Temperance

Bill Gothard lost a lawsuit he filed against some of his accusers (victims) that they should pay him damages and for his legal fees he incured during the previous law suit (a bunch of women were suing him for sexual assault/misconduct). The Judge threw out his suit yesterday, deciding he had no basis to sue the women. Bill Gothard is the founder of IBLP, which the Duggars and the Bates still are involved in. He was removed due to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct and so was his brother. He appeared at least on 19 Kids and Counting and the Duggars/Bates get a lot of their beliefs from him.

I don't consider posting a picture where someone can't tell if she's pregnant the same as telling someone she isn't. Pictures are images we filter through with our own bias, understanding and preconceived (pun intended) ideas of what pregnancy looks like. She's pregnant in a photo whether we can tell or not. I also tried to check what some of you are telling me. I have been independently checking since nobody has a screen shot. (I went to FJ, Reddit, Instagram, In Touch, Lily and Ellie, etc.) In several places it was mentioned that last year in late summer she denied being pregnant and it was brought up on instagram after she announced. I have not found anyone else saying this on the internet, which is weird, because I would think others on other sites would be all over this. I think you guys must be mistaken on the timeline since Jessa apparently said something weird in reply to the person who accused her of lying in August. Look I could be wrong. I know that reality stars and the Duggars have lied before. If Jessa lies about being pregnant, the same week or whenever before she revealed being four months that's a new low. But no one else on the internet says it happened, and I tend to think other people on other Duggars would be talking about it. Who knows? In Touch will see it here and write an article.

I'm reminded of Season 10 when the guest choreographer was Alyssa Edwards and she kept telling them to go "Bigger". We kind of need her going "Bigger" every episode. I definitely thought Monique Heart was much better than everyone else in the bottom. I love Cecily Strong, but she reminded me of Todrick Hall in her advising session. (I looked up how to spell his name and he's now besties with Taylor Swift. Good for him!) The change-up is ahhhhhhhh!

Someone apparently got angry at her yesterday on Instagram that she had denied being pregnant in August. She claimed she didn't back then and since she's due in June, she probably she wasn't pregnant back then. Are you sure that's not what you're talking about? That's not a lie.

Her photos?

I looked it up and couldn't find any evidence of it.

How do you know this?

I don't remember Jessa lying in the past, but it's possible she has. I think most of the Duggars and reality tv tends to lie at least a little. If it's a lie, it's usually not this direct a lie though. The Duggars tend more towards misdirection and obfuscation.

Well that's what the article said. I wasn't basing my speculation on Lawson's tech savvy comment. I had thought Jana might court a Bates, because there are many single Bates young men and they have a lot in common. I'm not even sure Lawson is the brother I meant.

I was also speculating it might be a Bates brother. We'll see.

I don't think Jill gets angry as much as she gets depressed. Jessa would be angry if she were Jill. Jill is likely confused, sad, and depressed. I also don't know that Jill is that uphappy either. She may be happy for her sisters (particularly Jana) and just lost about what's next for herself.

I don't think you can tell by looking at her. I think it may be the composite shot stretching the person on the end. Those are the pumpkin video outfits and she didn't look pregnant then.

Actually Josh and Anna said "We realize that, in going from two to three kids, we’re about to switch from man-to-man to zone coverage," when they had/announced three kids. I remember, because it was the first time I had heard that. I think it must be part of an official TLC script.

They can save money by flying used [planes] and saving the difference (between buying so many airline tickets).

Well kids, this is what happens when you don't believe in birth control. Atleast Henry is almost 2. I'm not surprised she's pregnant. I'm surprised she's so far along though. Ben's birthday is in the middle of May. He's 23. It seems like the baby will born after his 24th birthday.

The shredded dress looks very Goldie Hawn in Overboard.

I would think if they were that bad, he would be stirring the pot on twitter. My guess is he passed enough to continue with his legal education. (I also don't need to see his grades).

Jill and Jessa have also been in favor of breast-feeding for a long time (atleast a year), in part because it reduces the likelihood of another pregnancy right away. (I know at least two people who got pregnant while still breast-feeding so obiviously it's not perfect, but it might help.)

Atually that was the way most people in that era threw a party. But at Cana, they ran out of wine and so Jesus turned water into wine and of course his wine was much than all of the previous wine, because he's Jesus. People were surprised that the best wine was served last, which was backwards to the tradition.

As far as I know they're both still alive. Last year they went to visit them. Okay this makes sense.

I thought Cathy's adopted mother died the year Derick and Jill were married. I remember Derick lost a grandmother that first year and the Dillard seems to be alive. I'm just confused and tired.

Nevermind.

But what guys like this have is the ability to talk to women, and really forge a connection. Derick seemed kind of shy and like he hadn't mastered that yet. It's possible without the Duggars he would have grown more comfortable talking to women. No, I don't think so.

Yes all of Amy's clothes look like clothes circa 1990. To some extent, the 90s are back, but these are not updated well or at all.