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I wouldn't dream of using my grown children to boost my ego by pressuring them to buy stuff they don't need and can't afford. Jill is thinking about her bragging rights and dreams of another island vacation she and Hunk can't appreciate or even really afford. She's not giving a single thought to the welfare of her children and grandchildren. The woman is impossibly greedy, self-centered, materialistic, and destructive. 

Jonathan is hopelessly sucked into the Jill vortex right now. It's too bad Dave Ramsey, whose course Kaylee and Jonathan took, hints about losing money with MLMs but doesn't have to nerve to speak out against them That might have sparked something in Jonathan's mind. 

 

 

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42 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

I think she is not only a crappy cook but she just doesn't care. 

If she still has her private food drawer in the refrigerator, she doesn't need to care. She can eat when and what she wants. 

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1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

Why she always makes strange faces??? 

She insists her children make the same strange faces in photos too. This is a  woman who spills a whole bottle of emojis and scatters Random CAPITAL LetteRs in every post she makes, after all. 

Look at me!!

Look how much fun I'm having!!!

I'm being persecuted! Feel sorry for me!!!!

I don't know how to express my emotions in words!!!!! 😭 

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14 minutes ago, Notabug said:

And, not only that, except for the veil, most women and men wore essentially the same clothing in Jerusalem when Jesus lived.  Yet, we don't see Jill wearing a veil; just cheap extensions and baseball bonnets.

Think of the money she could save and use to buy food to feed her kids. A veil covering her face would save even more. Even dollar store makeup in the amounts she uses adds up. 

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Across time and culture, men have worn kilts, sarongs, togas, kimonos, and similar garments. Jesus is depicted in a robe, not in pants. Is David OK with men in "skirts"?

It's not about the garment. It's about one group controlling aspects of other people's lives.

11 hours ago, Notabug said:

Dave has given sermons on the sluttish women who dress like men and are godless whores.  He definitely agrees with Jill's take on women's wear.  They also were asked to leave a church in New York state after Dave chewed out the pastor for being lax and not condemning pants wearing amongst the wimminfolk.  word is he actually preached to the congregation, telling them how sinful it was that the pastor wasn't condemning those who didn't dress according to his interpretation of the Bible.

I think Dave has the same POV as Jill on the subject.

The best part is that Jill and Davy lost that fight. I'm sure the congregation miss them. /s

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11 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

Heidi asked the cops to be on the lookout to keep Jill from Jillifying Heidi's future home?

Or maybe Jill was rushing to get to Tim's house before Heidi had a chance to decorate it in a tasteful way. 

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7 hours ago, crazy8s said:

Seems Mama has joined the unsafe rod drivers being ticketed.

Homes county where Tim's house is located

Dec 2023 Speeding 60 in a 45 zone in dec. fine $137 - 2 points

 02/05/2024 what appears to be another tictet for 67 in a 45

02/21/2024 FAILED TO APPEAR. OHIO OPERATOR'S LICENSE TO BE FORFEITED

Then she paid up $194

no idea if she actually lost her license.

Her entire Plexus paycheck for the month went straight to the DMV. I'd say something about her poor kids, but she wouldn't have spent the money on them anyway. 

Oh, maybe it was retreat cash instead of Plexus pay. Stuff about the kids still goes. 

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18 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

They were probably headed to church. Maybe a 6 pm service?

ETA Looked it up, and Sunday evening service is at 5. No clue what they were doing on the road when they should have been in church. 

I'll bet there was a collective sigh of relief from the church members that evening:  No screechy violins, no whining from Jill, no boring canned sermon from David, no Rods clearing the dessert table before anyone else could get there.  

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45 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

Jill will have a hard time spinning pity to grift money for repairs of a van hubby crashed while running a stop sign.

True. She's already damaged her grift by showing off too many vacations, meals out, new clothes, home decorations, and shopping trips. Now, her headship has set her back. Again.

Maybe Tim can talk Mimi and Pops into buying some insurance for these situations.  

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56 minutes ago, AstridM said:

When has she ever taken any of her kids on a Plexus trip?

Not that I recall. Maybe she's hoping that Nurie, Nathan, Kaylee, and Jonathan can qualify for trips on their own, and the six of them can be happy Plexus travelers together. Nathan may balk at the the out-of-pocket expenses for these affairs, but poor Jonathan will just work overtime. 

1 hour ago, Notabug said:

As for why Nurie needs a baby shower, she doesn't.  JILL DOES.  Memaw wants the world to know she is getting a grand daughter and undoubtedly has registered for grandma gifts for herself.  Remember when she was pregnant with Janessa and Nurie and the older girls held a 'Let's Pamper Mama' shower?  The only things on the registry were things for Jill including new bedding.  It's quite possible, that all these years later, Jill needs a new comforter and sheets to celebrate her grandmotherhood. It's not too late for Jill to get a brand new Kitchen Aide mixer.

I think that ship has sailed. Even the Gofundme for Ma's stroke fell short, and the Rods are still stuck with the junky stink bus.

People who know Jill must be wise to her obvious and well-advertised gift grabs and probably don't have the money or desire to support her in the style she thinks she deserves. 

