No Rain, you're wrong....


Gunnar does NOT have to loosen up a bit about his daughter's modesty and the way they dress. They're young girls....yea the oldest is 14 but that's YOUNG. He's doing it the right way. I'm sure Rain's position and stance on that would change if she were to have her own biological children. Gunnar is doing the role of father wonderfully. Taking on three girls who are mourning the loss of their own father and are at the ages where they're incredibly hard to open up to people is just amazing. He's protecting his girls and that's the essence of what a father should do. He's not making them wear prairie dresses or Amish clothing or anything like that, my goodness.!!! I wish more fathers would tell their daughters they can't leave the house with shorts showing half the bottom of their butt cheeks hanging out. He's great!!

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I agree that Gunnar is doing a fantastic job with those girls! Stepping into this situation is hard enough, much less with a teenage girl, but they know he loves them and it looks like they have a great family unit. The only thing I agree with Rain on is, he does have to let the girls know he trusts them. But I think that can be better shown than by letting them wear revealing clothing! Having him (sort of) chaperone a get together with friends at a restaurant seems like a good beginning. This same sort of scenario happened with Gerardo's wife switched with, oh now I can't remember. But Gerardo was super freaked out about letting his older daughter go out without an early curfew. Whoever the swapped wife was had a rule that the daughter could go out with a later curfew, and sure enough the daughter showed up at home right on time. So I can agree with Rain on that. And I agree with you, maybe once Rain has her own children she may change. I know I'm incredibly lucky, my teenage daughter is very modest in the way she dresses, and there has never been an argument about her clothes. And yes, more father's should be aware of these things.

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Part of the point of wife swap is to be introduced to a different point of view about life. Rain did exactly that. I think Gunnar's girls didn't go out of control just because he loosened up on the rules a little bit.

Rain is the one that helped him see what was right in front of his eyes.




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You are right, it's all about getting someone out of their comfort zone and trying something new. I agree, that's what Rain did. I guess from when she got to the house and when they took the girls shopping my assumption meter was going on BAD! But she pleasantly surprised me, and I think it was good for Gunnar to let go a little. In my experience with my daughter, you have to let your kids show you they can be trusted, and that happens when they know you can trust them. It can be a slippery slope!

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Yes, there are always some kids/people who abuse any type of trust given to them. I think parents should at least give their kids a chance to do the right thing and maybe mess up a few times. Instead of assuming the worst.

It's part of growing up.



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We have to learn, just like our kids do! It's hard but it has to be done. Unless you want to stifle them and have them act out REALLY BADLY.

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Agree! Rain thinks it's appropriate for a 14 year old to dress like a bimbo.... thank goodness she doesn't have kids, she'd be a terrible mother.


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