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cmr2014
cmr2014

I was thinking about this and the idea that the girls weren't "harmed" and weren't "damaged goods" which led me to realize that ALL of the Duggar children are "damaged goods" and I think that's becomi

Churchhoney
Churchhoney

They put themselves on tv and have proclaimed over and over and over and over again that their way of life is the way to ensure that your children are totally safe from every evil of the world, and in

WhitneyWhit
WhitneyWhit

I don't know where to post this but I fucking met Michelle Duggar. Let me set the scene. So my cousin is getting married and we were at a shop looking at dresses here in Kentucky when the Duggars marc

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Jeeves

Jeeves

1 minute ago, Sew Sumi said:

LOL, TLC let that cat out of the bag two weeks ago, but no one would listen to me! 

Hey, I agreed with you all along. :) The show is already nearly on life support. No way would TLC drag out things and not show the wedding until next season.

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Natalie68

Natalie68

On 11/2/2016 at 7:32 PM, Churchhoney said:

This is one of those things I try very hard to forget! (as I recall, the Menendez brothers had better guts and hairlines, though....)

A sadistic organization could use it for a retreat house.

And that would keep up the traditions of the place, too.

Well one may have.  The older one wore a wig (now that I have said wig I have the B52's song Wig in my head).  At his young age!

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Sew Sumi

Sew Sumi

They must have JUST gotten renewed, since two weeks ago TLC said it was two episodes until the wedding. TLC can get the material out, but they're going to make people wait for it. 

Cross posting the "We're Married" video from the Duggalo thread, since it's TLC.

http://www.tlc.com/tlcme/jinger-duggar-and-jeremy-voulo-are-married-watch-a-message-from-the-happy-couple/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=countingontlc&sf41263461=1

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lascuba

lascuba

1 hour ago, sometimesy said:

Maybe Jinger will get a honeymoon special like Jessa = free honeymoon.

I don't think there's any other way they would have gone to Australia & New Zealand if TLC isn't footing the bill. 

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maraleia

maraleia

What floors me is their wedding registries never got publicized which means that Jeremy might have put his foot down on the ridiculousness that were Jill and Jessa's registries (i.e. enough for an army).

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Absolom

Absolom

Perhaps Jeremy either had the sense to realize how that would look to his church members, didn't want to refurnish the TTH so soon, or didn't want to rent three or four storage units to hold it all.

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Arwen Evenstar

Arwen Evenstar

1 minute ago, Absolom said:

Perhaps Jeremy either had the sense to realize how that would look to his church members, didn't want to refurnish the TTH so soon, or didn't want to rent three or four storage units to hold it all.

All of the above...I can only imagine the looks on the faces of his relatives upon seeing Gatorade, Froot Loops, and duct tape on their registry.  WHO does THAT? Besides Duggars I mean.

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BitterApple

BitterApple

25 minutes ago, Arwen Evenstar said:

All of the above...I can only imagine the looks on the faces of his relatives upon seeing Gatorade, Froot Loops, and duct tape on their registry.  WHO does THAT? Besides Duggars I mean.

I keep forgetting that Jeremy has normal friends and relatives.

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Almost 3000

Almost 3000

35 minutes ago, Arwen Evenstar said:

All of the above...I can only imagine the looks on the faces of his relatives upon seeing Gatorade, Froot Loops, and duct tape on their registry.  WHO does THAT? Besides Duggars I mean.

Honestly if you think about all the kids involved, it gives them something inexpensive to buy as a gift if they wanted to participate. Its rather nice if you think of it that way AND its what the Dugs intended. I'm more put off by the hundreds of towels (WTF) and expensive Apple products.

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Almost 3000

Almost 3000

2 minutes ago, Sew Sumi said:

Don't forget the kayak!

Oh, I knew there were some other doosies but forgot most of them. I was actually most offended by the multiple items, even if not very expensive, because it appeared that they were re-stocking the TTH.

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Arwen Evenstar

Arwen Evenstar

18 minutes ago, Almost 3000 said:

Honestly if you think about all the kids involved, it gives them something inexpensive to buy as a gift if they wanted to participate. Its rather nice if you think of it that way AND its what the Dugs intended. I'm more put off by the hundreds of towels (WTF) and expensive Apple products.

I don't have an issue with having something affordable for the kids on the registry. These grocery items just bugged me as attempts for Boob to stock his larder.

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sometimesy

sometimesy

25 minutes ago, Almost 3000 said:

Honestly if you think about all the kids involved, it gives them something inexpensive to buy as a gift if they wanted to participate. Its rather nice if you think of it that way AND its what the Dugs intended. I'm more put off by the hundreds of towels (WTF) and expensive Apple products.

