DoctorWhovian

I love that the Bates girls are great examples of how to dress modestly without shoving it in everyone's faces that they do. Normal clothing that covers what they want, but without weird modesty panels or over the top out of style fashion. And it's a huge change from the 1980s sewing patterns and clearance rack fabric matching outfits they used to wear. The Duggars have improved as well, but just don't have it as figured out. Now if they could only realize pants are no less modest than skirts for girls!

Yeah... you can wear whatever color wedding dress you want regardless of your sexual history on your wedding day. It's a color. Colors have changed meaning over time and the white wedding dress as a purity thing is a modern idea. I'm reminded of the episode of The Office where Phyllis gets married and Angela comments on her wearing white.

Catelynn: you are an adult, you cannot be bored. When you aren't happy with what you are doing, it is up to you to change what you are doing. There's nothing to do around there? You have a daughter, are you serious? Quit self medicating (pot and food) and go to a real therapist for strategies to cope and (likely) medication. And it's ok to need medication to make yourself better, and you can work with your doctor to use less in the future, under their recommendation! Maci: congrats on being boring, it is literally the best way to be on this show. You do and say plenty of stupid shit, but no one is going to look perfect under a microscope. Hopefully, for Bentley's sake, Ryan's issues are addressed. Maybe he's just that boring, but likely it's more, so the best thing you can do is protect Bentley from it while Ryan gets it together. Larry seemed drunk during his couch scene. I feel horrible for Jen, even if some of this was brought on by her coddling, but that doesn't make it any easier on her. Farrah: you are insane and obviously have no idea how to run any business. If she opened a restaurant instead of re-branding an old yogurt place (girl, why did it take so long to open if the place already existed), she would be Amy from Amy's Baking Company. If you don't know what that is, google Kitchen Nightmares Amy's Baking Company then realize you're watching Farrah in another body. Amber: I had a long rant about your horrible diet choices, especially after lamenting how hard and not long term cutting carbs is (which is ridiculous because it really is something most people should do, eating less sugary snacks and baked goods is not hard and should be done for long term maintenance, also sugar is a carb, it's not "carbs and sugar") and how there's no way a doctor or dietician (nutritionist? One of them is a real doctor) suggested this weird crash diet instead of just eating real food in normal portions, and not eating out so much but the comments here guessing that this is a pre-bariatric surgery diet make so much more sense. "Mommy make over." Yeah, sure. But even so, if this is a surgery thing or a crash diet, being around a partner and your child who are eating normally is a recipe for failure. How about you all eat better together, set a good example for Leah who will likely gain weight as she ages and plays less, since right now she has none, and get your overweight lump of a boyfriend to join in.

Some people just get married in a third location that they don't live in and neither comes from. Tallahassee is a weird choice though and I wouldn't exactly call it a destination wedding because, seriously, it's Tallahassee.

And it's still Jill and Jessa acting like they've always been around, and that they didn't have the same issues as Ashley is now from the other moms. But that's why hazing continues right? "It happened to be me, I hated it and asked for it to stop, but now that it's not happening and someone new is here that i can do it to, why not?"

So the mom's are completely aware of how ridiculous and hypocritical they are? "You guys always fight why aren't you like us who never fight among our team?!?!!" "Why do you guys care so much about yourself and not about the team!!!" Later: "WHAATTT how dare those duets only have the chance for a solo and not my daughter?!?!!?"

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/tim-hortons-canada-from-website-large-triple-triple-48382621 What is the drink she references? I don't know Tim Hortons.

