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

[sagittarius sue]

2 hours ago, CouchTater said:

The Nathan Keller family (🙄 #sayings of JillRod) looks really nice in the Christmas pics.  I just wish Nurie would hold her head up straight. 

I guess she's leaning in towards her headship.

[Nysha]

4 hours ago, CouchTater said:

The Nathan Keller family (🙄 #sayings of JillRod) looks really nice in the Christmas pics.  I just wish Nurie would hold her head up straight. 

It's hard to break the many years of programming by Jill to tilt her head towards Jill in all pictures.

[Cinnabon]

25 minutes ago, Nysha said:

It's hard to break the many years of programming by Jill to tilt her head towards Jill in all pictures.

Reminds me of Jinger’s floating head pose.

[Tigregirl]

Nurie looks so happy and relaxed.  I hope she truly is content in her marriage, motherhood and life in general.  She will probably never be completely out from under BME’s thumb and influence, but she looks so much happier with some distance between them.

[emmawoodhouse]

6 hours ago, Albanyguy said:

The irony is that their Ugly Christmas sweaters made most of them look much better dressed than they normally are.

Even the one who dressed up as a kangaroo. 😂

[galaxygirl76]

3 hours ago, Tigregirl said:

Nurie looks so happy and relaxed.  I hope she truly is content in her marriage, motherhood and life in general.  She will probably never be completely out from under BME’s thumb and influence, but she looks so much happier with some distance between them.

I hope she manages to have a chat with the not!Nurie that's next in line to be evicted and tell her to move the hell away from BME. 

[TeeMo]

I was skeptical of Nurie being married off assuming that Jill pulled most of the strings but Nathan and Nurie seem genuinely happy together. They make for a cute little family. Hopefully they realize it is acceptable to remain a little family for as long as they would like and not feel pressure to pop out kid after kid. 

[ginger90]

[crazy8s]

hahaha,  oh Jilly you are a true miracle, barndo deep cleaning, church decorating, christmas outings and all done with that knee that has everything torn and causes you so many tears.

not fooling anyone Jilly - your kids did the cleaning after some doses of the pink drink that gave them energy and cleared their brain fog, while you sat in the recliner with your pillows and blankets

[galaxygirl76]

Let's play spot all the places a TV could be hidden. We know there's at least one there, Jilly. 

[Ohiopirate02]

11 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said:

Let's play spot all the places a TV could be hidden. We know there's at least one there, Jilly. 

This is too easy.  That map should be laying flush against the wall.  And, does anyone believe the Rods would choose to have a giant canvas map of the world on their wall?

[crazy8s]

second TV behind the painting over the dresser in the love nest. Not sure why the secrecy, since she has shown both TVs in her videos multiple times. The kids all congregated in the bedroom to watch the ball drop on new years eve last year and the other tv was shown in the print shop, living room, laundry, hair dressing area.

[Albanyguy]

2 hours ago, crazy8s said:

Not sure why the secrecy, since she has shown both TVs in her videos multiple times.

Maybe she recently got some flack from a few Fundies about letting her kids watch TV and she decided that she doesn't want to alienate any potential sources of grifting. If that's the case, watch for her to hotly deny that she ever allowed a heathen television set into her home, despite the video evidence to the contrary.

[galaxygirl76]

BME hiding the tv's reminds me of the story my dad used to tell us about when my great grandma would come to visit my grandparents house, as soon as they saw her cab pull up they threw a blanket over the TV to hide it from her view because she believed the devil was inside it. In her case I get it because she was born in 1875 and I can't even imagine all the things that changed during her lifetime. 

[Teriacky]

In addition to “deep cleaning” Jill needs “deep purging”. That Bardo is ugggglllyyyy.  As to Jill’s tacky decor, I will quote my late mother, “All of her taste is in her mouth.”

(Mom had a way with words…)

[CalicoKitty]

Those throw rugs look dangerous to me.  Especially at the bottom of the stairs.  And the corner of the larger rug is already turning up.  I wonder how many people have tripped already.  That's a lot of small rugs for a small space.

 

[emmawoodhouse]

4 hours ago, Albanyguy said:

Maybe she recently got some flack from a few Fundies about letting her kids watch TV and she decided that she doesn't want to alienate any potential sources of grifting. If that's the case, watch for her to hotly deny that she ever allowed a heathen television set into her home, despite the video evidence to the contrary.

The living room TV was on full display in pics taken during Jonathan's visit. Stupid cow posted them. 😂

Edited December 23, 2021 by emmawoodhouse

[CalicoKitty]

I suppose, in a weird way, putting a map over the tv is not much different from normal people keeping their TV in a cabinet and only opening the doors when watching.  But normal people do not lie about having a TV, or watching TV.  To me, it would not be convenient to keep opening and closing doors over the TV, but it would certainly be easier than taking a map down and putting it up all the time. I get the idea that JRod puts the map up because she wants to convince others that she doesn't have a TV.  It is a bad disguise, however.  We know you have a TV, Jill.  And we don't care.

