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Joy and Austin: This One Time At Family Camp


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1 minute ago, maraleia said:

I'll say it again. Joy is the first in a long line of younger Duggar siblings to be worse off than their older siblings because their so-called education has been even more stunted.

Maybe. But at least her husband-to-be HAS a legitimate job, unless Jessa's or Jill's. Jeremy still TBD.

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2 hours ago, maraleia said:

I'll say it again. Joy is the first in a long line of younger Duggar siblings to be worse off than their older siblings because their so-called education has been even more stunted.

I agree. The J'Slaves strike me as at least being competent enough to do retail jobs, basic office work, waitressing, reception, etc. Joy is just....there. 

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13 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

I agree. The J'Slaves strike me as at least being competent enough to do retail jobs, basic office work, waitressing, reception, etc. Joy is just....there. 

I agree. If they weren't Duggars, that's exactly what they'd be doing.

Working, earning their own money, learning to be independent rather than codependent, making new friends, building relationships with coworkers and customers, you know, Just People Things...instead of Just Duggar Things 

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57 minutes ago, Arwen Evenstar said:

I agree. If they weren't Duggars, that's exactly what they'd be doing.

Working, earning their own money, learning to be independent rather than codependent, making new friends, building relationships with coworkers and customers, you know, Just People Things...instead of Just Duggar Things 

Yep. Great job there, J'Chelle and Boob.

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47 minutes ago, kaleidoscope said:

I'm wondering how the general viewing public will respond to Joy's courtship/engagement.  She is so young and I think this could be the wake up call for the non fundies to really see what is going on with the daughters being pushed into relationships for ratings.

At least we can be thankful they aren't allowed to wed until they finish their SOTDRT edumakayshun.

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1 hour ago, kaleidoscope said:

I'm wondering how the general viewing public will respond to Joy's courtship/engagement.  She is so young and I think this could be the wake up call for the non fundies to really see what is going on with the daughters being pushed into relationships for ratings.

Joy is legal age, so I don't expect much indignation. There are shows out there for teen marriage or teen wedding or something. I don't think the kids are fundies in those shows, but I'm not sure.

Joy does have the option to say no, but she doesn't like math and it's either marry this guy or upgrade her highschool and become an engineer sooo you know...

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22 hours ago, BitterApple said:

I agree. The J'Slaves strike me as at least being competent enough to do retail jobs, basic office work, waitressing, reception, etc. Joy is just....there. 

I think Joy could wait tables or retail jobs. She is smiley and pleasant.   Most young people rely completely on the register to do all the math. I don't know about the office work, but she could  even be a receptionist, depending on the venue.  I think she'd be as competent as most if not all of her sisters.  Like Jessa, I think some of her ignorance is studied, like she knows there's no benefit to trying to learn.  

3 hours ago, Temperance said:

I think Joy could wait tables or retail jobs. She is smiley and pleasant.   Most young people rely completely on the register to do all the math. I don't know about the office work, but she could  even be a receptionist, depending on the venue.  I think she'd be as competent as most if not all of her sisters.  Like Jessa, I think some of her ignorance is studied, like she knows there's no benefit to trying to learn.  

I think this might be difficult for her.  She may be smiley but one must be good at communication to work with the public.  With her lack of education and the type of biz she is marrying into, I am thinking dishwasher or maid far away from anyone who may want an answer to a question.  

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On 1/11/2017 at 7:46 PM, Kokapetl said:

Honestly, this story sounds like it could happen to Joy

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That's actually heartbreaking. Wow. An astounding number of people don't know the difference between the urethra and vagina, or the clitoris for that matter. I remember it being an eye-opening experience when I examined myself with a mirror, but something tells me the Duggars do not encourage such behavior. After all, to quote them from their book, "We believe touching one's genitals for pleasure is wrong." Mirror exploration could indeed lead to such horrific evil.

On 1/11/2017 at 8:26 PM, kaleidoscope said:

I'm wondering how the general viewing public will respond to Joy's courtship/engagement.  She is so young and I think this could be the wake up call for the non fundies to really see what is going on with the daughters being pushed into relationships for ratings.

I don't think it will particularly raise any eyebrows. 19 is very young to contemplate marriage in most people's opinions, but perfectly legal. I don't think most people are as cynical as we are in thinking that the daughters are being pushed into relationships for ratings. 

