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The Top 100 Things I Have Learned in 2008 from Jon and Kate Plus Eight

Jan 2nd, 2009 by BohemianMoon

Boys may be icky, but they make some damn fine worker bees!

CHA-CHING!

(Your turn!)

Posted in Home, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, Life, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Things that......Well.......Piss me off, Uncategorized | 143 Comments

143 Comments to “The Top 100 Things I Have Learned in 2008 from Jon and Kate Plus Eight”

on 02 Jan 2009 at 1:52 am#1Gardensedge

Sandwich making is not the easy task most make it out to be. Just ask Kate.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 2:00 am#2Purpleswansinging

There is no need to feel guilty about leaving your 8 sick children with your sister inlaw so you can fly clear across the country for cosmetic surgery. They are hair plugs afterall and every knows that a plugged daddy is a better daddy.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 2:23 am#3BohemianMoon

Say you are Christian and struggling and people give you money…….lots of money.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:01 am#4I See Stupid People

When renting out someone else’s home when on vacation, do whatever activity/activities you wouldn’t be caught dead doing at your own home. After all, it isn’t YOUR home. Who cares what kind of mess you make. It won’t be YOUR problem.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:04 am#5I See Stupid People

Clipping coupons and using layaway at KMart means that you, too, can buy a 1.3.million dollar home.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:05 am#6I See Stupid People

It doesn’t matter how stupid your hair looks, people will always make excuses for it because you have 8 children!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:07 am#7I See Stupid People

Grandmas, Grandpas, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends are unnecessary.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:09 am#8BohemianMoon

I now know what “PR” means, and boy I’m relieved.

Thanks, Jon.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:13 am#9Chrissy

I also know what FAQ stands for - thanks again Jon!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:13 am#10BohemianMoon

Nature germs include tobacco spit, oil, antifreeze, chewing gum and whatever remnants the bottom of a million foot coverings leave behind.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:16 am#11I See Stupid People

Kate thinks that filming her kids 24/7 is “healthy”. Wow. I did not realize that.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:18 am#12BohemianMoon

Some people just don’t know HOW to help and if they don’t, to your specifications, there is no other option but to give them the old heave- ho- boot- to- the- curb!

(Who are they to say no?)
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:18 am#13I See Stupid People

When you have no vocabulary, making up words might make you feel better, but to the rest of us you just sound like a dumb ass.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:24 am#14BohemianMoon

Taking pictures of your children’s feces is tres chic in the world of Kate Gosselin.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:25 am#15Joanne

I learned that it is a-ok to put down a child with self-esteem issues on camera (Mady incident. The only mean & ugly one was Kate)
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:26 am#16Joanne

I learned you need at leat $1500 worth of camping gear to pitch a tent in your own backyard.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:26 am#17Joanne

I learned that divide and conquer is thriving in the Gosselin household.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:27 am#18Joanne

Geez… only at 18.
I learned that actors playing gay men emulate Kate Gosselin’s hairstyle. (Little Britain USA).
Enough from me. Soemone else’s turn now.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:29 am#19Joanne

WAIT.
I learned that gum is not to be chewed by 4 year olds and that it’s ok to go off on your Sister-in-law about it.
Oh and that cupcakes CAN’T be eaten on your birthday because you didn’t eat from craft services.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:30 am#20BohemianMoon

Central Park is a really big park in New York. Will I have to wait for Season 6 to find out what New York is?
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:37 am#21BohemianMoon

When getting a minuscule piece of gum off a lovey, make sure that you emphasize you are using ORGANIC peanut butter to get it out, because, you know, all the out of control screaming about the speck of gum and threatening to throw the lovey away in the first place didn’t instill enough guilt or fear . You know, for a lifetime.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:39 am#22I See Stupid People

#18 Joanne

I think Kate Gosselin is imitating the hairstyles of actor’s playing gay men ;).

