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

[iwantcookies]

Jon probably bought HUNK a mountain of chicken. I would not pose for pictures… Jon should say no thanks.

Edited September 18, 2021 by iwantcookies

[emmawoodhouse]

13 minutes ago, iwantcookies said:

Jon probably bought HUNK a mountain of chicken. I would not pose for pictures… Jon should say no thanks.

Never underestimate what a horny young guy will do to get laid. 

[iwantcookies]

40 minutes ago, lianau said:

Kaylee  *furiously googling*: "Can you get pregnant by touching knuckles ?"

As if she has unsupervised access to internet! 

[CandyCaneTree]

One less kid One more chicken leg for David. 

[emmawoodhouse]

Someone on FJ stole this from Insta. It describes Jill to a tee.

 

[beckie]

2 hours ago, emmawoodhouse said:

Someone on FJ stole this from Insta. It describes Jill to a tee.

 

And Jill would disagree that she's like that.

[GeeGolly]

41 minutes ago, beckie said:

And Jill would disagree that she's like that.

And Jill would be wrong.

[floridamom]

Are those younger Rod sisters too weak to walk around a grocery store? 

[beckie]

3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

And Jill would be wrong.

I totally agree.

[Madtown]

9 hours ago, emmawoodhouse said:

Someone on FJ stole this from Insta. It describes Jill to a tee.

 

Pretty sure everyone one of us could comment on each one of these to Jill, with her own words to show her she does every one of these.

[drafan]

16 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Walmart pic:

Sad to say, but they could've fit another waif up in the baby seat of that cart, one more in the back section, and at least one folded up underneath.

 

Bible study pic:

Courtin' Rodlet looks like Rory Gilmore.

I honestly thought they were in a horse-drawn carriage. With Mama getting a free ride and snappin' pix.

[floridamom]

Gosh, those two 'love birds' look so uncomfortable just standing next to each other. I can't believe that the first time they ever be alone is in a hotel room, standing next to a bed. I don't want to think what the 'next step' would be in that scenario.

[libgirl2]

38 minutes ago, drafan said:

Walmart pic:

Sad to say, but they could've fit another waif up in the baby seat of that cart, one more in the back section, and at least one folded up underneath.

 

Bible study pic:

Courtin' Rodlet looks like Rory Gilmore.

I honestly thought trhey were in a horse-drawn carriage. With Mama getting a free ride and snappin' pix.

Guess who paid for groceries? Welcome to the family Jonathan! 

[BitterApple]

Jonathan is a nice-looking young man, but both he and Kaylee look painfully uncomfortable. They have no chemistry at all, not even that surface level physical attraction you see in many Fundie couples that masks the fact that they're complete strangers. I'm really curious as to how this courtship came about. 

[BigBingerBro]

7 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Guess who paid for groceries? Welcome to the family Jonathan! 

Exactly, did we see the same Walmart shopping trip with Nathan?

[CalicoKitty]

1 hour ago, floridamom said:

Gosh, those two 'love birds' look so uncomfortable just standing next to each other. I can't believe that the first time they ever be alone is in a hotel room, standing next to a bed. I don't want to think what the 'next step' would be in that scenario.

Nurie and Nathan looked just as scared at this point in their "relationship", but appear to be very happy and comfortable now.  I'm hoping that will be the case here.  

[P2C2E]

I don't doubt that he is being pressured into spending money on JillR. But also the courtship model is specifically about bringing the potential spouse into day to day activities with the whole family. This is to help you see their character displayed in their reactions. 

On one occasion I was told "you need to see how they react when your youngest sibling spills milk in their lap". Courtship is very much about the idea that you are marrying into (and marrying) the whole family.

So they are looking for Jonathan to show that he wants to babysit the youngest children and that he's happy to do mundane chores because he needs to show what a good family member and future father he will be.

[Rootbeer]

1 hour ago, BitterApple said:

Jonathan is a nice-looking young man, but both he and Kaylee look painfully uncomfortable. They have no chemistry at all, not even that surface level physical attraction you see in many Fundie couples that masks the fact that they're complete strangers. I'm really curious as to how this courtship came about. 

Now, I'm sure Jill told him to pick up a snack for himself when she handed him her grocery list.  I am also sure she didn't hand him her wallet nor make any mention of paying for the family groceries.  Same as she does in the restaurant and gift shop: Jill lets the suitor know what she wants and waits for them to pay for it.

[HooHooHoo]

How old are these Rod kids?  They have to ride in the cart?  Maybe too weak to walk that far or can’t be trusted to behave?

Edited September 18, 2021 by HooHooHoo

[farmgal4]

7 hours ago, floridamom said:

Are those younger Rod sisters too weak to walk around a grocery store? 

