I have a friend who came on holiday with me (5*, all inclusive, everything paid for her so not exactly jungle) and she just sat around complaining that she'd been 11 days without her 'bub' and how she couldn't go a day without texting him...she showed me the texts too...it was the most mundane stuff like "going to breakfast now, bubs, then we're going to sunbathe," and "on a sunlounger, bub," I nearly bit through my lip pretending i thought it was sweet. I wanted to ask her how she felt families in army felt.

People act weird about the whole not seeing their other half. Some people don't mind because they like their own space within a relationship, others are quite dependant on a man/woman. :/ I live away from my family a lot (Uni) and often dont see them for months. It's not exactly like someone has chopped your upper body off.

I don't know but Vincent's partner and son were on the plane with Denise Van Outen when she flew out to do the ITV2 show.

If all the families flew out there, what happens to other 9 families? Does everyone wait there for the duration of the show until the celebs are voted out/win?

Yes, I think so. When they do the round up show at the end, it seems that everyone's families are there.

I believe the emotion personally. They are in this completely unreal situation where they have to do what they are told and they have no idea how they are being edited or what's being said about them. It's not the being away from home, it's the powerlessness and paranoia built into the situation that would freak most of us out. They act all friendly with everyone but they don't know who is talking about them behind their backs, who is game-playing - and they know the show has total control over how they are made to look. Going on this show is a gamble - it might boost your career, it might damage it - and at this stage they have no idea how they're doing except that Joey is being voted for for almost everything. And then suddenly they see someone they really know, someone they completely trust, a little bit of home and sanity when they didn't expect it - and they get emotional.

But not everyone's like you I personally couldn't go a day without seeing my kids and I like to see my mum almost everyday I couldn't imagine not seeing her for a week.

What paradise it would be - I don't think I'd be running over giving my hubby a snog and crying - I'd be like bloody hell - he still won't give me peace!

But, they are being paid big money to be there.

I could have clarified better...she'd been seeing him about four months at the time. I can understand people with children or who are used to seeing their parents everday.

So what? Getting a big fat fee counts for **** all when you are in an unfamiliar pressure cooker situation at the mercy of a TV edit and completely cut off from the people you care most about in the world. Jesus Christ, why does everything have to be about money? I think we all take for granted the fact that our partners are only a phone call or a text message away nowadays.

Being in that strange situation and then being suddenly and unexpectedly reunited with your spouse must play havoc with your emotions whether you're being paid a pittance or a king's ransom. I don't doubt for a second I'd react exactly the same were I in that situation and out of nowhere reunited with my wife.

Well ur friend did seem OTT from your post like people that update statuses to include going to the toilet and having a cup of tea but some people are like that.

I am extremely family orientated and couldn't imagine spending a couple of weeks without contact with mine, I would find it extremely distressing but for 50k + I would probably do it but I need the money more than the celebs

I think so too. And they've hardly starved.

I went on holiday with a mate and I didn't phone home once...... She phoned home a couple of times a day to talk to her dog.

People on here have clearly never been in any sort of situation like this, which is why they think it's just a piece of cake.

Going on holiday and not missing your other half is not even close to this type of thing.

They are sleeping outside, in the jungle, every night, with rats, spiders and snakes around them, in hammocks and camp beds, being watched constantly, crapping in a hole, bathing in a creek, doing trials, they're with people they had previously never met whom they may not even like, hungry, eating rice, beans and other wildlife.

They all probably have a fairly cushty life outside too remember, so it will be quite a shock to their system.

Is there any wonder why they are a little emotionally strained????