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How jealous must Alyssa be right now? All these girls have FOMO or at least the middle girls. So Josie is off boating and posting pics as if her and Kelton are a J Crew ad; Carlin left the ER and got there and is staying up until midnight/3 AM eastern after the rehearsal [kudos Carlin - you realize you slept from midnight after the ER to maybe 3 am and have been at the airport or traveling or getting ready since 4 am right but sure do a full 24 hrs awake. I'm sure that'll help you feel better eyeroll]; everyone is rushing to have Katie do their hair; Whit is posting beach pics; and many have dumped their kids off on Michael/Addie/Ellie/Callie or at least their younger kids so this is a vacay for them. And Alyssa thought she was being cool by playing the "I'm not wasting my money for another lame Bates trip" card except they are having a hectic fun time, and all she'll have to show for it is McDonalds coffee pics. I'm betting she posts nothing until tonight/tomorrow morning at the earliest as I imagine it's an afternoon wedding so there will be at least a few siblings posting something this evening + siblings will start posting about their post wedding fun [at least Josie] and others will have airport pics.

Can't separate a fool from her fundie wedding. Evan looked like a grinning idiot at the airport at 4 am and on the plane - as if his wife hadn't just been in the ER 4 hours prior. Sorry to say it but in that sleeping on the plane pic, Carlin was OUT as if she's exhausted - which her body is. They landed in LA around 1030 CA time and are likely arriving in SD by 130ish. Tiff said earlier the rehearsal starts at 230ish. No way they are not going to attend. What are they going to do sit in their hotel until tomorrow and actually have Carlin rest - LOL no. Cue Carlin rushing around to straighten her hair, do some makeup product placements, putting Layla in whatever monstrosity she has chosen, taking pics at the rehearsal event with HER man, and yes telling her story over and over of whatever she's endured since Saturday to get here. Don't have the patience to watch any of the wedding videos but is it accurate that the wedding [or maybe the reception?] is on a boat?? Please tell me you can rent out some Navy ship as an event space and hold your event there while it's anchored? Because if this means that the wedding/party is on an actual yacht type boat, do Carlin and Evan realize that once the boat takes off they are stuck for hours? Whether she feels well or not, there's no saying hi to the couple/taking a few pics/getting the kids some cake and heading back to the hotel early.

11 AM. They had to be up/leaving for the airport at 5 AM. No posts for 6 hours. For normal people that means they’re exhausted getting themselves + 2 kids + all their junk to the airport at dawn and if the kids fell asleep, they’re sleeping on the plane too. With these two it’s odd not to get a shot of Evan loading up the car in the morning or then sitting at the gate w giant coffees or a - we’re coming Law/Tiff message. Again if they were normal I’d say they’re not posting bc they didn’t go and there’s nothing to show bc Evan is letting Carlin sleep all morning or she’s simply sitting on his mothers couch all day and they’ll update in a few hours w - well we didn’t make it. With these two idiots complete silence with no teasers often means something is wrong. I very much want to be wrong here — as much as I hate on them, I obv want them to be well.

There’s something mentally wrong with these two. She had another “episode” today + at least 1 dr said don’t travel but hey it’s ok bc another said it’s fine as long as your hemoglobin doesn’t go down more. So sure drive 3 hrs to Nash after the “episode,” show up at the packed ER at 1030 for blood work. At least they made it out by 12-1230 bc it’s a 5 am flight (or maybe they leave for the airport at 5 am). Uh C&E do you understand that your hemoglobin transports oxygen to your cells? So one of the things that makes you feel terrible with low iron is lifting anything or running bc your oxygenation isn’t as efficient. Do you really think you can travel to Cali w 2 kids and not be hauling a baby carrier, stroller, and your over stuffed luggage - oh plus hauling the actual kids as you run to the airport gates? Do you think Evan can do all that alone so you can just carry your purse + iPhone and saunter to the gate? No? Ok well maybe stay home unless you can pawn both kids off on the in-laws by 5 am. And sorry but these 2 are obsessed w living life for their vlog and the side income it provides - even to their own detriment. Evan walked out of the ER laptop in hand - you know he was like - 2 hr wait, I need to edit footage of what happened this weekend. Evan actually looks tired and stressed but I guess he wants to “party” fundie style in SD too much (plus wants 2 more YT episodes out of it) to pull his headship card and say sorry babe you’ve had 2 “episodes” in 4 days, 10 hrs of flight time to Ca and back is not safe. This isn’t about Law and Tiff at all who’d 100% understand esp this is happening after birthing - you know what she was put on earth to do. And they’d made huge efforts even driving to Nash after she was hospitalized this weekend. This isn’t the same as - eh Cali is far, why waste my time or $$$.

