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

[oliviabenson]

17 minutes ago, Madtown said:

Sadly, I think Edleweiss is still better(not by much)than Spurgeon.

Imagine if they get married. 

Idlewhyse and Spurgeon Duggar 

[ALittleShelfish]

4 hours ago, Madtown said:

Sadly, I think Edleweiss is still better(not by much)than Spurgeon.

The bar for fundie names is already so low, yet somehow Spurgeon comes along and asks everyone to hold his (non alcoholic) beer. 

[libgirl2]

13 minutes ago, ALittleShelfish said:

The bar for fundie names is already so low, yet somehow Spurgeon comes along and asks everyone to hold his (non alcoholic) beer. 

Okay, now that almost made me spit out my tea!!! Hysterical! 

[satrunrose]

I'm so confused.

1- This crew literally goes on missions to convert Catholics and yet they name their kid after a song from a movie where all of the heroes are Catholic. 

2- If you want a name from the Sound of Music, you've got Maria, Liesl, Louisa, Brigitta, Marta, or Gretel (I would totally name a hypothetical daughter Liesl or Marta). Heck, you could even do Ilsa (the Baroness) if you wanted to be subversive. 

3- There are 0 references to God in the song Edelweiss except for the word "bless" but it's kind of implying that the singer is asking the flower for a blessing, so isn't that kind of sacrilegious? 

 

[oliviabenson]

47 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Okay, now that almost made me spit out my tea!!! Hysterical! 

Long Island iced tea?

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Long Island iced tea?

I wish, I'm at work. This is my late day. 

[ginger90]

Janessa no longer has a nursery (crib), she has a bedroom (bed). It was a surprise for her and she had no choices available to her. I didn’t realize her room was off the hall by the kitchen, I thought it was off Jill and David’s room.

An electrical nightmare…..

Edited March 27 by ginger90

[libgirl2]

All those cords! Yikes! 

[oliviabenson]

In memory (cringe) to her dead sibling wall shrine is something. Wow Jill is truly unhinged. 

It’s like a tiny closet not a room. And why so much furniture? 

I think that bed is too small for her. She can sleep in a twin bed.

[oliviabenson]

She slept in a crib until 6?! and alone downstairs?! 

Jill sucks 

[mythoughtis]

She’s been sleeping in a crib and she’s soon to turn 6????? and yes, twin bed would be the appropriate size for a six year old.  Probably won’t fit in that room 

Edited March 27 by mythoughtis

[crazy8s]

Jill is begrudgingly allowing 6 yr old "baby" Janessa to progress all the way to 6 yr old toddler Janessa.  Moving forward maybe she will also be allowed a booster seat in restaurants and not be crammed into a high chair.

Hey Jill that is a closet, not a bedroom. Bedrooms need a window and closet.

[libgirl2]

8 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

Jill is begrudgingly allowing 6 yr old "baby" Janessa to progress all the way to 6 yr old toddler Janessa.  Moving forward maybe she will also be allowed a booster seat in restaurants and not be crammed into a high chair.

Hey Jill that is a closet, not a bedroom. Bedrooms need a window and closet.

How is that safe without a window? 

[GeeGolly]

So great that Janessa had a clock in her room when she was in the crib. And now that she's 6, the clock is gone but a toddler bed arrives.

Two sisters have moved out yet they keep Janessa in a closet nook? Why not put her in with her sisters?

I get they impression Janessa stays up until she falls asleep wherever she is and someone eventually picks her up and puts her in the crib, and now the toddler bed.

[crazy8s]

does anyone else think the mattress is an inflatable? the lines on the bed make it appear so and under the pillow it appears the mattress is a bit short for the bed and there is some sort of spacer between the headboard and the mattress.

[oliviabenson]

52 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

She’s been sleeping in a crib and she’s soon to turn 6????? and yes, twin bed would be the appropriate size for a six year old.  Probably won’t fit in that room 

If she removed the chair a twin might fit. Looks like only a bed would fit and maybe a nightstand. Why not put her in a living room and put a divider or a curtain around her sleeping area? Oh right it’s more important to have a living room than a room for her kids. 

[beckie]

Whatever happened to nice normal names? If they wanted Es there are plenty.  Elizabeth,  Emily, etc.....

[PradaKitty]

Janessa is no longer sleeping in a crib. She’s sleeping in a toddler bed! Jill just canNOT stop infantilizing her. And she still speaks to her as if she is two!!

That room is a joke.

[satrunrose]

38 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Why not put her in a living room and put a divider or a curtain around her sleeping area? Oh right it’s more important to have a living room than a room for her kids. 

The thing is, she doesn't even need to do that. The girls' dorm/labyrinth is down Nurie and Kaylee. A toddler bed for a six-year-old (if you ever needed proof the poor waifs have stunted growth) should fit easily. 

Thanks to whoever it was who emphasized that BME had a actual almost six-year-old sleeping in a crib until this. My mind, she is blown, even by the usual Rod standards. 

