To ask what type of parent would you be matched with on wife swap

[Millsbills]

Rewatching some classic wife swap earlier, first time watching when actually a wife/mother myself.

it got me wondering what type of person I’d be matched with to swap.

For those that don’t watch it, families are usually matched based on being polar opposites. Think tiger mum swapped with a mum who hasn’t managed to get her kids into school all year, a woman who has organised their wedding down to the height of the grass and a woman who is planning to get married in a weeks time with no prep.

So I’m wondering, what type of parent/partner do you think you’d be ‘matched’ with. Who would be the ying to your yang?

Same as luba. Living in a yurt somewhere rural, vegan, hours from the nearest shop or park etc.

I like my way of parenting but some days I think Sainsburys ought to be on the birth certificate.

Perhaps Someone very outdoorsy or into sports. Maybe the sort of driven person whose children are elite athletes and who spends all their time taking them to competitions and wanting them to win.

Stepford wife type I think.

Someone very strict and Gina Ford. Hates crafts and baking with kids and stuff as hates mess. Very well-presented, immaculate home.

Reading these replies has made me reconsider mine!

Forgot about Vegans in Yurts and the Saturday hike families!!

I’d probably be swapped with a very spontaneous person/family. I’m very type A, not to the extent where I’m overly tidy but everything has to be planned and organised years in advance (planned my wedding down to the date even before meeting DH )

Would love to be one of those people who actually learn something from the experience too!

Oh no I could be your swap 🤣

when we got married I literally just asked them on the phone when the next available date was. 6 weeks time? Ok!

I used to love wife swap!

hmm, someone with flashy car, nails done, knows how to apply make up, tidy house, who’s kids sleep? Husband would be big gym goer who doesn’t cook

One who lets her children stay up late, or sits with them for hours to ssh them to sleep, doesn’t take her kids outside unless it’s really hot.

Anyone remember the one with the woman who kept loads of fermenting food in jars and freaked out about the other mum using bleach in her house?!

Someone who cleans a lot, or has really high standards of cleanliness.

Someone who is really frivolous with money.

Someone who is really athletic and wants to go on runs, to the gym, bike rides etc all the time.

A SAHM with 1, very quiet, well behaved DC and an immaculate house to match her immaculate clothes, hair and makeup. And a controlling husband who doesn’t do any of the cooking or housework…

I'd be swapped with someone who lives in the middle of a city in a spotless modern house, who goes to the gym, has a high flying job, never gets dirty and hates animals.

They'd have to put up with my chaotic, ancient ramshackle farm house, 500 animals, cow shit and mud. DH would just be bemused by a high achieving high flyer and spend his time hiding or being stressed about being polite and nice. 😂

John McCririk and Edwina Curry

Yep

A crunchy, new age-y, hippy dippy mum.

And my blood pressure would probably be through the roof by the end of it.

Anyone remember that awful racist family from Birmingham? The mum insisted she wasn't racist as she liked Patrick from Eastenders 😮

You would be swapped with me! 🙈😂

Just reading this is giving me chills!

Perfect swap

I'd be matched with someone who practises "relaxed and gentle" parenting.

A house proud surrendered wife type.

Id be swapped into a stay at home mum and a household full of kids with scheduled activities every night with a husband who worked long hours so i had to cook with a really tiny budget. Added to this they would have a tiny internet bandwith.

I also had a 7 week old baby when we got married 🤣

We’re very spontaneous last minute people. Anything I do is generally planned on the day.

Hmm, probably some sort of WAG type. One who doesn't work, spends all day getting hair and nails done and shopping, with a nanny that does all the childcare/cooking, etc.

I'd be bored shirtless and moaning about the waste of money.

Probably a Bree Van De Kamp type. Someone ultra clean, tidy and organised. Unemotional and controlled. Or an extremely outdoorsy crunchy vegan 'stop oil' protestor type. I'm quite boring and middle of the road so either extreme would work for me I guess.

Probably some crunchy hippy who's kids are allowed to run wild in the name of "expressing themselves."

Or, as we're all geeky gamers in our house, someone who bans screens entirely.