At least Erin is making an effort to attend her brother's wedding and if it's with just 2 kids, that's still better than no one going - esp given that I'm fairly confident that Alyssa/John have more money that Erin/Chad just based on how they live; they're just less interested in family events, which is their choice. Reality is ALL the couples besides Z&W who spend like there's no tomorrow + Michael/Brandon who only need 2 tickets did something to make an expensive trip cheaper for them. For most families it meant flying to/from bigger airports where you get better deals. Even Katie/Trav who aren't hurting for money at all drove up to Newark which is 1hr+ from them for a 5 am flight rather than go out of Philadelphia which is 30 min away bc you're always going to get a better deal out of Newark for a cross country. Evan/Carlin are headed to Nash despite the fact that the wife REALLY could have used an easy local flight having just given birth and all. Josie/Kelton again not hurting for money but flew into LA, where you get a better deal than smaller San Diego. Erin chose to economize by taking fewer people - no shame in that. BUT Erin and Chad DO 1000% prefer Carson - the namesake and the only boy. It was obvious the way they gushed about him in the "we're pregnant" video while back handing all the girls as "yeah they're sweet." I understand Carson has to attend because he's in the wedding. But given that Erin talks to all her brothers [despite her falling out with many of her sisters], I have a feeling Law gave her a heads up that it was very likely going to be a Ca. wedding + he wanted Carson and Brooklyn in it AND Erin was the one who told him -- hmm I doubt we're ALL going to be able to go but we'd def take Golden Boy Carson, put him in but not Brooklyn just in case we don't fly her out. I have a hard time believing that Law asked for Carson but not Brooklyn. He seems close with both of them - he has been showing taking BOTH of them places like the zoo or ice cream w/o their younger siblings and on Brooklyn's birthday he came over late at night to give her some toy and he was the ONLY sibling who did that besides Michael/Brandon who baked her cake. Same way he's close with both Bradley and Kaci and takes them both to his rehearsals etc. sometimes and asked BOTH to be in his wedding. I disagree that at this age they'll forget in a week. 6 and 7 year olds remember fun places they've gone and Carson talking about how much fun Uncle Law's wedding was or how he went to the ocean or saw palm trees or even just the ice cream mommy bought him at the airport [which you can see him eating in Erin's IG video on the layover], yeah it'll hurt Brooklyn's feelings and she'll feel left out and no special at home spa day with mommy or whatever will make up for it. But I guess in this cult get used to it. I mean she's 5.5 - in like 4 years she'll be cooking dinners + washing Carson's underwear, while Carson will not be doing those things.

Yikes money is tight. Not that we didn't know that before given their living situation and Chad's unlicensed contractor gig when sweet friends from church need a kitchen redone. I assume it's just Erin + Carson as Carson is in the wedding, but I guess she could bring the baby too who doesn't require a paid seat. If Chad is staying home, I guess he watches his kids from Tuesday evening until Erin returns which is probably going to be by late Thursday night - I doubt she'd even stay the day Thursday as it'll cost more in hotels + she's got a pack of kids waiting. If Chad is going, they actually do have their own friends [from church] who have watched their kids before for weekends including recently when they went to Fla., so they don't only rely on Michael/Brandon so I'm guessing that couple gets 3 kids. Wonder if Alyssa is experiencing some FOMO as she watches videos of the sibs who've arrived in SD already or the ones who are flying out tonight [and I think Carlin is tomorrow as she said they're staying in Nashville tonight though could also be she has a red eye so it's dinner in Nash at the inlaws' this evening and then head to the airport] including ones like Erin who are making it work even though they couldn't all afford to go. Though if Alyssa ever spoke to her sisters, she could prob have figured out that certain ones like Erin were going w/ just 1-2 kids and she could have decided to do the same. Josie & Kelton made SUCH a big deal re vacationing in Cali and it appears they're doing . . . nothing. Thus far it's been like hanging with the family for church + Mothers Day + now hanging w/ Katie and Lydia since they've arrived -- activities they do in Knox too albeit without palm trees. Interesting to waste $$$ to arrive in SD 5 days early for that. I realize they're staying after the wedding for another 3-4 days so that's when they'll do Disney etc. but still a waste . . . though I imagine they're at least taking the kids to the beach in SD.

