Josh & Anna Smuggar: A Series of Unfortunate Events

[ginger90]

[GeeGolly]

7 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

"Our kiddos often share their dreams that include driving🚘, becoming a pilot👩‍✈️👨‍✈️, a small business owner👩‍🌾, astronaut 👨‍🚀 ...among others! 😀 
These childhood moments will come and all too quickly they will be gone and our children will be grown up." 

While I understand what Anna meant, the above part of her post is quite sad. The Duggar adults squash their kids dreams of becoming anything but religious zealots.

[Libby96]

Anna’s got an exciting life there when unrolled toilet paper makes it into her social media.  Of course, apparently even toilet paper is a springboard for her to pontificate.

Side note, I hate the term “kiddos.”  And as a teacher I unfortunately hear it way too much.

[BetyBee]

My cat unrolls the tp every now and then.  I realize now that I must make a SM post about it, admonishing my followers to enjoy every minute of their kitty's all too short life!  You know, instead of shaking my head and calling him a bad kitty and forgetting all about this non-momentous event!  (Actually I think it's cute that a 14 year old cat still gets his kicks that way.) 

[Minivanessa]

4 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

"Our kiddos often share their dreams that include driving🚘, becoming a pilot👩‍✈️👨‍✈️, a small business owner👩‍🌾, astronaut 👨‍🚀 ...among others! 😀 
These childhood moments will come and all too quickly they will be gone and our children will be grown up." 

While I understand what Anna meant, the above part of her post is quite sad. The Duggar adults squash their kids dreams of becoming anything but religious zealots.

OMG you're so right. How absolutely tragic that a desire to be a business owner, pilot, astronaut, etc., are dismissed as "childhood moments . .  . [that] all too quickly . . . will be gone."

Instead of being treated as personal interests. To be respected, cultivated, and encouraged as the kids grow up. And if the interests continue into late adolescence, to be set as goals to be educated and trained for. Obviously JD got a pilot's license, and JB is a small biz owner, so I suppose the BOYS may be allowed to realize a few of those early interests. But still it's such a parent-limited horizon for all the kids. 

[lookeyloo]

2 hours ago, Libby96 said:

Anna’s got an exciting life there when unrolled toilet paper makes it into her social media.  Of course, apparently even toilet paper is a springboard for her to pontificate.

Side note, I hate the term “kiddos.”  And as a teacher I unfortunately hear it way too much.

I'm guessing she got "kiddos" from Joanna Gaines.

[Libby96]

9 minutes ago, lookeyloo said:

I'm guessing she got "kiddos" from Joanna Gaines.

Probably another reason I can’t stand it.  The Gaines rub me the wrong way and seem very overrated.  No offense if they have fans here.

[Aunt Catfish]

5 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

"Our kiddos often share their dreams that include driving🚘, becoming a pilot👩‍✈️👨‍✈️, a small business owner👩‍🌾, astronaut 👨‍🚀 ...among others! 😀 
These childhood moments will come and all too quickly they will be gone and our children will be grown up." 

While I understand what Anna meant, the above part of her post is quite sad. The Duggar adults squash their kids dreams of becoming anything but religious zealots.

[Aunt Catfish]

Just now, Aunt Catfish said:

5 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

"Our kiddos often share their dreams that include driving🚘, becoming a pilot👩‍✈️👨‍✈️, a small business owner👩‍🌾, astronaut 👨‍🚀 ...among others! 😀 
These childhood moments will come and all too quickly they will be gone and our children will be grown up." 

While I understand what Anna meant, the above part of her post is quite sad. The Duggar adults squash their kids dreams of becoming anything but religious zealots.

Woops!  What I was going to say was that it surprises me that Anna would let her supply of toilet paper dwindle to a single roll.  With a family that size a Costco cleanout stockpile would be in order!

[Lukeysboat]

22 minutes ago, Aunt Catfish said:

What I was going to say was that it surprises me that Anna would let her supply of toilet paper dwindle to a single roll.  With a family that size a Costco cleanout stockpile would be in order

Where did she say that this was the only roll of toilet paper they had in the house?

[Aunt Catfish]

29 minutes ago, Lukeysboat said:

Where did she say that this was the only roll of toilet paper they had in the house?

I thought she said it was the last one.  Maybe I misread it.  I still believe that you can never own too much toilet paper!

[ginger90]

4 minutes ago, Aunt Catfish said:

I thought she said it was the last one.  Maybe I misread it.  I still believe that you can never own too much toilet paper!

She did say “last”, but it should have been, previous, I believe.

