Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

[Mollie]

Really, Ben, you're a boring young man. 

Ben is always hanging around the house with the womenfolk and the babies, because he has nothing better to do all day.  He says he wants to be a minister, but can't handle going to seminary until after the baby is born.  (He's been married a year with no job except being Jim Bob's handyman.)  He tried posting some sermons on YouTube, but he's not a good speaker.  So, he tried interviewing people who might have something to say, but he'll never make it as a talk show host.  I think his only hope is to get a job with ATI.

[BitterApple]

What exactly do Bin and Jessa do besides loll around the TTH? There can't be that much to do for JB's properties besides mowing lawns and collecting rent, so how does that provide full time employment for Bin, Si, JD and Joe? I don't expect a 20 year-old to have the world by the balls, but there's no reason for Bin not to have a full time job.

[Guest]

Jessa has cancelled her October 17th Women's Show appearance. This was posted on their website::

 

Due to unforseen circumstances, Jessa Duggar Seewald is unable to attend the Southern Women's Show on Saturday, October 17. Appearing in her absence will be siblings Jinger and Josiah Duggar.

 

Did she change her mind about traveling so close to her due date? Is she feeling sheepish after she and Ben bombed at their last appearance? Is the baby coming early? What gives???

Edited October 15, 2015 by Guest

[RazzleberryPie]

I want to Bart Simpson strangle people who refuse to hold down a job, go to school, basically be adults, because they're planning a wedding, pregnant (healthy pregnancies), have a newborn AND a stay at home spouse/parent. WHAT DO THEY DO ALL DAY? (Take selfies) HOW DO THEY PAY FOR EVERYTHING (mooching or in debt). Grow up. 

[Gweilo]

I will never understand putting women on blast for wearing pants and bikinis and tank tops, yet it's perfectly fine to wear nearly transparent, skin tight shirts when you're bursting with child.

I can see her bra quite clearly. So if you're an unmarried virgin, showing a hint of bra is a sign that you're the sluttiest slut that ever slutted, and Jesus weeps over a pile of dead angels. But once you're de-virginised, your breasts are a sign of your fecundity and you may as well have them hanging out all the time - funbags for Jesus! But then when you're breastfeeding you've gotta cover them up again because they make men think of sex, which means you have to have sex with him then and there, even if you're in a coffee shop, or on the train, or buying a candle in a shop that sells overpriced home decor.

For fundies, feminism really is just a thing that happened to other people, isnt it?

[RazzleberryPie]

What exactly do Bin and Jessa do besides loll around the TTH? There can't be that much to do for JB's properties besides mowing lawns and collecting rent, so how does that provide full time employment for Bin, Si, JD and Joe? I don't expect a 20 year-old to have the world by the balls, but there's no reason for Bin not to have a full time job.

 

 

Jessa has cancelled her October 17th Women's Show appearance. This was posted on their website::

 

Due to unforseen circumstances, Jessa Duggar Seewald is unable to attend the Southern Women's Show on Saturday, October 17. Appearing in her absence will be siblings Jinger and Josiah Duggar.

 

Did she change her mind about traveling so close to her due date? Is she feeling sheepish after she and Ben bombed at their last appearance? Is the baby coming early?

Jinger and Josiah are more marketable at the moment. Both might be teasing fans with possible courtships. I can't imagine Jinger speaking anywhere. Josiah, I can see being a good speaker. Jinger will just say "yeah, Jesus, uh huh, sinner, what he said, courtship" while rolling her eyes and bitch smirking the whole time.

[BitterApple]

When Josiah spoke at his graduation party, I was quite impressed with how confident and articulate he sounded. He's the one I could actually see having a tv ministry or public speaking career, not marble-mouthed Bin.

I'm guessing Jessa is feeling a lot more tired and uncomfortable than she expected herself to be, so she decided to stay home. She looked like she was ready to pop in the last picture I saw of her.

[JoanArc]

I'm sure Jinger and Josiah won't take spontaneous questions, just prepared drivel. I would love to hear Josiah talk about courtship, Josh, etc. Especially since Josh was set up as advising Josiah. I'd also like to hear him explain being a southern woman.

 

Jinger will just tease us about Lawson.

 

Maybe Jessa's in labor?

