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

[ChiCricket]

1 hour ago, floridamom said:

Has anyone ever seen the list of ingredients on the Plexus label? I would love to know what is in that stuff.

This made me curious,  so I Googled it:

"Plexus Slim, also known as "the pink drink," is a flavored powder that contains five main ingredients: 

xylooligosaccharides,

green coffee bean extract,

alpha lipoid acid,

garcinia cambogia,

and chromium polynicotinate.

2 While the individual ingredients are listed on the package, the amounts are not.

The formula has changed over the years, but the three top ingredients are chromium, garcinia, and green coffee bean."

I also found this on Amazon (had to download it, and I couldn't copy from it, so it's a screenshot.) Maybe someone else can Google what the chemicals are from.

I have my other recorded Trash TV to watch instead. 😆 

[LilJen]

On 10/30/2023 at 5:41 AM, ginger90 said:

That book cover frightens me. I'm afraid Enthusiastic Pirate Dad is about to slash his kid's throat with his sword. Just for funsies.

[Salacious Kitty]

I'm surprised that Jill didn't post an anti-Halloween rant. It's the fundies' least favorite pagan holiday. 😀

[laurakaye]

Anyone who shills Plexus should have to pass a test where they have to both pronounce and spell every single ingredient in those drinks.  Jill's brain would explode trying to spell "xylooligosaccharides."

For that matter it might do her in to spell "green coffee extract" too so....🙄

 

[libgirl2]

My friend who sells plexus is on his way to the cruise. I feel like telling him to watch out for a long haired blonde woman who is nuts. I'll have to keep an eye out on his FB page if he posts pics. Is she even going? 

Edited November 1, 2023 by libgirl2

[oliviabenson]

I bet Jill has been in FL for a few days at the Keller family house. Soon she will be on the cruise on yet another vacation. Wonder how much $ it costs outta pocket.

[libgirl2]

1 minute ago, oliviabenson said:

I bet Jill has been in FL for a few days at the Keller family house. Soon she will be on the cruise on yet another vacation. Wonder how much $ it costs outta pocket.

Money she should be spending on feeding her kids. 

[Natalie68]

1 hour ago, libgirl2 said:

My friend who sells plexus is on his way to the cruise. I feel like telling him to watch out for a long haired blonde woman who is nuts. I'll have to keep an eye out on his FB page if he posts pics. Is she even going? 

You know, some pics of Jill and David in the wild could be interesting.  HA!

[libgirl2]

6 minutes ago, Natalie68 said:

You know, some pics of Jill and David in the wild could be interesting.  HA!

That is what I'm hoping for 😝

[oliviabenson]

Dave will be tanning/napping and Jill will be too busy judging everyone. 

[libgirl2]

53 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Dave will be tanning/napping and Jill will be too busy judging everyone. 

And watching the map! Will they have one in their room? 

[Ohiopirate02]

1 minute ago, libgirl2 said:

And watching the map! Will they have one in their room? 

David will be wherever the free food is.  Buffet open--he's got a prime seat as he tries each and every station.  Buffet closed--he will mosey on over to the free ice cream or their room to nap off the buffet before round 2 or 3.

[crazy8s]

But which bowling shirt will he be wearing?? Will the flag shirt make an appearance?

Edited November 1, 2023 by crazy8s

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

But will he be wearing the red or blue bowling shirt?? Will the flag shirt make an appearance?

Let the wagering begin! 

[Salacious Kitty]

So today we might expect pictures of the Nathan Keller family, and when/if she has wifi on the ship, pictures from there starting tomorrow. 

Or she might withhold everything for two weeks. Never know with our Jillybean. 🤪

[oliviabenson]

I hope he wears those fetching leggings on the cruise. 

[oliviabenson]

Dave is lazy so he will enjoy not going far from his room and buffet. Jill is the one who will be running around taking a million videos and screeching how much she loves Jebus and plexus. Imagine how much she will be singing everywhere…

[oliviabenson]

Those Dave leggings will live in my head rent free forever.

 

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Those Dave leggings will live in my head rent free forever.

 

they live in my nightmares. 

[oliviabenson]

Just now, libgirl2 said:

they live in my nightmares. 

So neat! (Sorry I had to) or SEVERELY yassss 

[BradandJanet]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

Dave is lazy so he will enjoy not going far from his room and buffet. Jill is the one who will be running around taking a million videos and screeching how much she loves Jebus and plexus. Imagine how much she will be singing everywhere…

Until the boat docks, Jill has a captive audience, the only kind she can depend on to stay.

