@@kayseecoward7571 , they have to stick to what the list says no matter what. I thought the same thing, so I googled it . Thats the rules of the show and they have to abide by it . Its total crap specially when the money is suppose to go on absurd crap. That lady total screwed the other family.
How would the show know how the money was spent? As soon as they get their 50g, they can spend it any way they want. It's not like the money can be taken back
Divorced and new partners. Both living in Canada as well. He owns a pizza place in BC with his partner. And she lives in Ontario still as a designer,and has a daughter with new partner. Didnt know when watched the show she actually comes from a prominant Canadian publishing family.
That ending is heartbreaking. The poor spent the wealthy family's money sweetly-- gave them trips and schooling. The wealthy family redecorated THEIR home for them and donated to charity. Rediculous. That family actually needed that money.
I read from the son of another family’s episode that they could spend the money hoe they wanted, the letter is for the show. Think about it, if they didn’t write the check directly to a charity, they can’t force them
Yeah, cause having a super successful interior decorator from MIAMI who does multi million dollar homes offer MINOR ADVICE on a few items in the home whilst charging no fee is such a terrible crime!
@@crystalleyvonne818 heard the same here, one of the mothers said it's all for show. They got the check in the mail a few weeks later. So at least that's good
@@5K1ZZ No, someone who has so much money, they have no concept of the importance of money. If a person doesn't have a lot of money, giving it to the "community" makes no sense. It only makes sense if you have so much cash to spend, you can afford to give it away while still having plenty to take care of your needs. That was not the situation with that family. The family, not the community, needs it. And what's the benefit of improving a community if you have no more money to spend in the community? No. Improve the family first, and the community will benefit. The blonde lady has no concept of poverty, probably because she's never had to experience it, which is good. But, unfortunately, it has made her ignorant of the importance of money to poor people. Her decision was insane and airheaded.
@@5K1ZZ giving money to a politician you don't support is not equal to supporting your community. She should have left that (and the religion) out. Neither were her business.
I wonder if when this happens, the makers o the show really stick with it and won't give the money to the family? I think that part is a lot for show and the families just get a check to spend however they see fit. I can't imagine they are bound to some of these insane, vengeful or just stupid decisions crazy people who don't know them or their needs make.
i know in the “god warrior” first episode after she tore up the money/letter she said in the 2nd episode that she ended up receiving and accepting the money so i’m sure there’s some kind of exceptions.
This was my all time favorite episode until the money distribution. Unbelievable that she decorated the house and even said what color!!!! And then donated a large portion?? Crazy she ruined what was the most touching episode 🙁
It goes to show you how some folks have a great opportunity to help a family and they don't even think to give what they can truly use. This reminds me of what is so wrong with the entitled people, they are out of touch!
The good news is that the money spending thing is strictly for show. The families get the check to use as they want. Thank God. The whole money spending bit sure does expose people’s ignorance.
It pissed me tf off how inconsiderate rich people are. But I love how amazingly full of life people with little money are. That is why rich people don’t get respect. It’s sad that she wanted their money to go to other people like they don’t do that enough with their money! Stuck up bitches don’t care about people. I now wish that Marla would have gave half to her husband for going to school for culinary & the other half to charity. That was completely stupid, everything she put Marla’s family’s money to.
I sure hope it’s true that the family really spends the money as they like! I also read that they pay taxes on the $50K, so they really get more like $30K. Not cool! It should be $50K net (although I think this is a bonus on top of other funds they get for participating in the show…).
I was extremely surprised at that. Some people must think that kids don't understand what's going on. They sure as hell do. Those are ADULT problems....let them be kids.
I mean, they probably sense their problems. Kids know most of what's going on. However, that conversation should definitely not have been in front of the kids.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT AND SHE STILL MITE WIND UP LOOSING HER MAN OK. THAT EVIL WITCH YEA I SAID AND SHE IS ONE YOU DON'T DO PEOPLE LIKE THAT SHE IS WRONG AS HELL.!!! AND KNOWING THAT THESE PEOPL ARE STRUGGLING MY GOODNESS I AM BEYOND PISST OFF. WITH HER BIG OLE TWEETY BIRD HEAD.
Lecya0505 I have seen this before but forgot that part until I saw it in the comments. Now I get choked up each time so,done mentions it I’m the comments. I’m in trouble when I get to that part. 😆😍💜
She is a closet racist. Only someone with underline feelings like that can think like: let me give this to the city or church rather than to these children. She had already condemned those children before even getting to know them.
Update on the Hawkins family: Maurice and Marla are not together. Maurice has since remarried and has a daughter. Marla has lost weight and is single and is looking beautiful. The kids look like they have their own families.
@@sweetprincess213 facebook. It was pretty simple. Marla is under a different name though. The daughter has a PhD as well. Very impressed and happy for them.
Dee Rockman No, she is a snobby rich. She probably thinks crack is beneath her and buys cocaine but only the kind imported from Europe. Maybe that’s why she wanted them to go on a vacation so the fa,ily will bring her drugs back. 😀
This is an incredibly real reminder that the wealthy have absolutely no idea what people who have less than them actually need. I was initially really mad too when I was hearing the letter, but then I realized- she has no idea what it's like to need money for day to day, basic necessities. The wealthy truly think that donating to charities and political groups are going to help, or a renovated home. People who are struggling are grateful to even BE in a home, and getting their monthly bills paid makes room for OTHER things, like healing from past hurt. I wish the show had given the wives an opportunity to speak to one another after that so the blonde could have been given more perspective. Horribly misguided, but I think her heart meant well. But dammit, soooooo off. I really hope Marla's family rose above it. So incredibly sad.
there is no doubt there is a disconnect in general. However, there are many people who have a lot that got there because they know what their needs plus save/invest. One can also say that poor people dont know how to spend money and that is why they are poor. Obviously its not the case in this particular case. It really depends on the family and their priorities across the board.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
@@Noah-us don't worry, it really didn't though. 😉 I have ran into a couple of the wives on UA-cam in the comments section under their own shows and we had discussed about the reality of the show and had some questions answered about it and they did disclose that they are sent the checks in the mail after they are done filming the show and that they can spend it as they see fit. The new wives list of how they need to spend it is just for production and the show.😉
I think I'd call that bitch up and give her a piece of my mind. I've seen ppl mad about the money for silly reasons but Marla had every right to be pissed. I think it's funny how she talked about the boys and how much she loved them yet didn't give them a damn cent. What a phony.
Her reaction on how the money was to be spent was completely justified but I’m sorry , when that music played with the bells while she was cussing and going off I was screaming 🤣🤣🤣
I'm devastated to see how the Hawkins kids disassociate so often when things get hard it's like they have to do that alot. That shows they have had serious trauma and have learned to tune out after so many painful experiences. I hope they were strong enough to break the abusive cycle they grew up in.
Why be an a-hole when he can cheat on his wife and go in and out as he pleases? He doesn’t care that much about her. It seems like the guys that are usually a-holes love their wives a lot and are upset they have this new strange person in their home.
c c - Cried like a baby and then ready your quote and bawled again. Dang it CC i just got myself together and now I’m a mess again. I am copying that quote. It is so beautiful.
@God Jesus That's not even how you spell either of those words. It's Psycho, Sociopath, and no he's not. I've extensively researched mental disorders and he doesn't fit a single characteristic
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT LIKE I STATED SHE DIDN'T LIKE THEM ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HER TYPE OF PEOPLE AND STILL TODAY I WISH THIS B...............ITCH COULD READ ALL THE COMMENTS AND I AM VERY BEYOND VERY PISSED OFF AT HER DUM ASS SHE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN WHAT SHE HAS DONE.
Jude Thaddeus Do you seriously not see that it she is not “giving them” a free makeover. She, a woman who’s husband like pays a large portion of her lavish lifestyle, is using their money to redecorate their home according to her tastes and budget. It is also an underhanded way of criticizing them for having a home that doesn’t live up to her standards. Did you not see the snide comments she made in the beginning about the way other people decorated their homes. Marla likely earns a very modest income as a medical biller (administrative job) and has 3 kids to support. Redecorating her home and going to the spa (and the other frivolous things she chose) is not a priority. Just look at the way Marla allocated their winnings: $40K included $25K for culinary school for her husband and $15K for savings…. That tells you exactly how Marla would have hoped her family’s winnings would have been put to good use!
