Morty, 91, and Lee Kaufman, 90, are not actors reading a script. They are a real couple from New York. Their daughter knew a casting agent for Swiffer and recommended them for a series of commercials. The couple was cast right away and a film crew was sent over to their home for a two-day shoot. The footage that followed was so adorable and funny they became an overnight sensation. From Morty's "be careful, babe" as Lee steps on a stool to clean with their old mop (aww), to his deadpan "I don't do any cleaning; I make dirt," to their impromptu dances together in the kitchen, to their mutual amazement at how much dirt their new Swiffer mop picks up, this couple has stolen America's hearts.
Lee is a retired teacher and Morty is a retired pharmacist. The Kaufman's love story is just as sweet as it looks. Both widowed young in their early 40's. They met and fell in love when Morty's son Scott was in Lee's summer reading class. They married on Valentine's Day, and they say their respective total of six children blended together well. Morty said the secret to their long marriage is compromise and giving in. "No difference of opinion is that important as to interfere with your love for each other," Morty said.
As for what they think of all this publicity? Morty says people stop them for autographs. "We're having so much fun," he said. Lee said, "It's all very exciting."
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She's obviously livid with him and he's fresh on her mind.
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Truer words were never spoken.
A quick story, I have a family member who married, had a honeymoon baby, and divorced her husband when the kid was 3. The kid's a teenager now, and she still gets livid at things her ex does (doesn't pay child support, doesn't hold down a job, doesn't hold a stable residence, etc...). She's a good person, but she doesn't like the injustice of it all. Now, she's NORMAL, and can't get over an ex's bad behavior. Can you imagine how much worse it is for TFW and Jon?! I predict she's going to actively try to make his life a living hell for many years to come.
, saying she now has pity and empathy for Jon (she makes me sick)
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REALLY old comment (I'm still not caught up but I'm close!) but this just shocked me. How PATRONIZING! Seriously? She has "pity" for Jon? Cut us a break. She acts like he's a sad little bird with a broken leg hobbling around and not a grown man with a job a quiet life in the woods and eight beautiful kids who love him. There's nothing to pity about that.
I thought leaning over and saying to Bethany, I'm proud of you, was also patronizing.
It was a manipulative attempt to put Bethany on even ground. As in, see Bethany, you're not one above me because you have a talk show and I don't.
I agree. I think Jon let TFW to have primary legal custody for two reasons: 1. He didn't want to pick a battle with her for every decision regarding the kids. 2. He wouldn't have to pay for expensive lifestyle (expensive school for the kids, expensive health insurance, etc...). If she has primary legal custody, she has to pay for her expensive decisions and he doesn't.
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I agree. I think he seems to be saying he got to the point where all that didn't matter when all along he thought it did. In many ways he has "downsized" when it comes to decisions when it comes to the kids. He has stripped it down to, "am I seeing my kids and are they happy?" All the other little decisions parents make every day about kids, do they REALLY matter? And is that really so bad? Perhaps he has it exactly right.
Our culture teaches us to be obsessed with our kids' schooling and religious decisions and all these other nitty gritty "legal" decisions and that they are all SOOOO important. Jon has sort of stepped back and said you know what, if Kate wants control over all that does it REALLY matter? They will still get educated and everything will all fall into place, why am I wasting my life fighting over this when I could just be enjoying my kids?
In many ways just letting Kate have the control takes the wind out of her sails. Much like the twitter wars, I think she really likes to fight with Jon. If he doesn't play or fight, it drives her nuts. It's not as much fun to her getting to make these "legal" decisions if there's no Jon to fight over it. It could have been the most brilliant move he ever made. Kudos to him, I don't think I've ever seen a parent handle an obsessed parental alienator so well.
As far as the school, let her sink that ship. If she wants to pour money into a school like that when there are perfectly decent cheaper schools or public schools around, that's her choice and her problem. She will have to deal with the consequence of empty bank accounts by the time college looms when she could have sent them to a different school and saved all this money for college and other things. He's right about that one too.
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, saying she now has pity and empathy for Jon (she makes me sick)
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REALLY old comment (I'm still not caught up but I'm close!) but this just shocked me. How PATRONIZING!
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I think this was extrapolated from Kate saying on Bethenny (paraphrasing), "I once heard that sympathy/empathy/pity is a sign of love"
Yeah, decode that one, but what it turned into when reported is that Kate pities Jon. I don't think she pities him, I think she looks down her nose at him and his lifestyle-- as if he's white trash, flotsam and jetsam stuck on the bottom of her hooker shoe and she just can't scrape him off no matter how hard she tries.
It's as if she's ashamed that she married him and picked him to be the father of her kids.
Mel: Read your post on the rude parking lot woman. My goodness, where does humanity go at times? She must have seen you were in pain.
sorry you had that experience as well as the pain.
I also have seen people turn their heads as part of a crowd when another person is in obvious distress. It is the bystander apathy so common in our society. But when it's one individual,it's almost worse!
Is it so hard to say "Can I help you in some way?"
In many ways just letting Kate have the control takes the wind out of her sails.
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Agree! And it's driving her crazy!!!!
She'll escalate trying to get a reaction out of him. She'll not be happy until she's provoked a reaction, not realizing that he's not going to play that game anymore.
Tucker yes I agree and I also agree with what I think Remona said awhile back in that the bottom line is this is all about money and I also think control.
She wants two things, control of the kids just for control's sake (because they are pawns to her and she wants to be moving the pawns), and control of the money. The ONLY person standing in her way now is Jon. That's why she hates him. Because this is the first time in her entire life that no means no. Those pesky little parental rights of a father stopped her from cutting off Jon just like she's cut off each and every other person who ever tried to stop her. He has kept her from having complete control and the rage she feels like that has built up so deep and nasty that she even filed a lawsuit against her own children's father. Most of which was irrational and frivolous and has already been dropped by the own people seeking to help her. I imagine that phone call wasn't pretty.
I'm just waiting for TFW's next catastrophe since her cook book isn't selling. Will it be more health issues or will one of her three cars break down while she's driving, or she clipped a deer because of her broken foot and the car will need to be towed? Or will her kids become sick and she's picked up all their illnesses? Or maybe some major appliance will break down and she'd unable to cook? She's so desperate for attention, I just hope she doesn't run over the dog because she's driving with her broken foot. Maybe her 50 hens will be so productive that she can come up with a new egg inspired cookbook since her current one isn't selling well. Of course everything is Jon's fault. I wonder if she gives any eggs to Jon. She probably charges him.
Wow, the blog comments are up to over 1400! That means this post has more comments than TFMJG has sold units of crook books. Just interesting.
OT: I finally had time last night to watch last Mondays episode of Dancing With Them Thar Stars. Bill Engvall is so adorable, and he has been married thirty years, love him and his wife. Snooki is just a little firecracker, love her enthusiasm and she works hard. Love how hard amber works, and her story about working at ikea in LA and even putting furniture together. Leah is so outspoken about leaving Scientology, referring to it as her escape from controlling forces, I am surprised at how public she is; she really appreciates Saint Tony and his talent. I really like Jack and seeing his wife and baby with him was darling. Brant and Corbin are so cute. Why are Elizabeth s eyes so big? Herr little boot is just adorable.
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