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

[DangerousMinds]

Hey Jill, shut the fuck up! 

[crazy8s]

31 minutes ago, luvbadtv said:

Once again I have second hand embarrassment for the older kids.  They are too old to be playing in this corn/covid mess and I'm guessing there was an age limit sign that was ignored.  

and Jill took pics mostly of the teens in the corn crib thing and Janessa who should be playing in it, is sitting on the side watching them. the other girls younger than Tessie, who should be playing in the thing, not shown or are just in the background of the big kid fun

[coconspirator]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

The rest from Facebook is below as a “spoiler”.

This feels like her way of expressing her disappointment in Jill Duggar's recent YouTube Q and A's, where she acknowledged moving away from the Gothard style Christianity she was raised in. Probably not, but it's interesting timing for Jill R's screed about wayward Christians. 

[Churchhoney]

3 hours ago, crazy8s said:

wow! she was linked to practically every eligible duggar male and she/pa caldwell chose someone else.  take that JB

I'm not sure he'll really care. The Caldwells aren't bringing much, if any, money into the equation, and they have an expanding horde of much younger children to provide for with the apparently little money they do have. And Caldwell's church job means he has no ability to give a Duggar son a real paying position the way the Spiveys can, for example. 

JB may be just as happy to find his daughters-in-love..ICK...in families with a better financial picture. 

8 hours ago, emma675 said:

Yikes, if he's not a walking advertisement to wear sunscreen, I don't know what is. 

The Kellers probably couldn't afford sunscreen. Too much of a luxury. 

[beagletime]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

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Wow, Nathan and Nurie get a room! 🙂   I'm glad to see Nurie looking so happy and enjoying her husband.  Hope there is some time before Nurie is pregnant.  Just enjoy being young and in love.  Despite what Jill says, I don't think Nurie is homesick at all. 

A friend of mine has a lawn care business and makes a decent living from it.  If they don't have too many children Nurie and Nathan can have a nice life.  Nathan be tough and do not give your hard earned money to Jill.  Dave and Jill snuggling.  Shudder.  I do not need that picture in my mind.

Edited October 16, 2020 by beagletime
correct and add another sentance

[galaxygirl76]

4 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

Certainly Nurie has been brain-washed by her parents, but hasn't Nathan as well?  Since when are the Kellers the super-hip and normal parents?

They had some kids break away so they can't be that good at brainwashing.

[doodlebug]

32 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said:

They had some kids break away so they can't be that good at brainwashing.

And the kids who broke away still seem to be part of the family, it doesn't seem like the senior Kellers have banished or forbidden their siblings from interacting with them.  There is no doubt in my mind that any Rodrigues kid who dared to express the slightest doubt about any of the legalistic stupidity that Jill and Shrek have forced upon them would be tossed out and never spoken of again.

[emmawoodhouse]

41 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said:

They had some kids break away so they can't be that good at brainwashing.

After the defections, they did everything they could to keep Nathan and David in the cult. So far, it's worked.

[EAG46]

Welcome to Plathville is coming back to TLC.  Does Primetimer have a forum listing for them? I couldn't find one, but I know I read stuff about them on here before.  The promo talked about how they want to be separate from the world and its bad influences, then the hot teenage son is being photographed nearly naked in the shower.  Oookay then.... https://www.thelist.com/176645/the-untold-truth-of-tlcs-welcome-to-plathville/ has more details. It's an old article but it was updated.

[emmawoodhouse]

Welcome to Plathville forum.

https://forums.primetimer.com/forum/4595-welcome-to-plathville/

[libgirl2]

Nurie's hair looks healthier in the videos. Better food? Shampoo? 

[emmawoodhouse]

10 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Nurie's hair looks healthier in the videos. Better food? Shampoo? 

I think she discovered conditioner.

[BradandJanet]

3 hours ago, luvbadtv said:

Once again I have second hand embarrassment for the older kids.  They are too old to be playing in this corn/covid mess and I'm guessing there was an age limit sign that was ignored.  

Those Rod kids are like prisoners who will take just about any detail just to have some time outside the prison walls. I bet life in the Rod compound is so stupefying that a chance to get out and roll around in dirty, dusty corn is almost orgasmic.  

Wonder how much that little afternoon cost Nathan. You know he had to take them all out to eat too. 

[emmawoodhouse]

Of course Nathan paid. Jill has no shame and sees nothing wrong with it.

[Genevrier]

“Inmodesty.” lol 

[sondraK]

I wonder if Nurthan visits will become fewer,as their bank account dwindles after each one.

I hope they draw names at Christmas

[Guest]

Hello everyone, it is I, Jill Timothy Rodrigues and ... LINE UP (godly) LADIES!