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How is their courtship going to be film-worthy? We already know they don't kiss or hold hands and that someone has to be with them at all times to make sure they stay pure for their wedding night. I guess we'll see a bunch of silliness from Joy as she gets to know her betrothed by spending time at the camp with her younger sibling/chaperones. Spiders and snakes and sticks, oh my!

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16 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

I can count on one hand the people I know that married and still are married to the person they dated when they were 18. And all but one of these couples dated others before they started dating their spouses.

No joke, my parents have been together since they were 16. They met at a Hebrew School dance. 

However, both sets of grandparents were NOT happy when my parents declared at 19 they wanted to get married. And they were only allowed to do so with the promise that both would stay in school. 

So...nothing like the Duggars, actually. Unless Joy and Austin were secretly hot for each other when they were younger. Which is possible, I guess...

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On 1/16/2017 at 5:47 PM, GeeGolly said:

I can count on one hand the people I know that married and still are married to the person they dated when they were 18. And all but one of these couples dated others before they started dating their spouses.

One of my sons is married to his hs sweetheart. Have a son of their own in college and another is a junior is high school. Worried us, but they are a success story. Another is back with his hs girlfriend, has a daughter with her. She was a bad idea then and a worse idea now.

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Plenty of tabloids are wagging that Joy is already preggers /had a pregnancy scare that she had to come clean to her family about because they have already been knocking boots for a year. Since Joy can't do anything without a chaperone, I don't know why this rumor is so prevalent.

She wouldn't be doing anything most kids her age aren't already doing if it was true. As much as I disagree with and dislike her parents and her oppressive upbringing, I really can't stand to see this young woman so impugned.  I wonder how Joy would feel if she knew about the rumors. 

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1 minute ago, DangerousMinds said:

I would love it if one of these kids rebelled and unapologetically DID have sex because they wanted to, but I really doubt Joy has done so.

We already saw Josh doing this with hookers, and it was squicky to say the least. But yeah, I'd like these adult kids to tell their purity obsessed parents that they're adults who don't need a chaperone and to take a flying leap on a rolling donut. JD is 27 and hasn't got the balls to do it, so I doubt any of them will.

I applaud good morals, but quit telling us that you get to set your own standards...we know that's not true...you don't get a choice...it's Jim Boob's way  or no way.

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I'm honestly wondering what kind of feelings Joy has for Austin. If she's known him since she was 4 years old, is it really possible that she has the normal "falling in love" types of feelings/attractions that most people have when they start dating? It really seems to be like this is indeed an arranged marriage for Joy and it was arranged by Jim Bob in order to keep the television series going. The Duggars were ready to push Josiah, who was all of 18 at the time, into a courtship/marriage two years ago, and probably would have if the show had not been cancelled. I do hope that some viewers are horrified at what is going on and that the ratings end up dropping. 

Also, after this upcoming wedding and the new babies being born in the next few months, what will be left to show? Somehow, even if they end up getting one or more of the boys married off, it probably won't be as interesting a storyline unless they find brides who don't mind being on camera, like Anna. 

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Joy and Austin strike me as two buddies getting married and setting up house. I honestly don't believe Joy even grasps what this whole thing means. It wouldn't surprise me if she thinks she and Austin will have bunk beds in their room at Fort Rock and play flashlight tag at night. She is just way too immature at this stage in her life to make this sort of commitment and Boob is a total dick for allowing this to happen.

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Flashlight tag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What until she sees Austin's flashlight!!!!!!!!  hahahahahaha

Agreed...Joy doesn't grasp all of this at all.  The older girls are getting married and having babies so she is doing it too.  I wish her well.  From what I see of Austin, he seems pretty benign.  Maybe they will be happy together?  Joy does not seem like a complex person so this might be OK for her.  She has low expectations in life and Austin will work at the family camp...   Sometimes simple folk doing simple things have a simple life that they are satisfied with. 

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22 minutes ago, Marigold said:

Sometimes simple folk doing simple things have a simple life that they are satisfied with. 

THIS!!! Some people just want a quiet life. Joy seems to have low expectations, since she said she's "over school", so no doubt marrying her childhood bestie seems the next logical step for her life. And, she seems perfectly fine with that.

PS because I'm 12 years old, I had the same thought about the flashlight.  Maybe she'll be pleased if she learns he's got a Magnalite! I'll be trudging off to the prayer closet now...