She's playing with fire here . . . for no apparent reason. I always thought it was bizarre that they were like YES we are going to Lawson's wedding no matter what, rather than - we'll see how things go after he's born but we can't commit until then. But ok it's her brother's wedding + at least 2 YT videos worth of content from that one for travel and one for the wedding day so there's at least $1000 on the line, so they want to go. Fine. But where people have had a goal of needing to make it cross country for a sibling's wedding after birth, they make sure to spend whatever weeks they have really resting, recovering, dr. appointments etc. to make sure they are good to go. C&E have been running around like she didn't push out a kid 6 weeks ago. I mean hosting his family as soon as she came home; then running off to see his family for Easter weekend - which comes with all the requisite packing and unpacking before/after; going to "work" within like the first two weeks - I realize it's just sitting and gabbing but you still have to get out the door; noticeably she pulled back from work after a week or so but she did a cash and carry this weekend; buying a house and running to Home Depot nightly; date night w Z&W?! Oh and all the while she has been saying - "I feel off, I need to get my levels checked" - but I doubt think they were checked until her appt just a week ago. And all of this has been fueled by a steady diet of corn dogs as she has gone on and on about craving Sonic all the time and sometimes going there more than once a day?? I realize at 24 many of us worked hard and played hard and ate whatever. But for most of us that meant all nighter for exams and then staying up to party after exams and when we crashed we crashed. We hadn't just given birth after a high risk pregnancy and when we crashed if we wanted to sleep until 2 pm we could - there wasn't a newborn needing to eat every 3 hours. I don't get these people. They want to live the college student life but with newborns in tow. I get they think birth is NBD bc mom squatted down and gave birth two dozen times, but clearly the girls aren't has hearty as mom. I mean Carlin had a high risk pregnancy w/ the clotting issues and the plan was she'd have to take shots even 1-2 months after the pregnancy; I think the plan was amended as she was given more shots DURING the pregnancy - but clearly there is something the drs. were seeing from a blood perspective that concerned them for after the pregnancy too. And yet here they go dashing from one useless thing to another and then wedding cross country and then come back to a "business trip" [give me a break you're hardly an investment banker whose Wall Street bank will fire them for not going] and right after that will be the move bc they refuse to pay rent for an extra month. And oh yeah all while covid continues to be a thing and they'll chill maskless in planes for 5+ hours. They're so un/under-educated, a part of me wonders if they actually understand anything drs. tell them. Like I'm sure the high risk drs. explained why shots after the pregnancy may be needed [and then why they weren't] - how much of that sunk in, like what are the risks requiring shots and even without shots required, do we need to be mindful of anything after birth?