Just so I don’t throw off the count here:

I’ve learned that it is perfectly acceptable to do a book tour to promote a book you didn’t write.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:45 am#23I See Stupid People

Renewing your vows in Hawaii without the presence of family (except those you’ve never met) is NOT sad and pitiful. REALLY it isn’t (after only 9 years of marriage , ripping apart your first apparently beautiful ceremony on national TV, and reiterating over and over that this is to show your children that mommy and daddy will be together forever). Nope. Not at ALL embarassing.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:47 am#24Lisa

I learned that if you renew your vows in Hawaii with assorted long lost family members you will stay married forever
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:48 am#25Lisa

I learned that if you look at a camera and say, I wish I had , it will magically appear within the next couple of episodes
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:49 am#26lisa.K.

How to pass around a love offering bucket to people who really have no clue about how much money I really have, or people who really have no clue about anything.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:54 am#27Lisa

I learned that you can use
“Don’t let me hear you breathe”
as a punishment
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:54 am#28BohemianMoon

That 5 day luxury stopovers to aid in adjustment of time zones are only necessary on the way to your destination, not on your return.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:55 am#29Lisa

I’ve learned that anyone can call themselves a Christian
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:57 am#30Lisa

I’ve learned upon seeing the photos that the do-over of the first house was as horrendously horrendous as was stated, although I believe I would have kept my opinions to myself since so many people thought they were doing a good thing.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:59 am#31Lisa

I’ve learned that having 8 kids in two sets of multiples AND putting them to work, allows grown-ups who should know better, to live the life of Riley.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:00 am#32BohemianMoon

The amount of hair product Kate Gosselin uses to keep her “Flock of Seagulls” doo has greatly contributed to the hole in the ozone layer, and Al Gore is pissed!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:02 am#33I See Stupid People

I’ve learned that money can’t buy happiness, peace of mind, privacy or CLASS!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:06 am#34Lisa

I’ve learned that socks are not just something to keep your feet warm………….
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:06 am#35Lisa

I’ve learned that corporate America really doesn’t have a clue
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:08 am#36Lisa

I have also learned if I am ever booked on a flight that the entire G tribe is also booked on that I will start screaming “Bomb!”—so as to be removed from the plane!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:13 am#37lisa.K.

I’ve learned how to make the spa my job.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:13 am#38Lisa

I’ve learned when you have a house full of sick kids,it is okay to run off to hold your husbands hand during a freaking hair transplant and leave said sick kids with you sister-in-law, who seemed to bend over backwards for you, but who you trashed on national tv.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:20 am#39lisa.K.

I’ve learned how to humiliate everybody (and cinderella) at disney.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:26 am#40Lisa

I’ve learned how to humiliate my husband ( should I ever lose my mind and want to do something like that! )
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:26 am#41Suzanne!

I’ve learned that your mulitples MUST wear matching outfits at all time. If one of them should spill something, say ice cream, on their matching outfit, I should through a freak out on the scale of those that other people reserve for when their child is gravely injured.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:29 am#42lisa.K.

I’ve learned how to donate….donations.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:31 am#43Chrissy

I’ve learned that the old saying is true: “You won’t go broke underestimating the intelligence of the general public.” (As a matter of fact, you’ll probably wind up with fabulous trips, free clothes and a million dollar home.)
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:32 am#44Kristie

I’ve learned that you are supposed to lay your sick babies who have the flu on a cold concrete floor all alone in the laundry room lying on an old blanket with a salad bowl to barf in, turn off the light and close the door….and all this time I thought you snuggled them up in blankets on the couch where you could see them, talk to them, love and care for them was the answer, what a dumb ass I am, thanks Kate!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:33 am#45Lisa

I have learned how to disregard the best interests of my children and how to put me-me-me first!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:33 am#46Kristie

I have learned that it is perfectly acceptable to exploite children in PA!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:35 am#47Kristie

I have learned that I can stop teaching my daughter not to hit, pinch, take toys, and use temper tantrums to get what she wants, because its the new parenting style!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:36 am#48Kristie

