Jon and Kate plus 8

My husband says I missed my calling as a private detective. I agree, but unfortunately will have to stick to teaching as it pays the bills, well at least the health insurance. Well, not unfortunately, because I do like my job alot, but I still would like to be a private detective, and I would be good at it too! Anyway, along with my propensity for investigating the backgrounds of others (Listen, I have 3 daughters...all boys who come to my house will be investigated..I'm just putting it out there)I am also intensely interested in Reality Television. I have watched Jon and Kate plus 8 since they began airing the specials when the youngest children were babies. I have to admit Kate grates my nerves at times, and all of the screaming and shrieking on the show make me want to grab some Xanax at times, but overall I found the show mildy entertaining. It is on Season Pass on my DVR, and I watch it when I can't find anything else I can stomach. Makes folding clothes go by more quickly. Anyway, I went to google yesterday to find out why I hadn't seen Aunt Jodi on the show any longer. I had no idea the can of worms I had opened up. I have been reading for days now. The first blog I happened upon was http://gosselinswithoutpity.blogspot.com. This site discusses the financial situation of the couple and how it has changed drastically. I got to be totally real here: If they want to pay me 60,000 dollars an episode to film the drama of my blended family, bring it on. That will pay a whole lot of college bills. I do not fault this couple one little bit for capitalizing on their 15 minutes of fame. My issue is this: Her best frend Beth, and her sis in law Jodi have disappeared. Furthermore, you never see grandparents or much of anyone else who isn't paid for that matter. All of this leads me to believe, somebody (Jon or Kate or both) has some serious issues. You do not manage to ostracize both sides of your family AND your best friend unless you are seriously disturbed. I am totally Type A have little to no patience and my parents still speak to me, and so do my in-laws. My best friend has also seen me at my ugliest and most contemptous and she still will be seen with me in public. Seriously, Jon and Kate...you are doing your children no favors by ostracizing everyone in their family. Children need love from many people, and even if you don't always agree with those people, it is a good lesson in learning to accept others even with their faults. If the issue of the fall out was over money, why do Jon and Kate Gosselin have such an issue with their friends and family profiting a bit from the show. My thought would be: "Great, they won't need money from me then"! Aunt Jodi is a saint, I tell you. I thought it many times when I watched the show. She and Michelle Duggar have unususal patience gifted to only like 7 women in the whole world and they all have long, curly hair. I saw the episode when Jodi gave the kids gum and Kate freaked out. I was all kinds of uncomfortable inside by the way she was talking about Jodi after that. I thought, "if someone agrees to watch my kids for free, short of giving them illegal narcotics, feed them what you must". A little reflection on attitudes and family values may be in order for the Gosselin duo. I'm just saying.