[Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!]

3 hours ago, SMama said:

I thought JB had an unrequited crush on a Julie. But someone posted in one of the threads Julie was Michelle’s bully in HS. Odd because Michelle was a cheerleader and has that mean girl energy. 

Of course, "bullying" to people like the Duggars means "they didn't kiss my ass and it hurt my feelings." 

I'd bet money Michelle was on the giving end of any bullying. 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

7 hours ago, emmawoodhouse said:

Here's some video of the dancing. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CPRD2vunef2/?utm_medium=copy_link

She's giving his sister Carlin some competition in the "overly exaggerated and dramatic" category. 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

20 minutes ago, dargosmydaddy said:

Nathan has his pilot's license.

Do they own a plane? 

 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

2 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said:

Strangely enough, Ashley still follows most of the Bateses on SM. I've seen her like posts. 

Maybe she's holding out for Lawson. 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

30 minutes ago, Future Cat Lady said:

THIS! For me, white nail polish = liquid paper.

I'm sorry, I thinks it's ugly.

It is ugly. Why bother if your nails look like that? 

Topic: Does BB Bates have a job or is he a slacker like his brother Lawson?

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

4 hours ago, Quof said:

With some indecipherable decoration on her ring finger.

She looks like she did her nails with Wite-Out. 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

3 minutes ago, beagletime said:

Well, one of them has birthing hips.  

I would pay good money to watch that Very Special Episode. 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

1 hour ago, 3 is enough said:

Nathan is not as pretty as his brothers.  That too tight checkered suit kinda gives him a used car salesman vibe. Not sure what she sees in him- isn’t he a bit nasty personality- wise too?  
 

That was quite the elaborate proposal- too bad it was so windy.  Saw cameras so I guess UP paid.  What exactly does Nathan do for a living besides travel around ?

I think checkered suits and close fit are popular among conservative men right now (see: a certain congressmen from Florida who's under federal investigation). It certainly isn't doing Big Butt Bates any favors. (Can that be his new snark nickname, please?) 

Wasn't Zach engaged and almost married (not just courting) once, before Whitney? This couple should remember that and not count it until Gil says "I now pronounce you man and wife." 

[Claire.....wait, There’s a Justin?]

Every time I see a new notification on this thread, I wonder if Claire is pregnant. I hope to dog someone has pulled Claire and Justin aside and educated them about birth control. 

[Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!]

4 hours ago, iwantcookies said:

Dereck is seriously skeletal. Is something wrong with him? Eating disorder?

He's just really thin, like his mother. 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

🤮🤢🤮

Why do you hate us so? 

3 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

And other than for making whipped cream to smear all over the Hulk, why does Jill need a kitchen appliance anyway? 

 

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

49 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

What era would y'all place this picture in?

If this weren't a fundie snark forum, I'd probably say early 1980s. But since it's fundies, 2000s? Is that Bateseseses? 

 

[Joe & Kendra: Looking Forward To Side Hugs]

21 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

Yay, another baby they can't afford.

Why does Pa Caldwell look younger than Joe?

Because Paul's hairline isn't a triangle? 

I agree that Kendra will look young until she's past menopause. Full cheeks and good skin will do that for you. I bet she and her mother have eaten a green vegetable once or twice, too. 

[Claire.....wait, There’s a Justin?]

15 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

In my neck of the woods glasses like Claire's are very trendy.

Same here. In fact, when I got a new pair of glasses last December, most of the selections were pretty similar to Claire's. 

[Fundy Weddings: All of the Cringe, None of the Booze]

1 hour ago, Lady Whistleup said:

Looking back at these pix I have no idea why Jessa was ever considered the "hot" Duggar J-slave. Jessa has a Hapsburg jaw. I think Joy, Jinger, and Jill are all prettier.

Jessa has big lips, and honestly, Jill, Jinger, and Joy all went through painfully awkward phases that extended well into adulthood. I never would have guessed that any of the three would turn out to look like they do now, especially Jinger. 

[Josh & Anna Smuggar: A Series of Unfortunate Events]

I'll believe it when it comes from reputable media sources, not the Sun or a website whose headline says, "Anna takes their six children to visit his father." 

[Josh & Anna Smuggar: A Series of Unfortunate Events]

40 minutes ago, sue450 said:

joy was the one in the laundry room she was only 5 years old he had her on his lap while he diddled  her......some one  filed FOIA  (freedom of information)  papers and the  report  with all the details had to be released, names were blacked out but you just had to look up the ages of the duggars at the time this happened to figure out  which sisters were molested

IIRC, Jinger was assaulted in the laundry room. Joy was assaulted while sitting on Smuggar's lap in the presence of other children. 

