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Topic : 03/09 Family Chaos

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Created on : Friday, March 03, 2006, 12:50:53 pm
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Imagine spending $25,000 in one weekend while you’re $80,000 in debt. That’s what Michael’s shopaholic wife, Bridgette, did and her excessive spending is ruining their marriage and family. Dr. Phil discovered that her behavior was just a symptom of a much larger problem. When the couple last appeared on the show, Bridgette revealed a painful secret and the conflict got pretty heated. Dr. Phil sent them home with a camera to record their candid thoughts, but their behavior might surprise you. Then, find out why Bridgette’s children called her a liar, and what sent Michael and Bridgette out of the house in the middle of the night. Can this family in crisis move past the pain and rebuild their lives? Share your thoughts.

 

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March 9, 2006, 8:51 pm PST

You have got to be kidding me

  That lady needs stop blaming everyone for being who she is.  The husband needs to pack his bags and go.  This lady is out spending 2000.00 on a purse.  My Goodness there are parents sitting by their kids bed side praying that the kid will live through the night that have not eaten in days because they don't have the money to eat in the hospital.  They don't have the gas to take their kids to the Dr.  She is out blowing more money than my house hold has in 3 months on one item that she has never uses.  She needs to ashamed of herself.  . They  are  sitting there saying she isn't spending so much any more but blowing 2400.00 on a dog and buying it clothes.  Go to the humane society, make the clothes for the dog yourself, get some pride in yourself.  Quit making excuses you are sickening.  Donate money to children's hospitals or go to a nursing home and make crafts with the elderly that nobody visits.  Get up off the couch and move lady there are a lot of people that wish they could.  Stop drowning  in self pity and making excuses all the time for your own mistakes.  You are a drama queen and you love all the attention you are getting because if you didn't why did you show the wig you wear in public on TV.  I can tell you that the next time you are on Dr Phil I will turn the channel because you give women a bad name.  

  He is a Dr.  With all drama at home I sure wouldn't let you touch me or my kids.  Cut up the credit cards.  Close down the checking accounts take control of what you earn and put it to good use.  GET a Divorce.  Even if she get half you will find happiness out there.  Take what you can, drive to a small town that needs help and start putting the talents that God gave you to good use.  Do something.. stop being a victim to this lady.  You may always love her but believe me there is more to life than living with a woman that enrages you to that point. You can't feel good about yourself right now. Life is to short to be that unhappy.  You can control that part of your life.  Choose to be happy.  Don't stay with that woman who is hell bent on making you pay the price for her misery.  Life is a gift and I see my son struggle for life ever day.  I don't think I have ever been so outraged in my life.  Get her out of your life and you will see how fast you will be a happy person again.   

 

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March 9, 2006, 8:52 pm PST

Unbelievable

This family has no boundaries at all. Watching them makes me feel very thankful for my family. Bridgette was talking about that they aren't really a family and how she would like to be like her neighbors. Does she do anything to promote being a family?  I find it totally incomprehensible that the children are living on food stamps. Come on! Mom should be fixing meals and having them over for dinner. The lifestyle that they have is opulent. I know he works hard, but so do most Americans. I have three supposed adults living in my house. I would no more allow them to collect food stamps if we could possibly assist them financially. The problem with these kids is they are totally spoiled and have no idea about taking pride in a job well done and earning your own way. Dad has worked himself to death and made them completely dsyfunctional. Mom models completely selfish and indulgent behavior and now society gets to pay for these kids. Thanks. 

  

About the pornography. I know that Dr. Phil blasted them. I just feel he didn't go far enough. I think that everybody in this family has a problem with pornography. It is very addictive and that alone is enough to destroy their lives. Dr. Phil needs to make it very clear that no one ever has a good sex life or intimate relationship when involve with pornography. People just think it is harmless and it is not. Women everywhere wonder what is wrong with them. Their husbands just aren't the same. It's because they are involved with pornography. No woman can compete with that stuff. This family needs to stop it.  Completely. They need to get the focus off of their petty desires,  and shallow lives. Quit wallowing in misery inside the completely decadent lifestyle they lead and do something for somebody who has real problems 

 
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March 9, 2006, 8:54 pm PST

Bridgette's in denial

I don't think her kids are lying. She just doesn't want to own up to what she put them through. I think she enjoys playing the victim.
 
