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

[libgirl2]

16 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I think we can all agree that it's not an age appropriate activity for an almost 18 year old. 

Unless you really dig doing them. 😀

[GeeGolly]

38 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

I am curious to see side by side pics of the two of them maybe just 5 years ago, anything farther back wouldn't be fair as we all look different after 10 years. 

 

Edited October 13, 2023 by GeeGolly

[crazy8s]

From Jill's post on their 21st anniversary

[crazy8s]

[GeeGolly]

[libgirl2]

8 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

She looked thinner but gaining a bit of weight as you age is normal. David looks less haggard but fuller in the face, which might be why. 

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, libgirl2 said:

Unless you really dig doing them. 😀

I doubt Gabe knows a verb from a noun. 

[oliviabenson]

I think Jill uses photoshop to make them both much slimmer than they are in real life.

 

[BradandJanet]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I doubt Gabe knows a verb from a noun. 

I'm sure he doesn't.

A good way to learn grammar is to study a foreign language. Maybe Gabe will be called to be a missionary in Hungary with Phillip. 

[xwordfanatik]

That lopsided veil on Kaylee was sad.  Why didn't anyone straighten that out?  

It's like Mahmo purposely wanted her to look bad.  No one is allowed to outshine Jillybean.  

[oliviabenson]

Mahmo take a pitcher of us learning stuff!

-Rod kids 

[BradandJanet]

15 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

That lopsided veil on Kaylee was sad.  Why didn't anyone straighten that out?  

It's like Mahmo purposely wanted her to look bad.  No one is allowed to outshine Jillybean.  

 

Jill, the expert hairdresser, put a lopsided bun on Kaylee's head. The tiara wrapped around the bun, which made the veil assembly lopsided too.

With Jill, it's hard to know. It may well have been on purpose, but it may also have been Jill's famous lack of taste and good sense in everything she does. Poor Kaylee just went along with the whole thing. 

 

[ginger90]

 

 

Post from Jill:

“It was one week ago TODAY, that Timothy Rodrigues  gloriously engaged his sweet, beautiful fiance - Heidi. 😊🥰  We are SO happy for them and look forward to what their future holds.  Our deepest prayer & desire, is to see God use them as a couple to do mighty things for the cause of Jesus Christ!  😊  Congratulations to the happy couple!  

With Love, Dad & Mom Rodrigues 

P.S. Heidi did not want a traditional diamond, and she also loves the color green.  Isn't the ring beautiful?!  Timothy is such a romantic.  💚❤️”

[oliviabenson]

[oliviabenson]

Dad & Mom Rodrigues???

That makes it sound like Tim has 2 sets of parents…

[Salacious Kitty]

Lovely ring, but GAH! those granny shoes. She's decades too young for that style. Ballet flats would have been cuter if she didn't want to go all-in on heels.

Edited October 14, 2023 by Salacious Kitty

[awaken]

Like jimbob, signing letters to Jill with “daddy Duggar”. Like what other daddies does she have?

“timothy Rodrigues , gloriously engaged”

 

she forgot some words there!  He IS gloriously engaged?  He gloriously proposed?

 

[Scarlett45]

37 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Lovely ring, but GAH! those granny shoes. She's decades too young for that style. Ballet flats would have been cuter if she didn't want to go all-in on heels.

What’s wrong with her shoes? They look like cork wedges to me- perhaps from a few years ago, I have a pair that are all brown (same color as my skin) that I love wearing with sundresses. 
 

I think Heidi wanted to go with the bridal motif with the white. Do you think the wedge should’ve been white or do you think the wedge is aging?

[Salacious Kitty]

It's a sturdy shoe, not very fashion forward for a 19 year old. It's something I would wear, and I've pretty much ditched heels. I think they age her, that's all.

[Scarlett45]

12 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

It's a sturdy shoe, not very fashion forward for a 19 year old. It's something I would wear, and I've pretty much ditched heels. I think they age her, that's all.

I’ve got you. 
 

I don’t envy Heidi for having Jill as a mother in law.  I wish Jill didn’t cover up her dress with text!

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, Scarlett45 said:

I’ve got you. 
 

I don’t envy Heidi for having Jill as a mother in law. 

Lord, no! I can totally see Jillybean trying to alter Heidi's appearance, starting with her hair (I figure a hairdresser would start there). 

To borrow a phrase from Tim's podcast, STAND STRONG HEIDI!!!!!

