I have plenty of strong opinions about the whole Jon & Kate Plus 8 thing but the one thing I really want to know is when did Greta Garbo here have time to get an ankle tattoo?
Listen, I only had 2 kids and they were 3 years apart and I still had to cut my own hair because I just couldn't manage to get away to a hairdresser. How often do you think she's got to go to maintain that constant length? And how long does it take her orange spray tan to dry? Does she do that at the time time as her mani-pedi or is that more sitting still time away from the kids?
I would only like to point out that most mothers of 8 kids don't always have time to take a bath everyday. let alone get tattoos. I'd say, based on extrapolation of my own experience, that 5 is the cutoff.
- 4 kids or less = daily bath.
- 5 kids = iffy personal hygiene situation; could go either way.
- 6 kids or more = 4-5 baths a week.
The above schedule is based on the assumption that the mother is solely responsible for all child-care activities. If the oldest girl is more than 12 years old and can hold down the fort for a while, then the mother MIGHT be able to maintain daily personal hygiene but she will pay for it dearly because she will be dealing with a hormone-filled, pre-menstruating bundle of resentment so it might not be worth the cost. In which case, we are back to 4-5 baths a week until the youngest kid is 8.
Good point! I don't even have children, and some days blow drying and make-up are a chore I give up easily. I also wonder if Zsa Zsa has a personal shopper, or if she spends ten hours a week at LensCrafters herself, because every time I see her, she's wearing a smart new pair of shades like she's Raquel Welch or something.
Posted by: Amberella | June 23, 2009 at 05:44 PM
And neither of you had a production company who catered to their, pardon the expression, cash cow's every whim. In this case she doesn't go the the hair place, the hair place comes to her.
Hell, they probably have somebody on staff to do the PMS for her.
Posted by: pops | June 23, 2009 at 10:54 PM
That woman truely annoys me - and I'm being polite and diplomatic here.
Posted by: patti | June 24, 2009 at 08:15 AM
8? Surely she could start getting in daily bathing as soon as the last kid was in first grade most of the day, no?
Then again, I have no children.
Posted by: Tami | June 24, 2009 at 09:24 AM
I'm so glad I never got into watching that show. I only just heard about it recently (I know I'm so out of the loop on today's "in" shows. *sigh*).
I'm gonna go out on a limb here... I'd say she has more than a little help with the kiddies. Wouldn't be surprised to find she had one assistant for each child.
I never had any help and no family close by - I was lucky to have time to get dressed some days, much less get to the grocery store. (hairdresser was only scheduled when my husband could be home to watch the kids)
I'll still take that life over the one they chose.
Posted by: Teresa | June 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM