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Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
So they bought a new Tesla to replace the other one. Yet they're soooo busy and important they Uber-ed to Chattanooga to pick up the Tesla. While they say they had a ride, if it was a friend or brother, no way would both of you be sitting in the back as your chauffer drove. Uh they do have another car - most people would drive that one for the 2 hr ride and then each person drives back one car. But then you can't film content together on the way back . . . Plus it's only poor ppl who'd care enough to save on a $150 uber . . . . And awesome respect for the new possession they (or Layla) worked so hard to buy. On the trip home, they had to stop at Arbys to get chicken nuggets and whatever else. Uh you really need to eat in the car on your first trip in a brand new car?? Are you toddlers who simply can't wait a few hours for food, so you must christen the new car with chicken grease and crumbs ASAP? Is there a video of K&T's new house? I can't imagine it's sitting well with C&E that K&T lived in an apartment for barely 6 mos and then walzed into a 500k house. Granted Trav has family money - in the form of some made up position that his family's school probably throwing off 250k in salary for him - on top of the fact that I think their YT, IG etc. has more views than C&E and they appear to advertise for bigger companies than C&E. But still in the sibling competition, it can't feel great that K&T and J&K are definitely better off financially. I know J&K haven't moved yet but they've purchased land and likely will have a forever custom built home. Cue a pregnancy for C&E to take some attention away and/or whining about how this is just a starter home and they feel they're outgrowing it already - despite dropping $$ on their monstrosity of a backyard 2 seconds ago. -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
And posting content this morning from the Biltmore in Asheville NC - as that mansion is all decked out for Christmas. I get it it's kind of a local trip for them - prob 2-4 hrs driving. But WTH you JUST got back from Dubai, needed and IV on Saturday and you need another trip?? Apparently there were there yesterday/last night as people are commenting on her IG that they met her last night. . . . Guess that's what happens when you need to generate a living via content, you need to keep doing things so people watch. Who is this Sophia Hill person? Tags her in the Biltmore pics and mentions her as a friend but come on do these people have friends for real? Is that another IG influencer that they're cozying up to? -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
So Dubai was officially a snoozefest? They posted so little content while there - and I'm sure Visit Dubai was thrilled bc they'd post minimal content and tag Visit Dubai in the smallest possible font in unreadable colors often in places where you can't click on IG. I assume bc they got so much criticism of their trip, selling out their kids to become influencers to get free trips like this - they were trying to keep it low profile and act like it was a vacation? And I'm sure they were pissed bc they were totally reading comments while there and while they likely hoped everyone would be sooo impressed and jealous, more than half the commentors were annoyed and/or like I'm done with you, you're fake. We know they were reading bc Carlin was liking the nice comments and replying to the - where did you get your outfit comments - lol But aside from spa days and eating lots of pizza and pancakes at the hotel and going to various buildings nearby to see the view, it seems like they spent a few hours in Old Dubai with Carlin half heartedly saying - oh Dubai isn't just skyscrapers, it has history and culture too?? Said as if they totally did not care about said history and culture - which they didn't. They basically walked around old Dubai taking pics of themselves. Then they went to the desert and cosplayed Aladdin - more pics of themselves. And then they were done. I mean seems like they spent their last evening at Top Golf Dubai eating nachos - you know what they do on every damn double date with Trav/Katie in Knox or when hanging with his family in Nashville. I'd def travel halfway across the world to play golf and eat nachos at the same chain that's 15 min from my house. ๐ Only mildly interesting part of the trip was the guy hitting on Carlin pretty much ready to ask her up to his hotel room and Carlin basking in it. In case you missed it - I think the original IG reel is on Reddit; what they have on IG of it now is very edited bc the original got soooo many comments re Carlin having heat with this dude. They made this huge deal about how they were getting together with a local in Dubai. Turns out he's an American living in Dubai prob working for Dubai tourism (fixed that in the edited reel). He takes them to sushi. Carlin does her usual omg sushi, raw fish, IDK, I've never had it, I'm such a dumbass I can't even hold chopsticks. Carlin is sitting between this dude and Evan and the dude is 100% flirting - egging her on to try stuff, mocking her, leaning in her direction. And Evan - the gay bestie in his CRAAZY hat - totally is egging on the flirting, encouraging the guy to keep flirting?! He had zero clue that this guy was flirting with his woman and his woman was eating it up!? Can you imagine if it were Kelton - he'd have his hand firmly planted on Josie's ass to let the dude know he can talk, but he's the one hitting it later. Only these two can make Dubai boring. Though the IG today recapping the trip starts with Evan saying the Dubai tourism tagline - Habibi (meaning - my love) come to Dubai - in an Arab accent๐. Guaranteed they learned not one other word of Arabic. -
