Are We Really Surprised?

I have had about enough of the stories about the goings on of Jon and Kate Gosselin from "Jon and Kate Plus 8". They are pretty high focus around here since they lived in Lancaster until they recently moved to a new million dollar home. Didn't we see this coming the last few years with them getting plastic surgery, teeth whitened, spa days, personal trainers, personal chefs, free trips, the list goes on and on. If you are willing to put your life out there for all to watch, and trade off for the perks that the average person raising 8 kids can't afford, I think it would tend to make you feel like you don't need to depend on your significant other when you have so many others tending to your every need. I have no idea if any of what is being said is true, and don't really care, but what they claim is all for the sake of having the lives of their kids documented, I think it is a pretty big trade off. Real life is about going through struggles, sadness, disappointments, happiness, joy, and simple pleasures, in the privacy of your own world, with the ones who mean the most to you, not with a few million people watching and judging your every move. So no, not really surprised at all.