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52 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:
The Duggars are not as steeped into white supremacy as the Bates, but it is baked into their Gothardist beliefs. I highly doubt that they have ever thought about this issue though. They isolate themselves and probably think they are not racists because they welcomed that one POC that one time into their home, etc, etc.
Wow, I didn’t realize that. That’s what I get for not watching the show I guess!
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On 5/11/2019 at 3:04 AM, GeeGolly said:
The video of Spurge repeating sight words comes naturally to children who are read to. It's the same as an 18 month old knowing french fries come from the building with the giant yellow M. I don't understand the need to make it into a forced lesson when a kid is still in diapers.
Not that it matters anyway. The Seewald kids will still be forced to recite (not understand) the Bible and will still have Ben & Jessa as their lifelong teachers.
On the positive side the boys are getting attention from their parents and not wandering aimlessly getting their heads stuck in railings.
Exactly. My 3 year old can recite her favorite books verbatim. She’s not reading, she just remembers the words she has heard us read. When we tell her to sound out an unfamiliar word she just looks at us like we are Martians. She’s 3, why push it?
I was reading at three, but i’ve always been very verbal and was apparently very focused as a young child. Some kids are ready to learn then, some aren’t.
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7 hours ago, bigskygirl said:
I personally think the Duggars use God and the bible for a cover up to spread their ignorance, hatred, and racism along with trying to make themselves look good.
Are they racist? Ignorant, surely, and hateful and homophobic and misogynistic, but i’m unaware of any examples of overt racism. Did I miss something?
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On 5/10/2019 at 3:45 PM, drafan said:
Johannah's purity ring finger is in a splint. Is she being punished for something?
Her (bad) posture makes her look just like Jana.
She’s the spitting image of Jana already. If not for the age difference they could be twins.
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7 months and no blessing! I have a feeling these two are going to do things their own way. As a nurse Abbie should be able to understand NFP and be comfortable enough with her body to do it correctly.
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So Derick hates Michelle. Interesting.
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22 hours ago, sleepysuzy said:My social media feeds have plenty of posts from women of all religious beliefs and backgrounds memorializing pregnancy losses on Mother's day, infant and child loss day (October 15), and many other times throughout the year. A major point in loss support groups is not to minimize early loss. Gothard, fundamentalists, and Laren Duggar are not unique in this. I know women with living children who mourn for and have given names to early first trimester losses. Single moms, women who have been divorced multiple times, career women with college degrees - about as different from the Duggars as anyone.
Thank you. I had an early miscarriage after having Mini Mistake, and I grieved. I was unaware that people think that only women who carry to a certain number of weeks are allowed to be upset when they miscarry. It’s a deeply personal experience. Lauren and Si are allowed to share their feelings about her miscarriage and the fact that some random internet stranger’s sister-in-law didn’t think her miscarriage counted until the second trimester doesn’t matter a bit. Can’t we snark without being heartless?
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1 hour ago, farmgal4 said:
They really are, and it’s because both of their parents are creepy, so they couldn’t escape it genetically. Every time I see those poor kids I just want to sit down and cry. They rip my heart out. I would love to say the same to Jill, but she’s a big f’ing pussy who keeps her IG comments turned off.
I can’t snark on those poor girls. They rip my heart out too, because they are so clearly malnourished. It’s not just that they’re thin... they have that dull, sallow skin, thin hair and sunken-looking eyes. I bet that underneath that caked-on makeup the older girls look exactly the same.
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4 hours ago, JoanArc said:
This mindset is just as toxic as the crap that Jim Bob and Michelle promote.
Which mindset? I’m not being argumentative, I want to understand what you mean.
Jessa’s boys are adorable and look happy and healthy. You can tell she genuinely loves being a mom and really enjoys her kids. That’s really nice to see.
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1 hour ago, galaxychaser said:
Maybe D got $ for law school from suing the dentist. His face is truly messed up.
Arkansas court records are public and Derick Dillard has never been involved in a court case. Not even a speeding ticket. So if he sued his dentist it wasn’t in AR.
They do have some awesome names in Arkansas though. “Chucky Dillard” gets in trouble a lot, almost as often as “Custy Dillard” (three guesses about what his school nickname was). My favorite, though, had to be “Assberry Dillard.”
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2 hours ago, Temperance said:
Except he probably sets her clothes budget. He probably likes that she wears cheaper clothes since it leaves more money for him. If he wanted her to wear more expensive clothes, I'm sure she would wear higher end clothes since he's her headship.
