jon and kate

I first have to say that i have never seen a full episode of the show jon and kate plus eight. I know its some big phenomenon, even more so lately. I have never really had the desire to watch. I may have stopped while flipping through and caught a bit here and there but never kept it on. Over the past week or so I couldn't help noticing them on the cover of many magazines. A lot of the ladies I work with read the magazines so they are always around our desk at work. I don't read them religiously like some ladies do. (People magazine is our Joans' Bible.) Only when I'm bored or something interests me on the cover will i flip through, otherwise i stick with my books.
We've been pretty dead most nights lately so I've flipped through and couldn't help seeing all the coverage on this family. With a roll of my eyes i started flipping past the story. I feel if you want to open your family up to the scrutiny of the media every day you deserve what you get. I only feel bad for their kids and really couldn't care less about the details of their lives.
Then I saw the before picture of Kate. Holy Shit! what a difference. I think I have shown it to everyone and anyone who would listen. It is shocking. I still cannot get over it. She looked like any everyday normal mom. Comfy clothes, messy hair, a few pounds overweight from having the kids. But she also had a big smile on her face. Now, forget it, she's a completely different person at least looks-wise. I swear she is trying her damnedest to look like Victoria Beckham, miss posh spice i believe. The hairdo, the big sunglasses, the mini skirts, the attitude. Theres one shot i would've sworn it WAS her!
That picture hooked me. I have now read every article I've seen on this crazy lady. And there have been quite a few. A few other women I work with who have watched the show from the beginning assure me she's been 'off' from the get go. I guess nothing shows it more than her looks. I mean no one wants to be known as that frumpy mom type do they? But we are, aren't we? And we've all got those good shots when we may be looking our mom finest. We are of course more than moms but for a lot of years that pretty much defines you.
I think Kate, because she has been handed the means on a silver platter, has done everything to not look like mom. If what they say is true and she is barely home with her kids anymore, as she's out promoting book after book, why would she. I don't always want to look like "mom." When people find out how many kids i have they often say I don't look like i have four kids. And it is a wonderful compliment. But then again what is someone with four kids supposed to look like. In my case, I'm guessing older.
I can't fault her for wanting to look good. She is all over the media. I do think she's gone to the extreme at the expense of her family. At least thats what its sounds like to me from what i've read. Over the past few years I've tried to make myself look better (and healthier) by losing weight. I certainly didn't have any surgery, and if i was handed the money would never do it. I also would never put my life on tv. Sure, I'll give you all pieces of it in my writing but thats what i'm choosing to give you. Works much better that way. And if I was ever able to get anything published I wouldn't leave my kids for 20 out of 31 days in a month, as been reported about Kate. I'd be missing way too much. If thats what it took to get published, it wouldn't be worth it. No way, no how. They grow up once and you never get that back.