Go Back   Professional Soldiers ® > At Ease > The Early Bird

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-03-2012, 09:17   #1
MR2
Quiet Professional
 
MR2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Location, Location
Posts: 4,073
Stalking Military Widows

Military widows are working hard enough to get their lives back on track without suffering reality TV producers chasing them down. This week the spouse blog community is in an uproar about the reality TV show that is stalking military widows in order to find one that will agree to a show about finding new love. According to blogger Jaci Greggs (meandmysoldierman.com) this is not going over well at all:

Read more: http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2012/04/s...#ixzz1touSeGVm
SpouseBUZZ.com
__________________
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time - Leo Tolstoy

It's Never Crowded Along the Extra Mile - Wayne Dyer


WOKE = Willfully Overlooking Known Evil
MR2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2012, 09:22   #2
Dusty
RIP Quiet Professional
 
Dusty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The Ozarks
Posts: 10,072
IMO the whole "reality show" concept has been wrung out. Very "Springer-ish".

They've even got one now about a family who makes duck calls.

What's next? PTA Wars? Laundromat Impossible?
__________________
"There you go, again." Ronald Reagan
Dusty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2012, 14:08   #3
greenberetTFS
Quiet Professional (RIP)
 
greenberetTFS's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Carriere,Ms.
Posts: 6,922
Quote:
Originally Posted by MR2 View Post
Military widows are working hard enough to get their lives back on track without suffering reality TV producers chasing them down. This week the spouse blog community is in an uproar about the reality TV show that is stalking military widows in order to find one that will agree to a show about finding new love. According to blogger Jaci Greggs (meandmysoldierman.com) this is not going over well at all:

Read more: http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2012/04/s...#ixzz1touSeGVm
SpouseBUZZ.com
What a bunch of BS their putting on these women,they are real assholes.......

Big Teddy
__________________
I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver

SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney

SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
greenberetTFS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2012, 15:07   #4
Pete
Quiet Professional
 
Pete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Fayetteville
Posts: 13,080
Tacky

Tacky as all get out - and in poor taste to boot but..............

While the 99% might say no there will always be that 1% looking for their 15 minutes of fame.

Wonder what demographic would make up the viewers.
Pete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2012, 15:17   #5
mojaveman
Area Commander
 
mojaveman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Clay House Stuttgart, Germany
Posts: 2,671
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete View Post
While the 99% might say no there will always be that 1% looking for their 15 minutes of fame.
Or a few extra buck$...
mojaveman is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:59.



Copyright 2004-2022 by Professional Soldiers ®
Site Designed, Maintained, & Hosted by Hilliker Technologies