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

[SMama]

At least they are eating apples. What a Groundhog Day existence. 

[iwantcookies]

Eewww that nasty couch 

[QuinnInND]

My kids love making forts. But yeah, thar couch. Ick. 

[iwantcookies]

Jessa should burn that couch or cover it in plastic. I bet it’s filthy just from 5 people using it daily.

[yogi2014L]

13 hours ago, iwantcookies said:

Jessa should burn that couch or cover it in plastic. I bet it’s filthy just from 5 people using it daily.

Or at least get some couch covers. I Have a toddler and a dog and our upstairs couch has a cover on it. I wash those covers all the dang time, and when company comes over I can just take them off quickly and have a decent looking couch.  Though my dog is way messier than my kid is. Dog hair and drool, ick. It looks horrible I will admit but its better than constantly sitting on a mess and I like the convenience of being able to clean it super easily!

[Tasya]

I think it's just so ridiculous that they stick leggings on these little girls. 

[GeeGolly]

57 minutes ago, yogi2014L said:

Or at least get some couch covers. I Have a toddler and a dog and our upstairs couch has a cover on it. I wash those covers all the dang time, and when company comes over I can just take them off quickly and have a decent looking couch.  Though my dog is way messier than my kid is. Dog hair and drool, ick. It looks horrible I will admit but its better than constantly sitting on a mess and I like the convenience of being able to clean it super easily!

I bet you didn't give birth on any of your couches either.

[Chicklet]

They seem bored and disinterested in every picture, adults and kids. Everything is forced or very unconvincing.

 It really is "Groundhog Day" every damned day.

Edited December 11, 2020 by Chicklet

[GeeGolly]

In a typical family (with a stay at home parent), Spurgie and Henry would be in nursery school at least a couple days a week and Ivy would be going to a couple of Mommy and Me hours with Jessa. The boys would have play dates and Jessa would likely have moms over. The boys would be playing team sports. The kids would know who Big Bird and Mr Rogers are. They might even know who Nemo and Simba are.

They would have an actual bedroom.

At this time of year they would know who Jesus and Santa are. They would know who the three wise men and Rudolph, Prancer and Comet are.

Instead they're making forts on the same dirty couches with their mom's phone in their faces.

[Churchhoney]

14 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

In a typical family (with a stay at home parent), Spurgie and Henry would be in nursery school at least a couple days a week and Ivy would be going to a couple of Mommy and Me hours with Jessa. The boys would have play dates and Jessa would likely have moms over. The boys would be playing team sports. The kids would know who Big Bird and Mr Rogers are. They might even know who Nemo and Simba are.

They would have an actual bedroom.

At this time of year they would know who Jesus and Santa are. They would know who the three wise men and Rudolph, Prancer and Comet are.

Instead they're making forts on the same dirty couches with their mom's phone in their faces.

JB's and M's response to your post: "Success!!!!"

[QuinnInND]

5 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

In a typical family (with a stay at home parent), Spurgie and Henry would be in nursery school at least a couple days a week and Ivy would be going to a couple of Mommy and Me hours with Jessa. The boys would have play dates and Jessa would likely have moms over. The boys would be playing team sports. The kids would know who Big Bird and Mr Rogers are. They might even know who Nemo and Simba are.

They would have an actual bedroom.

At this time of year they would know who Jesus and Santa are. They would know who the three wise men and Rudolph, Prancer and Comet are.

Instead they're making forts on the same dirty couches with their mom's phone in their faces.

None of those things would be happening now because of covid. But yeah, in general, you're right. 

On 12/9/2020 at 8:42 AM, Tasya said:

I think it's just so ridiculous that they stick leggings on these little girls. 

Can't have anyone see their diaper. Because diaper=underwear. They're ridiculous. 

[Ljohnson1987]

The couch she gave birth on three times... With chuck pads. Ew. 

[yogi2014L]

3 minutes ago, QuinnInND said:

None of those things would be happening now because of covid. But yeah, in general, you're right. 

Can't have anyone see their diaper. Because diaper=underwear. They're ridiculous. 

Well, not entirely. I am in IL which has had the stricted lock down measures from the start and my daughters pre school ( private) has been open the whole time. Public schools are another story. Private sports clubs and dance ect have been open as well.

