Anonymous 197...please don't go there. We discuss when we can, when we don't stay at awake at night so sick to our stomachs that a little 10 yr old little girl, so precious is kidnapped, from a nice nieghborhood and she cannot be identified. Why not? She was dismembered. Do you have any idea how inappropriate that was to add when one of our group was grieving tonight the loss of her dear friend, she is awake, can't sleep and we are trying to stay up with her, just talk. Read some of the posts before you post. Never assume.
Ex Nurse said... 174 I know I have too much time on my hands...
My recording device can play back in frame by frame slow motion. At around 17 minutes into the show, Kate was blathering on and I hit the slo-mo to get a closer look at her facial grimaces. Some of the stills are absolutely chilling--eyes blazing, mouth down-turned and anger absolutely shooting out of every pore. And then, I noticed the 2 people in the background--they were the authors of that book--who had been squeezing lemons. When Kate was blathering, one of them started stabbing at the lemons--kind of like in psycho. I didn't notice that any other time--maybe it was random and coincidental. Maybe not. ____________________________________________ Ex Nurse, I was about to post about that too! I saw the show last night but just watched it again on Youtube in case I missed anything. And you're right about the 'bartender' stabbing the lemon as it was SO obvious!
It starts at the 11:27 mark when Kate was answering the question about whether she was still single (or whatever it was a viewer asked). When she started talking, you can see the bartender in the background behind her and the way he's holding the knife and stabbing that lemon to death; it was like he was saying "die bitch, die!" Well, maybe that is too harsh to say but it was definitely intentional what he was doing, in my opinion.
For those of you who looked at the Getty photos, didn't you love the one of the extreme close up they did of Kate's Winnie The Pooh tattoo? And the close up of the shoes showed how she crammed her feet into them and they don't look like they fit properly in the back also. They remind me of Minnie Mouse's shoes actually!
now I gotta go look at the youtube. Some of the articles on the internet are only getting a COUPLE of comments and hardly a word being printed or posted is kind at all.
BUT the funniest part of the whole show were the 2 bartenders guys (who wrote the book Sh@t girls say) and what they did every time the camera was on Kate.
If anyone still has the show taped or gets a chance to watch again, you MUST focus on the guys over Kate's shoulder. I believe the hand motions were very intentional and directed at Kate and that they knew they were on camera right next to Kate's face. I could not stop laughing. And I am sure Andy knew what was happening too and was laughing at Kate too. __________________________________________
Anonymous said... 3 Parents aren't suspects. It is considered an abduction. Sorry I didn't mean anything accusatory. I am just disgusted. ****************
Yeah... such horrible things go through my mind, but I prefer to think of her now as looking down on her mommy and daddy and trying to tell them not to worry coz she is really ok now. And she is with her grandmas, or old aunties, and (tears) family pets...
It always gives me a smile to think of the family reunions going on whenever someone passes away.
My brother in law and his wife lost a 3 year old to luekemia(sp?) and 10 years later that poor man lost the wife too. At the funeral, as the pall bearers were leaving the church with wife's casket, my brother in law had arranged for Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" to be played, calypso music and all. To him there was a small reason to celebrate, baby and mom together again.
Anonymous, What makes you think we don't talk about the abused, murdered, dismembered, missing children? We do but you are not here at that time.
I take such exception about that little child, dismembered. My heart goes out to the parents who have to watch their little girl's friends grow up in that area, get on that school bus, grow up and their daughter never will.Reminded every day of the horror and the thought of their daughter, tortured and dismembered. Poor family.
There is a special therapy for parents of murdered children. As this is an area of my work, I have sat in on some sessions. No secret I am in criminal law and really getting ready to early retire for my own health. In these sessions of parents trying to get throught the mourning process, some never get through it, some may just sit there for years and listen, never moving forward. It all depends how their family member was murdered. This one murder you brought up in DEN is so sad, dismembered, could not identify the child as the body was not intact early in the week. I know this was going to be horrendous.
We just needed a break tonight but I was in bed trying to go to sleep along side my hubby but I heard that part of the late news and I got up and came downstairs, luckily as Love my Grandsons had just lost her friend tonight. So that was were our conversation was headed when you popped in.
As I am commenting with Love My Grandsons, no need to identify myself right now as I have said too much about my work.
Is it just me or is there an unusual amount of posting about deaths and others asking for sympathy? Aren't there grieving blogs for that? No, I'm not trying to be rude. I just don't understand all the cries for attention here on a Gosselin blog. I've never met any of you and frankly, you could be criminals or very ill individuals. I'd never think to post on an anonymous blog about a death in my family. I mean, really??
Anonymous, Did you know A 15 year old girl killed herself even though she was crying out for help: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/10/12/teen-who-posted-video-on-bullying-found-dead/1630491/
A mom is sentenced to LIFE for supergluing her toddler's hands to the wall ... for potty training issues.
CPS and the media are ready to investigate and crucify, and probably take the kids away, from Octomom but KG gets to go on fun shows and pretend everything is fine.
Many of us care about many things. we talk about what is on our minds at the moment. You came in here and basically scolded us for not talking about Poor Jessica.
You could have posted (with a name) said, "Have you heard?...." but you just sneered, "I thought you were child advocates." (familiar bleats to many of us.)
Anonymice -- Your words would get a lot more attention if you followed Rule #1.
The murder of Jessica is horrific. I had read an article that said the body was unrecognizable, but it didn't say that she'd been dismembered. That's terrible. I can't imagine how her parents are feeling right now. I hope that the guilty person(s) are found and punished quickly. I'm not always sure I believe in the death penalty, but this is one of the times that I do.
Is anyone else up now? I was sound asleep and one of the dogs I'm doggy sitting for this w/e decided she wanted out, at 2:30 in the blessed A.M. Now I can't get back to sleep. Dwindle, are the tea and cookies still available? If so, I'll take Earl Grey and a couple of cookies. I drink my tea "barefoot", as my Kentucky Grandpa used to say.
Grandsons -- I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. She sounds like a special lady.
Do many of Khate's journal entries line up specifically with JK8 episodes? Not that it's easy to tell exactly when episodes were filmed as so much was staged and redone.
Hi ladies, I can't post much in the evenings on my phone. Just wanted to say hi to Dwindle, share condolences wit Love My Grandsons and Angie, and thank aggiesmom for posting exerpts from the book.
I say this with hesitation and very tentatively because you all know me as a regular poster here. Sorry for going Anon this one time.
It appears to me that some, not ALL, of the posters here are being passive aggressive. Kind of like one-upping against one another. It may not even be done consciously. Eg) well, I'll take your childhood abuse story and raise you the death of a friend....and so on and on.
None of us can really prove or disprove what's going on in our personal lives due to the anonymous nature of this blog. IMO, these (few) posters are seriously sad and/or depressed and probably doen't even realize what they are doing.
i'd hate for the blog to turn into 'my tragedy is worse than yours' thing.
I apologize in advance because i'm sure someone will be hurt by this.
The crib climbing evil or not bit just shows, for about the forty billionth time, Khate's wacko whiplash parenting. All the rules, consequences, responses from Mommy, change by the second.
aggiemom09121416 said... 104 Sunday, October 15, 2006 Today started out well, but became a very ugly day by about half way through! We got up and got to church on time… amazingly! And that our kids are going to grow up scarred about what they have heard us say in front of them when we fight! Lord, deliver me from myself and Jon from himself! Please help us to love each other and help me to keep my mouth shut especially when I am tired and I recognize that I am irritable! -------------- The two of them (Yon and Khate) were just way too immature to be good parents, and fed each others anger and pettiness. Not only did they have hourly rows, and not only were they in front of their young children, but they made a lot of money off the pain it caused their children!
Kate was asking for HERSELF as always.She needed to throw Jon in there to make herself feel better.Many times b4 that she said they always went away from the kids to argue. I know you feel that Jon is a shitty parent as much as kate is.I disagree.Yes,Jon was in "it" from the start...then after the money was coming in...they were getting rich,Jon said enough.He didn't want to play the game anymore.Kate wasn't done.Jon wanted their normal lives back and kate said hell NO... Jon couldn't or wouldn't help kate anymore and he was excused. TLC had that man pinned.There was NOTHING he could do.They are his kids YES...BUT he could do nothing...even today....he cant do much.
I bet Jon is hoping for Roberts book to get the attention it SO deserves No ONE will or has listened to Jon...he has always been the mad ex-husband not getting the money and cut out of the show. Kate is the single mother doing everything right...and Jon is the jaded ex-husband.
Angie said... 189 What a crazy couple of weeks huh gals? We deserve a drink, but all I have is candy bars. Here have a biggie bar! Join me in late night eating. ====================== Angie, how funny you mention candy bars. I've never had anything to drink other than soda, kool-ade, or water. I have been somewhat lucky when it comes to drinks. I can't stand the smell of coffee or liquor. Sweets? I'm about to check myself into chocolate rehab. I'm up to a bag a day of twix. hehehe
Number me with those who can't sleep at night. Dwindle, I hope your pain for your puppy has slowed down. It never really goes away, but the time of mourning at least slows down a few hours each day as time passes.
I have never had any children or husband so my dogs are my baby's. In 2009 I lost my dad in march, had to put my girl socks, who I had for 16 yrs down. I got my boy Shadow that same day.
Shadow was a black Chihuahua that had markings like a mini pin yet looked like a fawn. 6 months later he was run over. I'm pretty sure that pain you had was exactly what I felt. To have him leave me without any preparation, as if that's even possible, was the most horrific pain I have ever felt. I, for the first time, was glad I never had children.
When I read about your puppy I felt your pain and I prayed for you. I guess you can say we are pain sisters. BWAHahahaha..snort..ouch!for a lighter note
OK, enough of the melancholy. You asked what everyone is doing for the weekend. Well, it's raining here in Utah but if it stops, I thought I might give my motorcycle a bath and send some more work applications out. How about you? First though, I'm hoping I can sleep some.
Thanks all for putting up with my long posts. Your all good people. In case I missed any encouragement from others, thank you for caring. GOOD NIGHT ALL!! OR GOOD MORNING. LOL
I say this with hesitation and very tentatively because you all know me as a regular poster here. Sorry for going Anon this one time.
It appears to me that some, not ALL, of the posters here are being passive aggressive. Kind of like one-upping against one another. It may not even be done consciously. Eg) well, I'll take your childhood abuse story and raise you the death of a friend....and so on and on.
None of us can really prove or disprove what's going on in our personal lives due to the anonymous nature of this blog. IMO, these (few) posters are seriously sad and/or depressed and probably doen't even realize what they are doing.
i'd hate for the blog to turn into 'my tragedy is worse than yours' thing.
I apologize in advance because i'm sure someone will be hurt by this. ________________________________________ Yes, I noticed someone brought this up yesterday (I think it was yesterday) I'm just getting off to go home so I'm always off on my days. I guess that's a sign too perhaps of getting too comfortable within the group forgetting some "lurkers" may not be pure of heart, not me per say but I'm worried that lack of discretion may harm someone and I'd be really sad over that. Those sheeple drive by concern me the most when I hear they harass folks. My heart goes out to people that are having health, work or family losses but I do wish no one has any extra grief from expressing it on a public site. I think I'm so tired right now I hope to get safely to bed before the eyes blink close. Have a safe day all.