I have learned that Jon can cook organic korean food….I mean it must have been organic, thats all they eat right!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:36 am#49Kristie

I learned there is such a thing as organic fluff
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:40 am#50Kristie

I have learned that TLC thinks a great show is putting a family of 10 up in the peabody and sending them on a toy shopping spree in the name of donating to sick kids. Of course its because Kon fans dont see that real donating would be the salary they make, airfare money, and hotel money, to aid research, or buy equipment!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:47 am#51Lisa

I have learned there is nothing as it relates to this topic that will ever make me drink the Kool-Aid!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:51 am#52Lisa

I have learned it is possible to jump the shark-
over and

over and

over again!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:51 am#53I See Stupid People

I’ve learned that regardless of the blatant crap going on week after week on this show, televised for all to see, there are still people/sheeple/fans who will defend to the death said crap as perfectly normal, because, well, they have EIGHT kids! One MUST exploit and take advantage of every opportunity that comes along (especially since to do otherwise would mean getting a j-o-b) because they have EIGHT kids! And we, oh so unworthy with whatever number we have, have never walked in their shoes so we shouldn’t judge them. Oh yeah, and we are jealous, too.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:54 am#54Pansy

I have learned it isn’t embarrassing to a 4 and a half year old to have to wear a bib and use a sippy cup…………no matter what any of the kids at school say!
So there!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:54 am#55I See Stupid People

I have also learned that the ability to birth children (with the help of medical science) does not mean you are able to parent them responsibly.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:00 am#56I See Stupid People

Hitting, smacking, yelling at, belittling, embarassing, interrupting, correcting hubby’s grammar, etc. on national TV is perfectly acceptable behavior as long as you qualify it in a couch interview on national TV that “That is the way we communicate”.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:01 am#57I See Stupid People

I’ve learned that they don’t read blogs and never read negative e-mails or other negative stuff
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:14 am#58lisa.K.

Totally ignore my son when he has ‘a problem’ with his hiney, because bunk beds are soooo much more important.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:25 am#59GingerRose

I have learned that feeding your family only organic foods makes you a better person.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:27 am#60GingerRose

I’ve learned that non-organic Juicy Juice is acceptable because it is free.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:28 am#61GingerRose

That you can yell, demean, hit, and belittle your spouse everyday, but getting your vows renewed on a free vacation to Hawaii will reassure your children of the strength of your marriage.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:28 am#62Pansy

Angry outbursts are due to low blood sugar
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:28 am#63Pansy

You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:29 am#64Pansy

Stupid is as stupid does
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:29 am#65GingerRose

That disobeying a babysitter means you deserve to slam your head into the wall of a plane.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:30 am#66GingerRose

From Kate, I have learned that it’s important not to be rude to your hairdresser.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:33 am#67Lisa

I’ve learned the state of PA is not the place to raise children if you are concerned about their welfare
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:34 am#68Lisa

I have learned it’s okay to be surrounded by children battling cancer and their parents who live it daily, and still carp about my 10 weeks in the hospital.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:36 am#69Lisa

Marrying a eunuch has it’s advantages
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:58 am#70Syl

I learned this nation is being overrun by sheep. Scary.
I also learned how to be a better person by NOT emulating
KON’s ‘Christian” example.
Lordy Bee I’ll continue being an ethical agnostic/secular humanist.
Following their lead would be detrimental to my moral compass.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:49 am#71Pansy

If you have a magic uterus, you can sell product of said uterus. & live high on the hog.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:52 am#72Pansy

it is possible to be ‘exhausted’ all day-everyday, even with your husband, the above mentioned eunuch, bathing, dressing, toothbrushing,putting to bed, getting up in the morning,chasing around the backyard, YOUR 8 kids.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:53 am#73SusieQ

I thought I once learned that Kate hated to do laundry and therefore had helpers.
I recently learned she loooo-ves doing laundry.
I learned if you listen to what comes out of her mouth you will be confused.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:55 am#74ChrisB

