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

[precious pupp]

4 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Its sad but I get a feeling Renee will not marry. I know we were all waiting for Jana and thinking the same, but look at the difference in their lives. Sure, there are plenty of similarities but Jana so much more being on the show, traveling and meeting new people that I feel she wasn't as sheltered as Renee. I also think she doesn't have an overbearing and manic mother like Jill (and I'm not saying Michelle is a prize) who runs rough shod over her kids. Mostly, Renee doesn't look happy. She can smile all she wants when the camera is pointed at her but it doesn't reach her eyes. 

That smile is forced.  Her life must be so sad.

[oliviabenson]

I see Renee being married next year. Jill might keep Janessa forever or Sofia. 

[BetyBee]

8 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

I see Renee being married next year. Jill might keep Janessa forever or Sofia. 

I hope you're right. 

[ginger90]

[merylinkid]

10 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

I see Renee being married next year. Jill might keep Janessa forever or Sofia. 

Jill won't let either Renee or Tessie go until Sofia and Janessa are old enough to take care of themselves.   She birthed 13 children, she isn't the mother to 13.

Kaylee found a new MLM to lose money to.  

[mythoughtis]

I find it interesting that Kaylee made this announcement while Jill is in Florida.    Reducing the risk of an argument?  

[lookeyloo]

6 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

I find it interesting that Kaylee made this announcement while Jill is in Florida.    Reducing the risk of an argument?  

I am guessing it is a mahmo spin off and Jill wrote it and posted it.

[laurakaye]

Is there a snowball's chance in Florida that Kaylee made this decision without consulting, praying and crying with Jill for weeks?

EDIT: @lookeyloo 's explanation makes much more sense.

Edited 19 hours ago by laurakaye

[Salacious Kitty]

3 hours ago, lookeyloo said:

I am guessing it is a mahmo spin off and Jill wrote it and posted it.

Nah, misplaced commas point to Kaylee. Essential oils is my guess. 

[libgirl2]

7 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Nah, misplaced commas point to Kaylee. Essential oils is my guess. 

It could also be some kind of hair product. 

[Salacious Kitty]

6 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

It could also be some kind of hair product. 

I thought the one Abbie was selling got shut down, or SEVERELY curtailed. Are there others? I'm blissfully ignorant when it comes to the MLMs, Plexus excepted. 

[libgirl2]

5 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I thought the one Abbie was selling got shut down, or SEVERELY curtailed. Are there others? I'm blissfully ignorant when it comes to the MLMs, Plexus excepted. 

Yea, besides the old standards like Amway, plexus is the one I know that is newer (at least to me). 

[Absolom]

10 hours ago, merylinkid said:

Jill won't let either Renee or Tessie go until Sofia and Janessa are old enough to take care of themselves.   She birthed 13 children, she isn't the mother to 13.

Kaylee found a new MLM to lose money to.  

As long as she has one daughter left able to pick up the slack (almost all the chores) I think Jill will let Renee go.  She's caught on the wish to be the Godliest mother who marries off all her children and the need for a housekeeper and nanny.  She might let all the children marry and then sell the barndo and simply migrate from child to child thus removing housekeeping and cooking herself from her life.

Edited 8 hours ago by Absolom

[Salacious Kitty]

3 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Yea, besides the old standards like Amway, plexus is the one I know that is newer (at least to me). 

I meant other MLMs for hair products. I wonder if there's competition in the MLM world. 

[ALittleShelfish]

I know there's a lot of Jesusing in the MLM world, and I'm thankful I only have 1-2 people in my socials who are still active in them.  One does fairly well with Pampered Chef, but the others who are in and out of MLM/MLM-hoppers are now in Bravenly.  Which, wtf is that word?  But they post constantly about their leadership calls which seem to always involve prayers (and preying!).  I think Olive Tree is also somewhat Jesusy; lots of Rodan + Fields huns left to that one and MAKE Wellness.  

I'm possibly too in touch with the MLM world but it's been very interesting (to me) to map out where everyone scatters to once their MLM moves to affiliate marketing or otherwise changes their compensation plans. 