Rhetorical question with this family but can't anything EVER be private? K&T are in SC visiting Bill and Jane. Katie making a big deal about Harvey meeting his great grandparents. So Katie walks in and as always has to introduce herself to Bill - both she and Kelly who is there say, she's Katie, your granddaughter. Bill as always asks where they live and is shocked that they came from Knoxville so far away - as Katie explains they live where Dad - Gil - lives. And then there is a moment of lucidity bc after a pause where you'd expect he wouldn't remember he goes - Katie Grace you grew up on us. Like it clicked for a second who she was and he even remembered her middle name, which no one had said. Very sweet but IMHO a super private moment. And then the rest was him being out of it and they had to put that on IG too. Katie is making a big deal about Hailey talking to Papa Bill. Hailey is standing at the foot of his recliner laughing and making all kinds of noise and he doesn't even notice. Then at some point Jane says Bill look down, look at that baby, that's Hailey, she's talking to you. He looks down and notices the child and acknowledges there's a child there. I mean clearly he wasn't with it but gotta publicize that too . . . . Gotta earn that living. I don't watch their YT but I suspect the next YT will have lots of this; these are just the IG "previews" they've put out.
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Erin and Chad: Fifty Shades of Pink
cereality replied to Meredith Quill's topic in Bringing Up Bates
Jesus we're following her idiot sister eating pancakes in Dubai. But reality is so many of these people want to live like 22 yr old college kids. Oh the kid I was subletting my apt from is coming back from study abroad and brought his gf so I can't live there anymore oh ok well guess I'll go crash with mom for Christmas and then couch surf with some friends back on campus and see what opens up next semester. Uh hello Chad you are 37 with SIX kids, you're not 22 and single. And bc you are the owner of the penis in this family, you must provide and yeah that includes "distractions" (his words - that anything that isn't prayer and God is a distraction) like housing. And if you knew you could not or did not want to do that, then you should've let your wife continue to be a #bossbabe like Carlin and Whit. Yeah they're too worldly but ultimately it's their child exploitation on YT that keeps their boutique going and brings in IG income - your wife wanted to do that no, but as the penis owner you vetoed that and made her leave to live your godly path. I imagine Kelly is working the network now for some sweet church friend to come up with a house. But uh this is a family of EIGHT. The church friend houses are the cottage they lived in before or the duplex where Trace/his wife live now, where C&E lived before with 1 kid or the trailer that Bobby lived in when he moved to town before marrying Tori. I guess a church friend will come up with an option like that and they'll have no choice but to squash 8 people in a 2 bed and gush about how organized Erin is and space doesn't matter, it's about God and love. But yeah it's unlikely any church friend is offering up a 3 bed+ home or apartment to these people for free or for a few hundred nominal dollars/mo. I know they're divorced from reality but prices of everything are up these days. If you happen to own a rental home/apt. you are trying to make money on that - beyond your mortgage payment - bc that extra money will only help your daily life. If some time goes by and they aren't able to secure free/nearly free housing in Knox, I wouldn't be surprised if they're off to Oklahoma under the guise of - it's God's will that our kids know their other grandparents better - or to SC under the guise of - God laid it on our hearts to move in with Bill and Jane and care for them. -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
This continues to be the most boring trip ever. Thus far we've been treated to every angle of Evan and Carlin in their outfits while standing on the balcony pretty far from downtown gushing about the view. Last night was some dinner in the sky thing where you pretty much strap into an amusement park ride which lifts you 10 stories and eat dinner dangling up there. Uh guys old news Joe and Kendra Duggar did this on their honeymoon in Greece like 10 yrs ago - bc like you they too could not think of a thing to do in Greece so we had to watch them eat dinner . . . . And then breakfast this morning - I mean who doesn't travel all the way to the Arab world for pancakes, croissants, eggs benedict, and lattes like you can get in America. And tons and tons of footage of Carlin brushing teeth and doing her hair and getting ready every morning. Stay tuned for malls next I guess. I love to travel and can't imagine leaving the country and thinking the highlight was showering at the W hotel, a massage at the W, and pancakes . . . at the W!? And yes I mean to be rude but Evan and Carlin very much give off a roommate vibe these days. Like on these "fit checks" which I can't see any male doing, he comes across like her bestie girlfriend. They did one in the elevator (eff you anyone waiting for the elevator, we gotta do 5 takes to get this right, you can take the stairs) and they kissed and I've seen grandpas and grandmas kiss with more passion than that!? -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