I think it's been "compelling" watching Tori become a mother because was never compelled by her in any other way. I think he's positively surprised that he has fallen in love with her or at least with their life. I mean it was clear how annoyed he was by her when dating, engaged, at the wedding, and even on the honeymoon. He clearly was the typical Christian college grad who felt like OMG I need to marry ASAP, I can't stay a virgin forever. And because he was led around by best friend Kelton who had his life all planned out and was going back to Knox after graduation, well wouldn't it be nice to meet a Tenn. girl and then I'd get to do life with my bestie. Well just so happens the mega family he's trying to marry into has another daughter for me to, great, I'll take that one . . . . Except that one [like the rest of them] had no idea who she was at the time and thus was led around by Carlin - acting loud, obnoxious etc., which clearly did NOT match his personality. But whatever she wants to marry me ASAP, let's go. He's lucky that Tori really has found herself, and it turns out her true place is mothering - she actually seems to have a heart for children much like Michaela and doesn't seem like she's just having kids for status or to carry them around like Gucci bags like Carlin/Alyssa. And he seems to LOVE being a dad - like the smile definitely reaches the eyes now in a way that it did not when he was dating/marrying Tori. He's going to be 26 with 4 kids under age 4-5 and he looks no where near as stressed/aged as Chad ever did at his age. I think he'd be content to end up with 6-10 kids. I imagine it works for him bc he's at work all day, he gets home around 5ish and then it's play with the kids and divide and conquer to get them all fed/bathed/in bed with Bible stories within 3 hrs. At that point both of them are so tired, how much are they really talking to each other? And it's rinse and repeat the next day and it seems like he'd be content to keep repeating that for the next decade as they have kids 5-10. It prob also works for him that as Tori has become calmer and quieter, she's gravitated towards the quieter/more religious sisters with like minded husbands; I can see him being content hanging out with Chad and Brandon. When he wants a bit more light hearted joking around, Zach lives 2 minutes up the road still. And then there's bestie Kelton at work, and given that he works in a 15 person company made up of all young guys - I assume he's picked up a few friends at work too. So yeah I think life came together for him bc it turned out he loves dad life and ended up with a wife who loves birthing babies yearly.

I'm unclear on why G&K even needed to be there starting Saturday except that they just want to chill in Cali for a while. Yet obv the more dependents that go with them for Sat-Thursday night/Friday morning, the more hotel rooms or bigger AirBnB they need. So parents of the year decide they'll go early and prob just rent a small AirBnB/one hotel room for Saturday-Monday and then as others start bringing their dependent children, Gil will then open up his wallet for a bigger place to house them from Monday/Tuesday-Thurs. I mean just because Josie/Kelton wanted a vacation and can afford it and are taking all their kids with them, doesn't mean G&K needed to do the same?? Thus far the only kids we've seen with them were Warden/Isiah - and you know Gil requires them and Jackson to pay for their own way/contribute to any house G&K rents since they are grown and working. Jackson clearly has stepped back from the family so while he'll be there, I imagine he'll arrive the day before the wedding just like he did for both Nathan and Katie. G&K had no problem dumping Jeb/Jud and having Michael/Brandon bring them. Addie/Ellie/Callie also haven't been seen yet, so I guarantee they're flying with some combo of Carlin, Tori, Whit, and Erin -- under the guise of helping those couples w/ their kids on a 5 hr flight; but really the fewer days their dependents are around, the more G&K can be on vacation and saving money on housing/feeding their own kids. Lazy ass parents - no different than the Duggars at all, just put on a better show.

While you can get paid via IG reality is most companies try to pay you with free goods not actual cash, so you can continue pushing their product. That's why her sisters are so obsessed with IG bc OMG free expensive make up; hair care; vitamins; free junk for their homes; free kids clothes. Most often this stuff is coming from start up brands/brands that are still trying to grow; brands like Sephora have no use for people like the Bates. Erin could do the same and her product placements could be more food related - like those meat subscription services for good cuts of meat could save them some serious $. Then there's things like cookware; and it's not like her kids don't need clothes. But a huge part of me wonders if she shies away from this stuff not only bc she'd have to continuously engage with IG [which she looks down on her sisters for] AND also the lack of storage in their house. She doesn't have room for more cookware or kids clothing even if it's free, nor any room to store huge cuts of meat. I mean on her house tour it seems like each kid gets 1 Rubbermaid bin of clothing to put under the bed and 1 closet shelf, so she'd be over run if clothing arrived monthly. Same with kitchen gadgets - I mean she stores her stand mixer on a shelf above her laundry machine, and that's also their snack cabinet. People don't store their cookies right above where they wash their underwear unless there is legit no room. She needs to jump on YT and make actual cash like Carlin and Evan do; but that requires a video every single week and being engaging enough that you're getting 80-100k view/per week, which I think she could do bc she's not just naval gazing like Alyssa - her videos could be cooking/baking/budget living and there is a market for that. YT can make her actual cash which may speed up the process of getting into a bigger home.