I am aware of KMart’s layaway program.
More than I care to be.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:57 am#75ChrisB

Oh, before I forget!
I have also learned that even if you are disgusted, and you do turn the telly off:
It doesn’t change the children’s situation. They are in the same sinking ship as when you were watching.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 12:22 pm#76twin (not on tv)

I have learned that it’s ok to keep my children on tv even when they are being teased at school. That’s the price of fame.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 12:23 pm#77twin (not on tv)

I have learned that day care is a bad nasty place. Even though I have worked in child care for the past 15 years
on 02 Jan 2009 at 12:27 pm#78twin (not on tv)

I have learned that it should take two days to get a good picture of my child care class of 16 children and 2 adults. Then airbrush it to make the children look totally different.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 12:57 pm#79Pansy

I have learned that ‘certain’ bloggers will give the benefit of the doubt (freely & happily) to Kon in regards to everything they say or do, but that when it comes to people who come to the defense of peripheral J&K family memebers, they will pounce, eat to the bone, spit out the chewy parts and wait for the next unsuspecting victim to stumble into their midsts.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 1:00 pm#80Ninabelowthebellt

I did learn that if you have a PR firm you can lie, cheat, steal and then lie some more and still come of smelling like a rose to half the population.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 1:32 pm#81Tanya

LOL….I finally learned how to make organic meatloaf…yummy to my tummy
on 02 Jan 2009 at 1:58 pm#82Joanne

No matter how sick and near death kids at the children’s hospital are, all they really want is a book called Multiple Blessings.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 2:38 pm#83louise

Wow!! Well said - they are now spent.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:04 pm#84Emily

I learned that boys are to be seperated from the girls (I have two of each so thanks Kate and now I will definitely make sure that the boys only play with trucks and the girls only play with dolls since that is the way it should be right right ??)
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:06 pm#85Emily

I learned that if you hawk a product long enough a company will call and have you do it all the time everywhere and you will get a lot of free stuff (oh wait I guess I won’t get to do that since I don’t have a film crew watching me huh?? darn)
on 02 Jan 2009 at 3:11 pm#86Joanne

I’ve learned that unless approved by Kon, anything you read on the internet is fabricated and untrue. And they don’t retaliate even if it’s family that have propagated the hurtful horrendously horrendous lies.
Cutting them out of your life is NOT retaliation.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:12 pm#87carolsue

To make a giant ass out of yourself-
Yell, HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOO in any & all public spaces—
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:21 pm#88carolsue

If Cara learns how to ski–
More words added to Kate’s vocab–
Skier Girl?—-GAG
Amazingly, it becomes all about Kate–This will be my life–
Next stop — The Olympic’s
WHAT ABOUT CARA YOU STUPID BITCH?
What about Cara?
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:24 pm#89momof5

I’ve learned it’s perfectly okay to have a favorite child and give in to her every whim just b/c “we bonded first”!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:26 pm#90momof5

I’ve learned it’s okay to throw friends and family away after they’ve served your purposes-or in Jodi’s case-when the public likes them better than you!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:27 pm#91momof5

I’ve learned that manipulation and lying over and over is okay as long as you say it’s in the name of giving your family everything you can!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 4:37 pm#922sillymonkeys

I’ve learned it’s entirely plausible to be exhausted when I can sleep-in, have my coffee delivered to me in the morning, watch my husband cut up breakfast waffles, sit on my white plastic throne in the garage to watch the kids play, grab pre-made food off the craft table for “lunch,” heat up an organic chef-made meal for dinner and let hubby bathe every kid and put them to bed. Whew!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:09 pm#93nancy

It is absolutely the right thing to do to take credit for a book you have not written and it is perfectly acceptable to never mention the real author since she has done all she can for you and you have kicked her to the curb long before the book is published.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:09 pm#94fxfanatic

If you overreact in public your husband/oldest son will pretend he doesn’t know you!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:11 pm#95fxfanatic

Central Park is a big park in New York.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:19 pm#96fxfanatic

I’ve learned that not having a jobs but having “helpers” is exhausting.