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To me, Joy is a little girl trapped in a young woman's body.  It may be the way the show is scripted, but she does not appear to have the maturity that a soon-to-be-married woman should have.  We don't know much about Austin at this point, he may be the same way.  Or maybe he is more mature (seeing as he was required to work at the camp) and has a different mindset than Joy.  

My other thought is that Joy won't need to have any skills aside from working at the camp.  She and Austin will most likely live there and Jim Bob and Michelle will simply be replaced by Austin's parents.  No need for headship when authority will be transferred between parental units.

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9 minutes ago, Lady Edith said:

My other thought is that Joy won't need to have any skills aside from working at the camp.  She and Austin will most likely live there and Jim Bob and Michelle will simply be replaced by Austin's parents.  No need for headship when authority will be transferred between parental units.

If joy is as simple as she seems on the show and Austin is a simple guy too...this might not be a bad thing for them.  They have jobs, a place to live and help from parents.  (assuming his parents aren't horrible and abusive). It might actually be a good match and would it really matter if Joy is 19 or 21?  She might have peaked at her maturity and this is Joy! And if that's who she is...maybe snagging a decent guy is a a realistic solid life goal for her.   

I have to see more of this couple but right now, it seems pretty OK.  

(I just hope that Austin's parents don't work her hard!!!) 

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Joy is different from her older sisters in the sense that they were raised in a clump, almost as one, in a very Gothard way. Their hair was permed, they were mothering their siblings and reached the get-ready-for-marriage-and-babies season of life together. At the time JB & M thought they fixed the problem that was Josh and put much of their focus on Jana, Jill, Jessa and Jinger. Joy was left to play with her brothers and really was a Lost Boy.

Here she is now, barely 19 and following the path that was paved for her. She probably likes Austin, has butterflies when thinking of kissing him and is flattered that he likes her. The next steps are marriage and babies. This is all she knows. She probably thinks she is right where she needs to be in life.

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10 hours ago, CarolMK said:

I'm honestly wondering what kind of feelings Joy has for Austin. If she's known him since she was 4 years old, is it really possible that she has the normal "falling in love" types of feelings/attractions that most people have when they start dating?

Maybe I'm misreading you, but are you suggesting that it may be impossible to fall in love with someone that you've known first as a childhood friend? Because yes, you can. It can even be kind of magical. I have no idea if that's what Joy and Austin have experienced, but I hope like hell it is. 

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On 1/16/2017 at 4:47 PM, GeeGolly said:

I can count on one hand the people I know that married and still are married to the person they dated when they were 18. And all but one of these couples dated others before they started dating their spouses.

I actually know quite a few high school sweethearts who are my age (36) and still married.  Some even older than that.  I absolutely think you can build a life with the person you first loved.  However, all of the people I know were not as sheltered as Joy and had more life experience than she has had, even at 18.

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6 hours ago, 88Keys said:

I actually know quite a few high school sweethearts who are my age (36) and still married.  Some even older than that.  I absolutely think you can build a life with the person you first loved.  However, all of the people I know were not as sheltered as Joy and had more life experience than she has had, even at 18.

I know two people in marriages since they were 18. Long (10-20 year) unions. I get the feeling they married the first thing to come along and held on tight out of necessity. If Joy is happy, that's fine, I just done want her marrying just to be a 6 week plotline.

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On 1/18/2017 at 7:17 AM, Arwen Evenstar said:

Plenty of tabloids are wagging that Joy is already preggers /had a pregnancy scare that she had to come clean to her family about because they have already been knocking boots for a year. Since Joy can't do anything without a chaperone, I don't know why this rumor is so prevalent.

She wouldn't be doing anything most kids her age aren't already doing if it was true. As much as I disagree with and dislike her parents and her oppressive upbringing, I really can't stand to see this young woman so impugned.  I wonder how Joy would feel if she knew about the rumors. 

Crazy days and nights, the blind item gossip site, revealed a blind along the same line around the time Jinger got engaged.  It said they had to rush a daughter in to marriage because of pre-marital hanky panky.  I just assumed it was Jinger.  Crazy days and nights also had a reveal about trading one of the daughters for ratings.  After that one came out, I figured that was Joy.  But the preggers /had a pregnancy scare makes sense to me now too.

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