Maurice wanting that hug so badly from his dad was heart breaking. Little expressions of care and affection go so far. DONT REPEAT THE CYCLE. Humans need love. Doesn't make us "soft" ... Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean
Why anyone would want their kids to be “hard” in this already brutal world is beyond me. 😢 my dad was exactly like this man from the show. I no longer have contact with either my mom or dad.
It's generational abuse. All of them had birthers who yelled, cussed at, threw things and inflicted barbaric punishments for toilet training accidents. Stop the cycle means, stop it with you. Now. Don't do your babies like this. Learn how to nurture. Learn to be kind. Stop accepting this behavior as normal. Start speaking out. It's wrong.
@@NathaliaMedina92 I understand wanting your children to be tough enough to survive in the world and not be hurt all the time. I think some people misconstrue how they should be doing that because they themselves don't know how else to do it. You can absolutely make your kids hard/tough against the world/life troubles and challenges but also show personal love and affection. Our kids don't put up with any BS but they know they are loved and know how to love. This dad is just going wayyyyy overboard. He really could benefit from some one on one therapy to dig into where /why he had picked up this behavior. I'm sure it's primarily due to upbringing himself and I get it, I had half my family never show affection too. But that doesn't mean you have to keep the cycle going with your own kids. I can tell he's trying to do better than how he was raised because he is there raising his kids. He took one more step in the right direction. Definitely nowhere near where it needs to be, but he definitely moved in a positive direction. I think he needs to be shown the good positive changes he has made first then teach the ways he can move forward even more. I know it sounds silly since he's a grown man but age doesn't dictate what you know nor does it teach you skills you don't have or help with things that make you uncomfortable. I think the dad did love hugging his kids. It was just unnatural to him. I loved the one hug a day rule. I hope they did it because that could definitely help desensitize him so that it becomes normal as it should 💙
I hope for the sake of his children he will start acting like a real husband and father and starting working hard to reper the damage in his marriage and the proper real relationship with his children and stop acting like he is a single and available guy. Good thing she made him realize he was doing wrong and was destroying his family.
Brought tears to me when he hugged his boys, and then when he wanted her to ask his father to hug him....well, that really touched me. Maybe because I know the feeling when your own parents don't want you
Not that the parents don't want them he doesn't know how to show his emotions. I'm sorry that you feel your parents dont want you but like in this example most things are done with love. My aunt is adopted and she struggles with this feeling of her parents not wanting her. I hope you have support around you, chosen family per se, bc you are worth love no matter how foolish other's actions are. Their loss, their shitty soul, you good.
@@emilyeerosew Thank you so much for your kind words!! truly put a smile on my face. I agree with you also, my "dad" adopted me when I was very young as my bio did not want me or my brother. Signing his rights over was the best think he could have done as my dad had complete love, I still miss him so much and he has been gone since 1993. My mother.... well lets just say the best thing in my childhood WAS my dad!! Best way to describe my mother and me... we live 15ish min away from each other yet have not talked in 21 years. again, thank you so much for your very kind words!!! hope you have a wonderful day!
good friends rock! I'm curious to know more of your story and Emily makes good points I see u under this shows videos pretty often good friends for starts u could email me at cdr.rdr@gm
@@coryreid8419 Just now saw your reply... middle of the night and having truoble sleeping, I will send an email to you, might take a few days as I am sick with some kind of nasty bug. Hope you have a great day! Thank you for showing some interest, funny thing is my daughter actually just gave me a beautiful journal and asked me if I could write my life story for her. It's been quite the ride.
Omg what an asswaffle Maurice was in the beginning!!! They’ve been together for way too long. Lol. That high school sweetheart stuff usually never ends well lol. I think Marco has a girlfriend.
pink ribbon I think that's unfair to say he doesn't care. I am sure he does or he wouldn't have stuck it out all this time. It's just more the fact that he is raising them as he was raised because thats all he knows.
Guess I'll join the comments about the money. Henrietta spent the week with them. She knew they were in no way well off. I don't buy that she's clueless. I feel like she had an agenda and was going to follow it with no regard to anyone's needs or feelings. That's why Marco is modeling because she has no compassion or empathy for others. She wants what she wants. Ppl say money can't buy happiness and while that's true don't think it doesn't have a huge effect on ppls lives. By distributing the money as she did Henrietta canceled out so much good that happened that week. You can't say you adore the sons and not give them a single cent. And who gives someone's daughter who is still living at home $400 for lingerie? That's a bit creepy IMO. And it's one thing to give money for home or renovations but you don't tell someone exactly how to do it. That is their home and they have no desire for it to be a Henrietta's home knockoff. Those of you saying Marla is selfish to not want the trip to Rome need to be a little more understanding that some ppl don't want to leave the states. They may have good reasons for it or it may be a personal preference. It doesn't make her selfish. This could have been one of the best episodes if Henrietta hadn't done them like that. It will be hard for them to remember the good in it with the sour taste of how thoughtless she was with the money. That's sad.
You spoke 100% facts!!!! She is thoughtless and Marla by the grace of God saved her marriage. Because oh boy n his model friend I believe gets down n durty not dirty but durty.
Dee Rockman Oh no...just started and now I already dislike Henrietta. I have seen this one before but I have watched so many of these I forget who does what. I do recall the hug Henrietta helped happen so even if she messed up the money big time I think the family is better off for her visit. The dad is going to be ever better. I’m happy for that family. I think a huge thing is Henrietta just has no clue. She has lived rich for so long she has no concept of the typical family. I do think money can buy happiness in certain cases. Having money to feed your kids makes parents happy. When my mom gave me money to go to a specialist and paid for meds I was able to regain the ability to walk and it never would have happened without money. She paid for my dog to have surgery so he could see again and wouldn’t be in pain. That money definitely bought happiness. And who can forget the best part... if your job is beyond awful you can tell your boss to shove it! I guess money buys options that can result in happiness.
@Women Whitson ~ I have seen them before as well but I watch them now because I have a very different point of view now then back when they were new and that's just from getting older and life experience. I appreciate you sharing your point of view and I appreciate your optimism. But I have to respectfully disagree. I really cannot agree that the family is better off for the visit. Yes they got all the warm fuzzies now when it was new but how long do you think that actually lasted when it was back to reality? That little bit of interaction is not enough to perm change someone. Sorry but I truly believe that. Kinda like when you first get married - there's a reason the call it the "honeymoon phase". You're so considerate of one another and can't get enough of eachother and some ppl are a bit shy to be seen first thing in the morning or to use the bathroom around them. That doesn't last which isn't a bad thing because its very superficial. Now after 5 yrs when your husband has seen you at your best and your worst, he's held your hair back while you vomited or watched you give birth to his children or still said you're beautiful when your nose is red and snotty and your lips are chapped and you haven't showered because youve had the flu .... THATS REAL! Henrietta being there such a short time and thinking she's "fixing" them is superficial. Yes I'm sure she meant well but it's not lasting. And again she is by no means a stupid woman. So I don't buy that she's clueless. Sorry but rich or not NO ONE is that clueless. Especially regarding the way she distributed the money for the kids! That was a deliberate choice. As far as all the situations you named where money "bought" happiness I don't think that's actual happiness. Again it's superficial. And looking at those situations most parents work for money to feed their children so isn't it the parents not the money? And if you see a specialist most ppl are thankful for the specialist not the money. I don't believe money can EVER buy true happiness. As I said yes it's very helpful and can certainly make life easier in many instances but never gives true happiness. Have you ever noticed that yes "rich people" have everything they could ask for but the majority of them also have bigger problems to go with those big bucks!! One last thing -if your job is truly THAT awful there are other ways out that don't have anything to do with money. It just requires brain power to figure it out!!
This is not an excuse. I didn’t grow up with it either, but we are adults now and have to choose to be different or to be just like our parents. I have chose to not repeat the cycle.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
what on earth was she thinking firstly not giving the two sons anything especially after she bonded with them and secondly, giving money to the mayor, like where the hell did that come from. why would she do that, its pretty obvious the family could have used the money more
I don't think ppl have to use the money word for word tho because when the Bible warrior came back her daughter didn't use the money to get a new place.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
Here’s an update on Family. Henrietta and Marco divorced and Henrietta remarried and have 2 more kids. Marco is a chef that build his restaurant from ground up and still dabble in modeling. One boy is in US Army the other is a professional chef.
Thanks for the update; sadly her future will be alone in the corner of a nursing home sitting in a wheelchair as all the kids will resent her after watching this show!.
