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

[oliviabenson]

Jill is eye fudging the camera HARD. Jill really thinks she is all that and loves herself lol.

[AstridM]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

Weirdest Rod picture ever 

Lol at her fake ratty hair extensions 🤣.

[oliviabenson]

We all supposed to believe that’s her real hair lol

[charmed1]

If you took away the ridiculous skirts, the two little tween Rodlets sitting on the pier would look like perfectly normal kids - malnourishment and sallow complexions aside. As usual, Sofia’s clothing is about 12 sizes too big.

[BetyBee]

2 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Weirdest Rod picture ever 

Ewwww! 🤮

[libgirl2]

2 hours ago, charmed1 said:

If you took away the ridiculous skirts, the two little tween Rodlets sitting on the pier would look like perfectly normal kids - malnourishment and sallow complexions aside. As usual, Sofia’s clothing is about 12 sizes too big.

Imagine them in some jeans.... yea. 

[ALittleShelfish]

I am imagining that the high top sneakers one of the girls is wearing is from the Jojo Siwa line (because of the bow on the side of them).  They're probably from a Hello Kitty collection but I want them to be a Jojo Siwa product just to further Jill's unhinged rage. 

ETA:  They're Skechers.  LOL WHATEVER, IN MY MIND THEY ARE VERY GAHDLY JOJO SIWA SHOES.

Edited June 25, 2023 by ALittleShelfish

[xwordfanatik]

Jill is so far up her own ass, she doesn't even really see her kids and how sad they appear.

That woman is vile, and so is Mr. Hunk aka Lazy Davy.

[oliviabenson]

The hop on tour they did looks to be $46 each. Unless plexus gave it out as a gift. 
 

These vile grifters spend $0 on their kids.

[ginger90]

[libgirl2]

12 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

No

[merylinkid]

3 DAYS of Jill blathering about Plexus.   Count me out.  

Although Nashville showed Jill WILL spend money on herself and lots of it.   So she wants that Hawaii trip BAD.   

[floridamom]

She looks plastic in that photo. How many filters did she use? Also, I think her top teeth are cosmetic as they don't match the bottom ones which are also crooked.

[BradandJanet]

12 minutes ago, floridamom said:

She looks plastic in that photo. How many filters did she use? Also, I think her top teeth are cosmetic as they don't match the bottom ones which are also crooked.

I've always believed that Vanity Jill has spent a chunk of the family income on flashy front teeth (bleaching, crowns, veneers, braces, whatever) but ran out of funds before she got to the bottom ones. 

[oliviabenson]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I rather eat dirt! 

[BradandJanet]

10 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

I rather eat dirt! 

But Jill didn't invite you to dinner, so no dirt for you. 

[farmgal4]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

I rather eat dirt! 

It would probably be less harmful.

[oliviabenson]

1 hour ago, BradandJanet said:

But Jill didn't invite you to dinner, so no dirt for you. 

Yellow and burnt! 

[farmgal4]

4 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

I've always believed that Vanity Jill has spent a chunk of the family income on flashy front teeth (bleaching, crowns, veneers, braces, whatever) but ran out of funds before she got to the bottom ones. 

Jill thinks that she is drop-dead gorgeous, and I think at least part of the reason for that is because there are women who tell her that she is.  If Jill had a great makeover team, I think she would be physically attractive, but she’s her own worst enemy when it comes to hair, cosmetics, jewelry, and clothing.  She just doesn’t have a clue.

Edited June 26, 2023 by farmgal4
Changed wording

[libgirl2]

2 hours ago, farmgal4 said:

Jill thinks that she is drop-dead gorgeous, and I think at least part of the reason for that is because there are women who tell her that she is.  If Jill had a great makeover team, I think she would be very attractive, but she’s her own worst enemy when it comes to cosmetics, jewelry and clothing.  She doesn’t have a clue.

I do think she is an attractive woman. Take away all that makeup and filters and she is. Sadly her disgusting personality overtakes her. 

[Turquoise]

Jill posted another video of the kids working late into the evening on the smiley faces with this caption (with winky faces after the statement the kids don't do all the work). Sure, Jan...

Words CANNOT express how grateful I am for our children. They willingly and joyfully help us in the print shop with the collating and stitching the Gospel Tracts.

We do not make a profit from this. It is simply a family effort that we all gladly do to get the Gospel of Jesus Christ spread into the uttermost. (Psst, YES - David puts in FULL time hours in the shop - NOT the children!)

Edited June 27, 2023 by Turquoise

[crazy8s]

Jilly's joyful work force will continue to get smaller and smaller just like the number of bodies on the stage for the grift tour.

Jill once boasted the children willingly worked in the print shop because they knew they would earn a piece of candy out of the large bin daddy kept in the print shop.

