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

[oliviabenson]

23 minutes ago, precious pupp said:

Gawd, she's terrifying!

I saw a pic of Jill at a table, with it ' looks like' Janelle from Sister Wives.  ???

It did look like Jenelle!

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, Lady Edith said:

A bit late to the party, I just finished Death in the Downline. Holy crap, what a fun read!  And soooooo accurate in characterization.  

The library I work at, I have to do blogs as part of my yearly goals. I did one on it. I'll share it when it goes live, if that is okay. I really enjoyed that book. 

Edited May 17 by libgirl2

[Westiepeach]

4 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

I doubt their grifting is bringing as much as it used to with 99 little kids. now they down to 3-4 little kids.

Jilly sends promotional pictures from years ago to make it look like they still have 99 little kids.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, Westiepeach said:

Jilly sends promotional pictures from years ago to make it look like they still have 99 little kids.

I don't think she sends any pictures at all. Churches just use the most recent picture they have. 

Jill can't stand that she's a meddle aged grandma. She wants to remain the young, fertile breeder of many (and besties with the girls). 🙄

[Absolom]

39 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Jill can't stand that she's a meddle aged grandma. She wants to remain the young, fertile breeder of many (and besties with the girls). 🙄

Reality should be upon her.  She'll be 47 this year and the pretending to be a sister is well past its sell by date.

Edited May 17 by Absolom

[Salacious Kitty]

Jill just posted a reel of her "looks" from the convention. The formal dress was so tight, I don't know how she walked in it. She also shaved off about 30 lbs. Sadly, the way she posted I couldn't get a screenshot. 

It was one of her worst looks to date. Easily top 3.

[BetyBee]

17 hours ago, crazy8s said:

This is the face i think her children probably most often see on their mama. But screaming volume while she is ranting at them over some perceived violation of  rules, persecution by hate followers or whatever else sets her off at any given moment.

Like when she's furious that someone threw away "perfectly good" ice cream!

[ginger90]

“Business trip outfits “ she said it was a four day trip.

[precious pupp]

Too-tight around the derriere is not a very mahdest look, Jill.  🙄

[emma675]

If you had told me all of these pics were taken in the late 80s or early 90s, I would believe you.

Does Jill not look around and see that her hair/fashion/makeup looks completely different from every other woman there? 

Edited May 18 by emma675

[Future Cat Lady]

How can she walk in that black skirt?

[Spazamanaz]

35 minutes ago, Future Cat Lady said:

How can she walk in that black skirt?

It's probably that cheap stretchy fabric. 

[Salacious Kitty]

I wonder if Dave wore a bowtie to the black tie event, or did he sit it out? 

Jill's dress is practically bursting at the seams. 

Edited May 18 by Salacious Kitty

[Absolom]

Her party dress is so tight it's outlining and defining areas it should not and is far from modest.  

The recent hair extensions really need to go.  The only person she's fooling is herself.

[merylinkid]

Does she think that is business attire?   Even business casual?   Honestly no wonder she doesn't make any money at these things (I mean besides the fact no one does except those who get at the start of the scam).   Would you buy from this "business woman?"

[ALittleShelfish]

I've said it before and Jill will never give me reason to stop saying it:

The devil works hard, but Jill's shapewear works even harder.

[Salacious Kitty]

And that fake braid lives! 😂

[crazy8s]

51 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I wonder if Dave wore a bowtie to the black tie event, or did he sit it out? 

Jill's dress is practically bursting at the seams. 

 

[Salacious Kitty]

Here's what the dress looked like before Jill used her filters on it. 

Edited May 18 by Salacious Kitty

[libgirl2]

2 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

 

He actually looks appropriate. Her dress isn't bad but it is WAY too tight and that braid looks so cheap. 

[BetyBee]

Jill would actually look thinner and definitely better if she bought clothes in her own size! She'd be more comfortable too. And lose the cheapo braid, Jill!

[Jynnan tonnix]

8 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

He actually looks appropriate. Her dress isn't bad but it is WAY too tight and that braid looks so cheap. 

That dress seems to look different in every picture.  That larger gold flower looks as though it's hitting right at the crotch on the full-length shot, and, especially given how tight the dress is, comes across as a total eye-trap. The color of the dress looks kind of pretty in that one, but more of a coral in the others, and while I like coral, somehow it makes that gold-flower motif look extra cheap. That same larger gold flower, in the group shot, looks more as though it's centered on her belly, which, again, because of the tightness and shiny finish just accentuates it in a not-terribly-attractive way. 

