Thursday, June 28, 2012

Guilty: Former Jon and Kate Plus 8 editor registers as sex offender and will serve four years probation


Bill Blankinship, who worked on the production side of Jon and Kate Plus 8 for at least 23 episodes, now shows up on North Carolina's sex offender registry, which shows he was convicted and registered last April, and will serve 48 months of probation. He was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor in the second degree.



Now that a reality t.v. crew member is a registered sex offender, will this finally wake parents and viewers up to the dangers of turning your child over for public consumption in the name of the almighty dollar?

A large bust in North Carolina last October included the arrest of William Johnson Blankinship, credited by TLC as Bill Blankinship, who is listed as a writer, editor and on-line editor for Jon and Kate Plus 8 from 2007-2009 and an on-line editor for Kate Plus 8 from 2010-2011. Blankinship also worked on 19 Kids and Counting, Sister Wives and Table for 12, three other TLC shows about children.

According to authorities, "Operation Spyglass" resulted in the arrest of 24 men over five months on felony charges ranging from the possession and distribution of child pornography to indecent liberties with a minor. Several of the men will be charged with felonies and could face prison time.

Last year, Jon confirmed he met Blankinship several times during filming of the show. He said he was "freaked out" to learn of the arrest.

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Permanent Name said...

ADMIN,

How about a post on favorite authors? We could all share books we've read WHEN WE ARE IGNORING she who thinks she's hot.

I am figuring it would chap her azz reading her and not seeing any posts about HER! (I'm mean, I admit it where kart is concerned).

There is so much beyond what her little fantasy world, isn't there....

A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said...

I'd like to add my personal experience with the destruction cigarette smoking causes.

I have many examples to give, but I'll just tell you one.

My maternal grandmother smoked cigarettes her entire life- since she was 13 years old (I know, she was very young).

At the age of 87, she developed a small sore under her tongue. She did not go to the doctor because she thought that it was an ordinary mouth sore, and thought that it would go away.
It did not go away. Within 6 months, that small sore grew to twice its size, and ended up being cancerous.

Without going too much into detail, it destroyed her lower jaw & teeth.

My grandmother was just too weak to start radiation treatments, and passed away a week after her 88th birthday.

It's horrendous how quickly the disease took her life. I don't want to see anyone go through what she did.

Take care of yourselves. We only have one body-
one chance at this life.

May we live our lives properly, treat our bodies kindly- respectfully, and honor each day
that we are given on this planet.

Boston Bonnie said...

Good luck Jessica! I struggle every day not feeling resentment towards my mom who continues to smoke after two bouts of cancer and a heart attack. I spend my time trying to keep her alive and she spends her time killing herself one drag on the butt at a time. After her last hospitalization she came with the patch on, I came home from the pharmacy 10 minutes later to find her smoking - with the patch still on. I admit that I lost it, swore at her and told her to take the freaking patch off before she had another heart attack. Sigh....

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Usually you visit family OR friends unless it's a party or larger event. I think if this were the case, Kate would let us all now. JMO.

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I kinda thought the same thing but I wondered if that was unusual. For me family get togethers are almost always separate from friends get togethers. The rare event will bring the two together, like a wedding or graduation party.

Who knows what she's up to, but often liars are intentionally vague. I also don't understand why she tweets like she has the kids every weekend when she herself freely admits that's not the case.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Why re-do this wonderful classic??

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Sounds like they are doing the stage version and live, not trying to redo a classic with a film. That would be blasphemy!

The stage version is a must see, I saw it when it was in Toronto. I've also seen a high school version which was excellent. The stage version never gives you the feeling that it's trying to re-do anything. There are even different songs.

Permanent Name said...

Duh..... reading *here*, not her

What's my excuse for this time? ha ha - not enough caffeine, need more tea......

Tamara said...

Agree the trips didn't spoil the tups at all. A) they were too young to remember B) luxury in the eyes of a kids is often far from an adults idea of it C) they might have been in posh hotels/resorts/beach houses but they were WORKING while there, and spending a lot of time in cars, buses and waiting around.

I remember in one episode, I think the first time they did ice cream for dinner, the kids were pretending the floor of a deck was lava and they had to stay on the benches to not die. Khate was genuinely, absolutely amazed they could make a game out of nothing, with no set up, no material toys and gadgets, and have fun. Says a lot about her imagination and intelligence. I think she, and to some point Jon, really did believe that they could not get through a month at home with the kids. That they and the kids would truly die of boredom staring at the walls, or whatever that saying was Khate used.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Yes Tamara I agree. A perfect example is Alaska where Kate kept asking the kids if they wanted to go back to the lodge, which someone knew of and reported it was extremely luxurious, and yet the kids just wanted to hang out around the campfire with Sarah Palin and make maps out of rocks and eat moose dogs. They didn't want VIP they wanted to camp.