(I also learned I should read the posts so I don’t repeat, doh!”
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:26 pm#97GingerRose

That since society allows for fertility treatments, it is society’s job to pay for the resulting children. The parents have no responsibility at all!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:39 pm#98Suzanne!

I’ve learned that to ‘give back’, one must:
-Travel many states away, requiring spending thousands on airfare and a stay in a four star hotel (cough cough).
-hand out copies of my freshly published book
-spend time in the business that pays me to be a spokesperson, so that they’ll give the toys we’re (cough cough) buying to ‘give back’ to the sick children.
-keep saying “it is much better to give (to me, sheeple), than to receive (attention from mommy if you’re an icky boy)”
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:53 pm#99lisa.K.

If you want to justify everything, just call it a blessing.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 5:56 pm#100Pansy

I have learned that it’s okay to lambast family members who stick up for other family members
on 02 Jan 2009 at 6:22 pm#101DirtyDisher

I’ve learned the definition of the word organic. It means expensive and too good for you.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 6:41 pm#102BohemianMoon

DING! DING! DING!

And Pansy is the winner at number 100! A two pound block of Velveeta for you, Pansy!

ALL you ladies crack me up to no end. Nothing like starting the new year with a hearty laugh, even if the basis of the laugh is a sad state of affairs.

The collective intelligence and wit delights me, as usual.

Thanks gals, you rock!

Feel free to add on to this thread~ no need to close it
on 02 Jan 2009 at 6:44 pm#103Joanne

We’ve reached a hundred… A couple were duplicates so here goes:
I’ve learned that Kate WILL READ to her children if you PAY her to.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 6:52 pm#104momof5

I learned that just because you stand at a cash register and say you bought something doesn’t mean you really did!
on 02 Jan 2009 at 6:54 pm#105momof5

I learned that real cooks don’t use recipes-yet Kate says she’s a “real cook” and she does use them! Also, organic can be applied to pretty much everything-even when it’s not really organic.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 7:08 pm#106GingerRose

From their “fans” I have learned that calling Kate and Jon on their obviously bad behavior and lies is evil and hateful! I have also learned, though, that it is perfectly acceptable to unfairly judge, stalk, and bash anyone with whom you do not agree.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 8:01 pm#107carolsue

I learned if you continually harp about dirt–
You can teach a sweet little boy not to kick a ball beacuse it’s
DIRTY—
on 02 Jan 2009 at 8:17 pm#108Virginia

I’ve learned that although I’ve been called a feminist for too many decades than I care to mention and “always on the woman’s side” in most divorce situations, there is at least one woman alive that I simply detest everything about. I don’t wish her well and I am very sorry that she is my gender. I want her to leave the country alone and never come back. I want her husband, although seemingly useless, to step up to the plate, find out that most woman are just wonderful people all together and that Kate was a freak, and raise his daughters and sons to know they are equal. I’ve learned that aside from KC Anthony, Susan Smith and a few others, Katie Irene has for the first time in my adult life made me wish I hadn’t marched for women’s rights. She has made me ashamed to be a mother and a woman. But I’ll get over it. I’ve learned how much one person can get under my skin by pulling the biggest con on the American public in my lifetime.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 8:24 pm#109carolsue

I learned , feed kids cold cereal for breakfast , a light cold snack for lunch–
Kids then will eat whatever you put in front of them for dinner—
Because they are ……Starving………..
on 02 Jan 2009 at 8:56 pm#110fallingstar

I learned that giving to charity is good, but giving to charity and getting paid $65 000 at the same time is way better.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 9:16 pm#111Beejcctx

Moon, I caught this while lunch reading, I posted it on GWOP in the open discussion, but upon cogitating somewhat - I think this might interest you as well. Especially since this shatters the “they’re healthy stop picking on them” mythos:

Caught this off msnbc.com this afternoon:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28469753/

Preemies at risk for mental disorders as teens

Study: Chance of developing anxiety, depression up to 68 percent higher

NEW YORK - Results of a Swedish population-wide study hint that children born prematurely have some risk of developing anxiety, depression or other psychiatric disorders in adolescence and young adulthood.

