This is my very first blog. First thing I learned in college that might actually help me in life, "If you want to be a PR major, blog." Well, I've always likes stating my opinion often times on completely random topics and since I happened to be an easily peeved and opinionated person I figure blogging is the best way to get it out there. First of all, I'm extrememly amused with the fact that as I go along every minute or so this is automatically being saved. I guess that's good for me because I happen to be extremely unlucky when it comes to...just about anything.
Well, the whole reason I started this was because I wanted to post my opinions and the first thing I want to discuss is The Gosselins. I guess I can say I'm obsessed, I watch the same episodes over and over again and everytime they are as good as the first. I went crazy when the Fed-Ex man delivered my package of Season 3 of the show to my dorm and even more crazy when Seasons 1 and 2 were delivered in the same day. I was literally in tears when I learned that at my college the cable did not have TLC meaning no Jon and Kate... ever. This made me insist on my mother adding MobiTV to my cell phone plan so that I can get my Jon and Kate fix even if it is only on a 1 inch screen. I've made my boyfriend give up his tradional Monday Night Football watching while I was home so that I could see the new episode at 9, full well knowing it will be played a million more times but I want to see it then!
I don't know what it is about the show, maybe I'm so attracted to it because I want a big family. I'm an only child who grew up with a single mother and the closest thing I had to a sibiling was my cat. Maybe, I'm so attracted to it because the kids are adorable, the little porcelin doll faces eight kids each with their own little captivating personality makes for and amazing show. Jon and Kate are perfect contrasts of eachother which probably is what makes their relationship so perfect. Sure, they fight, but what married couple doesn't, especially having eight kids doesn't make it any easier to have a stress free marriage. They give their kids amazing experiences. I went to Disney World at age 6 and Cara and Mady experinced Disney at age 3 for the first time as did the sextuplets. I went to Hawaii at age 16, and the sextuplets went at 4. Though it made be hard for them to remember this when they're older the fact is they did it. Jon and Kate have expressed many times the fears they had when they found out they were having sextuplets but they definitely made the best of it.
Kate is what I see myself being like as a mother. A little paranoid but only looking out for her children's best interests. Extremely organized and a perfectionist and there is nothing wrong with that. She wants her children to be normal and that's the way she treats them. She is always on top of her game and knows what needs to be done, how it needs to be done, and when it needs to be done.
Jon works hard but still manages to spend time with his kids. With the exception of the trip to Chocolate World he is always present for family outings or special nights in. He takes kids out for errands to give them alone time and even cooks occasionally.
I know there are many sites out there that put down the Gosselins for way they live their life. People put them down saying they were selfish for going for more kids after the twins were born and for not taking the adopted baby they were offered but honestly in my opinion there is nothing wrong with their decisions. Kate has PCOS and knew she could not get pregnant so she got the help of fertility treatments which always has the chance of multiples. Obviously unaware that she would get sextuplets she went for it. I personally want four children and at least one of both sexes, if I were in her position I too would have went for the third. Reduction was also a possibility but they took what was given to them and are now making the best of it. Those eight kids probably have a better life than most children because their parents are doing everything in their power to make that happen. They've been knocked for doing the show since they are being paid for it. People, they have eight children, obviously they are not millionaires therefore, finanically raising them could be impossible for some families. This show gives them finincial stability and the ability to give their children a normal life.
Well, that's my rant for the day.
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