Kids will be kids. I think had they been a little older the VIP would have spoiled them but they were just too young to like the kinds of things Kate likes, as much as Kate tries to convince us they do.

Tamara said...

Jon doesn't grift, so I think this is simply part of her NPD and she just can't stop, as she can never think of anyone but herself. After all, she has 8 count 'em 8 kids.
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What? Jon definitely grifts. He was fired from a job for doing it on company time. Then he went on to lie and slander the man who fired him..... WHILE he was grifting!

Let's throw tomatoes said...

Anonymous said......184
WHAT??? Whatever info I have given has never changed because you can't change the past only the present and the future ! I'll repeat : born in Texas, raised in California, dedicated my entire adult life working with kids, I have a
BA: 4year college degree
Teaching credential (K-9)I got mine in 1972and at that time it was k-9 credential
Masters Degree: higher learning and Administation
Administrative credential
I have never taught High School or University classes!
My teaching experience includes Kdg. 2nd, 3rd , 5th. grades and one year my district gave me the opportunity to teach science kind of a floater to grades k-6!

Anon where did you go to school where teachers don't change grade levels during their careers??
Yes I use !! ??? I talk with my hands and sometimes( I know annoying ) I use intonation when I'm excited!!
Yes again, Kate gosselin is everything I can't stand in a human being!!!

Jessica good luck in your efforts! My dad smoked as a young kid but was told by his doctor when he was about 50 he was on his way to getting throat cancer!
He stopped!

Is my grammar that bad?? I have not been to school in along time!! I'm sad!!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Mrs. Malaprop, that sounds like a bunch of liberal malarky. :) That say there are certain dialects in places I've lived that are not grammatically correct that I guess I don't consider ignorant. For instance i know some highly educated lawyers who will say things like "he don't got nothing" (midwest, central CA) and I grew up with a lot of "all you's" (Northeast). There are many others.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

It was present tense: Jon doesn't grift.

Jon certainly did grift back in the day we all know that, but not anymore. There are no "I wish on a star for this" from him, nor does he drop the name of a product unless he was hired by the company. He has obviously made an active decision to knock it off with the begging.

fidosmommy said...

Congratulations on trying to quit smoking.

A friend of mine in college posted a sign next to her bed listing the 10 top reasons she wanted to quit. Her first reason was that by quitting she would be saving $xx.xx a month on cigarettes. The other 9 were just basic things like "I'll smell a lot better", "(boyfriend) will kiss me more often", etc. It was a cute list, but still quite honest. She ended up quitting.

My sister had her tongue removed because of oral cancer caused by smoking. Then part of her throat. Then she died from hemorrhaging beause the radiation had fried her carotids.

To help myself quit, I changed my routine somewhat. That probably helped. For example, if I normally had a cigarette at the dining room table after lunch, I would instead eat lunch in the kitchen. A small difference, but pretty effective for me. Just a change of scenery. I smoked while on the phone, so I started to draw while on the phone to have something to do with my hands. Actually, I got pretty good! Once those thoughts of a cigarette
went away, I still found myself doodling while on the phone.

Best to you on your journey toward wellness.

Summerwind said...

"I think had they been a little older the VIP would have spoiled them but they were just too young to like the kinds of things Kate likes, as much as Kate tries to convince us they do.

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The twins, however, are old enough to appreciate VIP treatment, aren't they? I would think that at age 11, going on 12, they'd have gotten used to the five-star hotels and limo services to and from the airport. It's an impressionable age and wouldn't they feel special if surrounded by the finer things in life? I don't know -- just asking!

Anonymous said -- "Sorry not buying it from her any more, oh no I'm not! "

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Speaking of our friend, the "oh, yes, she does" poster, I wandered over to the blog that she frequents and was surprised that there were no postings on the free discussion thread in six days, and only about eight in the past week on the other thread. Is this blog closing up shop? Anyone know?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Was there anything in this guy's history that would have alerted anyone about his pedophilia?