Pic 2 had me howling. 

And what is with these people who simply cannot take a picture that is in focus?! 

[Westiepeach]

2 hours ago, sondraK said:

I hope they draw names at Christmas

Funny thing... all the little slips of paper will have the name "Mama" on them. Because ALL the kids will INSIST Best Mama EVER deserves all the gifts!

[Triple P]

2 hours ago, Giant Misfit said:

Hello everyone, it is I, Jill Timothy Rodrigues and ... LINE UP (godly) LADIES!

Pic 2 had me howling. 

And what is with these people who simply cannot take a picture that is in focus?! 

I should have two cups of coffee before reading this forum because I thought Jill took these pictures of Timothy taking selfies before I realized he was facing a mirror while taking selfies. 

Such modesty!

[BradandJanet]

Tim  looks like Max Headroom. Every calorie he consumes goes directly to his forehead. 

Picture 2 is a hoot. What's next, a shot of him in a speedo a la Micah Plath? 

 

[Scarlett45]

Tim looks good. 

[GeeGolly]

Tim, Tim, Tim, get your own SM account.

[CouchTater]

1 hour ago, Scarlett45 said:

Tim looks good. 

Yeah, I was impressed with the first pic.  That was some nice flexing!  🙂

The Rodlets all have potential to be attractive kids.  

[BitterApple]

1 minute ago, CouchTater said:

 

The Rodlets all have potential to be attractive kids.  

I agree. It's the malnutrition and bad styling that makes them look so creepy. 

[SMama]

Tim must be doing OK, he treated a party of 5 to Applebee’s and can afford a gym. Good for him, a year or two ago he couldn’t afford a $10 book.  If Tim has been working out at home “forever,” what is Shrek’s excuse?

[GeeGolly]

12 minutes ago, SMama said:

Tim must be doing OK, he treated a party of 5 to Applebee’s and can afford a gym. Good for him, a year or two ago he couldn’t afford a $10 book.  If Tim has been working out at home “forever,” what is Shrek’s excuse?

If Tim has been working out at home forever, I don't think it was working.

[Enya Face]

21 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

I see a guy who is likely nice, but we don't really know. Assholes can appear to be nice from the outside looking in and folks who seem cold and distant in public can be affectionate softies at home. 

It doesn't seem to me that of the Bates, Rods, Kellers and Duggars that any of the men treat their wives poorly, but I don't know enough about Nathan yet to form an opinion about him. 

No you’re totally right, @GeeGolly. My husband looks like a stone faced, buff murderous lumberjack (lol, worst description but so accurate) on the outside. Meanwhile he’s helping me rescue stray animals and cooking dinner.

To me, I get the impression that Nathan really loves Nurie, and it seems genuine. I just hope that new, sweet feeling isn’t fleeting.

[crazy8s]

in all the pics of the Rod's old house and the barndo, I can't recall ever seeing a pic of the boys working our or even one piece of exercise equipment

I think Tim started working out when he went off to Moody. you know, when he gained the 10lbs even with his super Jesus blessed metabolism

Edited October 16, 2020 by crazy8s

[ginger90]

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[emma675]

It's sad how quickly Nurie became dead eyed and rictus grinned in photos (on the worst camera ever) when she went back home to visit Jill. 

[libgirl2]

8 minutes ago, emma675 said:

It's sad how quickly Nurie became dead eyed and rictus grinned in photos (on the worst camera ever) when she went back home to visit Jill. 

She kind of did, at least in the pictures with Jill. In the ones with Nathan and her siblings at Applebee's she looked more natural. They all did. I wonder if Nathan or Tim paid for the latest dinner out? 

[Genevrier]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

10 pictures, and videos:

 

 

The last slide looks like Jill accidentally took a pretty good picture.

[emmawoodhouse]

25 minutes ago, Genevrier said:

The last slide looks like Jill accidentally took a pretty good picture.

I actually get it! It's representing the end of Nurie's trip. 

That's the first and last time I will ever understand Jill Rodrigues. 😁

[ginger90]

[MonicaM]

Nice that Jill doesn't let the fact that a church service is in progress keep her from turning her head around and taking pictures.  I don't know how the members of the church feel about it, but I would be angry if she pulled that if I were sitting near her in church.  First, it's distracting.  Second, and perhaps most important, I HATE getting my picture taken and don't want to end up with my face posted on someone's social media account.  I don't care if I'm in the background and not the focus, I don't want to be in your pictures.  This should never be a concern in a church service.

Whether or not she should have taken these pictures in church, she definitely should NOT have posted this unflattering shot on social media.  It should have gone straight to the garbage bin.  Nurie and Nathan both look very, well, SPECIAL.  