@@brandilee9834 Experience of seen it happened before; present behavior is future predictor, cause & effect etc...sad but true, hope a change of course is implemented. Why do you ask?.
@@duvine3882 what do you mean? That was so weird to say, she is a lovely lady and she have a kind heart, if you mean she chooses the wrong men, then idk I'm sure she'll find good hearted person who would appreciate her.
You could tell that was really hard from him. I’m glad Henrietta was able to do some good there given the way she frittered their money away on complete horseshit.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
I really think Henrietta is so privileged that she honestly thought she was doing a kind thing by giving them “free interior design advice” because that’s her job. I think she is honest to God out of touch with how the lower/middle class lives and what 50k is to a family like them. I feel bad 😢
Gosh so sad, so much pain on those kids and man. It broke my heart to see how broken they are for the lack of Love... I hope they are doing all good now
I guess I'm like everyone else. I was very touched by this episode and got tears more than once until the money distribution came. I was shocked by what Henrietta did, it showed such a lack of understanding and empathy, there was no excuse in it. I think she showed her underlying feelings of superiority and it was snobbery at its worse. I felt ashamed of her especially since Marla's distribution showed intelligence and deep thought. It's too bad, I wish there was a way to undo it.
Henrietta’s spending was so ludicrous and offensive I genuinely think the producers should have stepped in and given the money to Marla to spend as she saw fit. I mean, redecorating their house in her own taste? A fucking POLITICAL DONATION?? Nope, just no. That family could have put $50k to really good use and she frittered it away on utter bullshit. Disgusting.
@@clothilde1623 The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
The best episode of Trading Spouses I've watched to date. It's really great that Marco got his dream of being a chef as well. The 2 ladies impacted each other's homes in very positive way. Awesome!
I was relieved that Maurice seemed genuinely happy to have Marla back at the end because I really didn’t know if he would be. I mean, saying he was pleased to get Henrietta because she was the “opposite” of his own wife?? 😒 Marla deserves so much better.
I'm totally so broke down right now, with tear after tear, rolling down my face, this was so raw and so real. The fact that a grown man didn't know how to hug, and even after all those years passed. He still wanted a hug from his own dad. This was the most emotional episode I've ever seen on this show. This is the second time, I've watched this and I still got pissed all over again.. How that lady could screw them over like that, after getting them to open up and address their feelings. She was so beyond wrong for that crap, damn dummy!!!
@@Alexandraincognito that’s true from what I’ve heard of people who have been on the show. However, I think it says a lot about how the other parent divvies up the money all the same because it shows how well they understood the family and their needs
She didnt finish the letter there were more than 10.000 left im curious how she distributed them. Not nice though she should have thought about their situation instead of her own decoration ideas.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
God, I love both these families. This was such an emotional episode! Like at first I was so irritated with the husbands but when Mr. Hawkins said he wanted her to have his father hug him too, I lost it! Who would have thought that little boy who needed his father was still in there. And for someone like Marco's fine a*s, to just want his wife to be in love with him and to be so vulnerable about his feelings, made me believe in love again. I LOVED this episode. I didn't hate anyone....surprisingly for me. lolol peace and love 😊
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
Such a powerful episode ! The biggest reward the low income family was affection and compassion. The fact the father wanted a hug from his father had me in tears cause that’s all he ever wanted and his kids wanted the exact same thing from him. The new wife was truly a blessing for that family although she could’ve done better with the money but what she was able to do for that family in such a short time was very powerful!😭😭😭😭😭😭
The father from the first family has some deep rooted issues that he needs to address about himself asap. I can't believe how negatively he speaks down to his wife and children. It's heartbreaking to watch.
Yes, Henrietta messed up with the money, but what she did for the family was more important. She had the balls to stand up to Maurice when no one in that family (including Marla) said anything for YEARS. Even the kids said they wished that their mom could stand up to Maurice.
I felt so sad at how she spent their money she could hav put towards their studies or investments... spoiled people seriously luxury for a hard working family.. guess gods plan be greaful they got a classy decor at the least lots of love
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
This was one of the most powerful episode I have watched on every level and wish all the trading spouses was this powerful foreal. As far as helping the families with communicating and showing love understanding
I feel really sad for the Harlem mom. Her husband is so mean and ungrateful for her. She is a beautiful sweet women and I feel she deserves so much better. I hope they are now in a better position in life and are happy❤️
They're divorced and remarried. Marla lost weight. She looks great. I looked him up on fb.. the daughter is married with 3 kids, Justin has one daughter. Maurice mobetta hawkins look him up
This has got to be the best thing I’ve watched in years. It had my eyes watering and my heart pounding so many times. These are wonderful families that were truly meant to have their paths cross. I could actually see them staying in touch EDIT- I guess I should have waited until the end. I was totally dumbfounded by the way Harriet spent the families money🤷🏽♀️😬
He hugged his boys (...eventually and not very well)..but it never showed him with his daughter- besides the abusive gaslighting he did to her when she tried to tell him how she felt...💔
Marla did good seeing the issues in the other family but I wonder if she will actually face her OWN family issues or just keep "being strong" while her kids suffer.
I really hope Maurice gets his daddy issues. My grandfather died about 18 years ago now and he never felt the love and respect that he deserved. It's made him really guarded and I can tell he's still in pain. It's tough on him and it's tough for my siblings, too. Men out there, it's okay to be open with your emotions. Your kids need that. They really, really do
Omg the way he was carrying on with the female model no wonder he's at work so long and wont kiss his wife, and she is so lovely trying to help the family's dad see wat hes doing to the kids. tho i think wat might have helped as was extremely hard for them to open up in front of him was to say go privately and put it down on paper would feel they would have been able to do that more' My hat off to Henrietta , she stayed with it , had me in tears watching them all hug. so happy both wives got thru to the husbands and left a lasting impression
That little Barbie doll is awesome. She not only knows how to have fun but she has depth. Very rarely do you see beauty, compassion, love, and brains in one person and she's all of that.
I really hope you're just being sarcastic if you're talking about Henrietta. She's nothing but a SELFISH, DUMB self-absorbed STUPID bitch who donated....Lol........DONATED the Hawkins' money to politics!?!? And then redecorated THEIR house to HER liking.
I get that she’s upset about the kids education however, paying off the credit card debt and fixing up on he family home are good financially responsible things to do. Now she did go too far telling them what color paint ect because that is their home not hers. Maybe she was thinking they could up the value of the home with a remodel? The trip to Rome is special. Step out into the world and see things beyond what you see everyday. I worked overtime to send my daughter to France and Spain her senior year and to this day (she’s 30 now), she still tells me how amazing it was. She’s since been to Rome, Berlin, hiking in Turkey, The UK, Amsterdam... I’m also think the spa days with her daughter were amazing. She works so hard that maybe some pampering with her daughter will be a nice change. I think once she gets past the arrogance of telling her what color and paint brand fir her home remodel is, she’ll be just fine. She’s a sweet lady.
A sweet lady? Are you serious? She donated their money to politicians. Henrietta is a stupid bitch. No wonder her husband cheats on her all over the world.
God forbid the production company would allow this to end on a happy note! This was such a rewarding episode for both families, and us viewers. I love to see good and positive programmes. We see far too much gloom and doom in this world. I don't know what it is with production companies that think we get off on drama. What would be nicer would be to see how they spend their money and how the whole experience changed their lives. They could write each other a letter to describe their experience to to say something to each individual, but the whole money thing ruins the show.
I heard the production company just sends a check to the families and they can spend it however they wish. I've also heard that many of the scenes are scripted and edited to make the show more interesting and captivating to keep viewers watching.
xxwolfe xx Marla yes but Henrietta turned out to be some kind of crackhead to spend the family's money like that. I mean donating to the MAYOR?! Telling them exactly how to decorate? Not giving the boys she says she loved so much a single cent?! Kinda took away the "progress" made that week.
Henrietta was an intelligent and very insightful human being... And very pretty (if you're going to merely judge her superfically..) But Marco was only a pretty face on top of an empty, fleshy carcass- who has the intelligence of, maybe, an amoeba. HE is the one who should have felt lucky to be with Henrietta.
