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Jenni and Roger don't do the ceremony on TV, but they do the 'last words' in the room on TV. I get the point of Jenni trying to put Roger first, but it was wasted. Tanisha doesn't want to be married to Clive, but she wants him to want to stay married to her. Co-dependency much? Gretchen and Slade won't survive, He does not want more children, and she doesn't want him to be a leader, because she would have to give up control. Ryan and Trista... laughing my fanny off at them trying to justify coming to Marriage Boot Camp. Kevin and Tracy... they are a perfect fit. Worst counseling in the world.... leave the couple with the most issues, who just split up, one of whom is violent, to pack in a small closet together, while you go drink with everyone else.

I can't figure Terra out. She whines and cries about Joe, while she runs around making tasteless, non-talented Booty Dance videos, does some stupid dance in what appeared to be a strip club(Tonya's wardrobe malfunction), generally carries on like a drunken fool in most scenes. How is it that Joe is supposed to know she is ready for marriage? They don't complement each other at all. It's like she picked a little person that she liked the appearance of, and decided he was her soul mate. Not that I would cut him any slack. he practically drools over Elena (who is a married woman).

In the episode where Christine agrees that the wrestling mats for Hunter can go in her house, she tells Kody he has to spend more time at her house as the kids have not seen him in a week. The clear implication is that he doesn't see his kids unless it is their night. Just as he was sleeping at Robin's when Christine took a very ill Truly to the hospital on her own.

I thought she was saying 'Amazing!' in that teen-age girl OMG kind of way. You know, where they stress that last syllable as their voice gets louder. I feel for Christine as Truly's hospital visit was quite stressful for her. It was also done on her own at the beginning, as 1. Kody didn't even seem to realize how ill she was even after he and Aspen had been her caregivers for several days since Christine was gone on that awful dress shopping trip, and 2) he was sleeping at Robin's while Christine took her to the hospital. Why couldn't someone call Kody to the car when she left?. On the other hand, Christine doesn't seem to have a fully working brain 3/4 of the time.

I believe Joseph was left with John David as they were Jim Bob's maintenance people for his rental properties. It also made sense to me that there were two of them, they were there for weeks by themselves. However, when the 4 older girls went back, they were required to stay at Josh's rather than their own house... even though John David and Joseph were at the house. The accountability partner is supposed to do things like make sure you aren't tempted to watch that evil TV, drink an inappropriate beverage, speak to the girl behind the counter at McDonalds, try on jeans at the store, and so forth. It's the same thought process as only giving Jana the internet password, shouting Nike so that the boys look down at the ground, etc.

Ben's only repeating what has been drilled into him from birth. He's been taught incorrectly what Catholics believe, by the same people incorrectly taught him a lot of other Biblical stuff: Women must wear skirts, be submissive, stay at home, have accountability partners, give birth every year or die trying, wear goofy moo-moos for swim wear, not speak to men, side hug. Men must work for themselves, not work evenings and weekends, wear jeans to swim in, run in, and so forth. Why would he any more informed about Catholics than he is about Protestants? When I was his age, I had never knowingly met a Jewish person, and didn't even know what a Star of David was. I did have cousins that were Catholic, but I had never been to their church. I barely knew Protestant stuff, since we had bounced around between not going to church, and going to either Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist. Give Ben some years, and some distance from his parents and the Duggars. Maybe he will figure it out. Life sometimes has that affect on you. I do think he and Jessa will eventually break away from their roots, and move to something more mainstream.

