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

[ozziemom]

What fun, going to your younger brother’s college for a meet and greet, and you are his older sister, stuck at home, with no chance of any further education. Oh and maybe your mother will ship you off to grandma to take care of her instead of little kids for some variety.

[merylinkid]

Poor Phillip, can't even go off to college by himself.  A chunk of the family has to come along.   And Jill has to take pictures.     Leave the poor boy alone.   Let him go be an adult.  

[crazy8s]

sigh... just a single pic of Phillip on a bus and then a bunch of pics of the sibs having fun.

[FizzyPuff]

2 hours ago, ozziemom said:

What fun, going to your younger brother’s college for a meet and greet, and you are his older sister, stuck at home, with no chance of any further education. Oh and maybe your mother will ship you off to grandma to take care of her instead of little kids for some variety.

I thought Nurie and another sister got to go to bible college as well? 

[ginger90]

1 minute ago, FizzyPuff said:

I thought Nurie and another sister got to go to bible college as well? 

Yes, Ripley School of the Bible through Crown College while on the road.

[GeeGolly]

5 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Yes, Ripley School of the Bible through Crown College while on the road.

This took me a minute to figure out if the Bible school was real or not because I went straight to Ripley's. Then I settled on Ripley's actually being more accurate than Ripley. 🤣

[ozziemom]

34 minutes ago, FizzyPuff said:

I thought Nurie and another sister got to go to bible college as well? 

I guess reading the Bible while traveling around in the RV with your entire family crammed in is something, but I don’t think it expanded their world view or exposed them to critical thinking. Not that Philly will be experiencing too much of that, but he will be exposed to a few people not named Rodrigues. 

[GeeGolly]

13 minutes ago, ozziemom said:

I guess reading the Bible while traveling around in the RV with your entire family crammed in is something, but I don’t think it expanded their world view or exposed them to critical thinking. Not that Philly will be experiencing too much of that, but he will be exposed to a few people not named Rodrigues. 

Not only crammed together, the sisters also listened together, each using one ear bud.

[merylinkid]

45 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

Not only crammed together, the sisters also listened together, each using one ear bud.

There is such a thing as too much togetherness.

1 hour ago, ozziemom said:

but he will be exposed to a few people not named Rodrigues.

that is going to blow his mind.   Able to talk to people he is NOT related to, without his mother hovering over him.    

[libgirl2]

40 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

There is such a thing as too much togetherness.

that is going to blow his mind.   Able to talk to people he is NOT related to, without his mother hovering over him.    

Jill will find a way to hover.... 

[Scarlett45]

FYI: for clarity, per the inclusion policy, using body size, or acronyms surrounding body size, as an insult is not allowed. 

Specifically: "GWE", aka "Gut with Ears" to describe David Rodrigues is no longer acceptable. 

If you have questions please PM @deaja and @Scarlett45.

[crazy8s]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Yes, Ripley School of the Bible through Crown College while on the road.

Quite a while ago Jill mentioned Renee and Phillip were starting that same program and then nothing else was ever said about it. No pictures of them "studying" together. Nothing on their progress or their "graduation"

[farmgal4]

11 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

When two worlds collide - I just read a tragic story involving a kid and adult being swept up in a drainage ditch in Bentonville, AR. I doubt JillR reads/watches any news other than political news, but I'm hoping this story somehow finds her.

I saw the same story and immediately thought of BME, who allows, and probably encourages, her children to play in drainage ditches.  Even if she happened to see the story, it would go right over her head, if she even took the time to read it.

[farmgal4]

6 hours ago, satrunrose said:

The tragic thing is that the alternative is rickets, which also seems plausible.

I’ve always thought that rickets apply to Timothy.

[Ljohnson1987]

I doubt that any further education that was in progress prior to marriage gets completed after the marriage takes place. 

[sagittarius sue]

How about SGH for David Rodrigues, sweetly grunting hunk.  It's all words Jill has used to describe him.

Edited September 1, 2022 by sagittarius sue

[oliviabenson]

12 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

How about SGH for David Rodrigues, sweetly grunting hunk.  It's all words Jill has used to describe him.

Oops

Edited September 1, 2022 by oliviabenson

[SMama]

15 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

How about SGH for David Rodrigues, sweetly grunting hunk.  It's all words Jill has used to describe him.

That’s borderline obscene. 😂

[merylinkid]

UGH NO.

I'm good with DD -- deadbeat Dave.   He doesn't support his family.   WORSE, he lets Jill exploit and abuse the kids so they look waifish for her grift.   He allows this all to happen so he doesn't have to actually WORK.

[sagittarius sue]

31 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

UGH NO.

I'm good with DD -- deadbeat Dave.   He doesn't support his family.   WORSE, he lets Jill exploit and abuse the kids so they look waifish for her grift.   He allows this all to happen so he doesn't have to actually WORK.