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See to me this isn't the point really. The point is you should thoroughly check out anyone around your children. If you turn nothing up and there was no way to foresee it, then it's just bad things happen and that's how life goes sometimes. But when you thoroughly checked out people around your kids thoroughly and did all you could do and something bad happened anyway, then it's really not your fault anymore. Well unless of course you are putting your kids out there on a reality show. I just mean in general.

And by the way sometimes just talking to someone in person is enough to get that "feeling" something is off even with a clean background and pass on hiring them.

readerlady said...

Permanent Name -- I LOVE TCW books! I had the honor of meeting Ms. Braun. She came to a cat show in Dayton with one of the show vendors. I wandered into the vendor's booth looking for books (as usual -- I have a built in radar where books are concerned), recognized her, and struck up a conversation. She was very gracious and pleasant. Just what you'd expect from someone with the imagination to write those books. ITA that the last few in the series were a bit of a letdown, though. I never cared for Polly. I thought she was a jealous witch. It was always fine for her to have her "enthusiasms", but if Qwill spoke to another woman, she wasn't happy. I think she was even jealous of Lori Bamba! Dixie's backstory is tragic and figures fairly prominently in the first couple of books. She begins to heal and let go later in the series. I won't spoil them for you by telling you more. Have you discovered stopyourekillingme.com ? If you haven't, you should check out their website. They are a great resource for mysteries.

Mrs. Malaprop -- I love MJs. El C across town is excellent, too. The couple who own it are very active in my church and in the community. They do a lot with the Hispanic residents, and the migrant workers in the area.

Re the language -- I always tell the kids I work with that you talk amongst yourselves one way, but in a formal situation, like the classroom or a job interview or at work, you speak in another way. I liken it to the way you would talk to an adult family member vs. the way you would talk to an adult you have just met and want to impress. They usually "get" the difference.

Anonymous said...

I solved a prob toy glitch,that became a household debacle by removing batteries2 reset! Thrilled us all!Why isn't all of life that simple?


So let me get this straight...her entire house was thrown into chaos over a battery operative child's toy? And once she fixes it the entire house is relieved and thrilled?

Does this sound strange to anyone else? To me it says: Life cannot function properly in our lives unless *I* do/fix/make everything just right. Otherwise the house is in ruin.

Oh so freaking dramatic! I mean really that's what that sounds like. Kate, you are over-dramatic with just about everything. This is why people doubt you, if you are not dramatic about every thing people might, *might* take you seriously.

Why can't life be as simple as resetting a toy? Because if life were that simple nobody would probably get a lot of stuff done they would just be, "oh life is perfect" type scenario and guess what, Kate? that's not real life!

Real life is you work hard, you solve problems, situations, you live through things and don't expect people to bow down to you just because you fix one simple error.

Get off your dramatics and get a job. You know you should sincerely be ashamed to be your age of 37, have no job, kids to support and no prospects of going anywhere. This is behavior one might expect from someone at 18-maybe early 20s of not doing much with their life. It's embarrassing to watch Kate Twitter her time and life away. Go back to college, nursing field, a super market job, something other than claiming you spend all this time with family and friends.

Only reason you are able to go and be frivolous (but can't afford a beach vacation) is because you do not have a job. Most people who have jobs or go to school don't have time so sit and Twitter with friends about A-Z and how wonderful they are. It's weird.

I hope you don't mind your kids when they reach your age if all they do is lounge on your leather sofa eating chips with no goals in life waiting for a reality television show like you appear to be doing. I hope you don't mind your 30-something kids still living at home because getting a job, why should we? You didn't have one. That's the example you are setting for your kids: that we don't have to work for anything.

You model to your children how life should be or is supposed to be or how you dream it will be. Your actions how you provide for your children, take care of them sets them up to live exactly or similar to how you brought them up. Such as cycles of abuse, you abuse your child chances are they will turn out just like you. There are exceptions yes. But the way Kate keeps going...her kids are going to turn out, most of them, just like her--mooch of people, grifting for this or that, entitled to this or that. Way to go mommy of the month!

Summerwind said...

admin said,

"See to me this isn't the point really. The point is you should thoroughly check out anyone around your children. If you turn nothing up and there was no way to foresee it, then it's just bad things happen and that's how life goes sometimes."

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Absolutely. But you don't put your child in any position, such as letting them alone with a camera crew, or filming them showering or on the potty which, in the hands of a possible pedo, could have horrible consequences.

Let's throw tomatoes said...