Baby #4 incoming in August - another girl. Damn they'll have 4 kids before their fifth anniversary.

Well they waited 3 mos to get pregnant or it took 3 mos of trying. Married in Oct, pregnant in Jan, baby due in Oct. Another couple with a baby by or before anniversary #1.

Seems like they have made their way to SD now and are sticking around as Josie is asking for Mothers Day restaurant recs for tomorrow. Wedding isn't until Thursday. My guess is they'll do MD stuff with Kelly/whatever family is there tomorrow and then Sun afternoon thru Tuesday do vacation things with just their family [as in J&K with their kids, maybe inviting along some siblings they like/want to hang with] and then on Wed. will likely have to turn up for a wedding rehearsal esp since Josie is doing hair for the wedding. I imagine it's an early/daytime wedding on Thursday as fundie weddings are rarely night time events and then J&K resume their vacationing possibly heading back towards LA, doing Disney and some of the LA sites. Grant Balka gets married in exactly 2 wks and Kelton has said they have 2 days at home before they fly to Fla. for that wedding. That to me means they aren't leaving for 2-4 days after Law's wedding. Interesting in the Q&A on the road when Kelton is prattling on with marriage advice he goes - "being married taught me how selfish I am and most conflicts happen when you're being selfish." And Josie goes "I agree." LOL. I'm sure she was agreeing with "conflicts happen when you're being selfish" but it was very telling how she did NOT speak up when he said "I'm selfish" with the usual "oh noooo babe you're def not." Lol I don't think she can deny that they live and will always live how Lord Kelton wants. Interesting aside Grant Balka works in accounting at a small 5 person CPA firm in Fla. made up of people who appear NOT to be graduates of the fundie college he, his brother, and Bobby went to but rather actual universities in the U. of Florida system; is headed to a masters degree in acct. this fall though who knows if that's to fundie college or a real college. Interesting that there's a brother ok working for others + not working a blue collar job just so he can be his own boss in Tenn. ASAP. Must take more after their dad who worked in IT for years and then later on started his own IT business.

So I rarely watch the Bates' kids videos bc they are like watching paint dry + I really don't want to be contributing to their YT earnings, but I watched the last 2 min of their current video. They are at the SD City Hall to get a marriage license and at one point they joke - hey we'll just get married right now, why not. Of course they didn't - walked out with just the license which has blank lines to be filled out by the officiant, witness etc. on the wedding day. I realize it's just an errand to a courthouse so how fun can it be, but something seems off about both of them now, not just Tiff. They both seem subdued in the car afterwards once they had the license. Even Law who is always annoyingly over the top excited for dumb things - for example OMG this convenience store has Reeses cups w/ potato chips - wasn't. It felt the same when he was posting an IG video from Nashville airport yesterday and then again with the license - the smile just doesn't seem to be reaching the eyes, so to speak. I have a feeling both are having doubts as the enormity of this beyond - OMG a wedding to celebrate ME - is hitting.

Yeah I don't get it. Carlin posts a video this morning where she seems like Layla is thumping on his chest pretty hard. So of course Carlin sits there filming. Uh isn't this when a parent does the whole - nooo be gentle, you can only pat him gently like this - thing??

Their naval gazing knows no bounds as we've now gotten 2 days of - picking up paint samples at Lowes + putting said paint samples on the walls to figure out which hues they pick up. Uh the paints are - Ultra White; Extra White; Pure White. Good luck w/ that. It's effing WHITE. Just pick one and get on with your lives. I understand that there are different types of whites and I get that they are obsessed w/ sharing their lives with leg humpers, but do they not realize that unless you're using professional level UPTV cameras, no one can see the difference between ultra, pure, and extra white on a regular damn iphone?? And I think they all think they their home renos are SOOOO special that they'll end up with sponsorships or an HGTV show for them. In 2 days both C&E and Law have posted videos about how Lowe's is just their second home and they go there EVERY day - both tagging Lowes. Uh so do any number of contractors, I don't see Lowes gifting you a free $5000 stove like your brother bought or anything else bc you go pick up a few gallons of paint, canned lights, and outlet switch plates.

