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That was Jordyn. Don't worry, Michelle doesn't know who she is either. I think that was Jason with Jeremiah.

In the fundie world of arrested development, everything is a competition. They don't even realize how juvenile it is, since they all brag about it nonstop. Yeah, we all get frustrated and want to quit things, but to them it's not worth doing at all if they can't win. It's pretty pathetic. And it's not even the younger generations' fault. They had to learn very early on to compete for half a second of parental attention. Except Josie. She just has to stay the "baby" which is probably why her actions and art projects appear to be carried out by a 2 year-old.

Why do they insist on acting like there were ever 19 kids in the house? Josh was married with Mack on the way before Josie was even conceived, and by then the older daughters had long been running the show. Give it up, already. Ugh, poor Kendra. So young, and trained to "keep sweet." Someone needed to advocate better for her in that delivery room. The baby is crowning, but hold it in until the doctor finishes a delivery in a different hospital? Nah. I wouldn't have entertained that idea for a hot second, and if for some reason I'd been rendered mute my husband and/or mom wouldn't have stood for that. That poor girl makes me sadder than most of the others. She's clearly very fertile and this lifestyle is going to kill her, mentally if not physically.

Did anyone else notice that they blurred the tiny sliver Carlin's midriff peeking out when they were crabbing? Her shirt came up a little bit while she was flailing about. That's almost as bad as the black boxes covering Michelle Duggar's knees that one time.

You're absolutely right, and it's important to keep in mind that none of these folks are truly like the Jesus they claim to worship and put first. They have abhorrent beliefs, no matter how they try to hide it with shiny smiles and awkwardly fake, keeping sweet, interactions. It's quite sad that Kendra being able to comfortably converse with a stranger and use words like "please" and "thank you" makes her stand out from the rest.

I thought Kendra was vapid and annoying at first. She really changed my opinion on their honeymoon episode, with the way she was able to make friendly conversation with strangers, namely during their dinner up in the sky. I had judged her based on the non-stop giggling. Now she's sort of my pet fundie of the family. And for that reason I feel sorry for her even more than the others. I don't want to see her beaten down and exhausted after she has 4 kids in 4 years and loses her mind. I imagine she'll end up with closer to a Duggar-sized brood than a Caldwell-sized brood, at the rate she's going. And god, yes. It's sisters-in-law! It's beyond infuriating that these women will be teaching their children's English and grammar lessons.

I know Michelle's default setting is to speak in a baby voice. But nothing agitates me more than people speaking to the elderly as though they're slow witted 3 year-olds. The way she kept praising Grandma Duggar made me want to hurl. Pay her a compliment like you'd speak to another adult, FFS.

The mom started to win me over a little tiny bit, and then she goes on the "raised by an alcoholic single mom" thing again. I wonder how many times her kids have had to hear about that growing up. You don't bring kids into the world expecting gratitude for a home and family because your childhood sucked. Moriah thinks hers did too, and that is a valid feeling to have. Omg, that ship! What in the hell was that? They had to know Olivia would hate that. What a passive aggressive olive branch! But Ethan lit up like a Christmas tree, bless him.

These people make marriage sound like a chore. That's what happens when you get zero time alone while "courting," and turn into baby factories by the time the ink on the marriage license is dry. Not to say that it doesn't take work and effort at times, but damn! It shouldn't be a daily struggle to contend with. My heart goes out to Joy and Austin. It's sad to know how the pregnancy depicted in the show comes to an end, and they're already clearly overwhelmed with life as it is. That sort of thing can break a strong marriage between mature adults who have lived and experienced real life beforehand, and who have had real time together, just the 2 of them.

In his very first clue package there's a "blink or you'll miss it" clip of a man dressed in slacks and a dress shirt, with a fox head, standing in front of a few stools exactly like the Whose Line stools.

I'm only a parent of one, but I found age four to be the most difficult. We more or less breezed through the "terrible twos," and three wasn't bad. Then my sweet angel turned four and went half demon on me! My mom said I was the same. I've heard a few other moms mention age four as the hardest as well. It was when my daughter really wanted to be independent, and finding the balance of what she could and couldn't do got tough. Though I will say my kid wasn't having tantrums and crying half the day away like the quints do. Good lord. I haven't been watching as regularly, and the last episode highlights why. Whatever they're doing is.not.working. Full stop. I do not condone hitting them. That's not going to help in the least; they already have enough aggression toward one another and it's not affective for anyone who doesn't believe in parenting through fear. They should really look into positive parenting and logical consequences. Praise them when they're well-behaved. Over and over and over again. Kids crave parental attention. If they only get it when they're having a tantrum, they'll keep having tantrums. Look at Riley. She glows when someone bothers to praise her. Her whole demeanor changes. That's all it takes. It's more effort and it's easy to forget, but it damned well works with little kids. With something like the speaker and microphone they were fighting over, set a timer for X minutes. Make a mark where the volume must stay under. If a kid takes it away from another or turns it up past the mark, that kid doesn't get to play. Give them clear expectations and logical consequences. They clearly need that structure, as any group of small children would.

Now we know why Rilah was practically shouting in Anthony's face last week. She is her mother's daughter. What kind of person do you have to be to practically shout at your teenager and try to get her worked up about having dangerously high blood pressure?! And this woman is an L&D nurse?! She should have been a calming force during that car ride. Alex's mom and grandma make me want to scream. Tyra actually shows an impressive level of self-control and maturity while she's around them. When she finally snaps on them, it will be well deserved. Haley is just sad. I don't know if she's normally stoic or if she's in the throes of PPD. She's better off without that little punk. Her mom needs to step up and be a mom, not a BFF.

Erin really had the stink eye going when Kelly was proclaiming that Carlin's wedding was going to be the best one yet. It just goes to show you how sad and mundane their lives are. Popping out babies isn't so special now that there are a hoard of grandkids. How else do you get attention as a woman in their world? You plan another, totally indulgent and unnecessary, wedding! I personally don't understand the concept of a vow renewal. Do they expire? Did I miss that when I signed on the dotted line 17 years ago? I guess I can understand (sort of, for people into that sort of thing) doing it when you meet an actual impressive milestone, like 25+ years. Have any of them even made it 10 years?

It's not! You can easily pay $10 and up per pill on the street. I've heard of lower dose Vicoden going for $6-7 a pill,* but I'm sure he's beyond that. *I'm not abusing, nor have I ever abused narcotics. I have a brother who's clean and sober after years of abuse, and a FIL who's probably never going to be clean.

That whole scene was giving me major anxiety. I was a married adult with a planned child, but I felt the same way in the hospital. I wanted everyone but my husband to go away! The difference being, I was able to articulate that to people, especially while trying to get breastfeeding established. It can be stressful enough without an audience of idiots telling you everything is wrong.