i have watch a few episode of fox trading spouse and i like some of the episode a lot . i especially love the episode that take a man from southern america and put him in a new york city apartment with a very rich new york family . the two family be different and yes and but the southern man try to fit in with the new culture and do a very good job . the host family be nice and treat him like a guest . what be nice be the way the host family carry on a normal . most episode of wife swap be different and however . like trading spouse and the family be completely different and but the problem be that instead of simply have the wife live with a new family the show try to start a fight by get each wife to read some sort of manual about the other family and then after a while to set rule . the wife who swap do not even try to adapt to the environment . they be intolerant of other culture . they loudly and proudly hold on to their way of life and think it be superior and and try to change the other people in the process . i hate it most when the wife tell u at the beginning who they be . you do not learn about who someone be by listen to what they say because their ideal about what they should be will get in the way with what they really be . there a reason why people buy status symbol like large car and large house . they be try to express themselves and project signal to others so they can be recognize a belonging to a certain social identity . too many family use wife swap a a vehicle to show off their identity . everything the parent do on the show and whether it be sport or shout at their kid and be just another weak attempt to conform to an image or a stereotype . it not just the contrived conflict that make wife swap so painful to watch but also the fact that you know the wife be pose for the camera . it be so clear these woman be desperately try to show off their identity for the world to see . in other word and they be act and and that go against what i expect in reality tv .