Interesting point of view. I would never think cereal or tape were acceptable for a registry. Here it's perfectly acceptable for people to 'go in' on a gift together to bring the cost down and maybe that's not ok in Arkansas?

It's not only the products they had listed, it's the greed that was on display. Let's have this, and this, and two of these, and if someone comes over one of these. Great TV ministry there folks.

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Jeeves

Jeeves

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12 hours ago, maraleia said:

What floors me is their wedding registries never got publicized which means that Jeremy might have put his foot down on the ridiculousness that were Jill and Jessa's registries (i.e. enough for an army).

I think those silly greedy registries were such a tell on how poorly socialized the Duggar kids have been.

It's a hoot for an engaged couple to run around a Target store with the scanning device, zapping stuff they want to get. I had that very conversation a few years ago with a young cousin.

But at the end of the day, most women in their early 20's will have a feel for what's appropriate, and what's not, to actually include in a wedding registry - because they've had some actual life experience, including stuff like going to work, having friends, attending friends' weddings, not to mention watching TV, and reading magazines, and social media. Plus, you know, earning money and having to budget money, and worldly things like that. They won't put duct tape or forty sets of towels or a flipping kayak on their wedding registries. 

I just don't think that Jill or Jessa had that kind of social common sense. @Churchhoney, among others, has posted at length about the shortcomings of the Duggar method of child rearing. Those wedding registries are an example. I think they are essentially what a 14 year old would have come up with. No surprise there.

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Barb23

Barb23

I agree about the greed. Remember the episode that Benessa took some of her buddies registry shopping with them? There was one item (maybe a crock pot or set of small bowls) that she barely looked at but couldn't wait to zap it with the gun thingie, putting it on the registry. 

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Zella

Zella

38 minutes ago, sometimesy said:

Here it's perfectly acceptable for people to 'go in' on a gift together to bring the cost down and maybe that's not ok in Arkansas?

It's not an Arkansas thing. It's a Duggar thing.  I've lived in Arkansas since I was a kid and bought my fair share of wedding gifts as an impoverished college student and nobody seemed to care if I went in with someone else. 

I think all those registry requests--- ranging from duct tape to cereal to kayaks-- are just symptomatic of how tacky and classless they are in general.

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RazzleberryPie

RazzleberryPie

Amy does look great. Joy looks a lot like her, just with lighter hair. Vegas is the perfect place to overload the eyeliner for a night, so I ain't mad. Love Amy's shoes, too.

1 minute ago, Rabbittron said:

Hey TLC want a ratings bonanza have the Duggars visit the Brown family in Sin City. This would be must see tv.

While JimBob and Cody rooster strutted over who has the most kids, the Browb wives would be terrified by Michelle's craziness. It would be interesting to see how long it took to notice they left Josie and Trudy at the wrong houses. 

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Missy Vixen

Missy Vixen

2 hours ago, Lemur said:

I don't know about you folks, but I'd sure as hell rather go to anything in Vegas than a dry Duggar wedding.  

I'm calling BS on FAMY's excuse. She didn't attend because she was not going to be filmed. I'm also guessing that she is persona non grata at the TTH these days as well.

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Churchhoney

Churchhoney

On 11/8/2016 at 3:21 PM, louannems said:

I still don't get why Amy makes it to the tabloids.  She wasn't REALLY featured on the show all that much at all.  Do people really care about Amy?

I think the fact that they always call her Amy (Duggar) Dillweed,  whatever her last name is is the answer, isn't it? They figure -- know, probably -- that people are attracted to the name. Including some who probably don't remember or even never knew that Amy's just a cousin who wasn't raised the same way, etc.

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Albanyguy

Albanyguy

3 hours ago, Missy Vixen said:

I'm calling BS on FAMY's excuse. She didn't attend because she was not going to be filmed. I'm also guessing that she is persona non grata at the TTH these days as well.

I think it may be her husband who is persona non grata. Amy was invited to the bridal shower, which would have been an all-female event. But if they invited her to the wedding, they'd have to extend the invitation to Dill as well. They probably consider him an embarrassment and a bad influence.

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GeeGolly

GeeGolly

I thought Amy, Grandma and Amy's mom were suing TLC. Maybe that's why Amy didn't make the extra effort, because they probably would avoid filming her and certainly wouldn't promote her or give her an honorable mention check.

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Bunnygirl

Bunnygirl

48 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I thought Amy, Grandma and Amy's mom were suing TLC. Maybe that's why Amy didn't make the extra effort, because they probably would avoid filming her and certainly wouldn't promote her or give her an honorable mention check.

Why are they suing? Am I allowed to ask?

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