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

[Future Cat Lady]

Kaylee has a t-shirt and an underskit under her dress.

Edited June 19 by Future Cat Lady

[libgirl2]

1 minute ago, Future Cat Lady said:

Kaylee has a t-shirt and an underskit under her dress.

And in black. White or pink would have looked better. 

[Lady Edith]

Goldfinger is apparently from 6:30-8 Vegas time. IF Jill goes, she will make an appearance, scarf some hors d’ouvres and beat feet back to her basement room at Excalibur.  I do not see her staying for the whole thing. So taking into account the time difference, I believe we should start seeing pics starting around 11 p.m. Eastern.  Just my guess. 

[crazy8s]

She will certainly have to dress up and hang around the hallway pre party to trap people for pics with her face smashed against theirs.

[merylinkid]

Why did Kaylee buy that dress if she has to wear something under it to be "modest?"  They make non low cut dresses without a huge front slit. 

[lianau]

3 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

Why did Kaylee buy that dress if she has to wear something under it to be "modest?"  They make non low cut dresses without a huge front slit. 

performative modesty. 

[ginger90]

1 hour ago, mythoughtis said:

Also- we suddenly don’t want Gideon’s face shown? 

I did that.

[oliviabenson]

Kaylee is wearing 2 dresses! Girl it’s ok to wear 1 dress now that you are married.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, Lady Edith said:

Goldfinger is apparently from 6:30-8 Vegas time. IF Jill goes, she will make an appearance, scarf some hors d’ouvres and beat feet back to her basement room at Excalibur.  I do not see her staying for the whole thing. So taking into account the time difference, I believe we should start seeing pics starting around 11 p.m. Eastern.  Just my guess. 

I'll be watching Top Chef, but can check in for posts during commercial breaks. Dying to see what she wears. 

[Salacious Kitty]

@libgirl2 they are taking the tram. Jill posted a video of them on it.

[libgirl2]

25 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

@libgirl2 they are taking the tram. Jill posted a video of them on it.

That is at New York, New York. I remember taking  it. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Just now, libgirl2 said:

That is at New York, New York. I remember taking  it. 

Yeah, she posted video from there. During the video on the tram, she said they were taking it from their hotel to the convention, so that's confirmed. 

[DeeReynolds]

In Jill's facebook stories right now she is walking around filming the inside of the New York New York casino and Britney Spears "Toxic" is playing in the background! Very appropriate song for Jill and her rampant toxicity 😂

[GeeGolly]

A doily, tree skirt cape. Jill wore gold lacy short cape over a long black dress. 

Most everyone is in shorts and tees, summer dresses - some with tattoos - but Jill did find one other person wearing a knee length gold lame dress.

What I want to know is where Jill finds these things. Like did she Google gold cape? And if she did, then why? And why does this doily, tree skirt cape even exist?!?

[GeeGolly]

And here it is...

And Jill using the word "workers". In this setting she makes Plexus sound like a pimp. 😁 Hmmm, how fitting. 😬

 

[libgirl2]

 Jill thinks she looks elegant and fancy. Instead, it looks like a moth died on her shoulders. Just looking at it makes me sweat. 

[GeeGolly]

I just Googled, gold cape.

[ginger90]

Screenshot from a video, her hand is on a pregnant woman, I cropped her out.

[ginger90]

Just to keep Jill’s views in mind:

[farmgal4]

8 hours ago, DeeReynolds said:

In Jill's facebook stories right now she is walking around filming the inside of the New York New York casino and Britney Spears "Toxic" is playing in the background! Very appropriate song for Jill and her rampant toxicity 😂

One song that was playing during one of her videos was “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns & Roses. 😂

4 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Karissa is a piece of work. She had her mind set that she was going to marry a black man, and she met her husband in a club. He used to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. 

She's baking #11, I think to be named Arrow. 🙄 She refers to her God as Yah, short for Yahweh. She makes it seem as if she's got a direct line to her deity. He's always talking to her.

She's nutso.

I think Karissa may be crazier than Jill.

[ginger90]

Jill certainly is into walking the streets.