Surah Online - It is the definition of money mindset. They did very very similar things with the money at the start which seemed great that they thought so similarly. However the different reactions show how different the families are. The rich mom loves leisure and the other mom wants to stretch every penny. Blondie thought their house was beneath her and ugly from the start. She was so detailed on how they had to spend the money because she thought they had bad taste and was trying to help. 🤦🏻♀️ She had very specific numbers for each thing which leads me to believe she did some research. I do think she is very intelligent. I also think she has spent too much time with money to be able to understand a life with less. It isn’t that she is dumb it is that she has become entitled. The lingerie for the daughter while not mentioning the boys seems to indicate she things the daughter should be sexual so she can find a husband.
years later i still remember this episode .this what happens when a person only cares about themselves , the world revolves around them or their life is so fine and dandy that they dont pay attention to other peoples struggles
It makes absolutely no sense...so, was part of the story not told? She didn't seem like a clueless woman and saw the differences in their lifestyles, so it just feels like some of the story as to why she did that wasn't caught on camera. That's too bad about the kids...maybe she thought the house decorating would be good for the whole family. Marla really kind of lost it. Whatever money they had was a bonus, money they didn't work for and was a gift. Henrietta is an interior designer...maybe she thought it really was a gift. She just didn't strike me as mean or anything like that at all. Just my thoughts.
k k - Giving away $7,000 when the family doesn’t have a lot of money is ridicules. Most do the basic stuff like money towards debt, car, education for kids, family trip, and money for the kids to buy something they want.
That's truly screwed up and the rules should not allow the money to be given away to politician or churches.
I am sure at in the end they could spend the money however they wanted to. At least I hope they were able to
@@kayseecoward7571 , they have to stick to what the list says no matter what. I thought the same thing, so I googled it . Thats the rules of the show and they have to abide by it . Its total crap specially when the money is suppose to go on absurd crap. That lady total screwed the other family.
Texas Jaco for real? that is so messed up!
How would the show know how the money was spent? As soon as they get their 50g, they can spend it any way they want. It's not like the money can be taken back
angela nymom probably have to sign contracts
It’s weird how’s no one’s is talking about how he wished for a beautiful blonde with big hips as his new wife. That’s so messed up on so many levels.
Lindsay Redditt I know that was truly heartbreaking!
Right! Like he really sat there and said she's so pretty the exact opposite of my wife like wth!!!
If i ever hurd my man say anything like that id be hurt asf
@@crystalanguiano5815 I would kick the shit out of him🧐😠
My black ass ctfu because he got what he wanted & that heffa screwed his whole family 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Marco definitely cheating & his already got one foot🦶out the door🚪 💔
heyitsnayaa Arok o my heavens yes!!!
Definitely.. and you know he fucks with that model
@@laure2725 go him!
They divorced
Divorced and new partners. Both living in Canada as well. He owns a pizza place in BC with his partner. And she lives in Ontario still as a designer,and has a daughter with new partner. Didnt know when watched the show she actually comes from a prominant Canadian publishing family.
That ending is heartbreaking. The poor spent the wealthy family's money sweetly-- gave them trips and schooling. The wealthy family redecorated THEIR home for them and donated to charity. Rediculous. That family actually needed that money.
Ik!!!!! Pissed me off :(
I read from the son of another family’s episode that they could spend the money hoe they wanted, the letter is for the show. Think about it, if they didn’t write the check directly to a charity, they can’t force them
only ridiculous thing even more ridiculous is people who can't spell ridiculous!
Yeah, cause having a super successful interior decorator from MIAMI who does multi million dollar homes offer MINOR ADVICE on a few items in the home whilst charging no fee is such a terrible crime!
@@crystalleyvonne818 heard the same here, one of the mothers said it's all for show. They got the check in the mail a few weeks later. So at least that's good
“She’s like the total opposite of my wife so I was real happy”.. damn if I found out my husband had the audacity to say such a thing 😤
Bean Kashin riiiiiiight!!
He's a chauvinistic jerk...putting it nicely🙄
This episode def triggered me in multiple ways on both the relationships
We would be headed to the courthouse to get the divorce papers.
what if he meant it as a compliment, I'm glad she's opposite cause we could NEVER.
She just RUINED every positive thing she had achieved in that family.
Who gives away a struggling working family's money to politics and religion???
Someone trying to IMPROVE the community in which they live
@@5K1ZZ No, someone who has so much money, they have no concept of the importance of money. If a person doesn't have a lot of money, giving it to the "community" makes no sense. It only makes sense if you have so much cash to spend, you can afford to give it away while still having plenty to take care of your needs. That was not the situation with that family. The family, not the community, needs it. And what's the benefit of improving a community if you have no more money to spend in the community? No. Improve the family first, and the community will benefit. The blonde lady has no concept of poverty, probably because she's never had to experience it, which is good. But, unfortunately, it has made her ignorant of the importance of money to poor people. Her decision was insane and airheaded.
@@5K1ZZ giving money to a politician you don't support is not equal to supporting your community. She should have left that (and the religion) out. Neither were her business.
@@5K1ZZ fuck the community. what about money for bills? college funds? she pretty much gave the family a middle finger.
I wonder if when this happens, the makers o the show really stick with it and won't give the money to the family? I think that part is a lot for show and the families just get a check to spend however they see fit. I can't imagine they are bound to some of these insane, vengeful or just stupid decisions crazy people who don't know them or their needs make.
Boy, Henrieta sure screwed Marla and her family. Under conditions like this, I would allow exceptions to the rules. WOW!
Bits of this and that YES!! I don't think those donations should be allowed.
I wonder about that a lot! They must do exceptions to the rules sometimes. Geez.
i mean henrieta isnt worried since shes not struggling for money
i know in the “god warrior” first episode after she tore up the money/letter she said in the 2nd episode that she ended up receiving and accepting the money so i’m sure there’s some kind of exceptions.
@@sophiabausano8853 But that wasn't changing what the mother had decided the money be spent on.
This was my all time favorite episode until the money distribution. Unbelievable that she decorated the house and even said what color!!!! And then donated a large portion?? Crazy she ruined what was the most touching episode 🙁
SuperSmokeallday I totally agree. She was doing a dress rehearsal for a play about her husband changing his ways.
Totally agree
It goes to show you how some folks have a great opportunity to help a family and they don't even think to give what they can truly use. This reminds me of what is so wrong with the entitled people, they are out of touch!
Just started this episode and you spoiled the ending! Lol. Its ok
Melina The Artist you spoiled it for yourself by reading the comments before you finished the episode lol
That episode was ok until the end. Now Im PISSED!!! To my core. I felt Marlas anger/pain smh
The good news is that the money spending thing is strictly for show. The families get the check to use as they want. Thank God. The whole money spending bit sure does expose people’s ignorance.
It pissed me tf off how inconsiderate rich people are. But I love how amazingly full of life people with little money are. That is why rich people don’t get respect. It’s sad that she wanted their money to go to other people like they don’t do that enough with their money! Stuck up bitches don’t care about people. I now wish that Marla would have gave half to her husband for going to school for culinary & the other half to charity. That was completely stupid, everything she put Marla’s family’s money to.
@@shilde oh wow this is good to know! I am so relieved for so many of these families!
@@shilde uh, what? how are you so confidently asserting this? COmmenters are literally saying the exact opposite on other threads
I sure hope it’s true that the family really spends the money as they like! I also read that they pay taxes on the $50K, so they really get more like $30K. Not cool! It should be $50K net (although I think this is a bonus on top of other funds they get for participating in the show…).
Am I the only one who thought it was highly inappropriate to talk about marraige problems in front of the kids??
My first thought was they aren't gonna talk about that with the kids there are they didn't think that was so cool
I was extremely surprised at that. Some people must think that kids don't understand what's going on. They sure as hell do. Those are ADULT problems....let them be kids.
@N. 23shaff That has nothing to do with 'the hood' and everything to do with the individuals. A better world when programming to stereotype ends.
I definitely disagree with her doing this!!!!!!
I mean, they probably sense their problems. Kids know most of what's going on. However, that conversation should definitely not have been in front of the kids.
I love how marla got offended for the wife. Lol. I just wish she got as offend when her husband treats they kids like that.
Poor Marla. I want her to move to my town, DITCH THAT LOSER MAURICE> HE IS RUINING THOSE POOR KIDS!!!
Good observation!!!
I can't believe henrietta didn't allocate any of the money to college funds for the kids! :(
I was disappointed in the way she spent their money, it made no sense.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT AND SHE STILL MITE WIND UP LOOSING HER MAN OK. THAT EVIL WITCH YEA I SAID AND SHE IS ONE YOU DON'T DO PEOPLE LIKE THAT SHE IS WRONG AS HELL.!!! AND KNOWING THAT THESE PEOPL ARE STRUGGLING MY GOODNESS I AM BEYOND PISST OFF. WITH HER BIG OLE TWEETY BIRD HEAD.
