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

[libgirl2]

10 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

that's how it works for us heathens.  The parents at least attempt to pay for their kids, even if the kids are adults.   But in Jill's world, she goes first, then leaves everyone else to fend for themselves.

Exactly. We would go out for dinner and my dad always wanted to pay. We would sometimes compromise and leave the tip or just split it. Didn't Olivia just get a water, which was probably free? I would have the water and let my child enjoy the coffee or a coke. She couldn't even spring for a soft drink? Milk? Juice? 

 

[mythoughtis]

So she’s worried about the ‘business up and downs’ enough that she cries. Then immediately goes on an outing that first involves spending money at a coffee shop rather than having coffee at home from her brand new coffee bar.   Or from Nurie’s coffee bar ( if she was in Florida).   Then she orders first and sits down.   Normal moms of teens ( she still has teens)  order last and have one of the teens save the table.  Of course normal moms of teens pay for the coffee.   
 

I have no sympathy for Jill’s woes:  she and David chose their life - they now have to deal with the resulting money  problems of having no real jobs and the  worries of having 13 children.   Go home, get jobs, put your kids in school. 

Edited 3 hours ago by mythoughtis

[crazy8s]

I think they likely got a dunkin gift card at one of the grift stops.

Last year at the valentine event at Anchor Baptist when the Rod's sang, there was a pile of gift cards in front of Dave for places like Cold Stone.

[libgirl2]

9 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

I think they likely got a dunkin gift card at one of the grift stops.

Last year at the valentine event at Anchor Baptist when the Rod's sang, there was a pile of gift cards in front of Dave for places like Cold Stone.

Of course they got "grift" cards!

[laurakaye]

9 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Regarding that "Plan B" bonus..

So you don't get on the cruise despite having the minimum amount of credits and then as a consolation prize, Plexus throws some extra money into their commission account, which I assume translates to credits, for which you might be able to get on the next cruise but not necessarily - so we'll give you another $500 in your commission account, ad infinitum.  

I don't know much about how Plexus operates but this sounds like a way to dangle a prize above everyone's heads, take it away randomly because the trip has been "filled," only to entice them even harder for the next trip with more commission courtesy of Plexus.  Considering how much of their own money these people have to throw at their own downline just to be moderately successful, it's almost cruel.  Especially for someone like Jill who is so certain that she's going on every trip, she cut and pastes her own face onto the generic brochures.  It's her own fault for signing up for this grift but dang, lol.

I imagine Jill behind a closed door, weeping/praying with David about how unfair her life is and now she doesn't even have that sweet two grand to buy herself and her girlies a delicious sugary coffee drink at Dunkin, which led to the girls emptying out their purses to scrape enough cash together to take Mahmo out for a "treat" to cheer her up.  I have to think behavior of that sort takes place a lot in that family.  I also think Jill must be hell to live with on the occasions she can't be on the boat for whatever reason.

[Chaos Theory]

I have seen women with better makeup on old episodes of “MSNBC Lockup”.  Now those women know how to do more with less.   

Edited 56 minutes ago by Chaos Theory

[AstridM]

2 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Exactly. We would go out for dinner and my dad always wanted to pay. We would sometimes compromise and leave the tip or just split it. Didn't Olivia just get a water, which was probably free? I would have the water and let my child enjoy the coffee or a coke. She couldn't even spring for a soft drink? Milk? Juice? 

 

Or Jill could’ve stayed home with David and let her daughters go out for coffee without her for ONCE. 

2 hours ago, mythoughtis said:

So she’s worried about the ‘business up and downs’ enough that she cries. Then immediately goes on an outing that first involves spending money at a coffee shop rather than having coffee at home from her brand new coffee bar.   Or from Nurie’s coffee bar ( if she was in Florida).   Then she orders first and sits down.   Normal moms of teens ( she still has teens)  order last and have one of the teens save the table.  Of course normal moms of teens pay for the coffee.   
 

I have no sympathy for Jill’s woes:  she and David chose their life - they now have to deal with the resulting money  problems of having no real jobs and the  worries of having 13 children.   Go home, get jobs, put your kids in school. 

Also -“ business up and downs?” WHAT business?

[merylinkid]

36 minutes ago, AstridM said:

Also -“ business up and downs?” WHAT business?

Not making enough Plexus points to go on the cruise.   this is alllllll this is about.   She is so pissed she didn't qualify that she is wailing and gnashing her teeth.   She would rend her garments too if she thought of it so she would have excuse to buy new clothes.  

[graybrown bird]

If children weren't involved, Jill's histrionics would be hilarious.

[precious pupp]

2 hours ago, crazy8s said:

I think they likely got a dunkin gift card at one of the grift stops.

Last year at the valentine event at Anchor Baptist when the Rod's sang, there was a pile of gift cards in front of Dave for places like Cold Stone.

If there was no one watching, I'd bet Jill or Lazy David pocketed several.  They're sure entitled for "religious" (cough, cough) creeps.  Hypocrisy at its worst.