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

[iwantcookies]

Jill probably gets those workbooks at the dollar tree 

39 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said:

I wonder how many parent meetings like this the Dean gets every year? These KJV only types don't seem to even respect Christian curriculum like Abeka to educate their kids. Probably because it's more expensive than the  workbooks that Jill favors.

 

[Cinnabon]

3 hours ago, Tasya said:

She's using a snapchat filter. The sparkles give it away. She really must think that everyone else in the world is as stupid as she is. 

Dunning Kruger syndrome .

[mimionthebeach]

5 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

🤣😂🤣

So, only yesterday's makeup that didn't end up smeared on her pillowcase.

2 hours ago, beckie said:

This college is perfect for Jill to keep her tight hold of "Philly". She'll probably drive him there and pick him up. And since they know the dean, they probably grifted the tuition. 

As far as working, have we ever seen Philly do anything but attempt to preach? 

I'm thinking between BME and Phillip's ineptitude, it's going to be a massive failure.

There will be NO OPPORTUNITY for Philip to get up to ANY of the shenanigans that got Timbits tethered indefinitely to the RV in the driveway. 

[Abmis]

For some reason when I think of Jill meeting with the Dean of the school my thoughts turn to Forrest Gump.

I'll see myself to the Prayer Closet.

[BradandJanet]

Jill has pegged Phillip as the studious one, so he may feel an urgency to live up to this expectation. If he can adapt to a school setting, he might do OK. Of course, BestMeMeMeEver will eventually find a way to sabotage his efforts. It's what she does best. 

[ginger90]

12 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

Jill has pegged Phillip as the studious one, so he may feel an urgency to live up to this expectation. If he can adapt to a school setting, he might do OK. Of course, BestMeMeMeEver will eventually find a way to sabotage his efforts. It's what she does best. 

Sadly that’s true.

I have to wonder how a college student in their home will be treated. Even though it’s probably less than an hour from their house, living at school wouldn’t have been a bad idea, in my opinion.

I wonder if there will be first day of school pictures, and paragraphs on how much it affects Jill.

Edited April 25, 2022 by ginger90

[Gweilo]

I agree with others that this 'college' is a joke, but bear in mind that any Rod kids are so incredibly stunted, that even things like 'go to this classroom at 8am sharp, and spend 50 minutes talking to other people about the Bible and writing stuff down' is going to be immensely challenging for them.

They have never been taught anything about the world, so this is all going to be hard. I hope Phillip does OK, because all these kids deserve so much better than what their parents have given them.

[Absolom]

As sad as this school is, I have fears that it might be too hard for any Rodrigues offspring.  I expect that any of them attending any of the programs will learn more about other people, themselves, and even the Bible.  Phillip might even improve his writing and speaking skills.

[ginger90]

51 minutes ago, Absolom said:

As sad as this school is, I have fears that it might be too hard for any Rodrigues offspring.  I expect that any of them attending any of the programs will learn more about other people, themselves, and even the Bible.  Phillip might even improve his writing and speaking skills.

If the school’s Facebook page is any indication, proofreading isn’t a priority.

[farmgal4]

53 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Sadly that’s true.

I have to wonder how a college student in their home will be treated. Even though it’s probably less than an hour from their house, living at school wouldn’t have been a bad idea, in my opinion.

I wonder if there will be first day of school pictures, and paragraphs on how much it affects Jill.

The answer to your last comment is:  You can bet on it.

BME needs to keep her big mouth shut regarding Phillip’s “college” plan, in case it’s as much of a failure as I suspect it will be.

[GeeGolly]

I'm hoping Philly is all kinds of excited and is feeling very mature. Lets hope this college is the right speed for him and he at least obtains a Bible certificate. 

[iwantcookies]

8 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

The answer to your last comment is:  You can bet on it.

BME needs to keep her big mouth shut regarding Phillip’s “college” plan, in case it’s as much of a failure as I suspect it will be.

Jill keep her giant mouth shut? Ha don’t bet on it! HUNK is gonna get a REAL job before that happens!

Philly will flunk out and MAMA will pretend nothing has ever happened college wise.

[emmawoodhouse]

34 minutes ago, iwantcookies said:

Jill keep her giant mouth shut? Ha don’t bet on it! HUNK is gonna get a REAL job before that happens!

Philly will flunk out and MAMA will pretend nothing has ever happened college wise.

As for Phillip flunking out, I suspect it's damn near impossible to flunk out of these rinky dink bible "colleges." I imagine most of the instructors are likewise educated. 

