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So true. 500 engagement photos, wedding photos, 500 formal 'we are pregnant' photos. 500 bump photos, etc. Well at least on my FB feed.

I always that euphoric time helped women forget labor & delivery so the world would not be under populated. But I think most moms balance the euphoria with the time, energy, money and worry that come with raising kids, and long term reality usually wins out over short term euphoria. Which probably explains how Michelle was able to keep going after her breakdown, she kind of checked out and passed on the whole 'time, energy, money & worry' to JB and her older kids. Anna is only at #4, which is a manageable size, especially considering the help she receives. But she seems to genuinely love and care for her kids, so maybe common sense will override Gothardism. Maybe in the future they won't try for babies, nor use birth control. Back when I was born most families I grew up with had 4 - 8 children, (the pill came out right around the time I was born, and yup I'm the youngest). There were other forms of birth control back then, but I believe the most used form was the ability to say no to sex. Something these women do not do.

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This is an example of why they need to stop isolating themselves. School plays, community theater, etc. they have no frame of reference.

The only thing missing is under skirt hoops, and parasols.

Thank-you for the interpretation. In a community over run by gang violence, I hope folks don't now assume that people wearing purple are the good guys.

Okay, the video actually makes me mad. It is ridiculous, patronizing, condescending, and just plain wrong. Did I mention ridiculous? They are grown ass adults, they can't really think that silly skit has meaning to anyone. All they are doing is giving Americans a reputation of being stupid ass people. Lets all run & donate now.

Oh my. I can't. Ever.

With maybe her dog being the second thing she hears. But Maisie's favorite sound is most likely her momma's laughter.

Her cape is now tattered because of the battles she has conquered.

After Googling every which way I could think of ... it appears that Adam & Eve messed up having a direct line to God, therefore any forthcoming conversations to God had to be through prayer. I assume there must be other answers to how prayer began. I would love to ask JB & M this question!

Right and Ben has spouted about only praying to God and no one else.

I might be mistaken but Occupancy Laws are more for a landlord than a renter or dweller of a home. I believe they protect a landlord if they opt to refuse to rent a small home to a large family, etc. So while the article seems to be true as to how the Duggars were living, I think it is making more controversy where there may be none.

When we were planning on selling our home, a religious friend of mind gave me a plastic statue of someone to bury in my yard. It was supposed to better my odds. (We never did sell) But that plays right up the Duggars' and Ben's alley.

Before I go to my friend Mr Google, does anyone know how prayer began? Is it in the Bible? And Churchhoney did you hear the news story a while back, how an employee put fiction stickers on the Bibles at Costco?

Erin had her sister Tori as her Maid of Honor and Alyssa had her sister-in-law Tori Webster as hers. Too bad Michael didn't pick Jana.

Oh my.

Once upon a time there lived a strong and courageous hero named Wanderwoman...

Oh my goodness! Your making me laugh so hard 'tears' are almost streaming down my legs.

Maybe this is why: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters." Sounds very Duggarish.

And what JB & M fail to understand is that youthful transgressions help shape who we are. Most kids are given the freedom to do stupid things when they are young and learn lessons from them when they suffer consequences. When the Duggar kids actually act like kids their consequences are messed up, i. e. crawling off a blanket and kicking the upper bunk. In my world hitting an infant is just wrong, and I wouldn't punish the child whose bed is being kicked (Jana, jewelry box), I would punish the kicker.

Marjorie is the oldest sibling in her family. If her family is somewhat normal, as in clean children who eat meals together, who don't walk on counters and sleep in pajamas in beds with sheets, can you imagine what she would think of the Duggar crew?

Both articles say before taping.

Even if there was any truth to it, I'm sure it would be more like this: Bill is outside picking weeds and glances over at the bikini clad neighbor. His wife yells out the kitchen window "Bill come here". Bill goes inside for lunch. Two years later Bill moves out because he can no longer stand faking being straight any longer and moves in with his boyfriend.

I'm not sure but I believe the Duggars were yearly specials during that time, so it is not like they were under contract with TLC then. I think the Oprah non-show was a few years before the Duggars had a series on TLC. TLC may have heard the gossip, and maybe purposely did not look into it any further, or didn't think they needed to because nothing really came of the rumors then. At least publicly.