[oliviabenson]

21 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

Until the boat docks, Jill has a captive audience, the only kind she can depend on to stay.

I’d jump overboard and swim home 🤣

[crazy8s]

Sort of like the time they had a captive audience on a 1 hr river boat ride in 2013. Stonewall Jackson resort (prior home to the ladies retreat) includes the boat ride for guests.

For 1 hour of singing, Jill has a harp, banjo, accordion and Dave plays the guitar and maybe sings.

This post is a gold mine of snark. 2013 pics from the church they were recently at for "old fashioned" sunday.

Jill fangirling at the Erin Bates wedding. Pics with various Bates, Duggars and Jill with Gothard and Patch the Pirate.

Surely Erin and Chad have the lovely "hand-made rag quilt" made by Jill.

https://rodriguesfamilyministries.com/main/oct-nov-2013-rodrigues-travels-and-erin-bates-wedding/

Edited November 1, 2023 by crazy8s

[wilsie]

10 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

My friend who sells plexus is on his way to the cruise. I feel like telling him to watch out for a long haired blonde woman who is nuts. I'll have to keep an eye out on his FB page if he posts pics. Is she even going? 

I'm willing to bet there will be more than one long haired blonde woman who's nuts on the plexus cruise.

[Snow Fairy]

I saw on Reddit that she's not going on a cruise. There are some speculation that she's pregnant. 

I hope that's not true. They don't need another child.

[oliviabenson]

[oliviabenson]

It looks like a 20-30 page booklet not a magazine. She didn’t say how much it is.

[oliviabenson]

[libgirl2]

3 hours ago, Snow Fairy said:

I saw on Reddit that she's not going on a cruise. There are some speculation that she's pregnant. 

I hope that's not true. They don't need another child.

I hope not either. I'd rather she goes on the cruise. 

[laurakaye]

Conveniently "sick?"  Since I don't believe anything this woman posts, I'd wager she realized what heathenistic shenanigans might happen aboard the cruise ship and decided to find a way to bow out.  Either that or she knew Dave's eyes would pop out of his head at the sight of women dressed to swim in actual swimwear as opposed to the maxi skirts and long sleeved blouses that Jill prefers.

[Trillium]

I think she just could not afford the extra costs of the free trip, but she’s never going to admit that. Her own hubris won’t allow for that, but also MLMs really push you need to always present yourself as financially successful.
 

Her supposed convictions seem to fall by the wayside if it benefits her, so I don’t think the presence of bikini clad women was the deterrent, she’d love nothing more than to flaunt her superiority over them. 
 

Nope, she just couldn’t grift enough for the travel and extra cruise wear, and she sees that as some kind of spiritual attack. 

[ginger90]

2 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Spread those droplets.

[oliviabenson]

I hope Jill isn’t pregnant. She is not a good mother to the kids she already has. She doesn’t need any more.

[floridamom]

She should say why she can't go all of a sudden. Wasn't she originally going to go on this trip?

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, floridamom said:

She should say why she can't go all of a sudden. Wasn't she originally going to go on this trip?

Yes, she posted how she "won" or "earned" the trip. Maybe David won't let her go without him? 

[BetyBee]

Lord Daniel, please don't let Jill be pregnant! She's a terrible mother and she spends her days drinking that god-awful pink drink with all those chemicals. I think it's more likely she's not going due to financial issues. Did her admirers pay to fix the broken RV or did they have to use their own money for a change?

[Future Cat Lady]

That’s disapointing. I was looking forward to the cruise pictures. It would’ve been really entertaining.

[oliviabenson]

From Heidi Facebook/Reddit 

[Minivanessa]

I think JillR being pregnant again is on the same level of probability as Jessa Duggar Seaworld adopting a child, i.e., NFW. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking because she's such a hellish parent.

She's proud to have won the cruise, "even though I can't go." I see these possible reasons why she "can't go."

• If she only won the "buddy" level. (Meaning that Dave couldn't go and she'd share a room with another Plexus hun, probably assigned to her by the company.) If so, reasons she's not going:

1. It would violate IFB rules for her to take that kind of not-godly secular trip at all (see below re sinful stuff going on),
2. the rules would allow her to go, but not without her headship,
3. Dave wouldn't allow it for Jesus-y reasons,
4. Dave wouldn't allow her to take a trip without him because he's her headship even if the rules would allow it,
5. they can't afford it - which is an embarrassing Plexus FAIL for Jill as she scrambles to climb to the next rung on the MLM ladder of "success," or
6. two or more of the above.