[lianau]

7 hours ago, Teriacky said:

Most of these young preacher wannabes would be MUCH better off going to a trade school. At least they would be employable. 
I’m still trying to figure out what Jr. Church is. 

and be exposed to heathens? Or worse , Catholics ?

[awaken]

11 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Here’s the catalog:

https://0201.nccdn.net/4_2/000/000/017/e75/catalogvolxx111.pdf

 

10 hours ago, ozziemom said:

I saw on the application to Bible college you had to disclose your salvation story, apparently along with dates, etc etc. And recommendation from your pastor, I guess they don’t want any unsaved students who aren’t fluent in KJV biblespeak. Sounds perfect for BME so it will be interesting to see what she comes up with when Philly drops out.

Seems over the top to most “normal” people, but having been raised fundie and going to rinky dink unaccredited schools in church basements all my life, this is quite standard and would raise no eyebrows amongst this crowd. 

[iwantcookies]

At least the Rod boys get the option of “college”. Rod girls nope. Marriage and BABIEZ forever…

[Portia]

21 hours ago, Teriacky said:

So it’s basically Sunday school?

 

20 hours ago, Absolom said:

Most of these churches will have both Sunday School and children's church.  The programs have some similarities, but really are different.  Sunday School usually uses a curriculum to cover the Bible and church beliefs in a progressive, organized manner.  The students are usually divided by age or grade level into one to two year groups.  

Children's church usually follows the adult lessons and is a simplified child appropriate and shorter lesson.  It's a less structured program than Sunday School and covers a wider age range (sometimes 2 to 8) and usually includes a picture to color or art project that matches the day's lesson.  

In the Baptist churches I've attended, Children's Church is organized like a worship service. All elementary school-aged children are welcome. Their chairs all face toward the front of the meeting space, and there is a time for musical worship (group singing and maybe a solo) followed by a child-appropriate message ("sermon") given by the children's pastor or a volunteer. There may be some games and activities thrown in, but part of the point is to get kids used to the format of adult worship service. 

[Nysha]

17 hours ago, Absolom said:

As sad as this school is, I have fears that it might be too hard for any Rodrigues offspring.  I expect that any of them attending any of the programs will learn more about other people, themselves, and even the Bible.  Phillip might even improve his writing and speaking skills.

It's cheap, unaccredited, and emphasizes the right Jesus more than its curriculum. My bet it has more educationally deficient, socially awkward, emotionally damaged homeschooled students beginning classes than not. Hopefully, Phillip will find some happiness there.

[BradandJanet]

7 minutes ago, Nysha said:

It's cheap, unaccredited, and emphasizes the right Jesus more than its curriculum. My bet it has more educationally deficient, socially awkward, emotionally damaged homeschooled students beginning classes than not. Hopefully, Phillip will find some happiness there.

Yes. No one will be dropped for being unable to construct a coherent sentence. It would take something egregious or a refusal to pay the bills for the school to expel a student. 

Phillip should be OK as long as Jill doesn't meddle too much. Dealing with Jill's craziness might be too much even for this school. 

I hope Phillip enjoys the experience. Maybe Tim will give him some useful advice--or not. 

[heckkitty]

On 4/23/2022 at 5:38 AM, iwantcookies said:

That little chin beard is not my style. And the cporny mustache. Yeah we get it you went through puberty. 🙄

 

Philly boy is never leaving bme bosom either. College ha thanks for the laugh. Philly is probably at elementary school level education wise. Jill is uneducated how can she teach anyone else? 
 

 

FIFY

[ginger90]

They’re sprucing it up…..

[GeeGolly]

Can someone explain the UFO that is part pink alligator-pig hybrid, part wheel-less jeep and part giant hand grenade?

Edited April 27, 2022 by GeeGolly

[libgirl2]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

They’re sprucing it up…..

My God, that is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. 

[Minivanessa]

1 minute ago, libgirl2 said:

My God, that is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. 

Agreed. Cemetery-ish.

[MargeGunderson]

I would say that it couldn’t be any worse, but it’s Jill, so….

[Heathen]

On 4/24/2022 at 10:30 PM, lianau said:

and be exposed to heathens? Or worse , Catholics ?

I certainly hope no Rodriguii is exposed to a Heathen. I'm not sure I can buy enough bleach to save my brain and eyesight after that. 

I hope Phillip does well, and at least gets something out of it that will allow him to escape from his awful mother. 

[Boston]

4 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Can someone explain the UFO that is part pink alligator-pig hybrid, part wheel-less jeep and part giant hand grenade?

Looks like a graveyard for aliens 

[Jeanne222]

This topic is never about the Duggers or Bates. It’s always about Jill Rodriguez. 
Maybe change the title!  TIA

[laurakaye]

5 hours ago, ginger90 said:

They’re sprucing it up…..

