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

[BradandJanet]

6 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

(Full disclaimer, I wasted way too much time looking for the photographic evidence) Wasn't Kaylee the one the family had "fun" with sticking a rude note on her back and Jill posting for the world to see? Perhaps this was the wedding version.

Yes. Jill thought the prank was very funny and put the photo on the internet. BME is capable of both bad taste and outright meanness. Her motives are always in question, especially toward certain of the little soldiers in God's army. Kaylee, however, bested Best Momma this time. 

[farmgal4]

17 hours ago, YupItsMe said:

If J&D bought all new clothes for their kids and new shoes for the girls, that’s a good chunk of change. That along with the nice venue and food must’ve cost quite a bit. I would imagine they got some help from someone, maybe Jonathan’s parents.

Jonathan has a decent-paying job, so I wonder if he and Kaylee contributed to their own wedding?  I’ve got a feeling that they did.  I’m still in shock over how much nicer Kaylee’s wedding was than Nurie’s.

[farmgal4]

1 hour ago, madpsych78 said:

I have mixed feelings about Jill's outfit. On the one hand, I actually kind of like it in general, but on the other hand, the blazer is kind of weird for a wedding. She looks more like she is a realtor. I'm guessing that is her way of covering up her arms to be modest.

I wonder if David’s clothes are new?  I think they look new.  In fact, that’s the nicest I’ve ever seen him look.

[libgirl2]

36 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

I wonder if David’s clothes are new?  I think they look new.  In fact, that’s the nicest I’ve ever seen him look.

I know! I thought the same thing too. He looks okay. 

[Lady Edith]

Ahhhhh…so the Rods “performed” at the wedding. Maybe THAT is what it took to shake Jill from her clutch on matron of honor. She got to show off her superior singing skills in lieu of pole position next to Kaylee. 

[Cinnabon]

2 hours ago, farmgal4 said:

Jonathan has a decent-paying job, so I wonder if he and Kaylee contributed to their own wedding?  I’ve got a feeling that they did.  I’m still in shock over how much nicer Kaylee’s wedding was than Nurie’s.

Nurie still won, imo, because she got to escape to Florida.

[BradandJanet]

7 minutes ago, Cinnabon said:

Nurie still won, imo, because she got to escape to Florida.

This shows how limited Nurie's options in life have been (sorry, Florida), but she gets beaches instead of drainage ditches for modest swim time. She also doesn't have a camera in her face all the time. These are points. 

Being just five miles from Mahmo and Poofy sounds dreadful. If Kaylee truly is the Rodrigues House Elf, she'll still be folding tracts and stuffing envelopes, dusting tchotchkes, and cooking pots of Grease Soup at the Big House long after the babies start arriving. Unlike her mother, she'll never have a single minute to herself. 

[oliviabenson]

Was Jill Dave’s first kiss? Or was Dave not pure? (I’m using Jill’s judgy beliefs )

Edited November 12, 2022 by oliviabenson

[oliviabenson]

Dave isn’t looking to well or happy at the wedding.

[Salacious Kitty]

30 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Dave isn’t looking to well or happy at the wedding.

Why didn't DBD get a boutonniere? The grandparents (Tim and Pat) had them. 

[Tdoc72]

4 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Was Jill Dave’s first kiss? Or was Dave not pure? (I’m using Jill’s judgy beluefs)

My opinion only, but the way she’s spoken about his past makes me believe he did kissing and A LOT more. 

[oliviabenson]

4 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Why didn't DBD get a boutonniere? The grandparents (Tim and Pat) had them. 

No one got him one for free

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[beckie]

13 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

This shows how limited Nurie's options in life have been (sorry, Florida), but she gets beaches instead of drainage ditches for modest swim time. She also doesn't have a camera in her face all the time. These are points. 

Being just five miles from Mahmo and Poofy sounds dreadful. If Kaylee truly is the Rodrigues House Elf, she'll still be folding tracts and stuffing envelopes, dusting tchotchkes, and cooking pots of Grease Soup at the Big House long after the babies start arriving. Unlike her mother, she'll never have a single minute to herself. 