They've already started - the latest question E&C love to ask her "who made you?" The first time, my dirty mind expected her to say "mommy and daddy." Nope - they've taught her to respond God. And yet with zero concern for when she says "God" you can barely understand what she is saying bc she's barely making the G or D sounds - but then E&C praise her effusively and say that's right it was God, so the viewer knows what's going on. Adding to the litany of problem from under/uneducated parents + being around no actual certified teachers or speech therapists if they need it + being around no kids who are any more educated bc none of the cousins or sweet church friends would ever let their child step foot in any kind of school or preschool, I imagine Layla's problem is also that she is parented for the IG and YT cameras. Like it's painfully obvious with that kid that they interact with her in a dotingly obvious way when cameras are on to show how amazing they are as parents and when the camera is off - seems like they toss her a bag of chips and park her in front of the TV.

Yeah I don't see them celebrating Evan at all - like not even acknowledging his graduation, let alone having E&C over. Josie is a lot like Alyssa - she herself doesn't want a ton to do with her family, so given that Kelton doesn't even like his inlaws/has grudges, why is he going to bother? I think Josie is fine with Michael, so Kelton is fine with M&B too. I think M&B haven't taken sides in these sibling feuds and instead prefer to act like everyone's big siblings/responsible parents - so everyone calls them when in need. I assume they hang out at least some with Bobby and Tori too, esp. since Bobby and Kelton are besties and I imagine they want their kids to grow up together; but given that Bobby & Tori don't prefer on social media as much, we don't see their hangouts. And Josie has had Erin over before to do her hair yet it wasn't a sister only hang out as Kelton was hanging out with them and grilling burgers for everyone; and J&K have said before that a cheesecake challenge with Erin would be fun. I think to the minimal extent they hang out with the family, they've fallen in with the more traditional/religious sisters - Erin/Tori/Michael - who incidentally are more interested in hanging out with their own small families, not being in the loud chaotic Bates house with everyone talking over each other - as Carlin and Whit enjoy.

No way Chad will be involved in this reno given whatever the continuing feud is between Erin and Carlin. It isn't surprising that a few of the "bros" were at the house helping do demo on the weekend - likely some combo of Warden/Isiah/Trace with Law mugging for the camera like an idiot. If this was a regular "job" for Chad [even though he likely does these family jobs for minimal profit], then it would be Chad + these guys there with Paine Construction on a regular weekday with Chad or one of the guys and Carlin tagging Paine Construction's IG, which they do for like every job including sibling jobs and often have the homeowner tag the pics as well. Evan said the other day there were going to go meet the contractor at the house, if it was Chad he would've said we're meeting Chad. I'm guessing it's another sweet [unlicensed] friend from church providing contracting services and likely that person has said I'll knock some money off the price if you do some of the job yourself - hence get a crew of brothers over there to do the demo. As for her changing the kid's diaper directly on the couch that was soooo expensive that they had to save up and gift it to each other for Christmas, it's not that she doesn't know how that could go wrong - it's that she's a slob who doesn't care. I mean who puts any kid's dirty ass right ON the couch with nothing underneath them; the couch where BTW the other kid snacks all day long, dropping food and picking up and eating it. And while Layla is speaking more than she used to, has anyone else noticed that's she's unintelligible to the point that Carlin now puts the words she's saying in text on her IG screen so viewers can see how cutely she's speaking? I realize toddler speech tends not to be great but she'll be 2.5 this summer. Apparently per Reddit E&C have said that Layla's speech isn't where it needs to be. You wonder with these fundie kids sometimes - like Carson Paine is nearly 7 and sounds like a 4 yr old; I wonder if it is the lack of ANY schooling or interaction with any kids besides siblings or cousins who are also under-educated.