I missed the first 10 minutes, but given the next 50... probably didn't miss anything. The only shocking thing, in the 'didn't know that' category was Breanna using her Mom's significant other's last name. Often schools will let you do this, but I doubt her actual Dad (and his family) knew about it until last night. Also, I think Breanna also needs tested. She has issues. And, that is all I am going to say about a pre-teen. The only other shocking thing was the fact that the parents admitted that Logan and Aspen were their rocks. At least Janelle recognized that is why Logan is spreading his wings now and not at home often. But, yes, where was Meri. She could have fixed breakfast in her own kitchen for them while they were getting ready. She was obviously there at that time of day since they never said Mariah had to fix breakfast or get herself up. I've thought Robyn was pregnant for a few episodes now... ever since her 'I can't get pregnant if we don't get money' outburst. Some of her TH (the ones filmed much later) show her face as fuller. Breanna also mentioned 'the one on the way' when discussing whether or not she would be the youngest daughter for long.

Which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about what JWow and Roger decide at the end of Marriage Boot Camp. They've been running these previews for a few weeks now. I do think the door exercise was meaningful.. It did tell them what their partner really wants out of life. Still trying to figure out what Trista and Ryan are doing on this show. It's obvious that their marriage is good. Kevin and Tracy are too busy thinking of themselves to ever consider each other. Gretchen and Slade are never going to be happy together because 1. she wants kids, 2 she never even mentions his son, 3, she is overly dismissive about his financial prospects. 4 - he's not a real human being. Tanisha and Clive... he needs a restraining order, Why didn't security come break that up? She doesn't like his passivity, and when he speaks up , she doesn't like that either. She says he is not working, he chooses his career just like she does, she doesn't like that. She's rude, mean, disrespectfull. I would have liked to see the rest of the conversation between her and Slade, regarding whether or not she should stay with Clive, Slade said No, but I would have liked to see his explanation...as to whether or not he thought Clive was not good enough for her, or the other way around.

Ben is immature. Is anyone surprised about that? He's been raised in the same way as the Duggars, but without the years of TV exposure, speaking engagements, hero worship, etc. Josh has been raised in that environment, and isn't any more politically correct. The Duggar girls have been TV savvy enough to be a little more polite in their self-righteousness. Ben strikes me as a person that believes what he's been raised to believe, right up until it doesn't work for him personally. He hasn't had a life crisis challenge him yet (the 'no atheists in foxholes' situation). Many of us start out that way, and our 20's and 30's knock some of that self-righteousness and smugness right out of us. What I can't figure out is how Jim Bob and Michelle got to the age they were when the show started with that self-righteousness intact.

I think Joy is with her.

I agree. They are doing a great job of using the little things (the chair, the coffee, the bobblehead) to show how normal people are affected over time when there is a death close to them. It's seems very realistic. I don't know if they are doing that because a real live human being died, not just a character, but it seems very normal.

Several posters have commented about the way Meri, Janelle, and Robyn have checked out of the talking head interviews. Next week we get a video montage, and a very special announcement from Robyn. I am trying to decide if the video montage is part of Madison's graduation, or if it is maybe a series finale. If the latter, that might account for the lack of interest in the interviews and in the listlessness of the RV trip. Maybe they know their cash cow is short lived?

I will agree that all sorts of people were persecuted for their religion, and others for their skin color, disabilities or disaformities. However, I don't believe in ancestral persecution being used as a reason to whine about your own life... which is what Kody does. Kody and his wives have never been persecuted. Yes, they were told not to tell strangers about their illegal lifestyle when they were kids. Yes, they were being investigated for doing something illegal and to rule out welfare fraud. Yes, Christine's grandfather (who she seems to have never met?) was thrown in jail.... for doing something which was illegal and which the Mormons had already declared inappropriate. However, Kody and his family seem to have lived in various places and have only once claimed to have left because they were being investigated.... and that time they were on television shouting their status out to all and thumbing their nose at the law. If you are going to live an alternate lifestyle, you have to recognize that it is ALTERNATE, meaning not the standard, and that you will get funny looks and some people won't want to be friends with you. It's like wearing 16 piercings, even more tattoos, and blue spiked hair and getting mad because someone looked at you funny.