How about LDDD, lazy dazy deadbeat Dave?  😆

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, merylinkid said:

UGH NO.

I'm good with DD -- deadbeat Dave.   He doesn't support his family.   WORSE, he lets Jill exploit and abuse the kids so they look waifish for her grift.   He allows this all to happen so he doesn't have to actually WORK.

I use DBD. 😀

[libgirl2]

12 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I use DBD. 😀

I like that. 

[ChristmasCrafter]

5 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Yes, Ripley School of the Bible through Crown College while on the road.

Why is it that everytime I see Crown College my brain reads it as Clown College?

[oliviabenson]

We should call Dave (Jack as in Jack of all trades)… because he is nothing like that

He is very fortunate that he didn’t get electrocuted while doing all that fixing up his house with no permits or proper training 

Or HD handsome Dave /Hunky Dave

Edited September 1, 2022 by oliviabenson

[lookeyloo]

9 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

We should call Dave (Jack as in Jack of all trades)… because he is nothing like that

He is very fortunate that he didn’t get electrocuted while doing all that fixing up his house with no permits or proper training 

Or HD handsome Dave /Hunky Dave

That is a serious consideration.  My cousin literally burned his house down while doing electrical work.  He is not an electrician but like to think of himself as "handy".  It is a couple years and they are still not back in the house.  He also doesn't know how to negotiate and was taken by some contractors and then decided to do some of the work himself - he is over 80!  So HD is very lucky.

[oliviabenson]

2 hours ago, ChristmasCrafter said:

Why is it that everytime I see Crown College my brain reads it as Clown College?

Same here !

[BradandJanet]

2 minutes ago, lookeyloo said:

That is a serious consideration.  My cousin literally burned his house down while doing electrical work.  He is not an electrician but like to think of himself as "handy".  It is a couple years and they are still not back in the house.  He also doesn't know how to negotiate and was taken by some contractors and then decided to do some of the work himself - he is over 80!  So HD is very lucky.

Lazy Davy and the human sardines packed in that metal warehouse are lucky--so far. The baby nursery, where Janessa probably still sleeps, has one interior door and no windows so not a legal or safe bedroom. 

Sorry about your cousin and his family. My father used to do home electrical work. Fortunately, nothing ever went too wrong.  

[Salacious Kitty]

3 hours ago, ChristmasCrafter said:

Why is it that everytime I see Crown College my brain reads it as Clown College?

Because that's what it is, academics wise? 😂

[Zella]

3 hours ago, lookeyloo said:

That is a serious consideration.  My cousin literally burned his house down while doing electrical work.  He is not an electrician but like to think of himself as "handy".  It is a couple years and they are still not back in the house.  He also doesn't know how to negotiate and was taken by some contractors and then decided to do some of the work himself - he is over 80!  So HD is very lucky.

Yeah one of my friends is married to an electrician, and he has some real horror stories about people who've tried to DIY. For a lot of things, if you screw it up, it just looks stupid and doesn't work very well, but if you do that with electrical work, you're really taking your life in your hands and endangering anyone in the house. 

[ColteesSpeedont]

2 hours ago, Zella said:

Yeah one of my friends is married to an electrician, and he has some real horror stories about people who've tried to DIY. For a lot of things, if you screw it up, it just looks stupid and doesn't work very well, but if you do that with electrical work, you're really taking your life in your hands and endangering anyone in the house. 

You NEVER skimp on or attempt to play electrician (unless you are already a trained electrician, of course). In addition to being extremely dangerous in many cases the insurance company will deny claims involving faulty electrical work performed by anyone other than a real electrician. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Maybe DBD should have hired Evan. At the time, Evan probably had more experience. 😂

[oliviabenson]

[Salacious Kitty]

The pastry isn't homemade. All she did was whip some cream and plop what appears to be strawberries on top. Maybe some powdered sugar? Hard to tell.

[GeeGolly]

4 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

The pastry isn't homemade. All she did was whip some cream and plop what appears to be strawberries on top. Maybe some powdered sugar? Hard to tell.

I hope that dirty hand in the corner didn't help.

[oliviabenson]

What’s with her using broken brain? It’s so wrong. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Just now, oliviabenson said:

What’s with her using broken brain? It’s so wrong. 

Everything about that post was offensive.

[ginger90]

[crazy8s]

I am almost believing that corn came from the garden shown in their yard a week or so ago

Edited September 2, 2022 by crazy8s

[ozziemom]

So even Jill’s nieces are piling makeup on poor Ma. Jill seems to think Ma will get better because she is home now, like they weren’t praying enough at the hospital or rehab place or something. She has no clue what is really going on with her mother’s health. 