I forgot to mention that I brought home my new rescue ! He is so so so cute! He's not part Yorkie with a little miniature pincher like the web site said. He's more like a black furry ball with a little brown on the face and some gray on his paws. I don't care it was love at first sight! Not so much with my beagle , I already had to separate them into different rooms . It's going to take some work and time.

It's sad to hear about GWOP. That was the first sight I went to years ago! If I knew for sure Kate was over it wouldn't be so sad! But I think she's going to always do whatever it takes to continue to try to milk the cow! She's money hungry and lazy
and that's a terrible combination!

Summerwind said...

kateplusmy8
Just back from running,in kitchen making protein shake.Joel walks in 'So,how was the run?'Do I suddenly hav adult children? Aw,he's so old!

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Possibly. They are more mature than you are.

Sounds like she's running at night. Who is watching the kids? The not-a-nanny? I thought the Super Mom does everything by herself. Who is providing protection on rural roads? She's not that stupid that she runs alone, is she?

chefsummer #Leh said...

Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8
Just back from running,in kitchen making protein shake.Joel walks in 'So,how was the run?'Do I suddenly hav adult children? Aw,he's so old!
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So who's watching the kids when you go running Kate hmm?

I sure hope you are not leaving the kids home alone while your out.

I hope the nanny is getting paid over time.

SeeSaw said...

Wandered away from the Kate drama for a bit and returned to find she got the tire on her tractor fixed, found a bird's nest with eggs, and now!! changed the battery in a toy. Wow! I can see why more than 100 people start following her on Twitter every day. Her life is fascinating.

anger issues kate said...

Let's throw tomaotes: What about GWOP?

Flight of the Kiwi said...

Hey Dwindle - I am in southern Delaware county. Hope you are OK. The last round missed us. A bit of rain and thunder. It's 69 degrees at the moment. THAT is enjoyable! Hubby managed to run a locust tree thorn thru his foot. Ouch! Yard clean up is dangerous. Antibiotics and a tetanus shot.

BTW I grew up in Lake County on Lake Erie. Attended a high school in Geauga county. Small world :)

Please be safe!

readerlady said...

Tomatoes -- Take a towel or some other piece of soft cloth and rub it all over your new baby, then give it to your beagle,along with a treat. Do the same with the beagle/new baby. That way they'll get used to each other's smell and to associate it with something pleasurable. Gradually introduce them to each other -- maybe allow them to play pawsies under a door or something similar. Don't allow them to be together unless you are there to supervise. This usually works with cats. Hopefully, it will work with dogs, too. Make sure you give your beagle lots of attention and loving, so he'll see that the newcomer doesn't take all your time away from him.

Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB said...

Would you all have your 4 year old jog a mile with you in 99 degree heat?
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@dukemama
@Kateplusmy8 my little four year old princess jogged my last mile with me tonight. Great end to a 7 miler in 99 degrees!

Seems a tiny body could dehydrate pretty fast.

meagler said...

JOn tweeted he was off doing things with his gf and her friend and sister.. something like that, so he doesnt have the kids...

I saw Hunger Games last night, and altho, as a mom, I didnt like the story line of kids having to kill kids for adult entertainment, as is the the story line, but I did not cry, nor did my 13 yr old daughter have to hold my hand...she did have to pass the popcorn back and forth between her dad and I...lol..

Mentioning Joel an awful lot lately..he too is another child who reads his mother well, and does/says what needs to be done to pacify her.

Cruisin Just As Fast As She Can Now said...

Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB said... 26. Would you all have your 4 year old jog a mile with you in 99 degree heat?

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Tweet -- I just read that and my mouth dropped open. Heck, no, I wouldn't have a child run with me in that heat, or even walk with me in those temps. That's insane.

Then again, it's a sheeple. They are not known for having common sense.

Mrs. Malaprop said...

Kiwi -
We didn't get much from the storm tonight either, but it looked pretty bad for awhile. We're in Union county and visit Delaware often. :) Ouch - a thorn in the foot doesn't sound like fun. I'm enjoying the cooler temps too. What a relief!

Readerlady - oh, yes. El C. is a good one too. Darn it. Now I'm hungry for Mexican food! LOL Maybe I can talk my hubby into dinner out this week. Or maybe the kids and I will go for lunch one day without him. : ) My problem is I get too full on the chips & salsa before my meal arrives.

readerlady said...

Kiwi -- I'm just N of you, in Marion County. So -- you, Mrs. Malaprop and I live within a stone's throw of each other. Dwindle is N of us. I grew up on the other end of the state, though, in Scioto Co. and lived in Cincinnati for some time.