Yes, Angela overstepped her boundaries. However, so did Maura. Exactly which chief medical examiner in real life would blow off showing up at the first lecture in a course she's teaching without notice, without calling at all,.... so that she could attend a friends ob/gyn appointment without being asked to do so? Maura is a very responsible person, she's not going to do that. Furthermore, Jane should already be taking folic acid and pre-natal vitamins.... that would have happened when she called her ob/gyn for an appointment. Furthermore, Maura Encyclopedia would have already told her so, and be watching her swallow the pills. if she can't be bothered to do that, can't be bothered to go to the appointment, then maybe she needs her Mom manipulating her into going and treating her growing fetus with a little more care. Jane's attitude toward this pregnancy is closer to Lydia's than a responsible adult. .

the first wife called herself a stay at home Mom, but said that 2nd wife often picked hubby up from work, and that co-workers thought 2nd wife was the first wife. So he must have changed jobs in the last 5 years.

First... how would Christine know if monogamy is boring? She wasn't raised in it, never lived it. Second... how dare this entire crew tell me I MUST accept them. and be friends with them, and not judge them... while she and Robyn are judging me all over the place for monogamy and I don't even have a reality show. She won't even tolerate my lifestyle, let alone accept it. Calling it boring, describing Christians as scary and sharks, barely tolerating her own Mom and Aunt who left polygamy. Does she think their family has a monopoly on games like Red Rover and tag?.. go to any elementary playground during recess. Third, whoever did the number on the little girl was a horrible excuse for a human being. All 9 children were born of the first wife, who is legally married to the husband... exactly who is the little girl denying relationship too? Hubby wasn't religiously motivated for this. He just wanted this woman on the side. And I think first wife finally went along with it because she had 9 kids in 10 years (they've been married 13, youngest child is 3), and wanted a break. She figured that if she shared wife duties, she might avoid pregnancy more often. New wife is going to wake up one day and discover she's been scammed into babysitter duties. Just because the bible doesn't specifically state that polygamy was out of style doesn't mean it was still being practiced by the time of the new testament.... which is what Christians specifically follow. As others have said, we don't stone people, allow parents to take their children out in the desert and attempt to kill them, condone people invading other countries because they want their land, send people into slavery in Egypt, and so forth. Edited to add: This guy is even more controlling than Joe Darger... all eating at the same time, calling from work to eat at the same time, lining up the kids by height, all with stupid smug reasons for it.

About Jill's instagrams: TLC may have had a discussion with Jill and Derick about their new found celebrity. She may be posting frequently about what they are doing because it has been suggested to her as a way to keep the show alive. It may also be a preventative strike. If you give your more stalker-ish type fans that type of info, maybe it will be enough and you will get left alone the rest of the time. It is also possible that she thinks it is a way to keep her family in the loop so they don't feel abandoned.

Regarding Jenny staying at Jill's two weeks after the wedding, and the newlyweds' self-control: Derick might think it was awkward, but Jill may not. Jill has been exposed to calendar ovulation watch for years, has been traveling on a bus trip that featured a conception (Michelle and Jim Bob counted back to conception for one of the kids), has had children moved into her room (and bed) so that 'sweet fellowship' could occur, has gone from not holding hands, to public kissing and public sitting on Derick's lap in a short time. She may not be embarrassed about having 'relations' in a room down the hall from Jenny because she thinksthat is how it works. In some ways, the rest of us are a lot more modest than the Duggars.

It may be, but I really don't see a problem with it... as long as Derick likes the result. They are living on 1 income (it seems), and Derick may have school loans to pay. They may also have plans that will cost money, such as two week missions, a second car, travel, and so forth. I do hope Jill does not become pregnant until June 15, so that they get to spend a year just settling in. They've only been married a few weeks, and with the courtship rules, they are still getting to know lots of things about it other. I would like Jill to have a year off from parenting (or as close as she can get since she won't want to abandon her buddies, and her other siblings). The more free time Jill has, the more time she has to discover who SHE is, what HER likes/dislikes are, the activities that SHE likes. She's been busy being a sister-Mom and has never been allowed to have divergent thoughts. I hope they don't pick a letter, although Derick may not be opposed to doing so. After all, he and his brother share a first initial. I think. Finally, I hope they DON'T run out and get pregnant just to give Cathy her first grandchild. We don't know Cathy's prognosis, she may have a great chance of getting thru this cancer just fine. If not, and is terminally ill (NOTICE I said if), I still don't think the Dillards should rush into a lifetime commitment as a parent just so Cathy can SEE a baby for a few days/weeks/months. .