[iwantcookies]

3 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

Those throw rugs look dangerous to me.  Especially at the bottom of the stairs.  And the corner of the larger rug is already turning up.  I wonder how many people have tripped already.  That's a lot of small rugs for a small space.

 

Jill is trying to get everyone to SEVERELY injure themselves so they match ILL BME 

 

I agree I predict someone will break a leg when they trip while fetching GWE a snack while he is farting away watching TV on his new chair 

[iwantcookies]

1 hour ago, emmawoodhouse said:

The living room TV was on full display in pics taken during Jonathan's visit. Stupid cow posted them. 😂

HUNK was in the chair watching TV lol. Jill is a hypocrite. Internet is 4 Eva and she posts too much. 
 

 

[Kbo]

11 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Yeah Jill, those waist-high electrical outlets really scream “professional job”.  I would be horrified but not surprised if that place burned to the ground one day. 

[ginger90]

2 hours ago, emmawoodhouse said:

The living room TV was on full display in pics taken during Jonathan's visit.

 

[65mickey]

Idiots all of them!

[sagittarius sue]

1 hour ago, iwantcookies said:

I agree I predict someone will break a leg when they trip while fetching GWE a snack while he is farting away watching TV on his new chair 

Perhaps that someone might be a person willing to sue them.  I doubt very much that they have home insurance

[iwantcookies]

5 hours ago, Kbo said:

Yeah Jill, those waist-high electrical outlets really scream “professional job”.  I would be horrified but not surprised if that place burned to the ground one day. 

I’m guessing HUNK is too obese to bend down to install electrical outlets properly 

[iwantcookies]

It is my sincerest wish that hunky loses weight so he can be married to Jillplexus for many many many more trips to the good Olive Garden. Meme and poopy love is SEVERELY one of a kind! 
 

 

[emmawoodhouse]

Jill was so proud of this nauseating mess that she posted pictures. Here's one...

 

[all fall down]

The way she poured all the grease into the pot truly was nauseating. 🤢

[ginger90]

[galaxygirl76]

Is that everything? Cuz that's not a lot of food and I use the word food here very liberally because that soup is nasty looking. 

Edited December 24, 2021 by galaxygirl76

[Westiepeach]

4 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Way to ruin your countertop, JillyRod. Great job.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Westiepeach

[farmgal4]

5 hours ago, christine falls said:

The way she poured all the grease into the pot truly was nauseating. 🤢

I nearly upchucked when she poured in the grease.  I wouldn’t eat that mess if you paid me.  She SEVERELY needs to let the Amish women teach her how to cook a decent meal.  

[crazycatlady58]

That is so sad. That would feed a family of what 6? and she expects her family of 14? to be satisfied?

[MargeGunderson]

What is that mess? Some sort of soup?

[louannems]

1 hour ago, galaxygirl76 said:

Is that everything? Cuz that's not a lot of food and I use the word food here very liberally because that soup is nasty looking. 

Jill burned those onions so badly and that pan will never be the same.  She may as well throw it away. She can't even carmalize onions!

That can't be enough soup for all of her kids and not even enough bread for one slice each.

Who would ever boast about burning dinner and post it!?

[satrunrose]

Did anyone else notice that the sides are "crusty bread and a fresh green salad"? Oh silly Jilly, we didn't believe it when the Duggars said it and if you're trying to pull that one off, you need to at least make sure there's enough bread and salad for 14. 

[BradandJanet]

The size of that "meal" works if several people are fasting, and several probably are. 

Considering the disgusting mess in that pot, God may have spoken to potential diners to suggest a fast is in order. 

[galaxygirl76]

1 hour ago, crazycatlady58 said:

That is so sad. That would feed a family of what 6? and she expects her family of 14? to be satisfied?

That's enough for the adults. No way it feeds all the kids. 

[sheshark]

49 minutes ago, satrunrose said:

Did anyone else notice that the sides are "crusty bread and a fresh green salad"? Oh silly Jilly, we didn't believe it when the Duggars said it and if you're trying to pull that one off, you need to at least make sure there's enough bread and salad for 14. 

That greenery isn’t salad.  It’s Christmas decor.  No healthful salad here to cancel out the grease. 🤢

[Rootbeer]

How in the world could she think that was an appetizing meal?  I guess, now that we've seen her cooking skills, it's easier to understand why her kids are so eager to fast.

The woman has been married and solely a homemaker for almost 25 years, she is in her 40's, and, yet, she cannot do better than that?  She thinks dumping burnt onions into a pot of fat is evidence of her superior culinary skills. It boggles the mind.

