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

[lianau]

But those poor kids can't sing , even Lawson is a vocal genius compared to them .

[Arwen Evenstar]

1 hour ago, lianau said:

But those poor kids can't sing , even Lawson is a vocal genius compared to them .

I think the only reason they get an audience is because people feel sorry for these emaciated children and are glad to feed them a meal.

[GeeGolly]

Jill R needs to practice some positive self-talk. 

[truthtalk2014]

On February 7, 2017 at 10:17 PM, louannems said:

http://rodriguesfamilyministries.com/main/?p=3181

 

JillR talks about how GRUELING life on the road in the RV is.  And she blogs about a night in a hotel and bedbugs.  And how we need to nip our spiritual bedbugs in the bud!

Nice story Jill.  Next time, can you tell us about your experience with lice.  Yuck.  She has too many screws loose to count. 

[RazzleberryPie]

JRod never disappoints with her lunacy. I thought you couldn't see bed bugs, just the evidence that they bit? I could be wrong.

She is the worst writer, "EVER" - Let's SEE how 'many' unnecessary and inproperately 'spelled' and MISUSED!!! words we painstakingly can muster the strength to LOCATE!!!!!!! Sprinkle in some drama while we're at it, too. 

[lianau]

She attended Joyful Noyes Homeschool , that's the result . And I love how my anti virus program files the JRod site under sites with phishing links .

[Arwen Evenstar]

31 minutes ago, lianau said:

She attended Joyful Noyes Homeschool , that's the result . And I love how my anti virus program files the JRod site under sites with phishing links .

The noise she and her kids make on their minstrel circuit is far from joyful.

[Micks Picks]

I still say she is the real provider of everything, including money, and an energizer bunny, even without those vitamins or whatever she is pushing in her new MLM.  The husband doesn't do anything productive as far as I can tell.  Jill does it all and gives him all the credit, well, David and Jesus, of course.  It's amazing how many skills she's taught herself, like scheduler, promoter, time manager, advertiser, grifter....But she'll never use them for anything but the Lord.

[Arwen Evenstar]

16 minutes ago, Micks Picks said:

I still say she is the real provider of everything, including money, and an energizer bunny, even without those vitamins or whatever she is pushing in her new MLM.  The husband doesn't do anything productive as far as I can tell.  Jill does it all and gives him all the credit, well, David and Jesus, of course.  It's amazing how many skills she's taught herself, like scheduler, promoter, time manager, advertiser, grifter....But she'll never use them for anything but the Lord.

She's clearly the brains behind that outfit. Running after 12 kids...I can't see how she stomachs Chimpy. Maybe that's why she's bat shit crazy.

[Triple P]

3 hours ago, RazzleberryPie said:

JRod never disappoints with her lunacy. I thought you couldn't see bed bugs, just the evidence that they bit? I could be wrong.

She is the worst writer, "EVER" - Let's SEE how 'many' unnecessary and inproperately 'spelled' and MISUSED!!! words we painstakingly can muster the strength to LOCATE!!!!!!! Sprinkle in some drama while we're at it, too. 

Don't forget to (smile) at the end. (smile)

Edited February 9, 2017 by Triple P
Forgot to (smile) at the end (smile)

[Marigold]

I read Jill's post. I cannot believe an adult wrote that.  It's really like a joke. 

[DangerousMinds]

Even worse - she is the one "teaching" her children. 

[sometimesy]

JUST finished reading her post!!!! We NEED Jill Rod on Counting On. There is NO way a Dugg boy can hold down a season without one of these girls!!Their friend Ben is REALLY bothering me. Get out of my way 'cause I want a Dugg in there for Nurie!@@^$%E# 

I am not giving up on this. SMILE 

(but she can't have sinner twin, he's going to need his own show when he smashes the TLC template and flees the compound)

Edited February 9, 2017 by sometimesy

[Fuzzysox]

18 hours ago, RazzleberryPie said:

JRod never disappoints with her lunacy. I thought you couldn't see bed bugs, just the evidence that they bit? I could be wrong.

She is the worst writer, "EVER" - Let's SEE how 'many' unnecessary and inproperately 'spelled' and MISUSED!!! words we painstakingly can muster the strength to LOCATE!!!!!!! Sprinkle in some drama while we're at it, too. 

Smiling and taking pictures DOES NOT require you to know how to spell!!!!! Oh, don't forget to SMYLE!!!!