[Salacious Kitty]

Happy Halloween from Fundie Fridays. 🎃

 

 

[mythoughtis]

7 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Gabriel is diagramming sentences. That's middle school level work, at least it was when I was in evil public middle school. 😁

Freshman year for me- and I distinctly remember the teacher being nonplussed because I’d never done it before.  We moved a lot, and I’d somehow missed those lessons 

Edited October 14, 2023 by mythoughtis

[dargosmydaddy]

1 hour ago, awaken said:

“timothy Rodrigues , gloriously engaged”

 

she forgot some words there!  He IS gloriously engaged?  He gloriously proposed?

She seems to be using it as an action to describe what he did to Heidi, as in, he engaged her because he proposed and she said yes. It's typical Jill-speak in that it's clear as mud and has to be read multiple times to get some inkling of what she means.

But she's a world-class teacher, don'tcha know...

[oliviabenson]

1 hour ago, Scarlett45 said:

I’ve got you. 
 

I don’t envy Heidi for having Jill as a mother in law.  I wish Jill didn’t cover up her dress with text!

 

[CalicoKitty]

They look so happy, and she looks so nice.  I guess Tim didn't get the memo about appropriate dress.  But then again, this may be the "best" he has.  I hope they gave their "permission" for Jill's engagement announcement.  I truly hope they keep their distance and demand rules for Jill.  I also hope Heidi's family does all the wedding planning.

[ginger90]

8 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

I wish Jill didn’t cover up her dress with text!

 

[libgirl2]

10 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Lord, no! I can totally see Jillybean trying to alter Heidi's appearance, starting with her hair (I figure a hairdresser would start there). 

To borrow a phrase from Tim's podcast, STAND STRONG HEIDI!!!!!

Heidi, hide your eyebrows!!

[GeeGolly]

I find it so bizarre the engagement wasn't scheduled for when JillR could at least attend. I'm thinking it had to be some passive aggressive, woe is me, back and forth with Heidi and Tim.

• J: No that day won't work
• HT: How about...
• J: Uhm, gee, nope. I really want to be there.
• HT: I guess we could do...
• J: Oh no, we can't do that day either. You know how busy we are praising and preaching.
• HT: Well this is the last date we can do.
• J: Nope, not that one either.
• HT: Well I guess you'll miss it then.
• J: That is too bad. I'm so sad. I'll look for your pictures on FB.

Jill quick runs to David and plans a trip so she won't look like a liar. But she'll show them she means business by not attending. Meanwhile Heidi is clueless and Tim is shaking in his brand new sneakers.

[MaryAnneSpier]

It will be interesting to see what a Rodriguez wedding looks like when the groom is the Rod. I think it will be much nicer than Nurie and Kaylee's.

[farmgal4]

14 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

That lopsided veil on Kaylee was sad.  Why didn't anyone straighten that out?  

It's like Mahmo purposely wanted her to look bad.  No one is allowed to outshine Jillybean.  

I get pissed off every time I see one of Kaylee’s wedding photos.  I know damned good and well that Jill did Kaylee’s hair like that ON PURPOSE.  Jill knew exactly how bad it looked, but the fk’ing bitch still let Kaylee walk down the aisle with her hair/veil looking like that.  There’s no low too low for BME. 🤬

[oliviabenson]

13 hours ago, awaken said:

Like jimbob, signing letters to Jill with “daddy Duggar”. Like what other daddies does she have?

“timothy Rodrigues , gloriously engaged”

 

she forgot some words there!  He IS gloriously engaged?  He gloriously proposed?

 

Daddy can also imply sugar daddy haha. And Jim Bob or The Dave Rod is no sugar daddy.

[crazy8s]

14 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Dad & Mom Rodrigues???

That makes it sound like Tim has 2 sets of parents…

I will say this is normal in my world. But in a weird way. My MIL is in her late 80's and every single fb post she identifies herself like the people of the post she is replying to cannot see her name or have no idea who she is in relation to them. 

But Jill is on fb all the time she knows how it works and everyone can see who is posting the congrats in an awkward Jill way. From Jill who "limits her screen time" (smile) while always being on camera and posting, this seems a claiming ownership somehow. She has had some rants lately about biblically honoring parents.  🤷‍♀️

I am sure Jill feels she is "winning" because Tim bought a house near mama and not in PA.

Edited October 14, 2023 by crazy8s

[Absolom]

I will laugh if during the next year or two Tim sells the house and they move closer to Heidi's family.

[Scarlett45]

12 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

 

Thank you. 
 

It’s a cute dress. Very appropriate for a bridal shower or engagement. It’s also actually modest without the “look at me I’m pretending to be modest”. I think Tim’s outfit could’ve leveled up with nicer shoes, but that might have been all he had. 