THIS. And both events have been for HIS family. Last time it was his sister's baby shower and this time IDK if there's a formal event but he mentioned HIS family is coming over. They spend zero time with her family and what minimal time they spend, he's not cooking for them - neither wasting the time nor the money - nor does he want to spend a half a day with them on a weekend. They show up at her parents' house for I Love You Day and the annual Christmas pic/present opening and attend whatever wedding is happening that year, and the rest of the time is with his family.

Ok eating pizza on the floor of the dining room of the new house on the first night was cute but I can kind of see why Carlin is prone to depression/anxiety. She seems to be playing this whole thing as - now that we can raise our beautiful family in our beautiful home, everything will be perfect. Uh Carlin the problems of every day life don't pass you by bc you are a HOMEOWNER. And btw houses cause their own problems too that you all must deal with and oh yeah those problems tend to cost you money - bc there isn't a landlord footing that bill. I mean by 24 most people start to understand that the magical thinking of - if X happens my life will be perfect - never actually works out?! Will be interesting to see if they maintain this house like a sty or really make a lot of effort because it's theirs. I mean currently they live like 22 yr old frat bros letting the dishes pile up and doing them once a week; letting their kid pee on their relatively new, expensive couch [not an accident like literally putting him down on the couch to change him w/ nothing underneath and he pees]. I know Carlin was like oh it'll be different in the new house bc we'll have a dishwasher but IDK dishes don't walk to the dishwasher either.

They're being over the top re this home purchase. I mean I get it I guess it is personally a big deal to buy but give me a break - you're not exactly like OMG we couldn't buy until we were 50. You're what 27 and 23 and were losing your $hit bc OMG we'll never own, we keep getting outbid on a student's income?? And Evan if you aren't going to read what you're signing bc you don't understand it + you married Ms.-OMG-You-know-your-own-SS-number-but-it's-soooo- long, that's what real estate lawyers are for, to prevent morons like you from getting screwed. But that'll cost several hundred/low thousands and I bet there isn't any "sweet friend" at church from whom they could get cheaper services. And I was just waiting for Layla to catch her hand in the closet door as she repeatedly went in and out of the closet and closed the door behind her but using the side of the door bc she isn't tall enough to reach the knob. How fitting that they stuffed her with potato chips to keep her quiet at the closing. I don't get why they have no other way to motivate that child besides junk food.

Yeah Evan's been on the scene since he was 21 [2016] and he turns 27 this summer. Scrolling thru his IG his first pic with Carlin in it was Nov. 2016. Pretty casual pics as it's Carlin, Josie, and I think one of Evan's sisters and refers to a great weekend with great friends. But obviously if they were visiting him for the weekend, the gf/bf/pre-courting/get to know you - whatever the Bates called it back then was starting. And then in March 2017 he posted the first pic of just the two of them - calling her the best gf etc. IDK when they started courting or got engaged but they'd been involved since Nov. 2016 and given that electrician school is 5 yrs - if that means 10 semesters [I have no idea how it works for trades], school would have started in summer/fall 2017, so yeah there was some overlap where he was with Carlin but still at the receptionist job.

He might have been in some kind of school but it wasn't PCC - that was Kelton and Bobby. IDK what Evan's high school situation was - I assume homeschool? If that's the case I would not be surprised at all if he did some semesters at community college while living at home + working as a medical office receptionist esp. if his long term plan was trade school. Electrician school requires you to be able to handle some physics and math at least at the high school level - not quite calculus level math but certainly algebra etc. Most religiously based home school curriculums run by mom don't prep you for that type of science/math. Even if that is in the home school curriculum and you do well enough to pass, reality is IDK how well you really know it. Actually going to class at a community college w/ a professor probably gets you up to public high school level on math/science. Also possible he was doing some classes to get a GED if he didn't have one, as many trade schools require an actual high school degree or GED.

How does Zach not feel like a giant loser? Just posted that they are headed out to meet Carlin and Evan to go out to dinner and celebrate bc it’s Evan’s last night of school and he’s now done. Z himself says he’s so proud. Yep your 26 yr old brother in law stuck it out thru a 5 yr program, is earning union wages/benefits and now those wages/benefits just went up bc of graduation. While your 33 yr old self with 4 kids gave up a steady job with benefits to sell dresses at your wife’s store and play contractor.