I can't believe anyone is idiot enough to have a 4 year old running a mile in 99 temps! I hope she at least had sense enough to have plenty of water or pedialyte available. Little kids can get heat exhaustion or heat stroke much faster than adults, because their blood volume is so much lower and their body temp. doesn't regulate as reliably as an adult's.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Skimming through the last few episodes of Bristol Palin's show and when did this become an open forum to trash Tripp's father even centering all the episodes about what a deadbeat he is?

The thing is it kind of sounds like Levi IS a deadbeat. But that's not the point. This is parental alienation and it's detrimental for their son to hear all this and now it's all documented forever on a TV show he could watch. He should deal with these problems between him and his parents in therapy someday, not like this.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

kateplusmy8
With peanut butter sweet bread set(using delay timer)to bake 4 breakfast,my day is over...GN all! (btw thanks to fan who emailed recipe)

Now every sheeple will be coming out of the barn, begging for the recipe.

Let sleeping DOGS lie said...

"So, how was the run?" Khate tweets that (little Joely) Joel says this. Then she remarks on "how adult" her children are.

Yeah yeah blah blah, kHate. Didn't some of us here make comments about Joel's "...going to France..." remark and how an EIGHT year old would NOT speak like an ADULT?

Busted again, kHate. Once again, she tries to fix her LIE about what he said by lying again the next day and using the comments she read here. She's SO superficial and STOOPID.

The Bitter End said...

Marie said... 17
I solved a prob toy glitch,that became a household debacle by removing batteries2 reset! Thrilled us all!Why isn't all of life that simple?


So let me get this straight...her entire house was thrown into chaos over a battery operative child's toy? And once she fixes it the entire house is relieved and thrilled?

Does this sound strange to anyone else? To me it says: Life cannot function properly in our lives unless *I* do/fix/make everything just right. Otherwise the house is in ruin.s relieved and thrilled?
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It sounds like Katie Irene keeps the batteries under lock and key.

wayward said...

Dwindle said... 190
I solved a prob toy glitch,that became a household debacle by removing batteries2 reset! Thrilled us all!Why isn't all of life that simple?

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Poorthing. They apparently dont make vibrators like they used to, so many newfangled switches and such. What a relief that Kate got it all worked out - I for one was so worried.
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OMG Dwindle, this is too funny! I can most certainly imagine the debacle in that household if the Blockster couldn't find fresh batteries before retreating to her bedroom/office/hiding place from the kids! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Permanent Name said... 199
Kelly,

"Way back when, when the Menopause Monster came to my house, I used Effexor XR for the symptoms......."
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Permanent, when I glanced at your post and saw "Menopause Monster" I had a fleeting, terrifying thought- someday Kate is going to go through menopause some day! Dear God. As if she could possibly be more hateful, nasty and mean. Menopause will make her even worse and I didn't think that was possible. {{{shudder}}}

Permanent Name said...

Wayward,

Not to worry, someone will have put her on mandatory meds by then...

And perhaps a nicely decorated room with padded wallpaper and pretty, pretty bars on the windows.

This story that is kart... 'it ain't agonna end well', as my cousins used to say.

Just hang around, watch it happen. Death, taxes and kart's 'exhaustion' - the three things that are certain in this life.

Cruisin Just As Fast As She Can Now said...

@35. Permanent, when I glanced at your post and saw "Menopause Monster" I had a fleeting, terrifying thought- someday Kate is going to go through menopause some day! Dear God.

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Or else it will have the reverse effect and she will become the sweetest, kindest, most generous menopausal woman east of the Mississippi.

fidosmommy said...

My mother was a great mother for the most part, but she was stubborn as a mule with an attitude. She wanted to be in control because growing up she was always dismissed by an overbearing stepfather.

Anyway, my eldest sister used to talk about how Mom would tease her and say "You're my practice child. What I do right with you I'll do with your younger siblings. What I do wrong with you I won't repeat with them." So sis had plenty of stories to tell about our young, spry, quick-on-her-feet mother who never missed anything. One night at dinner I said, "OK, you got her young and strong. I (the youngest) got her through her menopause years. I win in the bitchy mom contest." All at the table bowed to me, and Mom just looked shocked. Then she laughed.

Permanent Name said...

ReaderLady,

Another of my favorite authors who is sliding in his dotage is Stuart Woods.

As he's gotten more grey, his main character is getting more and more sex! His writing style has gotten more stilted too.

