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Josh & Anna Smuggar: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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hoosier80
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New show title: 10 to 20 Years and Counting 

MargeGunderson
MargeGunderson

Someone on Reddit just described Josh’s face as a glistening glazed ham. I am considering divorcing my husband and marrying that poster. 

doodlebug
doodlebug

Well, for many of us, it's the difference between 'imperfect' and 'non-PC' and being a criminal.  Josh is a child molester and his parents actively intervened in his situation to avoid him being punis

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21 minutes ago, galaxychaser said:

If the tent is rocking don’t come knocking...

Littles blech horrible word.

Vacation from what? Neither works as far as we know.

I suppose one could argue that Anna works, just not outside the home.  At least the kids look clean and well fed.  And I do think her homeschooling is superior to Michelle's, which is better than nothing I guess.  I highly doubt Smuggar lifts a finger to help.

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Libby96

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Who is Anna trying to convince other than herself?  If she wants to forgive Josh and stay with him and spawn with him every other year, fine.  Do so and quietly live your life. But all the praising him to the skies on social media is ridiculous.  She’s still chasing the image of the Perfect Christian Family that she lost in 2015 when it all came crashing down.

I would almost feel sorry for her if she’d quit having bandaid babies.  But she just keeps making more kids to be part of this mess.

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BitterApple

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44 minutes ago, Libby96 said:

Who is Anna trying to convince other than herself?  If she wants to forgive Josh and stay with him and spawn with him every other year, fine.  Do so and quietly live your life. But all the praising him to the skies on social media is ridiculous.  She’s still chasing the image of the Perfect Christian Family that she lost in 2015 when it all came crashing down.

I would almost feel sorry for her if she’d quit having bandaid babies.  But she just keeps making more kids to be part of this mess.

I can't decide if Anna's really that naive or if she's sticking her head in the sand because she can't handle reality.

Josh hasn't been redeemed. He's keeping his nose clean because his survival is entirely dependent upon Boob's good will. He can't afford to be kicked to the curb with no skills, no education and six kids to support.

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Christina87

Christina87

On 7/31/2019 at 7:27 PM, Sew Sumi said:

This set comes with a sex pest alert. Dude has no hair left.

For all of the snarkworthy things about Anna, she definitely knows how to dress herself and kids for the time, place, and occasion. Hannie, Jenny, and Jordyn look so strange to me. Hannie is super casual, like she wishes she could wear shorts and go for a "just finished basketball practice" look. Jenni's dress looks way too formal and flowy for a day trip to the zoo. IMO it would be better suited for church, or even playing dress up as a fairy. Jordyn's material, on the other hand, looks so heavy. She gives the impression of someone who is going to the mountains in the summer, but still wants to look mountain-y.

The duggar family has noooooo sense of what's appropriate to wear in certain situations. See: Jessa, who dolls herself up to sit at home on a random day, and then wears a casual top and jean skirt to her husband's community college graduation. Jeremy has helped Jinger, and Jill actually seems to somewhat be figuring out when something is too casual or formal for an event (not saying her clothes look good, but she seems to have been doing better distinguishing between what you wear certain places vs others). Anna does seem to have an idea of what is appropriate to wear in different situations, and she and all of her kids look fine to go to the zoo (though Kenzie doesn't need the modest leggings). 

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mimionthebeach

mimionthebeach

19 hours ago, Christina87 said:

For all of the snarkworthy things about Anna, she definitely knows how to dress herself and kids for the time, place, and occasion. Hannie, Jenny, and Jordyn look so strange to me. Hannie is super casual, like she wishes she could wear shorts and go for a "just finished basketball practice" look. Jenni's dress looks way too formal and flowy for a day trip to the zoo. IMO it would be better suited for church, or even playing dress up as a fairy. Jordyn's material, on the other hand, looks so heavy. She gives the impression of someone who is going to the mountains in the summer, but still wants to look mountain-y.

The duggar family has noooooo sense of what's appropriate to wear in certain situations. See: Jessa, who dolls herself up to sit at home on a random day, and then wears a casual top and jean skirt to her husband's community college graduation. Jeremy has helped Jinger, and Jill actually seems to somewhat be figuring out when something is too casual or formal for an event (not saying her clothes look good, but she seems to have been doing better distinguishing between what you wear certain places vs others). Anna does seem to have an idea of what is appropriate to wear in different situations, and she and all of her kids look fine to go to the zoo (though Kenzie doesn't need the modest leggings). 

Anna was just as clueless as the others until they were in Washington and she had to go to functions with "worldly" people. Probably the only time in her life she needed to look normal and, suddenly she developed a fashion sense. At least she gets to keep THAT. 

