Albanyguy

Have we ever seen Jill play the banjo, piano or the autoharp?

Or maybe just Jill and David get the ice cream and the kids get to watch.

Or commas...apostrophes...semicolons...quotation marks...

Fundie women are only allowed to get away from their husbands and kids and hang out with other women if it's an event that centers around domesticity (a bridal or baby shower) or Jesus (a religious retreat like this one). But going out with the girls to play golf or tennis? A book club where you have a glass of wine and talk about books other then the Bible? Just hanging out in a coffee shop? That's the wiork of the Devil!

A wood stove would be a good idea, if it was a good quality stove installed by professionals and in compliance with code regulations. Big, big “if”. But I can just see Jill grifting a broken down second-hand stove, deciding that the boys could install it themselves under Dave’s expert supervision and declaring that code enforcement inspections and permits are for people who aren’t already protected by Jesus watching over them.

Maybe she's heartbroken because Timothy forgot to buy her a "Thank you for giving birth to me on this day, Mahmo" present.

Jill would say "Like father, like son!"

But then they have cheap weddings that look like they were thrown together at the last minute. Maybe Heidi's family set the date for six months from now so that they can plan something nicer.

If Jim Bob has decided that it's time to break the news to Josh that there will be no more money for his legal bills, it would be just like him to send one of the boys along to do his dirty work for him.

Is this the first time one of his siblings has visited?

Jill sees herself as Maria Von Trapp, leading her children in glorious song, except that unlike those heathen Catholics, HER family believes in the correct Jesus.

And didn’t she once talk about having to drive an elderly woman from her church someplace? I remember she was quite resentful about it because the woman wasn’t one of the “important” church members.

The earth was created 6,000 years ago. Humans co-existed with dinosaurs. Evolution is an atheist lie. Climate change is a liberal hoax. That about covers it.

Or she'll announce that she's pregnant and then the following week, she'll have a tragic, severely painful miscarriage.

But does she do anything other than just show up and pose for pictures? Does she cook a meal? Change a diaper? Do a load of laundry? I think we all know the answer.