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

[oliviabenson]

Poor Philip looked so sad at the Xmas circus. He really is miserable! Probably realized how messed up his life is and what  an abysmal future he has job wise.

He probably would have deconstructed if given a chance.

[crazy8s]

2 hours ago, Notabug said:

Interesting!  So, all of the disruption to do the photo session in the midst of Tim's wedding and reception was for naught.  Typical Jill.

I wonder if Brianne was scared off by Jill's invasion of Tim and Heidi's privacy and her refusal to back down even when called out on it by Heidi's family?

I think possibly you were the one who commented Brianne was solidly middle class and was not going to be living in a trailer in the barndo driveway.

She probably wasn't going to go for a rod fixer upper near the barndo either after seeing what Kaylee and Timothy found. (nothing against their houses, if it's what you want/can afford/have desire to fix up)

I think a good dose of the rod clan at thanksgiving, trying to keep sweet during a game where sam couldn't come up with words to describe common items, bad food, modeling Jill's crap clothes, hymn singing at 1am etc was well beyond what she envisioned her cosplay prairie role to be.

That church in Missouri has some link to an aviation mission group in Alaska. She went on a missions trip there last summer. So she is most likely joining them in some capacity.

 

Edited 19 hours ago by crazy8s
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[oliviabenson]

Whoever marries Bri, I wish them luck. Girl is not right.

[merylinkid]

Bri realized what being a member of the Rod clan might be like.   She might want a fundie husband but one of the well to do ones.  Although none of them are too bright either.   That's homeschooling for you when you are taught for the illiterate and indifferent.  

Alaska she can find a self-sufficent man who can keep her in the style to which she has become accustomed.

[Chaos Theory]

Like her or not Brianna has spent some time in real world.  She may dream of being a tradwife but she wants to be a middle / upper-middle class tradwife with a husband who has a job that can legitimately take care of her so if she does want to sell poison apples it is a side business for pocket money and not something that she needs to pay the light bill.   Sam is likely going to work minimum wage jobs (not that there is anything wrong with that) if he works at all and move near or in with Jill  and whoever lucky lady he marries will be expected to fall in line and not be the head of it.  That is not really what Bri signed up for.

[Salacious Kitty]

She's better off in Alaska. 

[farmgal4]

On 12/25/2024 at 3:28 PM, oliviabenson said:

yes let's all pray for Amy to take massive bowel movements. I wouldn't want anyone posting online about my bowel movements and secretions. 

I think Amy is having diarrhea and possibly has C-diff from all of the antibiotics.  C-diff can be difficult to treat and highly contagious.  I hope I’m wrong.

ETA:  Thankfully Amy’s bowel problems have been fixed so it wasn’t C-diff.

Edited 4 hours ago by farmgal4

[farmgal4]

18 hours ago, crazy8s said:

From Reddit - all mention of Samuel and Brianne's courtship has been removed from Jill's content.

Thanksgiving with the Rod clan in their own environment must have frightened her off.

Jill needs to quit mentioning or posting anything regarding the kids love life!  That is 3 broken courtships that she’s told the whole world about.

Edited 4 hours ago by farmgal4

[libgirl2]

6 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

Jill needs to quit mentioning or posting anything regarding the kids love life!  That is 3 broken courtships that she’s told the whole world about.

Jill can't help herself. Everything she does is to the nth degree. Whether it is "decorating" her house, a Christmas tree, those cookies.... or in this case, just letting things go the way they will go naturally. 

[Absolom]

Antibiotics alone can cause major bowel problems without it being c-diff.  If she's improving as they withdraw the antibiotics, there is hope it was a reaction or side effect.  I may have that problem.  I know people who have had c-diff and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.  Sometimes it is extremely difficult to treat.  

[Minivanessa]

3 minutes ago, Absolom said:

Antibiotics alone can cause major bowel problems without it being c-diff.  If she's improving as they withdraw the antibiotics, there is hope it was a reaction or side effect.  I may have that problem.  I know people who have had c-diff and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.  Sometimes it is extremely difficult to treat.  

My understanding is that c-diff is more of an infectious process than something you get just from your own gut bacteria getting out of whack. I knew someone who had c-diff and it was awful; she got it from caring for a parent - who had got it while in a nursing home after surgery. She had medical issues of her own and I'm not sure her digestive system ever really recovered from c diff. Ugh.

The C diff bacterium does apparently spread easily in hospitals, which makes sense. I hope Amy doesn't go home with more medical problems than she already had!

[Absolom]

Unfortunately it's quite possible to get c-diff while taking antibiotics.  Most of the people who I know who have had it got it that way.  Several antibiotics are known to have greater potential than others to lead to the problem.  The most recent case was a good friend and neighbor who had it after needing antibiotics for dental work. 

I will crib from AI:

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How antibiotics contribute to C. diff

Antibiotics can alter the balance of bacteria in the gut, allowing C. diff bacteria to grow and produce toxins that harm the bowel. People taking antibiotics are 7–10 times more likely to get C. diff.

 

[merylinkid]

2 hours ago, farmgal4 said:

That is 3 broken courtships that she’s told the whole world about.

Isn't that a huge no-no in fundie land?  Like giving away pieces of your heart and why they don't date?   

Still laughing at Jill ditching the wedding to do the Gone With the Wind photo shoot only for the whole thing to well, go with the wind.  

[satrunrose]

10 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

Isn't that a huge no-no in fundie land?  Like giving away pieces of your heart and why they don't date?   

Still laughing at Jill ditching the wedding to do the Gone With the Wind photo shoot only for the whole thing to well, go with the wind.  

Another fundie contradiction. It's fine to give away pieces of your heart if it was parentally approved, chaperoned and no bodily fluids were exchanged. It does seem like more mega-families (Bates and Duggars especially) finally did realize that hyping a courtship up as "God's Plan!!!!!" only to have them crash and burn was doing a number on the kids. That's why they slowly moved to a pre-courtship "getting to know you" period (aka dating). Jill isn't going to flex her performative rules for the well-being of her children, though.