Of course, a couple of years ago, she showed off a holiday dinner that consisted of a ham that had been burnt beyond recognition.  She really is clueless.  You'd think, having grifted so many meals over the years and eating out at the Good Olive Garden on other peoples' dime, she'd have some idea of what properly cooked food looks like.

I'm kind of amazed at how many of these fundie women, raised to believe that their only purpose in life is to have babies and keep house seem so darned bad at the cooking and cleaning parts of it.  I grew up in a big family, went to med school and never married or had kids; but I feel certain that my own rudimentary cooking skills are far superior to many of these women.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Rootbeer

[Rootbeer]

10 minutes ago, sheshark said:

That greenery isn’t salad.  It’s Christmas decor.  No healthful salad here to cancel out the grease. 🤢

That's what I thought, too.  It seems to fit with Jill's weird need to put 'decorative' stuff on every surface.  I don't think it's a salad.  Jill probably feels the onions in the soup is enough vegetables for one meal, no need for salad.

[Zella]

22 minutes ago, Rootbeer said:

I'm kind of amazed at how many of these fundie women, raised to believe that their only purpose in life is to have babies and keep house seem so darned bad at the cooking and cleaning parts of it. 

This astonishes me on the regular too. That soup looks like a bowel movement that should send you to the ER for a diagnosis, not something you serve to your family. 

I really enjoy cooking but got a comparatively late start on it. (Grad school was when I started cooking really. Before then, family or college cafeterias fed me.) So, I'm sympathetic to people who are learning the ropes as adults. But the fundies always seem so bad at even the very basics and they seem so clueless at how bad they are at it, despite this being their ostensible purpose. Like the Duggar girls and their slop recipes they used to post. They frame it as look at this good stuff you can make, just like us, like they're doing it as a favor to us.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Zella

[thehorseofpower]

11 minutes ago, Rootbeer said:

I'm kind of amazed at how many of these fundie women, raised to believe that their only purpose in life is to have babies and keep house seem so darned bad at the cooking and cleaning parts of it.  I grew up in a big family, went to med school and never married or had kids; but I feel certain that my own rudimentary cooking skills are far superior to many of these women.

Yes! I can't understand that, either. I mean, I can understand not being good at cooking or cleaning because I suck at both, and cooking in particular is something I really dislike and have zero interest in doing. However...I am a woman who doesn't believe in Biblical gender roles and work full time as the main breadwinner for my family, so I don't feel at all bad about my lack of domestic skills; I contribute to my household in other ways. But if I grew up believing my sole purpose was to be at home doing domestic activities....I would have to figure out a way to be competent. I mean...it comes down to having some pride in yourself and striving to do a good job at whatever you believe you are called to do. To be as obviously bad at these things as JillR or Jessa have shown themselves to be is just embarrassing and also completely undermines their insistence that women belong in the home and should never, ever work outside it. I mean...if they are this bad at homemaking and can't figure out a way to improve, perhaps there is a flaw in this rigid female life plan to begin with? 

[Lisa418722]

I don't cook that often because (a) I hate cleaning up and (b) I have a tiny kitchen so I have to clean as I go because otherwise I have no space.  But when I do get in the mood to cook, I do a decent job.  I also end up cooking enough that I have leftovers for a while.  Seeing Jill's pot of soup, I cook more for just me than she did for her entire family.  

Edited December 24, 2021 by Lisa418722

[farmgal4]

1 hour ago, MargeGunderson said:

What is that mess? Some sort of soup?

Jill called it “bean, sausage and beef soup”.  I call it inedible slop. 🤢

[ozziemom]

Also there were carrots kind of floating in the soup bowl picture. Probably placed there so we think there were vegetables in the soup. Maybe JillR is secretly trying to harden Hunk’s arteries with all the grease she poured into the soup.

[farmgal4]

27 minutes ago, Rootbeer said:

That's what I thought, too.  It seems to fit with Jill's weird need to put 'decorative' stuff on every surface.  I don't think it's a salad.  Jill probably feels the onions in the soup is enough vegetables for one meal, no need for salad.

Don’t forget that the soup has carrots in it too (I assume those are carrots), so she actually outdid herself by adding something with color to the meal!  Yay, Jilldo! 🥕

[ginger90]

For those who may have missed a previous year’s meal:

[Rootbeer]

2 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

For those who may have missed a previous year’s meal:

Yep, and that was while Nurie was still around as I recall so that small incinerated piece of meat was meant to serve 14. But, not to worry, it looks like there are 3 pans of cheesy potato stuff.

I'm making prime rib tonight for 8 and the piece of meat is probably twice the size of that ham.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Rootbeer

[iwantcookies]

The food was burned and so much grease. Yuck. That is gonna give the HUNK diarrhea for a while. Maybe that’s his diet plan? 
 

Mmm nooooo thanks.