Edited March 28 by satrunrose

[farmgal4]

Jill is a fk’ing POS.  Janessa is now the only offspring in that family who has her own room.  I don’t know that I’ve ever seen such favoritism.

Edited March 28 by farmgal4

[awaken]

I’m happy that she’s happy and is getting something special, but the crib to toddler bed, and miscarriage shrine in a child’s bedroom is bizarre!

And why not give the private space (small and illegal as it is) to an adult living in the house (Renee or maybe sammers) who really needs it?  Why is Janessa alone?

[oliviabenson]

3 hours ago, awaken said:

I’m happy that she’s happy and is getting something special, but the crib to toddler bed, and miscarriage shrine in a child’s bedroom is bizarre!

And why not give the private space (small and illegal as it is) to an adult living in the house (Renee or maybe sammers) who really needs it?  Why is Janessa alone?

Or Phil 

[Salacious Kitty]

I don't think we know for sure that Phillip has moved into the attic. 

[libgirl2]

That picture would be more appropriate in her and David's room. Janessa isn't the one who had miscarriages. 

[AstridM]

11 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

All those cords! Yikes! 

In a closet with no windows! I wonder if there’s a way to report this.

17 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

11 hours ago, mythoughtis said:

[AstridM]

Why don’t they just put her in the bedroom with her sisters? There should be an empty bed since Kaylee left.

[laurakaye]

12 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

How is that safe without a window? 

It amazes me that Jill happily posts pictures of the interior of her house with nary a care that bedrooms don't have windows (against fire code, I believe all rooms need two exits, either via door or window), not to mention every single outlet in that place has about 14 plugs and extension cords snaking out of them.  I would absolutely love to see them get inspected, but I don't know how that happens unless they potentially get reported?

 

10 hours ago, awaken said:

And why not give the private space (small and illegal as it is) to an adult living in the house (Renee or maybe sammers) who really needs it?  Why is Janessa alone?

In my mind, this is Jill's twisted way of keeping Janessa dependent on her.  By putting her alone in a big house, she could be fostering a fear in Janessa of being by herself, thus needing Mahmo even more.  And I am sad that this thought even occurred to me but Jill has her reasons for doing what she does.

[libgirl2]

11 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

In my mind, this is Jill's twisted way of keeping Janessa dependent on her.  By putting her alone in a big house, she could be fostering a fear in Janessa of being by herself, thus needing Mahmo even more.  And I am sad that this thought even occurred to me but Jill has her reasons for doing what she does.

I also think it is a way of keeping her the "baby". I get having a changing table with the grandkids however. 

[MamaMax]

lol There are FOUR lamps in that closet. What the actual fuck Jill. 

14 hours ago, satrunrose said:

I'm so confused.

1- This crew literally goes on missions to convert Catholics and yet they name their kid after a song from a movie where all of the heroes are Catholic. 

2- If you want a name from the Sound of Music, you've got Maria, Liesl, Louisa, Brigitta, Marta, or Gretel (I would totally name a hypothetical daughter Liesl or Marta). Heck, you could even do Ilsa (the Baroness) if you wanted to be subversive. 

3- There are 0 references to God in the song Edelweiss except for the word "bless" but it's kind of implying that the singer is asking the flower for a blessing, so isn't that kind of sacrilegious? 

 

"small and white, clean and bright, you look happy to greet me"

Its everything their cult values in a girl child. 

[ranchgirl]

4 to 6 pictures of her mom in her tiny room. 

Jill claims that Nessa did not want to leave her crib.  

[laurakaye]

14 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Janessa no longer has a nursery (crib), she has a bedroom (bed). It was a surprise for her and she had no choices available to her. I didn’t realize her room was off the hall by the kitchen, I thought it was off Jill and David’s room.

An electrical nightmare…..

I don't know why I feel the need to look so closely at these pictures that Jill posts but they are oddly fascinating.

In addition to the highly inappropriate "memorial wall" in a child's bedroom, I notice what looks like a doll's detached head in a bucket, a flat yellowed pillow on a shelf that Jill is keeping for reasons?  And why does a 6 year old need an industrial-type clock in her room - something you would see at a bank?

Outside her room in the hallway, what am I looking at - a lighted set of shelves containing Willow Tree figurines?  What is this woman's obsession with lamps and cabinet/shelf lighting in multiple spaces of every single room?  How is their electric bill not $15,000 a month?

I always did like those "hidden pictures" pages in my Highlights magazines as a kid...this is the twisted and scary version of that, I guess?

Edited March 28 by laurakaye

[libgirl2]

4 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

I don't know why I feel the need to look so closely at these pictures that Jill posts but they are oddly fascinating.

In addition to the highly inappropriate "memorial wall" in a child's bedroom, I notice what looks like a doll's detached head in a bucket, a flat yellowed pillow on a shelf that Jill is keeping for reasons?  And why does a 6 year old need an industrial-type clock in her room - something you would see at a bank?