Anyway, COVID lockdowns really make no difference in the duggar universe. Their entire life is a lockdown aside from church. it is quite sad. We will soon see major differences in Israel and Spurge. Spurge needs to start going to some sort of formal pre school or kindergarten

 

 

[SMama]

7 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

In a typical family (with a stay at home parent), Spurgie and Henry would be in nursery school at least a couple days a week and Ivy would be going to a couple of Mommy and Me hours with Jessa. The boys would have play dates and Jessa would likely have moms over. The boys would be playing team sports. The kids would know who Big Bird and Mr Rogers are. They might even know who Nemo and Simba are.

They would have an actual bedroom.

At this time of year they would know who Jesus and Santa are. They would know who the three wise men and Rudolph, Prancer and Comet are.

Instead they're making forts on the same dirty couches with their mom's phone in their faces.

SGirl is 13 years old and you just brought tears to my eyes. We did so many Mommy and me classes when she came home. Art, music, dancing, you name it and we did it. We started every morning by having a walk that ended at a historical bridge. We would go under the bridge so then SBaby would look at the ducks and talk to them.

It was under that bridge that she learned what an echo was after shouting at the ducks. The look on her 2 year old face was precious. We still have the video I sent her Baba of SBaby proudly saying: “Baba listen it’s an echo!”. I miss those days. 
 

If we had time before class we would go inside the small aquarium that held two sturgeon fish. People would crack up that such a small child could say sturgeon. SBaba had dual majors, although his chemistry degree pays the bills, his true love is Fisheries Biology. He has passed on that passion to SGirl. She is the only child I know who thinks sharks are misunderstood. Her motto is “sharks need love too.” 
 

Sorry guys, blame @GeeGolly for stirring those memories. It really saddens me that the Seewalds have been blessed with three intellectual sponges and they are stunting them. Just like Ma & Pa Kettle have dictated.

Ben, grow a pair and move your family away from the TTH. Your sisters have jobs and are independent. You are a slave to a buffoon. Be ashamed of yourself as the oldest child and do better.

[emmawoodhouse]

Ivy's 18 month check up.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrDq3KDjPM/?igshid=1uip02sdojwv7

[GeeGolly]

14 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said:

Ivy's 18 month check up.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrDq3KDjPM/?igshid=1uip02sdojwv7

OMG, let the boy sleep in peace.

Edited December 11, 2020 by GeeGolly

[BigBingerBro]

Dear God those kids need structure and a schedule,  badly!

[SMama]

Henry should be sleeping on his bed in a bedroom. How can Jessa be so stupid? Ivy and Jessa yapping does not make restful sleep.

@emmawoodhouse, your comment made me think it was a medical check up. Silly me.

[Ljohnson1987]

Oh. Jessa. Your daughter is 18 months old, and you're not expecting the next blessing? You're boring. 

[GeeGolly]

That's at least third time we've seen poor Henry napping in the living room. Does Jessa just let him play until he drops? 

And why would she speak over her sleeping son and encourage her daughter to perform?

This apple hasn't fallen too far from the Duggar parent tree.

[xwordfanatik]

That legging with a dress business really chaps my ass.  Just put pants on the girl, if you're worried about her brother seeing her diaper/underpants!

[Absolom]

I'm so used to seeing leggings under dresses I don't even notice.  All the pre-schools near my daughter require leggings or shorts under skirts or dresses.  In the colder months every kid I see in a skirt or dress has on leggings.  

[thehorseofpower]

33 minutes ago, Absolom said:

I'm so used to seeing leggings under dresses I don't even notice.  All the pre-schools near my daughter require leggings or shorts under skirts or dresses.  In the colder months every kid I see in a skirt or dress has on leggings.  

Yeah, my daughters are 4 and 7, and soft cotton dresses with coordinating leggings underneath are standard wear here. In the summer it's coordinating shorts instead of leggings. When I was young it would have been tights instead of leggings, and tights are hella uncomfortable in my book. I wear leggings under my own dresses now in lieu of tights and I'll never go back! 

It's the idea that a girl can't ever just wear the leggings or shorts on their own without the dress that bothers me, especially to do things like play outside, hike, or ride a bike. 

[farmgal4]

3 hours ago, SMama said:

Henry should be sleeping on his bed in a bedroom. How can Jessa be so stupid? Ivy and Jessa yapping does not make restful sleep.

@emmawoodhouse, your comment made me think it was a medical check up. Silly me.

In photos, I’ve seen Henry sleeping in several different places.  He must be one of those kids who can sleep through a hurricane.

[leighdear]

4 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

Dear God those kids need structure and a schedule,  badly!