Yep some kind of sponsorship with the W as she's mentioned the W 8000 times in one day. And did the W have pics of her kids up in the hotel room - lol - guess it's part of the - aww we knew we'd miss our kiddos sooo much, we had pics sent to the hotel to have them tacked up before we came. But lol totally worthwhile to fly around the world for a W hotel - which looks exactly like the ones in NYC and ATL - and the W spa which again they have in NYC; and to eat steak, fries, and margherita pizza and drink chamomile tea at night and hotel coffee on the balcony in the morning. Lol. I realize they're playing the awww we're jet lagged card. But I suspect we'll see one mall after the next as Dubai has a lot of those as well as meals at Ruth Chris, Cheesecake Factory, and McDonalds . . . all chains that have made it there. Can't imagine going that far and not eating kabobs and pita and hummus at most meals followed by Arab desserts and coffee and no you don't even need to go to hole in the ground establishments to get that - your hotel will have that albeit not the most authentic. But I can see Carlin yucking it up when she sees certain rice dishes are eaten by hand - though again - western hotel, you can still order rice and lamb and eat it with a fork. I mean this chick set up a camera on the plane so we could watch her eat dinner as if none of us have ever seen that process before. She takes one look at the first class dinner, wrinkles her nose, asks Evan what it is, he says cavier, she passes the plate over to him - and then we watch her butter bread as if no one in the world has ever buttered bread before. And she eats bread and fruit for dinner. Uh yeah so I don't see her ordering spicy kabobs anyplace. And btw you're in first class - if you don't eat seafood, why didn't you order a meat or vegetarian meal?? I know they need to be "on the go" to stay relevant as influencers. And I actually watch a lot of travel IGs esp since covid as I'm less comfortable jumping on a plane and going. Uh they're still boring?! Maybe not to fundies I guess. But their travel compared to legit anyone else - even people who do it lower budget - is boring . . . . I'm not fascinated by you going to the spa and eating bread and butter and pizza, I do those things myself. I want you taking me around an old city and random popping into some book store or some pastry shop as I admire how old it all is, the architecture etc. -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
So these two morons are headed to Dubai, first class. Lol. It's the hot place for influencers now - they'll all been flocking there in the last year since Beyonce did the concert there for the opening of the Atlantis hotel. Wanna bet they had to look on a map to see where Dubai even is and they seem like the types who prob don't realize it's not a country, it's a city. I mean the Middle East . . . Muslims, omg. But fear not you can make your Dubai experience 1000% western so all they're going to do is eat in hotel restaurants, which will have any type of burger or pizza you want, and go to the luxury shopping malls gawking at how shiny they are and how high end the goods are. They ain't stopping by a mosque for a tour or to Old Dubai for a tea and Knafeh or to an old school Arab souk market where you see average ppl and ppl loudly haggling for goods in Arabic - though Old Dubai does have a touristy Sbux so we may see them there. Wonder who is comping this - they didn't tag the airlines so it's not free tix from Air France (and airlines tend not to be desperate for free advertising anyway so it makes no sense to give first class tix to these nothing influencers). Bc if they are laying out their own money and credit card points for this uh good luck bc the insta in Dubai trend is like a year old. No one is eagerly waiting to watch this as brand new footage. Oh and douchebag Evan got flagged for additional security at the airport. Uh maybe having a camera and mic around your neck was the tip off? You really can't even put that in the bag as you go thru TSA? -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