Poor Johanna looks so uncomfortable with the way she's changing. Always with the baggy shirts and hunched over. I'm sure she's not getting a lot of support weathering this new season of life and adjusting to her Nike body from her checked-out bio mom and overworked sister mom. There are probably a whole lot of things she's no longer allowed to do now that she's a "woman" (I've heard fundies don't subscribe to the concept of adolescence). I want to give her a hug, get her a good bra and help her believe she's beautiful.

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33 minutes ago, mimionthebeach said:

I want to give her a hug, get her a good bra and help her believe she's beautiful.

That’s so kind of you and probably just what she needs. OR she might prefer to look dowdy in front of Josh to keep him from unpure thoughts and goodness forbid actions. Not that is anyone’s place to keep him in check. That’s on him. 

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9 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

That’s so kind of you and probably just what she needs. OR she might prefer to look dowdy in front of Josh to keep him from unpure thoughts and goodness forbid actions. Not that is anyone’s place to keep him in check. That’s on him. 

🤢🤮 Curse you! I wasn't thinking that way. 

(But I've noticed this in so many recent pictures, so I'm grossed out but I'm not dissuaded.)

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ranchgirl

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On 8/2/2019 at 12:22 PM, Christina87 said:

For all of the snarkworthy things about Anna, she definitely knows how to dress herself and kids for the time, place, and occasion. Hannie, Jenny, and Jordyn look so strange to me.  <snipped>

Thanks for pointing out that was Jordan.  I couldn't place her.  I guess Jana is too busy helping her sisters with their babies so Hannie, Jennifer and Jordan are now recruited to helping Anna with her crew.  Hope they got to participate in some fun things too.  

drafan

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1 minute ago, Libby96 said:

Why would Anna get rid of children’s clothing at a consignment sale?  If the plan is to pop out as many babies as humanly possible, she will have plenty of people to continue wearing those clothes for the foreseeable future.

....aaaaannnd they don't go to school, so why the big excitement over back-to-school clothes and school supplies?

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Ohiopirate02

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There is something rather condescending in the text of that post by Anna.  Her choice to put tax free in quotation marks really rubs me the wrong way.  I don't know exactly what was on the list for tax free items, but for many working families the savings is significant.  Anna seems clueless to this.  Must be nice having Josh's daddy as a backup plan. 

A consignment sale in addition to the savings from a tax free weekend can really help people, but her word choice seems off.  Parents can save at the sale, but there are things like socks and underwear that needs to be bought new.  Also, the sale is over a month away.  

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Ohiopirate02

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7 minutes ago, Tasya said:

I hate to defend anything about Smugs family, but perhaps it's in quotes because it's not really tax free. Only certain items qualify and only if you spend less than a certain amount. So it's nice to have but you have to be careful how you use it for sure. 

I just looked up the policy, and it really is tax free on a list of items including clothing, shoes, school supplies and textbooks.  The limits are pretty reasonable as well--clothing items under $100.  I don't know the sales tax for Arkansas, but it can potentially save the parents some money.  And, for many families a savings of $5-10 on school supplies and clothes for the kids can go a long way.  

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Ohiopirate02

Ohiopirate02

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

If I have the county correct, the TTH is in Washington where the sales tax is 10.50%.

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Quite frankly that is ridiculously regressive.  I looked it up and Arkansas also has state income tax.  I'm going to have to assume that their property taxes are low.  

So Tax Free Weekend is really save 10% in some areas.  

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Zella

Zella

3 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Quite frankly that is ridiculously regressive.  I looked it up and Arkansas also has state income tax.  I'm going to have to assume that their property taxes are low.  

So Tax Free Weekend is really save 10% in some areas.  

Yeah property taxes tend to be pretty low around here. 

queenanne

queenanne

On 8/5/2019 at 11:28 PM, fonfereksglen said:

She home schools.  Despite her flaws, she may instill some excitement in a new school year by buying new school supplies and clothes for her brood.  

I was thinking, this/a sense of ceremony would probably be the principle.  Marking their own quiet little milestones, etc.

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Minivanessa

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7 minutes ago, Sew Sumi said:

The Duggars seem to be the camp's best customers. And you know it's all comped. How do the Forsyths make any money? It's not as if the place was packed.

It's mid-August in Arkansas. I checked weather.com for Fort Rock's location. Looks like highs in the low 90's with fairly high relative humidity. Probably not peak tourist season so a good time to host the grifting in-laws. I doubt Mr. Forsyth would have turned away paying customers to host herp-derp JB's crew for free or cheap. 

Although come to think of it, the place sounds kind of grim. It might appeal to serious fundies. But if its main appeal is to the fundies who have a quiverfull of kids, only one modest income to stretch to cover the family living expenses, and not much if anything left over to take the family out to some fundie dude ranch? That's not a great business plan, although apparently Forsyth has been making a go of it, with all his free family labor. I wonder if Joy's expected to pitch in now that she's one of the family. Wouldn't surprise me.

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