Why?  They won't ever have to adhere to a regular school schedule or down the road to a regular work schedule.  Their parents don't need them to, nor does society.   They'll be part of the 2nd generation of Duggarlings to learn at home, socialize with mostly family, work in the family businesses, then marry a religiously appropriate person with the same type of upbringing, and then go on to raise the 3rd generation, JUST.LIKE.THEM.   

I don't get people so vehemently trying to shove the Duggar square pegs into the round holes of society.  They don't want to be there, so why do other people NEED them to be there?

[emma675]

12 minutes ago, leighdear said:

Why?  They won't ever have to adhere to a regular school schedule or down the road to a regular work schedule.  Their parents don't need them to, nor does society.   They'll be part of the 2nd generation of Duggarlings to learn at home, socialize with mostly family, work in the family businesses, then marry a religiously appropriate person with the same type of upbringing, and then go on to raise the 3rd generation, JUST.LIKE.THEM.   

I don't get people so vehemently trying to shove the Duggar square pegs into the round holes of society.  They don't want to be there, so why do other people NEED them to be there?

I think it's because a lot of people (myself included) think that the Duggar's way of life is not sustainable and at some point, they are going to be forced into society to survive. Jim Bob has money but he also has a pack of uneducated, unmotivated, incompetent kids who also keep having kids and his money will only go so far. It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that some of the kids or grandkids are going to have to venture into society to find a job to support their families or use some kind of social services for help. They can't succeed without some idea or experience of how normal society works, with its rules and guidelines. 

Edited December 12, 2020 by emma675d

[realityfan26]

1 hour ago, Absolom said:

I'm so used to seeing leggings under dresses I don't even notice.  All the pre-schools near my daughter require leggings or shorts under skirts or dresses.  In the colder months every kid I see in a skirt or dress has on leggings.  

My 3 year old granddaughter loves dresses but also loves to be outside playing so she always has shorts or leggings on. But she’s certainly allowed to wear shorts or leggings alone.

[leighdear]

6 minutes ago, emma675 said:

I think it's because a lot of people (myself included) think that the Duggar's way of life is not sustainable and at some point, they are going to be forced into society to survive. Jim Bob has money but he also has a pack of uneducated, unmotivated, incompetent kids who also keep having kids and his money will only go so far. It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that some of the kids or grandkids are going to have to venture into society to find a job to support their families or use some kind of social services for help. They can't succeed without some idea or experience of how normal society works, with its rules and guidelines. 

Not your circus, not your monkeys.   

Within the family there are real estate licenses, pilot licenses, privately owned businesses and plenty of people that know how to clean toilets and sweep floors.  Every one can earn money if they need it. 

My view: the day they ask me personally for money is the day I care where theirs comes from.   Obviously YMMV. 

 

 

[emma675]

1 minute ago, leighdear said:

Not your circus, not your monkeys.   

Within the family there are real estate licenses, pilot licenses, privately owned businesses and plenty of people that know how to clean toilets and sweep floors.  Every one can earn money if they need it. 

My view: the day they ask me personally for money is the day I care where theirs comes from.   Obviously YMMV. 

 

 

Also not your circus or your monkeys. None of these kids have been given the tools, opportunities, or training to use any of the skills they may have in a normal societal setting. You can be trained to fly, sell houses, clean toilets, and the like all you want but if you have no normal social skills or can't keep a required schedule, no one is going to hire you for long. 

But you have your opinion and I have mine and that's all it is, opinions. 

[DangerousMinds]

1 hour ago, leighdear said:

Why?  They won't ever have to adhere to a regular school schedule or down the road to a regular work schedule.  Their parents don't need them to, nor does society.   They'll be part of the 2nd generation of Duggarlings to learn at home, socialize with mostly family, work in the family businesses, then marry a religiously appropriate person with the same type of upbringing, and then go on to raise the 3rd generation, JUST.LIKE.THEM.   

I don't get people so vehemently trying to shove the Duggar square pegs into the round holes of society.  They don't want to be there, so why do other people NEED them to be there?

Because we are always rooting for some of them to escape the cult.

1 hour ago, leighdear said:

Not your circus, not your monkeys.   

Within the family there are real estate licenses, pilot licenses, privately owned businesses and plenty of people that know how to clean toilets and sweep floors.  Every one can earn money if they need it. 

My view: the day they ask me personally for money is the day I care where theirs comes from.   Obviously YMMV. 

 

 

Well, this forum IS our circus 😂 and so we feel free to express our opinions here 🤷‍♀️.