Stone Barrington seems like such a nice guy and then he hops into bed with any old female character that comes along!

Plenty of casual mention by the author of some semi- explicit sexual details and never any mention of STD or safe sex. Over the years he's gotten more 'liberal in his descriptions'... he used write more discretely about doing the nasty (as my nephew so eloquently says).

I'm not really an old biddy, but I appreciate decorum and dignity in sex scenes. Don't need the graphic descriptions, thank you very much.....


LOL

wayward said...

Permanent Name said... 36
Wayward,

Not to worry, someone will have put her on mandatory meds by then...

And perhaps a nicely decorated room with padded wallpaper and pretty, pretty bars on the windows.

This story that is kart... 'it ain't agonna end well', as my cousins used to say.

Just hang around, watch it happen. Death, taxes and kart's 'exhaustion' - the three things that are certain in this life.
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Funny story... when mr. wayward was a young man still living at home, he came home one evening after work and was met at the door by his shell-shocked looking stepfather. Stepdad said "Go. Somewhere, anywhere, just not here. It's too late for me.. but save yourself. Try to get a hold of your brother and tell him too." Hubby glanced over his SFs shoulder and could see his mother darting from room to room (in January) opening all the windows and loudly accusing his SF of turning the heat up on purpose. I love the MIL dearly, but it seemed like it took her 7 or 8 years to get through menopause.

Pants On Fire said...

READERLADY: I had never heard of sell.com

Thanks for the tip (to another poster). I just ordered a movie which I had searched everywhere for.

Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB said...

Crusin said...Tweet -- I just read that and my mouth dropped open. Heck, no, I wouldn't have a child run with me in that heat, or even walk with me in those temps. That's insane.

Then again, it's a sheeple. They are not known for having common sense.
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I don't walk my dog in that heat!

JoyinVirginia said...

Power back on in our part of central Virginia! And no thunderstorms in this area tonight so far. we hung out with older dd at her air conditioned house much of the day and evening, and that was very nice. Hope everyone suffering from strange weather can get back to normal soon

Sleepless In Seattle said...

jane2101lowe
@kateplusmy8 Oooh sounds yummy. Any chance you could share the recipe please, and do you think it would work for UK bread machines?

Oh. Good. Grief.

Starz22 said...

Jon grifting? Really?
Jon was grifting at the beginning when his wife TOLD him he needed to.Just like a woman a Man can be sucked in and controlled. We all know Jon is a simple man with limited skills,just trying to to keep peace in his marriage. Jon just wanted to keep his wife and family happy.We all know if kate wasn't happy No One would be. So Jon went along with kate for awhile. It didn't take him long to figure out scamming people wasn't the path he wanted to go down.
So Jon sat quiet while kate did all the begging.Do you really think if Jon would have said STOP IT...kate would have said ok? The man worked hard to keep his family together ...Even tho kate was being backed by TLC and was told we don't need Jon. Jon begged kate to get counseling to save the marriage...All kate cared about was making money.
Kate was willing to forget her husband and erase her so called faith...so she could bank mad money. What the kids wanted or ever asked for NEVER mattered.
I dont blame Jon for running wild when he finally escaped from kate.He was still there for the kids....took them every time he was ALLOWED. Just like the kids will do when they can break away from kate....they will run wild for a bit...enjoy their freedom.
We dont see Jon grifting for free coffee...x-mas tree lights...pool toys...a beach get-a-way...lawn mowing...a vacation to any where but close to home...energy drinks...free hair bleaching...a boob job...ect ect...
Jon has grown up...kate still thinks she is entitled to everything.
The woman makes me sick...she is a puke!

readerlady said...

Permanent Name -- I've read some of Stuart Wood's books. I like the Orchid Beach ones, but it's been a while since I've read any. I'm with you on the sex scenes. Leave something to the imagination! I read mysteries for the mystery, not for titillation. Unfortunately, the publishers push for authors to include stuff like that because they think it's what sells.

mamasan said...

Starzz22 45 -- well said, I view Jon in the same light. Anything to keep peace.

Resident said...

How about a post on favorite authors? We could all share books we've read WHEN WE ARE IGNORING she who thinks she's hot.
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Oh I love this idea! I love love love to read. While away in the mountains this weekend I started reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I absolutely cannot put this down! Also love Greg Iles, Tami Hoag, Patricia Cornwell, and Jodi Picoult.

Also love my electronic reader. I figured out how to borrow books on it from our local library. Easy and cheap!

Hope this OT comment is OK.

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