There appears to be a hole surrounded by rocks in the center - wonder what it's for?

Actually, I don't think I want to know.

[BradandJanet]

11 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

There appears to be a hole surrounded by rocks in the center - wonder what it's for?

Actually, I don't think I want to know.

I'm guessing sunken lights, some of David's genius electrical work. However, I'm not sure. If not, I wouldn't want to know either. 

That rock garden is such a weird collection of random junk. It's like a photo of the inside of Jill's head. 

[Lady Edith]

So I took a look at the school’s website. The Pastoral Ministry degree looks to be up his alley.  But the whole thing about the “degree” not being awarded to divorced men or women (in general) just irks me.  Wouldn’t it be prudent for a woman (who has the intention of being a pastor’s wife) to understand the ins and outs of the job?  And to be able to support her spouse with whatever needs done?  But I suppose that’s not “women’s work” so no need to fill their pretty little heads with it. And the whole thing about students not being allowed to marry during their time at the school…they all preach about “God’s Plan” for everyone and God choosing a mate for them.  What they are saying is that God doesn’t matter when it comes to  giving them money  their education and they need to avoid hasty courtships and wait till AFTER their schooling. Because distractions. Even if they feel God “put the burden on their hearts” to marry.  It makes my head wobble. 

[sagittarius sue]

15 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Can someone explain the UFO that is part pink alligator-pig hybrid, part wheel-less jeep and part giant hand grenade?

Monument to Plexus?

Edited April 28, 2022 by sagittarius sue
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[Minivanessa]

34 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

I'm guessing sunken lights, some of David's genius electrical work. However, I'm not sure. If not, I wouldn't want to know either. 

That rock garden is such a weird collection of random junk. It's like a photo of the inside of Jill's head. 

Did they do that "landscaping" in an area of rocks that's there because of their septic tank or something? I have a vague memory that Jill put the kids to work to "beautify" an area like that on their property a year or more ago, and it looked dreadful in her brag photos on SM. Maybe this is the 2022 spring "spruce-up" for that mess.

[ginger90]

17 minutes ago, Jeeves said:

I have a vague memory that Jill put the kids to work to "beautify" an area like that on their property a year or more ago, and it looked dreadful in her brag photos on SM. Maybe this is the 2022 spring "spruce-up" for that mess.

Yes, it’s the same spot. She called it, “getting everything spring cleaned”.

 

Last year:

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To add picture

[MargeGunderson]

9 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

Monument to Plexis?

A monument to her uterus?

[ozziemom]

21 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by ozziemom
Double post

[ozziemom]

17 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Yes, it’s the same spot. She called it, “getting everything spring cleaned”.

 

Last year:

Her yard decor reminds me of the backyard on Big Brother when they do a competition involving hiding things in a graveyard. Looks like her plants didn’t survive. Sadly JillR thinks she’s a great decorator.

[Teriacky]

Jill isn’t a great anything.

[laurakaye]

I had 30 seconds to waste this morning so I watched her IG story - she pans around her lil' Garden of Horrors, shows two of her boys climbing extremely high into a tree in their front yard (maybe they were checking out an escape route from that vantage point) and then she shoves her camera into one of the Not-Nurie's faces, causing uncomfortable giggling.  For the "piece de resistance" she reveals the front of her house, with what looks like several window boxes filled with the plastic floral clearance section of Goodwill.  I have never seen so many colors not found in nature in one place. 

I'm glad the Coca-Cola sign with the white picket fence is back, though.  That really pulls the whole decorative scheme together so nicely.

1 hour ago, BradandJanet said:

That rock garden is such a weird collection of random junk. It's like a photo of the inside of Jill's head. 

THIS 😂

Edited April 27, 2022 by laurakaye

[BitterApple]

Lol, it looks like a pet cemetery.

[xwordfanatik]

33 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Yes, it’s the same spot. She called it, “getting everything spring cleaned”.

 

Last year:

That woman is wacko.  It's a caliginous collection of crap that Jilldo probably took out of a dumpster in the back of a Goodwill store.  

I have nothing against thrifting, but this is too much.  

[Natalie68]

3 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

That woman is wacko.  It's a caliginous collection of crap that Jilldo probably took out of a dumpster in the back of a Goodwill store.  

I have nothing against thrifting, but this is too much.  