[Arwen Evenstar]

4 hours ago, sometimesy said:

JUST finished reading her post!!!! We NEED Jill Rod on Counting On. There is NO way a Dugg boy can hold down a season without one of these girls!!Their friend Ben is REALLY bothering me. Get out of my way 'cause I want a Dugg in there for Nurie!@@^$%E# 

I am not giving up on this. SMILE 

(but she can't have sinner twin, he's going to need his own show when he smashes the TLC template and flees the compound)

#FreeNurie

Really want Nurie to escape the family stink bus, but I will still worry about Angry Olivia and Baby in the Cage (Sofia).  Pretty soon they'll need her bed once Sofia outgrows her cage...time to marry this one off to the first guy with a pulse, uh sorry," the one God has planned for her".

[RazzleberryPie]

I am so picturing JRod building a trap with a propped up box and a string. She just has to get her hand on a sammich to lure a Duggar boy, or anyone higher on the Fundie Fame Whore train, to snag for Nurie. 

[riverblue22]

15 minutes ago, RazzleberryPie said:

I am so picturing JRod building a trap with a propped up box and a string. She just has to get her hand on a sammich to lure a Duggar boy, or anyone higher on the Fundie Fame Whore train, to snag for Nurie. 

To catch a Duggar all she needs is a big pickle.

[GeeGolly]

48 minutes ago, riverblue22 said:

To catch a Duggar all she needs is a big pickle.

For her sake he'll have a big pickle too.

[louannems]

I watched the Bateseseses tonight.  It was Totally Pintristy.  Those girls are LOUD. Tori didn't do the whole Baaaabe thing, but she totally did the Baaaabeeeeeeeee thing. Tori babytalked a lot with Bobby, when she wasn't screaming.

 

BUT, after the show, with the Headship out playing poker, I sat through Meet the McGhees. I was thoroughly entertained and delighted.  Parents and kids having fun! Dancing! Singing not jesus stuff!  Halloween costumes and trick or treating!  Real school! It was appeared more natural (you know, like reality TV), and less scripted and reenactments.

Edited February 10, 2017 by louannems

[Barb23]

I watched the Bateseses too.  I came to the conclusion that the Bates two youngest sons Judson, who is 6,& Jeb, who is 5, have better personalities & more to say on their TH's than both JD & Joe combined.

The episode was Pintresty but Bobby asking Tori to court on the beach sure beat Ben asking Jessa to court  in the Duggar office/closet with both parents there.

[DangerousMinds]

What does Pinteresty mean?

[Sew Sumi]

Influenced by Pinterest. 

The Bateses definitely put more thought into the courtship proposal than the Duggars with their home office and porch proposals. Jill is the only one that was remotely romantic, being their last day in Nepal.

[flyingdi]

How was that the start of the courtship when Bobby has been described all year as Tori`s boyfriend?  Are they allowed boyfriends before the official courtship?

[Sew Sumi]

Apparently, in Batesland, the titles, and when they can be bestowed, are different than the Duggars' more strict terminology. I don't think they even used boy/girlfriend during the Dullard or Seemonkey courtships, although I could be wrong. Baaaaaaabe and Cringe definitely used it during courtship. But since we only saw Dreck before courtship (the other two basically just showed up on the TLC doorstep when it was time to propose (although Ben was in the background of the flea market episode, which was right before his pathetic proposal). 

We saw nothing of Zach's or Alyssa's pre-courtships/courtships, so I have no clue when they started calling each other boy/girlfriend. Saw enough of Erin's to know it was Duggar formal. Even Michael referred to Brandon as her boyfriend, so the Bateses had REALLY loosened up by then if the most conservative kid is using the terminology, and I think she used it even before courtship, but not 100% on that one. The Bateses also have much longer "get to know you" stages than the Duggars and their, what, three months before courtship?

[Arwen Evenstar]

On 2/9/2017 at 5:30 PM, RazzleberryPie said:

I am so picturing JRod building a trap with a propped up box and a string. She just has to get her hand on a sammich to lure a Duggar boy, or anyone higher on the Fundie Fame Whore train, to snag for Nurie. 

I'm sure most of the Rodriguii could be baited with a sandwich if a Duggar boy or girl wanted to catch a Rodriguii.  They are always hungry.

[RazzleberryPie]

1 hour ago, Arwen Evenstar said:

I'm sure most of the Rodriguii could be baited with a sandwich if a Duggar boy or girl wanted to catch a Rodriguii.  They are always hungry.