[BradandJanet]

5 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

Jill posted another video of the kids working late into the evening on the smiley faces with this caption (with winky faces after the statement the kids don't do all the work). Sure, Jan...

Words CANNOT express how grateful I am for our children. They willingly and joyfully help us in the print shop with the collating and stitching the Gospel Tracts.

We do not make a profit from this. It is simply a family effort that we all gladly do to get the Gospel of Jesus Christ spread into the uttermost. (Psst, YES - David puts in FULL time hours in the shop - NOT the children!)

Yeah, right. What else exactly do the Rodlets who live at home do except work? It's not like they play or go out with friends, go to school, or eat regularly. They do all the housework, the yard work, and the print work. 

I'd like proof that David puts in FULL time hours doing anything but sitting in the recliner, barking orders when awake. 

[ginger90]

“spread into the uttermost.”

Huh? 🤷🏼‍♀️

I have heard of “saved to the uttermost”, not spread into. Logically it doesn’t make sense, but I guess saving the saved is easier? 

Anyone? 

[AstridM]

57 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

Jill posted another video of the kids working late into the evening on the smiley faces with this caption (with winky faces after the statement the kids don't do all the work). Sure, Jan...

Words CANNOT express how grateful I am for our children. They willingly and joyfully help us in the print shop with the collating and stitching the Gospel Tracts.

We do not make a profit from this. It is simply a family effort that we all gladly do to get the Gospel of Jesus Christ spread into the uttermost. (Psst, YES - David puts in FULL time hours in the shop - NOT the children!)

Into the uttermost? WHAT?

[CalicoKitty]

I don't think I have ever used the word "uttermost".  Utmost has always been used  anywhere I have lived, although I know both are correct and mean the same thing. It must be regional.  As to Jill--we really need an English/Jill dictionary.  I wonder, is there an app for that?

[oliviabenson]

21 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

I don't think I have ever used the word "uttermost".  Utmost has always been used  anywhere I have lived, although I know both are correct and mean the same thing. It must be regional.  As to Jill--we really need an English/Jill dictionary.  I wonder, is there an app for that?

Yasss! So neat! (Smile)

I am writing this from my upstairs attic! It’s where I’m at!

-Jill precious Mahmo Rodrigues 

[sagittarius sue]

32 minutes ago, AstridM said:

Into the uttermost? WHAT?

Perhaps Jill thinks "spread into the universe" sounded trite.  With -verse words such as universe, metaverse, she thought it was being overused.  Of course that's giving Jill too much credit for word craftmanship.

[merylinkid]

2 hours ago, crazy8s said:

they knew they would earn a piece of candy out of the large bin daddy kept in the print shop.

A as in ONE piece of candy?   For how many hours of work?   

If DBD works full time when they only do big orders every few months, I will willingly join Jill's plexus downline.  The guy has no idea what full time means.   Hint, its not waking up for a couple hours a day to wander in to the print shop and push a couple buttons.

[Jynnan tonnix]

On 6/26/2023 at 6:35 AM, ginger90 said:

She must have put a lot of extra work into photoshopping her chin...it's at least three shades lighter than the rest of her face 

[AstridM]

1 hour ago, sagittarius sue said:

Perhaps Jill thinks "spread into the universe" sounded trite.  With -verse words such as universe, metaverse, she thought it was being overused.  Of course that's giving Jill too much credit for word craftmanship.

WAY too much credit!

[Lady Edith]

So…I have worked with print shops and printers my entire 25-year career.  My thoughts:

1. Offset printing (which is what DBD does) is an art form. It takes time, patience, an eye for color and deep knowledge of all the technical things associated with it.  It takes years to master and is a very valued and desired skill.  Is DBD using this opportunity to train his older children in a very lucrative and in-demand trade, other than teaching how to run a cutter (OSHA violation, anyone?) and packing up orders?  Do the kids know how to make plates?  Put a job on press? Adjust settings?  Doubt it.  Teach your kids, Dave, and give them a chance at a future in case professional grifting and God-bothering doesn’t work out.

2. Continual inhalation of the printing chemicals MUST be affecting the kids.  The shop is in the basement of their home and the vapors associated with ink, thinner and press cleaning supplies travel.  Even in the best-ventilated professional print shops you can almost taste the fumes.  And I’m pretty sure he isn’t using the pricier low-VOC ink. Those poor kiddos inhale fumes all day and night because I’m certain DBD does not have adequate ventilation in his “Print Shop for Jaysauce TM”.

 

[smallfry]

2 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

I don't think I have ever used the word "uttermost".  Utmost has always been used  anywhere I have lived, although I know both are correct and mean the same thing. It must be regional.  As to Jill--we really need an English/Jill dictionary.  I wonder, is there an app for that?