[Nysha]

In the corn patch picture Nurie's body language is begging Nathan to take her home. I think she misses her siblings but not her ultra-controlling mother. 

Tim flexing his guns on social media may be the most normal post from him IF it had been his social media account and not his mother's.

Janessa walks! I'm not sure I've ever seen her walk before, she's always being held and carried around. 

[BradandJanet]

Even with the two visitors from Florida and the Rod mega family, it doesn't look as if the 50 K mailed Bible tracts resulted in anything close to a full house in the neon sign church.  

[emmawoodhouse]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

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Wanna bet Nathan paid for the meal at the Mexican place? 

[ouinason]

Hey look, Nurie and Nathan paying attention to a sermon in church, LIKE YOU SHOULD BE DOING JILL!  That's shameful, God is watching you!

[lianau]

On 10/16/2020 at 2:28 AM, AussiesRule said:

I was going to say the same thing. These fundie families all do this, lumping all the kids together in the same activity regardless of age. In one of the video she pans around and one of the boys (never know which is which) is sitting on the edge looking bored shitless.

They don't see age . You're either a child or married . 

[Temperance]

7 hours ago, MonicaM said:

Nice that Jill doesn't let the fact that a church service is in progress keep her from turning her head around and taking pictures.  I don't know how the members of the church feel about it, but I would be angry if she pulled that if I were sitting near her in church.  First, it's distracting.  Second, and perhaps most important, I HATE getting my picture taken and don't want to end up with my face posted on someone's social media account.  I don't care if I'm in the background and not the focus, I don't want to be in your pictures.  This should never be a concern in a church service.

Whether or not she should have taken these pictures in church, she definitely should NOT have posted this unflattering shot on social media.  It should have gone straight to the garbage bin.  Nurie and Nathan both look very, well, SPECIAL.  

I agree she shouldn't be snapping photos. Nurie and Nathan look fine to me. Nurie looks like a friend of mine. 

Maybe Jill should take notes like the person in the background. 

[MunichNark]

18 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Tim, Tim, Tim, get your own SM account.

I'm ashamed to say what I'm reading into the "get your own SM account"...I'll see myself out presently.

As for the rest,  it's damage control. "Loooookee, Janesse CAN walk! She's FINE!" since it's constantly questioned whether the child is delayed in some way.

Even her family is sick and tired of her constant videoing and WHO the everlasting FUCK videos and snaps photos in a Church?? In a freaking Church??? I'd have told her where to go pretty pronto. How utterly disrespectful. Put your fucking phone away, especially as you have moaned on Instagram that people spend too much time on the bad bad Interwebz.

Feed your children, Sofa (?) looks like a cancer ridden child about to die, I can hardly bear to look at her at this stage. All of your younger children look filthy, unkempt and malnourished.

That corn field box was plain freaky, the two older boys must nearly be adults at this stage, who on earth finds this amusing??

[ginger90]

 

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[GeeGolly]

Has JillR been harboring some non-twin jealousy all these years? 

[Churchhoney]

19 hours ago, SMama said:

 If Tim has been working out at home “forever,” what is Shrek’s excuse?

According to his wife, isn't he the godliest man in America or something? That probably keeps him quite busy. 

[Madtown]

17 hours ago, MunichNark said:

That corn field box was plain freaky, the two older boys must nearly be adults at this stage, who on earth finds this amusing??

Our library does amazing children's programs. I always took the kids I watched to those. One was a play group and they had a huge bin of corn to play with. As an adult, I have to say that it was actually very theraputic and calming to run my hands through it. I don't know what it was, but I always loved when they had it out. Of course, this clown show wouldn't ever realize that. They have a corn field like this at a pumpkin farm not far from me.

Edited October 18, 2020 by Madtown

[GeeGolly]

Playing in corn kernels during a pandemic, no matter how young or old you are, is a big no from me.

[heckkitty]

On 10/15/2020 at 1:24 PM, GeeGolly said:

I see a guy who is likely nice, but we don't really know. Assholes can appear to be nice from the outside looking in and folks who seem cold and distant in public can be affectionate softies at home. 

It doesn't seem to me that of the Bates, Rods, Kellers and Duggars that any of the men treat their wives poorly, but I don't know enough about Nathan yet to form an opinion about him. 

Anna Duggar would like a word. She just doesn’t know it yet. 

[GeeGolly]

4 minutes ago, heckkitty said:

Anna Duggar would like a word. She just doesn’t know it yet. 

Too true. Josh does not fall into the 'good' husband category! 

[TresGatos]

On 10/15/2020 at 5:51 PM, libgirl2 said:

Well they are marrying off Justin. 

There's a Justin?

Looks like no masks at their church.