[Ohiopirate02]

1 minute ago, Aunt Catfish said:

I thought she said it was the last one.  Maybe I misread it.  I still believe that you can never own too much toilet paper!

I reread her post.   Anna meant the previous roll of TP and not the lone remaining roll in the house.  Isn't it amazing how one word can have more than one definition and implication when used in a sentence? If only Anna had gone to a real school and some sort of real college, she may have had an English class where she learned this.  And now she is the teacher for her own children.   

[drafan]

7 hours ago, ginger90 said:

How does she know Joshley didn't do this while sitting on the toilet and watching porn?? (OK, I just grossed myself out there.)

[Jynnan tonnix]

11 minutes ago, drafan said:

How does she know Joshley didn't do this while sitting on the toilet and watching porn?? (OK, I just grossed myself out there.)

Can't these posts come with automatic brain-bleach dispensers?

[Aunt Catfish]

55 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I reread her post.   Anna meant the previous roll of TP and not the lone remaining roll in the house.  Isn't it amazing how one word can have more than one definition and implication when used in a sentence? If only Anna had gone to a real school and some sort of real college, she may have had an English class where she learned this.  And now she is the teacher for her own children.   

Boy is my face red!  😲  And I did go to real school and college!

[Ohiopirate02]

8 minutes ago, Aunt Catfish said:

Boy is my face red!  😲  And I did go to real school and college!

I do think that it really depends on your major while on college and learning a foreign language helps as well.  My undergrad degree is in history (a humanity), I took 5 years of French,  and my graduate degree is in information.   I have learned how important word choice is when crafting anything written from a lowly post on a message board up to any writing I have to do with my job.  I'm a librarian and a big part of my job is answering questions for people.   I have to interpret the words a patron uses to discern what the patron actually wants because it is not always what I just heard. 

[Aunt Catfish]

28 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I do think that it really depends on your major while on college and learning a foreign language helps as well.  My undergrad degree is in history (a humanity), I took 5 years of French,  and my graduate degree is in information.   I have learned how important word choice is when crafting anything written from a lowly post on a message board up to any writing I have to do with my job.  I'm a librarian and a big part of my job is answering questions for people.   I have to interpret the words a patron uses to discern what the patron actually wants because it is not always what I just heard. 

Librarians Rock!  🤓

[mimionthebeach]

On 7/16/2019 at 6:50 PM, JoanArc said:

Huh, I always saw JB and M taking a special liking to Josh. He the favored male. Look at the lengths they went to hide his crimes.

That was more to protect them/their brand than Josh. And then JB couldn't let him out of his sight. I think once the Ashley Madison scandal broke, Josh fell down Daddy's favourites ladder to "tolerated, just". 

Edited July 20, 2019 by mimionthebeach

[galaxychaser]

It wouldn’t surprise me if Josh owns a flip phone. I’m pretty sure he is being watched by Jim Bob so not to cause more scandals.

Edited July 20, 2019 by galaxychaser

[EmeraldGirl]

Oh Anna filled in those occupations perfectly for the Duggars. You can only be a private Duggar pilot, or own a private Duggar small business. Maybe JB is expanding to space next. “Josh’s Used Rocket Lot”. 

[lookeyloo]

3 hours ago, galaxychaser said:

It wouldn’t surprise me if Josh owns a flip phone. I’m pretty sure he is being watched by Jim Bob so not to cause more scandals.

Or saved his pennies left over from fattening snacks and got himself a secret burner phone!

[GeeGolly]

Josh has been shown in pictures with a smart phone.

I'm hoping he was humiliated enough to be knocked down a few pegs in his own head and is respecting Anna, his kids and his marriage.

Without them he would only be hanging with his brothers and selling cars.

I hope he knows how lucky his is.

[JoanArc]

3 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

Without them he would only be hanging with his brothers and selling cars.

That's all he's doing anyway.

[DangerousMinds]

14 hours ago, Libby96 said:

Anna’s got an exciting life there when unrolled toilet paper makes it into her social media.  Of course, apparently even toilet paper is a springboard for her to pontificate.

Side note, I hate the term “kiddos.”  And as a teacher I unfortunately hear it way too much.

I hate it too. They’re kids, FFS.

[anna0852]

I really wanna comment and ask how she plans to ensure her children are actually educated enough to actually achieve any of those goals. And does this mean her daughters are viewed as more than breeding machines for the next generation?

[irisheyes]

Well, someone in her house wanted to be a lawyer when he was a kid, and look how that turned out. I’m not saying he would have made it, but his parents made sure he never had the chance to even try. 