Shes disappointed with life in general. I think she does not know happiness nor desire good for anyone. What a complete moron
The poor family's daughter is Doctor now despite Henrietta's poor decision making.
@@MochaQueen5 that's so good to hear
My father is coming, can you ask him to hug me 😭
Lecya0505 I have seen this before but forgot that part until I saw it in the comments. Now I get choked up each time so,done mentions it I’m the comments. I’m in trouble when I get to that part. 😆😍💜
aww that bit broke my heart to many pieces
My heart melted ❤️
That made me cry.
it's all about him init, I feel sorry for those boys and their sista
the mayor get money but not the children something wrong with her
@@FeelTheLack Grow up grammar nazi.
@1993 Whatever racist
She's clueless about what common people living paycheck to paycheck need.
She is a closet racist. Only someone with underline feelings like that can think like: let me give this to the city or church rather than to these children. She had already condemned those children before even getting to know them.
@@ivonned32 I don't think that it had anything to do wih race. It was the difference between the wealthy and the poor.
Marla is so beautiful😍 inside and out. Her smile made the whole show❤
Update on the Hawkins family:
Maurice and Marla are not together. Maurice has since remarried and has a daughter.
Marla has lost weight and is single and is looking beautiful.
The kids look like they have their own families.
Where did you find them
@@sweetprincess213 facebook. It was pretty simple. Marla is under a different name though. The daughter has a PhD as well. Very impressed and happy for them.
@@stargazer8681 So happy to hear this wonderful news.
Thank you
Hopefully he's changed for the better
I'm glad she is away from him.
No money for college for the sons, nothing? Wtf no spending money 1500 each for the 3 kids instead of donations? I don't get it
I thought at least money for family counseling
Cuz she's a crackhead
Dee Rockman No, she is a snobby rich. She probably thinks crack is beneath her and buys cocaine but only the kind imported from Europe. Maybe that’s why she wanted them to go on a vacation so the fa,ily will bring her drugs back. 😀
Women Whitson you can’t import cocaine from Europe it’s from South America
Part of me gets why Henrietta distributed the money the way she did
This is an incredibly real reminder that the wealthy have absolutely no idea what people who have less than them actually need. I was initially really mad too when I was hearing the letter, but then I realized- she has no idea what it's like to need money for day to day, basic necessities. The wealthy truly think that donating to charities and political groups are going to help, or a renovated home. People who are struggling are grateful to even BE in a home, and getting their monthly bills paid makes room for OTHER things, like healing from past hurt. I wish the show had given the wives an opportunity to speak to one another after that so the blonde could have been given more perspective. Horribly misguided, but I think her heart meant well. But dammit, soooooo off. I really hope Marla's family rose above it. So incredibly sad.
The other mother doesn't actually get to dictate how the money is spent, that's all for show.
I was hoping so
there is no doubt there is a disconnect in general. However, there are many people who have a lot that got there because they know what their needs plus save/invest. One can also say that poor people dont know how to spend money and that is why they are poor. Obviously its not the case in this particular case. It really depends on the family and their priorities across the board.
@@LM-zk4rmme too!!!
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
Wow. I’m...sooo confused right. Now...Donations shouldn’t be allowed, if they reboot this. That should be the first thing to be eliminated.
Marla won the Wife Swap lottery! Massage, beach, nightclub with friends. Much deserved having to deal with THAT husband 🎉
Marco wasn’t exactly tough on the eyes either, lol. And he genuinely respected and got on with her - very rare in this show!
Except her money went to charity instead of her family.
@@Noah-us don't worry, it really didn't though. 😉 I have ran into a couple of the wives on UA-cam in the comments section under their own shows and we had discussed about the reality of the show and had some questions answered about it and they did disclose that they are sent the checks in the mail after they are done filming the show and that they can spend it as they see fit. The new wives list of how they need to spend it is just for production and the show.😉
Was that lady drunk when she assigned their money what in the hell. I'd be fuming too that's absolutely ridiculous. $400 for LINGERIE.😡😒
I'm with you... and to give away 7,000...... half to the flipping MAYOR!!
I definitely agree, Marla had every right to be bitter. I would be too if I were in her shoes
I think I'd call that bitch up and give her a piece of my mind. I've seen ppl mad about the money for silly reasons but Marla had every right to be pissed. I think it's funny how she talked about the boys and how much she loved them yet didn't give them a damn cent. What a phony.
Bet Marla was glad she threw their marital problems up in the air.😅 Imagine if the mom's opened their letters at the meeting lmao.
$400 is only 8 bras for me 🤷♀️
the fact that henrietta said she wanted a beer and went in a strangers fridge like that SHOCKED ME
and the fact she woke up the family cause she wanted breakfast on the first day like WTF
@@Spongeboy5432 😂😂 right
Jazzy Mota I’m sure she regretted that decision after having to deal with Maurice’s nasty attitude.
Yeah, that shocked me, too. It was rude and nervy.
@@Spongeboy5432, I think that's because it's her way of life! She is the guest, so I think she wanted to act like it was her home 🤷♀️
Her reaction on how the money was to be spent was completely justified but I’m sorry , when that music played with the bells while she was cussing and going off I was screaming 🤣🤣🤣
I'm devastated to see how the Hawkins kids disassociate so often when things get hard it's like they have to do that alot. That shows they have had serious trauma and have learned to tune out after so many painful experiences. I hope they were strong enough to break the abusive cycle they grew up in.
They did
Marco was actually really nice to the new mum, not gonna lie. He wasn’t an asshole like I thought he would of been.
Def a ladies man
Why be an a-hole when he can cheat on his wife and go in and out as he pleases? He doesn’t care that much about her. It seems like the guys that are usually a-holes love their wives a lot and are upset they have this new strange person in their home.
Yes, but you could tell he was NOT happy about the culinary school award.
Yes a real gentleman and his kids were sweet to her too
When the dad hugged the kids, I bawled my eyes out. He's not a bad person, he just doesn't know how it can be done.
Me too
Yep. You live how you learned...
But people can RElearn and "break the cycle".
c c - Cried like a baby and then ready your quote and bawled again. Dang it CC i just got myself together and now I’m a mess again. I am copying that quote. It is so beautiful.
@God Jesus That's not even how you spell either of those words. It's Psycho, Sociopath, and no he's not. I've extensively researched mental disorders and he doesn't fit a single characteristic
he kept them at a distance with his arm when hugging though
and the rich get richer and the poor get poorer! id be pissed to, seething actually .lol.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
When I found out what Henrietta said in that letter, I was just as pissed at Marla was! She had all right to be pissed off
I'm sorry, but not everyone lives to have a perfectly decorated home. Maurice's house is fine. Damn snobby woman.
What’s snobby about giving someone a home makeover???????
Right!! It just rude as fuck. The house is fine the money should have gone to a college fund for those children.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT LIKE I STATED SHE DIDN'T LIKE THEM ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HER TYPE OF PEOPLE AND STILL TODAY I WISH THIS B...............ITCH COULD READ ALL THE COMMENTS AND I AM VERY BEYOND VERY PISSED OFF AT HER DUM ASS SHE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN WHAT SHE HAS DONE.
@@oliviamitchell4099 She loved them what are you talking about
Jude Thaddeus
Do you seriously not see that it she is not “giving them” a free makeover. She, a woman who’s husband like pays a large portion of her lavish lifestyle, is using their money to redecorate their home according to her tastes and budget. It is also an underhanded way of criticizing them for having a home that doesn’t live up to her standards. Did you not see the snide comments she made in the beginning about the way other people decorated their homes.
Marla likely earns a very modest income as a medical biller (administrative job) and has 3 kids to support. Redecorating her home and going to the spa (and the other frivolous things she chose) is not a priority. Just look at the way Marla allocated their winnings: $40K included $25K for culinary school for her husband and $15K for savings…. That tells you exactly how Marla would have hoped her family’s winnings would have been put to good use!
Maurice wanting that hug so badly from his dad was heart breaking. Little expressions of care and affection go so far. DONT REPEAT THE CYCLE. Humans need love. Doesn't make us "soft" ... Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean
Why anyone would want their kids to be “hard” in this already brutal world is beyond me. 😢 my dad was exactly like this man from the show. I no longer have contact with either my mom or dad.