[BradandJanet]

The group photos look like prom pictures from a prom that took place two or three decades ago. Jill's dress fits in; it just doesn't fit her. David doesn't look bad. Maybe he finally bought  griftted a new suit. 

 

Edited May 18 by BradandJanet
David doesn't buy anything new.

[PradaKitty]

Everything is wasaayyyy too tight! Maybe by accentuating her belly she’s pretending she’s pregnant… 

of course few women carry their unborn children in their hips…

[oliviabenson]

3 hours ago, Future Cat Lady said:

How can she walk in that black skirt?

David wheels her around in a chair while Jill screeches she has a SEVERELY injured knee.

Edited May 18 by oliviabenson

[oliviabenson]

1 hour ago, crazy8s said:

 

Jill is totally having prom every chance she gets. I think she wishes she had a normal teen experiences. Instead she was robbed and stunted. That dress is awful. Dude Jill has no taste whatsoever.

[CalicoKitty]

30 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill is totally having prom every chance she gets. I think she wishes she had a normal teen experiences. Instead she was robbed and stunted. That dress is awful. Dude Jill has no taste whatsoever.

This dress does not fit at all, and it is way too long.  How does she walk without tripping?  And how could she possibly get up if she did fall down.  I guess it is Dave's job to hold on to her and keep her upright while she tries to walk.

[lianau]

2 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Here's what the dress looked like before Jill used her filters on it. 

I think their fun is my nightmare.

[BradandJanet]

21 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

This dress does not fit at all, and it is way too long.  How does she walk without tripping?  And how could she possibly get up if she did fall down.  I guess it is Dave's job to hold on to her and keep her upright while she tries to walk.

When she wore the famous silver sausage-casing dress and high heels to Sam's homeschool graduation Sam and Dave did have to hold her while she walked. The dress was too tight, and the shoes were unstable. She never would have made it across the room, up the stairs, across the stage, and back to her seat without support. I'm surprised she didn't end up falling and tearing her other knee in four places that day, but that would have meant an embarrassing public fall in her fancy clothes. 

[GeeGolly]

On 5/1/2025 at 5:33 PM, GeeGolly said:

What Jill wants to wear vs what Jill wears.

I wasn't too far off. Who would have thought the mini is closer to her actual dress?!

[beckie]

For someone who proclaims she's so gawdly, she sure is self absorbed. And those dresses don't look as good as she thinks!

Edited May 24 by beckie

[oliviabenson]

seeing Jill in the back photo bombing is hilarious and cringe. The ex plexus pusher is starting over on the bottom and will need to kiss some boots. also there was a singing video and Jill was in the back. we all know Jill hates being in the back and not the center of attention. she was singing loudly and staring into the camera.

[Jynnan tonnix]

3 hours ago, beckie said:

For someone who proclaims she's so gawdly, she sure is self absorbed absorbed. And those dresses don't look as good as she thinks!

I read that as "gawdy", and thought, spelling aside, it's actually far more descriptive of Jill that way.

[BradandJanet]

I'm curious about the blouse in the first "work outfit." It has a tail. I've lived through many decades of bad style, but I don't remember  blouses with tails. 

[PradaKitty]

Jill doesn’t understand business casual because she’s never been in an actual business setting! 

[Lady Edith]

15 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

I'm curious about the blouse in the first "work outfit." It has a tail. I've lived through many decades of bad style, but I don't remember  blouses with tails. 

I had several shirts back in the ‘80s that had tails. 1984-85 ish?  

[Almost 3000]

5 hours ago, lianau said:

I think their fun is my nightmare.

Put 10 bangles on her wrists and she'd look like a 50 yo Blake Lively.

[BradandJanet]

13 hours ago, Lady Edith said:

I had several shirts back in the ‘80s that had tails. 1984-85 ish?  

I must have been sleeping during that decade.

At least on the model, the tail just covers her butt. On Jill, it goes down to the back of her knees. 

On 5/18/2025 at 9:47 AM, ginger90 said:

“Business trip outfits “ she said it was a four day trip.

 

 

 

 

 

[AstridM]

On 5/18/2025 at 1:48 AM, Salacious Kitty said:

Jill just posted a reel of her "looks" from the convention. The formal dress was so tight, I don't know how she walked in it. She also shaved off about 30 lbs. Sadly, the way she posted I couldn't get a screenshot. 