Got a giggle over poofy as your name for David. 

[oliviabenson]

Kaylee will finally be able to go to a store and buy food on her own. Well she and Jonathan can go on a date to grocery shop.

[BradandJanet]

33 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Kaylee will finally be able to go to a store and buy food on her own. Well she and Jonathan can go on a date to grocery shop.

But will she be able to keep her grocery trips a secret from BME? Jill will always expect Kaylee to come back with an extra roast or three and a stack of apple pies so the hungry hoard in chez Rodrigues can have a decent meal. 

Kaylee can also come over and cook the stuff she bought. She's good at washing dishes too although she risks getting an insulting post-it note stuck on her back. 

[beckie]

Is it awful that I hope that BME is so busy with Nurthan, Nemo, and impending Nurthling #2 that she ignores (and Kaylee) for a few weeks? (At least).

Edited November 12, 2022 by beckie

[oliviabenson]

If Jill goes to Florida practically monthly she is going to Kayjo daily. Jill is not leaving them alone EVER.

[Cinnabon]

45 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

If Jill goes to Florida practically monthly she is going to Kayjo daily. Jill is not leaving them alone EVER.

This is the truth. 

[dargosmydaddy]

But since Jill can't physically be in two places at once (that we know of), she can't bother Kaylee during the monthly trips to Florida. (And hopefully she's not going to force Kaylee to go with them, when she has a working husband that she has to be joyfully available for...)

And perhaps those brief respites might make Kaylee realize that moving farther away from Mahmo could be a good thing...

[GeeGolly]

I think Kaylee will be glad to have JillR around, especially in the beginning. Soon enough Jill is going to be swimming in grandkids, so everyone will get a break from her whether they want it or not.

[Salacious Kitty]

The ugly earring business lives on! Renee made some by herself and used Hannah as a "prop" to model. They all looked the same. It seems that Kaylee might have been the more creative one. 

[ginger90]

[ozziemom]

9 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

The ugly earring business lives on! Renee made some by herself and used Hannah as a "prop" to model. They all looked the same. It seems that Kaylee might have been the more creative one. 

I guess the Rodlets are interchangeable. Kaylee hasn’t even been gone a week!

[Absolom]

I wonder how long it will take to get Renee married.  Jill seems to be one of the marry off the daughters, but so far she hasn't been successful with sons.  Daughters bring her more financial reward after getting married while sons may benefit her more before marriage.

[farmgal4]

On 11/11/2022 at 4:33 PM, oliviabenson said:

Dave isn’t looking to well or happy at the wedding.

That’s status quo for him.

[farmgal4]

42 minutes ago, Absolom said:

I wonder how long it will take to get Renee married.  Jill seems to be one of the marry off the daughters, but so far she hasn't been successful with sons.  Daughters bring her more financial reward after getting married while sons may benefit her more before marriage.

Jill’s oldest sons are supposedly working and/or going to (Bible) school.  I’m hoping that the Rodrigues sons realize that it takes money to support a family.

[oliviabenson]

Nuri versus Kaylee wedding. Dave the Hunk has aged a lot. 

[farmgal4]

On 11/11/2022 at 6:57 PM, Tdoc72 said:

My opinion only, but the way she’s spoken about his past makes me believe he did kissing and A LOT more. 

I think that David and Jill have greatly-exaggerated his “before Jesus” life.

[BradandJanet]

Jill's chunky highlights are very 1990s. That must have been a good decade for her because she's determined to stay there. 

[satrunrose]

I'm sure it was. She married her dreamboat super hunk who she lured away from a sad life of debauchery and vice with her sweet modesty and super rad style. It's the decade that launched one of the fundy power couples all of us miserable sinners only wish we could be part of. 

🙄

[GeeGolly]

Jill's hair looks better than the brides at both weddings.

[Salacious Kitty]

16 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

Jill's hair looks better than the brides at both weddings.

Well, most of it is fake. 😂

[Panopticon]

On 11/11/2022 at 5:33 PM, oliviabenson said:

Dave isn’t looking to well or happy at the wedding.