[GeeGolly]

10 hours ago, leighdear said:

Why?  They won't ever have to adhere to a regular school schedule or down the road to a regular work schedule.  Their parents don't need them to, nor does society.   They'll be part of the 2nd generation of Duggarlings to learn at home, socialize with mostly family, work in the family businesses, then marry a religiously appropriate person with the same type of upbringing, and then go on to raise the 3rd generation, JUST.LIKE.THEM.   

I don't get people so vehemently trying to shove the Duggar square pegs into the round holes of society.  They don't want to be there, so why do other people NEED them to be there?

Because those kids are little humans and deserve respect, comfort and feelings of safety. Living in chaos does not feel good to kids. So much is already out of their control, if feels safe and comforting when they can anticipate what comes next and know what is expected of them.

Learning what to do when you're tired teaches emotional regulation, self soothing and builds confidence.

Having your own bed means you matter.

Learning not to play on a sleeping sibling teaches respect and boundaries.

Reasonable rules, guidelines and expectations are like warm hugs to kids. It makes their lives easier to navigate and it feels safe.

Is it wrong of me to want the Duggar grandchildren to to have a better upbringing than their parents?

Let me turn the question around. Do you care, want or need them to repeat the same messed up cycle over and over again?

Edited December 12, 2020 by GeeGolly

[Madtown]

4 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Because those kids are little humans and deserve respect, comfort and feelings of safety. Living in chaos does not feel good to kids. So much is already out of their control, if feels safe and comforting when they can anticipate what comes next and know what is expected of them.

Learning what to do when you're tired teaches emotional regulation, self soothing and builds confidence.

Having your own bed means you matter.

Learning not to play on a sleeping sibling teaches respect and boundaries.

Reasonable rules, guidelines and expectations are like warm hugs to kids. It makes their lives easier to navigate and it feels safe.

Is it wrong of me to want the Duggar grandchildren to to have a better upbringing than their parents?

Let me turn the question around. Do you care, want or need them to repeat the same messed up cycle over and over again?

Preach it louder for those in the back, @GeeGolly!

[Churchhoney]

On 12/11/2020 at 9:26 PM, leighdear said:

Why?  They won't ever have to adhere to a regular school schedule or down the road to a regular work schedule.  Their parents don't need them to, nor does society.   They'll be part of the 2nd generation of Duggarlings to learn at home, socialize with mostly family, work in the family businesses, then marry a religiously appropriate person with the same type of upbringing, and then go on to raise the 3rd generation, JUST.LIKE.THEM.   

I don't get people so vehemently trying to shove the Duggar square pegs into the round holes of society.  They don't want to be there, so why do other people NEED them to be there?

For me, what you're predicting may depend on an unlikely rosy future, both when it comes to long-term economics and the personal well-being and long-term mental health of at least a few individual Duggarlings. That's why I'm drawn to talking about aspects of the situation that seem to me risky for at least some of the kids. 

When it comes to individuals, just because most of your family are a certain type of square-peg people, it doesn't mean that you are.

And with this growing number of kids, the odds are high that at least a few of them aren't really cut out for the family-compound, high-demand religion, no-working-for-outsiders, women-stay-home pattern of the Duggars. Because that's true, raising them in such a very sheltered and regimented way means that those few won't ever hear that options that would be better for them are acceptable (or even that they exist).

And they won't be educated in a way that'll make it feasible to choose any of those other options, at least without a large amount of struggle, family rupture and pain.

For me, it's just wrong to force all your kids into your own particular mold and shut down opportunities for them to find out about and adopt molds that fit them better as individuals. For me, it's wrong not to fully acknowledge that every person is unique and may not be just like you, despite your genetic ties. 

And when it comes to economics, I think the Duggar approach is at least somewhat -- and possibly very -- unlikely to remain viable into that next generation.

Not many family businesses do survive for multiple generations in a form that can support literally dozens of people. And that's especially true for family businesses in which a family stays isolated from the general community and doesn't provide more typical and up-to-date training and education for the kids. 

I think history makes clear why the sustainability of Duggar economics into the next generation remains in question.

Among very large-sized conservative-Christian families, the Duggars seem to be pretty much an outlier when it comes to finances. They've been lucky. Jim Bob did get at least something, both monetary and in the form of an existing business with some local reputation, from his parents -- both during their lifetimes and after their deaths. And he only had to share it with one sibling. 

