Topic : 03/21 Is This Normal?

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Created on : Friday, October 12, 2007, 02:57:45 pm
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(Original Air Date 12/14/07) Dr. Phil’s guests call their loved ones on the carpet about their unusual behavior. Linda says her dog, Sasha, is more human than canine. She loves to dress Sasha in pearls when company comes and feed the pampered pooch off her fork. Linda’s future daughter-in-law, Jill, says Linda is going overboard with her doggie doting -- especially since Linda wants Sasha to host Jill’s bridal shower! Then, Mary says it’s time for her husband, Eric, to let go of his dream of being a rock star. He’s 50 years old, and she says it’s time for him to get a real job. Eric says she supported his passion for 27 years -- so why is it suddenly abnormal? Next, Amber says she’s concerned about her fiancé, Colin’s, unpredictable mood swings, because one minute he’s the nicest guy in the world, but the next minute he’s flying off the handle. Should she call off the wedding until he gets his temper under control? Plus, a picky eater says she wants to stop being a “food weirdo” and start enjoying meals like a normal person. And, a woman at odds with her husband over the dangerous hobby that left her with a fractured back. Should she pursue her passion even though it terrifies her spouse? Tell us what you think!

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December 16, 2007, 7:08 am PST

Reality

I totally understand how someone can love a dog the way Linda loves her's, but this woman needs a reality check.  The most important thing in her situation is that she's ruining her dog's health by feeding it so much table food.  I'm sure she's been told by many, & her vet, that the stuff that's in people food just is not suitable for dogs, & can even lead to poor health & death.  She is doing her dog no favors by feeding it so much junk & can be taking years off her dog's life.  And whether she believes it or not, if that dog is hungry enough it will eat dog food & thrive on it.   There are enough high quality brands of dog food on the market that would be acceptable to that spoiled rotten dog.  How do I know???  Because I've got a spoiled rotten dog myself, but he does not get table food because it simply is not good for him, & I want to have him in my life for as long as possible. Linda needs to just "get real".

 

Now, to Eric & Mary.  What kind of idiot is Mary anyway, for letting this lazy, immature impersonation of a man not get a real job for their entire married life???  Eric is just living the way he wants to, acting like the teenager he obviously still is mentally.  It's time for that lazy doofus to get a real job & a real life, and simply grow up!

 
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December 16, 2007, 5:04 pm PST

Colin needs help and a blood panal done

. blood panel done for sugar levels

2. full psychiatric  evaluation done on Colin

3. a stay at his nearest relatives or Hotel/Motel / nearest best friends until whatever is going on can be diagnosed

4. His wife's ex-husband needs to be notified of everything that is going on and the children absolutely need to go live with him or with either grandparent until things can be more steady and consistent and non-threatening anymore.

 

This could be all metabolism issues , food , bi-polar, personality disorder, PTSD or simply an ill manners man ? Or this man simply should not be around children at all.

Does not matter in the long run though you NEVER TREAT ANOTHER HUMANS CHILD LET ALONE YOUR OWN CHILD EVER IN THIS MANNER. This is totally wrong. Child protective services would be notified to cover the Dr. Phil shows back side and to make sure that everything is done to protect the kids involved and Mom would be notified that she would get off her behind and get him out and he would get help or the kids go to relatives ASAP!

 

I do not mess around with step -parents because they are NOT the Childs parent and even if they were this is not correct behavior from anyone.

 
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December 16, 2007, 5:10 pm PST

12/14 Is This Normal?

The dog will give a wonderful bridal shower, no worries.

do worry about the man who is allowed to scream at step children. Get rid of him.

If you knew the woman and she was a dare devil to start with than you want to marry the woman.. a dare devil she shall stay. You fell in-love with the devil for Pete sake.

 

We worry about a puffy dog making small  wedding mints and do not turn in a man screaming at lil kids ?I hope the groom learns how to sky dive and learns that you only breath once and dance in the moon light as often as you wish to. LIVE to breath and breath to smile*

 
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December 17, 2007, 12:08 pm PST

No it's NOT normal

 After watching that show, I just couldn't believe she was still with this guy. I would never let anyone talk to my children the way Colin talks to Amber's kids. I understand they have one child together and I hope that's not the only reason she's still with him.  I believe that  anyone with a temper like that is inevitably going to explode and you will never know just how temper mental someone actually is until they do explode.

The whole reason I took the time to write this is because of a movie I saw last night. The movie is called Falling Down and the main character is Michael Douglas. It's basically about a man who has a temper and lets people know that he is upset. And that's putting it nicely. And it's sad to say but this awfully temper mental man reminded me of Colin, minus the machine gun. If I were Amber, I would leave him because I don't think children should be talked to with such harsh words. That IS abuse and sometimes mental and emotional abuse can cause more damage than physical abuse. I just hope he can get better so they can be together, if not, she needs to run as far as she can without looking back.

 
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December 17, 2007, 12:26 pm PST

12/14 Is This Normal?