I am about an hour and a half away from where Jill lives. I have never in my 53 years heard anyone use the word "uttermost". 

[crazy8s]

1 hour ago, merylinkid said:

A as in ONE piece of candy?   For how many hours of work?  

I will try to find the original post. It showed the younger group of girls sitting at a table, maybe Hannah to Sofia and it was something like they are excited to help because they know daddy has a big jar of candy and they will get a piece when they are done.

I think it stuck in my mind because I thought that was even worse than the penny, or whatever JB paid his kids for jurisdictions.

Edited June 27, 2023 by crazy8s

[merylinkid]

@crazy8s I wasn't questioning your recollection.   I was thinking the same as you.  One piece of candy for doing all the work is bullshit.  

[Salacious Kitty]

I looked up uttermost. She actually used it correctly. The sentence example was "...to the uttermost parts of the earth." 

I figured it's from the KJV. Color me shocked. 

eta JB paid 3 cents per jurisdiction. 🙄

Edited June 27, 2023 by Salacious Kitty

[GeeGolly]

I'm fairly certain the barndo doesn't have a basement, so at least the kids aren't sleeping above it inhaling fumes all night.

[ginger90]

30 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I'm fairly certain the barndo doesn't have a basement, so at least the kids aren't sleeping above it inhaling fumes all night.

It doesn’t have a downstairs basement. 😁

[BradandJanet]

2 hours ago, Lady Edith said:

So…I have worked with print shops and printers my entire 25-year career.  My thoughts:

1. Offset printing (which is what DBD does) is an art form. It takes time, patience, an eye for color and deep knowledge of all the technical things associated with it.  It takes years to master and is a very valued and desired skill.  Is DBD using this opportunity to train his older children in a very lucrative and in-demand trade, other than teaching how to run a cutter (OSHA violation, anyone?) and packing up orders?  Do the kids know how to make plates?  Put a job on press? Adjust settings?  Doubt it.  Teach your kids, Dave, and give them a chance at a future in case professional grifting and God-bothering doesn’t work out.

 

Didn't David brag during a speech at a church that he doesn't do "new" designs, just the smileys and maybe a couple others? If he can't just load the paper and push a button or two, he's not going to print it. I doubt there's any teaching the kids anything.

The man is just lazy. He could probably make some money with commercial printing orders, but he chooses not to do that. He has no problem letting his wife become a Plexus shill while he sits around watching sports on TV.  

[CalicoKitty]

2 hours ago, crazy8s said:

I will try to find the original post. It showed the younger group of girls sitting at a table, maybe Hannah to Sofia and it was something like they are excited to help because they know daddy has a big jar of candy and they will get a piece when they are done.

I think it stuck in my mind because I thought that was even worse than the penny, or whatever JB paid his kids for jurisdictions.

Or the single diaper in a brown paper bag that one of the littles received as their birthday present.

[Salacious Kitty]

5 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

Or the single diaper in a brown paper bag that one of the littles received as their birthday present.

Juxtaposed to the money Jill just spent on herself in Nashville, that's shameful. 

[merylinkid]

49 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

Didn't David brag during a speech at a church that he doesn't do "new" designs, just the smileys and maybe a couple others? If he can't just load the paper and push a button or two, he's not going to print it. I doubt there's any teaching the kids anything.

The man is just lazy. He could probably make some money with commercial printing orders, but he chooses not to do that. He has no problem letting his wife become a Plexus shill while he sits around watching sports on TV.  

Hear, hear.   I see the set up and I see a printer like anyone would have in their home.   I may be wrong that its an offset printer.   But I think its just a color printer.   Hence why the tracts have to be hand folded and sewn.   The guy is not putting effort into learning a highly technical trade.   That takes effort.   He just wants to punch a button and go back to watching the map.

[Absolom]

4 hours ago, Lady Edith said:

Continual inhalation of the printing chemicals MUST be affecting the kids.  The shop is in the basement of their home and the vapors associated with ink, thinner and press cleaning supplies travel.  Even in the best-ventilated professional print shops you can almost taste the fumes.  And I’m pretty sure he isn’t using the pricier low-VOC ink. Those poor kiddos inhale fumes all day and night because I’m certain DBD does not have adequate ventilation in his “Print Shop for Jaysauce TM”.

I'm sure they don't have adequate ventilation unless opening the overhead doors weather permitting is sufficient those days.  The barndo doesn't have a basement.  They converted a business type building to a home and the printer is in what was the old major working garage space.  

[BradandJanet]

35 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

Hear, hear.   I see the set up and I see a printer like anyone would have in their home.   I may be wrong that its an offset printer.   But I think its just a color printer.   Hence why the tracts have to be hand folded and sewn.   The guy is not putting effort into learning a highly technical trade.   That takes effort.   He just wants to punch a button and go back to watching the map.