I’m not sure how cheap her clothes are. That skirt looked like Boden (she’s worn their clothes before) and they’re not Givenchy but they’re not Walmart or TJ Maxx either. I think he spends more on clothes than she does, but I think she spends more than a lot of people.
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1 hour ago, DragonFaerie said:
Started Monday off with a slight fever - 100. X-rays to check for pneumonia. X-rays showed either edema from his abdomen or the start of pneumonia. Breathing exercises every hour. No pain meds for the morning and his bp meds were turned off. By noon, fever broke and good. Very alert and can answer questions. Just after lunch the nurses got him out of bed and into the chair!!! He was super excited to get out of the bed!!! He is also now allowed ice chips and went through 3 whole cups of them. Watching tv. Stayed in the chair for 4+ hours. Then his body was sore and he had pain meds, which meant the bp medicine had to start again. Back in bed and snoozing. Feet and legs have NO swelling today at all!!! Still no real urine output, so focus on that for anyone sending and doing stuff. Both eyes now have capilliary booms, but the nurses are still very pleased with his progress. Also his post surgery drains are draining very well and it's clear - not cloudy at all.
Make sure he uses his incentive spirometer! Everyone hates them but they’re the best defense we have against postsurgical pneumonia. There are excellent hospitals in the Bay Area. Best wishes to both of you!
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2 hours ago, DangerousMinds said:
I guess Jeremy wouldn't allow Jinger to join the rest of them at Big Sandy.
Maybe she didn’t want to go. Big Sandy sounds like its main purpose (for young adults, at least) is helping fundies get dates. I mean courtships. So really the only draw for Jinger would be seeing her family, which I think is pretty low on her priority list.
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Hi guys. This is Jeremy’s lynx. If you looked at Jeremy’s real estate listing, you may have seen me stuffed and mounted on a fake log in a corner of Jeremy’s office, my lips drawn artificially back so that I have the world’s most serious case of resting predator face?
You guys, send help. I need to get out of here.
I can’t even describe how horrible things are here. I’m in Jeremy’s office 24/7. I have to listen to every sophomoric sermon at least ten times, once when he writes it and nine more times when he plays it back on YouTube. I have to watch as he tries on thirteen ties before going down to the corner Walgreen’s for diapers and Crest Whitestrips. I have to sit next to this oversized mahogany furniture and try not to gag as he whispers “who’s the prettiest one?” and gazes at himself in the mirror after one too many glasses of blueberry pomegranate sparkling cider.
I mean, I was once one of the most fearsome predators in the wilds of northern Arkansas. I could have downed this guy with one lunge to the jugular while he was stopping to take a selfie in the woods. Now I spend all my time listening to Jeremy blather about pocket squares while Jinger holds their cub in front of me and coos “look at the nice kitty!” Nice kitty? Seriously? I have to take this from a woman who spells “Ginger” with a J?
Please, you guys, someone help me. Break into their house and steal me. Seize me as collateral for back taxes. Pretend to work for U-Haul and “lose” the box they put me in. Just get me out of here. I can’t take this much longer.
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1 hour ago, OpieTaylor said:
A couple of things I noticed in the Zillow page for their house: It looks like it's a For Sale By Owner based on the "Call Jeremy" at the end of this abbreviated description: "This beautiful four bedroom single family home ... Contact us today to schedule your private tour. Call Jeremy..." [followed by a phone # in the ad]
Below is part of what's under "Tax History." My Question: Why did the 2018 property taxes drop SO much (-66.5%), even while the assessment increased?
Tax History
YEAR PROPERTY TAXES TAX ASSESSMENT
2018 $691(-66.5%) $167,810 (+4.6%)
2017 $2,063 (-32.1%) $160,420 (+8.4%)
2016 $3,036 (+6.5%) $147,960 (+2.6%)
They may have qualified for a homestead exemption in 2018 that they didn’t qualify for before? In my area you have to have lived in the home for a full calendar year before you get the exemption.
What is up with the random stuffed lynx in Jeremy’s study? I bet that lynx could tell some stories.
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35 minutes ago, fonfereksglen said:
Before we are told to move on ..... in first grade we went to a turkey farm right before Thanksgiving!
That’s both hilarious and horrifying at the same time. I was a sarcastic child, so I would have looked at our Thanksgiving turkey and said “Jasper? Is that you?”