[Minivanessa]

8 hours ago, anna0852 said:

I really wanna comment and ask how she plans to ensure her children are actually educated enough to actually achieve any of those goals. And does this mean her daughters are viewed as more than breeding machines for the next generation?

Nope.

She specifically said those desires to do things were childish dreams which would be gone quickly. Not goals to be attained later in life.

[Albanyguy]

I don't mind the use of "kiddo" if it's used genuinely as a term of affection (my mother used it occasionally when she wanted to strike a light, breezy note with us). But Anna has had children for over a decade and until a few weeks ago, she has never, to my knowledge, used the term to describe her children. It just sounds phony coming from her. She's obviously copying Joanna Gaines as she tries to craft a new social media image for herself. I think it's all part of an effort to become an "influencer" like her sisters-in-law and/or to get herself and Josh back on TV.

Edited July 21, 2019 by Albanyguy

[momma2seven]

Using "kiddos" and trying to have a SM presence is probably as close to a midlife crisis as Anna can get. She's trying too hard to be the relevant cool young mom and she's just not. She's no longer wife of Golden Child, she's wife of edited out blob to the far right of every shot. Instead of being the only Duggar daughter in law, the only mom of Duggar Granddaughters, the only married couple to move away, she's just 6 kids deep at 31 in a society that blames her poorly made sandwiches for her husband's wanderings.

[Westiepeach]

7 minutes ago, momma2seven said:

Using "kiddos" and trying to have a SM presence is probably as close to a midlife crisis as Anna can get. She's trying too hard to be the relevant cool young mom and she's just not. She's no longer wife of Golden Child, she's wife of edited out blob to the far right of every shot. Instead of being the only Duggar daughter in law, the only mom of Duggar Granddaughters, the only married couple to move away, she's just 6 kids deep at 31 in a society that blames her poorly made sandwiches for her husband's wanderings.

Plus her use of the hashtag “littleduggarfamily” just screams desperation to me. 

[Sew Sumi]

3 hours ago, Westiepeach said:

Plus her use of the hashtag “littleduggarfamily” just screams desperation to me. 

She uses "littleduggars."  LittleDuggarFamily is JoKen's IG handle.

Edited July 21, 2019 by Sew Sumi

[Westiepeach]

1 hour ago, Sew Sumi said:

She uses "littleduggars."  LittleDuggarFamily is JoKen's IG handle.

Thank you. Tomato-tomahto. I got confused. 

[dariafan]

On 7/20/2019 at 1:28 PM, drafan said:

How does she know Joshley didn't do this while sitting on the toilet and watching porn?? (OK, I just grossed myself out there.)

I was just going to say how does she know josh didn’t do it ?  No extra activities needed... I think he would just do it to be a dick

[galaxychaser]

Little doesn’t describe their family. In like 8 years Mac will be old enough to marry. And Anna will probably have 4 more kids. Little motivation to work or little desire to think outside the box will make a great Instagram handle.

[EVS]

On 7/21/2019 at 4:54 PM, Sew Sumi said:

She uses "littleduggars."  LittleDuggarFamily is JoKen's IG handle.

I wonder if we are going to see a bunch of variations of this as a more of the Duggar kids get married and start families. 

Lil’ Duggar Family

Little Dugg Fam

Lil’ Duggs 

and so on.

[galaxychaser]

Little Duggar hairline 

[galaxychaser]

Little Duggar tater tots would be cute.

[kokapetl]

On 7/23/2019 at 8:13 AM, EVS said:

I wonder if we are going to see a bunch of variations of this as a more of the Duggar kids get married and start families. 

Lil’ Duggar Family

Little Dugg Fam

Lil’ Duggs 

and so on.

The nutcase fans will have snapped them up before the Duggars think to. 

[ginger90]

6 pictures:

[galaxychaser]

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

Littles blech horrible word.

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

[3 is enough]

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.

[GeeGolly]

Did she really need the U.S. Customs and Border Control picture?

[McManda]

... that is a lot of photos crammed into six slides.

[Gemma Violet]

Here's an article:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7306335/Anna-Duggar-talks-Josh-Duggars-molestation-cheating-scandals-Redemption-beautiful-thing.html

[galaxychaser]

Sex pest is right on the nose.

Hard days work=emptying out the fridge into his big gut

Joshua you are a treasure =some treasure more like a bag of poop

[allonsyalice]

The only good thing the daily mail has ever done is "Sex Pest"

[Sew Sumi]

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

[Libby96]

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.

[EmeraldGirl]

Josh and Anna go on ALL the trips. So wtf does he even do for a living? Anna’s kids are in every picture of everything that happens with the parents.