Thank you all for your kindness and expressions of sympathy. My back was hurting a little so I laid down on the sofa, and I just woke up now. Okay, so I'm not much of a night owl anymore.
Sincerely Anonymous, "...raise you the death of a friend." - all I can say is wow, your comment was uncalled for, in my opinion. Obviously some part of you felt so, too, or you would have used your usual name if you truly are a regular poster here.
No one tries to "one up" anyone on this. We share our stories, usually as they relate to Kate's abuse of her children. Those of us who have been through it ourselves can see the similarities and post our past experiences as a way of expressing our understanding of what the children might be going through.
At times, we do go OT if something unexpected has happened in our lives,(the loss of a family member, a dear friend, a beloved pet, etc.). No, we don't truly "know" each other, but we feel as if we do and that we can share these issues on this blog. And when we do, the kindness and compassion from the good hearted people here helps ease the pain some.
I'm sorry you feel that this sharing and compassion is 'one upping' each other. Most of all, I'm sorry for you that you even feel that way.
Again, thank you all for your compassion last night, it really did help me alot. God bless you all.
I just read the on line articles about Jessica Ridgeway. My heart goes out to her parents right now and the grief they must be going through. I pray they catch the sick person that did this before he/she does it again.
Kate, the blond and skinny caricature of Hollywood, is lacking talent and intelligence. She has been given chance after chance (gotta be Julie May's connections) and once again, blew it. I think she is running out of cable networks :)
Anyway, it is pretty funny how she is attempting to redeem herself now. Proves to me what Robert wrote is the truth, and the biggie here... she has NOT DENIED anything. She can't. It's her journal. And the shows document her behavior. Coinciding not only the TV show, but written proof in HER OWN WORDS. And what got her in the end? Her anger. Her anger at Jon by throwing out his stuff is what got her. Karma.
I hope it all works out for Robert. The genie is out of the bottle as far as his book. Dribs and drabs will keep coming out despite Kate's attorneys. Bravo, Robert. You did good.
I watched Kate's interview with Access Hollywood. Concerning her banning of Google, Kate is fooling herself if she thinks she can control her children's Internet use. As a teacher, I have to constantly keep up with the new ways kids are using technology. It's amazing what they can figure out, how to get around blocks, using proxies to get to banned sites, etc. Kate may think she is in control, at home, but she can't control the school technology labs. I'm sure m/c are finding out more than she wants them to know, but they are keeping quiet to avoid the wrath of Kate.
Yes, Barb, Kate is a total idiot who gives C&M iphones for their birthday and expects to keep the girls innocent about what is on the internet about their mother. My bet is that those two are aware what is on the internet about their mother. If they haven't already seen it, their friends are probably more than willing to tell them. Kids are kids, whether it's an upscale private school or a regular public school.
LoveMyGrandsons said... 145 OT, okay I know what's bothering me. A good friend at work didn't come in yesterday, and she didn't call in which is unusual. She wasn't feeling good the past couple of days and said she thought she had a cold. When she didn't show up for work, her best friend at the office called her friend's brother and said she didn't come in and didn't call in, so he went to her home to check on her. He found her in her bed, she had apparently died in her sleep. She was 72 years old and one of the sweetest women you would ever meet. She will be sorely missed.
You know, one of the things she did? I organize a food drive at work every summer and and Christmas for our local food pantry. This sweet lady would call me at my desk to help her carry in bags of groceries! She would have 8 or 9 bags! On top of that, she would always tell her neighbor about the food drive, and the neighbor would go out and buy 3-4 bags of groceries and give them to XXXXXX to bring to the office for the food drive.
She was always there for everyone and I will miss her. _______________________________
How sad. So very sorry for your loss. Sounds like she was a wonderful, generous woman.
BTW, I wonder if she'll get any publicity regarding the Rock n' Roll 10K today. I suspect she has remained in NYC since Thursday. Wonder what she and Steve are up to? Since been on Twitter silence. The race started at 7:30 a.m. Oh, and the official hotel for the runners....Holiday Inn Express. Safe to say that is NOT where Kate and Steve stayed.
I don't understand why KT is so worried about google. She admits in her own words that she and Jon fight in front of the kids and say horrible things. She says herself that the girls see her be too rough with the boys. She beat them when they were babies for poopy diapers to the point of begging God to make her stop. Whatever they could Google would not be anything that they don't already know and then some. Those kids could tell stories that would make you hair stand on end. Does she think the fact that she doesn't let them on Google is a redeeming factor? Those poor kids are living in a house of horrors and the only thing they may learn on Google is that it is not the norm and they should not have to live that way.
She's being interviewed, yes--not in a flashy studio, but alongside a murky pool--perched on what I think is a plastic deck chair. Her hair is flat, save for a rebellious strand that would escape for parts unknown, were it not for the fact that the roots are slicked with oil.
Her voice is restrained; her facial expressions are clearly moderated. Even her hands and legs are carefully positioned. Fingers intertwined, one foot tucked behind the other--controlled as they are, they still manage to betray the anger and frustration that are so clearly knotted up inside of her.
"It is what it is," she repeatedly says. "I've changed...learned so much." She talks about how hard she works to maintain some semblance of peace, for herself and for her children. But then she takes another verbal jab at Jon. She sighs the deep, resigned sighs of a saint, insult to injury by saying it is she alone who protects her kids against the steady onslaught of worldly dangers.
Such a bundle of contradictions.
So yeah, Yoga Barbie: How's that redemption tour working out for you?
It looks like that interview took place maybe out in LA (just looking at the plants), maybe before the book came out for damage control. Perhaps she flew to LA to have a face to face with her attorneys?
She has a close circle of friends that "would die for her".
Uh oh, Steve. She says it "was meant to be" if some brave soul (man) sticks around for a period of time. Steve, you are the only one who has been there for years. (Gina, hope you don't have a pet rabbit.)
One thing I have learned over the years with PR for Kate, it is all done in concert, intertwined, carefully played out to create her image. It was obvious from the interview from the questions asked that this had something to do with the book.
TLC stinks: just watched the interviews and agree that that was a pre-emotive damage control interview. She actually sounded a little intelligent and less valley girl. The whole "the media paints me in this bad light" crap was a little nauseating.."I mean everyone who meets me likes me" wtf?!? She really is delusional on what she personifies to the public...as Kate would say, "I just don't get it"... That's at least something she didn't lie about
I read here on a regular basis but post sporadically. I think that the common denominator of this group is that we have compassion, compassion for innocent children such as the Gosselins and animals such as Shoka and Nala. I for one do not feel it is inappropriate to show compassion towards each other as well. Just my opinion!
If her explanation is that she is a mom of eight and needs protection, just how long will Steve be around? Until the kids are 18? Strangest excuse I have ever heard.
I watched the 4 interview clips. They are definitely the "World According to Kate". You get the feeling that the questions were written PRE-book. She is more subdued than normal.
She has a habit of letting a sentence trail into a shoulder shrug and a a mouth twist. I guess she expects us to finish the thought for ourselves.
Robert's book is like a lifeboat bobbing in the open sea right now. I sure hope he makes it to shore soon.
Dmasy, I agree it was pre-book publication, but the questions were geared to get out in front of the negative information before the book came out. She doesn't do interviews unless she knows the questions beforehand. The interviews are made to look off-the-cuff, a trick that only the sheeple believe.
Just read the Jessica Ridgeway news. It is such a tragedy and my heart goes out to her family. I too hope they find the person who did this and that he is brought to justice.
My daughter is around Jessica's age and my husband and I had been discussing letting her walk the two blocks from our house to school when she got to 5th grade. Don't think that will be happening now! What a sick, twisted world we live in! It's so very hard to try and teach your children not to live in fear when things like this happen!
As for Kate, she's like a soap opera - you tune out for a while then check in and nothing has changed. It's just the same story. She really is done. The reason no one asks her "the hard questions"? No one really cares. My question - what will it take for Carson May to drop her? When does representing Kate become not worth it anymore?
You know what's making me fell 'testy' still? (Ok, I'll get teased again for that word!) Kate is going about her merry life, (although she may be floundering, but still)...with her delusional self- portrait. The articles on-line about the book have generated fewer comments than I hoped and so many are supportive! While I am definitely all for dogs' rights, the spanking and other abuse are now forgotten as the dog abuse is brought up and people don't seem to believe it.
Why does Kate get the benefit of the doubt while other people 'in the public eye' are put through the wringer? Her smug clumsy comments on TV/radio shows and at marathons seem to go on and on with no hard-hitting questions.
If Kate needs protection because she's a mom of 8, wouldn't it stand to reason that all moms of 8 would need protection? Or moms of ten, or 11 or 12? How come Michelle Duggar doesn't have protection then? Or Betty Hayes? Maybe because they're nice enough ladies and no one wishes them harm? And they don't go off on people?
Formerly Duped said...Why does Kate get the benefit of the doubt while other people 'in the public eye' are put through the wringer? Her smug clumsy comments on TV/radio shows and at marathons seem to go on and on with no hard-hitting questions. ==========================
Formerly Duped, I get "testy" too. When that happens I try and step back and think about everyone I know who doesn't even know who Kate is or if they do know they never think about her, and that IS everyone I know; family, friends and acquaintances.
Kate is a nobody to the majority of the world. This blog and Twitter and celeb-gossip world that surrounds Kate is really nothing that matters that much. People I know aren't wondering these things. I think they're a more contented lot! Sometimes I'm jealous.
Kate, if everyone you meet liked you, why do you spend your life tweeting with total strangers? You know if I knew the kids were safe with Jon 100%, I could feel sorry for this woman. She has no family, no friends (no tweeting buddies do not count) and virtually no life. She hides away in that house with little contact with the real world.
And when I say jealous @49, I'm jealous of my friends' ignorance of Kate and her small world. (Clarification for sheep with low reading comprehension.)
I agree Kate is not newsworthy etc but there are enough supporters to concern me,and I just don't feel that despite RH's book, the truth will affect Kate and she will be held culpable. I just want justice for her kids and pets.Don't know why I feel so 'involved' in this but I guess I will until the day Kate has to pay the piper.
There are many other horrendous stories out there and I also feel that way- the guilty should be brought to justice.
Is it just me or is there an unusual amount of posting about deaths and others asking for sympathy? Aren't there grieving blogs for that? No, I'm not trying to be rude. I just don't understand all the cries for attention here on a Gosselin blog. I've never met any of you and frankly, you could be criminals or very ill individuals. I'd never think to post on an anonymous blog about a death in my family. I mean, really??
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Fortunately, it's not your call what is and isn't allowed on this blog.
You want to know who is really disgusting? The person who abducted 10 year old Jessica and killed her. I thought you were child advocates here but I haven't seen a mention of her lately. She was found unrecognizable. That is just sick. Who would do that?
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Wow, so because we haven't been talking backwards and forwards about this story doesn't mean we don't care about it? I've been following it closely since day one, I just haven't mentioned it here. Faulty logic. Same with politics, I know many of us are very informed about the election and have been following it very closely, but we've decided as a group not to discuss it here.
