The Train Wreck That Is Jon & Kate Plus 8
I confess that I don't watch this show as much as some people do, for the same reason most people I know don't watch it at all: it is *REALLY* hard to watch Kate bash and totally disrespect Jon behind his back, to his face, in front of the kids, to the kids, and all on national TV.
As professing Christians, Jon is commanded to love his wife, and Kate is commanded to respect her husband.
That doesn't happen. At least there is no evidence of it.
I remember watching part of a re-run of the episode where they first went to Utah. Jon took off up the slopes and I remember thinking, "Oh my gosh! He looks like such a weight has been lifted off of him!" I had never seen him so free and relaxed.
To me that was the beginning of the end.
Did Jon get a taste of - or was he reminded of - what it felt like to be free of domination? And once he tasted liberation he just couldn't go back?
Who knows? Certainly not me!
FWIW, I am fully aware that no separation is totally the fault of one person. I have no idea how Jon behaved off camera and we did not see a whole lot of him on camera except in the interviews. Even then Kate did not seem to think he could do anything right. She seemed to find countless ways to belittle and humiliate him, such as the time she picked him to pieces for saying something like "lunch picnic" instead of "picnic lunch."
The media is paying a lot of attention to Jon lately and he has been behaving quite badly. Flailing around like a balloon that somebody just let the air out of is the best description I can think of.
Do neither of these people stop to think their kids will read ALL of this some day?
Are they still going to church?
Are they getting marital counseling?
Does Kate not realize that when it isn't her turn to be in charge, Jon has the right to bring people into the kids' lives that Kate might not like? Oops - unintended consequence here.
I just think this whole sordid mess is really sad and there are eight innocent victims.
What a shame.
I really hope both Jon and Kate get some Biblically based Christian counseling.
As professing Christians, Jon is commanded to love his wife, and Kate is commanded to respect her husband.
That doesn't happen. At least there is no evidence of it.
I remember watching part of a re-run of the episode where they first went to Utah. Jon took off up the slopes and I remember thinking, "Oh my gosh! He looks like such a weight has been lifted off of him!" I had never seen him so free and relaxed.
To me that was the beginning of the end.
Did Jon get a taste of - or was he reminded of - what it felt like to be free of domination? And once he tasted liberation he just couldn't go back?
Who knows? Certainly not me!
FWIW, I am fully aware that no separation is totally the fault of one person. I have no idea how Jon behaved off camera and we did not see a whole lot of him on camera except in the interviews. Even then Kate did not seem to think he could do anything right. She seemed to find countless ways to belittle and humiliate him, such as the time she picked him to pieces for saying something like "lunch picnic" instead of "picnic lunch."
The media is paying a lot of attention to Jon lately and he has been behaving quite badly. Flailing around like a balloon that somebody just let the air out of is the best description I can think of.
Do neither of these people stop to think their kids will read ALL of this some day?
Are they still going to church?
Are they getting marital counseling?
Does Kate not realize that when it isn't her turn to be in charge, Jon has the right to bring people into the kids' lives that Kate might not like? Oops - unintended consequence here.
I just think this whole sordid mess is really sad and there are eight innocent victims.
What a shame.
I really hope both Jon and Kate get some Biblically based Christian counseling.
posted by Sandi @ 5:04 PM
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