I like the "Trading Spouses" title better. "Wife Swap" sounds like......well, you know. The first time I heard of it, I was shocked. I couldn't believe they were actually.........
Yes, wifeswap is certainly a tongue in cheek, riske, title to catch attention.
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Hey Hoovie, could you tell us how you ended up being on the show? I'm assuming you don't have a TV...might be wrong...but that was one of the main questions I wanted to ask.
I also read somewhere in all this that your wife is the granddaughter of Stanley W. Chambers. He's one of my first memories of General Conference. I thought he was God...or real close.
Hey Hoovie, could you tell us how you ended up being on the show? I'm assuming you don't have a TV...might be wrong...but that was one of the main questions I wanted to ask.
I also read somewhere in all this that your wife is the granddaughter of Stanley W. Chambers. He's one of my first memories of General Conference. I thought he was God...or real close.
S W Chambers has gone on to be with the Lord. He was a good man with a good reputation. If we were Catholic he might be a "Saint" .
Here is a cut and pasted response to your question (post #41)
Kristin has a sister who had watched the show, and told her last year she should consider being a participant. As a professional who placed her career on hold to put her conservative family first by home schooling, she is not a typical wife.
Later on last year we were contacted by a casting agent for the show through my trade association (for chimney sweeps). Two - three days after they made personal contact, we had a camera man from New York in our home for an all day interview.
They receive 700 plus applications a week - but we did not seek to be on the show until after they contacted us.
As Kristin stated earlier today... "We have chosen as a family, not to have broadcast television" - I am not sure that is the same as not "believing in TV".
There are some good programs of course, but the one thousand channels that were brought in as a part of the rule changes were promptly removed after the show.
I continue to think it is not the greatest or wisest use of family time, especially for small children. We do monitor everything our children watch. This caution-of-TV stance is becoming quite popular in America and I believe we do ourselves a disservice to make this a "religious" or "church" issue. Much of television programing is unfit for Christians - yes - but my question is, Where do people find the four to eight hours a day to watch TV?
It is my view that the fascination of entertainment at the expense of social interaction with peers and family is detrimental - regardless of the content.
I should add, the show producers were initially looking for a "chimney sweep wife" who actually gets soot on herself - I presume they were hoping to match to a clean "neat freak" family. My wife works in the office only, but when she mentioned my background and our conservative family they were very interested.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Indeed. This - the name of the show - almost prevented us from agreeing to do it.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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