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It looks like Grandma Julie, David's mother, is at the barndo for a visit. This is after Jill trashed her online for raising David in a heathen home or whatever. Maybe Julie simply considers Jill a bump in the road of life. 

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Didn't Kaylee get a dog last year? Wonder what happened to it since there are no signs of a dog in any of these photos. 

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11 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill is never gonna let Janessa go or mature at all. J will be stunted the worst. I pity J the most out of the kids. Jill will treat her as a pet cat or emotional support caboose…

#freejanessa 

I think there will be some interesting dynamics in Family Rodrigues as the kids grow up and make their own lives (or not). Jill claims the kids are each others' (and her) best friends and are always happy, but they are allowed and even encouraged to be competitive and even mean to each other. Jill doesn't hide that she has obvious favorites, and that must hurt. I wouldn't be surprised if cracks appear in the shiny veneer, and some of it ends up being public.

The Duggars tried to sell the myth that they were just one big happy family, and we see how that turned out as some of them started to question how "happy" things really were. Of course, the Duggar kids had the misfortune to grow up on television, which is even worse than being plastered all over social media. 

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On 4/10/2024 at 3:24 PM, oliviabenson said:

Tim is gonna leave 100 smiley tracts in the nursing home while preaching to poor tired seniors. And they will be his captive audience and to get rid of Tim the seniors will accept Jesus! 

After sampling Tim's video pod casts, or whatever he used to call the monotone, depressing ramblings he recorded at work and later in his trailer, I'd say an hour of Tim might be helpful for any people in the nursing home with sleep problems. 

I can't help thinking about how TV's Saul Goodman from Better Call Saul started his legal empire selling services to residents of nursing homes. If Tim only had Saul's drive and personality, he might capture a few souls and sell insurance at the same time. However, it seems Jill and David stomped out Tim's personality at an early age. Maybe Heidi will help him get some of it back. If Tim can't make money by grifting or by working, Heidi may balk at pumping out an entire army of little Rods for God. 

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After getting her license, Jill worked at a small salon run by one of her aunts. 

I don't think it lasted long. Jill became old enough to get married and be a happy homemaker. David was her choice. Jill probably went in with the idea she'd never have to work for money again. 

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56 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

I did note in Jill's latest Plexus points challenge Nurie's friend from the tea party pics has joined the downline.🙄

I wonder if she got the nephew's wife to sign up under Kaylee when they visited the barndo.

In so many ways, associating with the Rodrigueses can be costly. The Rods expect people to provide them money, gifts, restaurant meals, shopping trips, entertainment, and, apparently, to sign up to buy and sell overpriced vitamin drinks and questionable insurance policies. I don't think much flows from the Rods to others except headache-inducing singing and the occasional beige dinner of tiny portions. 

[S02.E10: Endgame]

I'll miss Tokyo Vice. It explores a world most people know little about. The Sato and Tozawa actors are superb, and I hope to see them in other roles. 

I wish this show had been promoted more. 

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Selling insurance to people who believe prayer solves everything sounds tougher than saving souls in a Walmart parking lot. Whose idea was this job? Heidi's parents'? Have Jill and David bought a policy? Jill probably does better shilling Plexus than Tim could ever do with insurance. 

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

So timothy believes rules don't apply to timothy.

 

Well, Jill. Timothy has been paying attention to your lessons. 

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From Jill's post, I gather that Ma has always comforted Jill and possibly encouraged her to feel the victim of every slight.  Ma is at least partly responsible for letting Jill suck the air out of every room she's in. Now she can only sit in her wheelchair and nod as Jill blathers on about how unfair the world is--to Jill. 

Of all the sisters, Amy has a clear reason to feel sorry for herself, but she doesn't seem to. Of course, Jill is the one who broadcasts her every thought to the world, so who knows what goes on with the rest of the Noyes family. 

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Mrs. Togawa is not the happy housewife Tozawa brags about to the golf group, is she? Fed up and out for revenge. 

Poor Tin-Tin. I hope he's OK. 

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1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

She wasn't on Plexus yet. She probably took something like ExLax. 

You're right. She was sitting on the toilet looking at other MLM opportunities when her life-changing, holy Plexus, journey began. Part of her pitch to David was her "gut issues," so maybe she was trying something reasonably priced. 

Were they living in an RV eight years ago, or were they in the WV grifted house? I'd hate to think she was doing paperwork in the one RV bathroom 10(?) people were sharing. 

 

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3 hours ago, Jynnan tonnix said:

She might have just been peeing... I doubt she would do that standing up. Not even so much for the impracticality as because that "pertaineth to a man". Regardless, it doesn't seem particularly "mahdest" or godly to interject random bathroom information into a post that has nothing to do with where you were.

True, but this is Jill.

She must have been hanging out on that toilet for a long time and for a good reason (probably courtesy of Plexus) to justify mentioning her location. 

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I'm highly skeptical that Jill and David have a tradition of taking the kids out every Wednesday night for ice cream and goodies. Jill would have mentioned it before now. Maybe the Wednesday ice cream happens when someone from the church offers to pay. 

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I didn't recognize Phillip in the Easter picture I saw. He looked like one of the  Duggar sons. The time he spent as Massillon and Marietta shows what one hearty meal a day can do for a young man.