There was a prostitute in one of the cells at the jail who actually talked to us girls for ten minutes about how we should stay in school and off drugs so we could have happy lives. A school would never get away with such a field trip today, but it was actually really touching and I think she might really have made a difference in some of the girls’ lives. I grew up in a rough area and a lot of us had folks who were absent, or on drugs, or just working so hard to get by that they were never around. It’s hard to imagine a future other than the one you see as a child. Come to think of it, that’s probably why so many of the Duggar kids are hesitant to stray from the path.
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On 5/4/2019 at 11:33 AM, bigskygirl said:
Spurge and Henry would not know the fun of going on school field trips. I remember going to the post office, fire department and East Helena Smelter. In my junior year of high school, my Psychology teacher wanted to take us to the state prison or the state mental hospital, but the principal and school board said no. We ended up going to the state school for the developmentally disabled instead.
We went to the jail in third grade, and then to McDonald’s for lunch. Our teacher told us to pay close attention because most of us would end up in one or the other. He probably wasn’t wrong, actually.
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14 minutes ago, leighdear said:
My dad has several fine art printed pocket squares he bought in London years ago. One is a stunning Klimt Tree of Life that I actually tried to snag to get framed for my bedroom. I never managed to pull it off.
The photos in this thread compared to the photos in the other married couples threads just amaze me. It's truly is like looking at a real Rembrandt and comparing it to a framed Elvis portrait on velvet.
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1 hour ago, Lunera said:
Most of the comments are about how cute Felicity is. Lol they don't even have the products he's shilling in stock yet. 🙄😂
To be fair, Felicity is a doll. I wish they’d stop putting bows on her head, though. She looks goofy.
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3 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:
I love in Hipsterland. The Beard went out at least a year ago. That's gone down to the rednecks. Hipsters here are now sporting more manicured facial hair.
Yeah, this seems less “hipster” and more “I live in the backwoods of West Virginia where I farm yaks and engage in questionable personal hygiene practices.”
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12 hours ago, bythelake said:
Is that Becky from the 3rd row in Dillard’s law school class?
Please. Becky from the third row wouldn’t be caught dead in that hot mess of an outfit.
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20 minutes ago, Jeeves said:
I agree that if she's transferred the license she hasn't closed the door forever on taking paid work as an LPN. She probably did the transfer when she handled the other paperwork required after moving to Arkansas and getting married - name and address change on her records and accounts (Social Security, for one), getting an Arkansas driver's license, registering to vote, etc.
She studied and worked to get that license, and IMO no reasonable person would just throw it away. Even if she has no immediate plans to work as an LPN, it makes sense to keep her licensure current and active in the state where she now lives.
@mynextmistake, it is interesting that JD and Abbie would join that church. It doesn't look like it's the closest church to where they live (AFAIK), and as you said it doesn't sound like it's run by IFB or IBLP doctrinaires. As @Zella posted, the location may put some physical distance between them and the Duggar herd.
Both JD and Abbie were raised by parents who are IBLP adherents. IMO their choice of church by itself doesn't mean they've abandoned their Gothardite roots, but it does mean that at church they are mixing with some people who aren't part of the IBLP crowd.
It’s also been a full six months without any announcement of a blessing. Take that for what you will.
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4 minutes ago, Sew Sumi said:
Yeah, someone unearthed that back when it originally happened. However, we have no evidence that she's followed through and gotten a job.
Still, it’s interesting! And I looked at the website for their church and it seems pretty mainstream Baptist. The congregation includes women who work (and wear pants!) and divorce is discussed in a pretty matter-of-fact way. Most of the pastoral staff have only two or three kids, and there’s no anti-birth-control language in their “what we believe” section. I mean, they’re still antichoice and anti-gay, but it seems more like Cross Church than a crazy IBLP place.
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Have we discussed this yet? Abbie got her nursing license transferred from Oklahoma to Arkansas in late January. I don’t think she would do that unless she’s at least entertaining the possibility of continuing to work.
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1 hour ago, FakeJoshDuggar said:
Jill looks pregnant. I said what I said.
She hasn’t looked pregnant in any of her recent photos, though, and there have been a lot of them. I think Derick has stopped the baby train, either for good or until he’s done with law school.
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JD and Abbie: Captured Before the Rapture
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True! I tend to forget that most mainstream churches don’t oppose birth control. I had assumed they would only be comfortable with NFP because they were both raised Gothard, but maybe I’m wrong. They could be using something else, or not using anything at all.