Trading Spouses

 Does anyone watch this show? Did you watch last nite?

 

I just thought this was cute. Two little metaphors that this woman, who is a born-again Christian (that's how she described herself to this Jewish family she went to live with) used on the children and the dad in this jewish family.

 

The first is about abstinence for youth. She described it as handing around a chocolate bar amongst each other on a very hot day, and as it was passed around it got gooey and messy of course. Then she showed them the brand new chocolate bar that looked still intact and delicious and then she said 'Now which one would you prefer to give to the one you love?' or something along those lines, lol!! She was telling this to the dad and said it would be good for him to have such a discussion with his teenage daughters (he had 3)

 

The next was about saying mean and rude things to each other (the children, 3 girls and a younger boy, fought and argued alot!). She got a tube of toothpaste and told the one girl to squeeze it. Out came the toothpaste of course. Then she told the girl to try and put it back in the tube. Well the girl looked at her like she was crazy. And the lady said that's the way it is with your words, once they are out of your mouth it's very hard to take them back again. So you should try to be a little more kind to each other. The kids all thought she was nuts!!!

 

Personally I thought she was very sweet. But those kids were used to a mom who put up with very little, was very opinionated and not very cuddly and affectionate, and the whole family was not really into communicating together alot except for when they were arguing. It was plain to see that the daughters especially were the spitting image of their mom.