Related note:  while cleaning out my kitchen, I threw away a bag of Plexus samples from 2015 (if not earlier).  One of my Plexus friends is IFB-adjacent and the other is agnostic.  Only one still sells it, and you can probably guess which one :)

[libgirl2]

5 minutes ago, ALittleShelfish said:

I know there's a lot of Jesusing in the MLM world, and I'm thankful I only have 1-2 people in my socials who are still active in them.  One does fairly well with Pampered Chef, but the others who are in and out of MLM/MLM-hoppers are now in Bravenly.  Which, wtf is that word?  But they post constantly about their leadership calls which seem to always involve prayers (and preying!).  I think Olive Tree is also somewhat Jesusy; lots of Rodan + Fields huns left to that one and MAKE Wellness.  

I'm possibly too in touch with the MLM world but it's been very interesting (to me) to map out where everyone scatters to once their MLM moves to affiliate marketing or otherwise changes their compensation plans. 

Related note:  while cleaning out my kitchen, I threw away a bag of Plexus samples from 2015 (if not earlier).  One of my Plexus friends is IFB-adjacent and the other is agnostic.  Only one still sells it, and you can probably guess which one :)

Yea, the jewelry I used to buy from this one woman had faith based messages but it wasn't overkill. There was plenty to choose from. I did like some of it and I really liked the jewelry. To this day, the rose cross earrings I bought pre-pandemic are still my favorite. I pretty much wear them once a week. I have a few other pieces I wear on and off. The quality was good. 

Edited 14 hours ago by libgirl2

[emma675]

6 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I love how God cares so much about mlm huns that he's constantly leading them to their next "business." In reality, it's just a neverending journey of losing more and more money. 

And Kaylee's passive aggressive insults towards working women tick me off. So women who work outside the home can't "be a wife" as well as stay at home ones? I know the Rod girls are sheltered and uneducated and I should feel sorry for them, but judgemental stuff like this just makes me mad, even if it's unintentional.

[BetyBee]

19 minutes ago, emma675 said:

I love how God cares so much about mlm huns that he's constantly leading them to their next "business." In reality, it's just a neverending journey of losing more and more money. 

And Kaylee's passive aggressive insults towards working women tick me off. So women who work outside the home can't "be a wife" as well as stay at home ones? I know the Rod girls are sheltered and uneducated and I should feel sorry for them, but judgemental stuff like this just makes me mad, even if it's unintentional.

I agree. Kaylee has been guilted her whole life into believing that a working Mom who works outside of the home is not a good mother. Almost every woman I know is a working mother and they are all better mothers than selfish Jill. Kaylee's options are limited to MLMs and she is too uneducated to realize that she's not really making much money for her efforts. So many of these MLMs purport to be "Christian" oriented, but they are scams, which does not strike me as Christ-like!

[oliviabenson]

Kaylee would make more $ watching a kid or 2 at home. Jonathan is super dim tbh. To waste his $ on scams is just ridiculous.

[crazy8s]

Jonathan's mom was selling essential oils when j&k started courting. Not sure if she still does. His SIL is in Jill's plexus down line. Jonathan might think mlm scams are normal for married womenfolk with their belief that women need to stay at home.

[sixlets]

Monat is the big haircare MLM.  They have branched into skincare and "wellness" products, whatever that means.

[Salacious Kitty]

23 minutes ago, sixlets said:

Monat is the big haircare MLM.  They have branched into skincare and "wellness" products, whatever that means.

Monat is taking heat (maybe even lawsuits) due to their shitty haircare products. Hopefully Kaylee isn't involved with them. Not that other MLMs are much better. 

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Monat is taking heat (maybe even lawsuits) due to their shitty haircare products. Hopefully Kaylee isn't involved with them. Not that other MLMs are much better. 

I will stick 5o my Raw Sugar.  

[andromeda331]

8 hours ago, BetyBee said:

I agree. Kaylee has been guilted her whole life into believing that a working Mom who works outside of the home is not a good mother. Almost every woman I know is a working mother and they are all better mothers than selfish Jill. Kaylee's options are limited to MLMs and she is too uneducated to realize that she's not really making much money for her efforts. So many of these MLMs purport to be "Christian" oriented, but they are scams, which does not strike me as Christ-like!

She also has no clue how many women have no choice but to work to support themselves and/or their families. Married women who's husbands don't make enough money, or don't work due to illness/disability/etc. Or widowed. Not everyone can grift from churches to support themselves.