The print images are on a computer, so it might be a digital printer. David probably learned on an offset printer, but can't afford one now and doesn't want the trouble. He has stapling and folding machines, so I don't know why the kids need to fold things.

There's a lot of clutter in the print shop, but the new upstairs attic addition with the knee-destroying fancy staircase gives him the entire barndo garage to hang out in and do whatever he does there. 

Why would he say he doesn't print anything "new"? He prints Jill's stupid retreat invitations and programs new each year. I think he also printed Jill's book A Road To Victory, which is not sold on Amazon.  How hard would it be to print flyers for local businesses--no stapling or folding required? 

The guy just doesn't want to do a single thing more than he absolutely has to to. He prints the smileys, drives the van, and preaches recycled sermons in order to get the money from the missions clearinghouse. 

Jill can brag about him all she wants. She's stuck with the loser and has to put the best spin on the situation she can. 

[AstridM]

51 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

The print images are on a computer, so it might be a digital printer. David probably learned on an offset printer, but can't afford one now and doesn't want the trouble. He has stapling and folding machines, so I don't know why the kids need to fold things.

There's a lot of clutter in the print shop, but the new upstairs attic addition with the knee-destroying fancy staircase gives him the entire barndo garage to hang out in and do whatever he does there. 

Why would he say he doesn't print anything "new"? He prints Jill's stupid retreat invitations and programs new each year. I think he also printed Jill's book A Road To Victory, which is not sold on Amazon.  How hard would it be to print flyers for local businesses--no stapling or folding required? 

The guy just doesn't want to do a single thing more than he absolutely has to to. He prints the smileys, drives the van, and preaches recycled sermons in order to get the money from the missions clearinghouse. 

Jill can brag about him all she wants. She's stuck with the loser and has to put the best spin on the situation she can. 

Why is Jill’s “book” not sold on Amazon, I wonder? Would she have to pay for a listing?

[crazy8s]

59 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

There's a lot of clutter in the print shop, but the new upstairs attic addition with the knee-destroying fancy staircase gives him the entire barndo garage to hang out in and do whatever he does there. 

Why would he say he doesn't print anything "new"? He prints Jill's stupid retreat invitations and programs new each year. I think he also printed Jill's book A Road To Victory, which is not sold on Amazon.  How hard would it be to print flyers for local businesses--no stapling or folding required? 

 

The new upstairs attic seems to have a lot of cement blocks up there. I am sure hard working dave carried all those up the ladder himself.

Is the Road to victory the book for young ladies? I don't think dave printed that because Jill mentioned placing a second order for another (how ever many) with the printer/publisher or something like that. Not hard working hubby will be printing more soon.

When Dave said "don't ask me to create anything new, that's not what I do" He also said if you brought him something already printed, he could maybe copy it and come up with something close to it.

[BradandJanet]

34 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

The new upstairs attic seems to have a lot of cement blocks up there. I am sure hard working dave carried all those up the ladder himself.

Is the Road to victory the book for young ladies? I don't think dave printed that because Jill mentioned placing a second order for another (how ever many) with the printer/publisher or something like that. Not hard working hubby will be printing more soon.

When Dave said "don't ask me to create anything new, that's not what I do" He also said if you brought him something already printed, he could maybe copy it and come up with something close to it.

That's right. Jill mentioned a publisher. 

Lisa, Jill's sister, has her book, Serena's Serenity, listed on Amazon. It must frost Jill that A Road to Victory will never get the five-star listing it deserves. Lisa's book is a solid two star. 

Dave should be able to create basic stuff with all the equipment he has. Type something and add clip art and some crazy fonts. Even Jill knows how to do that. 

Why are there cement blocks in the upstairs attic?

 

[crazy8s]

16 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

Why are there cement blocks in the upstairs attic?

absolutely no idea why

[absolutelyido]

10 hours ago, Turquoise said:

Jill posted another video of the kids working late into the evening on the smiley faces with this caption (with winky faces after the statement the kids don't do all the work). Sure, Jan...

Words CANNOT express how grateful I am for our children. They willingly and joyfully help us in the print shop with the collating and stitching the Gospel Tracts.

We do not make a profit from this. It is simply a family effort that we all gladly do to get the Gospel of Jesus Christ spread into the uttermost. (Psst, YES - David puts in FULL time hours in the shop - NOT the children!)

Even if what she wrote is true, why is she bragging about not making a profit from their print shop? They have a lot of kids to support, the responsible thing to do would be to run a business that actually supports them.

[ginger90]

4 minutes ago, absolutelyido said:

Even if what she wrote is true, why is she bragging about not making a profit from their print shop?

Because it’s a “ministry”. She’s not going to say they make a profit, even if they do. 🤷🏼‍♀️