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March 9, 2006, 8:58 pm PST

03/09 Family Chaos

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I guess at one time she was smart, but she turned stupid.  I think she married him thinking she would have lots of money, a nice house, lots of clothes, cars, dogs ect. But oops she had kids, and then she had to share all her STUFF.  She didn't want those kids in the first place because if she did she would be a better mother.  But it happened and she decided to make everyones life HELL. She deserves all the hell she is getting from her kids today because she bought it all on herself being selfish. As far as the Dr. goes, he should have stopped this a long time ago or got rid of her before she ruined these kids for life and his. But sense he let if happen too he is just as much to blame. You can see, all she wants to do is get rid of the kids all together, so she can have her husband all to her self again and get more STUFF. She just wants it to be the two them again. You can see that, and hear it.  She don't love her kids and she never has. All you hear her saying all the time is  (I'm going to cut my arm cause I'm unhappy) Shes stupid not sick.  This is her way of getting the worlds attention cause she can't get anymore from her kids because she has taught them not to give a damn. I am sure sense she don't work she has watched Dr. Phil show enough times to came up with this plan to be seen on national TV with her stupid sh--.  I feel sorry for the kids because it is going to take them a long time to fix their lives. I think they should cut their parents out of their lives and start new because they would be better off. Because anyone can see they don't care about those kids at all. She has even said to the kids, the show is not about you it's about me. What does that tell ya.  Everything I have seen and heard is all about her. The Dr. is just as stupid for not taking all the credit cards away from her instead of saying to her (why don't you just buy the things you need I do) DUH!!! What the hell is that, it makes him look stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  too. For A DR. DUH.   I wouldn't want to use him. Everyone that watch the show has to see it is all about her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he has any smarts at all he will leave her go back to his practice get rid of that big house meet someone with some sense and be happy before he dies. Because this life with her will kill him soon, and if thats what she hopeing for she will get it soon enough if he stays with her. She needs to live alone so she can be HAPPY. That way she can have all her STUFF to herself, and live in a little studio, ride the bus and walk her expensive dog in there pretty little clothes.
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March 9, 2006, 8:59 pm PST

Sick and Sad

I think this family is major screwed up and needs Dr. Phil's help.  I missed tonight's show, darn!  I, too, wondered why Dr. Phil didn't come down on the parents for bringing porn into the house in the first place.  They obviously have a lousy marriage from many angles.  What kind of marriages are these kids going to have without Dr. Phil's intervention?  Pretty sorry.  They are all pathological liars.  They are totally out of touch with reality.  They are a bunch of misfits.  They may have material gain, but they have nothing, really.  They are a poor, pitiful sight.  I hope Dr. Phil helps them and doesn't bring them back on the show again till they show signs of improvement.  And, if he brings them on too soon, I just won't watch.
 
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March 9, 2006, 8:59 pm PST

Self-absorbed.....

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How self-absorbed can two people be?  I believe she is a drama queen with a capital "D."  Dr. Phil has the patience of Job to deal with these people.

People who only focus on themselves will never be happy.  These two haven't figured that out yet.  He needs to spend 6 months with Doctors Without Borders and she needs to be forced to volunteer for 6 months at a women's shelter.  I guarantee you they would be different people afterwards.   

Four shows is too many to take up our time and Dr. Phil's talking it out with these two.  Talk is cheap. Now is the time for action.  I keep thinking that there could have been three shows that could have benefited other people with serious problems who will never have the chance to be helped by Dr. Phil. 

 
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March 9, 2006, 9:10 pm PST

Why are children of a doctor on food stamp?

Why are these "children " on government assistance?  Our tax dollars pay for this, and if they file bankruptcy we also will pay for it (it affects our credit card APR etc.)  I agree with almost everyone who is tired of this family.  They had such a chance at a golden life,  and between self pity, very poor choices, and martyrdom they have wasted their marriage, their children's direction, and their sad and so pathetic lives as a family.  I think I am more upset that children are living off food stamps, when their mother is driving a car that cost more than my house, and bought a dog that cost more than al ot of people make in a month.  