• If she won the "Plus 1" trip and Dave could have accompanied her. Reasons she's not going:

1. the trip would be too secular, with too much sinful stuff going what with booze, people swimming in actual immodest swimwear, etc.,
2. they can't afford it (see above re Plexus FAIL),
3. Dave just didn't want to go for his own reasons, and wouldn't let Jill go without him, or
4. two or more of the above.

(Someone with the skilz could make up a fun graphic with all these options, I think. )

If she's been "sick," that's not a great endorsement of all that pink-drink guzzling that she claims will keep everyone in good health. 

I'm inclined to think her skipping the cruise is down to the money. Their RV is a rolling piece of cr*p, when it's rolling at all, and I don't think she's been able to grift enough money for all the needed repairs or a replacement. They have to make those church, revival, and conference appearances to keep their cred with the ministry clearinghouse; that stuff is actually their "job" (my eyes roll when I type "job" about Jill and David, LOL) and the basis for their being a family serving the correct Jesus and actual real "missionaries." I doubt that Jill has netted much money from her Plexus "business," and there's not enough to spare for the cruise.

Edited to add: her post that she was sick and they were attacked spiritually during their "travels" includes a claim that the "family led four souls to Christ." IOW: "see, clearinghouse, we're still on the job as missionaries for Jesus, and haven't abandoned that to push Plexus, which is merely a godly sideline for this devout submissive not-job-holding wife."  

Anyway, she probably needs to spend more time and energy finding ways to express - indirectly - her butt-hurt feelings about Tim and Heidi, now that Tim has cut the apron strings and the most important woman in his life is no longer Mahmo. I hate to think how much venom Jill must have spewed around the Barndo in reaction to that proposal event. Which not only didn't include her as a planner or attendee, but was shared with the world on someone else's (!!!) social media. 

And I've given this more room in my head than I should have this morning. Yikes. Note to self: you have a life, so pay attention to it. 🙄

Edited November 2, 2023 by Jeeves

[libgirl2]

16 minutes ago, Jeeves said:

I think JillR being pregnant again is on the same level of probability as Jessa Duggar Seaworld adopting a child, i.e., NFW. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking because she's such a hellish parent.

She's proud to have won the cruise, "even though I can't go." I see these possible reasons why she "can't go."

• If she only won the "buddy" level. (Meaning that Dave couldn't go and she'd share a room with another Plexus hun, probably assigned to her by the company.) If so, reasons she's not going:

1. It would violate IFB rules for her to take that kind of not-godly secular trip at all (see below re sinful stuff going on),
2. the rules would allow her to go, but not without her headship,
3. Dave wouldn't allow it for Jesus-y reasons,
4. Dave wouldn't allow her to take a trip without him because he's her headship even if the rules would allow it,
5. they can't afford it - which is an embarrassing Plexus FAIL for Jill as she scrambles to climb to the next rung on the MLM ladder of "success," or
6. two or more of the above.

• If she won the "Plus 1" trip and Dave could have accompanied her. Reasons she's not going:

1. the trip would be too secular, with too much sinful stuff going what with booze, people swimming in actual immodest swimwear, etc.,
2. they can't afford it (see above re Plexus FAIL),
3. Dave just didn't want to go for his own reasons, and wouldn't let Jill go without him, or
4. two or more of the above.

(Someone with the skilz could make up a fun graphic with all these options, I think. )

If she's been "sick," that's not a great endorsement of all that pink-drink guzzling that she claims will keep everyone in good health. 

I'm inclined to think her skipping the cruise is down to the money. Their RV is a rolling piece of cr*p, when it's rolling at all, and I don't think she's been able to grift enough money for all the needed repairs or a replacement. They have to make those church, revival, and conference appearances to keep their cred with the ministry clearinghouse; that stuff is actually their "job" (my eyes roll when I type "job" about Jill and David, LOL) and the basis for their being a family serving the correct Jesus and actual real "missionaries." I doubt that Jill has netted much money from her Plexus "business," and there's not enough to spare for the cruise.

Edited to add: her post that she was sick and they were attacked spiritually during their "travels" includes a claim that the "family led four souls to Christ." IOW: "see, clearinghouse, we're still on the job as missionaries for Jesus, and haven't abandoned that to push Plexus, which is merely a godly sideline for this devout submissive not-job-holding wife."  