So he got off to a luckier start than many -- and then he got the very fluky bonus of their becoming a family of media personalities.  Those things have allowed him and Michelle to give their kids a pretty luxurious life, while ignoring the role that education and training tend to play in boosting most people's incomes.

The Duggars' economic life is far from the norm of Quiverfull-and-Quiverfull-like families, as far as I've seen and read. And whether a lifestyle like that is sustainable into the third generation -- when the generations are so large and no one gets much training or education or experience doing business with a cross-section of the community -- is questionable. 

So in the case of the economics, I think the reason to worry extends past a few individuals who may not by nature be Duggar-type square pegs, but to all the kids in this third generation.

I'm pretty sure we'd be hard pressed to find a family that's grown so large, has gained some of its money because of fluky things like media fame and has totally written off providing  traditional types of education and training for two generations of offspring, yet has seen all members of the second and third generation prosper financially long term. 

So, to me, there's reason to worry that some or even many of the SOTDRT-educated, sheltered-from-general-society third-generation Duggars will find out in adulthood that to make ends meet they have to do things that they've never been prepared for. And that that may prove very difficult for some of them, and put their well-being and that of their children--generation 4 -- at risk.

And, again, for me it's just wrong to roll the dice on something like this when it may mean that innocent kids only learn in adulthood that they simply aren't prepared to thrive in the world that exists outside the family and the family business. 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 13, 2020 by Churchhoney

[doodlebug]

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I don't get people so vehemently trying to shove the Duggar square pegs into the round holes of society.  They don't want to be there, so why do other people NEED them to be there?

For me, what you're predicting may depend on an unlikely rosy future, both when it comes to long-term economics and the personal well-being and long-term mental health of at least a few individual Duggarlings. That's why I'm drawn to talking about aspects of the situation that seem to me risky for at least some of the kids. 

When it comes to individuals, just because most of your family are a certain type of square-peg people, it doesn't mean that you are

Yep, the Duggars force ALL of their kids to be square pegs which is no better than parents insisting that all their kids conform to all societal norms.  Just because they 'do things a little differently' doesn't mean they do them better nor that their kids are better for it.

Remember when Jill was floundering as a wife and mother?  Granted, we know there were a whole lot of reasons for that, but, it seemed to me that at least a part of it was that she married a man who was raised to conform to the basic everyday life principles.  Derick's mother and father worked; I am sure he had set times to wake, to sleep, to eat meals as well as specific chores and duties from the time he was born,  He certainly didn't stay up until he dropped in his tracks, didn't sleep in his dirty clothes, had a bed with clean sheets.  Jill, while given responsibility at a young age, seemingly got little, if any, direction from her parents as to how to do her jobs.  Michelle just tossed aside the latest baby and it was every girl for herself as the older daughters took it from there.  I think, especially after they had kids and had returned to the US, Derick had expectations of a certain way of living, a way of surviving day to day that was foreign to Jill and that lead to a lot of conflict.  These days, after seemingly adapting to a schedule and routine, it appears to me that Jill, and more importantly, her kids, are far happier that before.  Jill never knew she was a round peg until she had the chance to try it.

This reminds me of the first time I did a mission in Peru,  It was in a place high in the Andes where virtually everyone was Quechua, spoke that language with Spanish only learned in school.  All but a few were subsistence farmers; they hacked at the rocky, arid ground with hoes and manually planted and harvested crummy little potatoes and beans which formed the bulk of their diet and left them with no other options.  Nobody owned a car, many had never even ridden in one. We used to pile kids into the van we used and drive them up and down the dirt roads at the end of the day and you'd have thought we'd taken them to Disneyworld.  I gave a 5 year old a Nutri-grain bar with apples and raisins in it and she danced with delight as she ate it.  One of the nuns teaching school up there contacted us before we came and asked us to bring pictures of people doing everyday jobs: barbers, mail carriers, cooks, etc.  She said that none of the kids could picture jobs other than hardscrabble farming because that is all they ever saw.  She wanted to introduce them to the wider world and the opportunities there.  She said most of them probably weren't college material, but she felt certain that there were plenty of potential barbers and plumbers and bus drivers, if only they knew.  The church had money to send them to town and to pay for vocational training, but it was hard for them to picture it and she wanted to make it more real for them so they could climb out of poverty.  To me, the Duggar kids are a milder version of that, they don't know what they're missing because they haven't been allowed to see or imagine it.

