Heathen

Assuming he carries any insurance. I can absolutely see the Rods forgoing car insurance because it would cut into Jill's hair/makeup/ugly jewelry budget.

It depends on the model. Some are more expensive than others, but there are always sales going on. Maybe I should pimp my cats out on YouTube so that I can afford the "Stew Crew" lifestyle. Surely, I could make enough to afford a manicure and a Starbucks chai latte?

That looks like just had-four-kids-already. I don't think it looks like a pregnancy.

I wonder if that was news to his parents. Do they take their dog with them to Nashville? Does the dog stay home? Or have they just given up on her and use a stuffed version as a prop?

Hideous and unfinished. My first thought was that someone ran out of time to finish the cuffs and neckline. Waaaaay too big for her.

Rodriguii-induced PTSD?

Jed probably thought his holy peen would produce a righteous peen-bearing boy every time? Other than that, not a damn thing. I predict that by kid #3*, they'll learn to keep the gender or name or both a secret until the birth. Gotta keep some suspense to get clicks. *You know, in about a year

My point is that the Paines live in a house -- not a lowly apartment -- and Carlin can't handle the jealousy. I think even Evan can realize that Travis didn't buy his own house, regardless of what the Clarks claim on social media. 🙄

Keeping up with the Joneses. Or the other Bateses, Websters, Balkas, and Paines.

My mother was one of six and had a vastly different experience than you claim to have had. My birth grandmother came from a family of 13 (spread over nearly 30 years), and had a different experience than you claim. Some of her sisters had 6, 10, and 13, children, and had different experiences. I don't think it's a coincidence that the younger of the 13 had only two each or that only a few of the 63 grandchildren had more than four or five children apiece -- and those were mostly before the pill was easy to access. YMMV. I stand by what I said -- that one or even two parents cannot successfully care for a large family. Quality over quantity.

I forgot about Susanna when I first made the list! My guess is the M kids get more attention than Ofsmuggar herself got from her parents, but still not enough. Seven kids is just too many for one parent, or even two, to successfully care for.

He's one of eight. Esther, Rebekah, Daniel, Priscilla, Anna, Susanna, Nathan, and David. It may not have been a huge family by fundie standards, but it's still a very large family. Difficult for any parents to give attention equitably. You're right about the generational shitty parenting.

Staying up until the wee hours -- splendid idea for someone who claims to have seizures. Or "episodes." Or whatever TF she's calling them now.

Nurie looks like Cousin Itt. Pull your hair back, Nurie. Show your face.

The person I mentioned does the same thing. Doing something she wants to do for which she gets lots of attention? No episodes. Going to work after whining about how many shifts she'd have to take? OMG, emergency, must take time off work now. Someone else getting attention? OMG, emergency. Topic: A thought just crossed my mind that Alyssa and Katie are getting lots of attention for being pregnant, and Erin is getting attention for moving to Floriduh. I'd bet Carlin is jealous. Also topic: When I was still having seizures, I had mostly tonic-clonic, what used to be called grand mal. For a few days or a week after, I would feel like I went nine rounds with a heavyweight champ who was mad at the world. I missed school, work, and meeting birth relatives because of it. I certainly wasn't out "partying" all night, or going shopping, or visiting my long-suffering in-laws (whom I see every two weeks), after a seizure.

I think she's intelligent enough to manipulate. Or maybe that's instinctive.

I've had EEGs before without going off anti-seizure meds. But I'm not a super-duper special snowflake.

I think they're dragging their feet on the five-day EEG because the episodes are fake. I've said it before -- factitious disorder. I just hope she keeps it to herself and doesn't develop factitious disorder imposed on another. Evan must be a world-class enabler at this point. I've also said before that I know someone in real life whom I believe has FD. She does the same thing -- talks about expensive, time-consuming tests that the doctors told her to have. But she never ends up having them. They're dropped just like the five-day EEG has been, only to be brought up again when she needs attention. She's frigging exhausting to be around, just like Carlin must be.

Definitely not cute -- disturbing, at this point. Layla and Zade will be the malnourished adults who think McDonald's is fine cuisine and refuse to eat green vegetables. And can't live without sugary Starbucks drinks and pop. Have Dumb and Dumber said whether they plan to "homeschool" their props kids? If they homeschool, dog help the kids -- they might end up the worst off of all the Bates spawn. I can't see Carlin being willing to take the time away from Starbucks and shopping to educate the kids, plus she'd be posing the entire time instead of teaching.

Who took the first picture, Carlin? The dog? The last picture is Carlin in a nutshell. Claims to still be in her pajamas, but has a full face of makeup, perfectly tousled and parted hair, and a no-doubt carefully posed, curated facial expression. But her son's belly is showing, his shirt almost up to his armpits, because his dumbfuck mother won't stop posing long enough to pull his shirt down. The self-absorbed are making my bad mood worse.

My guess is they said it was for Katey, but it was actually something the "boys" wanted.

I'll reserve a cell for you next to mine in the convent. The Sisters of St. Odran of Jed-and-Nate-Please-Don't-Touch-Me. Save you a search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran_of_Iona

Not to mention it's complicated and confusing for "normal" people, let alone a fundie who is probably lightly educated and barely literate. It's going to be damn scary when the second- and third-generation fundies -- the ones "educated" by their sister-moms solely at the SotDRT -- get to that season of life. They won't have the slightest clue how to deal.

Seriously. I didn't even know what to say about that. What fucking idiots Dumb and Dumber are.

I'm seriously bummed for Kaylee. Didn't she get married like six weeks ago? If she weren't a fundie, people would totally be counting backwards and snickering at her. She and Nuri can be pregnant together because I'm sure Nuri will be pregnant again by August.