Jon Gosselin

[MrsK]

I do think they should quit the show. But I don't think they should work out their marrage. They need to work out their divorce. Priviately. They are not suited to each other and the family would be better off if they were not married.

[moonlight]

I do think they should quit the show. But I don't think they should work out their marrage. They need to work out their divorce. Priviately. They are not suited to each other and the family would be better off if they were not married.

Really?? Hummm. I think they could work it out. It would be HARD but it seems to me the main reason they split was due to "personality differences." That type of stuff can be fixed. I never really understood if he was cheating on her or not. If he crossed that line, then maybe it's best to throw in the towel. IRL I’ve known married couples that have gone through far far worse and still take years to file for divorce.

I don't think that personality differences would be a good reason to divorce - especially because at SOME point they were in love, and their personality differences were probably something that made them a strong, loving couple. Somewhere in there they DID love each other because you don't have children (especially the way they did) without having that love.

That being said, I think that it would take A LOT of work for them to work through what has taken place the past few months (and we are only seeing the media exploited side of the craziness).

I don't think it's going to happen, but divorce is serious and shouldn't be used as an easy way out. The whole thing is so sad

[MrsK]

BS. They clearly do not get along. Personality differences are a compelling reason not to get married in the first place. And a compelling reason not to have children. If you read their story on their website, he was reluctant to have children "the way they did" in the first place. It would be one thing if they were otherwise great together and then he strayed -- that's an action that can be changed, fixed, forgiven. But personalities are what they are.

[Meenah]

This thread has the potential to surpass TomKat!!!! Sueann started that one too!!!!!!!

BS. They clearly do not get along. Personality differences are a compelling reason not to get married in the first place. And a compelling reason not to have children. If you read their story on their website, he was reluctant to have children "the way they did" in the first place. It would be one thing if they were otherwise great together and then he strayed -- that's an action that can be changed, fixed, forgiven. But personalities are what they are.

True true... I don't know the story behind their infertility. I should have read that before I made the assumption that they both wanted the children "the way they did."
Clearly there is A LOT of damage... I don't think there is a way they will be able to pick up the pieces - more because I don't think there are many people who are willing to do the work that it takes to fix things - especially when the damage is so severe.

I don't think anyone has 8 children naturally.

I also think the whole "work out your marriage" thing is BS. Yes, marriage is hard and requires work and people use divorce as the 'easy out', but anyone who has watched that show could see that they did NOT work together. She directed, he followed. He got sick of following and realized that with his fame, he had greener pastures he could graze. I still think he's a schmuck and they should have pulled the plug on the show ages ago. And I think the way Kate treated him, especially in front of the country, is wrong. But I do think that her behavior since the split has been more appropriate than his, although, like I said before, that's not setting the bar very high.

I don't think anyone has 8 children naturally.

I also think the whole "work out your marriage" thing is BS. Yes, marriage is hard and requires work and people use divorce as the 'easy out', but anyone who has watched that show could see that they did NOT work together. She directed, he followed. He got sick of following and realized that with his fame, he had greener pastures he could graze. I still think he's a schmuck and they should have pulled the plug on the show ages ago. And I think the way Kate treated him, especially in front of the country, is wrong. But I do think that her behavior since the split has been more appropriate than his, although, like I said before, that's not setting the bar very high.

It's actually embarrassing the way she treated him. I was embarrassed for him, AND for her. I agree they probably weren't a match made in heaven... far from it. I just think that when things started to go down the toilet, which they knew it was - they should have quit the show then and tried to figure things out. It wouldn't be the media circus that it is now and those kids wouldn't be suffering the way they are or will be....

And you're are very right, the bar is set an all time low!

[Bittersweet]

I also think the whole "work out your marriage" thing is BS. Yes, marriage is hard and requires work and people use divorce as the 'easy out', but anyone who has watched that show could see that they did NOT work together. She directed, he followed. He got sick of following and realized that with his fame, he had greener pastures he could graze. I still think he's a schmuck and they should have pulled the plug on the show ages ago. And I think the way Kate treated him, especially in front of the country, is wrong. But I do think that her behavior since the split has been more appropriate than his, although, like I said before, that's not setting the bar very high.

ITA! I don’t think marriage should be misery. And theirs, from the outside, looked absolutely miserable.

[SoonerTexan]

I don't think anyone has 8 children naturally.

Gonna have to disagree with this one--DF is one of six and I am one of five...and I seriously think had FMIL not had to have a hysterectomy, DF would have been one of seven.

[MrsK]

I think she means 8 children in 2 pregnancies. . .

I think she means 8 children in 2 pregnancies. . .

yes, thank you. I actually should have said 6 children in one pregnancy. obviously i know there are families that will have 8 kids -- and one of my closest friends is from just such a family. Twins also, obviously, and triplets -- maybe even the occasional quadruplet?? occur naturally, but I don't think there's ever been a case of sextuplets occurring w/o intervention (required by infertility issues, which is the point I was responding to).

[Chrisada]

On an interview yesterday he said that he is still with his girlfriend. He does not want to reconcile with Kate. It's obvious to everyone the only reason he is not allowing TLC to tape the children is because he was kicked off the show. He was taping as late as last Friday. Now all of a sudden he cares about the well being of his kids. He is absolutely disgusting and full of shit.

[Meenah]

Christine said it better than I could.

[SoonerTexan]

I think she means 8 children in 2 pregnancies. . .

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