Anyway, she probably needs to spend more time and energy finding ways to express - indirectly - her butt-hurt feelings about Tim and Heidi, now that Tim has cut the apron strings and the most important woman in his life is no longer Mahmo. I hate to think how much venom Jill must have spewed around the Barndo in reaction to that proposal event. Which not only didn't include her as a planner or attendee, but was shared with the world on someone else's (!!!) social media. 

And I've given this more room in my head than I should have this morning. Yikes. Note to self: you have a life, so pay attention to it. 🙄

I think there is no money and/or David couldn't go. I can't see them passing up all those buffets. And it is a big deal to the plexus people. My friend is raving on how excited he is and what an honor and a blessing it is to go. Now way she would just "not go". Maybe she has covid and they test before you get on the boat? 

[Zella]

Ugh I was maybe looking forward to her going on this cruise as much as Jill was. Mainly I wanted to see if her wardrobe was going to be as "good" as when she went to Nashville. 😂

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, Zella said:

Ugh I was maybe looking forward to her going on this cruise as much as Jill was. Mainly I wanted to see if her wardrobe was going to be as "good" as when she went to Nashville. 😂

I could see her trying her hand at traditional island garb, modest of course. 

[Ohiopirate02]

And now we will lose out on her diatribe when the ship persecutes her by kicking her out of the pool for wearing street clothes.  

[oliviabenson]

Or they do not have passports.

Dave let Jill go to gold school so I think he would be fine with jill going alone on the cruise.

I think jill could not grift enough $ for the cruise.

[Minivanessa]

10 minutes ago, Zella said:

Ugh I was maybe looking forward to her going on this cruise as much as Jill was. Mainly I wanted to see if her wardrobe was going to be as "good" as when she went to Nashville. 😂

Oh, I was definitely hoping that on the cruise she would meet, if not exceed, the output of snark material that she produced on the Nashville trip. Although that's a high (or low) standard, when you consider the tacky pink cowgirl hat, the boots, the extravaganza of denim, the fringe-o-mania, and the tacky homemade team T-shirts, and their screeching hymns to innocent passersby in the hotel. 

Sigh. Sometimes life is SO disappointing.

[ozziemom]

We will also miss her and her Huns singing hymns in the lobby. I think she was hoping to grift enough money to somehow take DBD along and failed. There’s no way her headship lets her go alone no matter how supportive she claims he is to her Plexus business.

[oliviabenson]

Dave would enjoy being left alone at home being served by his daughters 24/7. He is probably tired of Jill at this point. He always looks so vacant. Dave would love to drink hummingbird juice in peace and eat tasty chicken legs for a a few days without Jill around.

[AstridM]

17 minutes ago, Zella said:

Ugh I was maybe looking forward to her going on this cruise as much as Jill was. Mainly I wanted to see if her wardrobe was going to be as "good" as when she went to Nashville. 😂

Me too!

[Zella]

4 minutes ago, Jeeves said:

Oh, I was definitely hoping that on the cruise she would meet, if not exceed, the output of snark material that she produced on the Nashville trip. Although that's a high (or low) standard, when you consider the tacky pink cowgirl hat, the boots, the extravaganza of denim, the fringe-o-mania, and the tacky homemade team T-shirts, and their screeching hymns to innocent passersby in the hotel. 

Sigh. Sometimes life is SO disappointing.

It is a lot to live up to. Maybe it's for the best it couldn't happen, so we can continue to cherish the unique gift that was Nashville. LOL

Edited November 2, 2023 by Zella

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Or they do not have passports.

Dave let Jill go to gold school so I think he would be fine with jill going alone on the cruise.

I think jill could not grift enough $ for the cruise.

Yea, but a cruise with people dressing immodestly? Much alcohol going around? 

Passports are a possibility. And you just can't get one in an hour. I have heard stories of people not being able to go  on trips because they didn't get theirs in time, even if they applied early enough. 

Saw this posted elsewhere

" (ii) the confirmed earner and his/her guest must: (a) travel on same itinerary; (b) have all necessary documentation to permit travel and participate in the Prize (including all required COVID-19 documentation (including, without limitation, any required proof of vaccine documentation, proof of valid vaccine exemption documentation, and/or proof of negative COVID-19 test documentation); and..."

https://static.plexusworldwide.com/cdn/sail-ebration-cruise-official-rules-en-ca.pdf