Oh Jill would toss any of them straight at a Dugger at the mere hint of a match. No doubt. I picture her like those crafty Southern Belles who would faint and show a bosom or ankle so their daughters would be compromised and have to marry the rich plantation owner.

Dear Joe, etc., if you see a really scrawny knee cap, scream NIKE and RUNNNNN!

[kokapetl]

Everything in the boys dorm must be covered in semen. I figured out how to "love myself" at age 12. I hope Tyler has a bed in some nook where he can't see any of that.

Josiah had the failed courtship. He's the severely balding "sun in" blonde one.

Edited February 13, 2017 by Kokapetl

[Marigold]

I fell behind with the Bateseses. 

So, did Michael ever explain anything more about fertility or just that they are waiting? 

[birkenstock]

Michael didn't give any specifics on the cause of their infertility.  Just that they were surprised that they weren't pregnant after six months of trying like their peers. They haven't visited a doctor/specialist and are  going to"leave it up to God."   

Edited February 14, 2017 by birkenstock

[MunichNark]

Bobby wrote a really rather touching and authentic love not to Tori on Insta a while back. He called her a bombshell if I recall correctly. It was sweet, yet not terribly "keep your heart in one piece".

I am puzzled as to why guys seem to chase theres girls - are they really THAT chaseable? Pretty they are, but still, just a part of a cult and not really very intelligent or go ahead or anything. The mind boggles.

Is Tabitha Paine still going to marry her rapist?

[Arwen Evenstar]

3 hours ago, MunichNark said:

 

Is Tabitha Paine still going to marry her rapist?

Ugh! I can't get over how squicky that whole arrangement is. It's as though she's being led like a lamb to slaughter.

[Arwen Evenstar]

[Lemur]

16 hours ago, birkenstock said:

Michael didn't give any specifics on the cause of their infertility.  Just that they were surprised that they weren't pregnant after six months of trying like their peers. They haven't visited a doctor/specialist and are  going to"leave it up to God."   

Ahhh, yes.  "Leave it up to God".  

It's a shame these people have such a dim view of science.  I have a feeling God would say to that, "I sent you two fertility specialists and a risk gyno."

[Triple P]

10 minutes ago, Lemur said:

Ahhh, yes.  "Leave it up to God".  

It's a shame these people have such a dim view of science.  I have a feeling God would say to that, "I sent you two fertility specialists and a risk gyno."

Maybe God would tell them that they shouldn't have children together, regardless of the medical interventions that are available. 

[Marigold]

49 minutes ago, Lemur said:

Ahhh, yes.  "Leave it up to God".  

It's a shame these people have such a dim view of science.  I have a feeling God would say to that, "I sent you two fertility specialists and a risk gyno."

Does Michael Bates wear a seat belt?

 Hmmm.... these questions boggle the Fundie mind. 

[Lemur]

42 minutes ago, Triple P said:

Maybe God would tell them that they shouldn't have children together, regardless of the medical interventions that are available. 

Do you see how that statement cuts both ways, yes? :)

[Arwen Evenstar]

2 hours ago, Marigold said:

Does Michael Bates wear a seat belt?

 Hmmm.... these questions boggle the Fundie mind. 

Like many "Amuricans" in general, and Fundies in particular, they don't like any ebil gubmint mandated regulations, especially those that are common sense.

They probably decry seat belt laws as tyranny.

But THIS leaving everything up to God, really irks me when they say it about everything. Yes, important matters that are truly out of your hands or control are OK to leave up to God.

For instance, I'm praying that I'll find a job soon in a challenging job market for my profession, but I know God expects me to make a few inquiries and do the leg work necessary. He may intervene to put opportunities in front of me, such as an out of the blue phone call or chance encounter, but He expects me to chase them down. If I just sat at home in my bubble, waiting for a meteorite to crash through my roof with the perfect job attached to it, then I'd be a real dummy.

Edited February 15, 2017 by Arwen Evenstar

[Marigold]

Exactly.

If God wants Michael to have a baby, she will.  But it can't hurt going to some doctors.  I laugh at how sometimes, it's in God's hands but other times it's not.

So Michael's husband locks his front door while telling Michael that fertility is in God's hands?  Sure. That makes sense.  

Either leave your door unlocked or Michael needs to see a doctor. 

[yogi2014L]

46 minutes ago, Marigold said:

Exactly.