Children born preterm should therefore be watched more closely for these disorders, the investigators suggest.

Among 545,628 Swedish residents born in the 1970s and followed up until 23 to 29 years of age, Dr. Karolina Lindstrom from Sachs Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, and colleagues observed a stepwise increase in psychiatric hospital admissions with an increasing degree of preterm birth.

A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. Lindstrom’s team found that 3.5 percent of subjects born moderately preterm at 29 to 32 weeks of pregnancy and 5.2 percent born very preterm at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy had been hospitalized because of a psychiatric disorder.

They report their finding in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics.

Compared with those born at 40 weeks, the risk for psychiatric disorders was 68 percent higher in the very preterm group (birth at 24 to 32 weeks), 21 percent higher in the moderately preterm group

Alcohol- and drug-related hospital admissions were not more common in adolescent and young adult ex-preterm infants. “These results,” Lindstrom and colleagues note, “are in line with previous studies reporting that addictive behavior is not an important problem in this group.”

The investigators conclude, based on their findings, that adolescent and young adults who were born prematurely are a group “in need of more attention in research and secondary prevention” of psychiatric morbidity.

—-

Of course all I can think is - great!!! Poor babes have been videotaped their entire lives AND now may have a predeposition for mental illness. So not a healthy situation for any of the eight children.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:04 pm#112four

I’ve learned that if you just ignore what you said previously (”we’ll donate back all donations to other families with multiples”) it’s perfectly okay to do the opposite (all donated items are resold at consignment shops or grudgingly given to a family of multiples when they don’t sell)

I’ve learned that eating “organic” cookies is actually healthy and good for you. What was that word? Oh, nutritional. Organic sugars and fats are NOT harmful. Diabetics take note!

I’ve learned, above all, the best defense is a good offense and when someone calls you on your bad behavior you should simply turn it around and blame them, over and over until they just cave.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:35 pm#113MET

I’ve learned that exploiting children can pay off in terms most of us would never dream of.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:51 pm#114lisa.K.

I learned that eating organic may be good for you physically, but does nothing for the personality of a shrew.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:59 pm#115MET

I learned that Kmart has layaway and that I will never use it.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 10:59 pm#116MET

I learned that begging is dignified if done via your own “reality” show.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:00 pm#117MET

I learned that people I wouldn’t bother with in real life are people I should ignore on TV, too.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:27 pm#118fxfanatic

I’ve learned that there are MANY of us who care about these children more than their actual parents do.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:41 pm#119Suzanne

I’ve learned that it’s okay for you to sell stuff that was donated to you on consignment rather than paying it forward, because it’s yours to do as you wish.
on 02 Jan 2009 at 11:48 pm#120lisa.K.

I learned not to worry about my childs future now, because money is so much more important, who needs a childhood, Kate obviously didn’t have one and look at her now.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 12:39 am#121carolsue

Four–#112

O, Four—

Let us not forget Organic Lollypops & Organic Fluff—
I had no idea organic protected protected teeth from cavities–
One of those things that make me think—WTF?
on 03 Jan 2009 at 12:41 am#122carolsue

While on the subject of teeth—
Silly me, I always kept TOOTHBRUSHES in the bathroom-
Where in my uneducated brain, I thought tooth brushing took place-
on 03 Jan 2009 at 12:47 am#123fallingstar

I’ve learned that its ok to paint pottery with my children as long as there is someone else to clean up after them and they paint something I can use.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 12:51 am#124annieh

I have learned that I am very, very grateful to live in Park City, Utah where there is 22″ of snow and that Kate hates “being where it is cold”.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 1:07 am#125MET

I’ve learned that J&K fans will excuse any behavior, any time, unless it is by someone other than J&K.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 1:11 am#126MET

I’ve learned that people will excuse unattractive behaviour if they think the person who does it is attractive.