 

 
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March 9, 2006, 9:23 pm PST

Rotten Mother

I am absolutely sick of listening to that woman speak about herself when her children, because of her, are struggling so much.  Those kids have learned to be the way they are from her and her husband, yet they both complain about how f+++ed up thier kids are. like they had nothing to do with it and all they can do now is wash thier hands of the entire mess? My gosh, get a grip lady.  I grew up abused, was in a marriage where I was cheated on numerous times, beat up,  and more, but through it all, I put my kids first.   

 

 

Life is full of choices.  Roman numeral one is the big choice, and everything underneath, like an outline, are choices that support the main choice.  She needs to stop being selfish, whining, thinking about her poor poor self, with her poor rotten kids (who are the way they are mostly because of her), and start making some choices in support of thier well being.  She is all about herself, and I believe she is on Dr. Phil to get attention.  She cuts herself for attention.  I say, one day when she nearly dies because she hit an artery, or gets an infection, she'll stop and most likely find something else to fill that need for attention.   

 

 

Those kids of hers break my heart and if I hear her whine one more time about how terrible her kids are, who were taught to be this way by her, I  might just turn Dr. Phil off that day.  She's a rotten mother and instead of facing that fact and doing something about it, she complains about poor her.  Many people in this life have it much worse and are good mothers, good parents, and thats because they put their kids first and make choices that validates thier kids, not destroys them.  

 

 

One more thing, I believe she's the compulsive liar.  Her son has nothing to lose from being honest, he already does without.   She has plenty to lose and I don't believe a word she says. 

 
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March 9, 2006, 9:32 pm PST

Please

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Wow, where do I begin?   

  

I'm not an avid Dr. Phil watcher, but I'm glad that I tuned in to the show today.  Bridgette, I think that you are a very beautiful woman whose life has spun out of control because of the challenges you have faced as a woman, wife of an ER doctor and mother to three kids.  Michael, I think that you are a strong tower in your family, but you have not truly lived it.  You have been a provider, but you have not been the "man" of the house so to speak.   You both "can" get your family back together.  I think I understand you Bridgette. . .  

  

I am a military officer's wife, and I have 2 sons.  My husband is gone most of the time, and I feel as though most of the responsibilities often fall on me when he is not here.  He's the provider, and when he's home, he's very involved in spending time with the kids and me.  But when he's not, I feel as though I'm doing it alone.  So, I'm pretty sure that if your husband worked ER for most of your kids' childhood, it must have been tough.  They had everything financially, but were missing the social necessities of a complete family.  I deal with it every day, and the only way that my husband and I combat this enemy is by talking about it and fighting hard not to succumb to the addictions that lie waiting in the world.  

  

You are not the only family to endure this.  Your kids are not the only kids who seem to be living on the edge.  It happens all across America.  I commend you for being bold enough and strong enough to put your business on tv.  It is the first step in beginning to heal or making the right decision for getting your family together. 

  

I have the same problem as you, spending (smile), but I don't get to spend quite as much as you do.  But over time, I've come to realize that over-spending is like over-eating, it's a habit that often comes with depression.  I think the most important thing that you can do is to see a therapist.  

  

Get your whole family in therapy so that you can all heal. There are probably so many things that still have not been said.  Today I was looking at you guys, and I was just so glad that you were continuing to hold hands on the stage. That's how "I" knew that there is always hope for your marriage.  Please don't feel guilty about neglecting your children to rekindle what you have with Michael.  They are now adults, and I'm sure you have a lot of reparations to make where they are concerned, but first things first.  God made you a person first.  Then he made you a wife. Then he made you a mother.  Work on your life in that order.  Fix you.  Fix your marriage.  Then fix the relationship with your kids. 

  

You have a beautiful family, and I pray that down the road you will all come together.  Don't hurt yourself anymore physically or emotionally.  If God brings you to it, He will certainly bring you through, but the the change must first begin inside.  We have a choice.   

  

Don't be embarassed, be empowered.  I'm wishing you the best. 

  

Latorial

 

Whoever you are, how ridiculous.  You commend her? Don't encourage her.  She is selfish, whiney and a rotten mother. Period.
 
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March 9, 2006, 9:33 pm PST

Needs to get a job.

I've seen all of this family's episodes...have we ever found out what's really bothering the mom?  I believe her kids.  If she isn't going to be truthful she needs to stay off the show.  Could she get a job?  My heart can't go out to someone driving a Mercedes.  And now she brings a poor dog into the picture???  I see the Dog Whisperer in their future.
 
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