IDK how C&E don't look at Z&W's kids and feel like their own kids are a disaster. But then that would involve thinking about something other themselves and filming for 2 seconds. Which of Z&W's kids just had a birthday? IDK if it was the girl who is Layla's bestie or the other one. But the birthday child next to Layla was ridiculous. She is at least a foot taller than Layla. Beyond that just the way that she was saying thank you to Carlin/Evan for saying happy birthday and for her gifts seemed light years beyond where Layla is. Meanwhile Layla was pulling stuff out of the child's gift bag in the parking lot saying - we got you this, we got you that etc. - and as always you really couldn't understand what she was saying because even at nearly 5 she still doesn't speak clearly. Whit took her older kids plus Layla - who always arrives with her entire family of 4 - to Disney on Ice. Whit's kids sit there in their own seats watching the show. Layla OTOH is all over the place - in Carlin's lap, in Whit's lap, in her own seat performing animatedly for Carlin's camera. And of course bc no outing is complete without it, chowing down on a HUGE bag of cotton candy, while dropping pieces down the front of her dress, digging around inside her dress the way you'd imagine an 80 yr old lady on a sitcom digging around her brassiere to pull something out. All while Carlin films and is like omg she's such a mood ๐. Interesting that Z&W's kids didn't appear to be snacking at all during the show. But then I imagine Z&W fed them lunch before the show and didn't expect snacks at the show to be lunch. I highly doubt Whit would deny her kids a treat at a birthday outing if they wanted it, but I guess since they aren't parented by being ignored and then having sugar thrown to them to shut them up -- they possibly don't want snacks all the time; or maybe they got one bag to share between 3 siblings, had a few pieces and gave it to mom to hold. And did anyone catch the recent IG with Zade standing outside the doctor's office? They're going on about how they found a new dr so the kid's checkup was delayed but the other one was too far. Too far? You're unemployed - is driving 15 min extra for your child that big of a deal? I'm guessing they are being dropped by providers when douchebag Evan comes with to a doctor's office with a camera around his neck and then they film in exam rooms, likely even after they are warned not to. It was interesting that this time we didn't get film of Zade snacking on the exam table or any other filming in the drs office. I'm guessing they decided not to chance it with the new dr on appointment #1. But Carlin makes this big production of - oh he's totally fine, dr. said he doesn't need speech therapy AT ALL, BUT we got him a speech therapy appointment anyway. SURE. We totally believe that you are going to spend $$$ on your kid's development if he doesn't need it. Meanwhile this kid is 2.6 years old and you cannot understand a word he says. She legit posted an IG this morning and according to her he is saying something like - I love you to the moon and the trees and the stars - you cannot make out one word of it. At Disney on Ice he was screaming out to Mickey Mouse - as Maa Maa. Layla was the same way at that age too and even at almost 5 not super clear. What on earth is going on in the household!? Wonder if they even know about the tariffs their boy has planned? Businesses that sell goods are planning for it - either expediting inventory purchases to buy more now or by trying to source inventory from other places. -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
Who are these Sophia and Taylor Watts people whose home in ATL Whit and Carlin and their husbands/kids just went and stayed at? Hanger oners? People who want their goods featured at BSB? Fellow YouTubers/influencers? IDK how they'd have sweet friends from church in Atlanta. I assume they're headed back to Knox bc they've made their stop at the convenience store with kids standing in the candy aisle picking out bottles of sugar. Def a special treat bc of a road trip, these kids don't even get sugar otherwise ๐ -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
So Carlin and Evan came off more cringey than ever in their Vols football game IG this weekend. Woohoo tailgating. Woohoo sideline passes for the warmup. Evan was salivating about how cool and once in a lifetime this whole thing was. Uh had you gone to college instead of running to marry at 21 and 24 - and basically sitting around until those ages so you'd be allowed to marry - you would have been doing this every weekend with a bunch of buddies. Evan came off like a douchebag - a stereotypically feminine one at that - as he apparently can't go anywhere without shopping and talking about shopping. He's holding a huge bag of crap he'd already bought from the UTenn store, then holding a huge water cup he had to have, debating with Carlin whether to get Zade a jersey with #1 or a current player's number or Peyton Manning's # - which of course Carlin said would slay. Uh pretty sure that's not how you use that word. I realize that esp in the south and in Big 10 country, tons of people are fans of flagship state u football teams even if they didn't go to school there. But it's even more amusing that Josie & Kelton and Evan & Carlin go to these games and have soooo much fun "tailgating" with energy drinks and love it sooooo much, but if any of their kids wanted to go to UTenn. Oh hell no. I mean girls - def not - they are raising them to do online or unaccredited college like their mamas if they want and get married off. Boys will be pushed into the trades - so Kelton's boy can take his biz and Evan's boy has a backup just like daddy did. I mean maybe just maybe they'd allow a boy to go to UTenn if he had dreams that required a real education like being a doctor but let's be real they're also setting them up to not have those dreams/not be capable of those dreams bc k-12 "school" with Josie and Carlin in no way prepares you to handle college freshman biology or chemistry, let alone