If you could be on wife swap...

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...What kind of family do you think you would be chosen to swap with?

I would probably be swapped with a family that left the house a lot, heh.

Oh hell no I wouldn't do it.
They'd probably give me some family with several kids and they'd all want me to cook.

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I wouldn't take place in a show, that promotes the emotional abuse of children, by having their mothers be switched without their consideration or it being their decision. How many episodes have you seen where the kids were crying cause the new "mom" was being outright cruel to them, or simply ignorant of who they are? I say families with children younger than 13 should not participate in this show. Even then it should be discussed with the kids if they want to be a part of the show, not just be surprised.

Then again, it's not the first time child abuse has been taken up as fodder for entertainment.

A family that was very uptight.

The whole concept of the show is abusive ... to the adults even. The people they choose for the show are very carefully selected to ensure that they have some kind of very severe emotional or psychological dysfunction (that's not being treated). The entire point of the show is to mock people for their psych. issues on national TV. So basically it's just a subtle (not) and "socially acceptable" form of the kind of bullying that aspies experience in high-school. You know, when one of the popular kids would walk up to you and ask you some question or ask you to do something for them, just so the entire room could point at you and laugh.

they only ever send the wife, but if i were sent it would be to a family where the children are precious snowflakes whose every moment is planned out. in the first part of the show i would be chastised for pooping too long and thus causing the children to miss one minute of soccer practice. in the second part i would teach the other parent that their children didn't need to be on leashes when they went out.

I'd probably end up with a family who never leaves the house (as I'll go stir crazy if I don't lol), one who has a lot of kids, and one that wants to have constant family time. They'd also have tons of pets. Judging from all of this, they'd also probably live on a farm in Nowhereville, Wisconson. Yeah, that sounds about the complete opposite of me as I'm a city girl who loves being out and about.

I would get stuck with an evangelical Christian. I am 100% certain of that.
I would also like to point out that they do a lot of careful editing to make the experience appear a lot worse than it is and to portay each family in the most negative light possible.
I am always telling my wife, though, that I would never get picked for shows like that or for game shows because I am quiet and boring.

I'd likely get stuck with "Madame Dominique," who would require that I submit a written request for permission to speak, eat, sleep, or use the bathroom with the door closed.

My family probably would be asked to be on that show if the producers knew about it. We let our dogs live in the house with us, sit on the furniture and kiss us on the face. Everyone who comes over complains about the smell. Our dogs are clean so I don't know what their problem is. One dog has to be fed a special diet becuase he had an accident during surgery and now can't sallow soild food or else he will gag and vomit and possibly choke to death. It's a life and death situation. Most people would just have him put to sleep. They are fed at a certian time (7:30 AM and 2:30 PM) and they know it. We are very commited to them and most people think it's weird. I also have a sceduel and routine I must follow and if some strange b***h comes along and tries to change it, all Hell brakes loose. I've often commented to my parents when watching this show that if we were on it and some lady tried to make me wear dressy cloathing, make me give up my computer, put me back in public school, or come out of my bedroom during my decompression times, they would have a black eye and I would be in jail. They'd probably team us up with a lady who hates animals and who opposes homeschooling and thinks autistic people are just spoiled brats. My parents can't understand why people would even want to be on that show and would never sign up for it. I have meltdowns when strangers come into the home for even short periods of time.

Albeit being a dude, I'd probably be sent to the family that thinks if you don't obsess over high school football and/or high school wrestling you're a "fag", and top it off with them also being hardcore bible-thumpers. So pretty much 90% of the families of the town in which I went to high school.

I live in a state full of those...

Wyoming or Texas? It was Wyoming for me.

Oklahoma. At least in Texas they didn't outlaw porn. lol And Austin, TX is supposed to be like a haven for atheists. At least a haven compared to the rest of Texas.
My home town had one stop light and dozens of churches. And high school football was worshipped as a god. The funny thing is that our school had to have a new coach almost every year because one of them would always end up sleeping with a student. It was so bad it had become kind of a running joke.

I actualy watching that show right now. Was watching Jeopardy but am just too lazy to change the channel. This lady made these tomboy girls wear dresses and be more feminine. I have never worn a dress and never will. I dress how I want, sit how I want and say what I want. I'd actualy like to see that lady come to my house and try to make me wear a dress. She would only acompolish getting a black eye or a broken bone. I can get scary and dangerous if people provoke me.