Yea that was weird
It's generational abuse. All of them had birthers who yelled, cussed at, threw things and inflicted barbaric punishments for toilet training accidents.
Stop the cycle means, stop it with you. Now.
Don't do your babies like this. Learn how to nurture. Learn to be kind. Stop accepting this behavior as normal. Start speaking out.
It's wrong.
@@NathaliaMedina92 I understand wanting your children to be tough enough to survive in the world and not be hurt all the time. I think some people misconstrue how they should be doing that because they themselves don't know how else to do it. You can absolutely make your kids hard/tough against the world/life troubles and challenges but also show personal love and affection. Our kids don't put up with any BS but they know they are loved and know how to love. This dad is just going wayyyyy overboard. He really could benefit from some one on one therapy to dig into where /why he had picked up this behavior. I'm sure it's primarily due to upbringing himself and I get it, I had half my family never show affection too. But that doesn't mean you have to keep the cycle going with your own kids. I can tell he's trying to do better than how he was raised because he is there raising his kids. He took one more step in the right direction. Definitely nowhere near where it needs to be, but he definitely moved in a positive direction. I think he needs to be shown the good positive changes he has made first then teach the ways he can move forward even more. I know it sounds silly since he's a grown man but age doesn't dictate what you know nor does it teach you skills you don't have or help with things that make you uncomfortable. I think the dad did love hugging his kids. It was just unnatural to him. I loved the one hug a day rule. I hope they did it because that could definitely help desensitize him so that it becomes normal as it should 💙
marco is cheating on his wife ON CAMERA i-
フェレット exactly. That wasn’t a fake make out session.
He is cheating not only on camera but when the camera is off it's quite oves
I hope for the sake of his children he will start acting like a real husband and father and starting working hard to reper the damage in his marriage and the proper real relationship with his children and stop acting like he is a single and available guy. Good thing she made him realize he was doing wrong and was destroying his family.
It's a wonderful thing the other Mom pointed out to him his wrong doing and made him listen how his children missing him
Jude Dimatteo yup. Marco owns upscale pizza restaurant in Italy w his girlfriend
Brought tears to me when he hugged his boys, and then when he wanted her to ask his father to hug him....well, that really touched me. Maybe because I know the feeling when your own parents don't want you
Not that the parents don't want them he doesn't know how to show his emotions.
I'm sorry that you feel your parents dont want you but like in this example most things are done with love. My aunt is adopted and she struggles with this feeling of her parents not wanting her. I hope you have support around you, chosen family per se, bc you are worth love no matter how foolish other's actions are. Their loss, their shitty soul, you good.
@@emilyeerosew Thank you so much for your kind words!! truly put a smile on my face. I agree with you also, my "dad" adopted me when I was very young as my bio did not want me or my brother. Signing his rights over was the best think he could have done as my dad had complete love, I still miss him so much and he has been gone since 1993. My mother.... well lets just say the best thing in my childhood WAS my dad!! Best way to describe my mother and me... we live 15ish min away from each other yet have not talked in 21 years. again, thank you so much for your very kind words!!! hope you have a wonderful day!
Can relate indeed 😑
good friends rock! I'm curious to know more of your story and Emily makes good points I see u under this shows videos pretty often good friends
for starts u could email me at cdr.rdr@gm
@@coryreid8419 Just now saw your reply... middle of the night and having truoble sleeping, I will send an email to you, might take a few days as I am sick with some kind of nasty bug. Hope you have a great day!
Thank you for showing some interest, funny thing is my daughter actually just gave me a beautiful journal and asked me if I could write my life story for her. It's been quite the ride.
Omg the way Maurice treats his children and wife is like he resent them. I feel so sad for those kids and his wife.
Marla has such a beautiful smile.
She deserves better than what her husband come across in the show.
Of course who wants to kiss a cheater? You feel when your man is not yours completely... you don’t need to see him cheating You just feel it! 😞
Omg what an asswaffle Maurice was in the beginning!!! They’ve been together for way too long. Lol. That high school sweetheart stuff usually never ends well lol. I think Marco has a girlfriend.
That black family dad does not care about his family😡
pink ribbon I agree! Definitely a product of how he was raised though too.
pink ribbon I think that's unfair to say he doesn't care. I am sure he does or he wouldn't have stuck it out all this time. It's just more the fact that he is raising them as he was raised because thats all he knows.
@@princessrockman9528 that was my comment during the beginning of the show
I am here for the comments about Marco, seems like an ass I think his wife is on the show to get money to leave him, cheating ass
Sierra is a lovely caring big sister to the twins parents should be proud of her
And yet her own father called her a “haemorrhoid”. Dickhead.
Sierra is a beautiful young lady!
"WHAT I WOULD MISS MOST ABOUT MY WIFE IS... HER TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE FOR ME" .... WE'RE 11 MINS INTO THAT AND I'M ALREADY PISSED !
Uhn uhn. It was the other husband not wanting to kiss his wife goodbye for me
How did you feel when they got to the money part?
@@corrinjade3973 Now i'm watching it again,because i didn't get there,let me tell you in an... hour :D
well,she ruined everything.... I WaS ROOTInG FoR YOUU ! WE ALL WERE ! some tyra banks moment
Guess I'll join the comments about the money. Henrietta spent the week with them. She knew they were in no way well off. I don't buy that she's clueless. I feel like she had an agenda and was going to follow it with no regard to anyone's needs or feelings. That's why Marco is modeling because she has no compassion or empathy for others. She wants what she wants.
Ppl say money can't buy happiness and while that's true don't think it doesn't have a huge effect on ppls lives. By distributing the money as she did Henrietta canceled out so much good that happened that week. You can't say you adore the sons and not give them a single cent. And who gives someone's daughter who is still living at home $400 for lingerie? That's a bit creepy IMO. And it's one thing to give money for home or renovations but you don't tell someone exactly how to do it. That is their home and they have no desire for it to be a Henrietta's home knockoff. Those of you saying Marla is selfish to not want the trip to Rome need to be a little more understanding that some ppl don't want to leave the states. They may have good reasons for it or it may be a personal preference. It doesn't make her selfish.
This could have been one of the best episodes if Henrietta hadn't done them like that. It will be hard for them to remember the good in it with the sour taste of how thoughtless she was with the money. That's sad.
You spoke 100% facts!!!! She is thoughtless and Marla by the grace of God saved her marriage. Because oh boy n his model friend I believe gets down n durty not dirty but durty.
Dee Rockman Oh no...just started and now I already dislike Henrietta. I have seen this one before but I have watched so many of these I forget who does what. I do recall the hug Henrietta helped happen so even if she messed up the money big time I think the family is better off for her visit. The dad is going to be ever better. I’m happy for that family. I think a huge thing is Henrietta just has no clue. She has lived rich for so long she has no concept of the typical family.
I do think money can buy happiness in certain cases. Having money to feed your kids makes parents happy. When my mom gave me money to go to a specialist and paid for meds I was able to regain the ability to walk and it never would have happened without money. She paid for my dog to have surgery so he could see again and wouldn’t be in pain. That money definitely bought happiness. And who can forget the best part... if your job is beyond awful you can tell your boss to shove it! I guess money buys options that can result in happiness.
Ditto
Agree 100%
@Women Whitson ~ I have seen them before as well but I watch them now because I have a very different point of view now then back when they were new and that's just from getting older and life experience. I appreciate you sharing your point of view and I appreciate your optimism. But I have to respectfully disagree.
I really cannot agree that the family is better off for the visit. Yes they got all the warm fuzzies now when it was new but how long do you think that actually lasted when it was back to reality? That little bit of interaction is not enough to perm change someone. Sorry but I truly believe that. Kinda like when you first get married - there's a reason the call it the "honeymoon phase". You're so considerate of one another and can't get enough of eachother and some ppl are a bit shy to be seen first thing in the morning or to use the bathroom around them. That doesn't last which isn't a bad thing because its very superficial. Now after 5 yrs when your husband has seen you at your best and your worst, he's held your hair back while you vomited or watched you give birth to his children or still said you're beautiful when your nose is red and snotty and your lips are chapped and you haven't showered because youve had the flu .... THATS REAL!
Henrietta being there such a short time and thinking she's "fixing" them is superficial. Yes I'm sure she meant well but it's not lasting. And again she is by no means a stupid woman. So I don't buy that she's clueless. Sorry but rich or not NO ONE is that clueless. Especially regarding the way she distributed the money for the kids! That was a deliberate choice.