Edited October 15, 2015 by JoanArc

[Sew Sumi]

When Josiah spoke at his graduation party, I was quite impressed with how confident and articulate he sounded. He's the one I could actually see having a tv ministry or public speaking career, not marble-mouthed Bin.

I'm guessing Jessa is feeling a lot more tired and uncomfortable than she expected herself to be, so she decided to stay home. She looked like she was ready to pop in the last picture I saw of her.

Or they're filming and had to cobble together a baby shower for the cameras before it was too late? TLC money >>>>> Southern Women's Show money. 

[JoanArc]

I just remembered Pickles said TLC filmed the last Southern Women's show. They have that footage, so I guess Jessa can stay home.

Edited October 15, 2015 by JoanArc

[GeeGolly]

I'm sure Jinger and Josiah won't take spontaneous questions, just prepared drivel. I would love to hear Josiah talk about courtship, Josh, etc. Especially since Josh was set up as advising Josiah. I'd also like to hear him explain being a southern woman.

 

Jinger will just tease us about Lawson.

 

Maybe Jessa's in labor?

Maybe Josiah is being sent on a scouting mission to find himself a good ole Southern Fundy.

[Tabbygirl521]

For fundies, feminism really is just a thing that happened to other people, isnt it?

You forgot to blame Satan.

[Sew Sumi]

Maybe Josiah is being sent on a scouting mission to find himself a good ole Southern Fundy.

From what I understand, these shows are VERY mainstream. They had the dancing firemen last weekend on the same stage as Jessa (although not at the same time...THAT would have been worth watching!)

[GeeGolly]

From what I understand, these shows are VERY mainstream. They had the dancing firemen last weekend on the same stage as Jessa (although not at the same time...THAT would have been worth watching!)

Maybe Josiah is saying he is scouting for a Southern Fundy, but is hoping to snag a dancing fireman.

[fliptopbox]

Maybe Josiah is saying he is scouting for a Southern Fundy, but is hoping to snag a dancing fireman.

Or a southern dandy...a fireman might be too macho. In my mind it's someone like Cooper, from Southern Charm...except probably about 25 years younger.

Edited October 15, 2015 by fliptopbox

[JenCarroll]

Jessa has cancelled her October 17th Women's Show appearance. This was posted on their website::

 

Due to unforseen circumstances, Jessa Duggar Seewald is unable to attend the Southern Women's Show on Saturday, October 17. Appearing in her absence will be siblings Jinger and Josiah Duggar.

 

Did she change her mind about traveling so close to her due date? Is she feeling sheepish after she and Ben bombed at their last appearance? Is the baby coming early? What gives???

Well, I'm certainly interested to hear what Josiah Duggar has to say about southern womanhood.

[fliptopbox]

Well, I'm certainly interested to hear what Josiah Duggar has to say about southern womanhood.

I'm betting he's pretty well versed in the subject. Heheh. Out of curiosity, is Arkansas considered part of the south, or is it more midwest? I am sad to say that I have actually been there (to Fayetteville, even...and yes I was hoping to spot a Duggar or 3, and didn't) and have no idea.

[kalamac]

JoanArc, I wondered if Jessa was in labor as well, when I saw that.

 

I hope God lays it on someone's heart to purpose to ask Jinger if she's ever annoyed that out of all those kids, she's the one with the dumbass name spelling.

[Julia]

For fundies, feminism really is just a thing that happened to other bad people, isn't it? who are going to hell.

^fixed. Because if you were a good woman, you wouldn't want autonomy or control over your own body.

It's actually kind of horrifying, how closely their thinking about this tracks the reasoning behind the SBC's support of racial segregation as a godly practice.

[Portia]

Out of curiosity, is Arkansas considered part of the south, or is it more midwest?

I lived there for 14 years and seldom heard natives call it the Deep South but rather the Mid-South. Then again, I lived in the far northern part of the state just across the river from Memphis. I Am Not a Geographer.

[mizkat]

I'm betting he's pretty well versed in the subject. Heheh. Out of curiosity, is Arkansas considered part of the south, or is it more midwest? I am sad to say that I have actually been there (to Fayetteville, even...and yes I was hoping to spot a Duggar or 3, and didn't) and have no idea.

 

Geographically its more mid-south but culturally it's deep south. 

 

I'd also like to hear him explain being a southern woman.

 

I swear if he talks about modesty and how men are visual and women should be respectful of that and cover themselves up accordingly...I won't be surprised. 