It was one of her worst looks to date. Easily top 3.

So very modest, amirite? What a vain, self obsessed woman. 

On 5/18/2025 at 12:37 PM, Absolom said:

Her party dress is so tight it's outlining and defining areas it should not and is far from modest.  

The recent hair extensions really need to go.  The only person she's fooling is herself.

And what about that cheap blonde braid? 😂😂😂

[laurakaye]

18 hours ago, Lady Edith said:

I had several shirts back in the ‘80s that had tails. 1984-85 ish?  

Ah, memories....those shirts with stirrup pants.  Good times.

Didn't Jill just join this new MLM a few weeks ago?  How did she jump in so fast to this new one to the point of attending a conference in another state?

I find it hilarious how Plexus was the be-all end-all cure for literally everything, how she dragged her daughters into it and how wonderful it all was until she got dissed on one trip and suddenly she's jumped into bed with another scheme.  

[libgirl2]

12 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Ah, memories....those shirts with stirrup pants.  Good times.

Didn't Jill just join this new MLM a few weeks ago?  How did she jump in so fast to this new one to the point of attending a conference in another state?

I find it hilarious how Plexus was the be-all end-all cure for literally everything, how she dragged her daughters into it and how wonderful it all was until she got dissed on one trip and suddenly she's jumped into bed with another scheme.  

Up until a couple of years ago, our employee handbook had "no stirrup pants" under dress code. 

[precious pupp]

20 hours ago, Lady Edith said:

I had several shirts back in the ‘80s that had tails. 1984-85 ish?  

Is that Katie Holmes?  That's who this looks like.

What I like here is that 60's clock.  Tunics (long tops) are an 80's thing, aren't they?  Jill does like her version of 80's retro stuff; none of it flatters her.

[EmeraldGirl]

I am mesmerized by the vagina leaf. First, it’s there, then it’s on her stomach. By the end of the night, it was probably on her shoulder.  And look at how tiny her hand is in her long dress selfie. She looks like that gal on SNL with the tiny hands.
 

Maybe a combination of some of those outfits would have been better. Even though the skirt is so ridiculously tight, it could’ve gone with the black blouse, and her hair up or whatever she did with it. Her hair didn’t look too bad like that, but it looks like she’s wearing either really big earrings or a hair net?

Business casual fail. The black blouse is the best thing. Why not that with a blazer? Or is that too manly?

Edited May 19 by EmeraldGirl

[oliviabenson]

someone on reddit said something like : look at all the well coiffed Mormons with nice hair and dressed nicely and then there is Jill. it was correct and hilarious. 

With all that $ she spends on clothes and most don't flatter her at all.

Edited May 19 by oliviabenson

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

someone on reddit said something like : look at all the well coiffed Mormons with nice hair and dressed nicely and then there is Jill. it was correct and hilarious. 

With all that $ she spends on clothes and most don't flatter her at all.

Because she has bad taste. You can shop on a budget and get nice things.

[AstridM]

3 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Up until a couple of years ago, our employee handbook had "no stirrup pants" under dress code. 

Ha! I always hated them and refused to wear them . Ditto for shoulder pads which I ripped or cut out of shirts. 🙂

[BradandJanet]

16 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Because she has bad taste. 

That, and she wants to stand out and attract attention. Her ego is huge. It's a bad combination. 

[Tigregirl]

1 hour ago, AstridM said:

Ha! I always hated them and refused to wear them . Ditto for shoulder pads which I ripped or cut out of shirts. 🙂

Same here!  Hated both.

[ozziemom]

How much luggage did they bring to pack all those outfits and accessories for just 4 days?!? I guess shlepping the luggage is why Shrek is there. It didn’t look like the other women dragged their husbands along. 

[laurakaye]

13 hours ago, AstridM said:

Ha! I always hated them and refused to wear them . Ditto for shoulder pads which I ripped or cut out of shirts. 🙂

Shoulder pads, oversized blazers, stirrup pants, big hair, blue eyeshadow...we were totally rocking it in the 80's. 🔥

If Jill put an outfit together using the above items, I couldn't even hate on her that much because at least she'd be sticking to one theme.  It's when she breaks out the cowboy boots, shiny fabrics, ratty extensions and rhinestones that I wonder what it is she sees when she looks in the mirror.