. Except for where toys are concerned...Very active with our kids and in our church and community and couldn't imagine living any other way.

I actually heartbroken for the Christian mom on there that got sent to the "witches" house.

ETA - that was another episode that portrayed homeschooling families as dirty. but the other mom also homeschooled (if I remember correctly) so it kind of balanced. I couldn't get over the "house elf" that does the cleaning. All I could think of was Doby didn't do his job

Kaitlin'smom replied: nope not for me

J-rod replied: never....i got what i need/want....why mess with it? nobody could ever replace steph

TheOaf66 replied:



I am totally happy with Jennie, can't imagine the opposite of her

mom2my2cuties replied: You know my husband has had the total opposite of me, and I don't think he really wants to go back

msoulz replied: Not a snowball's chance in you know where. I wouldn't want my family exposed on national TV. Just don't think it's a good idea. SAme with the "what not to wear" type shows - my friends tell me I am the ideal candidate for it (what an honor!) and I'd be OK with someone giving me money and/or clothes, but not in front of the entire US!!

luvbug00 replied: I would , but I live to stirr up troubble

punkeemunkee'smom replied: Not in a million years! First of all I think you have to be 1/2 to let whomever come into your house to parent your children for 2 weeks I feel terribly sorry for the kids in these families-the parents seem to forget children are not a social experiment I know it is kind of funny and dramatic to watch but if you get down to the basis of the show,I think it is great to see how the other 1/2 lives but I think it is pretty screwed up when you throw kids into that mix for the ratings JMO!

mom2my2cuties replied: I think it is good for some of the kids. Especially the ones who really take mom forgranted. I agree though, a lot of the kids really seem confused about which way is right and don't know what to do.

MyBabeMaddie replied: I would in hopes that it would make Adam realize he has something good with me. Or it could totally backfire and he would think he was in hell with me. I'd take the chance.

CantWait replied:
Ditto.

Boo&BugsMom replied:
I saw that one. I also felt bad for the punk rock family (this was on a couple nights ago) that were Christian, but the other mom thought they were devil worshipers based on their appearance. Sad how people judge a book by it's cover all to many times.

I could never do it, hubby is right. I'd be too afraid people would trash my house. I'm too tidy. And my poor babies, I couldn't leave them to let another woman opposite of me take care of them...NO WAY!

My2Beauties replied: I'll have to go against the norm here and say yes!! I think it would be a good experience and hopefully I could teach another family some things and I would also hope that it would make DH realize how good he has it. But we're not overly anything, we're not overly clean, overly dirty, overly religious, overly weird, overly OCD, nothing to that effect so I don't think we'd qualify

Jolyn replied: We are just too boring!!!! We are sooooooooo average it's not funny. Well actually it is kind of funny. There is just nothing extreme about us and it seems most of those families are extreme in their ways.

A&A'smommy replied: no I couldn't do that I wouldn't want another woman in my house I'm too territorial!!

mom2my2cuties replied:
I think that is my problem with...I am very territorial about my home, my routine and especially my family.


I must admit - I LOVED the ranch family. Where the mom said - she did more work in 1 day than a lot of women do in thier lifetime. And swapped places with the lazy party girl wife...And the cowboy dad ended up putting the "swapped" wife out. I think it was sort of "Cowboy Justice" because most of the families just sort of sit back and takeit.

luvbug00 replied:

really I thought she was being very overdramatic and wierd. You sighn up and you should expect to put in a situation with your compleate opposite.

MoonMama replied:
Haha me too. We'll switch.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I would only to prove to my DH that I'm right when I say no other woman would put up with his crap. But really, there's no way we would ever get accepted even if he would agree to it because we are too normal.

hawkshoe replied: I would love to do it. Of course, I would like to get someone here that would make my husband appreciate me more. She would have to be a total slob, you know, kind of like what was already on there, with a dirty house, lazy, unkempt, eats only junk food type. After 2 weeks of that, I think I would look pretty darn good

ataylorm replied: I think that show is just creepy! Although it is amazing to see how some people live. I certainly don't like how the show constantly portrays all home schoolers as being complete nut jobs, but then again, that's generally what the media does, despite the fact that very few are actually like that.

holley79 replied: Well i'm a nut so I would have to say that I would do it. I would of course, wait till Annika was older because I wouldn't want someone in my house with her so young. She would never last a day at my job or in my house.