Outside her room in the hallway, what am I looking at - a lighted set of shelves containing Willow Tree figurines?  What is this woman's obsession with lamps and cabinet/shelf lighting in multiple spaces of every single room?  How is their electric bill not $15,000 a month?

I always did like those "hidden pictures" pages in my Highlights magazines as a kid...this is the twisted and scary version of that, I guess?

Yea, why so many lamps? Maybe to make up for the lack of a window?!! 

[crazy8s]

23 hours ago, laurakaye said:

I don't know why I feel the need to look so closely at these pictures that Jill posts but they are oddly fascinating.

I am the same. Always watching what's in the background behind whatever scene Jill is presenting. I particularly liked Samuel in the background trying to remove the changing table and having to stop and unwind numerous electrical cords that were wound through it.

Also interesting to me they had a crib this whole time for the "baby" yet put a pack and play for nehemiah in the firetrap upstairs attic guest room nursery/sewing room/prayer closet.

Edited March 29 by crazy8s

[Salacious Kitty]

Heaven help the people who have to clean out the barndo when they move again. Jill has amassed a vast collection of dust collecting tchotckes since the last move. 

[GeeGolly]

Simple, cheerful, aka not Jill.

[Salacious Kitty]

Definitely not Jill. It has a window and no shrine dedicated to the miscarriages. 🙄

[libgirl2]

I'm still aghast at those cords hanging down next to the bed! Does she not see that? 

[Abmis]

1 hour ago, ranchgirl said:

4 to 6 pictures of her mom in her tiny room. 

Jill claims that Nessa did not want to leave her crib.  

If Jill had been able to produce another blessing poor Nessa would have been out of the crib whether she liked it or not. 

I hope Jill realizes that it's time to hand the crib down to one of her grandchildren and isn't still hoping to have another baby. I think that ship has sailed. 

[Madtown]

As disturbing as it is to see, Janessa was in a crib, I'm also questioning the changing table? Is that girl potty trained or did she just get potty trained and that's why they got rid of it? I don't see a reason to need to keep that in her room this whole time, just to get rid of it now.

 

[libgirl2]

7 minutes ago, Madtown said:

As disturbing as it is to see, Janessa was in a crib, I'm also questioning the changing table? Is that girl potty trained or did she just get potty trained and that's why they got rid of it? I don't see a reason to need to keep that in her room this whole time, just to get rid of it now.

 

She mentioned using it for the grandkids, but why leave it there? Unless the kids napped or slept there when visiting. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Samuel was working to remove it. Jill said they would change babies on the beds. Of course, that means the girls' beds, not hers! 🙄

[Lindsay Loo Hoo]

My daughter is 10 months old and she’s constantly trying to get out of her crib. I can’t imagine janessa wanting to remain in her crib. 

[Future Cat Lady]

Is that "room" in the master bedroom? 

[AstridM]

3 hours ago, crazy8s said:

I am the same. Always watching what's in the background behind whatever scene Jill is presenting. I particularly liked Samuel in the background trying to remove the changing table and having to stop and unwind numerous electrical cords that were wound through it.

Also interesting to me they had a crib this whole time for the "baby" yet put a pack and play for nehemiah in the firetrap upstairs guest nursery/sewing room/prayer closet.

The same room upstairs where Phillip was living?

[GeeGolly]

I think the 'room' is off the kitchen. Likely a pantry closet.

[Salacious Kitty]

12 minutes ago, AstridM said:

The same room upstairs where Phillip was living?

Correct room, no confirmation that Phillip is staying there and not back in the boys' room. 

[crazy8s]

20 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Correct room, no confirmation that Phillip is staying there and not back in the boys' room. 

I think Phillip is back up in the upstairs attic. He has been home since christmas and Jill posted video of school time with Samuel at a desk in the boys room and Gabe practicing banjo and there was still just the one set of bunk beds in the boys room.

Renee stated on a recent grift stop Phillip lives with us, but doesn't travel with us because he goes to online bible class and works full time.

Maybe he can buy a trailer and put it in the yard so mama can claim "he lives near us, but not with us" like she did with timothy.

The upstairs attic has this space.

Edited March 29 by crazy8s
added "upstairs" to attic for clarity and laughs

[Salacious Kitty]

2 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

I think Phillip is back up in the attic. He has been home since christmas and Jill posted video of school time with Samuel at a desk in the boys room and Gabe practicing banjo and there was still just the on set of bunk beds in the boys room.

Renee stated on a recent grift stop Phillip lives with us, but doesn't travel with us because he goes to online bible class and works full time. Maybe he can buy a trailer and put it in the yard so mama can claim "he lives near us, but not with us" like she did with timothy.

The upstairs attic has this space.

Isn't that the sewing nook?

[crazy8s]

5 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Isn't that the sewing nook?

yes, off the attic guest bedroom. To the right of the sewing machine it seems there was also a small prayer closet space.

[GeeGolly]

UPSTAIRS attic ladies, upstairs. I was getting confused thinking maybe they had a new downstairs cellar basement attic.