Nysha

There's a saying "You're only as sick as your secrets." I think the molestation was worse than admitted and that secret has poisoned relationships for the older Duggars, especially with each other.

@Zahdii, I don't suppose your friend noticed how many pizzas were ordered and if the kids got to have more than one piece each? I would really like to know how much those poor children are allowed to eat. In the pizza pictures Nurie looks like a middle aged woman who has had a hard life. I really hope marriage does her as much good physically as going away to college has done for Timothy. I'd believe the kids were naturally thin if he hadn't filled out so much after moving out.

Am I the only parent here who swiped Halloween & Christmas candy from their kids when they were little? I always pitched the gum and took out the hard candy balls for safety reasons & then a few things that I really liked. They got 5 pieces a day for a week and then it disappeared.

I'm sorry, @galaxychaser. That's an unfair amount of pressure to put on you. @Jynnan tonnix, I'm so sorry for your loses.

A recipe for Crock Pot Tator Tot Casserole was on my Facebook feed this morning and all I could think about was Michelle having the girls make 6-7 batches for Sunday dinner.

What is the correct pronunciation? That's how the only Gillian I know pronounces her name.

I'm sure they get cast-off clothing at the churches where they perform, not to mention the godawful dresses Nurie sews for them. The clothes always seem too big, are always out of style, and the outfits usually don't match. It is possible to dress children appropriately and nicely in hand-me-down clothes, but it does take some parental involvement. One of things I find very frustrating is that at some point in the baby having process it stops being about growing their family and becomes a race to see how many kids they can collect before their god closes the womb.

I've never heard this rule. Both sets of my parents had school pictures of us kids on their living room walls, with snapshot photos in frames down the hall & in the family room, just like most of the people I knew growing up. The gigantic prints are new, but 8x10 framed pictures have always been around.

This makes the Plath children a bit luckier than the Duggars, and Bates, kids whose spouses pretty much fell into line with a few minor, acceptable deviations. Even they hadn't been filmed, I think the Plath parents would have been a lot harsher on Ethan, Olivia, and Moriah. It's too late now, the younger children have been introduced to the world and know that if they rebel, their parents will pitch a fit and then cave in.

I must be exceptionally dense because I just now figured out why y'all are calling Bella, Bsa.

If the rest of Spurgeon's diet is healthy, the occasional hot chocolate or soda pop isn't going to hurt him. I'll reserve my criticism for when he appears to have a mug grafted to his hand like Aunty Jana.

I hope he is the wedding coordinator or at least does the decorations. IIRC, he did a great job on his own wedding. Would JillR allow this or is this one of her jobs as mother of bride & possibly matron of honor? No way is Jill going to give up her god-given right to make this the tackiest wedding since Mama June's vow renewal to Sugar Bear.

I don't like Lauren, either, but I think that Josiah has shown himself to be just as self-centered and indifferent to his spouse as Lauren is to him. He doesn't get a pass just because he's trapped in a loveless marriage. He's an adult, no matter how much pressure was put on him, he wasn't forced to marry her. If this board recognized her whiny, needy ways before the wedding, I'm sure he knew what she was like. The easy Duggar life, where he really doesn't have to work for a living, and the chance to have all the sex he wanted were as much a factor in his decision to marry as not wanting to upset his family.

That is cute. Spurgeon is due for a haircut or some gel to tame those beautiful curls.

I don't actually watch, but if this week was a major snooze-fest, then hopefully the poor ratings will show up on next week's show.