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Joy and Austin: This One Time At Family Camp

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Meow Mix

Meow Mix

23 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

My niece had a Ken doll that came with a marker to paint a beard.  Her doll was much more handsome than any D boy.

Mod hair Ken.  I had a Quick Curl Barbie, but not the Ken doll.

As for beards, Gothard was dead set against facial hair.  I always wondered if it was a reaction to hippies or if he couldn't grow a decent beard himself.  Either way, it was a thing.  I remember reading on Recovering Grace that one woman's father had to shave off his mustache before being allowed to join ATI.  Whatever the reason, everyone in the younger generation seems to have abandoned that belief as a lot of men sport beards now.  

BTW, I'm glad I ate before reading the speculation of what may be living in Austin's beard.  🤮

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36 minutes ago, Meow Mix said:

Mod hair Ken.  I had a Quick Curl Barbie, but not the Ken doll.

As for beards, Gothard was dead set against facial hair.  I always wondered if it was a reaction to hippies or if he couldn't grow a decent beard himself.  Either way, it was a thing.  I remember reading on Recovering Grace that one woman's father had to shave off his mustache before being allowed to join ATI.  Whatever the reason, everyone in the younger generation seems to have abandoned that belief as a lot of men sport beards now.  

BTW, I'm glad I ate before reading the speculation of what may be living in Austin's beard.  🤮

I had Mod Hair Ken! I remember his turtle neck and checked jacket and those cool facial hair stickers (not a marker as this was THE original MHK). I also had a QC Barbie. That was not good. The hair had wires and it did not last very well. It would get tangled up.... 

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Salacious Kitty

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31 minutes ago, Kellyee said:

Does Austin's family follow Gothard's teachings?

I'm pretty sure his dad does, or did as Austin grew up. I'm not sure about his older half siblings, but they're breeding like rabbits, so they're definitely fundie of some stripe. I believe his sister also has four kids (and young enough to easily have four more), so that ties in with Gothard teaching. 

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I watched the video. I am sorry about Austin's grandmother. The title of this was misleading, of course, to draw viewers. I immediately thought of this expected baby like they wanted viewers to think. An awful thing to do. On another note, I found Gideon to be quite annoying and disruptive. It is not funny or cute, Joy, for your son to be disruptive. I also was quite bothered to see that he STILL sucks his thumb...even after his last dental appointment revealed that damage has already been done to his mouth due to the incessant sucking. His fingers are in all sorts of things, dirty with who knows what, then he puts his thumb in his mouth. Disgusting IMO. Another noteworthy idiocy of Joy's was when she said that she didn't see anything wrong, dental-wise, to give her son juice after he had already brushed his teeth before bed at night. The sugar, etc just lays on his teeth, girl! How could she think this was ok? What a dim bulb. I also see the same behavior and pacifier usage in Evie. Joy will have her hands full with another baby, especially, if she does not correct the annoying behavior the children she already has. Sorry to rant but it just got my goat! I wish her well with this delivery.

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2 hours ago, floridamom said:

I watched the video. I am sorry about Austin's grandmother. The title of this was misleading, of course, to draw viewers. I immediately thought of this expected baby like they wanted viewers to think. An awful thing to do. On another note, I found Gideon to be quite annoying and disruptive. It is not funny or cute, Joy, for your son to be disruptive. I also was quite bothered to see that he STILL sucks his thumb...even after his last dental appointment revealed that damage has already been done to his mouth due to the incessant sucking. His fingers are in all sorts of things, dirty with who knows what, then he puts his thumb in his mouth. Disgusting IMO. Another noteworthy idiocy of Joy's was when she said that she didn't see anything wrong, dental-wise, to give her son juice after he had already brushed his teeth before bed at night. The sugar, etc just lays on his teeth, girl! How could she think this was ok? What a dim bulb. I also see the same behavior and pacifier usage in Evie. Joy will have her hands full with another baby, especially, if she does not correct the annoying behavior the children she already has. Sorry to rant but it just got my goat! I wish her well with this delivery.

I didn't watch the video, but, some children suck their thumbs or a pacifier for a need they have.  Sweet Son sucked his thumb.  At one point I told him he could suck it anytime, but, had to go into his room to do it.  He still did.  He had trouble with some words in preschool and we went to physical therapy and they told me there was a "device" I could put in his mouth to keep him from sucking his thumb.  I thought that would be cruel.  He only sucked it in his room and probably in the night.  I figured he would need braces anyway and he did.  Eventually he didn't need to go to his room to suck his thumb, but I teased him almost til he died that he might still suck it at bedtime!!  Maybe Gideon has some stress in his little life that the thumb relieves.  Even if it is a habit, grown folks have trouble with some of those too.  Nail biters?  He will learn soon enough there are safe places for it.

