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Cate

How narscistic can you get? Cate most certainly does owe some appologies. I hope she watches the show and listens to herself. Can we say "selfish, spoiled brat"?

cootie
April 22, 2008 6:24am

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By noregrets on August 1, 2008 10:01 PM

Re: Cate You're wrong! That girl is amazing, and a testament to " what doesn't kill ya, can only make you stronger."And, Beth makin' fun of her for buyin' a motorcycle.Sayin' she couldn't even hold it up...what's that?Cate has held up alot heavier things than a motor cycle.She held up an entire world that was falling down around her...now that's strength!I wept as I watch that girl's story, and wanted so much to just help her. You my dear, are heartless.

By on May 6, 2008 2:52 AM

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I think I would be much like Cate if my mom died and my dad remarried within two months. She had no time to grieve. Some men (and women as well) cannot cope with being single and/or do not know how to take care of themselves, so rush into another relationship. Tammy, Cate's stepmother, seemed to have rushed into the marriage as well, probably longing to have a relationship she wasn't able to have with her ex-husband, Beth's father. Yes, Cate did need to apologize, but when you're the one that always has to apologize first and sometimes don't get one in return, you eventually put your foot down and don't want to apologize ever. I've been there with "friends" so I can't imagine how much worse it is with family.

By on April 29, 2008 4:27 AM

Re: Cate all I could think about is how badly the adults let these kids down. Cate's father failed her badly, when she most needed him. The fact that he and Beth's mother would go ahead and get married so soon after Cate's mother's death was crazy. Family therapy for everyone involved would have benefitted everyone.

The fact that the stepmother and her father read her journal was unforgivable. One knows when a child desperately needs help without having to resort to that, and calling the police. That made me sick to my stomach.

I am glad Cate seems to be on the right track, and has somehow managed to forgive her father for letting her down so badly.

By on April 28, 2008 3:26 PM

Re: Cate cate's dad never should have remarried that fast. that was not fair to either one of his girls. i do not blame cate for being upset. i would be hurt and angry too if my mom passed away while i was still young. that family never had time to grieve. cate is strong and overcame her problems. she was just a kid who didn't know what to do with her feelings. her mom can never be replaced not even by a stepmom. cate needed her dad the most NOT a new family. i thought beth was overly critical about cate having a bike. if that made her feel better than why shouldn't she have a bike? maybe beth was just jealous that she had a bike. girls can be so mean to each other. Hnads off to cate! she's doing so well. I am proud of how she overcame everything. She will make better friends at college and keep them. I have known my best friend for 12 years. we have different lives but we always email or pick up the phone when we need each other.

By on April 27, 2008 5:05 PM

Re: Cate I'm watching the show as I type this lol. I also thought it was bold and unrealistic of the step-mother to try to replace the mother. With the age of the children at the time of their mother's death, it would have been strange whether it had been 3 months or 3 years. Prehaps she was trying to treat them as she would her own but you have to know your place in these situations. Maybe it's me, but personally I wouldn't have married a man who's wife passed away two months ago. It would make me question whether or not he'd really dealt with it.

It's easy to evaluate the situation from the outside but if they'd taken time to allow all the children to adjust and grieve before getting married, things would have flowed more smoothly.

By on April 24, 2008 3:50 AM

Re: Cate I don't know what show you saw but the one I saw showed a completely different girl. In fact, I thought Beth was rude and should have apologized to Cate. Even at the end when they were together I didn't feel that a word out of Beth's mouth was true. She sounded to me like she was just saying it in front of the camera to sound good, and as for who should watch the show... Maybe Beth will gain a little insight into herself from the show since she liked to talk so badly about Cate to her friends. Overall, it seemed to me that Cate was the more mature out of the 2 and just wanted to find her way through all of the pain she was dealing with. I really don't think that that requires an apology... and maybe she should have been getting the love and support she seemed to be looking for the whole time. Kudos to Cate for realizing she had a problem and getting through all of it!

By on April 24, 2008 12:23 AM

Re: Cate I don't think Cate sounds selfish or spoiled either. How is saying she doesn't want to apologize mean she is spoiled? What did she do that was wrong? Her step-mother tried to take the position of her mother without thinking about what Cate and her sister might be going through... seriously. 3 months after her mom died she had this new woman in her life who was trying to control it 100%! i don't think what her step-mom did was wrong, necessarily either... everything we do is a learning process. she was just being a mom- the way she knew how. maybe she should have taken it down a notch, and eased her way in to it, but i don't necessarily think it was TOTALLY wrong what she did.

By on April 23, 2008 5:40 PM

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I don't think Cate sounds selfish @ all.

By on April 23, 2008 2:36 AM

Re: Cate I understand where Cate is coming from. When I was 15 my mother died with colon cancer and within a few weeks my dad had another girlfriend. she had two kids one was the same age as me and my twin brother. I love my dads girlfriend(they never got married,but were together for 8 years.)and my younger step-sister and I are very close, but it was hard and it took a lot of years for everything to be ok. I think my dad just needed someone to take care of him. He was not really thinking that it would hurt me or my brother. I think Cate did what she needed to do and I comend her for overcoming everything. I know she is going to be a strong women and she will do wonderful things with her life.

By on April 22, 2008 8:09 PM

Re: Cate Do you know her? Do you know the other family? We only see what the camera lets us see!We don't know what happened behind closed doors now do we. Have you been in her shoes? How would you act if your mother died, your dad married right away and a new person is now in charge? I don't think she was selfish or a spoiled brat, I just think she was hurting and confused about her feelings.I am guessing there are apologies owed on everyones part! have a nice day.

By on April 22, 2008 1:53 PM