As far as all the situations you named where money "bought" happiness I don't think that's actual happiness. Again it's superficial. And looking at those situations most parents work for money to feed their children so isn't it the parents not the money? And if you see a specialist most ppl are thankful for the specialist not the money. I don't believe money can EVER buy true happiness. As I said yes it's very helpful and can certainly make life easier in many instances but never gives true happiness. Have you ever noticed that yes "rich people" have everything they could ask for but the majority of them also have bigger problems to go with those big bucks!!
One last thing -if your job is truly THAT awful there are other ways out that don't have anything to do with money. It just requires brain power to figure it out!!
did anyone else start crying at some of the scenes with the dad and the sons
Yep. Too bad he was an asshole to his daughter.
Yes and every time I see it In the comment section. 💔
I can empathise with Maurice he doesn't know how to show affection as he was never shown.
Also some men only have their households to assert their dominance/manliness in a world that beats them down
I agree
RH Mother. I’m sorry that you also had that experience. I can’t do much but I’m sending you prayers, love, and a big virtual hug!
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He's a dickhead.
This is not an excuse. I didn’t grow up with it either, but we are adults now and have to choose to be different or to be just like our parents. I have chose to not repeat the cycle.
I like the Hawkins house and so clean. The woodwork gleamed and has all the original details so well kept.
For a grown man to ask this lady to do the hug drill on him and his father, wow. Tears in my eyes.
it's self-centered, he's a chauvinistic dick
Maurice: Do that hug thing with me and my dad
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Even though she screwed them money wise I think they got the better results. She helped heal Maurice.
@@womenwhitson1104 yea marla's comment at the end i agree and take the positive from the experience that Henrietta got her husband to open up and hug
what a broken man :(
Henrietta really surprised me, she did an amazing job. Not with the money, but with the family.
Henrietta screwed Marla and her family over omg I feel sooo bad for them😣😥
YES THE TWEETY BIRD HEAD HENRIETTA DID .
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
what on earth was she thinking firstly not giving the two sons anything especially after she bonded with them and secondly, giving money to the mayor, like where the hell did that come from. why would she do that, its pretty obvious the family could have used the money more
I don't think ppl have to use the money word for word tho because when the Bible warrior came back her daughter didn't use the money to get a new place.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
Here’s an update on Family. Henrietta and Marco divorced and Henrietta remarried and have 2 more kids. Marco is a chef that build his restaurant from ground up and still dabble in modeling. One boy is in US Army the other is a professional chef.
Thanks for the update; sadly her future will be alone in the corner of a nursing home sitting in a wheelchair as all the kids will resent her after watching this show!.
Thank you !
@@duvine3882 why do you say that?
@@brandilee9834 Experience of seen it happened before; present behavior is future predictor, cause & effect etc...sad but true, hope a change of course is implemented. Why do you ask?.
@@duvine3882 what do you mean? That was so weird to say, she is a lovely lady and she have a kind heart, if you mean she chooses the wrong men, then idk I'm sure she'll find good hearted person who would appreciate her.
Omg it broke my heart when Maurice asked for her to help him get a hug from his dad! But so proud of him for being so strong and asking for help!
You could tell that was really hard from him. I’m glad Henrietta was able to do some good there given the way she frittered their money away on complete horseshit.
Man like i reaaally love this episode! Like my favorite because of the growth in both families...but then the end...really donate money!!!! Wow...
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
I really think Henrietta is so privileged that she honestly thought she was doing a kind thing by giving them “free interior design advice” because that’s her job. I think she is honest to God out of touch with how the lower/middle class lives and what 50k is to a family like them. I feel bad 😢
Gosh so sad, so much pain on those kids and man. It broke my heart to see how broken they are for the lack of Love... I hope they are doing all good now
I guess I'm like everyone else. I was very touched by this episode and got tears more than once until the money distribution came. I was shocked by what Henrietta did, it showed such a lack of understanding and empathy, there was no excuse in it. I think she showed her underlying feelings of superiority and it was snobbery at its worse. I felt ashamed of her especially since Marla's distribution showed intelligence and deep thought. It's too bad, I wish there was a way to undo it.
Henrietta’s spending was so ludicrous and offensive I genuinely think the producers should have stepped in and given the money to Marla to spend as she saw fit. I mean, redecorating their house in her own taste? A fucking POLITICAL DONATION?? Nope, just no. That family could have put $50k to really good use and she frittered it away on utter bullshit. Disgusting.
@@clothilde1623 The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
The best episode of Trading Spouses I've watched to date. It's really great that Marco got his dream of being a chef as well. The 2 ladies impacted each other's homes in very positive way. Awesome!
Thank you Tinsel for another awesome upload!!! I seriously love the ads, like going back in time.
Marco gave Marla such a beautiful and rewarding hug after handing her the list. More affection than Maurice showed her the entire show.
I was relieved that Maurice seemed genuinely happy to have Marla back at the end because I really didn’t know if he would be. I mean, saying he was pleased to get Henrietta because she was the “opposite” of his own wife?? 😒 Marla deserves so much better.
I'm totally so broke down right now, with tear after tear, rolling down my face, this was so raw and so real. The fact that a grown man didn't know how to hug, and even after all those years passed. He still wanted a hug from his own dad. This was the most emotional episode I've ever seen on this show. This is the second time, I've watched this and I still got pissed all over again..
How that lady could screw them over like that, after getting them to open up and address their feelings. She was so beyond wrong for that crap, damn dummy!!!
I'm almost positive that's just because of the show I'm pretty sure the family spent the money how they want
@@candaceleon1724 They got to spend it as they wished, it's just for the show
@@Alexandraincognito that’s true from what I’ve heard of people who have been on the show. However, I think it says a lot about how the other parent divvies up the money all the same because it shows how well they understood the family and their needs
@@LissyVee Agreed!
She didnt finish the letter there were more than 10.000 left im curious how she distributed them. Not nice though she should have thought about their situation instead of her own decoration ideas.
Probably more donations
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
God, I love both these families. This was such an emotional episode! Like at first I was so irritated with the husbands but when Mr. Hawkins said he wanted her to have his father hug him too, I lost it! Who would have thought that little boy who needed his father was still in there. And for someone like Marco's fine a*s, to just want his wife to be in love with him and to be so vulnerable about his feelings, made me believe in love again. I LOVED this episode. I didn't hate anyone....surprisingly for me. lolol peace and love 😊
❤This was a fairly tale episode. Both families were amazing and the mothers were brilliant. What a treat.
My heart when he asked her to have his father hug him ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh my god! I would of been pissed too if she spent my money like that
PSA *have
Cat DeWitt PSA *don't be a dick
@@Hey___you
It is a futile battle.
Let the Phillistines remain ignorant ...
Please don’t take God’s name in vain.
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
My favorite! The men getting loved on by their fathers!💖💖💖 Absolutely beautiful!
Such a powerful episode ! The biggest reward the low income family was affection and compassion. The fact the father wanted a hug from his father had me in tears cause that’s all he ever wanted and his kids wanted the exact same thing from him. The new wife was truly a blessing for that family although she could’ve done better with the money but what she was able to do for that family in such a short time was very powerful!😭😭😭😭😭😭
toxic. toxic relationships everywhere.
The father from the first family has some deep rooted issues that he needs to address about himself asap. I can't believe how negatively he speaks down to his wife and children. It's heartbreaking to watch.
He screams insecure and family issues
Yes, Henrietta messed up with the money, but what she did for the family was more important. She had the balls to stand up to Maurice when no one in that family (including Marla) said anything for YEARS. Even the kids said they wished that their mom could stand up to Maurice.
Yup
I found out that henrietta and marco divorced and both have remarried to other people.
He married that other lady
So did the other family
I felt so sad at how she spent their money she could hav put towards their studies or investments... spoiled people seriously luxury for a hard working family.. guess gods plan be greaful they got a classy decor at the least lots of love
The families receive a check after the show is filmed by mail and are able to spend it how they like. The new wives that are making the list on how to spend the money is just for production and the show. I have had the privilege of meeting a couple of the wives here on UA-cam where they were talking to us underneath their own videos and we were asking a lot of questions about how the show was ran. Like about how much of it was real, how much of it was staged, those questions about the checks, etc. So I personally found out directly from the wives from some of these episodes. So rest assured 😉 the families will be allowed to spend the money the way they prefer.
