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

[libgirl2]

23 minutes ago, Westiepeach said:

Wow. Lifting weights really pack on the muscles SEVERELY quickly!

 

It's instantaneous! 

[crazy8s]

We must not forget muscular Timothy from 2020 ish🤣

[ALittleShelfish]

But doesn't Plexus make you stronger physically? Keeps you out of that ungahdly gym! 

[ozziemom]

1 hour ago, libgirl2 said:

It's instantaneous! 

Well clearly all the rest of his body somehow shrunk while he was lifting weights. Maybe it’s the Plexus effect.

[oliviabenson]

Plexus will keep you sweetly grunting in the bathroom 🤣🤣🤣

[crazy8s]

I thought photo shop of Sammers muscles right off. How very interesting Mama removed the original video where sam was so embarrassed by mama filming that he walked out of the picture. In the other pics from the same day was this one of the bros.

[LilJen]

10 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Hotel pictures:

 

Man, so much fodder for ridicule here!!! (1) When Jill writes about "pouring into" her kids I picture her regurgitating food into her kids' mouths like a mama bird with baby birds. Gross. (2) yeah, photoshop. And I guess she wants to get Samuel out of the house. C'mon, fundy girls! He's a real studly non-whimp!!! (3) Someone else had the exact reaction to "my precious" that I did. Jill, are you admitting that you are a goblin of jealousy and enslaved to something??

[crazy8s]

It is odd she seems to be marketing him for courting and the magazine paper has him (her) listed as living at home and serving joyfully in the family ministry same as Renee. He will be 19 on friday and is still stuck in mama's home school per her last "we did school for a minute so i could show we do skool" video. Sammers was gazing with boredom at a page showing planets.

[oliviabenson]

Dave paid $240 fine for defacing the pawpaw tunnel.
 

It’s on Reddit. 

Edited November 22, 2023 by oliviabenson

[Salacious Kitty]

4 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Dave paid $240 fine for defacing the pawpaw tunnel.
 

It’s on Reddit. 

I thought we already knew this. I know I saw the court papers. 

[oliviabenson]

Jill is very strange to photo shop muscles on her son. 

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill is very strange to photo shop muscles on her son. 

Well, she has it drummed into her that men are supposed to be MASCULINE. I guess that means guns in her mind. 

[sixlets]

Someone made a Plexus post on FB and tagged Jill.  Every time she does her "reset", she spends $89 on the products to do it.  They're doing some kind of scam where you buy a starter pack, you get one reset free.  The amount of money she is spending is abhorrent.  Take all that money and feed your kids.  And get your tubes tied with the change left over.

[farmgal4]

6 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Not sure if it was mentioned (and I missed it) Gabriel's arm was photoshopped  to look that muscular. I would be so embarrassed if my mom did that  and posted it! 

I’m sorry, but that’s just sick.  

[farmgal4]

12 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

No pictures of swimming in denim in the pool? Jill chose the hotel because it had a pool. Instead, we get staged photos in the exercise room. 

I'm sure they ran right from the exercise room to the pool. Could Jill be editing herself? 

If there are no pictures, then it didn’t happen.

[farmgal4]

2 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Dave paid $240 fine for defacing the pawpaw tunnel.
 

It’s on Reddit. 

$240 of GRIFTED money.  $240 from people who did without in order to “bless and support” the Rod ministry.

[andromeda331]

Newman is very cute.

[AstridM]

13 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill is marketing Sam for marriage. Why else show off his gym pics in the gym.

Filtered gym pics 🤣

[Salacious Kitty]

21 minutes ago, AstridM said:

Filtered gym pics 🤣

That arm is !ight years beyond filtered. 😂

[ginger90]

It happened….

 

.In a separate post:

I am thankful for a God fearing husband.  He has ALWAYS had strong convictions and standards, and I am so thankful for him.  🥰  

*Interesting Fact*......I remember in our courtship and engagement, he had a conviction against ALL form of physical touch.  We held hands and hugged for the first time on our wedding day.  😊

Now, we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty, yet we are thankful that they are all striving to please God with the boundaries they choose.  We are blessed.  🥰❤️

 

.Screenshot from a “boomerang” video:

[libgirl2]

4 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

It happened….

 

.In a separate post:

I am thankful for a God fearing husband.  He has ALWAYS had strong convictions and standards, and I am so thankful for him.  🥰  

*Interesting Fact*......I remember in our courtship and engagement, he had a conviction against ALL form of physical touch.  We held hands and hugged for the first time on our wedding day.  😊

Now, we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty, yet we are thankful that they are all striving to please God with the boundaries they choose.  We are blessed.  🥰❤️

 

.Screenshot from a “boomerang” video:

Sure they have to be strong swimmers, they swim in street clothes! 

[AstridM]

23 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Sure they have to be strong swimmers, they swim in street clothes! 

Hats in the pool???

[mythoughtis]

38 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Now, we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty, yet we are thankful that they are all striving to please God with the boundaries they choose.  We are blessed.