Regarding Kate and her running time. She says she ran about a 9 minute mile. I find that interesting, because a few months ago she claimed to run a 6 minute something mile. Of course, I'm sure that was a total lie. Even if the 6 minute mile couldn't be sustained, it sure seems like she would be running a 7 something mile if she were running on a regular basis. We know she isn't. She is just not eating in order to get super skinny and maybe running once a week or so. She lies about absolutely everything.
And what happened to all of the marathons she was going to run? Ha. She is a fool. She's just trying to create an image, any kind of image for herself---a runner, a nutritionist, an author, a chef, etc. She is so desperate. She's trying to grab onto anything that will stick and nothing will.
I believe it appears she gets a pass (Teflon Kate) because she really is just not that big of a deal. We are focused on her, but I have to say that I have no other aquaintances who care. I will go so far to say that people I know did not even watch the show. So Tweet, I agree. For whatever reason, she really gets to me. I don't like being deceived and I don't like an abuser. She leads a secret life and frankly, it's almost a game to catch her in her lies.
Formerly, I'm not sure what "held culpable" means anymore; investigated (by whom), arrested (for what), banished and shunned from society in general?
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lol,just held morally if not legally responsible for her actions. Not necessarily in jail, but acknowledge what she did.An investigation of Shoka's and the kids' treatment perhaps. I think she is already shunned in her area from what the local posters report.
In case anyone's interested, Kate's results for the NYC 10K. Notice how her name is spelled wrong--oops, someone make a mistake registering her? If you searched results by her name, nothing comes up-is that why she tweeted her bib number. Otherwise, people may not think she actually ran it.
Kate Goslin Beverly Hills, CA
Bib# 8
Finished In: 55:57:00
Age: 37 | Gender: F Overall: 1276 out of 4171
Division: 78 out of 391
Gender: 571 out of 2759
5 km 28:09 Pace 9:01 Chip Time 55:57:00 Clock Time 57:05:00
I'm sorry I think she got that expression from me ,I've used that " It is what it is " a couple of times commenting here. It's a dated expression I actually heard it about 4 years ago from Michele Obama in an interview! It kind of just stayed with me!
She definitely reads here, and apparently all the comments, and is learning what she needs to address!
I' feel so bad for that beautiful little Jessica and her family!
Love My Grandsons, We almost had a nice little group here at what 1 or 2 or 3 a.m., Dwindle came out and Njay was here. We were just trying to talk and comfort each other, but especially Love my Grandsons.She was feeling such a loss.
Most of the time we are here ragging on Kate Gosselin. But last night it was just 4 people from all over the US coming together to comfort one of us.
Unfortunately, we were hit by a sick drive bye.
Hope that Love My Grandsons, you are a big better and that you felt our hugs last night.
If someone had told me a year ago that you could meet a group of women, online for child abuse, could talk to each other about loss (my pet) sickness (my 3 friends are fighting different stages of cancer) I have been surprised, you can still be a human being exchanging feelings. We can come together and feel for each other.
Not going to talk about that poor little girl's family in Denver and what they are experiencing, it is too sad, too sick. I will pray for that family, just a small prayer that they can find some solice, even if only in sleep to know think of what the images in their mind show them while they are awake.
Someone up post fears allowing their little girl to walk 2 blocks. Today I would say that there are so many people, more than years gone by and if you have feelings about that 2 blocks, then go with your gut feeling.
Your little girl won't be too angry with you. She will do the same some day for her own child. Protect our children.
Now back to trashing Kate Gosselin and Steve. Guess Andy Cohen's last comments to Kate and Steve when he handed her miniature liguor bottles "you and your bodyguard can get boozed up with this" and that really tells you how he felt about Kate's bodyguard standing there like a secret service agent.
You know what's making me fell 'testy' still? (Ok, I'll get teased again for that word!) Kate is going about her merry life, (although she may be floundering, but still)...with her delusional self- portrait. The articles on-line about the book have generated fewer comments than I hoped and so many are supportive! While I am definitely all for dogs' rights, the spanking and other abuse are now forgotten as the dog abuse is brought up and people don't seem to believe it.
Why does Kate get the benefit of the doubt while other people 'in the public eye' are put through the wringer? Her smug clumsy comments on TV/radio shows and at marathons seem to go on and on with no hard-hitting questions.
Had to vent, sorry.
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Vent as much as you want, Formerly Duped- and don't apologise for it.
LoveMyGransons, A little over a year ago I was on this blog that I've read for years but had only commented on a few times. I had lost my mom 3 days before and was using the reading as a diversion tactic. Mom's death suddenly hit me hard and I posted something here. I can't tell you how much the other posters helped me that night. I didn't feel quite so alone at that moment. This blog does more than give us an outlet for our rage against the treatment of 8 beautiful kids. Thanks all. ------------- THIS is an example of compassion and altruism...someone was hurting, reached out, and received comfort.
That being said, I am sorry for your loss lovemygrandsons... but what a testimony to a life well-lived.
Laurie, here you go: http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/season-8/morgan-fairchild-kate-gosselin
Admin ~ Yes. From Kate's twitter feed: Kateplusmy8 Rock N Roll NYC 10 K for @CouponCabin.......I'm #8 for the first time ever !!!! Thanks @RunRocknRoll for this amazing surprise! XO
The sad part of all this? She was supposed to be promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.
I've heard "it is what it is" for a decade from about 1,000 different people. I'm sure Kate heard it too and picked it up. No, lol, she didn't get it here.
So big deal, she ran a race. Guess that's it until the next one. Her life now is a series of scattered and isolated media events and runs, scattered being the operative word. The media events seem to be favors to various people, so nothing truly to do with her self perceived celebrity. None of this earns her what might be considered a decent living. As I have said before, I will take my real life any day over hers.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 59 Life Tools @LifeTools Don't judge. Behind every person, there's always a reason why they are the way they are. Retweeted by Kate Gosselin
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Does this mean because her dad abused her as a child, we can't judge, because there is a reason she is the way she is?
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I think she meant this for Colin. Since he has been physically and mentally abused since birth, she has decided he now gets a pass for all of his behaviors and quirks for the rest of his childhood. She has decided not to judge him anymore, but just love him.
I think she meant this for Colin. Since he has been physically and mentally abused since birth, she has decided he now gets a pass for all of his behaviors and quirks for the rest of his childhood. She has decided not to judge him anymore, but just love him.
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Maybe she shouldn't have judged her babies for their bad behavior because the reason they behaved that way was because, well, they were BABIES!!!
I have cool weekend plans, Dwindle, I'm going to a demonstration of police dogs, the K-9 unit. They're going to show how they train them and what they can do. It should be so cool!
It appears to me that some, not ALL, of the posters here are being passive aggressive. Kind of like one-upping against one another. It may not even be done consciously. Eg) well, I'll take your childhood abuse story and raise you the death of a friend....and so on and on.
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I appreciate your respectful comment and I'm the first to be aware of such things, but I'm not seeing this AT ALL.....
What I think I'm seeing, frankly, seems like a little jealousy of a cohesive group. Even a virtual one. Or just some kind of sick need to disrupt something going well because that's "fun."
Mel said... 48 If Kate needs protection because she's a mom of 8, wouldn't it stand to reason that all moms of 8 would need protection? Or moms of ten, or 11 or 12? How come Michelle Duggar doesn't have protection then? Or Betty Hayes? Maybe because they're nice enough ladies and no one wishes them harm? And they don't go off on people? **********************
Good point Mel!
I have 4 kids. LOL, that is half as many as Kate, so should someone be footing the bill for Steve to carry MY purse and drycleaning 1/2 the time? My mailbox is across the road and I might get lost, should I grift and beg and demand for someone to pay Steve to come and lead me to my mailbox half the time, since I too am 'directionally challenged'? Aggiemom has SIX kids, including teenage twins - how many times a week should Steve be carrying HER purse?
The sad part of all this? She was supposed to be promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.
As usual, it was all about Kate.
A point from me...The majority of people who have migrated to and post on this blog did so because of their empathy and concern for the Gosselin children. This "community" has been together for a few years now and posters feel comfortable with this community to reach out with their pain and grief. I would say that is a good thing.
When Kate says I need protection because I have eight kids, is she implying there are eight people who really need me so I can't get hurt or killed because eight people would be left without me? Sounds like it to me. Oh, I get it, so a mom who only has one or two kids it's okay if they get hurt or killed? Everything she says is so darn offensive.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 75 I have cool weekend plans, Dwindle, I'm going to a demonstration of police dogs, the K-9 unit. They're going to show how they train them and what they can do. It should be so cool!
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WOW! Please report back! what are the breeds, ages, living arrangments, etc? Any training tips to share?
A point from me...The majority of people who have migrated to and post on this blog did so because of their empathy and concern for the Gosselin children. This "community" has been together for a few years now and posters feel comfortable with this community to reach out with their pain and grief. I would say that is a good thing.
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Exactly. Too late to cry foul now. If you didn't like the direction the blog was going you should have spoken up about 18 months ago! :)
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 59 Life Tools @LifeTools Don't judge. Behind every person, there's always a reason why they are the way they are. Retweeted by Kate Gosselin
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I was once told there is a difference between a reason and an excuse. It might be the reason, but it's no excuse. Doesn't excuse her actions.
You know, Admin, you seem to have made a decision a long time ago, to sit back and see where the posters take this blog, especially after the show blessedly went off the air. Many of us have thanked you for that opportunity. However, some people need black and white parameters, they are ok with grey areas for themselves but absolutely not for others, and they feel way more comfortable with a set, concrete list of rules that others must adhere to. The Off Topics, the fuzzy areas, etc that have EVOLVED on this blog is hard for some folks because they cant focus on the rules and how to stay inside the lines when they color.
This blog is evolving. That is going to be hard for some people who like things much better when they can hold others to firm bounderies. Change and progress is scary and some folks fight it viciously.
My words of wisdom. Feel free to cross outside the crosswalk. Carry on.
"I have a small group of friends who would die for me" well lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol. Now who has that? Oh I have an in law who says that all the time, they live in a small town, have been raising their children over the past 30 yrs, now retired and starting to take some trips, little trips, just the girls. This in law says to me "I have these friends who would give their lives for me and I would give my life for them" and I have to laugh to myself.
Kate do not test that small group of friends to see which one volunteers to give her/his life for you. Hon, hey Kate, listening to me? No one will raise their hand. That whole phrase is so funny. There is no one I would give my life for unless I had to give a kidney to a sibling and I would think about that for a while too. lol lol lol lol
The only one who would have given their life for you Kate and there is one and that would have been Shoka. For some reason you think those you pay are your friends and would give their lives for you, not so. Nala & Shoka would have protected you with their lives, not now. So keep paying "that small group of close friends" and see what happens when you aren't writing those "friendship checks" and that includes Stevie. lol lol lol lol lol lol
I was once told there is a difference between a reason and an excuse. It might be the reason, but it's no excuse. Doesn't excuse her actions.
