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

[oliviabenson]

Guess Jill didn’t grift enough $ to go to FL

[Salacious Kitty]

So no Florida trip for Jill? I'm shocked that she has to wait until Christmas, wherever they are. 

[oliviabenson]

Looking hot boo Jill i want your hunk all to myself 😂

(I joke)

[oliviabenson]

Once again Jill is writing as though Kaylee died. She is 5 miles from her severely previous mahmo. Jill can ride a horse there. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Tessie's embouchure is horrible. And Renee looks like someone died. 

[Teriacky]

Who taught Tessie how to play? And why was she not taught the correct embouchure for clarinet?  

[Salacious Kitty]

14 minutes ago, Teriacky said:

Who taught Tessie how to play? And why was she not taught the correct embouchure for clarinet?  

I think they learn by watching YouTube videos. Seriously.

And I think I have a name. NEWT! 😃

[Iguessnot]

2 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Once again Jill is writing as though Kaylee died. She is 5 miles from her severely previous mahmo. Jill can ride a horse there. 

I think she meant she missed her performance with the group.

[Notabug]

10 hours ago, Ljohnson1987 said:

A honeymoon in South Dakota sounds awful this time of year. Also.. The girls playing wedding, and using brooms for grooms is so sad. Don't they have dolls or something else to use? 

When I was a kid, we used to take turns being the bride.  When one of us wasn't the bride, she was the groom.  Of course, this would be unacceptable to Mama Jill as it might turn one of the girls gay.  Maybe it is because we were heathen Catholics, but, of the 4 of us sisters who played bride together as kids, none of us got turned gay by it.  Not that my parents would've thought that it would, nor cared.

Edited November 20, 2022 by Notabug

[beckie]

Jill says it to prove she doesn't totally hate (and Kaylee). She mourned and wept over Nurie after her wedding a lot more. 

Renee is probably very sad, because it looked like she and Kaylee were pretty close and now she has to deal with the daily crazy by herself.

Edited November 20, 2022 by beckie

[ginger90]

7 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Guess Jill didn’t grift enough $ to go to FL

Did she go to Florida, and now she misses them, or what?

Her writing is awful.

[libgirl2]

11 hours ago, Zella said:

I am currently talking to a friend of mine about taking a trip to SD, MT, and WY (my first time in any of those 3 states) next year, and I already told her Deadwood is non-negotiable. We must stop. :)

I know a fair number of people around here who have traveled to SD and had a lot of fun on vacations there in the summer but offhand I don't know anyone who went there for a honeymoon. Especially in November. I am actually judging the time of year more than the destination. 

Be sure to go to the Mount Moriah cemetery in Deadwood. We climbed up to Seth Bullock's tomb. It is lovely. 

[crazy8s]

9 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Once again Jill is writing as though Kaylee died. She is 5 miles from her severely previous mahmo. Jill can ride a horse there. 

This church is about 30 minutes from my house. Opportunity missed to go watch the ironing board and cowbell show live. 😂

[ginger90]

29 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

This church is about 30 minutes from my house. Opportunity missed to go watch the ironing board and cowbell show live. 😂

I certainly would have enjoyed your report. 😁

[Kbo]

10 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Guess Jill didn’t grift enough $ to go to FL

The sleeper they have the baby in immediately caught my eye because those were all recalled back in 2019: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2019/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Rock-n-Play-Sleepers-Due-to-Reports-of-Deaths

Of course, these are the same people who got a ticket for not properly restraining poor Nemo, so can’t say I’m surprised 🤦‍♀️.  They love to talk about their precious gifts from God, but then don’t take the most basic steps to protect them. It’s mind-boggling. 

[merylinkid]

That's why Jill didn't rush to Florida to see the newest baby.   She had a grift tour scheduled.   Nothing gets in the way of Jill getting handouts.   

I highly doubt anyone in the audience even noticed someone was missing.   It's not like their "talen" fell off a cliff with no Kaylee.  Caterwauling is caterwauling.

[Cinnabon]

She misses a child she hasn’t even met?

[CouchTater]

10 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Once again Jill is writing as though Kaylee died. She is 5 miles from her severely previous mahmo. Jill can ride a horse there. 

Jill was only maybe 30 minutes north of me.  Dangit, I totally would have visited this church to witness the Rod wackiness in person, even if I was going to be the only brown face in the bunch!

1 hour ago, crazy8s said:

This church is about 30 minutes from my house. Opportunity missed to go watch the ironing board and cowbell show live. 😂

@crazy8s, I just posted the same thing!  I live near Metro Airport.  Where are you?

[mimionthebeach]

On 11/18/2022 at 1:37 AM, Zella said:

I've always hoped for some bizarre Puritan-esque name from one of these people, but I never would have banked on Nurie being the one to finally supply it for me. 

It's a bit better than Heistheway and Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Pulsifer.

There are lots of "n" names but these two seem to have such narrow fields of thought. First blessing shares a name with Nathan's nephew and this one gets some clunky shoe-horned moniker. Double fundie homeschool win. 🙄

[farmgal4]

16 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I've never seen those kids with toys save for those creepy reborn dolls. 