Maybe she is living her real life Sunshine Doll family.  HA!  They were a thing when I was a kid and you got instructions how to make all kinds of household items for their camper.  That is what their yard looks like.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sunshine+family+dolls&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS995US995&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&vet=1&fir=5rIODzLEKl_xJM%2C27SoLZoa_lQW1M%2C_%3Bd36pIlTxMHq71M%2CBNLCkNbhA0US5M%2C_%3BXA0yuOv9tUMxCM%2CJ3l88RMnxMaNaM%2C_%3BRKRwZGFlaF48-M%2CTNsaul5opVCsWM%2C_%3BnWpZNdOZBasTbM%2ClbLHrWd0xmDyCM%2C_%3BLB25NupTIZtf4M%2ClRfIjEI8aFt2_M%2C_%3BSG2wR91LRHdgFM%2ClQer_BVpPCUWtM%2C_%3Bfkv1os1NY5MkNM%2CMpU2XmO0KKtO1M%2C_%3B_6PiNBs4nECb7M%2CBNLCkNbhA0US5M%2C_%3BVDSigLVn47qhaM%2Cz4jyt-gru2VvcM%2C_%3B48LhgFc9KPh8hM%2Cn2PJJVawaPVpAM%2C_%3BExR_5uG0JkOqBM%2CMpU2XmO0KKtO1M%2C_%3BMhASmqVE_N94EM%2CemPZwYJ3xqXmcM%2C_%3BouZeikH8hkQ61M%2CYpm1PWAlCea_ZM%2C_%3BdTrF2ZPmdsZUwM%2C-KoxjLnJ6EyZoM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kTm9gtcD9-LlNgYErHIQE3UTrz9wQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwia46LS47T3AhVxKkQIHbbEDN0Q9QF6BAghEAE&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1#imgrc=dTrF2ZPmdsZUwM&imgdii=F7RBnrRi6R0KVM

[farmgal4]

2 hours ago, laurakaye said:

There appears to be a hole surrounded by rocks in the center - wonder what it's for?

Actually, I don't think I want to know.

A mini koi pond? 

[farmgal4]

41 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

I had 30 seconds to waste this morning so I watched her IG story - she pans around her lil' Garden of Horrors, shows two of her boys climbing extremely high into a tree in their front yard (maybe they were checking out an escape route from that vantage point) and then she shoves her camera into one of the Not-Nurie's faces, causing uncomfortable giggling.  For the "piece de resistance" she reveals the front of her house, with what looks like several window boxes filled with the plastic floral clearance section of Goodwill.  I have never seen so many colors not found in nature in one place. 

I'm glad the Coca-Cola sign with the white picket fence is back, though.  That really pulls the whole decorative scheme together so nicely.

THIS 😂

Don’t forget about the Not-Nurie’s high-pitched “Hiiiiiiiiiiiii!” when BME shoved the phone in her face.  Stephen King (the author whose imagination is endless and bizarre) couldn’t come up with a family any stranger than the Rods.  A person literally couldn’t make this shit up.

[Cinnabon]

3 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

This topic is never about the Duggers or Bates. It’s always about Jill Rodriguez. 
Maybe change the title!  TIA

The Duggars and the Bates both have their own dedicated forums, so I think that’s part of it.

[Cinnabon]

1 hour ago, Lady Edith said:

So I took a look at the school’s website. The Pastoral Ministry degree looks to be up his alley.  But the whole thing about the “degree” not being awarded to divorced men or women (in general) just irks me.  Wouldn’t it be prudent for a woman (who has the intention of being a pastor’s wife) to understand the ins and outs of the job?  And to be able to support her spouse with whatever needs done?  But I suppose that’s not “women’s work” so no need to fill their pretty little heads with it. And the whole thing about students not being allowed to marry during their time at the school…they all preach about “God’s Plan” for everyone and God choosing a mate for them.  What they are saying is that God doesn’t matter when it comes to  giving them money  their education and they need to avoid hasty courtships and wait till AFTER their schooling. Because distractions. Even if they feel God “put the burden on their hearts” to marry.  It makes my head wobble. 

I fully agree! It’s ridiculous, and they are total hypocrites regarding divorce. Why do we see so many screeds from Jill and her ilk judging women for wearing the wrong clothes and making their own choices about their bodies, etc, but never about the ungodly “sin” of divorce? They fully support divorced people (mostly men) when it suits them. Of course, the women in those marriages must have been at fault. /s

[iwantcookies]

8 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Can someone explain the UFO that is part pink alligator-pig hybrid, part wheel-less jeep and part giant hand grenade?

It’s for a dog or Janessa to get some shade in the summer

[iwantcookies]

Monument to her SEVERE miscarriages 

 

 

[GeeGolly]

According to Erma Bombeck, The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank. Was her joke/title wrong?

[iwantcookies]

Maybe the kids use the cemetery as an outhouse