medical school. Interesting thawing of relations between J&K and C&E. At first it seemed like it was just Carlin and Josie only for the benefit of the kids having "best friends" - and that was noticeable after they had a relative in South Carolina pass. It kind of seemed like it was maybe just seeing big picture. Then there came the influencer collaboration relationship - i.e. the trip to New England - as it seems both of their sales are falling. But now the husbands are tolerating each other!? It may very well be Josie convincing Kelton that she needs to influencer collab with Carlin so he needs to deal with Evan. Bc usually with these things you see Kelton ignoring Evan - but this time they took some pics together, Kelton was weighing in on what Evan should buy the kids. And I guess Carlin is good to go health wise bc given her issues - energy drinks?? -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
So the only place they go is church - that's where they're meeting these friends. Mega churches in the bible belt are huge. People want to develop a social life thru church but it can be hard bc they're big and a lot of the population will be much older. So here's this young loud fun seeming couple about your age with kids your kids' ages. Great. Friend potential. New friends right off the bat invite you over but stick you with a task - hang up my Christmas lights, cook dinner on my new grill bc IDK how (they did this w some other church couple and the husband of that couple was out there cooking up fried rice as they likely realized if they didn't cook, there'd be no food - C&E didn't even have ingredients ready; this couple had already arrived and Evan was coming home with groceries that included basics like salt); help watch my kids or scrub my tub bc we've moved (that woman from when Carlin was unwell - Chrissy? Catlin? Can't remember). So people do it bc they've already committed to coming over, hey friends help each other, they'll be there for us too. Then they quickly realize that C&E aren't coming to your house next week to hang your Christmas lights or cook you dinner and they certainly are NEVER watching your kids or scrubbing your tub. And then we never see these people again as they realize it is just a grift not a friendship. As time has gone by we see them hanging out with fewer and fewer people their own age. I'm guessing bc their reputation has gotten around at church. -
Meet the Parents: Gil and Kelly Jo Bates
cereality replied to Meredith Quill's topic in Bringing Up Bates
Yes but Kelton's biz is pretty big now. They usually post a picture of their work Christmas party every year and it's easily 15-20 guys. Plus Kelton has said that now he mostly manages the business and even with that seems like he's successful enough that he has delegated responsibility to others - like he hired someone to head up marketing, someone else for finance, plus he has Bobby. So yeah I don't think he's handling last minute calls himself. He likely has a call schedule where two guys are on every weekend. Maybe he puts himself on the call schedule occasionally to show that he isn't just a suit (he has said that's important to him) but I highly doubt that's being the owner he couldn't just have been like nah not this weekend, I'm solo parenting. When did Katie push out this kid? Has it even been a month? Bc who on earth hauls their one month old on flights thru LaGuardia or Boston Logan (I'm assuming - that's typically how you get to New England) which are massively crowded airports for something this . . . vapid?! I know I know covid is fake; RSV whatever. And then they had him on train rides and in restaurants there and Carlin was gushing about how some nice lady on the train gave her Advil bc her neck hurt from the flight - so yep I'm sure they had strangers cooing all over the baby. And uh they were doing exactly nothing in NH. It looks like they sat in the house, modeled clothes, took pics, went to a few meals, and went on a train ride - WTF Carlin don't take pills from strangers, stop by CVS!? You could tell the trip had nothing to do with Kelly bc they went to NH AFTER PEAK?! Who does that?? I mean New England peak that far north is not gonna be in late Oct. And people who are going for actual fall season keep an eye on these things. If the point was to go on her actual bday but still get peak season, you go further south. I mean I'm in Va. and we're peaking now so of course New England is done. But clearly it was a hastily thrown together IG trip so whatever. But yeah the foliage from that train ride looked pretty pathetic - not a whole lot left on the trees/in the forests. Kelly at one point DID try to seek out the attention. Gushing about how she never thought she'd get to do this and it's soooo much money. Just looked it up and while I don't know which exact route they chose, for Conway Railway - the ticket prices range from $68 to $198 at their most expensive. Like bitch get a grip, you guys go to outlet malls, Sbux, and random budget airline flights to Fla. which you don't board until you buy out a convenience store and drop $198. Like don't act like you never get to spend on yourself. It's interesting to me that Josie is feeling the pressure to keep her dumb IG biz going. I mean I get why Katie and Carlin feel it - their men do exactly nothing. But Kelton earns more than a good