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

[merylinkid]

7 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

7th birthday tradition is one on one time with mom.

A better present would be a whole day without Jill.

[BradandJanet]

11 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Kaylee is the only one without a failed courtship. Tim had a girl in Wisconsin that was only seen in pictures, but they were chummy. I believe her name was Elizabeth. 

At any rate, that ended and he returned to the barndo when covid hit, never to return. It's unclear as to he even finished out the semester. 

The girl in Wisconsin was someone he met at his job, I believe. The photos were of a work party. Jill apparently didn't like what she was seeing, so he was home not long after. 

His departure was quiet, but it seems he left before Spring Break. Covid hit, but he could have finished the semester remotely. If he had, Jill would have bragged about it. 

I doubt he was doing well in school. In addition to his classes, he was working and taking flying lessons. It's not a good situation for someone starting so far behind academically. The first year of community college can be an extension of high school, but Tim never got close to high school in The Best Home School Ever. 

[lookeyloo]

3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Jill is like an ex-SIL of mine - her kids never knew which version of mom they would get.

My brother and I were talking and this is our mother... and father.  We are not of same religion, and our issues weren't based on that, but, it is not great being raised in a house where one thing or another meant the difference between peace and war and misery.  We had all the material things, like a house, heat, plenty of food, medical care, we went to school, etc.  But, still the off kilter of it all was not great.

[GeeGolly]

1 hour ago, lookeyloo said:

My brother and I were talking and this is our mother... and father.  We are not of same religion, and our issues weren't based on that, but, it is not great being raised in a house where one thing or another meant the difference between peace and war and misery.  We had all the material things, like a house, heat, plenty of food, medical care, we went to school, etc.  But, still the off kilter of it all was not great.

My SIL's kids got good at managing her changing moods as they got older, but like you said, the unpredictability makes life difficult for all.

I used to tell my mother it would be easier on the kids even if she(SIL) stayed in bitch mode, because at least they'd have a norm. 

With JillR forget it - she's moody and (likely) a narcissist. 

[Salacious Kitty]

I think the word that best describes Jill's emotional state is mercurial. She seems to change rather abruptly at times.