I’m betting that those dolls are in Jill’s closet.

[farmgal4]

11 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

So no Florida trip for Jill? I'm shocked that she has to wait until Christmas, wherever they are. 

I hope that someone is helping Nurie.  I can’t imagine having to run a household plus take care of 2 babies immediately after giving birth.

11 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Once again Jill is writing as though Kaylee died. She is 5 miles from her severely previous mahmo. Jill can ride a horse there. 

She’s such a damned drama queen.  She and David make me want to puke.

[BradandJanet]

16 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

“A lot of us got sick after the wedding “ Jill Rod

No shit Sherlock. 
 

But good news she barely got sick because of PLEXUS. Buy PLEXUS from Jill… 

Is there any followup on this? What did people get sick from? The food? The flu? Covid? Something else? Was Ma one of the people who got sick? Could a lingering illness have  made her dizzy? 

[oliviabenson]

1 hour ago, farmgal4 said:

I’m betting that those dolls are in Jill’s closet.

Of course they are or she sold them if they are worth anything 

[galaxygirl76]

2 hours ago, Kbo said:

The sleeper they have the baby in immediately caught my eye because those were all recalled back in 2019: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2019/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Rock-n-Play-Sleepers-Due-to-Reports-of-Deaths

Of course, these are the same people who got a ticket for not properly restraining poor Nemo, so can’t say I’m surprised 🤦‍♀️.  They love to talk about their precious gifts from God, but then don’t take the most basic steps to protect them. It’s mind-boggling. 

A Redditor mentioned that someone on a place thats not Reddit(they mentioned a forum so maybe freejinger or something) reached out to Jill about how unafe those sleepers are and in true Jill fashion they got blocked for their trouble. 

[oliviabenson]

They probably got that sleeper for free

[sagittarius sue]

2 hours ago, mimionthebeach said:

t's a bit better than Heistheway and Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Pulsifer

But we could've had the opportunity of calling him "Heist."

[Nysha]

14 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said:

A Redditor mentioned that someone on a place thats not Reddit(they mentioned a forum so maybe freejinger or something) reached out to Jill about how unafe those sleepers are and in true Jill fashion they got blocked for their trouble. 

Par for the course for them. It's the pregnancy that's important, not the infant.

[sagittarius sue]

1 hour ago, BradandJanet said:

Is there any followup on this? What did people get sick from? The food? The flu? Covid? Something else? Was Ma one of the people who got sick? Could a lingering illness have  made her dizzy? 

My first thought was probable food poisoning considering their disdain for health and safety practices.

[Salacious Kitty]

In her stories, Jill announced that SHE barely got sick because Plexus. Her family be damned, of course. 🙄

[Liddy52]

1 hour ago, galaxygirl76 said:

A Redditor mentioned that someone on a place thats not Reddit(they mentioned a forum so maybe freejinger or something) reached out to Jill about how unafe those sleepers are and in true Jill fashion they got blocked for their trouble. 

It is still in her comments on Facebook, from someone named Natalie Anne.

[LilJen]

2 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

Is there any followup on this? What did people get sick from? The food? The flu? Covid? Something else? Was Ma one of the people who got sick? Could a lingering illness have  made her dizzy? 

Crock pot barf-o-rama?

[Lady Edith]

Ok so I have questions.  Define “a lot of us”.  Does “us” entail the Rod/Noyes clan or other randos at the wedding?  Are the newlyweds excluded from this “we”?  Chances are, if there were folks who got sick after the wedding most likely they hugged all up on Jonathan and Kaylee.  Which means one (or both) probably got sick, too. IF people actually got sick. My guess is, with the weather changing and flu season upon us, this was actually Jilly’s very thinly-veiled effort at marketing her snake oil. 

[ginger90]

16 minutes ago, Lady Edith said:

this was actually Jilly’s very thinly-veiled effort at marketing her snake oil. 

I believe that’s exactly what it was.

[Salacious Kitty]

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

I believe that’s exactly what it was.

It was. Bragging that she pretty much avoided getting sick because her immune system is SO STRONG. All the while shilling ancillary crap. I wonder how much she spends on HERSELF every month?

[Westiepeach]

9 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

It was. Bragging that she pretty much avoided getting sick because her immune system is SO STRONG. All the while shilling ancillary crap. I wonder how much she spends on HERSELF every month?

Well, we all know she doesn’t spend anything on her poor children every month so…

[awaken]

I truly hope Kaylee is happy and having a great time on their honeymoon! It must feel so strange and almost scary to be alone with this man she doesn’t know well who is now her husband and has full rights to her mind, body, and spirit!  I’m sure living in their own house with only two people will be a very weird thing for her to get used to.

[Heathen]

On 11/18/2022 at 4:38 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

Jill forced Nurie to go sightseeing with her and DBD when Nemo was just days old. Nurie had torn significantly and was in a matching wheelchair to Jill, who had her SEVERE knee injury. 

Don't forget that this blessed event occurred in the midst of a global pandemic. The Rodriguii idiots took a newborn baby out sightseeing during a global pandemic, and he almost certainly didn't get any covid antibodies from his sheep of a mother. 

