Replies to '10/02 The Dr. Phil House: A Family's Last Chance, Part 3'

     I'm a bit disappointed in Dr. Phil. Seems the introduction of Ma-in-Law was more of a stunt to entertain viewers than to "help" the family in that house. The mother-in-law has issues of her own, she doesn't need to be there. She's antagonize Jessica whenever possible and use every situation to "be there" for her son.

Speaking of Jessica, I don't believe I've ever seen a more emotionally dishonest person. The words that come out of her mouth are completely unbelievable. At every turn, she comes across as dishonest and playing to the camera. I seriously wonder if she just wanted to join the Dr. Phil House for a free trip. Or maybe Jessica took this opportunity to feed her never-ending need for attention, no matter the cost. And Todd, oh my, he's out of control. He's a rage-o-matic!

I can't watch this anymore (watch, I'll be here posting next Monday! HA!).

 

Some one needs to be there to be on the side of the children. The mother-in-law is angry too, it's her family that is being torn apart, she's trying to protect it in her way. She has grandchildren that she knows are being abused. Would you ignore that??? The husband did not just find out that she had an affair, he knew in his heart. It was at least two affairs. Look in the "woman's face", what do you see? A very cold heart, eyes of stone, hate for everyone and a so what attitude. She promotes anger. She told her husband that she never told him that she came to the house to work on their marriage. So, why did she go?The husband may yell but he's the one who is trying to talk about  working it out. Let's leave the mother-in-law alone until she proves otherwise.       

  I absolutely agree - I can't believe that Dr. P brought this woman in, especially at this point.  I mean, this woman has made it perfectly clear that she can't stand her DIL & is openly hostile to her!  I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't particularly like the wife to begin with, cheating on her husband & then bold faced lying about it like that.  I know that we all make mistakes & nobody is perfect, but this ones a doozy.  Plus, she doesn't seem sincere about trying to fix ANY of this.  Watching her with the stepson, I felt sooooo sorry for that poor kid!  Her response to him really was lacking in appropriate contrition, to me anyway.  If I had some poor kid, who I was responsible for, telling me those things with tears in his eyes like that - OMG!  I would be sobbing I would feel so bad about what I had put him through.  Yes, she mouthed all of the right words, but I didn't see any true sorrow for her own actions on her face.  It kind of makes me think that maybe the MIL has a point & this woman is a drama queen & is just doing this for all of the attention.  But there is always the possibility that she really is going to try.

 

But bringing the MIL into the home with them at this point is just going to make this woman feel even more backed into a corner, more defensive and make it that much more difficult for her to relax enough to make the changes in her behaviour which she needs to, even if she is sincere about wanting to.