living; they bought land; are looking to build a house. Though I do think Kelton being a responsible adult is frugal - not in a bad way, but in a responsible long term planning way. He's the one who is always saying cooking at home saves them so much money; he bought a used SUV rather than running out and buying the 100k vehicles all her siblings get. They seem to treat going out to get coffee as a treat like on weekends. Josie is always gushing about her coffee at home being so great, when in reality she's probably been convinced by budget conscious Kelton that a $6 Sbux every time she leaves the home isn't a good value, even if her siblings do it. So I'm guessing Josie is thinking that if her income dwindles and she becomes a full time SAHM - which lets be real Kelton prob wants - all the extra perks like non stop shopping or 4 vacations a year are gone. She'll be buying clothes at Kohls only when she needs them and they'll take a normal 1-2 vacations per yr. And given the comparison in this family, I'm sure she'll feel totally left behind as Carlin and Katie and Whit spend and vacation. -
Meet the Parents: Gil and Kelly Jo Bates
cereality replied to Meredith Quill's topic in Bringing Up Bates
Yes Kelton has a job and the other 2 sons in law don't but to be fair - they were away on a Sat/Sunday. Carlin was posting videos of Evan taking the kids to church, asking what fast food they wanted for lunch after, asking if they'd watch football with him. I don't think they returned until Monday night/Tuesday so yeah I could see using Michael on the weekdays as she provides their regular childcare, but no reason Kelton couldn't have watched his kids for the weekend. But let's be real. It isn't coincidental that Josie used to make SUCH a big deal flattering Kelton and gushing about he was such a great dad bc he'd watch kid #1 when she used to work weddings on Saturdays. It's like she had to keep him flattered into watching his own kid. At that time he sucked it up and did it bc his business wasn't established yet and they needed the money. Then as his biz grew and kid #2 came along, very quickly watching his own kids was beneath him and we suddenly saw Josie rarely working weddings and when she did it would be Thursday/Friday weddings - i.e. she could use Michael for regular weekday childcare and not bother Lord Kelton. And then with kid #3 - and as she's very likely been pushed out of the wedding hair biz by her own employees bc they are the ones on the ground meeting the bridesmaids and booking their upcoming weddings for themselves not for Josie's biz - suddenly Josie announces she's out of the wedding biz and only selling plastic crap online. The sister trip came across as a very desperate influencer trip. I mean up until a few months ago, they were all sooooo successful, they'd never overlap social media, they had their own "businesses" blah blah. And now as I'm willing to bet sales for all their crap are down significantly - as ppl just don't have the money to spare as cost of living remains high - now suddenly they're collaborating. I mean Josie could never be bothered to even go to the BSB sales just to stop by. Now she's selling her hair noodles there. All 3 of them were using the hair noodles on the dumb NH trip gushing about how great they are. Josie was promoting BSB's cheap tacky clothing. Wonder if a bit of financial panic has set in. Yeah Trav comes from money and Kelton has a legit biz, but honestly these girls have all gotten used to their extras and they know they aren't going on 4 vacations/yr if they don't come up with some money beyond their husbands' incomes. And Carlin has foolishly tied her and her husband's entire livelihood to selling junk on social media. -
Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!
cereality replied to PrincessPurrsALot's topic in Bringing Up Bates
Code for - we could not longer con one of our "friends" to come over and do this for us and my electrician husband is too lazy to do it, BUT the house must be IG perfect for Christmas, so here we are. Either last year or the year before, they had a "friend" out there putting lights up on their house. And as it always goes in these situations with these grifters, the guy was legit checking bulbs, climbing up on ladders and putting lights up on the porch etc while Evan was standing around on the driveway doing exactly nothing. Not that different from when Zach came over and put up their kids' swingset with 2 of their teen neighbors and able bodied young man Evan kind of stood around and watched. Or when Zach was invited over for dinner and had to put together their damn grill and cook up the dinner. I'm shocked they haven't conned Z into this though I assume when it comes to Christmas he plays the - I've got 5 (6?) kids and a wife who wants an IG perfect Christmas too, sorry. I could bet money that they had that friend come out and do Christmas lights under the guise of - all the guys will help each other, so each of us will get this done in less time than doing it alone and it'll be guy time to hang out and chat it up. So Evan has this guy come over and I'm positive doesn't show up when it's his turn to put lights on the other guy's house bc he has to run off to mama's house or whatever -- this was back when they were running to Nashville for long weekends lasting 10 days at a time every single month.