 

 

“I earned GOLD Party at Plexus Convention!  I am thankful for how much Plexus pours into their workers.  😊  

I have to say, though, that wearing gold glitter is fun, but it does not compare with how excited I am to someday walk STREETS of Gold in Heaven, where NO sin abides!  😊”

[GeeGolly]

So Jill is a Plexus worker, walking the streets of Vegas.

Yup, she sure is pure gold. 😁🤣

[AstridM]

2 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

A doily, tree skirt cape. Jill wore gold lacy short cape over a long black dress. 

Most everyone is in shorts and tees, summer dresses - some with tattoos - but Jill did find one other person wearing a knee length gold lame dress.

What I want to know is where Jill finds these things. Like did she Google gold cape? And if she did, then why? And why does this doily, tree skirt cape even exist?!?

Maybe it’s actually a tree skirt? 😆

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

Just to keep Jill’s views in mind:

My response.

 

[BradandJanet]

Another fancy gown? How many evening dresses does a woman who lives in a converted auto showroom and a broken-down bus and who can't afford to properly feed and clothe her dozen children really need? 

 

[libgirl2]

Just now, BradandJanet said:

Another fancy gown? How many evening dresses does a woman who lives in a converted auto showroom and a broken-down bus and who can't afford to properly feed and clothe her dozen children really need? 

 

Too many and most of them pretty cheap looking. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Well, if there's one word to describe Jill's fashion, it's certainly CHEAP. 

[ginger90]

I don’t think it’s actually a gown. The pictures aren’t the greatest but it looks like a skirt of one fabric and a “blouse” of a different fabric. 

[libgirl2]

10 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

I don’t think it’s actually a gown. The pictures aren’t the greatest but it looks like a skirt of one fabric and a “blouse” of a different fabric. 

It is doing her no favors. I think I am just so used to her being filtered and fixed that she looks bigger to me. Not fat shaming, I'm hardly thin, but it is interesting to see. 

[crazy8s]

21 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

It is doing her no favors. I think I am just so used to her being filtered and fixed that she looks bigger to me. Not fat shaming, I'm hardly thin, but it is interesting to see. 

The contrast between the filtered pic of Jill in her  mother of the grad gown from the back and the unfiltered one of her in the hotel hallway is so obvious.

I don't think anyone would think anything about her size, which is average, if she didn't try so hard to pretend she was trim by filtering and editing pics and claiming plexus as the reason.

 

[BradandJanet]

34 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

I don’t think it’s actually a gown. The pictures aren’t the greatest but it looks like a skirt of one fabric and a “blouse” of a different fabric. 

Either way, there are shiny sequins on both the blouse and the skirt. She's not wearing this on her infrequent trips to Aldi's for groceries. I hope, anyway. 

Maybe she'll wear this black outfit to Tim's wedding as a sign of her displeasure  for not being front and center in the planning of the event. 

[CalicoKitty]

I'm just glad the graduation dress does not fit the gold color scheme.  I wonder how long she lasted at this "gold party".  Just long enough for a few pictures, I bet.

[libgirl2]

4 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

I'm just glad the graduation dress does not fit the gold color scheme.  I wonder how long she lasted at this "gold party".  Just long enough for a few pictures, I bet.

She filled a plate, ate, took pictures and then sanctimoniously left the party. 

[Natalie68]

On 6/12/2024 at 5:39 PM, sixlets said:

She can cosplay Mrs. Roper with this lovely number!

HA!  She could never be as cool as Mrs Roper!  By the way, going to my 1st Mrs Roper Romp pub crawl in October.  CANNOT WAIT!

[crazy8s]

52 minutes ago, Notabug said:

Karissa also received a direct message from God to stop vaccinating her kids.  She claimed that 2 of them almost died from complications after receiving vaccines as infants and, even though the peds told her their illnesses were unrelated to their recent vaccines, she knows it was the cause and the reason Jesus doesn't want them or the rest of the kids to receive another vaccination.

Karissa frequently gets messages from God telling her to do things her own way and ignore any experts who think otherwise.

Unlike other fundies, though, Karissa doesn't really like to breastfeed and mainly does it for show while her kids get bottles of formula. BTW, she also claimed that, after nursing one of her kids shortly after they were vaccinated, the vaccination particles entered her through her breast and she became seriously ill.  That's right, she had a reaction to a vaccination one of her kids received transmitted to her through her breast.

