NotFundie

No, Jill. They are not being "creative". They're playing the only game that you think is appropriate - "pretend to be mommies". And how about you turn off the electronics, Jilly? You spend waaaaay too much time posting when you should be mothering. A few years back, Jill posted a picture of one of the little girls with a ball under her shirt pretending to be pregnant. That's how much Jill talks about babies. All of the little not-Nuries* get to play with dolls and that's about it. *Some clever writer over on FreeJinger now calls the girls "Nurie and the not-Nuries". I suppose the boys are all Tim and the not-Tims.

If anyone has suggested this already, I apologize for repetition but - is it possible that Jim Boob is paying for Dreck's law school? Boob has filed a lot of suits and does a lot of real estate business. Might he be hoping to get free legal work if he pays the law school tuition? It would keep Jill close and under his umbrella and he can sue everybody from now on without having to worry about legal bills. And, he won't care if Dreck is substandard. After all, he thinks his kids are qualified to do home renovations just by watching someone else do them. Dreck will do fine.

The comments on GoFundMe are back up. I guess the choice was either give the money back or allow the comments to stand. For whatever reasons, I was able to see that "Lucifer Our Lord" just chipped in $5.00.

That's Samuel. I think he, Kaylee, and Hannah (the dark haired girl who is second tallest in the girl group pic) are the cutest - although, I think all of them are good looking kids. If they were allowed to have nicer haircuts and more food, they'd all look better. Also, I felt that I needed to add: I rag on the sewing because I sew. If whoever did the outfits used a simpler pattern with shorter skirts, it might have turned out better. I notice that Jill and her favorite daughter never have to wear homemade clothes.

If you click through the JillRod pictures, you see the youngest girls in some pathetic purple dresses. I get that Jill noticed other fundie musical families bought matching outfits so for the last year or more she's decided to go with color themes. And Nurie has the godawful purple bridesmaid dress and the boys have purple shirts, so - purple! It looks as if either Nurie or Angie made those five dresses - possibly in the dark and sewing with their feet. The gaudy flowered fabric on Sofia's and Olivia's dresses is hideous. And the weird color of Sadie's sleeves makes me sad. But fabric isn't cheap. The yards needed for the skirts on the two older girls would cost more than just buying them dresses from Walmart. And you know those little girls see other girls at different churches dressed in pretty clothes. They must have been hoping for nice new dresses and, instead, they got these long, ugly dresses. Shame on you, Jill. If you honestly think your children are gifts from God, why do you treat them so shabbily? (And it's Easter. Quit trying to make Resurrection Sunday a thing. It isn't a thing.)

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky but I'm about done with guilt trips. Being forced to do something because, otherwise, I'll be made to feel guilty is so stressful that it sometimes affects my health. It may do the same to you. Is there a chance that Mr. Six would prefer not to make the trip as well? Or is he the source of the guilt trip?

Nysha - My heart goes out to you and your family. If you were close by, I'd give you a big hug.

First doctor that I went to ordered blood tests and mine came back at 5.3. He hemmed and hawed that it was borderline. Borderline my ass. I told him that he needed to prescribe medication since the (at that time) guideline was anything above 5 and, the last time I looked, 5.3 was OVER 5. He backed down and wrote the prescription but I did end up having to change doctors. If I'm ever around Weinrich, I'll be glad to spit on him for you.

I agree. She just liked the sound of "broken, blind, and twisted". Never mind that it didn't really describe anything accurately. If the man even existed, was he blind and very physically handicapped? Doesn't "broken" mean defeated and world-weary? Twisted? Like a pretzel? Nope. She made it up so she could talk about the "evils" of alcohol. One of Tim's classmates must have had a beer in front of him and Tim tattled to Mommy. Hey, Jill - I know a man who, as a child, was beaten so badly by his "God-fearing" dad that he broke his arm and the dad wouldn't take him to the doctor. His arm never rotated correctly after that. And there was absolutely no alcohol involved.

Exactly, this! I wish I could "like" this more than once.

I gained about 45-50 pounds and the 25-30 that I lost came off in about a year - but that was after I was up to my optimum dosage. I've had luck since then in cutting out wheat, dairy, and sugar to lose weight but it's just too hard to stick with. Currently, I'm still stuck with the 20 extra pounds.

I'm hypothyroid too and have had ups and downs trying to get it under control and get the symptoms managed. One of the problems with hypothyroidism is that you can end up in a brain fog and it makes it even harder to figure out what to do. I ended up on natural thyroid medication - made from pigs' thyroids. You have to doctor-shop a bit to get one who will write the prescription but, for me, it helped a lot. Synthroid made my blood work look good but my symptoms were still there. I've finally gotten my hair to stop falling out but I still have about 20 pounds to lose from the original weight gain.

I don't have any trouble with the Greek writing on the front of the Bible - if Jeremy had actually studied ancient Greek. Otherwise, it just makes him a poser. He actually ought to study the language. Back in college (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I minored in classical languages and read parts of the Old Testament in Greek. It's eye-opening to read passages in the original language and see how the translations have sometimes changed the intent. But these pics of cuff links and sitting by stained glass windows and holding a refurbished Bible with Greek words is all a little too much. Stop trying so hard to pretend you're a deep thinker, Jer. Most of us aren't buying it.

