I know….i know….hiatus….but I just watched an interesting show today. Its called switching spouses or something like tht…basically, two very different families swap their mums for a week. Then each of them gets 50k. Quite cool show. Lets you see ppl’s true colours. Anyway, here’s a breakdown:

(names aren’t real, not for privacy, jus tht I cant remember themxD)

The Andersons

2 parents, 3 kids

Father-works as a supervisor and just relaxes when he reaches home. Not close to wife or kids anymore. Family is separated.

Mother (Doreen)-housewife, does everything in the house (cleaning, cooking, etc.), paranoid abt kids. Not appreciated by kids though she does everything. Shown when she went into their room to say goodbye and her daughter just says “whatever”

Eldest Daughter-22, has a part time job and besides that just lazes around at home. Mentioned that her typical wake up time is at 4pm.

Middle child(daughter)-21 has a part time job too and wakes up at the same time as her sister. Lazes around at home oso.

Youngest child (son)-15, goes to school. Besides that, nothing much else. Still better than his sisters tho.

Mentality-man brings home the bacon and wife EXPECTED to clean the house and pretty much everything else. Remember this as it will cause conflict later. Very unfair thinking and extremely old fashioned. Attitude which children treats mother is also disgusting. Even I was appalled.

The Dawsons

2 parents, 1 daughter

Father- plays in a punk rock band. Performs at nightspots and stuff like that. I know he is dam old but he dosent care. Described as ‘worse than a teenager’ by Doreen. Smokes, heavy drinker, uncouth and cusses a lot. Hardcore rocker. Loves daughter and wife a lot. Very close with family. Good or bad? Read on to find out more.

Mother (lily)- housewife and sings in the same band as her husband. Nice woman and does not swear throughout the whole episode despite her rocker appearance. Loves family a lot and does not care that she and her husband have never had a lot of money and often lived in caravans. Feels happy with her family.

Daughter- Good ballet dancer and wishes to be a professional dancer in the future. Home schooled as ballet takes up too much of her time and parents don’t want her to be stressed out. Has hardly any social life as she is home schooled and only goes out of the house for ballet. Has a boyfriend tho. Very disciplined and does all her work before ballet class.

Mentality-rockers, daughter deserves the best and very close-knitted family. Daughter treats parents well and no form of any abuse. Father shares duties with his wife and does not scold her at all.

In the end, the Andersons attitude shocks lily and she refuses to clean the house. She argues with Mr Anderson and quips, “poor Doreen”.

 Doreen is disgusted by Mr Dawson’s lifestyle and habits (drinking, smoking) and questions his daughter’s lack of social life.

I have to say, I find the Andersons complete jackasses and the dawsons really nice ppl. Even though their background may not be very good, at least they don’t break the law and are close to each other. However, I question their daughter’s social life as she seems to lead a rather quiet, boring lifestyle. The Andersons are very old fashioned and apart and there is no love in the family. The daughters are both fat due to just lazing around all day.  They are also very presumptuous and refused to give lily and her husband a chance and just assumed they were scum. If I had had to make a choice I would rather  live with the Dawsons than the Andersons. I rather be living on the streets with a happy family than being a billionaire but an unhappy family. This show has taught me never to look down on people which are not as “classy” or not at your “level”. Who knows. They may be an even better person at heart than you even if they smoke or do drugs. Which family would you choose?

I will never dump a friend just to be more popular or be in the “in” crowd. Remember that.  You can make me a dean or something but I will still not relent. I know many of you would too.