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Exactly. When I talk about the reasons for Kate's behavior, I am not looking for excuses for her behavior, just reasons, causes. Sometimes people will chime in and say that's no excuse, and they are correct. But some people still want to find reasons.
Kate definitely believes in excuses. I have eight kids, I'm a single mom, I had a rough childhood, everyone leaves me.
Those may be reasons but they are not excuses, Kate. Boo hoo, lots of people have it tough. Not everyone is the abuser you are.
I am so excited to announce that I will be running two races on behalf of CouponCabin, who will be supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure® by donating funds to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I will be running the Rock ‘n’ Roll New York 10k on October 13 and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Halloween Half Marathon on October 28.
I am excited to run these races not only to shear time off my personal bests, but most importantly because I am running to benefit a wonderful cause. Join me in doing what I can to help find the cure!
(10/3 blog entry, via lateplusmy8 website)
And yet...her tweets today are all about her being cold, the fact that she was gifted with bib #8, and that she was happy with her run time. She mentioned NOTHING WHATSOEVER about Breast Cancer Awareness.
As a frequent reader of this blog, may I say how very much I appreciate the kindness I see in the “regulars”—loving people supporting one another in so many ways. Like most of you, I share your outrage at the ex-Mrs. Gosselin’s behavior as it has impacted her innocent children (and dogs). It appears to be open season on kids in Pennsylvania after seeing what Sandusky has gotten away with for years. How long will it take to bring PA to come to their knees as far as this Gosselin tragedy is concerned? Why nobody can better protect those kids (and dogs) will forever be a mystery to me! Robert’s book needs to be kept front and center until justice is done! (Thank you, aggie, for the citations from the book as I missed purchasing it by minutes!) To see this apparent child abuser showing her face on TV—despite her vile behavior—is an unconscionable “reward” for someone so undeserving.
While I do believe she writes many of her blog posts, there's no way in heck she wrote that one. Way too organized, linear, non-rambling, no exclamation points, hits all the talking points clearly, thoughtful, non-insane.
I can pretty much tell the difference between when posts are written by her or the CouponCabin staff with absolute certainty, they look so different than her normal ramblings.
Even the promotion tweets lately you can tell they have access to her twitter account and are doing it for her. What a lazy-ass.
Really?? I thought that expression had passed ! I'm so out of the loop now that I'm retired. I still think she reads here and learns the correct way to address her bad behavior.
Admin. Have fun with the K-9s. It reminds me of an assembly we had at school. The police department sent over a couple of policemen and their K9 . The students were outside sitting in the grass area and during the demonstration one of the dogs bit one of the students in the leg! It wasn't a vicious bite but he broke skin! All of the adults gasped and all of the kids laughed! The school never brought them back!
A police dog bit a child? Never heard of such a thing. Most of them are not trained as attack dogs but rather tracking and sniffing dogs. Hopefully they took that dog off the lineup, it wasn't for him.
Usually they are brought in after the scene is cleared to sniff out the drugs. A dog trained to sniff drugs will never be taught to bite or attack. His job is to FIND. The screening process is vigorous, most dogs won't become police dogs.
To see the pics of Kate just google Getty Images and then type "Kate Gosselin" into the site's search engine. After you look at Kate, you might be interested in typing in "Steve Neild.."
Admin ~ I agree. It's still Kate-centered, but it doesn't wander thither and yon. And the exclamation marks are notably absent.
Hope no one minds...I posted it again to the new blog entry, since it's specifically about her 10K run.
Wonder if she'll take note of the criticism here, maybe expend a little more time and effort in promoting Breast Cancer Awareness for her Halloween run. Would be nice, but I doubt it.
Admin. I don't know what happened to the dog. I think that the excitement of all the kids set him off. I heard his parents were really angry! I wonder if they still send K9s out to the schools? This happened in the late nineties.
The killing of 10 yr. old Jessica is sad beyond words. Why do we even have people who are capable of killing a child in our society? I try hard to be a Christian, but there is just no justice hard enough for the evil person who did this heinous act.
Kate is promoting Kate. Not a word about Breast Cancer Support? Well, imagine that.
When our bomb sniffing K9's were brougt in as an exercise to clear our building, we were told not to touch the dogs for any reason. They aren't attack dogs either, but maybe they are trained to be on the defensive. IDK. Just a thought.
I am at the fifth annual Richmond VA Folk Festival, watching Roseanne Cash do a fabulous set. She is here on behalf of a Richmond organization Children Incorporated childrenincorporated.org that works to support children living in poverty in the us and throughout the world by partnering with existing charities and NGOs (nongovernmental organizations, another term for nonprofits). Great cause, great show. Roseanne Cash has been a sponsor for 25 years, a celebrity who puts their time and money to good use. Roseanne Cash is daughter of Johnny Cash and a superstar in country and American roots music.
I read here, hardly ever post. And when I do post, I ALWAYS use the same name.
So when I read things from people who are "anonymous this time" or "anonymous this once" or some other cutesy name that's designed to hide who they really are when they blast someone and accuse them of being passive aggressive, I laugh. They're writing (as opposed to walking) definitions of what they're decrying. And the All Important Rules of Conduct are suspended for them. Rule #1? No problem! She's a regular hiding behind another name!
Someone new? No benefit of the doubt given. Trolls, all of them!! Some of the "trolls" are Kate fans, no doubt about it, but most of the time I don't see a single thing wrong with their posts other than they don't agree with everyone else. And for that they're "shit stirring" and Rule Ignoring.
I'd like to present Jon's qualities - remember the episodes where he bathed the kids?; changed diapers;, took the kids on outings?; got yelled at by Kate for playing with the kids? There were so many memories that Jon made for the kids. Let's write about those. Now, that, I believe, will/would rile up Kate and her Sheeple. If I can find the link I'll send a note to Andy Cohan. Now that would be fun. Anyone else in for it?
While reading this blog, I recieved a phone call from my brother that my mother is being rushed to the hospital for emergency gallbladder surgery. She is 69 years old. Please pray for her! Thank you, bloggers.
Did I hear Morgan Fairchild answer one of Andy's questions saying she stayed out of the sun? mmmmm one more jab to the tanning queen.
Those quotes from the book are chilling. Does this remind you of Christine Crawford's book 'Mommy Dearest' about Joan Crawford at all? Wonder how many will go in together and write a tell all? Heartbreaking.
Administrator, are you no longer able to post the latest tweets from Kate? I refuse to go directly to her twitter page and give her a hit, but I always enjoyed reading the latest from your site.
RWA says it's a sheeple named Lexxi that make the tweet regarding Shoka.
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Lexxi is bhappy, who is also Marie, who is also MyBorderCollie, who is also the sheeple who tweets platitudes and has a hole in her heart for the past seven months or so.
Milo (who is not Lexxi, as far as we know) tweeted that someone petted Shoka this morning and Shoka is fine...as if Milo has exclusive info on that.
Maybe someone can find some of her old tweets but she often urges her fans to stay tuned, keep following her, much will be revealed soon, stick with it and great things are to come. And yet nothing ever comes of it. She is a classic con artist, and plays games too.
Can't she be given a notecard with two simple sentences on it "which brings me to why I'm here, I work for Coupon cabin which does this and that and point your ipads to this address to find out more" and be taught to say that whenever anyone says, so run any marathons lately? Or What are you up to? or something
48 hours a week (for about age 6 and up) is actually normal for entertainment industry child labor laws. That's the law in California too, but half the time they are supposed to be doing school and recreation so really it is only supposed to amount to four hours. And it includes travel time. So if it takes an hour to get there fighting traffic that's only seven hours left and four of those are supposed to be school and rest. Murt did a good job, he clearly modeled this bill on CA law.
Another person called in(from CA) and asked "who's going to feed the children? That's sad. She needs the job."
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Who is going to feed the children of anyone who is fired because they stink at their job??
You can't hire or fire based on who is going to feed the children. These people really don't have a clue how the business world really works.
Kate can get another job. Kate can ask Jon for help. Kate can collect food stamps if she has to. But just because someone has children to feed doesn't mean their boss needs to feel guilty about firing them because they sucked at their job. If you did the job properly, this wouldn't have been an issue.
This is also where the numbers don't add up (hey just like the candidates keep saying about each other!)
If Kate was so struggling that she was a mere job away from not being able to feed her children, why the heck does she claim that she relinquished all her future rights to child support?? Did she honestly think she would be blogging for Coupon Cabin until they are 18? Odds are the site won't even be around then. Does that seem like a responsible mother to you, sheeple? A mother who is thinking ahead as to all the scenarios that could happen to her? No, it doesn't does it?
Of course a much more logical explanation is that she has more money than she knows what to do with, only used CC to get her mug out there and not because she really cared about their little paycheck, and didn't fight Jon on the 50-50 because she doesn't need his measly child support checks and would rather he take the kids anyway. This lie that her children will starve if she doesn't blog is just absurd.
Oh and Kate, start your own blog. No one is starving in my house.
I think she is getting a real taste of what Jon went through. Every article has a negative spin, entertainment shows mocking you, the butt of every joke, someone whose show you were just on now turns on you and names you jackhole of the week AGAIN.
Kate (and TLC) this is what you did to Jon. See how it feels. Not too good, huh? Only difference is YOU did this to yourself and only you.
I do hope she is okay. She should go away and get help. She needs to just go away and live a normal life. This business is not for the mentally unstable.
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 915 of 915 Newer› Newest»Yes the body was hers and she was dismembered. Sick and so sad.
Anonymous 197...please don't go there. We discuss when we can, when we don't stay at awake at night so sick to our stomachs that a little 10 yr old little girl, so precious is kidnapped, from a nice nieghborhood and she cannot be identified. Why not? She was dismembered. Do you have any idea how inappropriate that was to add when one of our group was grieving tonight the loss of her dear friend, she is awake, can't sleep and we are trying to stay up with her, just talk. Read some of the posts before you post. Never assume.
Ex Nurse said... 174
I know I have too much time on my hands...
My recording device can play back in frame by frame slow motion. At around 17 minutes into the show, Kate was blathering on and I hit the slo-mo to get a closer look at her facial grimaces. Some of the stills are absolutely chilling--eyes blazing, mouth down-turned and anger absolutely shooting out of every pore. And then, I noticed the 2 people in the background--they were the authors of that book--who had been squeezing lemons. When Kate was blathering, one of them started stabbing at the lemons--kind of like in psycho. I didn't notice that any other time--maybe it was random and coincidental. Maybe not.
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Ex Nurse, I was about to post about that too! I saw the show last night but just watched it again on Youtube in case I missed anything. And you're right about the 'bartender' stabbing the lemon as it was SO obvious!
It starts at the 11:27 mark when Kate was answering the question about whether she was still single (or whatever it was a viewer asked). When she started talking, you can see the bartender in the background behind her and the way he's holding the knife and stabbing that lemon to death; it was like he was saying "die bitch, die!" Well, maybe that is too harsh to say but it was definitely intentional what he was doing, in my opinion.
For those of you who looked at the Getty photos, didn't you love the one of the extreme close up they did of Kate's Winnie The Pooh tattoo? And the close up of the shoes showed how she crammed her feet into them and they don't look like they fit properly in the back also. They remind me of Minnie Mouse's shoes actually!