Oh Jill - you're fooling absolutely no one. Of course she was upset about missing her vacation from most of the kids. But, she went home, caught sight of herself in the mirror as she pouted, and instantly thought, "I look good!" Notice the extra layer of raccoon eye make-up, new coat of lipstick, and carefully tousled hair? She realized that she sucked in her cheeks when she pouted and it made her look thinner. And she's shooting herself from slightly above head level, so no double chin. Jill, you vain, loathsome harpy - put the camera down and go feed your kids.

That's a good point. I guess I was thinking that Pa Keller would like to snag a Duggar daughter-in-law. I wasn't considering whether Jim Boob would settle for a Keller son-in-law. He's probably looking for another Jeremy but, next time, one he can control. I don't know why Jill & Ofjill don't try harder for some of the less flashy fundie boys. Never mind. Again, I'm not thinking this through. Jill only wants someone who might get her TV coverage, or at least a photo in a magazine. Jill does love the camera.

The Kellers have married one daughter off to a Duggar (albeit, the Satan-tempted one) and another off to a Waller. They have higher hopes for the boys than the Rodrigues girls. I think Pa Keller is holding onto them until someone more suitable, like Johanna Duggar, comes of age. And as awful as John Shrader (Esther Keller's husband) is - in the fundie world, he's a MISSIONARY. Incidentally, John Shrader has a public Facebook page and it's interesting reading. If you can tolerate the videos, they're a hoot. He's adopted a fake Zambian accent and he uses it when he preaches. I honestly don't know how the Zambians tolerate him. He's "converted" a few people that ending up turning against him and the government has investigated him over illegal activities. My belief is that the only reason he's still there is that his father's congregation keeps sending him money to keep him at a distance.

That was exactly what I thought too. I went to their site and looked it up. You can order 1000 tiny smile booklets for $54.00 plus shipping. David couldn't have this "business" without the slave labor of his children because he isn't making enough money. And this "ministry" is going straight into most people's trash cans. I have to think that most fundie families hope their kids marry someone who will be an asset. The Rodriguii offspring are barely educated, emaciated, poorly dressed, and have stunted social skills. Those other fundie boys hear "Hi-yeeee" and can't get away fast enough. David and Jill are solely responsible for creating this situation. They can mooch off the Kellers forever. but it won't give them an inside track for a Keller son-in-law.

I have a grandchild that had this problem. As his permanent teeth starting coming in, the dentist fit him with palate extenders. They weren't pleasant to live with but they helped. He had braces after that and now his teeth look fine. The way the Duggars love the dentist, maybe Jim Boob will spring for Izzy to have some dental intervention.

Jill has a new Instagram post up. Apparently, the kids have all had a stomach bug and have been throwing up. Since she's worked so hard taking care of them (yes, I typed that without laughing) she needed presents. David bought her roses, candy, a balloon, and a card and took her out for a date night dinner. She says she's tired although I imagine the sister moms did most of the work. At any rate, she's clean and looks rested in the photo. Wonder what the sick kiddos ate for dinner? Jill is taking narcissism to new lows.

Poor Kaylee. We don't even know if she really wants to marry a farmer. Maybe Jill has decided that for her. Perhaps Kaylee doesn't like working with animals or digging in the dirt so now Jill has decided that she has too much pride and ought to learn to farm. Who knows? All we do know is that Kaylee looks like she's probably pretty (without all that makeup), that Jill found her a garish summer dress to wear over a long sleeved shirt, and that she had her "graduation" photos taken in front of livestock. And we know that Jill is trying to unload her. Janessa won't be breast feeding forever and there are only so many chicken legs to go around...

I've been cutting the kids a lot of slack because I know that they're totally brainwashed. However, I see what you're saying here. In my own case, I was able to flee to college. My dad believed in education and it was, at the time, a Baptist college so he thought I'd be okay there. But, once I left I was on my own. I worked part-time all the way through and had scholarships and loans. I never got a penny from my parents. And I never went back. I was an adult at 18 and, even though I was terrible at reading people and dated some of the most worthless males in the world, I made my own life from then on. Nurie and Tim are adults. They're completely brainwashed, but they're adults. I can't criticize them a lot but they are responsible for their own lives now.

And a big old "me too" on this one... I was raised by crazy people who went to church waaaay too much. All of us kids had to be obedient and responsible and were trained to feel guilty for any small infraction. I'm in my late 60's and, I swear to God, if someone drops something in front of me, I still try to find a way to say I'm sorry. Somehow, I feel that everything that goes wrong is my fault. Recovery from this type of upbringing is difficult and you carry traces of it forever. Nurie has never been allowed to think for herself. She's part of the Rodriguii hive mind. Until one of them breaks away and gets help, they're all just extensions of DaveJill.

And all of it had to do with either God or Jesus. Jill and David have made their religion so central to the lives of the children that they can't just live in this world. Reading that, all I could think about was the Sally Field routine on Saturday Night Live where Jesus had to come down and ask her not to pray so much. Jesus (Phil Hartman) says, "Save the prayers like 'dear Jesus, be with me as I vacuum the stairs'..." Nurie (or Jill) also threw her paternal grandmother under the bus as well as her other aunts. I guess they're too sinful to be mentioned.

I'm in my sixties so things have changed quite a bit. But, back then, teens dated and we started dating around 15. There were lots of opportunities for things to go too far with two young people alone in a car. (Not me. I understood that my parents would disown me if I became pregnant.) When my own kids were teens, I noticed that there were "group dates" more than couple dates. I wonder if that, along with better birth control information, has helped the rate drop.

How is he still so thin if he eats that amount every day for lunch? That just seems like a lot of food for one lunch...