How nice of Farrah to send herself all those gifts for Mother's Day. I mean, Sophia, how nice of Sophia to do that. Deborah and Farrah on the beach: if you went up to Deborah and asked about her and her sister, I bet she'd give you $250,000 too. Lady is so obviously wanting to be like her daughter. What an opening to the Amber segment. Talking about farting on tv and a dog pissing on the floor, then taking it out to pee without a leash. No backyard in that fancy neighborhood? They have how many dogs and no fenced in area? Matt's accent is so gross to me, and with how strong it is I wouldn't be surprised to find out it's put on. Amber: you are the parent, you should be making sure that Leah keeps her iPhone (iPod?) charged while she's with you -- you know she has it, you know how they work, you know it's there so that her father can talk to her independently, be the adult and make sure it's available. I've dealt with kids with separated parents and the responsible ones go out of their way to make sure the kid calls the other parent every day/night because it's about the kid, not the parent's ego. I love Ryan's parents. Ryan has his issues but I think his parent's are doing what they can with a son his age, and being able to speak pretty frankly about dating and such shows good communication (regarding the, "they need to get along with us and Maci"). If Ryan wasn't so blah (which might just be around the cameras, I don't know), he would be a good catch in the future. He may be one of those guys that at ~30 has it all turn around and click, and he becomes ready for commitment, I've seen it with guys who spent their 20s doing the same as him (just without the teenage pregnancy). I think Bentley is adorable and his reaction to his brother was so cute. They are obviously doing something right. I really think that Gary and Kristina are such great examples for Leah. I bet people (Amber/Matt) will claim its all for the cameras, but its still evidence for an adult Leah to see that her father is honestly thinking about her and how to work with Amber (the cookout invitation, and the episode where he was happy to let Leah stay with Amber on her birthday). Catelynn's meal? Girl, we know you eat like this regularly. I wonder if her and Ty know how to cook a meal that doesn't involve a microwave. I am 100% in favor of marijuana legalization; I think that smoking pot should be looked at as no different than having some drinks. Tyler and Catelynn, and people like them/Jenelle, and their dependency and grossness about pot make me disgusted. Tyler is gross and I want him off my TV (laptop).

One day Farrah will release something with proper English... and we'll all realize she paid for a copy editor. Or Sophia helped.

I think a lot of people (Whitney included) also fall into the fallacy that they have to exercise to lose weight. Exercise will speed up weight loss (not a lot though!) by having your body burn more calories. Plus, it's good for the body and part of overall health. But you can't out run your fork. Cutting calories is enough to lose weight without any exercise, if you do it correctly and actually eat the correct amount (most people over estimate the calories burned from working out, and underestimate the amount of calories in your food). Add in the fact that you have to adjust the caloric intake as you lose weight (the smaller you are (height and weight), the less your body needs to function), and it becomes easy to stall. When I really count calories (weighing and measuring everything), I am still shocked about how fast those calories add up, and what I thought was a healthy sandwich with lots of veg turns close to half my day's calories. tl;dr: not being able to exercise is not an excuse for not eating right (Will called Whitney out for this at one point). I think it's also important to recognize, however, that food is more than that for humans. We aren't animals just eating to survive, food is part of our culture and social life, we eat not just to sustain but also because we enjoy it, and no one wants to think about it 24/7. That's where the balance part comes in (but also learning appropriate balance!). For myself, I still need to lose some weight, although I've lost and mostly kept off 30 pounds which is half of what I'd like to do, but I've been fortunate in that these past 2 years of not actively dieting but just balancing enough, has kept me at the same general 5 pound range. I was at the dermatologist last week and had some questions about a few little things on my skin, and the doctor there even brought up weight as being a possible connection to the bumps (not that it's the cause, or always the cause, but that there seems to be a correlation), but that because its generally cosmetic and not causing me issues, they really don't do anything about them, but that I could see if losing weight would effect them.

I see nothing wrong with the two weddings thing, for Kail or Chelsea. I know people who had reasons to get their legal marriage done before the actual ceremony (usually for insurance or baby reasons, get it done then have the wedding when you can afford it or at the date you intended or whatever other reason, you get to make that choice). I understand wanting the party where you get to feel yourself and drink and have fun and look at the pictures and be happy. I could see doing it on the anniversary as a "anniversary party" but also a wedding reception. She may have had to change her plans part of the way through.

Didn't Sophia paint or color a dog once? I think they lived in Florida and Deborah was there.