It’s very telling just how skinny those girls are when all 3 of them can fit in the shopping cart with room to spare.  Sofia is 5 or 6, so the other two are older than that, yet they all fit in that small space.  It’s beyond pitiful.

[farmgal4]

19 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I wonder if Sadie will still be missing her front tooth when she starts courting? 😢

[Rootbeer]

26 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

It’s very telling just how skinny those girls are when all 3 of them can fit in the shopping cart with room to spare.  Sofia is 5 or 6, so the other two are older than that, yet they all fit in that small space.  It’s beyond pitiful.

Sadie is 7, almost 8; Sofia is 6 and Janessa is 3.  It's been a long, long time since I rode in a shopping cart, but, it seems to me most kids have outgrown the cart by the time they're 4 or so. I am trying to picture myself in a cart with my 2 sisters when I was 6 and they were 7 and 3; we're spaced the same as these Rods.  We wouldn't have fit.  We were average size kids, not short or tall, not fat or thin; and we wouldn't have fit.  Just seeing all 3 of those kids in a single carts gives a pretty good picture of just how unusually small they are.

[Westiepeach]

Awww, Jonnie… welcome to your future. Good luck. You are going to need it. And a thick wallet.

[Monkeyrocks]

19 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I don't know if it's that they're uncomfortable with each other. Not-Nurie just looks like she has no idea why BME is taking photos.  That's the "WTF?" look my teen daughter gives me when I want a random pic and she thinks I'm ridiculous.  Jonathan is smiling the smile of a young man who knows he's about to know someone...ahem...biblically

Edited September 18, 2021 by Monkeyrocks

[JoanArc]

I like how his cell phone looks like a little black purse hanging off his hip.

[farmgal4]

55 minutes ago, Rootbeer said:

Sadie is 7, almost 8; Sofia is 6 and Janessa is 3.  It's been a long, long time since I rode in a shopping cart, but, it seems to me most kids have outgrown the cart by the time they're 4 or so. I am trying to picture myself in a cart with my 2 sisters when I was 6 and they were 7 and 3; we're spaced the same as these Rods.  We wouldn't have fit.  We were average size kids, not short or tall, not fat or thin; and we wouldn't have fit.  Just seeing all 3 of those kids in a single carts gives a pretty good picture of just how unusually small they are.

Janessa isn’t in the cart.  It’s Sofia, Sadie and the girl who’s a year or two older than Sadie.  That makes it even more pathetic.

[iwantcookies]

40 minutes ago, JoanArc said:

I like how his cell phone looks like a little black purse hanging off his hip.

It’s silly looking. And his pants are so ill fitting. 

[Cinnabon]

9 hours ago, floridamom said:

Are those younger Rod sisters too weak to walk around a grocery store? 

And does the whole family need to be there, maskless? 

4 hours ago, floridamom said:

Gosh, those two 'love birds' look so uncomfortable just standing next to each other. I can't believe that the first time they ever be alone is in a hotel room, standing next to a bed. I don't want to think what the 'next step' would be in that scenario.

I hope some of these couples take their time! No need to jump right to sex.

[Cinnabon]

2 hours ago, P2C2E said:

I don't doubt that he is being pressured into spending money on JillR. But also the courtship model is specifically about bringing the potential spouse into day to day activities with the whole family. This is to help you see their character displayed in their reactions. 

On one occasion I was told "you need to see how they react when your youngest sibling spills milk in their lap". Courtship is very much about the idea that you are marrying into (and marrying) the whole family.

So they are looking for Jonathan to show that he wants to babysit the youngest children and that he's happy to do mundane chores because he needs to show what a good family member and future father he will be.

Pretty sure he has a dozen siblings, so no need to prove that IMO.

[Minivanessa]

I agree with @Monkeyrocks - I attribute much of the awkwardness in so many of those photos to the happy couple being blitzed by JillR to pose for pictures every. other. bleeding. minute. Kaylee's better at faking the smile for Mama's camera than Nurie was. Kaylee's smile is not quite as painful a rictus as we used to see from Nurie, but it's similar. If Kaylee and Jonathan are destined to getting hitched to each other and pumping out babies for Jesus, I hope that they are attracted to each other. With all their cult rules, even if they are attracted, they won't have a chance to get past the awkward stage until their wedding night since they won't have a minute alone. Even if the rules would give them some alone time, we can be sure Jill and her iPhone will not.