Parents aren't suspects. It is considered an abduction. Sorry I didn't mean anything accusatory. I am just disgusted.
now I gotta go look at the youtube. Some of the articles on the internet are only getting a COUPLE of comments and hardly a word being printed or posted is kind at all.
So sorry Angie. I meant no harm.
Luke's Mom...
BUT the funniest part of the whole show were the 2 bartenders guys (who wrote the book Sh@t girls say) and what they did every time the camera was on Kate.
If anyone still has the show taped or gets a chance to watch again, you MUST focus on the guys over Kate's shoulder. I believe the hand motions were very intentional and directed at Kate and that they knew they were on camera right next to Kate's face. I could not stop laughing. And I am sure Andy knew what was happening too and was laughing at Kate too.
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Oh you beat me to the post, so you saw it too!
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Parents aren't suspects. It is considered an abduction. Sorry I didn't mean anything accusatory. I am just disgusted.
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Yeah... such horrible things go through my mind, but I prefer to think of her now as looking down on her mommy and daddy and trying to tell them not to worry coz she is really ok now. And she is with her grandmas, or old aunties, and (tears) family pets...
It always gives me a smile to think of the family reunions going on whenever someone passes away.
My brother in law and his wife lost a 3 year old to luekemia(sp?) and 10 years later that poor man lost the wife too. At the funeral, as the pall bearers were leaving the church with wife's casket, my brother in law had arranged for Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" to be played, calypso music and all. To him there was a small reason to celebrate, baby and mom together again.
Admin,
Please delete all my comments when you get up. I guess talking about a poor 10 year old girl dying is wrong. I am sorry.
ahhh... it's you. hmmm.
Well, ladies, my tea is doing the trick and it's after 2AM here. Good night all.
Well I am sorry Angie I didn't know your group was grieving. Maybe I am greiving too? Did you ever think of that.
Anonymous, What makes you think we don't talk about the abused, murdered, dismembered, missing children? We do but you are not here at that time.
I take such exception about that little child, dismembered. My heart goes out to the parents who have to watch their little girl's friends grow up in that area, get on that school bus, grow up and their daughter never will.Reminded every day of the horror and the thought of their daughter, tortured and dismembered. Poor family.
There is a special therapy for parents of murdered children. As this is an area of my work, I have sat in on some sessions. No secret I am in criminal law and really getting ready to early retire for my own health. In these sessions of parents trying to get throught the mourning process, some never get through it, some may just sit there for years and listen, never moving forward. It all depends how their family member was murdered. This one murder you brought up in DEN is so sad, dismembered, could not identify the child as the body was not intact early in the week. I know this was going to be horrendous.
We just needed a break tonight but I was in bed trying to go to sleep along side my hubby but I heard that part of the late news and I got up and came downstairs, luckily as Love my Grandsons had just lost her friend tonight. So that was were our conversation was headed when you popped in.
As I am commenting with Love My Grandsons, no need to identify myself right now as I have said too much about my work.
Is it just me or is there an unusual amount of posting about deaths and others asking for sympathy? Aren't there grieving blogs for that? No, I'm not trying to be rude. I just don't understand all the cries for attention here on a Gosselin blog. I've never met any of you and frankly, you could be criminals or very ill individuals. I'd never think to post on an anonymous blog about a death in my family. I mean, really??
Notice me said........yada yada yada yada and I think yada yada yada yada
So yada yada yada yada.xoxoxoxoxo
Anonymous, Did you know
A 15 year old girl killed herself even though she was crying out for help: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/10/12/teen-who-posted-video-on-bullying-found-dead/1630491/
A mom is sentenced to LIFE for supergluing her toddler's hands to the wall ... for potty training issues.
http://www.freep.com/article/20121013/NEWS07/310130112/Dallas-mom-gets-99-years-for-gluing-toddler-s-hands-to-wall-beating-her-to-edge-of-death-
CPS and the media are ready to investigate and crucify, and probably take the kids away, from Octomom but KG gets to go on fun shows and pretend everything is fine.
Many of us care about many things. we talk about what is on our minds at the moment. You came in here and basically scolded us for not talking about Poor Jessica.
You could have posted (with a name) said, "Have you heard?...." but you just sneered, "I thought you were child advocates." (familiar bleats to many of us.)
This is Kate Gosselin you can join my blog I would never care about anyone especially not you. I treat my kids bad why care about you waste of time
Anonymice -- Your words would get a lot more attention if you followed Rule #1.
The murder of Jessica is horrific. I had read an article that said the body was unrecognizable, but it didn't say that she'd been dismembered. That's terrible. I can't imagine how her parents are feeling right now. I hope that the guilty person(s) are found and punished quickly. I'm not always sure I believe in the death penalty, but this is one of the times that I do.
Is anyone else up now? I was sound asleep and one of the dogs I'm doggy sitting for this w/e decided she wanted out, at 2:30 in the blessed A.M. Now I can't get back to sleep. Dwindle, are the tea and cookies still available? If so, I'll take Earl Grey and a couple of cookies. I drink my tea "barefoot", as my Kentucky Grandpa used to say.
Grandsons -- I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. She sounds like a special lady.
Do many of Khate's journal entries line up specifically with JK8 episodes? Not that it's easy to tell exactly when episodes were filmed as so much was staged and redone.
Hi ladies, I can't post much in the evenings on my phone. Just wanted to say hi to Dwindle, share condolences wit Love My Grandsons and Angie, and thank aggiesmom for posting exerpts from the book.
I say this with hesitation and very tentatively because you all know me as a regular poster here. Sorry for going Anon this one time.
It appears to me that some, not ALL, of the posters here are being passive aggressive. Kind of like one-upping against one another. It may not even be done consciously. Eg) well, I'll take your childhood abuse story and raise you the death of a friend....and so on and on.
None of us can really prove or disprove what's going on in our personal lives due to the anonymous nature of this blog. IMO, these (few) posters are seriously sad and/or depressed and probably doen't even realize what they are doing.
i'd hate for the blog to turn into 'my tragedy is worse than yours' thing.
I apologize in advance because i'm sure someone will be hurt by this.
The crib climbing evil or not bit just shows, for about the forty billionth time, Khate's wacko whiplash parenting. All the rules, consequences, responses from Mommy, change by the second.
aggiemom09121416 said... 104
Sunday, October 15, 2006 Today started out well, but became a very ugly day by about half way through! We got up and got to church on time… amazingly! And that our kids are going to grow up scarred about what they have heard us say in front of them when we fight! Lord, deliver me from myself and Jon from himself! Please help us to love each other and help me to keep my mouth shut especially when I am tired and I recognize that I am irritable!
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The two of them (Yon and Khate) were just way too immature to be good parents, and fed each others anger and pettiness. Not only did they have hourly rows, and not only were they in front of their young children, but they made a lot of money off the pain it caused their children!
Tamara #20
Kate was asking for HERSELF as always.She needed to throw Jon in there to make herself feel better.Many times b4 that she said they always went away from the kids to argue.
I know you feel that Jon is a shitty parent as much as kate is.I disagree.Yes,Jon was in "it" from the start...then after the money was coming in...they were getting rich,Jon said enough.He didn't want to play the game anymore.Kate wasn't done.Jon wanted their normal lives back and kate said hell NO...
Jon couldn't or wouldn't help kate anymore and he was excused. TLC had that man pinned.There was NOTHING he could do.They are his kids YES...BUT he could do nothing...even today....he cant do much.
I bet Jon is hoping for Roberts book to get the attention it SO deserves No ONE will or has listened to Jon...he has always been the mad ex-husband not getting the money and cut out of the show.
Kate is the single mother doing everything right...and Jon is the jaded ex-husband.
I believe you judge Jon too harshly .
Angie said... 189
What a crazy couple of weeks huh gals? We deserve a drink, but all I have is candy bars. Here have a biggie bar! Join me in late night eating.
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Angie, how funny you mention candy bars. I've never had anything to drink other than soda, kool-ade, or water. I have been somewhat lucky when it comes to drinks. I can't stand the smell of coffee or liquor. Sweets? I'm about to check myself into chocolate rehab. I'm up to a bag a day of twix. hehehe
Number me with those who can't sleep at night. Dwindle, I hope your pain for your puppy has slowed down. It never really goes away, but the time of mourning at least slows down a few hours each day as time passes.
I have never had any children or husband so my dogs are my baby's. In 2009 I lost my dad in march, had to put my girl socks, who I had for 16 yrs down. I got my boy Shadow that same day.
Shadow was a black Chihuahua that had markings like a mini pin yet looked like a fawn. 6 months later he was run over. I'm pretty sure that pain you had was exactly what I felt. To have him leave me without any preparation, as if that's even possible, was the most horrific pain I have ever felt. I, for the first time, was glad I never had children.
When I read about your puppy I felt your pain and I prayed for you. I guess you can say we are pain sisters. BWAHahahaha..snort..ouch!for a lighter note
OK, enough of the melancholy. You asked what everyone is doing for the weekend. Well, it's raining here in Utah but if it stops, I thought I might give my motorcycle a bath and send some more work applications out. How about you? First though, I'm hoping I can sleep some.
Thanks all for putting up with my long posts. Your all good people. In case I missed any encouragement from others, thank you for caring. GOOD NIGHT ALL!! OR GOOD MORNING. LOL
Interesting comments at Facebook for Andy Cohen.
Sincerely Anonymous said... 19
I say this with hesitation and very tentatively because you all know me as a regular poster here. Sorry for going Anon this one time.
It appears to me that some, not ALL, of the posters here are being passive aggressive. Kind of like one-upping against one another. It may not even be done consciously. Eg) well, I'll take your childhood abuse story and raise you the death of a friend....and so on and on.
None of us can really prove or disprove what's going on in our personal lives due to the anonymous nature of this blog. IMO, these (few) posters are seriously sad and/or depressed and probably doen't even realize what they are doing.
i'd hate for the blog to turn into 'my tragedy is worse than yours' thing.
I apologize in advance because i'm sure someone will be hurt by this.
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Yes, I noticed someone brought this up yesterday (I think it was yesterday) I'm just getting off to go home so I'm always off on my days. I guess that's a sign too perhaps of getting too comfortable within the group forgetting some "lurkers" may not be pure of heart, not me per say but I'm worried that lack of discretion may harm someone and I'd be really sad over that. Those sheeple drive by concern me the most when I hear they harass folks. My heart goes out to people that are having health, work or family losses but I do wish no one has any extra grief from expressing it on a public site. I think I'm so tired right now I hope to get safely to bed before the eyes blink close. Have a safe day all.
Thank you all for your kindness and expressions of sympathy. My back was hurting a little so I laid down on the sofa, and I just woke up now. Okay, so I'm not much of a night owl anymore.
Sincerely Anonymous, "...raise you the death of a friend." - all I can say is wow, your comment was uncalled for, in my opinion. Obviously some part of you felt so, too, or you would have used your usual name if you truly are a regular poster here.