 

Actually, since it's Josiah, I would be surprised. 

[Satchels of gold]

I will entitle this post " how I went to the Southern women's show because I can't read and didn't want to be a crappy mother" by Nc socialworker.

Ok I read on here that Jessa was going to be at the show in Charlotte and called my usual partner in crime to see if she could go with me. No deal, she had plans. So I asked my 14 year old daughter to go....wasn't interested. I then proceed to tell her it's like a make up convention because I know what makes this child tick. Ok we are all set to go the following day (Sunday) when one of the posters points out the event has already happened earlier that day ( Saturday ). So now I have to explain to my daughter why it's a bad idea to go to a make up convention. Not good. So I ended up at the show. Anyhoo it's basically a bunch of vendors selling things aimed at women ( make up, hair products, jewelry, clothes , wine ) with a very small stage. I ended up buying a 150 dollar flat iron that changed my life so it's all good.

The end

[CofCinci]

In an alternate universe, a Joshiah Duggar is planning to come out at the Southern Woman's Show, stealing Princess Jessa's baby thunder.

Werk and serve and face.

But you do know that Jessa loves that it takes two Duggars to replace her. She's the only one with that social value.

Edited October 15, 2015 by CofCinci

[Love2dance]

I will entitle this post " how I went to the Southern women's show because I can't read and didn't want to be a crappy mother" by Nc socialworker.

So I ended up at the show. Anyhoo it's basically a bunch of vendors selling things aimed at women ( make up, hair products, jewelry, clothes , wine ) with a very small stage. I ended up buying a 150 dollar flat iron that changed my life so it's all good.

The end

Thank you, NC SOCIAL WORKER for taking one for the group. That is a truly funny story!

[Sew Sumi]

I think Jessa may have had the baby. I just saw that Ben 's sister Jessica is driving to Fayetteville as I type. Hmmm...

[Ljohnson1987]

If Jessa Blessa had the baby... I'm surprised they haven't screamed it to the world.

[Sew Sumi]

I'm not, because Sweeps.

[barbedwire]

Would that make baby Seewald 2 weeks early?

 

I vote for Josiah not only will take any chance to get off the compound, he is scouting for a wife.  The odds are in his favor at a convention full of women.

[Ljohnson1987]

BarbedWire: She was due Nov 1st, so about two weeks early.  Josiah needs to find a girlfriend and escape the shitshow ASAP.

[JoanArc]

I'm not, because Sweeps.

They need their People cover, damn it!

 

 

She was due Nov 1st, so about two weeks early.

So she says. I'm sure that date was massaged a bit, it being their anniversary.

[Sew Sumi]

Ooooh, I forgot about People, but even that will be on hold until next week. If she had the baby, I expect radio silence, or after best, a preggo selfie to placate the leghumpers.

[BitterApple]

They need their People cover, damn it!

So she says. I'm sure that date was massaged a bit, it being their anniversary.

I agree. For all we know Jessa delivered on schedule. They likely created an Anniversary due date because it was the cutesy sort of thing their Pinterest-obsessed leghumpers would go "awwwww" over. Since babies are unpredictable, going into labor a week or two early wouldn't be unusual or make people suspect she was lying from the get-go.

[GeeGolly]

If she did have the baby, I wonder how long they can keep it quiet to boost the VSE ratings. I wonder if a Duggar watcher or a family member will end up posting something. Whoever it is they better watch out, because Jessa can be mean.

[Sew Sumi]

Just saw a pic of the Seewalds with littles on the road. This baby was so born.

[Mollie]

I think Jessa may have had the baby. I just saw that Ben 's sister Jessica is driving to Fayetteville as I type. Hmmm...

Where did you find that about Ben's sister?  Is she close to Jessa?  I always had the impression that Jessa wasn't that close to Ben's family at all.  

[Guest]

The Seewald family has an IG account. They're on the road. If Jessa did have the baby, I wonder how long it will take them to share the news? They kept Meredith under wraps for quite a few days....

[Celia Rubenstein]

Hey ya'll post images or links to where you are seeing the pics of the relatives in a convoy to the hospital! I wanna see, and I don't know where to find this stuff like you sleuths! 

[Guest]

Hey ya'll post images or links to where you are seeing the pics of the relatives in a convoy to the hospital! I wanna see, and I don't know where to find this stuff like you sleuths! 