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I'm having a hard time believing that she is for real. It's not normal to insist that a dog is human, and to attempt  to force people to acknowledge it!!

 

Where was her son? He should have been there to defend his future wife and the way she did not want a dog's name on her shower invitations. I'd be scared to marry him anyway, if I were her, with a mother like Linda!!! I don't think I'd want to tap into that gene pool.

Linda posted, somewhere on this board, that her insistance that everything she did, including wanting Sasha to host the wedding shower, was all done in fun, as a joke. But, was that her initial intent. Or, a bit of 'rewritten history" in response to the general sentiment on this board, that she's nuttier than a holiday fruitcake?
 
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December 17, 2007, 3:03 pm PST

Exactly the same error

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I always feel sorry for dogs when I see them dressed in human clothes or Halloween costumes.  Poor dogs, they must be so embarrassed!
You've made exactly the same error the show's "Doggie Mom" is making - attributing human emotions to dogs.  Dogs don't get embarassed, any more than they "say" that they think it's rude for people to ring the doorbell instead of knocking politely. 
 
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December 17, 2007, 7:02 pm PST

Sasha

My very dear dogs (Sasha also and another) are very dear to me.  However, I draw the line when I hear my relatives call them babies, our little ones or other human characteristics.  I prefer to think of them as very loved PETS and members of the canine family.  We have relatives that put them in the same category and sentence with our children and seem to think of them as the same, i.e., how are your dogs and children, etc.  I really appreciate those that understand the difference between my dogs and my children :-) 
 
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December 18, 2007, 3:10 pm PST

Actualy they do..Behavorists say so as do the COPS*

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You've made exactly the same error the show's "Doggie Mom" is making - attributing human emotions to dogs.  Dogs don't get embarassed, any more than they "say" that they think it's rude for people to ring the doorbell instead of knocking politely. 

Research on Canines at Fort Collins Co.

Washington State University  Veterinary units and research of knowledge

 

Dogs learn up to 500 words of vocabulary from their human  guardians  in the language /regions they are in. Sense emotion and know sadness, pain and embarrassment have all 6 senses..

Cats learn 800 word vocabulary from their human guardians in language/regions they are in.Know embarrassment , sadness and pain and basically have all 6 senses

 

Birds learn Ravens /crows, parrots and cockatiels  up to 2000  words possibly more and sense emotion  have all 6 senses

 

All this animals can sense cancer and disease.

People who realize that animals have feelings/emotions and know things that are important to our everyday lives. They work for the blind, deaf, seizure disorders and handicap all the time and do HAVE EMOTION and sharp feelings and know the huge difference between doorbells and hard knocks and soft knocks..

My brother is a veterinarian...and animal behaviorist and I work with many puff butts...Human Society [ needs help ] and SPCA and may I say, dogs who work in law enforcement.. they not only know they read peoples emotions and sweat and smell the bombs, dope and whatever they are trained to do.. they will. They listen to every last word their partner says.. the officer and the police dog are infact partners and that dog gets as much respect as any officer on that force and gets full burial as all officers do. When the dog get killed in the line of duty the dog get full rights of an officer down.

 

There are Doggie mom's and the SPCA like it this way. People like this have probably been incredibly GOOD parents and this woman is probably the most loving woman to her daughter in-law too and well as her son. Any daughter in-law who would bring her new mom on the DR. Phil show wanted something special to remember the occasion by. The young woman adores this lady and I could see that and she loves that dog too. The woman adores her son and her new daughter and adores her dog. This is A-O-KAY.

The people who adore their pets are the ones far less likely to abuse any child or another human on earth..

Or as my DOG SAY along with his four cats  : all adopted for the rescue shelters..

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE*

I also have 7 children 3 adopted.

 
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December 19, 2007, 1:48 am PST

You Got It!!

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Linda posted, somewhere on this board, that her insistance that everything she did, including wanting Sasha to host the wedding shower, was all done in fun, as a joke. But, was that her initial intent. Or, a bit of 'rewritten history" in response to the general sentiment on this board, that she's nuttier than a holiday fruitcake?

I think you are 100% right!! She was as serious as a heart attack. I just love people that think others will buy anything they say. Like we all just got off of the turnip truck.

 

I love what you said about her being nuttier than a holiday fruitcake!! I have to remember that one!!

 
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December 19, 2007, 8:20 pm PST

12/14 Is This Normal?

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My girls and I about hit the floor, we could have swore that this was my husband/their father. My husband gets so mad and swears when things are not done the way he thinks they should be, its to the point that he cant not control his self with our middle child anymore. He also gets mad when we go out to eat if things are not done just like he thinks etc. And here I thought they broke the mold with mine! I sure would not get married if I was her, just think of the kids and what he is teaching them I know I see it in my kids.

I too about fell out of my seat on that show. The ONLY difference is my husband doesnt add in the swear words.  We are always on edge, and he explodes about something every day. I see it in my kids too. What is there to do if he won't even acknowledge that there is a problem? I have been married for 13 years and have 3 kids, 4, 7, 10. HELP!

 

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