No one tries to "one up" anyone on this. We share our stories, usually as they relate to Kate's abuse of her children. Those of us who have been through it ourselves can see the similarities and post our past experiences as a way of expressing our understanding of what the children might be going through.
At times, we do go OT if something unexpected has happened in our lives,(the loss of a family member, a dear friend, a beloved pet, etc.). No, we don't truly "know" each other, but we feel as if we do and that we can share these issues on this blog. And when we do, the kindness and compassion from the good hearted people here helps ease the pain some.
I'm sorry you feel that this sharing and compassion is 'one upping' each other. Most of all, I'm sorry for you that you even feel that way.
Again, thank you all for your compassion last night, it really did help me alot. God bless you all.
I just read the on line articles about Jessica Ridgeway. My heart goes out to her parents right now and the grief they must be going through. I pray they catch the sick person that did this before he/she does it again.
Kate, the blond and skinny caricature of Hollywood, is lacking talent and intelligence. She has been given chance after chance (gotta be Julie May's connections) and once again, blew it. I think she is running out of cable networks :)
Anyway, it is pretty funny how she is attempting to redeem herself now. Proves to me what Robert wrote is the truth, and the biggie here... she has NOT DENIED anything. She can't. It's her journal. And the shows document her behavior. Coinciding not only the TV show, but written proof in HER OWN WORDS. And what got her in the end? Her anger. Her anger at Jon by throwing out his stuff is what got her. Karma.
I hope it all works out for Robert. The genie is out of the bottle as far as his book. Dribs and drabs will keep coming out despite Kate's attorneys. Bravo, Robert. You did good.
I watched Kate's interview with Access Hollywood. Concerning her banning of Google, Kate is fooling herself if she thinks she can control her children's Internet use. As a teacher, I have to constantly keep up with the new ways kids are using technology. It's amazing what they can figure out, how to get around blocks, using proxies to get to banned sites, etc. Kate may think she is in control, at home, but she can't control the school technology labs. I'm sure m/c are finding out more than she wants them to know, but they are keeping quiet to avoid the wrath of Kate.
Yes, Barb, Kate is a total idiot who gives C&M iphones for their birthday and expects to keep the girls innocent about what is on the internet about their mother. My bet is that those two are aware what is on the internet about their mother. If they haven't already seen it, their friends are probably more than willing to tell them. Kids are kids, whether it's an upscale private school or a regular public school.
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OT, okay I know what's bothering me. A good friend at work didn't come in yesterday, and she didn't call in which is unusual. She wasn't feeling good the past couple of days and said she thought she had a cold. When she didn't show up for work, her best friend at the office called her friend's brother and said she didn't come in and didn't call in, so he went to her home to check on her. He found her in her bed, she had apparently died in her sleep. She was 72 years old and one of the sweetest women you would ever meet. She will be sorely missed.
You know, one of the things she did? I organize a food drive at work every summer and and Christmas for our local food pantry. This sweet lady would call me at my desk to help her carry in bags of groceries! She would have 8 or 9 bags! On top of that, she would always tell her neighbor about the food drive, and the neighbor would go out and buy 3-4 bags of groceries and give them to XXXXXX to bring to the office for the food drive.
She was always there for everyone and I will miss her.
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How sad. So very sorry for your loss. Sounds like she was a wonderful, generous woman.
BTW, I wonder if she'll get any publicity regarding the Rock n' Roll 10K today. I suspect she has remained in NYC since Thursday. Wonder what she and Steve are up to? Since been on Twitter silence. The race started at 7:30 a.m. Oh, and the official hotel for the runners....Holiday Inn Express. Safe to say that is NOT where Kate and Steve stayed.
I don't understand why KT is so worried about google. She admits in her own words that she and Jon fight in front of the kids and say horrible things. She says herself that the girls see her be too rough with the boys. She beat them when they were babies for poopy diapers to the point of begging God to make her stop. Whatever they could Google would not be anything that they don't already know and then some. Those kids could tell stories that would make you hair stand on end. Does she think the fact that she doesn't let them on Google is a redeeming factor? Those poor kids are living in a house of horrors and the only thing they may learn on Google is that it is not the norm and they should not have to live that way.
@Kateplusmy8 @CouponCabin @RunRocknRoll I think you run mostly for attention. Does RRnR compensate you?
Have fun on your run @kateplusmy8 Break a leg! No seriously break a leg! The world is watching your every move, so no beating kids anymore
"One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.” ― John Lennon @Kateplusmy8
@TwatfaceKate @Kateplusmy8 As long as Kate is running the kids are safe. I hope Kiwi is there too. Wait, isn't he suppose to guard the kids?
Re the Access Hollywood interviews
She's being interviewed, yes--not in a flashy studio, but alongside a murky pool--perched on what I think is a plastic deck chair. Her hair is flat, save for a rebellious strand that would escape for parts unknown, were it not for the fact that the roots are slicked with oil.
Her voice is restrained; her facial expressions are clearly moderated. Even her hands and legs are carefully positioned. Fingers intertwined, one foot tucked behind the other--controlled as they are, they still manage to betray the anger and frustration that are so clearly knotted up inside of her.
"It is what it is," she repeatedly says. "I've changed...learned so much." She talks about how hard she works to maintain some semblance of peace, for herself and for her children. But then she takes another verbal jab at Jon. She sighs the deep, resigned sighs of a saint, insult to injury by saying it is she alone who protects her kids against the steady onslaught of worldly dangers.
Such a bundle of contradictions.
So yeah, Yoga Barbie: How's that redemption tour working out for you?
Does Kate's lawyers have a copy of the book?
It looks like that interview took place maybe out in LA (just looking at the plants), maybe before the book came out for damage control. Perhaps she flew to LA to have a face to face with her attorneys?
She has a close circle of friends that "would die for her".
Uh oh, Steve. She says it "was meant to be" if some brave soul (man) sticks around for a period of time. Steve, you are the only one who has been there for years. (Gina, hope you don't have a pet rabbit.)
One thing I have learned over the years with PR for Kate, it is all done in concert, intertwined, carefully played out to create her image. It was obvious from the interview from the questions asked that this had something to do with the book.
Love My Grandsons, I am sorry for you and your friend's family.
TLC stinks: just watched the interviews and agree that that was a pre-emotive damage control interview. She actually sounded a little intelligent and less valley girl. The whole "the media paints me in this bad light" crap was a little nauseating.."I mean everyone who meets me likes me" wtf?!? She really is delusional on what she personifies to the public...as Kate would say, "I just don't get it"... That's at least something she didn't lie about
I read here on a regular basis but post sporadically. I think that the common denominator of this group is that we have compassion, compassion for innocent children such as the Gosselins and animals such as Shoka and Nala. I for one do not feel it is inappropriate to show compassion towards each other as well. Just my opinion!
So sorry to hear about your friend Love My Grandsons.
Cathy518 -- I recognize your name. Hello, again. You are right about the compassion. Thank you.
If her explanation is that she is a mom of eight and needs protection, just how long will Steve be around? Until the kids are 18? Strangest excuse I have ever heard.
I watched the 4 interview clips. They are definitely the "World According to Kate". You get the feeling that the questions were written PRE-book. She is more subdued than normal.
She has a habit of letting a sentence trail into a shoulder shrug and a a mouth twist. I guess she expects us to finish the thought for ourselves.
Robert's book is like a lifeboat bobbing in the open sea right now. I sure hope he makes it to shore soon.
Dmasy, I agree it was pre-book publication, but the questions were geared to get out in front of the negative information before the book came out. She doesn't do interviews unless she knows the questions beforehand. The interviews are made to look off-the-cuff, a trick that only the sheeple believe.
Just read the Jessica Ridgeway news. It is such a tragedy and my heart goes out to her family. I too hope they find the person who did this and that he is brought to justice.
My daughter is around Jessica's age and my husband and I had been discussing letting her walk the two blocks from our house to school when she got to 5th grade. Don't think that will be happening now! What a sick, twisted world we live in! It's so very hard to try and teach your children not to live in fear when things like this happen!
As for Kate, she's like a soap opera - you tune out for a while then check in and nothing has changed. It's just the same story. She really is done. The reason no one asks her "the hard questions"? No one really cares. My question - what will it take for Carson May to drop her? When does representing Kate become not worth it anymore?
You know what's making me fell 'testy' still? (Ok, I'll get teased again for that word!) Kate is going about her merry life, (although she may be floundering, but still)...with her delusional self- portrait. The articles on-line about the book have generated fewer comments than I hoped and so many are supportive! While I am definitely all for dogs' rights, the spanking and other abuse are now forgotten as the dog abuse is brought up and people don't seem to believe it.
Why does Kate get the benefit of the doubt while other people 'in the public eye' are put through the wringer? Her smug clumsy comments on TV/radio shows and at marathons seem to go on and on with no hard-hitting questions.
Had to vent, sorry.
If Kate needs protection because she's a mom of 8, wouldn't it stand to reason that all moms of 8 would need protection? Or moms of ten, or 11 or 12?
How come Michelle Duggar doesn't have protection then? Or Betty Hayes? Maybe because they're nice enough ladies and no one wishes them harm? And they don't go off on people?
Formerly Duped said...Why does Kate get the benefit of the doubt while other people 'in the public eye' are put through the wringer? Her smug clumsy comments on TV/radio shows and at marathons seem to go on and on with no hard-hitting questions.
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Formerly Duped, I get "testy" too. When that happens I try and step back and think about everyone I know who doesn't even know who Kate is or if they do know they never think about her, and that IS everyone I know; family, friends and acquaintances.
Kate is a nobody to the majority of the world. This blog and Twitter and celeb-gossip world that surrounds Kate is really nothing that matters that much. People I know aren't wondering these things. I think they're a more contented lot! Sometimes I'm jealous.
Kate, if everyone you meet liked you, why do you spend your life tweeting with total strangers? You know if I knew the kids were safe with Jon 100%, I could feel sorry for this woman. She has no family, no friends (no tweeting buddies do not count) and virtually no life. She hides away in that house with little contact with the real world.
And when I say jealous @49, I'm jealous of my friends' ignorance of Kate and her small world. (Clarification for sheep with low reading comprehension.)
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I agree Kate is not newsworthy etc but there are enough supporters to concern me,and I just don't feel that despite RH's book, the truth will affect Kate and she will be held culpable. I just want justice for her kids and pets.Don't know why I feel so 'involved' in this but I guess I will until the day Kate has to pay the piper.
There are many other horrendous stories out there and I also feel that way- the guilty should be brought to justice.
Is it just me or is there an unusual amount of posting about deaths and others asking for sympathy? Aren't there grieving blogs for that? No, I'm not trying to be rude. I just don't understand all the cries for attention here on a Gosselin blog. I've never met any of you and frankly, you could be criminals or very ill individuals. I'd never think to post on an anonymous blog about a death in my family. I mean, really??
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Fortunately, it's not your call what is and isn't allowed on this blog.
Formerly, I'm not sure what "held culpable" means anymore; investigated (by whom), arrested (for what), banished and shunned from society in general?
You want to know who is really disgusting? The person who abducted 10 year old Jessica and killed her. I thought you were child advocates here but I haven't seen a mention of her lately. She was found unrecognizable. That is just sick. Who would do that?