Conspiracy theory: to the limited extent that David ever noticed his children, (and Kaylee) was his favorite, thus leading to Jill feeling threatened and cutting down (and Kaylee) whenever she could. And David genuinely had some mixed feelings about not seeing as much of (and Kaylee) after she leaves home with her new headship. 

[ozziemom]

1 hour ago, Panopticon said:

Conspiracy theory: to the limited extent that David ever noticed his children, (and Kaylee) was his favorite, thus leading to Jill feeling threatened and cutting down (and Kaylee) whenever she could. And David genuinely had some mixed feelings about not seeing as much of (and Kaylee) after she leaves home with her new headship. 

Maybe she was the best & fastest at the printing shop tasks and Dave isn’t ready to train the littlest Rodlets yet. 

[merylinkid]

1 hour ago, ozziemom said:

Maybe she was the best & fastest at the printing shop tasks and Dave isn’t ready to train the littlest Rodlets yet. 

More like, dammit Kaylee did all the cooking now I have to eat whatever swill Jill makes.

[Tdoc72]

7 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Nuri versus Kaylee wedding. Dave the Hunk has aged a lot. 

Kaylee’s pic:  The way she is clasping David’s arm and her crooked headpiece makes her look like she’s drunk and trying to make it up the aisle w/o anyone noticing. 

[xwordfanatik]

1 hour ago, Tdoc72 said:

Kaylee’s pic:  The way she is clasping David’s arm and her crooked headpiece makes her look like she’s drunk and trying to make it up the aisle w/o anyone noticing. 

Hee!  Reminds me of the wedding in the movie Sixteen Candles!

That crooked headpiece bugs me.  Maybe if BME had ratted her hair evenly, it would hang properly. 

[CalicoKitty]

If Jill really cared about Kaylee, she would have made sure she looked perfect.  I can't believe any mother, especially a mother with a beautician's certificate, would not make sure the bride looked as perfect as possible.  Kaylee's appearance is rather shocking to me.  It's almost like Jill is playing a joke, so they can laugh at the pictures for years to come.  (I notice Jill's hair and clothing is not laugh-worthy).

And I agree with a comment above.  She looks hung over.

Edited November 14, 2022 by CalicoKitty
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[oliviabenson]

3 hours ago, merylinkid said:

More like, dammit Kaylee did all the cooking now I have to eat whatever swill Jill makes.

Their cooking skillz are sad lol

[sagittarius sue]

35 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

And I agree with a comment above.  She looks hung over.

Rather than being hung over, I think she looks joyfully tipsy.  Perhaps it's preparation for being joyfully available.

[Lady Edith]

Imho Kaylee is the prettiest of the of-age Rod girls. Conspiracy theory…Jill is jealous of Kaylee and did whatever she could to diminish her in other peoples’ eyes…whether it be posting awkward pics of her on SM or making her look like a disheveled mess on her wedding day…while Jill, herself, was put together 100%.  Kaylee, I’m so sorry that you looked so crooked on your wedding day. Now you are going to have to look at these wedding pics with your side-slant veil for the rest of your life.  Why did no one tell her?!?!?

[Salacious Kitty]

So, consensus is that Jill sabotaged Kaylee? That would be so on brand. 

[Lisa418722]

6 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

So, consensus is that Jill sabotaged Kaylee? That would be so on brand. 

I believe that.  We know that Jill did Kaylee's veil/headpiece and knowing it was crooked and no straightening it out, but letting Kaylee go through the wedding and the photographs looking like that. I can't help but think didn't Kaylee ever have to go to the bathroom and when washing her hands looked in the mirror and said, "what the hell??" The reception was not Jill-ified like Nurie's was.  Kaylee didn't ask BME to be her matron of honor.  I'm really hoping Kaylee and Jonathan stood up to Jill and said "this is our wedding, we are doing it our way."  Jill wanted to sabotage (to use your perfect word) Kaylee however she could. 

Edited November 14, 2022 by Lisa418722

[oliviabenson]

Jill said that she did the plexus reset 3 times. I can’t help but think why don’t you give that extra food to your kids ? Nah she instead eats extra calories and gains weight. 