Omg those stupid pigtails. Who thinks that looks good on a kid with so little hair?

I wouldn't be surprised if they kissed, even if it was accidental (on Jeremy's end). It's just so easy to do that, gazing into their eyes and leaning forward and kissing, thing, or even if they were talking and sitting by each other and he just leaned into it. Once you've had your FIRST kiss, those kinds of first kisses with someone happen without thinking.

In California, you must have your bachelor's degree and pass the CBEST (the same exam that has to be taken before you can become a teacher), which tests high school competency. You do have to be finger printed. This allows you to get your 30 Day Emergency Credential which is good for one year (maybe two, it's been a while) and you can sub in any one classroom for no more than 30 consecutive days. I presume this prevents you from making the syllabus or lesson plan, and rather you show up with instructions from the teacher with what you need to do. I subbed everything from kindergarten to high school (where the admin I was waiting to speak to for the key to the classroom asked me if I was a new student D:, I was dressed nicely!), and it's really just about going through the lesson plan and keeping students in line. I had a friend who was sponsored by a district to get a normal teaching credential after starting as a sub (don't know the details on this but remember it being an option to become a full time teacher). I imagine Derrick is fine for basic competency because he has his bachelors, but would imagine that he (and many people!) would have trouble if he had to answer questions in certain subjects. A sub is there to cover every subject possible, or else they limit their chances of having a job that day. I remember having shit subs, and having amazing ones, and teachers would ask us the next day if we liked a certain sub so they could request them in the future. I think it's just great he's doing a real job where he has to answer to someone else.

The moms are awful. The mini moms have done nothing that we've seen to warrant the vitriol thrown at them. I loved the complaints that the mini moms are just doing this for instagram likes. Do they hear themselves?

I once saw a boy run a lemonade Stand on a corner/ I opened my own and took all of his business and made the local news paper by being sweet & savvy! Plus I hired the neighbor kids to help me and started other local neighborhood businesses. I was once the cart girl at a grocery store starting at minimum wage and corperate America & had to apply 3 times before getting the job, then worked my way up the ladder to bag sacker, cashier, catering and food sampler. Today I've had my own products being sold in whole foods and grocery stores, selling out. I was once the girl buying all those magazines and now I'm on the cover and in magazines and am the star of every occasion. I once strived to be the best in reality television and now I'm the top reality star and top 10 listed female celebrity in the nation. I once couldn't finish a book and now I made the New York Times Best Sellers List and wrote a memoir, trilogy and children's book. At least she never claims to have taken an English class. Her poor ghost writer... I'm glad that there will be both Refreshments & Drinks and Food & Drinks. This girl needs an editor for everything she does.

Even for your first child (or wedding), you should not be involved in the planning or throwing of the shower. It should be a party that you get to attend as the guest of honor. Maternity shoots are also meant to show off the bump, and it looks like she de-emphasized it as much as she could. They also tend to be taken later in the pregnancy. Jenelle obviously just does her own thing.

Is that the first Duggar shown in a normal swimsuit / not wearing a shirt (boy of course)?

I think the engagement photos are adorable. Maternity are meh, mostly because I don't think they thought as much about what to wear.

Whoops, my mistake for making the assumption :) There's just so much bad interpretation of legal stuff online when so much of it can't be answered with any amount of certainty (not in a legal advice way, but in any legal way at all), but the general joke is always that it depends, or as my con law professor liked, it's a judgment call.

Well I don't know what state you're barred in but it's still pretty standard for "it depends" to be part of a legal answer. But to be fair, most of the divorce cases I've worked did not involve minor children and the CA bar does not test family law (although I know at least one state does, and community property never goes into child support) so it is not something I've touched on much.

Depending on the state... family law is a state issue.

I doubt she's pregnant but I would not be surprised if there'd been some kissing, even if just a "caught up in the moment" peck. And I wouldn't put it past them if something more happened, Jeremy is an experienced (normal) adult.

If I had a child write that into a birthday card for me I would be so devastated that all she sees me as is the person that gave birth to them.