She’s parenting her adult children wrong.   ‘We allowed our grown children’ - they aren’t being treated as grown if they have to be given  permission to make their own choices 

Edited November 22, 2023 by mythoughtis

[oliviabenson]

Nessie is always with that rag in her mouth. My guess she is hungry or stressed out because of always needing to perform/ please Mahmo.

[BetyBee]

I wonder if Jill and David really restricted themselves so much during their courtship? She lies about pretty much everything, so why not that? I could see her pretending that they refrained from all physical touch to act more virtuous to her children. After all, she pretends to homeschool. She pretends to look better than she really does, thanks to the magic of filters. She insists that everyone pretend to be having fun for the camera. She's a phony!

[oliviabenson]

I don’t believe Jill didn’t hold hands/hug Dave before getting married. Jill is a liar and rewrites history all the time.

[BradandJanet]

Jilly looks at trees changing color and thinks of blood? I see beautiful trees. I have two fire bushes near the house. She should see how red they get. They're positively satanic.

[laurakaye]

I just imagine the exhausted motel staff fielding multiple calls from other guests about children playing on the exercise equipment, or that the pool area has been taken over by a screeching bottle-blonde and a plethora of fully-clothed kids, and probably the sound of a dozen pairs of footsteps pounding down the halls at all hours...not to mention what they leave in the rooms for the cleaning staff to deal with (probably a massive pile of filthy towels with a smiley tract on top).

I'd like to think that every time they leave another motel, the staff posts Jill's picture on the break room bulletin board warning everyone to tell her there are no vacancies if she happens to ever stop by again.

[Minivanessa]

14 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill is very strange to photo shop muscles on her son. 

FIFY. 

[Turquoise]

"...we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty..."
Bah humbug! You don't get to dictate the lives of your adult children, Jilly. Like she allows anyone to dictate to her (I fully realize she's going to at least attempt to do it anyway).

[AstridM]

9 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

"...we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty..."
Bah humbug! You don't get to dictate the lives of your adult children, Jilly. Like she allows anyone to dictate to her (I fully realize she's going to at least attempt to do it anyway).

Right? Once I was an adult, my parents didn’t “allow” me to do anything. I did whatever I wanted. 

[Minivanessa]

46 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

"...we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty..."
Bah humbug! You don't get to dictate the lives of your adult children, Jilly. Like she allows anyone to dictate to her (I fully realize she's going to at least attempt to do it anyway).

Besides JillR's personality (IMO she's a raging narcissist), that "allowing the grown children" rings true for the authoritarian fundie mindset. Remember JimBob Duggar's famous performance on the witness stand in effing Federal Court: “I'm not going to allow that. Are you allowing that?”  The delulu dude's head is so far up his fundie tinpot patriarch arse that he thinks he can run a federal courtroom. IMO, expecting to control their adult kids is just another day of the week for those fundies. 

[GeeGolly]

My kids lived at home on and off during their college years. My parenting didn't change much during those years even though they were technically adults. But then again, I didn't parent like JillR, ever.

I have an adult child living at home now. For the most part we're all 'roommates', yet there are moments when we operate as parent/child. Like when he goes out he says what time to expect him to be home. If he's running late coming home from work or wherever, or not coming home, he calls. But the reverse is true too, my husband and I let him know what is going on with us too. So maybe its just family respect in action.

[libgirl2]

42 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I have an adult child living at home now. For the most part we're all 'roommates', yet there are moments when we operate as parent/child. Like when he goes out he says what time to expect him to be home. If he's running late coming home from work or wherever, or not coming home, he calls. But the reverse is true too, my husband and I let him know what is going on with us too. So maybe its just family respect in action.

Same with out home. My adult son lives with us. He lets us know when he is going out or if he is going to be late and we do the same. 

[floridamom]

I think the "we allow our adult children"...statement is the response to seeing those engagement photos of Tim and Heide front-hugging one another. I'm sure Jill was shocked and enraged by these photos. She is just doing damage control here in my opinion. So far, I haven't seen any allowances made for any of her adult children still living at home. I agree that she and Davey boy, when dating, didn't have such strict rules as to never even touch each other. That restriction is sick and cruel IMO. How on earth would you know if you even "like their touch"? After marriage you are stuck with what and who you got. This works both ways for the prospective bride and groom. You absolutely don't have to have sex before marriage, I certainly respect that, but the two have to know each other and this means spending time alone together and being affectionate; being able to speak your own mind and opinions, etc.

[andromeda331]

4 hours ago, Turquoise said:

"...we have allowed our grown children to have more liberty..."
Bah humbug! You don't get to dictate the lives of your adult children, Jilly. Like she allows anyone to dictate to her (I fully realize she's going to at least attempt to do it anyway).

Right Jill. Your adult children in a very restrictive cult and with you as their mother have more liberty. I don't think that word means what you think it does.

3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

My kids lived at home on and off during their college years. My parenting didn't change much during those years even though they were technically adults. But then again, I didn't parent like JillR, ever.

I have an adult child living at home now. For the most part we're all 'roommates', yet there are moments when we operate as parent/child. Like when he goes out he says what time to expect him to be home. If he's running late coming home from work or wherever, or not coming home, he calls. But the reverse is true too, my husband and I let him know what is going on with us too. So maybe its just family respect in action.