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On 2/4/2023 at 2:59 PM, floridamom said:

I watched the video. I am sorry about Austin's grandmother. The title of this was misleading, of course, to draw viewers. I immediately thought of this expected baby like they wanted viewers to think. An awful thing to do. On another note, I found Gideon to be quite annoying and disruptive. It is not funny or cute, Joy, for your son to be disruptive. I also was quite bothered to see that he STILL sucks his thumb...even after his last dental appointment revealed that damage has already been done to his mouth due to the incessant sucking. His fingers are in all sorts of things, dirty with who knows what, then he puts his thumb in his mouth. Disgusting IMO. Another noteworthy idiocy of Joy's was when she said that she didn't see anything wrong, dental-wise, to give her son juice after he had already brushed his teeth before bed at night. The sugar, etc just lays on his teeth, girl! How could she think this was ok? What a dim bulb. I also see the same behavior and pacifier usage in Evie. Joy will have her hands full with another baby, especially, if she does not correct the annoying behavior the children she already has. Sorry to rant but it just got my goat! I wish her well with this delivery.

Hopefully he’ll grow out of the thumb sucking… but how dumb do you have to be to not understand that juice erases the good you did with tooth brushing? Sadly I know of plenty of parents who feed their tots lots of juice (or juice plus added sugar) and soda and have no flipping clue…

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On 2/7/2023 at 4:50 PM, LilJen said:

Sadly I know of plenty of parents who feed their tots lots of juice (or juice plus added sugar) and soda and have no flipping clue…

Back in the 1960s when I was young (and most likely before the '60s), women sometimes put Coke in the baby bottles!  Yes, Coke!  I have a memory of sitting at a drug store fountain and a lady next to me pouring Coke into a baby bottle and then feeding her baby.  Apparently it wasn't an uncommon thing.  My mom never did it, but we've talked about it and she said some women just didn't know better and she had seen it done here and there through the years.  (I'm assuming it wasn't the babys' main food--maybe it was given in between meals to quiet them down?)    So these moms were feeding their babies not only tons of sugar, but caffeine as well, not to mention sodium benzoate or whatever other chemicals or preservatives were in it.  And of course, some moms had a cigarette dangling from their mouth as they were feeding the baby.  Fun times.

I agree the thumbnail was very misleading.  And then they waited until the very end of the video to tell us about the grandmother.

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On 2/7/2023 at 5:50 PM, LilJen said:

Hopefully he’ll grow out of the thumb sucking… but how dumb do you have to be to not understand that juice erases the good you did with tooth brushing? Sadly I know of plenty of parents who feed their tots lots of juice (or juice plus added sugar) and soda and have no flipping clue…

Joy is mind-numbingly stupid. I saw a picture on Reddit of her in the passenger seat of their moving car not wearing her seatbelt. How “pro life!” 🥲

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SMama

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The Forsytes visited Jinger and Jeremy. Interesting that they waited after the fact to make an IG story. My favorite part is when they captioned a selfie of Jeremy stating you can’t put your phone down or that is what happens. Jeremy is very much still in love with himself. 
 

Even though they have not publicly supported Jinger’s book (that I’m aware) they can’t be mad at her and visit. It’s good to see she has at least two siblings on her side. Jessa, BFF, where are you?

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SMama

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19 minutes ago, Lady Whistleup said:

Gideon shouldn't be with a shovel with no shoes on. Seriously what is Joy's phobia of shoes?

Joy and her sisters wore dollar flip flops from a Walmart for everything, including a steep, rocky hike in Central America. By the time TLC came along the girl was just a product of her feral upbringing. Come to think of it the older Duggar girls (even Jana) have had a hard time wearing proper footwear. Jill thought it was OK to be barefoot on her wedding day because she liked the height difference with Derick. Ballet slippers you rube.

We have been sharing old movies with SGirl and we watched The Birdcage last weekend. I thought of Joy when Spartacus Agator was fumbling around. Yes, I’m that old. 

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Heathen

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4 minutes ago, SMama said:

Joy and her sisters wore dollar flip flops from a Walmart for everything, including a steep, rocky hike in Central America. By the time TLC came along the girl was just a product of her feral upbringing. Come to think of it the older Duggar girls (even Jana) have had a hard time wearing proper footwear. Jill thought it was OK to be barefoot on her wedding day because she liked the height difference with Derick. Ballet slippers you rube.

We have been sharing old movies with SGirl and we watched The Birdcage last weekend. I thought of Joy when Spartacus Agator was fumbling around. Yes, I’m that old. 

Which J'slave had the funky feet on her wedding day? (I don't mean funky as in cool.) Was it Jill, or was it Joy? 

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Stevie Nicks

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28 minutes ago, crazycatlady58 said:

Not sure why it's pathetic everyone is different and some feel the cold more than other people. 

Because 64* isn't cold in any way.  Needing a heavy jacket is ridiculous unless you've got some health problem. Thin blooded people or something.  Southerners are wimps when it comes to cold weather. 

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ozziemom

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4 minutes ago, Stevie Nicks said:

Because 64* isn't cold in any way.  Needing a heavy jacket is ridiculous unless you've got some health problem. Thin blooded people or something.  Southerners are wimps when it comes to cold weather. 

As a Floridian who used to live in New England, thin blood is a real thing. When I walk Ozzie in the morning and it’s around 65 degrees I definitely have a coat on. And puffer coats are perfect cos they are just warm enough for us wimpy folks. But if Joy is cold, yes the kids should have shoes and a jacket too.

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