There's nothing wrong with IHOP 56 cent pancakes! It's a perfectly normal American consumer way to save money. As is cutting your husband's hair. I would not cut my husbands because I would mess it up, but Jill has had plenty of practice. These two strike me as doing just fine right now. Doing perfectly unremarkable things like going out to eat.

Yes, Casey is off somewhere on deployment and would have to do something about child care... until he could retire. He's also a colonel or general, not likely to get killed or injured in battle now. He makes good money and could provide quality child care. The character, Rizzoli, the way she's been portrayed in the show until now would not make decisions like this without the agreement of Casey, as he is a responsible and caring person (no more selfish than Rizzoli). The writers are running over Rizzoli's family sense and her supposed 'love' for Casey. Rizzoli should has brought Casey into that discussion with Maura and said 'if something happens to me and Casey needs someone to care for the baby.....'. Single parents who think their other half is a decent caring being would not deny them their rights to their child. Has Casey been shown to be a scumbag? Furthermore, what are Angela and Frankie to think about this request... not just cutting Casey out but cutting them out also?It's totally unrealistic in the Boston American Italion culture.

As I said a couple episodes ago, Rizzoli's pregnancy is not realistic in how she regards Casey. She said a couple episodes ago, she was raising the baby herself. I said the writers were not being true to the character, that Rizzoli would never do that, that would be unfair to Casey, and other commenters said I was reading the dialogue too literally .... that she wasn't cutting Casey out. ,,, Lo and behold, in tonight's episode, she offers her baby to Maura to raise if she ever dies. Now, I am pretty sure that Casey would be the one raising the baby..... unless the writers meant what I said they meant and they are cutting Casey out of the picture.

If Michelle wanted a high necked gown, she should have gotten one in the first place. That dress is not meant to have that material in the neck area.... not with the seams the way they are and with the bolero jacket. She would have been better off getting a gray jacket/skirt and wearing a shell of some kind beneath it. The outfits they come up with to keep themselves 'modest' just make me cringe. As much as she appears before crowds, you would think some publicist would get her to a high end dress shop. I am glad to see Jill looking so happy in the pictures we have seen, but they can stop the PDA kissing soon before it ventures into Jim Bob and Michelle territory. Something else that makes me cringe. I would also agree that the house is either a cheap rental for them while they save up cash for a house of their own, or some sort of dowry. A dowry is right in line with all their other courtship/engagement/family roles beliefs.

Since the mortgage on Meri's house is in both Kody and Meri's name, the mortgage would still need to be paid. Kody would be on the hook for it until and unless Meri became self-supporting. The house could be sold, I suppose, but I seriously doubt they would come out with any money in the end. She could also ask for alimony/maintenance since she is used to living off the fruits of all the labors. Kody would claim the extra nights for himself, and the 3 wives wouldn't complain since they all think he 'needs some nights to himself'. Kody would shop for a replacement wife since he now needs 4 to be complete. Anyone he found would come with chlldren. Would be interesting if the women he chose had an ex-husband that objected to the Kody Brown family. Robyn and Christine would complete to be the legal wife, while Janelle would continue to avoid being one. Truthfully howevfr, I think Kody would chase after Meri if she left, since he calls her his 'soulmate'.

Kody's brother Curtis was monogamous, he passed away last summer. Kody mentioned that his Dad didn't have much to do with Curtis because he married outside of the faith that Kody's Dad had converted to. So, not sure that Kody is really going to be all that understanding when he kids reject his faith.