[Cinnabon]

9 minutes ago, Jeeves said:

I agree with @Monkeyrocks - I attribute much of the awkwardness in so many of those photos to the happy couple being blitzed by JillR to pose for pictures every. other. bleeding. minute. Kaylee's better at faking the smile for Mama's camera than Nurie was. Kaylee's smile is not quite as painful a rictus as we used to see from Nurie, but it's similar. If Kaylee and Jonathan are destined to getting hitched to each other and pumping out babies for Jesus, I hope that they are attracted to each other. With all their cult rules, even if they are attracted, they won't have a chance to get past the awkward stage until their wedding night since they won't have a minute alone. Even if the rules would give them some alone time, we can be sure Jill and her iPhone will not.

And it won’t matter if that attraction eventually fades, they will be stuck together forever.

[dargosmydaddy]

1 hour ago, farmgal4 said:

It’s Sofia, Sadie and the girl who’s a year or two older than Sadie.  That makes it even more pathetic.

That would make the dark haired girl Olivia, who will be ten in January. Yikes!

[CandyCaneTree]

5 hours ago, floridamom said:

Gosh, those two 'love birds' look so uncomfortable just standing next to each other. I can't believe that the first time they ever be alone is in a hotel room, standing next to a bed. I don't want to think what the 'next step' would be in that scenario.

Where is the brain and eye bleach I really need it.

[ginger90]

[Westiepeach]

Like their children had a freakin’ choice…

[65mickey]

And how many of those tracts ended up in the nearest trash can?  And the 4 souls being led to Christ most likely were just trying to get away from the Rods. ASAP.

[iwantcookies]

Jdingus is with them 🙄

and he is twice as big as the Rod boys

Rod boys look like zombies

[ginger90]

[iwantcookies]

Jill has porked up ! 

Hunk is so lazy he didn’t even bother standing up. 

[iwantcookies]

I bet Jonathan paid for the amusement park. 
 

Maria is friends with who? Maybe she is courting Timbot.

[SMama]

I wonder how much that outing cost Jonathan. They are wearing wristbands, so unlimited ride$$$. Jill and GWE are freaking grifters. 

[Cinnabon]

36 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Why is she capitalizing “fair?”

[riverblue22]

Were the smiley tracts always that small?

[ms.o]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

Honestly, thats probably the first time I’ve seen genuine emotion on the kids faces. They actually look like they are having this thing called ‘fun’. I mean fairs aren’t my jam, but it’s a normal teenage thing to do. Except the whole ‘saving people’ BS 

[BradandJanet]

For some reason, I didn't fall on the floor in uncontrollable laughter when I saw the photos of the kids on the rides. How were those pictures hysterical?

Jill is a SOTDRT failure, but I am glad the kids got to have some fun at the end of the day. 

 

[Cinnabon]

2 hours ago, ms.o said:

Honestly, thats probably the first time I’ve seen genuine emotion on the kids faces. They actually look like they are having this thing called ‘fun’. I mean fairs aren’t my jam, but it’s a normal teenage thing to do. Except the whole ‘saving people’ BS 

A normal teenage thing to do WITHOUT your parents.

[ChiCricket]

On 9/14/2021 at 3:43 PM, Ohiopirate02 said:

The quotation marks is what gets me.  I am a proud member of Romancelandia and one of the most popular books these last few weeks over there is Morning Glory Milking Farm

https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Glory-Milking-Farm-Monster/dp/1736546619/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1764SATT20M6R&dchild=1&keywords=morning+glory+milking+farm&qid=1631652136&s=books&sr=1-2

I have not read this one yet, but farm "desire" and farm "experience" have a different connotation on this one.

Wth did I just read in this book review!?😂😂😂

"Milking minotaurs isn’t something Violet ever considered as a career option, but she’s determined to turn the opportunity into a reversal of fortune."

[Portia]

11 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

For some reason, I didn't fall on the floor in uncontrollable laughter when I saw the photos of the kids on the rides. How were those pictures hysterical?

Because they're smiling and laughing. Isn't that HYSTERICAL? She is weirdly performative about anything remotely enjoyable. And I get the feeling it isn't just for the cameras. She strikes me as someone who's constantly saying, "Oh wow we are being so CRAZY!" all the time. Exhausting. 

Does poor Kaylee get to wear anything that's not hideous? So many ugly patterns. And when I finally spot her in a solid, it's brown with weird white piping??? Finally, I'm not averse to all synthetic fabrics, but why do all their clothes look so flammable?

[ginger90]

11 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

For some reason, I didn't fall on the floor in uncontrollable laughter when I saw the photos of the kids on the rides. How were those pictures hysterical?

 

 

To Jill it was funny because the ride was “scary”. 

[louannems]

16 hours ago, iwantcookies said:

It’s silly looking. And his pants are so ill fitting. 

I also notice he wears the same old-man jacquard print polo shirt that Hunk always wears.