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Wow, so because we haven't been talking backwards and forwards about this story doesn't mean we don't care about it? I've been following it closely since day one, I just haven't mentioned it here. Faulty logic. Same with politics, I know many of us are very informed about the election and have been following it very closely, but we've decided as a group not to discuss it here.
Regarding Kate and her running time. She says she ran about a 9 minute mile. I find that interesting, because a few months ago she claimed to run a 6 minute something mile. Of course, I'm sure that was a total lie. Even if the 6 minute mile couldn't be sustained, it sure seems like she would be running a 7 something mile if she were running on a regular basis. We know she isn't. She is just not eating in order to get super skinny and maybe running once a week or so. She lies about absolutely everything.
And what happened to all of the marathons she was going to run? Ha. She is a fool. She's just trying to create an image, any kind of image for herself---a runner, a nutritionist, an author, a chef, etc. She is so desperate. She's trying to grab onto anything that will stick and nothing will.
I HATE the expression it is what it is. What does that even mean? Sounds like one big cop out to me.
I believe it appears she gets a pass (Teflon Kate) because she really is just not that big of a deal. We are focused on her, but I have to say that I have no other aquaintances who care. I will go so far to say that people I know did not even watch the show. So Tweet, I agree. For whatever reason, she really gets to me. I don't like being deceived and I don't like an abuser. She leads a secret life and frankly, it's almost a game to catch her in her lies.
Life Tools @LifeTools
Don't judge. Behind every person, there's always a reason why they are the way they are.
Retweeted by Kate Gosselin
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Does this mean because her dad abused her as a child, we can't judge, because there is a reason she is the way she is?
Wait Kate just ran a 10k? I missed this.,,,today????
She is so dang awful at promotion!!!
Formerly, I'm not sure what "held culpable" means anymore; investigated (by whom), arrested (for what), banished and shunned from society in general?
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lol,just held morally if not legally responsible for her actions. Not necessarily in jail, but acknowledge what she did.An investigation of Shoka's and the kids' treatment perhaps. I think she is already shunned in her area from what the local posters report.
In case anyone's interested, Kate's results for the NYC 10K. Notice how her name is spelled wrong--oops, someone make a mistake registering her? If you searched results by her name, nothing comes up-is that why she tweeted her bib number. Otherwise, people may not think she actually ran it.
Kate Goslin
Beverly Hills, CA
Bib# 8
Finished In: 55:57:00
Age: 37 | Gender: F
Overall: 1276 out of 4171
Division: 78 out of 391
Gender: 571 out of 2759
5 km 28:09
Pace 9:01
Chip Time 55:57:00
Clock Time 57:05:00
I'm sorry I think she got that expression from me ,I've used that " It is what it is " a couple of times commenting here. It's a dated expression I actually heard it about 4 years ago from Michele Obama in an interview! It kind of just stayed with me!
She definitely reads here, and apparently all the comments, and is learning what she needs to address!
I' feel so bad for that beautiful little Jessica and her family!
Let's Throw Tomatoes
Can someone post a link to Getty pics of Kate at WWHL? Thanks.
Love My Grandsons, We almost had a nice little group here at what 1 or 2 or 3 a.m., Dwindle came out and Njay was here. We were just trying to talk and comfort each other, but especially Love my Grandsons.She was feeling such a loss.
Most of the time we are here ragging on Kate Gosselin. But last night it was just 4 people from all over the US coming together to comfort one of us.
Unfortunately, we were hit by a sick drive bye.
Hope that Love My Grandsons, you are a big better and that you felt our hugs last night.
If someone had told me a year ago that you could meet a group of women, online for child abuse, could talk to each other about loss (my pet) sickness (my 3 friends are fighting different stages of cancer) I have been surprised, you can still be a human being exchanging feelings. We can come together and feel for each other.
Not going to talk about that poor little girl's family in Denver and what they are experiencing, it is too sad, too sick. I will pray for that family, just a small prayer that they can find some solice, even if only in sleep to know think of what the images in their mind show them while they are awake.
Someone up post fears allowing their little girl to walk 2 blocks. Today I would say that there are so many people, more than years gone by and if you have feelings about that 2 blocks, then go with your gut feeling.
Your little girl won't be too angry with you. She will do the same some day for her own child. Protect our children.
Now back to trashing Kate Gosselin and Steve. Guess Andy Cohen's last comments to Kate and Steve when he handed her miniature liguor bottles "you and your bodyguard can get boozed up with this" and that really tells you how he felt about Kate's bodyguard standing there like a secret service agent.
Formerly Duped said... 47
You know what's making me fell 'testy' still? (Ok, I'll get teased again for that word!) Kate is going about her merry life, (although she may be floundering, but still)...with her delusional self- portrait. The articles on-line about the book have generated fewer comments than I hoped and so many are supportive! While I am definitely all for dogs' rights, the spanking and other abuse are now forgotten as the dog abuse is brought up and people don't seem to believe it.
Why does Kate get the benefit of the doubt while other people 'in the public eye' are put through the wringer? Her smug clumsy comments on TV/radio shows and at marathons seem to go on and on with no hard-hitting questions.
Had to vent, sorry.
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Vent as much as you want, Formerly Duped-
and don't apologise for it.
I'm sick of Kate as well.
KathyB 164 said
LoveMyGransons, A little over a year ago I was on this blog that I've read for years but had only commented on a few times. I had lost my mom 3 days before and was using the reading as a diversion tactic. Mom's death suddenly hit me hard and I posted something here. I can't tell you how much the other posters helped me that night. I didn't feel quite so alone at that moment. This blog does more than give us an outlet for our rage against the treatment of 8 beautiful kids. Thanks all.
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THIS is an example of compassion and altruism...someone was hurting, reached out, and received comfort.
That being said, I am sorry for your loss lovemygrandsons...
but what a testimony to a life well-lived.
Laurie, here you go:
http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/season-8/morgan-fairchild-kate-gosselin
Admin ~ Yes. From Kate's twitter feed:
Kateplusmy8 Rock N Roll NYC 10 K for @CouponCabin.......I'm #8 for the first time ever !!!! Thanks @RunRocknRoll for this amazing surprise! XO
The sad part of all this? She was supposed to be promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.
I've heard "it is what it is" for a decade from about 1,000 different people. I'm sure Kate heard it too and picked it up. No, lol, she didn't get it here.
I've never met any of you and frankly, you could be criminals or very ill individuals.
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As could you.
So big deal, she ran a race. Guess that's it until the next one. Her life now is a series of scattered and isolated media events and runs, scattered being the operative word. The media events seem to be favors to various people, so nothing truly to do with her self perceived celebrity. None of this earns her what might be considered a decent living. As I have said before, I will take my real life any day over hers.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 59
Life Tools @LifeTools
Don't judge. Behind every person, there's always a reason why they are the way they are.
Retweeted by Kate Gosselin
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Does this mean because her dad abused her as a child, we can't judge, because there is a reason she is the way she is?
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I think she meant this for Colin. Since he has been physically and mentally abused since birth, she has decided he now gets a pass for all of his behaviors and quirks for the rest of his childhood. She has decided not to judge him anymore, but just love him.
Yeah, right.
I think she meant this for Colin. Since he has been physically and mentally abused since birth, she has decided he now gets a pass for all of his behaviors and quirks for the rest of his childhood. She has decided not to judge him anymore, but just love him.
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Maybe she shouldn't have judged her babies for their bad behavior because the reason they behaved that way was because, well, they were BABIES!!!
LoveMyGrandsons:
So sorry about your loss. Many here who care.
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I also hate 'it is what it is" My friend says it ALL the time and I ask her wth she means! I think it's a trendy excuse for nothing- empty phrase.
I have cool weekend plans, Dwindle, I'm going to a demonstration of police dogs, the K-9 unit. They're going to show how they train them and what they can do. It should be so cool!
Yea for K-9 pups!
It appears to me that some, not ALL, of the posters here are being passive aggressive. Kind of like one-upping against one another. It may not even be done consciously. Eg) well, I'll take your childhood abuse story and raise you the death of a friend....and so on and on.
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I appreciate your respectful comment and I'm the first to be aware of such things, but I'm not seeing this AT ALL.....
What I think I'm seeing, frankly, seems like a little jealousy of a cohesive group. Even a virtual one. Or just some kind of sick need to disrupt something going well because that's "fun."
Mel said... 48
If Kate needs protection because she's a mom of 8, wouldn't it stand to reason that all moms of 8 would need protection? Or moms of ten, or 11 or 12?
How come Michelle Duggar doesn't have protection then? Or Betty Hayes? Maybe because they're nice enough ladies and no one wishes them harm? And they don't go off on people?
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Good point Mel!
I have 4 kids. LOL, that is half as many as Kate, so should someone be footing the bill for Steve to carry MY purse and drycleaning 1/2 the time? My mailbox is across the road and I might get lost, should I grift and beg and demand for someone to pay Steve to come and lead me to my mailbox half the time, since I too am 'directionally challenged'? Aggiemom has SIX kids, including teenage twins - how many times a week should Steve be carrying HER purse?
The sad part of all this? She was supposed to be promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.
As usual, it was all about Kate.
A point from me...The majority of people who have migrated to and post on this blog did so because of their empathy and concern for the Gosselin children. This "community" has been together for a few years now and posters feel comfortable with this community to reach out with their pain and grief. I would say that is a good thing.
When Kate says I need protection because I have eight kids, is she implying there are eight people who really need me so I can't get hurt or killed because eight people would be left without me? Sounds like it to me. Oh, I get it, so a mom who only has one or two kids it's okay if they get hurt or killed? Everything she says is so darn offensive.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 75
I have cool weekend plans, Dwindle, I'm going to a demonstration of police dogs, the K-9 unit. They're going to show how they train them and what they can do. It should be so cool!
Yea for K-9 pups!
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WOW! Please report back! what are the breeds, ages, living arrangments, etc? Any training tips to share?
A point from me...The majority of people who have migrated to and post on this blog did so because of their empathy and concern for the Gosselin children. This "community" has been together for a few years now and posters feel comfortable with this community to reach out with their pain and grief. I would say that is a good thing.
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Exactly. Too late to cry foul now. If you didn't like the direction the blog was going you should have spoken up about 18 months ago! :)
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 59
Life Tools @LifeTools
Don't judge. Behind every person, there's always a reason why they are the way they are.
Retweeted by Kate Gosselin
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Does this mean because her dad abused her as a child, we can't judge, because there is a reason she is the way she is?
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I was once told there is a difference between a reason and an excuse. It might be the reason, but it's no excuse. Doesn't excuse her actions.
new post about the marathon
You know, Admin, you seem to have made a decision a long time ago, to sit back and see where the posters take this blog, especially after the show blessedly went off the air. Many of us have thanked you for that opportunity. However, some people need black and white parameters, they are ok with grey areas for themselves but absolutely not for others, and they feel way more comfortable with a set, concrete list of rules that others must adhere to. The Off Topics, the fuzzy areas, etc that have EVOLVED on this blog is hard for some folks because they cant focus on the rules and how to stay inside the lines when they color.
