Wife Swap

I have stopped watching this Channel 4 show. Initially I loved the fact that they took two women from such extreme backgrounds and put them into each others homes, there was some classic episodes and always a good bun fight at the end, as the women refused to admit problems in their own lives/homes/families and instead attacked the other wife.

One of the most memorable episode featured housewife Lizzie Barsdley and her husband, who had eight kids, and lived off of state benefits. She was loud and brash and caused a media circus. She had aspirations to be a TV star. It since has been revealed that she failed to inform the authorities about a change in her circumstances, thus being charged for benefit fraud.

When I was in America, I saw a US version. The wives took on board the criticisms and united together, against their husbands, where they felt they had been neglected or left with the burden of work. It is a shame the British women cannot show a bit more humilty and willingness to change.