I’m reminded once again to question the thinking of anyone that shallow.

And to ponder herd mentality in blogs.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 4:26 am#127Janine

I have learned that there are “many impostors” out there and the only “official information” about the Gosselin family is available on their website.

I have also learned that couples whose marriages are in the toilet can remain together as business partners to continue pimping out their kids to earn millions and get free stuff on an ongoing basis.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 4:37 am#128Vanilla Latte

I learned that the show is their life and their life is the show-despite how many times the fanatics deny it!
on 03 Jan 2009 at 4:53 am#129Patty Ann

I have learned that if I have a hit-and-run, I can use the excuse that I’m famous to get out of a ticket.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 5:05 am#130alana

I’ve learned that it’s o.k. to lie to a fertility specialist about the number of months you’ve been trying to get pregnant, so he’ll start treating you sooner than his patients who tell the truth.
And if he denies your request, simply switch doctors!

I’ve learned, in order to ensure I never have to “work” in any sense of the word, ever again, and to ensure the same thing for my husband, who has a really pitiful track record when it comes to holding a job for more than a month or two, when my fertility specialist sends me home with exploding ovaries and a warning “NOT to have sex”, that I should go ahead and do it anyway and then say meekly (and in code) to my husband in a couch interview, “will you forgive me?” because I didn’t tell him what I was planning for us. But hell, it worked and you have your own show, right?

I’ve learned to say “Their show is their LIE and
their LIE is their show!”

I’ve learned if I want a whole lot of NEGATIVE attention I should make a sign for my front lawn that says
“DO NOT STOP
DO NOT WAVE
DO NOT TAKE PICTURES ”

That way, when my FANS do the opposite, I can bitch and moan and be crabby to my children because
I’M A CELEBRITY!!!

(oh yeah. The kids are famous, too.)
on 03 Jan 2009 at 6:57 am#131RKwrite

I’ve learned that boys are gross and icky, and you’d think I’d know that already since I raised three of them to manhood. Funny, I’ve never thought of them that way. Oh they can be aggressive, competitive, cute and funny, intense, and sweet, and secretly soft-hearted, and of course handsome and intelligent, but gross and icky are two adjectives I’ve never used about my sons, even when they were four years old.
on 03 Jan 2009 at 7:56 am#132justaminute

#131
I’ve learned that I am not a hater nor am I jealous. There are just a lot of stupid people in this world who live vicariously through a pair of nitwits. That is the only rational explanation I can find for the blind following these two attract. I think anyone who finds them the least bit likable would probably jump at the chance to pimp out his/her children as well. That’s right I am making a judgment. For those that believe that the above mentioned nitwits do not deserved to be judged so harshly then they should not have sold their lives’ to the highest bidder. Anyone with half a brain will watch this show and say huh? what? and marvel at the inconsistencies. The stupid people say stupid things like “I like this episode.” “They kids look like they had fun.”
on 03 Jan 2009 at 9:36 am#133alana

I have learned that the Gosselins are the ONLY family with eight kids in the entire history of the world who are given a free pass on everything that would otherwise be viewed as an easy out or short cut or quick fix, were it any other family of 8 kids, 10 kids, or even more kids. For example:

If you are any family other than the Gosselins you -

will treat and love all children equally.
will make friends with your next door neighbors on both sides of your house.
you will live in no more than a 1500 sq.ft. house and be eternally grateful for it.
you will save the money to add an edition ONLY if six of your children are the same age.
you will ask people to install carpet, paint your new addition, or do your gardening FOR FREE, only when you are not just “using” them and will remain friends with them when the job is finished.
you will read the dictionary and learn TWO new words every day.
if your husband loses or quits his job you will tell the truth about it and admit he f____d up.
if one of your children needs counseling you will research CHILD psychologists in your area and follow through without stealing the kid’s thunder and using said therapist for your own neuroses and problems.
see above. you will approach finding therapist and scheduling appt. with all the gusto you would have if this was a SPA treatment for yourself.
you will have at least one best girlfriend in order to model healthy peer relationships for your children.
no matter what you are doing, you will LOOK your child in the eyes when he/she says something to you.
if your marriage is “in the toilet”, you will do everything possible to FIX IT. if it’s un-fixable you will find a way to be divorced without divorcing your children.
you will tell the truth always and teach your children how to do the same; honesty with thyself is just as important to thy sanity - teach that one, too.
always remember that money IS an object and it’s “…at the root of ALL that is EVIL.”
on 03 Jan 2009 at 4:40 pm#134louise