[merylinkid]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

that's about enough for one ear for everyone.   Oh who I am kidding, some kid will be "fasting" so DBD can have more.   Honestly that many kids and you have that much room, you plant a MUCH bigger garden.   But that's Jill, "Oh let's have a garden" then she has some pathetic thing that she thinks shows how wonderful she is.

4 minutes ago, ozziemom said:

So even Jill’s nieces are piling makeup on poor Ma. Jill seems to think Ma will get better because she is home now, like they weren’t praying enough at the hospital or rehab place or something. She has no clue what is really going on with her mother’s health. 

Those are nieces   I thought they were Jill's girls.    Whoever it is, LEAVE MA alone.   geez, she didn't even have her shoes on, but let's goop her face up.

[crazy8s]

1 minute ago, merylinkid said:

that's about enough for one ear for everyone.   Oh who I am kidding, some kid will be "fasting" so DBD can have more.   Honestly that many kids and you have that much room, you plant a MUCH bigger garden. 

isn't it convenient her scraggly garden produced the exact amount of perfect corn for 1 meal? I figure the 4 youngest girls would get a half ear so hunk could have 3.

I also noticed a new knife set in the pic. my guess is it is from Kaylee's shower and mama needed new knives so....

[libgirl2]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

That will barely cover one meal! 

As for the makeup, does Pat want that or does Jill? 

[Notabug]

20 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

that's about enough for one ear for everyone.   Oh who I am kidding, some kid will be "fasting" so DBD can have more.   Honestly that many kids and you have that much room, you plant a MUCH bigger garden.   But that's Jill, "Oh let's have a garden" then she has some pathetic thing that she thinks shows how wonderful she is.

Those are nieces   I thought they were Jill's girls.    Whoever it is, LEAVE MA alone.   geez, she didn't even have her shoes on, but let's goop her face up.

Not to defend these people, but, if Ma is one of those women who doesn't feel dressed without a little lipstick and powder, then I think it is fine for her nieces to help her feel more like herself for her big homecoming.  She hasn't seen her house in a couple months, wearing a little slap might've helped her forget all she has lost and remember who she still is.  Remember, she birthed Jill, she probably does wear some makeup every day.  Also, if those are Amy's kids, they probably have experience in applying makeup for women who can't do their own.

There is no excuse, however, for Jill constantly speaking in demeaning terms about her mother's 'broken brain' and continually talking as if the only acceptable option for her mother is a complete and total recovery.  It's fine to pray for that, but it is also necessary to be realistic and humble and grateful she is still here and able to enjoy her family and vice versa.  There's also the fact, IMO anyway, that the main reason Jill wants Mama to recover completely is that 1. it will give Jill plenty of fodder for her social media and 2. there is no way Jill is going to devote a week every month to caring for her mother's daily needs.  I expect she will be checkin' outta there by the second week, even if all she does is stand around and issue orders while her kids do the actual work.

Edited September 2, 2022 by Notabug

[galaxygirl76]

7 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

What’s with her using broken brain? It’s so wrong. 

It's like how she talks about her SEVERELY paralyzed sister. It's now an identifying tool. She's so gross. 

[BradandJanet]

I think JIll used the same glamour filters on the corn she uses on her face. I'm surprised the corn doesn't sparkle like Jill's Plexus photos.

[sagittarius sue]

7 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

I think JIll used the same glamour filters on the corn she uses on her face. I'm surprised the corn doesn't sparkle like Jill's Plexus photos.

I'm not impressed wiith how yellow that corn is, and how big the kernels are.

[madpsych78]

57 minutes ago, Notabug said:

Not to defend these people, but, if Ma is one of those women who doesn't feel dressed without a little lipstick and powder, then I think it is fine for her nieces to help her feel more like herself for her big homecoming.  She hasn't seen her house in a couple months, wearing a little slap might've helped her forget all she has lost and remember who she still is.  Remember, she birthed Jill, she probably does wear some makeup every day.  Also, if those are Amy's kids, they probably have experience in applying makeup for women who can't do their own.

I can buy that Pat may want to wear some makeup, but I've never seen pictures of her wearing nearly as much makeup as Jill wears. I don't even think Jill's sisters wear as much makeup as Jill either.

[SMama]

10 minutes ago, madpsych78 said:

I can buy that Pat may want to wear some makeup, but I've never seen pictures of her wearing nearly as much makeup as Jill wears. I don't even think Jill's sisters wear as much makeup as Jill either.

Drag queens don’t wear as much make up as Jill.

[galaxygirl76]

1 hour ago, sagittarius sue said:

I'm not impressed wiith how yellow that corn is, and how big the kernels are.

I'm from Iowa, our corn hasn't even been harvested yet. This looks meh. 

[ginger90]

3 hours ago, crazy8s said:

I also noticed a new knife set in the pic. my guess is it is from Kaylee's shower and mama needed new knives so....

I had the same thought.