[Josiah and Lauren: He Has To Marry Somebody]

40 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Ah - I thought they'd been quiet since last year, but that certainly could be the reason.

They have been quiet since last year, long before Smuggar was arrested. 

[Joy and Austin: This One Time At Family Camp]

4 minutes ago, Tikichick said:

Hold up, wasn't Austin's wife trained in homemaking skills in one of the preeminent bastions of knowledge for learning those traditional skills in the 21st century?  Surely he must be eating well balanced, supremely nutritious, homecooked meals that would help him stay fit, particularly with his active, manly lifestyle?

Considering tater tot casserole and ice cream cake and the other Duggar food nasties, they're lucky they're not circles. 

[All Episodes Talk: What's Up Doc?]

1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said:

She was a weird character. She had a multi episode arc and they even cast her kids. In I think her last episode she asks Mark if he will be the guardian of her kids when she dies. He says he can't and then you never hear what happens to her.

She was a weird character. I felt bad for her, which of course was the whole point. 

I liked Mark and Elizabeth together until the beginning of season eight. Her postpartum stress combined with Rachel moving in was too much. But Mark and Elizabeth were a great couple before that. I liked seeing Mark happy. 

Maybe they should have "moved away" or Mark moved to a different hospital between seasons 7 and 8, and spared us the Rachel the Hell Child storylines. 

[All Episodes Talk: What's Up Doc?]

On 5/18/2021 at 10:27 PM, Dr.OO7 said:

The Too Happy To Live trope. I hate that one. The better things are going for the character, the more likely it is that all hell is going to break loose and that they'll or someone they love will end up dead/seriously injured. I still remember accurately predicting a soap character's death because of how blissful she and her fiancé were about their upcoming wedding.

ER was awful about that trope. Jodi O'Brien. Loretta, the sex worker-turned-secretary. Mark's relationship with his dad. Mark himself (I hated the way they killed him off; I still wish they'd just had him switch to a more family-friendly practice or even move to a different city). Greg Pratt. So many examples. 

[Fundy Weddings: All of the Cringe, None of the Booze]

6 minutes ago, Zella said:

I gave Kendra crap about her spray tanner, but man, after seeing Amy, I almost feel the need to apologize to Kendra. I was looking for tanner smear marks on Amy's dress! 🤣🤣🤣

That's why Amy's sash was a different color. It was originally white. 

[Fundy Weddings: All of the Cringe, None of the Booze]

10 minutes ago, Zella said:

Did Amy fall into a vat of spray tanner before her wedding?

It was Jinger's wedding gift to her. Crates of leftover cheap spray tan. Amy decided to use it all at once. 

[Fundy Weddings: All of the Cringe, None of the Booze]

1 hour ago, Temperance said:

Anna had an ugly wedding dress that was modest on purpose, but the dress wasn't stylish. 

They got a bridal salon to give Jill a dress (not one of the TLC bridal salons). The salon treated her well, but none of their gowns were modest enough for the Duggars. So she ended up with one they add alterations to and it messed up the top. 

Jessa's dress was a game changer. They found a "modest dress" that was pretty and didn't need alterations and looked good.  I love that dress! Technically it wasn't modest by the old Gothard standards (shows too much neck), but Gothard was creep and good for Jessa for wearing what she wants.

I think Kate Middleton started the whole hair down thing.

Nah, it existed all along. I think it was just overshadowed because veils tend to look better with hair up, IMO. (Just call me M'Lynn.) 

Anna got married before Kate Middleton did, and she wore her hair semi-down. Down and crunchy. 

[Small Talk: The Prayer Closet]

10 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I went to a wedding where the only "free" drinks were water or punch.  Sodas were part of the cash bar.  This wedding still ranks as the worst wedding I have ever been to.  The bride was 19 and had a set budget.  The buffet was skimpy to begin with, but the real kicker was her bridal party going up for seconds before all of the guests had been served.  I was seated at one of the last tables to go up to the buffet and by the time we got there, it was pitiful.  All of the proteins were gone and what remained was some random sides and sauces.  Everyone else before us loaded up their plates assuming the buffet would be replenished, but that was only happening if someone paid for more food, and that was not in the bride's budget and her parents refused to chip in anything.  

Sounds like my brother and sister-in-law's wedding. I went to get a Coke and was told it was $1. I said, it's a Coke -- not understanding they were charging me for a lukewarm can of pop. I've never been to a wedding where I was charged for an NA drink. They also ran out of (lukewarm, nasty) food even before the relatives had been fed. 

My lying SIL "forgot" to invite the out-of-state sister (me), and when called on it, wrote, "I sent you an invitation but it came back." Uh huh, and I'm the queen of England, you lying liar who lies.