This was one of the most powerful episode I have watched on every level and wish all the trading spouses was this powerful foreal. As far as helping the families with communicating and showing love understanding
Marco is basically the real life version of Ben Stiller's character in Zoolander
Yes..yes ..LMAO
I swear I saw Blue Steel!!
Kaysee Coward - I’m only half way through and now all I’m going to see is Zoolander. That was a great comment. Hahaha
Best comment
Hahaha especially @1:15:46
When a pampered princess goes to the ghetto...now that’s entertainment
I feel really sad for the Harlem mom. Her husband is so mean and ungrateful for her. She is a beautiful sweet women and I feel she deserves so much better. I hope they are now in a better position in life and are happy❤️
They're divorced and remarried. Marla lost weight. She looks great. I looked him up on fb.. the daughter is married with 3 kids, Justin has one daughter. Maurice mobetta hawkins look him up
@@thefunnyfamily6979 stalker
@@marty7549 you've got nothing but negative things to say towards everyone's comments. It's gotta suck being as miserable as you are all the time.
This has got to be the best thing I’ve watched in years. It had my eyes watering and my heart pounding so many times. These are wonderful families that were truly meant to have their paths cross. I could actually see them staying in touch
EDIT- I guess I should have waited until the end. I was totally dumbfounded by the way Harriet spent the families money🤷🏽♀️😬
Both these men are players bro. Specially that god damn model
Really do not like the way Maurice was treating his children, hoping it will be different by the end of the show!!
He hugged his boys (...eventually and not very well)..but it never showed him with his daughter- besides the abusive gaslighting he did to her when she tried to tell him how she felt...💔
Were you pleased with the ending?
I wish all episodes were like this one. So touching.
Wow why did Enriqueta do that???🤦🏻♀️🥺that was bad honestly 😕 I am so sorry for the other family that was not nice,
Glad that the real issues for the black dad aggression was brought to the surface ♥️
Omg when Maurice asked her to do the hugging drill with his dad it all just made sense to me. Then I proceeded to cry like the biggest lil bishh 😩😭😭🤣
Marla did good seeing the issues in the other family but I wonder if she will actually face her OWN family issues or just keep "being strong" while her kids suffer.
I really hope Maurice gets his daddy issues. My grandfather died about 18 years ago now and he never felt the love and respect that he deserved. It's made him really guarded and I can tell he's still in pain. It's tough on him and it's tough for my siblings, too. Men out there, it's okay to be open with your emotions. Your kids need that. They really, really do
when the guy said “when my dad some to visit, have him do the hugging drill with me” instant teary eyes.
Sometimes all we need is some love
Sometimes all it takes is a hug
Omg the way he was carrying on with the female model no wonder he's at work so long and wont kiss his wife, and she is so lovely trying to help the family's dad see wat hes doing to the kids. tho i think wat might have helped as was extremely hard for them to open up in front of him was to say go privately and put it down on paper would feel they would have been able to do that more' My hat off to Henrietta , she stayed with it , had me in tears watching them all hug. so happy both wives got thru to the husbands and left a lasting impression
That little Barbie doll is awesome. She not only knows how to have fun but she has depth. Very rarely do you see beauty, compassion, love, and brains in one person and she's all of that.
I really hope you're just being sarcastic if you're talking about Henrietta. She's nothing but a SELFISH, DUMB self-absorbed STUPID bitch who donated....Lol........DONATED the Hawkins' money to politics!?!? And then redecorated THEIR house to HER liking.
Yes all the above but she fucked up with the finances
When Maurice asked Henryetta to do the hug thing with his dad...😭😭😭
I get that she’s upset about the kids education however, paying off the credit card debt and fixing up on he family home are good financially responsible things to do. Now she did go too far telling them what color paint ect because that is their home not hers. Maybe she was thinking they could up the value of the home with a remodel? The trip to Rome is special. Step out into the world and see things beyond what you see everyday. I worked overtime to send my daughter to France and Spain her senior year and to this day (she’s 30 now), she still tells me how amazing it was. She’s since been to Rome, Berlin, hiking in Turkey, The UK, Amsterdam... I’m also think the spa days with her daughter were amazing. She works so hard that maybe some pampering with her daughter will be a nice change. I think once she gets past the arrogance of telling her what color and paint brand fir her home remodel is, she’ll be just fine. She’s a sweet lady.
A sweet lady? Are you serious? She donated their money to politicians. Henrietta is a stupid bitch. No wonder her husband cheats on her all over the world.
God forbid the production company would allow this to end on a happy note! This was such a rewarding episode for both families, and us viewers. I love to see good and positive programmes. We see far too much gloom and doom in this world. I don't know what it is with production companies that think we get off on drama. What would be nicer would be to see how they spend their money and how the whole experience changed their lives. They could write each other a letter to describe their experience to to say something to each individual, but the whole money thing ruins the show.
I heard the production company just sends a check to the families and they can spend it however they wish. I've also heard that many of the scenes are scripted and edited to make the show more interesting and captivating to keep viewers watching.
I LOVE both the wives!!! They r some the sweetest amazing strong women !!
xxwolfe xx Marla yes but Henrietta turned out to be some kind of crackhead to spend the family's money like that. I mean donating to the MAYOR?! Telling them exactly how to decorate? Not giving the boys she says she loved so much a single cent?! Kinda took away the "progress" made that week.
u missed the ending?
Henrietta is sweet, too. She just clearly has a hard time putting herself in their shoes when it comes to financials.
@@kittykat8177 right? It kinda felt like a revenge for something they did not show us. It seemed just bitterness.
I thought so, too, until the end when Henrietta distributed the Hawkins' money. She puts new dumb into blond or is simply evil.
Maurice asking for the hugging drill with his dad was amazing!!!!
Marco too good looking to trust lol
Henrietta was an intelligent and very insightful human being...
And very pretty (if you're going to merely judge her superfically..)
But Marco was only a pretty face on top of an empty, fleshy carcass- who has the intelligence of, maybe, an amoeba. HE is the one who should have felt lucky to be with Henrietta.
c c Hehehe. You’re tough but honest. 😂😂😂
c c - *The way she organised that money, she is clearly NOT intelligent*
Surah Online - It is the definition of money mindset. They did very very similar things with the money at the start which seemed great that they thought so similarly. However the different reactions show how different the families are. The rich mom loves leisure and the other mom wants to stretch every penny. Blondie thought their house was beneath her and ugly from the start. She was so detailed on how they had to spend the money because she thought they had bad taste and was trying to help. 🤦🏻♀️ She had very specific numbers for each thing which leads me to believe she did some research. I do think she is very intelligent. I also think she has spent too much time with money to be able to understand a life with less. It isn’t that she is dumb it is that she has become entitled. The lingerie for the daughter while not mentioning the boys seems to indicate she things the daughter should be sexual so she can find a husband.
He def has a side chick in New York
years later i still remember this episode .this what happens when a person only cares about themselves , the world revolves around them or their life is so fine and dandy that they dont pay attention to other peoples struggles
one of the view episodes where both moms are actually stunning people and both tried to bring what's needed to the other family.
Refreshing to see two women genuinely care about people. Both women were so sweet.
Hurt people hurt people
Amen
Ohh my gif the early 2000’s commercials brings me back 😂🤣
I am confused...Henrietta done mess with my head
It makes absolutely no sense...so, was part of the story not told? She didn't seem like a clueless woman and saw the differences in their lifestyles, so it just feels like some of the story as to why she did that wasn't caught on camera. That's too bad about the kids...maybe she thought the house decorating would be good for the whole family. Marla really kind of lost it. Whatever money they had was a bonus, money they didn't work for and was a gift. Henrietta is an interior designer...maybe she thought it really was a gift. She just didn't strike me as mean or anything like that at all.
Just my thoughts.
Ask him to Hug me.. No I'm crying
Deeply touched. 2 amazing families. So loving.
I really want to know if they are still in contact
k k I doubt it after the way that stupid B spent their money. That pretty much cancelled out everything else
@@princessrockman9528 yeah maybe but it's hard to choose for others
k k - Giving away $7,000 when the family doesn’t have a lot of money is ridicules. Most do the basic stuff like money towards debt, car, education for kids, family trip, and money for the kids to buy something they want.
This was the most heartfelt episode ever! I was just a big ‘ol bag of water 😭♥️
😂😂😂