GWOP - topic - Parenting Examiner Resolutions for Kate -
hopefully will make the national news wire -
very very good.
Supposively - http://www. encyclocenter.com - states that the g’s
have also bought a vacation house in NC. I was unable to
access. Interesting - two new houses - one for each.
Maybe some progress is being made. Happy New Year!!
on 03 Jan 2009 at 6:19 pm#135BohemianMoon

#130 RKwrite~

Yep! “Icky” was never in my vocabulary regarding my son or any of his male friends. As a matter of fact I was pretty stoked when I found out I was having a son. I also raised him without gender bias and he is, for lack of a better term, all male.

Don’t you love it that little Joel can’t touch a soccer ball because it has mud on it and then gets yelled at because of his aversion to it?
on 03 Jan 2009 at 8:55 pm#136mothrof4

I’ve learned that if I keep telling everyone that my husband and I will be together FOREVER and we are not going anywhere that I’m only trying to convince MYSELF!
on 03 Jan 2009 at 11:18 pm#137lisa.K.

I’ve learned to get my husbands hopes up by saying ‘I will speak more gently’ when renewing my vows , and then totally rip him a new one every chance I get when we get home.
on 05 Jan 2009 at 8:57 pm#138Lynnie

I’ve learned that some people think it’s be okay to show your kids in different states of undress , or in the tub, blurred or unblurred, as long as the film has the TLC logo on it.
I’ve learned that those that notice these things and point them out as being wrong, are the perverts, not the crew that filmed them, or placed said film on youtube (and who knows what other sites) without being blurred.
Lynnie
on 06 Jan 2009 at 4:04 pm#139pomegranatetears

I’ve learned that I am happier then someone who has more space (per capita ), more money, more things, and more lovely children then Katie Irene. I’ve learned that money/fame/material success truly doesn’t buy happiness. I’ve learned that such things, if not already placed upon someone who is grateful and well adjusted, actually physically ages a person and makes her so repulsive that people DON’T want to truly be their friends.

I’ve learned to feel sad for parents who seemingly value their children only for the comfort and material goods they can give THEM (the parents).

I’ve learned that if one of my daughters is so desperate for my attention that she sometimes wishes her sibs weren’t born that it really is just because she is hungry.
on 14 Jan 2009 at 2:40 am#140Kaitlin

I have learned that it is wise too keep far away from relationships.
on 04 Apr 2009 at 8:36 pm#141pjd

I learned that cracking a supposed loved one in the face so that his head snaps back is just a love tap…and its funny!
on 08 Apr 2009 at 7:27 am#142chibbs

I’ve learned that you can buy over a million dollar home and still have a laundry room that is “way too small” even though it is larger than my bedroom. But they are in the process of finding a way to fix that problem, of course on TLC’s dime. And only the best front loader washers and dryers (4 in total) will do your laundry and make you love every minute of it, even though you really are not the one doing the laundry.
on 08 Apr 2009 at 9:15 pm#143BohemianMoon

chibbs~

Welcome to Musings, we are happy you are here!

I’ve learned that you can buy over a million dollar home and still have a laundry room that is “way too small” even though it is larger than my bedroom. But they are in the process of finding a way to fix that problem, of course on TLC’s dime. And only the best front loader washers and dryers (4 in total) will do your laundry and make you love every minute of it, even though you really are not the one doing the laundry.

Simply amazing isn’t it?

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