She is one I cannot even snark on because she seems so demented and her children seem scared/unhappy and always in danger of catastrophe.

 

[PradaKitty]

Jill has a knack for dressing inappropriately no matter what the occasion. 

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, PradaKitty said:

Jill has a knack for dressing inappropriately no matter what the occasion. 

She has zero frame of reference for what is appropriate. That comes with the territory, isolating as she does, and criticizing everyone else's choices. 

[oliviabenson]

Her wardrobe was disappointing on this LV trip. Sad face. Her little cape was ridiculous.

Wonder how many plates of food she ate while her kids starve. 

 

Dave is so lucky to marry such a godly Christian woman who could have been a model.

Edited June 20 by oliviabenson

[oliviabenson]

7 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Screenshot from a video, her hand is on a pregnant woman, I cropped her out.

So plexus trim! Off to buy plexass!

[Chaos Theory]

I have got to stop coming to this board.

 

i don’t care about Jill and her stupid face.

And now I don’t care about this Karissa chick and her interracial children and her thoughts on abstaining from sex because god wants you to fuck your husband to make babies you don’t feed or educate.

i don’t care as i look them up on twitter and Reddit.

[ginger90]

From 2022:

 

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It copied small. Fine print at the bottom:

 

*A small percentage of Brand Ambassadors achieve the elite status of Jewel, which includes Emerald, Sapphire, and Diamond. The time and effort to reach these levels is not typical and should not be used as a basis for a decision to become a Brand Ambassador.

These figures do not represent a Brand Ambassador's profit or loss, as they do not consider, expenses incurred in the operation of the Brand Ambassador's business. Estimated expenses, may include the Annual Membership fee ($39.95), renewal fees, sample purchases, shipping costs, event/ training registration ($20.00 - $149.00), and travel and lodging. In some cases, these costs may exceed the amount earned by a Brand Ambassador.

[CalicoKitty]

I wonder how deeply this information is buried in the introduction packet.  I'm sure it is never mentioned out loud at "conventions" or in recruitment meetings.

Edited June 20 by CalicoKitty
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[libgirl2]

11 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

I wonder how deeply this information is buried in the introduction packet.  I'm sure it is never mentioned out load at "conventions" or in recruitment meetings.

things like this never are when one starts MLM. 

[crazy8s]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

From 2022:

 

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It copied small. Fine print at the bottom:

 

*A small percentage of Brand Ambassadors achieve the elite status of Jewel, which includes Emerald, Sapphire, and Diamond. The time and effort to reach these levels is not typical and should not be used as a basis for a decision to become a Brand Ambassador.

These figures do not represent a Brand Ambassador's profit or loss, as they do not consider, expenses incurred in the operation of the Brand Ambassador's business. Estimated expenses, may include the Annual Membership fee ($39.95), renewal fees, sample purchases, shipping costs, event/ training registration ($20.00 - $149.00), and travel and lodging. In some cases, these costs may exceed the amount earned by a Brand Ambassador.

So Jill has been working for this great company and is still at gold after 8 years? Once maybe senior gold with average project to reach level time is 1yr 9 mos?

We all knew she was paying out of pocket for this crap and now so is Kaylee.

But hey want to join her team or join a zoom for a chance to win a $10 gift card?

[BradandJanet]

When I think over the years of the people I know who have tried to make a business out of an MLM, not a single one has been successful. It would cost less money and take far, far less time just to buy lottery tickets regularly. The odds of success with either venture are probably pretty close--close to zero. 

I always tried to dodge invitations to home sales parties; however, I still have some Tupperware I bought thirty years ago. 

[satrunrose]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

From 2022:

 

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It copied small. Fine print at the bottom:

 

*A small percentage of Brand Ambassadors achieve the elite status of Jewel, which includes Emerald, Sapphire, and Diamond. The time and effort to reach these levels is not typical and should not be used as a basis for a decision to become a Brand Ambassador.