[galaxygirl76]

2 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill said that she did the plexus reset 3 times. I can’t help but think why don’t you give that extra food to your kids ? Nah she instead eats extra calories and gains weight. 

Jesus Christ, if I'm seeing this correctly this is $120-$150 each!

https://shop.plexusworldwide.com/product/reset?_gl=1*mqhyqa*_ga*MjIzODUyNzA2LjE2Njg0NDYwOTA.*_ga_DKYGGM0Y9Y*MTY2ODQ0NjA5MC4xLjAuMTY2ODQ0NjA5OS4wLjAuMA..

[BradandJanet]

Kaylee's headpiece couldn't be adjusted without restyling her hair. It fit around the hair bump, which was lopsided. The person who did her hair (cough, cough) thought this was a good idea for some reason.

Kaylee and Jonathan had their own photographer, a relative of Jonathan's. We know how Jill loves to flit around and shove her phone in people's faces and force them to smile. She also has a burden to make awkward videos and narrate them in her baby voice. Hiring  an official wedding photographer seems like pretty good payback for the sad hairdo. 

[crazy8s]

Agree on the headpiece tilted to fit the awkward hair.

I would guess Jonathan's cousin did the pics for free. Of course Jill would take that offer. A benefit to Jill in 2 ways, they don't have to pay anyone and since the cousin's mom is the one in jill's plexus downline who was snubbed on a shower invite, it might smooth over some hard feelings. The cousin is obviously not professional or the asst. would not have stood on the platform near the pastor and been in every pic taken during the wedding.

I believe the Hill's have made it clear in a strong way they want no part of Jill's SM circus. They wiped their SM right after the courtship was announced. The Rod's have not traveled to the Hill family church to grift. On the rod grift stops Jill repeats only the one thing about the Hill family. They have 9 boys and 4 girls..... not one other thing. We saw no pics of Jill with her face pressed against the face of every other female at a shower given by Jonathan's family. (no idea is there was a shower given by the Hill family)

Kaylee is going nowhere. In the church video where the siblings were saying their goodbyes to Kaylee, Jonathan also spoke and told how thankful he was for the rod family's acceptance and their "prayer and correction" when he was off track or not thinking the right way or something like that.☹️

[Panopticon]

14 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

So, consensus is that Jill sabotaged Kaylee? That would be so on brand. 

This is the woman who bragged about beating her toddler in an arts and crafts competition. So, yes, she’d sabotage her least favorite daughter the bride.

[ginger90]

13 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

I believe the Hill's have made it clear in a strong way they want no part of Jill's SM circus. They wiped their SM right after the courtship was announced.

His mother has reposted Jill’s Facebook posts about her mother. So, she hasn’t totally distanced herself there.

[Cinnabon]

1 hour ago, crazy8s said:

Agree on the headpiece tilted to fit the awkward hair.

I would guess Jonathan's cousin did the pics for free. Of course Jill would take that offer. A benefit to Jill in 2 ways, they don't have to pay anyone and since the cousin's mom is the one in jill's plexus downline who was snubbed on a shower invite, it might smooth over some hard feelings. The cousin is obviously not professional or the asst. would not have stood on the platform near the pastor and been in every pic taken during the wedding.

I believe the Hill's have made it clear in a strong way they want no part of Jill's SM circus. They wiped their SM right after the courtship was announced. The Rod's have not traveled to the Hill family church to grift. On the rod grift stops Jill repeats only the one thing about the Hill family. They have 9 boys and 4 girls..... not one other thing. We saw no pics of Jill with her face pressed against the face of every other female at a shower given by Jonathan's family. (no idea is there was a shower given by the Hill family)

Kaylee is going nowhere. In the church video where the siblings were saying their goodbyes to Kaylee, Jonathan also spoke and told how thankful he was for the rod family's acceptance and their "prayer and correction" when he was off track or not thinking the right way or something like that.☹️

What “correction “ could he possibly have needed? 🤦‍♀️