[Cinnabon]

7 minutes ago, Heathen said:

Don't forget that this blessed event occurred in the midst of a global pandemic. The Rodriguii idiots took a newborn baby out sightseeing during a global pandemic, and he almost certainly didn't get any covid antibodies from his sheep of a mother. 

And they’ll no doubt do the same next month when Nurthan is stupid enough to visit Ohio for Christmas. I wonder if anyone at the birthing center warned them about RSV?

[Salacious Kitty]

5 minutes ago, Cinnabon said:

And they’ll no doubt do the same next month when Nurthan is stupid enough to visit Ohio for Christmas. I wonder if anyone at the birthing center warned them about RSV?

I think the Rod Pod will be traveling to Florida. The senior Kellers are hosting Thanksgiving this year, so the Nathan Kellers need company. I doubt they'll be traveling with two small kids for a few months, at least. 

Not to mention, the Rods already do Florida after the new year, so they're already in place for Griftathon 2023. 

[Cinnabon]

10 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I think the Rod Pod will be traveling to Florida. The senior Kellers are hosting Thanksgiving this year, so the Nathan Kellers need company. I doubt they'll be traveling with two small kids for a few months, at least. 

Not to mention, the Rods already do Florida after the new year, so they're already in place for Griftathon 2023. 

This plan is no better. That poor newborn.

[Salacious Kitty]

Like Jill/DBD and Nurthan really care how the children feel. All of them. 😥

[merylinkid]

Of COURSE the grift tour just HAPPENS to go through the South in Winter.   You really don't expect Jill to put up with an Ohio winter do you?    Especially after that terrible tornado storm over the summer that meant she had to have sweet neighbors clear her driveway so they could drive the whole family to the laundromat for a sing a long.

[BetyBee]

Everything Jill does, from the way they dress, make-up, decorating, singing & musical performances is suitable for Pinterest "Nailed It" posts. Always good for a laugh!

[Minivanessa]

22 hours ago, merylinkid said:

That's why Jill didn't rush to Florida to see the newest baby.   She had a grift tour scheduled.   Nothing gets in the way of Jill getting handouts.   

I highly doubt anyone in the audience even noticed someone was missing.   It's not like their "talen" fell off a cliff with no Kaylee.  Caterwauling is caterwauling.

It's hard to remember this in the midst of all JillR's SM blitzes of their family doings, but I believe those church appearances are their official "mission" and occupation. As I understand it, David's preaching is the main event, with the Rods' musical offerings as a support act, so to speak. I'm sure they aren't exactly overwhelmed with those bookings, and as much as Jill likes to promote her Plexus and her family doings and her "women's retreat" stuff? They can't afford to decline or bug out on a church appearance like that. The Rods are signed up with a missionary clearinghouse; I don't know how it works but I suppose that may interact with their church bookings in some way. 

[BradandJanet]

I hope Ma and Pa Keller can afford to feed their own plus fifteen Rodriguii and Jonathan. All Jill and David will contribute are hungry children. 

[Cinnabon]

3 hours ago, Jeeves said:

It's hard to remember this in the midst of all JillR's SM blitzes of their family doings, but I believe those church appearances are their official "mission" and occupation. As I understand it, David's preaching is the main event, with the Rods' musical offerings as a support act, so to speak. I'm sure they aren't exactly overwhelmed with those bookings, and as much as Jill likes to promote her Plexus and her family doings and her "women's retreat" stuff? They can't afford to decline or bug out on a church appearance like that. The Rods are signed up with a missionary clearinghouse; I don't know how it works but I suppose that may interact with their church bookings in some way. 

The kids shouldn’t have an occupation. Their education should be their full time job. 

[the-grey-lady]

On 11/10/2022 at 12:35 PM, Cinnabon said:

Speaking of “modesty,” I came across this older picture of Jill on Reddit last night. Note the baby cage behind her. She looks like an 80s porn star. 

She looks like a bargain basement 80s hair band groupie.

This scared the shit out of me.

On 11/10/2022 at 1:19 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

And no worries about booze, Jill. The Martinelli's labels were clearly visible. 

Don't worry, Jill. No one thinks you do anything fun.

[the-grey-lady]

On 11/13/2022 at 8:20 AM, Absolom said:

Jill seems to be one of the marry off the daughters, but so far she hasn't been successful with sons.

Gee, it's hard to imagine why eligible women aren't snapping them up. 

Sickly and malnourished? No education or ability to make a living? No visible spine or will of their own? A grifting, clout-chasing MIL who'll expect your family to provide meals and entertainment for the entire fam? 

Wow, get in line, ladies.

Edited November 21, 2022 by the-grey-lady

[the-grey-lady]

On 11/19/2022 at 2:05 PM, ginger90 said:

That "kiss"!

What a day to have functioning retinas!

[Scarlett45]

36 minutes ago, the-grey-lady said:

That "kiss"!

What a day to have functioning retinas!

I find it hard to believe that Kaylee took a kissing picture and sent it to her Mom. Actually I dont, because I can believe Jill told her to do that. I do hope Kaylee and Johnathan have a nice honeymoon and enjoy their time in SD. I hear its very pretty there, and if you like snow activities this would be the time for it.