These figures do not represent a Brand Ambassador's profit or loss, as they do not consider, expenses incurred in the operation of the Brand Ambassador's business. Estimated expenses, may include the Annual Membership fee ($39.95), renewal fees, sample purchases, shipping costs, event/ training registration ($20.00 - $149.00), and travel and lodging. In some cases, these costs may exceed the amount earned by a Brand Ambassador.

Well, color me confused. Since Jill has been seriously hawking Plexas, the money seems to be rolling at the barndo, not enough to replace the RV, that can run into the six figures, but enough to keep the Rods in annual monthly vacations and an epic collection of baseball bonnets and dust collectors. How can $5,000 before expenses (and in a family of that size) cover all the extras? 

[farmgal4]

1 hour ago, crazy8s said:

So Jill has been working for this great company and is still at gold after 8 years? Once maybe senior gold with average project to reach level time is 1yr 9 mos?

We all knew she was paying out of pocket for this crap and now so is Kaylee.

But hey want to join her team or join a zoom for a chance to win a $10 gift card?

Plexus gets rich on people like Jill, who doesn’t have an ounce of common sense.

[smallfry]

On 6/18/2024 at 2:03 AM, AstridM said:

What is wrong with Jonathan for allowing it?

There is no way Jonathan is going to stand up for Kaylee, Gideon, or himself against Jill! He doesn't have the balls and knows he will never win against her. 

[crazy8s]

1 hour ago, satrunrose said:

Well, color me confused. Since Jill has been seriously hawking Plexas, the money seems to be rolling at the barndo, not enough to replace the RV, that can run into the six figures, but enough to keep the Rods in annual monthly vacations and an epic collection of baseball bonnets and dust collectors. How can $5,000 before expenses (and in a family of that size) cover all the extras? 

Well for that you have to listen to Dave tell about how when god called them to full time ministry he realized they would need many different "income streams".

The ones we know

The Christian Ministry Clearing House which gives them money for being in ministry full time.

They have quite a few churches that support them directly as Missionaries

They ask for direct donations on their blog.

Love offerings and direct requests for donations at grift stops.

Gift cards given to the family.

The Printing Ministry

Jill's Retreat for Ladies certainly has profit for Jill built in.

They set up a table at every grift stop and the ladies retreat to sell their CDs, books, magazine, Renee's earrings etc

Dave has been seen driving the Amish around Wooster.

They have grifted a van with trailer, 2 or 3 cars, a tow package, several musical instruments, done a few gofundmes. Got a lot of Covid stimulus money and used it for the addition on the barndo.

any small amount Jill might make from plexus is a teeny tiny part of the income stream

Did I leave anything out?

Edited June 20 by crazy8s

[oliviabenson]

25 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

Well for that you have to listen to Dave tell about how when god called them to full time ministry he realized they would need many different "income streams".

The ones we know

The Christian Ministry Clearing House which gives them money for being in ministry full time.

They have quite a few churches that support them directly as Missionaries

They ask for direct donations on their blog.

Love offerings and direct requests for donations at grift stops.

Gift cards given to the family.

The Printing Ministry

Jill's Retreat for Ladies certainly has profit for Jill built in.

They set up a table at every grift stop and the ladies retreat to sell their CD's, books, magazine, Renee's earrings etc

Dave has been seen driving the Amish around Wooster.

They have grifted a van with trailer, 2 or 3 cars, a tow package, several musical instruments, done a few gofundmes. Got a lot of Covid stimulus money and used it for the addition on the barndo.

any small amount Jill might make from plexus is a teeny tiny part of the income stream

Did I leave anything out?

Her sons in law giving them $!

[Mod-Tigerkatze]

Hi everyone, 

just dropping in to let you know that the posts about Karissa have been moved to the Small Talk topic. It's my understand that she's not been featured on the show (nor is she related by blood). 

However, since the show is off the air anyway, I'd be happy to expand the topic so that it encompasses anyone who the Duggars interact with. Please @ me in the Small Talk topic if you think it makes sense or would like a poll set up about it (you're also welcome to set up the poll yourself, I'd just need to know the results). 

If you agree that the topic should be kept as is, please remember that there are limits as to who should be discussed here. 

Thank you and happy continued posting.