 

The bulk of the Seewald family on the road:

http://instagram.com/p/83su2Gj_gt/

 

Ben's other sister on the road who states that she is on her way to see Ben and Jessa:

https://instagram.com/p/83N1nbGKiO/?taken-by=jessicaseewald

Edited October 15, 2015 by Guest

[floridamom]

Why would the Seewalds need to go to Fayetteville? Ben and Jessa live in Springdale in grandma's mold house...I bet that's why Jill and Derick were still in the USA because this was a more accurate due date; they are filled with "untruths", aren't they? Hopefully all is well with baby Seewald and Jessa didn't need some emergency

medical intervention.

[Guest]

Why would the Seewalds need to go to Fayetteville? Ben and Jessa live in Springdale in grandma's mold house...I bet that's why Jill and Derick were still in the USA because this was a more accurate due date; they are filled with "untruths", aren't they? Hopefully all is well with baby Seewald and Jessa didn't need some emergency

medical intervention.

 

Jessica didn't say Fayetteville. That's my bad. She just said she's going to see Ben and Jessa. 

 

And I agree. Jill and Derick stayed in the U.S. because they knew that Jessa was going to have the baby "early," and it makes good television for Jill to safely deliver her sister's "premature" baby in the middle of the night.

 

Now Jessa can have her very own 'My Scary Premature Delivery' people magazine cover. 

Edited October 15, 2015 by Guest

[JoanArc]

I hope it went OK. There's so much pressure on Jessa to have a good TV-worthy delivery. It's gonna save the family fortune, after all. Jill's gotta look like she knows what she's doing, too. it'll be fun watching them try to share the glory of the birth.

 

I'm sure it will leak before Jessa wants it too. She has that kind of luck.

[barbedwire]

You guys are so smart!

 

Of course that is why the Dillards are still here.  Of course it will be filmed, therefore she must only tell when told she can tell her good news.  Of course Jill will be the hero and deliver baby "Qunicy" before they get to the hospital/get to the midwife.

 

Hopefully this is not another toilet birth.

[Defrauder]

Well, I'm certainly interested to hear what Josiah Duggar has to say about southern womanhood.

Really.  Why is he going??  Apparently there was backlash at the last Southern Women's Convention about Jessa not being a good representation of Southern Women, however, if Jinger & Josiah are taking her place how are they any better?  Jinger has to have a male escort to keep her accountable?  Like there won't be backlash from that?  They should just ditch the Duggars altogether.

 

If Jessa had the baby he or she may have been born on my son's birthday.  I'm betting that she's having (or had) a girl based on the name Quincy, wherever that came from, only because all of the male babies get a biblical name and all of the female babies get a non biblical name.  I suppose females aren't worthy of biblical names for some reason.  Men wrote the bible after all.  

[JoanArc]

They're not a TV family. They're just a family that's on TV. NOW LOCK DOWN INSTAGRAM.

[Sew Sumi]

Sorry, I'm on the road right now.I found hints on the two Seewald Instagram accounts I follow.

Edited October 15, 2015 by Sew Sumi

[mizkat]

Is two weeks considered premature, though? I thought 38 weeks was full term. I wouldn't know with my own kids because mine were all past 40 weeks. 

[Guest]

Is two weeks considered premature, though? I thought 38 weeks was full term. I wouldn't know with my own kids because mine were all past 40 weeks. 

 

I don't think so, but knowing the Duggars, it will be made to sound very dramatic on newsstands. 

Edited October 15, 2015 by Guest

[ChocolateAddict]

Well given the Lamar Odom situation, I don't think that Jessa could have given birth at a worse time, publicity wise.  No one is going to be talking about a Duggar baby when Khloe Kardashian's ex-husband is fighting for his life.  

[Guest]

Well given the Lamar Odom situation, I don't think that Jessa could have given birth at a worse time, publicity wise.  No one is going to be talking about a Duggar baby when Khloe Kardashian's ex-husband is fighting for his life.  

 

Right?! Jessa better squeeze her legs together, because the bulk of the magazines are going to be all over the Kardashian mess. 

[JoanArc]

I just looked up Lamar Odom. Jessa's screwed. Why, God, why? She's the pretty one! It's always Jill, Jill, Jill or Lamar, Lamar, Lamar.

 

Maybe she can deliver at the same hospital. Roommates!