If God wants Michael to have a baby, she will.  But it can't hurt going to some doctors.  I laugh at how sometimes, it's in God's hands but other times it's not.

So Michael's husband locks his front door while telling Michael that fertility is in God's hands?  Sure. That makes sense.  

Either leave your door unlocked or Michael needs to see a doctor. 

Maybe Michael is ok not having kids for now, and if they don't get pregnant in a year or so they will go to the doctor. We all think she wants a horde of children, but we don't really know for sure. Maybe over the last year she started to enjoy a child free life for once. Maybe they aren't having sex at the right times.  At least I hope that is the case. 

[lianau]

5 hours ago, Lemur said:

Ahhh, yes.  "Leave it up to God".  

It's a shame these people have such a dim view of science.  I have a feeling God would say to that, "I sent you two fertility specialists and a risk gyno."

But it may well be that his swimmers aren't up for the task and do you really want to have a situation where something is not the woman's fault . 

[lascuba]

13 minutes ago, yogi2014L said:

Maybe Michael is ok not having kids for now, and if they don't get pregnant in a year or so they will go to the doctor. We all think she wants a horde of children, but we don't really know for sure. Maybe over the last year she started to enjoy a child free life for once. Maybe they aren't having sex at the right times.  At least I hope that is the case. 

I remember Michael saying during her engagement that she after getting married she wanted to have "as many children as possible." People can change, of course, but it's reasonable to assume that she'd hoped to be pregnant by now.

[Marigold]

23 minutes ago, lascuba said:

I remember Michael saying during her engagement that she after getting married she wanted to have "as many children as possible." People can change, of course, but it's reasonable to assume that she'd hoped to be pregnant by now.

That's my assumption based on some things she has said. Even the fact that she is obviously concerned...

However, if she changed her mind, well then, I hope things work out at the perfect time for them.  :) Like I wish everyone else about having kids! 

[Clemgo3165]

1 hour ago, lascuba said:

I remember Michael saying during her engagement that she after getting married she wanted to have "as many children as possible." People can change, of course, but it's reasonable to assume that she'd hoped to be pregnant by now.

I too think Michael expected to be pregnant by now. But my understanding was that they were waiting and seeing for now. They've only just celebrated their first anniversary and most doctors will tell you to wait a year before looking into problems or other methods of conceiving. They are both young and healthy, she didn't say anything about problems like Erin's, so my guess is that they've probably hit the doctor's office by now. 

Of all the girls in this fundy crowd it's Michael I can see as a great adoptive parent. She's very loving and obviously wants children in her life. Her marriage is stable and he has a decent job. 

[toodles]

On 12/1/2016 at 4:09 PM, BradandJanet said:

I wonder how long I've been well past the flower of my age. Whatever that means.

If you are older than 15, it's a long time.

[babyhouseman]

3 hours ago, Clemgo3165 said:

I too think Michael expected to be pregnant by now. But my understanding was that they were waiting and seeing for now. They've only just celebrated their first anniversary and most doctors will tell you to wait a year before looking into problems or other methods of conceiving. They are both young and healthy, she didn't say anything about problems like Erin's, so my guess is that they've probably hit the doctor's office by now. 

Of all the girls in this fundy crowd it's Michael I can see as a great adoptive parent. She's very loving and obviously wants children in her life. Her marriage is stable and he has a decent job. 

They were married in August 2015. I remember because a cousin got married around the same time. 

[tabloidlover]

7 hours ago, Arwen Evenstar said:

For instance, I'm praying that I'll find a job soon in a challenging job market for my profession, but I know God expects me to make a few inquiries and do the leg work necessary. He may intervene to put opportunities in front of me, such as an out of the blue phone call or chance encounter, but He expects me to chase them down. If I just sat at home in my bubble, waiting for a meteorite to crash through my roof with the perfect job attached to it, then I'd be a real dummy  Duggar.

Fixed it for ya ;=)

[Arwen Evenstar]

4 hours ago, tabloidlover said:

Fixed it for ya ;=)

Thanks....that correction really makes it much better.

[Sew Sumi]

Sierra has joined JRod in the world of MLMing. I guess this (and illegal baked goods in mason jars in Sierra's case) are now acceptable money-making ventures for SAHMs who don't have Duggar cash. 

[Guest]

I knew it was lipsense, everyoneeee is selling that these days. I've heard it burns.

[BitterApple]

Oh, God no! Not Lipsense! Leah from Teen Mom 2 shills that crap and it's been a topic of snark for a while on that board.