I think whether you live at home or not it's always good to know when to expect people to come home. Just in case. 

[Notabug]

1 hour ago, andromeda331 said:

Right Jill. Your adult children in a very restrictive cult and with you as their mother have more liberty. I don't think that word means what you think it does.

I think whether you live at home or not it's always good to know when to expect people to come home. Just in case. 

Yes, just letting others living in the house know when they can expect you to be home is common courtesy, whether its a parent-child relationship or otherwise.

The fact that Jill thinks her adult children need to seek her permission to not follow her dictates exactly is reason enough to suspect her parenting. As if there wasn't plenty of evidence of her inadequacies before now.

I, for one, would be weirded out to be in a relationship with a guy who couldn't touch me until the wedding.  Does he have some sort of phobia?  Is he not attracted to me?  Does he have so little self control that he might jump me if I let him hold my hand?

Edited November 22, 2023 by Notabug

[CalicoKitty]

I was wondering how long it would take Jill to post something about the pictures Tim and Heidi posted.  She must be seething, and will probably double down on the "dating" behavior of the other kids in the future.  I hope the others find less restrictive families that will allow them in.  I think Tim has really lucked out.  I fear for the future of younger ones.

[satrunrose]

I'm sure Tim and the sluttish frontal hugs came into it, but Saint Nurie and the Sunshine Band (ahem, girl) held hands on Mahmo driven engagement photoshoots, so they're not living up to DBD's  purity standards either.

 

PS. Tim and the Sluttish Frontal Hugs would make the weirdest Fundie picture book title. 

[BradandJanet]

It would be interesting to see Jill's reaction if all the sons "pull a Tim" and leave and cleave to their wives' families. A wife with a large family who own a big restaurant in Budapest would be perfect for Phillip. 

Sniff. Oh, well. She's always liked the daughters better anyway because she can pretend to be one of them. Yes, Precious Nurie did a runner, but Nurie married  Anna Duggar's and Priscilla Waller's brother and ended up living in a vacation state. Jill can pardon her for that.  

[Salacious Kitty]

Jill cracks me up when she goes on about what good parents Nurie and NotNurie are. Especially since we've seen evidence to the contrary. 

I still cringe thinking of poor little Gideon in his wrap, head hanging off to the side because he couldn't hold it up yet. Yes, Tessie was carrying him, but Kaylee was RIGHT THERE and didn't make any corrections. 

Then we have Nemo manhandling Newbie on several occasions as Nurie keeps snapping pictures. 

[GeeGolly]

6 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Jill cracks me up when she goes on about what good parents Nurie and NotNurie are. Especially since we've seen evidence to the contrary. 

I still cringe thinking of poor little Gideon in his wrap, head hanging off to the side because he couldn't hold it up yet. Yes, Tessie was carrying him, but Kaylee was RIGHT THERE and didn't make any corrections. 

Then we have Nemo manhandling Newbie on several occasions as Nurie keeps snapping pictures. 

And don't forget driving with an infant with no carseat.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, GeeGolly said:

And don't forget driving with an infant with no carseat.

That's the worst of all. 

[oliviabenson]

Jill carried GHill under her boobs completely covered. GHill could have suffocated…

[CalicoKitty]

1 hour ago, GeeGolly said:

And don't forget driving with an infant with no carseat.

And getting in an accident with no carseat.

[Salacious Kitty]

15 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill carried GHill under her boobs completely covered. GHill could have suffocated…

Jill clapped back on that one. Said Giddy was comfortable and sleeping or somesuch garbage. 

[CalicoKitty]

2 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Jill clapped back on that one. Said Giddy was comfortable and sleeping or somesuch garbage. 

Giddy had recently been taken off oxygen and just dismissed from the NICU.  He needed to be home with his parents, not dragged around and almost suffocated by his granny.  I really don't get these people, but I guess I have seen worse.  At least they are feeding him.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, CalicoKitty said:

Giddy had recently been taken off oxygen and just dismissed from the NICU.  He needed to be home with his parents, not dragged around and almost suffocated by his granny.  I really don't get these people, but I guess I have seen worse.  At least they are feeding him.

He's getting Plexus infused milk. Poor mite.

[LavendarRose]

16 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

My kids lived at home on and off during their college years. My parenting didn't change much during those years even though they were technically adults. But then again, I didn't parent like JillR, ever.

I have an adult child living at home now. For the most part we're all 'roommates', yet there are moments when we operate as parent/child. Like when he goes out he says what time to expect him to be home. If he's running late coming home from work or wherever, or not coming home, he calls. But the reverse is true too, my husband and I let him know what is going on with us too. So maybe its just family respect in action.

You hit the nail on the head with “family respect”.   The Rods and the majority of the Fundie Families do not have any respect for their children, grown or otherwise.  The family dynamic is once a child, always a child, with very few exceptions.  And those pull away are treated poorly and in public as part of the punishment (see Jill Dillard and now Timmay Rod).  Again, part of the no family respect.

 

[ginger90]

So, they didn’t go to Florida, Florida came to them. 3 carts of food from Aldi. Giggling all the way….

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