1 hour ago, farmgal4 said:

I get pissed off every time I see one of Kaylee’s wedding photos.  I know damned good and well that Jill did Kaylee’s hair like that ON PURPOSE.  Jill knew exactly how bad it looked, but the fk’ing bitch still let Kaylee walk down the aisle with her hair/veil looking like that.  There’s no low too low for BME. 🤬

I agree with you and @xwordfanatik- no parent worth their salt would let their child walk down the aisle and be photographed with their accessories lopsided. That was her walking down the aisle! Not dancing or being spun around (or something else in motion). Jill is so vain she couldn’t bare for Kaylee to look pulled together on her wedding day!

[sagittarius sue]

1 hour ago, Scarlett45 said:

Thank you. 
 

It’s a cute dress. Very appropriate for a bridal shower or engagement. It’s also actually modest without the “look at me I’m pretending to be modest”. I think Tim’s outfit could’ve leveled up with nicer shoes, but that might have been all he had. 

I agree with you and @xwordfanatik- no parent worth their salt would let their child walk down the aisle and be photographed with their accessories lopsided. That was her walking down the aisle! Not dancing or being spun around (or something else in motion). Jill is so vain she couldn’t bare for Kaylee to look pulled together on her wedding day!

The general feeling was that Kaylee planned her wedding with her future in-laws, not BME so Jill had to show her displeasure in some way such as screwing up her hair and veil.

[Teriacky]

Tim engaged Heidi in what? War? Conversation? 
And he did it gloriously!!

[oliviabenson]

[BetyBee]

Hmmm. Looks like Jill is partial to diamond engagement rings. 

[oliviabenson]

3 minutes ago, Teriacky said:

Tim engaged Heidi in what? War? Conversation? 
And he did it gloriously!!

It wasn’t with his wit, sense of humor or anything interesting. Boy is boring and uneducated and his lispy voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Heidi doesn’t seem like a Rhodes Scholar either, so…

GL Heidikins with your PRECIOUS husband to be Hi this is Timothy Rodrigues. 

[oliviabenson]

4 minutes ago, BetyBee said:

Hmmm. Looks like Jill is partial to diamond engagement rings. 

I bet Jill’s is not real diamonds. Dave couldn’t afford diamonds ever, did he ever even have a job???

[CalicoKitty]

2 hours ago, Absolom said:

I will laugh if during the next year or two Tim sells the house and they move closer to Heidi's family.

Or if they fixed this house to flip it and  make a little money.

[sagittarius sue]

14 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

The text-speech spelling looks ridiculous for this message.

[AstridM]

On 10/13/2023 at 1:22 PM, crazy8s said:

I think they all just took turns posing for mama. Younger girls are all showered and in nightwear.

Totally inappropriate. Shame on Jill.

[AstridM]

17 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

What’s wrong with her shoes? They look like cork wedges to me- perhaps from a few years ago, I have a pair that are all brown (same color as my skin) that I love wearing with sundresses. 
 

I think Heidi wanted to go with the bridal motif with the white. Do you think the wedge should’ve been white or do you think the wedge is aging?

IDK, my mom wore cork wedges when I was a kid. In the 70s. . . So grandma shoes is probably about right 😆.

[sagittarius sue]

24 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

Or if they fixed this house to flip it and  make a little money.

I think it had been freshly flipped just before Tim bought it.  It had black trim on the windows and other black accents that the Rodrigui quickly painted with white.

[BetyBee]

27 minutes ago, CalicoKitty said:

Or if they fixed this house to flip it and  make a little money.

Heidi is very close to her family. I bet she'll want to move closer to her Mom when she is expecting Blessing #1! 

[crazy8s]

49 minutes ago, BetyBee said:

Hmmm. Looks like Jill is partial to diamond engagement rings. 

Surely Jill would tell us the KJV bible claims that is the only real engagement ring choice. 🤣

Tim's house was a flip. He would be hard pressed to sell it for more than he paid. No idea if the adjacent vacant lot he also owns can be sold separately. 

I think Heidi will be ok being away from her mama. Her married sister is near Columbus. Her mama posted sadness on moving her there and then leaving, but it was not Jill level when Nurie and Timothy left and Jill posted as if they had died. The family visits the sister so Heidi has a good example on how it will be with her family hours away. I also think her mama and the sister will be quick to let Heidi now when Jill pushes too far. I don't foresee Heidi dragging a baby fresh from NICU on vacation, to a theater, on stage at the local music fest or hanging around the barndo all day. 

In time, I will probably be proven wrong on all of this.😂

 

 

[oliviabenson]

Best thing to happen to Tidy if Jill is mad and leaves them alone forever! 

[AstridM]

14 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

I don't foresee Heidi dragging a baby fresh from NICU on vacation, to a theater, on stage at the local music fest or hanging around the barndo all day. 

I do see it, unfortunately. 😢