Jon and Kate Plus 8 — Page 2

Did everyone see the episode when she was looking for a cleaning lady? Kate listed all of the things she cleans around the house in one day and I was in disbelief. How does she have the time to mop the kitchen floor 3 times a day along with getting the rest of her cleaning list done and watch the kids!? She's obsessed!

I'm no scientist (though I like to roleplay), but I wish people would at least start to consider that perhaps this widespread infertility is also due in part to evolution? There are too many goddamned people on this planet.

And I know adoption is hard and expensive, too, but Jesus.

Emcee- totally see your point but part of me suspects that a lot of this is put on for the cameras.

I've thought that, too. And it's pretty likely. But still irritating.

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I love the zoo episode. Kids with animals are funny.

My favorite thing ever from the show, though, is when they go to the beach, and one of the boys yells, "TOO MUCH SAND!"

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The zoo episode is my favorite too! From Aaden the zoologist and Hannah who loves "aldergators" they're all too darn cute in that episode! I'm so jealous of their "backstage pass" to the penguins!

I loved the episode where they went Christmas caroling....that was adorable. And then on Christmas morning...when the one little boy looked at the stockings and said "Which one is mine?"

I have to give them credit for really "raising" their children. The one episode where Jon was cooking and one of the little girls kept getting in his way, and after repeated warnings she still wouldn't move, so he told her to go to time out. She cried and cried, but she listened, and she sat in time out until he came and got her. Such a nice change after so many of these reality shows where the kids are running the families.

I was cracking up after the "CAN I HAVE A JESUS?" part!

"It also seems like there's always a kid crying every episode."

Uhh I would expect nothing else. With 8 kids one of them is bound to be upset about something each and every day. Of course they are going to cry, they are toddlers, it is what they do. Overall they seem to me to be very happy, well adjusted kids.

And although I do agree that Kate is upright and overbearing, I also do see the point to all of her overzealousness. In order for that family to function, the organization that Kate brings to the table is a necessity. I think Jon's laid back personality complements her nicely.

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omg, Addy, the Duggars?! I love that they have twins named Jeremiah and Jedediah. Poor kids. There's also this family on Kids By the Dozen where half their kids are named after characters from Fiddler on the Roof. So there's this lot with like, half uber-Jewish names and half common American names.

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Yes, Em - that's them! I just can't watch that show!

Oh, the poor kids with the Fiddler names... the things some parents do!!

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I love this show. So so much.

But I do have to butt in. Opening this thread I knew there would be a lot of negativity. Kate and Jon HAVE said, multiple times that they knew of the possibility of having multiples. They said, "We knew going in the second time that there is the possibility of multiples, and that we had to be willing to be okay with that going in." They have never said they didn't know.

Regarding Kate, yes, she's overbearing. But the cameras are showing what they want to show. And cutting in reactions and different stuff together.

I love every one of those kids. Cara, Mady, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel. They are adorable. Of course there is crying every episode- they're 3 years old. There are ten of them- they do the best they can.

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