[yogi2014L]

On 12/11/2020 at 6:30 PM, xwordfanatik said:

That legging with a dress business really chaps my ass.  Just put pants on the girl, if you're worried about her brother seeing her diaper/underpants!

I would do this for my daughter to help hold the diaper in place. when She would be running around crazy in a diaper and dress, sometimes the diaper would come flying off or be sideways on her haha! I often would put little shorts on her under her dresses in the warmer months too, strictly for the diaper haha. But i definitely think Duggars do it to stick to their weirdo modesty requirements

[GeeGolly]

I think I would go with leggings under a dress before the new trend of babies in cable knit tights as pants.

[ginger90]

45 minutes ago, yogi2014L said:

I would do this for my daughter to help hold the diaper in place. when She would be running around crazy in a diaper and dress, sometimes the diaper would come flying off or be sideways on her haha! I often would put little shorts on her under her dresses in the warmer months too, strictly for the diaper haha. But i definitely think Duggars do it to stick to their weirdo modesty requirements

Agree, it beats the rubber pants I recall.

[absnow54]

20 hours ago, yogi2014L said:

I would do this for my daughter to help hold the diaper in place. when She would be running around crazy in a diaper and dress, sometimes the diaper would come flying off or be sideways on her haha! I often would put little shorts on her under her dresses in the warmer months too, strictly for the diaper haha. But i definitely think Duggars do it to stick to their weirdo modesty requirements

Yes. I never trusted the little bloomer diaper covers that came with little girl dresses either. The tighter leggings/biker shorts were the second line of defense to leaks and blowouts. 

I figure if the temperature is appropriate for the boys' legs to be covered, it's appropriate for Ivy's to be covered too.

[xwordfanatik]

I didn't consider the colder weather.  We'll have to see if Ivy will be wearing leggings in the hot weather, too.

Good points about leggings holding the diaper.  Shorts would work too, as some pointed out.  Now I'm remembering my daughter wearing tights with her baby dresses in the fall/winter months.  

[DangerousMinds]

Sure, Jessa.

 

[madpsych78]

To be fair to Spurgeon, April was about the beginning of the pandemic and it does feel like it's lasted about three years...

But the "Sayings of Spurgeon" is super old.

[Westiepeach]

40 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Sure, Jessa.

 

Sure, Jan... 🙄

[BigBingerBro]

Triscuits - more nutricious food!  Awesome!

[Joan of Argh]

19 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

Triscuits - more nutricious food!  Awesome!

Yup and not a few triscuits in a bowl but "munching on a box of triscuits" 

I've seen pics of Henry wandering around dragging an entire box of crackers too.

Sounds like a good way for a kid to get his sodium content for the year.

[Churchhoney]

37 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

Yup and not a few triscuits in a bowl but "munching on a box of triscuits" 

I've seen pics of Henry wandering around dragging an entire box of crackers too.

Sounds like a good way for a kid to get his sodium content for the year.

If he doesn't get it by draining the entire jar of pickle brine. 😁

[DangerousMinds]

Now she’s just making Spurgeon seem very, um, challenged.

[beckie]

3 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Now she’s just making Spurgeon seem very, um, challenged.

She must not be getting enough social media attention.  Seems like we got nothing from Spurgeon for a long time and now it seems she's posting his nonsense more frequently because she know the leg humpers will eat it up.

Edited December 16, 2020 by beckie

[Suzn]

57 minutes ago, beckie said:

She must not be getting enough social media attention.  Seems like we got nothing from Spurgeon for a long time and now it seems she's posting his nonsense more frequently because she know the leg humpers will eat it up.

They are not cute, funny, clever or smart and always sound kind of off and I'm skeptical about him sayings these things.

[BitterApple]

11 minutes ago, Suzn said:

They are not cute, funny, clever or smart and always sound kind of off and I'm skeptical about him sayings these things.

Me too. I don't know whether Spurge is a particularly babyish 5 year-old or Jessa is making all this stuff up. Or else he says a basic statement like "I hate getting my nails cut" and Jessa puts a cutesy spin on it. Either way, it's a total fail. 

[Churchhoney]

52 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

Me too. I don't know whether Spurge is a particularly babyish 5 year-old or Jessa is making all this stuff up. Or else he says a basic statement like "I hate getting my nails cut" and Jessa puts a cutesy spin on it. Either way, it's a total fail. 

Sometimes I wonder if he isn't just winding her up...... Yeah, mom thinks I believe my fingernails keep me warm. Right. What a dumbass. 

Edited December 16, 2020 by Churchhoney