This blog is evolving. That is going to be hard for some people who like things much better when they can hold others to firm bounderies. Change and progress is scary and some folks fight it viciously.
My words of wisdom. Feel free to cross outside the crosswalk. Carry on.
"I have a small group of friends who would die for me" well lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol. Now who has that? Oh I have an in law who says that all the time, they live in a small town, have been raising their children over the past 30 yrs, now retired and starting to take some trips, little trips, just the girls. This in law says to me "I have these friends who would give their lives for me and I would give my life for them" and I have to laugh to myself.
Kate do not test that small group of friends to see which one volunteers to give her/his life for you. Hon, hey Kate, listening to me? No one will raise their hand. That whole phrase is so funny.
There is no one I would give my life for unless I had to give a kidney to a sibling and I would think about that for a while too. lol lol lol lol
The only one who would have given their life for you Kate and there is one and that would have been Shoka. For some reason you think those you pay are your friends and would give their lives for you, not so. Nala & Shoka would have protected you with their lives, not now. So keep paying "that small group of close friends" and see what happens when you aren't writing those "friendship checks" and that includes Stevie. lol lol lol lol lol lol
I was once told there is a difference between a reason and an excuse. It might be the reason, but it's no excuse. Doesn't excuse her actions.
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Exactly. When I talk about the reasons for Kate's behavior, I am not looking for excuses for her behavior, just reasons, causes. Sometimes people will chime in and say that's no excuse, and they are correct. But some people still want to find reasons.
Kate definitely believes in excuses. I have eight kids, I'm a single mom, I had a rough childhood, everyone leaves me.
Those may be reasons but they are not excuses, Kate. Boo hoo, lots of people have it tough. Not everyone is the abuser you are.
I am so excited to announce that I will be running two races on behalf of CouponCabin, who will be supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure® by donating funds to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I will be running the Rock ‘n’ Roll New York 10k on October 13 and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Halloween Half Marathon on October 28.
I am excited to run these races not only to shear time off my personal bests, but most importantly because I am running to benefit a wonderful cause. Join me in doing what I can to help find the cure!
(10/3 blog entry, via lateplusmy8 website)
And yet...her tweets today are all about her being cold, the fact that she was gifted with bib #8, and that she was happy with her run time. She mentioned NOTHING WHATSOEVER about Breast Cancer Awareness.
Looking to bust some druggies, Dwindle??? Lots of them have done that.
As a frequent reader of this blog, may I say how very much I appreciate the kindness I see in the “regulars”—loving people supporting one another in so many ways. Like most of you, I share your outrage at the ex-Mrs. Gosselin’s behavior as it has impacted her innocent children (and dogs). It appears to be open season on kids in Pennsylvania after seeing what Sandusky has gotten away with for years. How long will it take to bring PA to come to their knees as far as this Gosselin tragedy is concerned? Why nobody can better protect those kids (and dogs) will forever be a mystery to me! Robert’s book needs to be kept front and center until justice is done! (Thank you, aggie, for the citations from the book as I missed purchasing it by minutes!) To see this apparent child abuser showing her face on TV—despite her vile behavior—is an unconscionable “reward” for someone so undeserving.
While I do believe she writes many of her blog posts, there's no way in heck she wrote that one. Way too organized, linear, non-rambling, no exclamation points, hits all the talking points clearly, thoughtful, non-insane.
I can pretty much tell the difference between when posts are written by her or the CouponCabin staff with absolute certainty, they look so different than her normal ramblings.
Even the promotion tweets lately you can tell they have access to her twitter account and are doing it for her. What a lazy-ass.
Really?? I thought that expression had passed ! I'm so out of the loop now that I'm retired. I still think she reads here and learns the correct way to address her bad behavior.
Admin. Have fun with the K-9s. It reminds me of an assembly we had at school. The police department sent over a couple of policemen and their K9 . The students were outside sitting in the grass area and during the demonstration one of the dogs bit one of the students in the leg! It wasn't a vicious bite but he broke skin! All of the adults gasped and all of the kids laughed! The school never brought them back!
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A police dog bit a child? Never heard of such a thing. Most of them are not trained as attack dogs but rather tracking and sniffing dogs. Hopefully they took that dog off the lineup, it wasn't for him.
Usually they are brought in after the scene is cleared to sniff out the drugs. A dog trained to sniff drugs will never be taught to bite or attack. His job is to FIND. The screening process is vigorous, most dogs won't become police dogs.
To see the pics of Kate just google Getty Images and then type "Kate Gosselin" into the site's search engine. After you look at Kate, you might be interested in typing in "Steve Neild.."
Admin ~ I agree. It's still Kate-centered, but it doesn't wander thither and yon. And the exclamation marks are notably absent.
Hope no one minds...I posted it again to the new blog entry, since it's specifically about her 10K run.
Wonder if she'll take note of the criticism here, maybe expend a little more time and effort in promoting Breast Cancer Awareness for her Halloween run. Would be nice, but I doubt it.
California Suzy, welcome, and I agree with you 150%. Well said!
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Admin. I don't know what happened to the dog. I think that the excitement of all the kids set him off. I heard his parents were really angry! I wonder if they still send K9s out to the schools? This happened in the late nineties.
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The killing of 10 yr. old Jessica is sad beyond words. Why do we even have people who are capable of killing a child in our society? I try hard to be a Christian, but there is just no justice hard enough for the evil person who did this heinous act.
Kate is promoting Kate. Not a word about Breast Cancer Support? Well, imagine that.
Admin, you do a great job with this blog.
When our bomb sniffing K9's were brougt in as an exercise to clear our building, we were told not to touch the dogs for any reason. They aren't attack dogs either, but maybe they are trained to be on the defensive. IDK. Just a thought.
I am at the fifth annual Richmond VA Folk Festival, watching Roseanne Cash do a fabulous set. She is here on behalf of a Richmond organization Children Incorporated childrenincorporated.org that works to support children living in poverty in the us and throughout the world by partnering with existing charities and NGOs (nongovernmental organizations, another term for nonprofits). Great cause, great show. Roseanne Cash has been a sponsor for 25 years, a celebrity who puts their time and money to good use. Roseanne Cash is daughter of Johnny Cash and a superstar in country and American roots music.
I read here, hardly ever post. And when I do post, I ALWAYS use the same name.
So when I read things from people who are "anonymous this time" or "anonymous this once" or some other cutesy name that's designed to hide who they really are when they blast someone and accuse them of being passive aggressive, I laugh. They're writing (as opposed to walking) definitions of what they're decrying. And the All Important Rules of Conduct are suspended for them. Rule #1? No problem! She's a regular hiding behind another name!
Someone new? No benefit of the doubt given. Trolls, all of them!! Some of the "trolls" are Kate fans, no doubt about it, but most of the time I don't see a single thing wrong with their posts other than they don't agree with everyone else. And for that they're "shit stirring" and Rule Ignoring.
Yeah, my last nerve was hit.
I'd like to present Jon's qualities - remember the episodes where he bathed the kids?; changed diapers;, took the kids on outings?; got yelled at by Kate for playing with the kids? There were so many memories that Jon made for the kids. Let's write about those. Now, that, I believe, will/would rile up Kate and her Sheeple. If I can find the link I'll send a note to Andy Cohan. Now that would be fun. Anyone else in for it?
While reading this blog, I recieved a phone call from my brother that my mother is being rushed to the hospital for emergency gallbladder surgery. She is 69 years old. Please pray for her! Thank you, bloggers.
Did I hear Morgan Fairchild answer one of Andy's questions saying she stayed out of the sun? mmmmm one more jab to the tanning queen.
Those quotes from the book are chilling. Does this remind you of Christine Crawford's book 'Mommy Dearest' about Joan Crawford at all? Wonder how many will go in together and write a tell all? Heartbreaking.
RWA says it's a sheeple named Lexxi that make the tweet regarding Shoka.
RWA says it's a sheeple named Lexxi that make the tweet regarding Shoka.
Administrator, are you no longer able to post the latest tweets from Kate? I refuse to go directly to her twitter page and give her a hit, but I always enjoyed reading the latest from your site.
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RWA says it's a sheeple named Lexxi that make the tweet regarding Shoka.
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Lexxi is bhappy, who is also Marie, who is also MyBorderCollie, who is also the sheeple who tweets platitudes and has a hole in her heart for the past seven months or so.
Milo (who is not Lexxi, as far as we know) tweeted that someone petted Shoka this morning and Shoka is fine...as if Milo has exclusive info on that.
Maybe someone can find some of her old tweets but she often urges her fans to stay tuned, keep following her, much will be revealed soon, stick with it and great things are to come. And yet nothing ever comes of it. She is a classic con artist, and plays games too.
But even rats can be taught to ring a bell.
Can't she be given a notecard with two simple sentences on it "which brings me to why I'm here, I work for Coupon cabin which does this and that and point your ipads to this address to find out more" and be taught to say that whenever anyone says, so run any marathons lately? Or What are you up to? or something
48 hours a week (for about age 6 and up) is actually normal for entertainment industry child labor laws. That's the law in California too, but half the time they are supposed to be doing school and recreation so really it is only supposed to amount to four hours. And it includes travel time. So if it takes an hour to get there fighting traffic that's only seven hours left and four of those are supposed to be school and rest. Murt did a good job, he clearly modeled this bill on CA law.
Has the governor signed the bill yet?
Another person called in(from CA) and asked "who's going to feed the children? That's sad. She needs the job."
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Who is going to feed the children of anyone who is fired because they stink at their job??
You can't hire or fire based on who is going to feed the children. These people really don't have a clue how the business world really works.
Kate can get another job. Kate can ask Jon for help. Kate can collect food stamps if she has to. But just because someone has children to feed doesn't mean their boss needs to feel guilty about firing them because they sucked at their job. If you did the job properly, this wouldn't have been an issue.
This is also where the numbers don't add up (hey just like the candidates keep saying about each other!)
If Kate was so struggling that she was a mere job away from not being able to feed her children, why the heck does she claim that she relinquished all her future rights to child support?? Did she honestly think she would be blogging for Coupon Cabin until they are 18? Odds are the site won't even be around then. Does that seem like a responsible mother to you, sheeple? A mother who is thinking ahead as to all the scenarios that could happen to her? No, it doesn't does it?
Of course a much more logical explanation is that she has more money than she knows what to do with, only used CC to get her mug out there and not because she really cared about their little paycheck, and didn't fight Jon on the 50-50 because she doesn't need his measly child support checks and would rather he take the kids anyway. This lie that her children will starve if she doesn't blog is just absurd.
Oh and Kate, start your own blog. No one is starving in my house.
I think she is getting a real taste of what Jon went through. Every article has a negative spin, entertainment shows mocking you, the butt of every joke, someone whose show you were just on now turns on you and names you jackhole of the week AGAIN.
Kate (and TLC) this is what you did to Jon. See how it feels. Not too good, huh? Only difference is YOU did this to yourself and only you.
I do hope she is okay. She should go away and get help. She needs to just go away and live a normal life. This business is not for the mentally unstable.
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