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Josiah and Lauren: He Has To Marry Somebody


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16 minutes ago, Heathen said:

The Gaineses attend a homophobic church. They're far more like the Duggars than a lot of people like to admit. 

Oh, I agree with this. I don't particularly like the Gaines, but the Duggars will never be in their league because of their lack of work ethic and education.

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2 hours ago, lookeyloo said:

Which is why I gave up on them.

The first time I saw Chip he reminded me so much of Jim Bob I couldn’t watch again. And mind you, the only time I’d seen Jim Bob was when they invaded Say Yes to the Dress. Something about them creeped me out and I wasn’t surprised to learn about their church. 

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20 hours ago, Normades said:

At first I read that as clean crisp linens and I thought that must be a change for Josiah.  It does make me wonder what those boys think when they get married and actually get to sleep in clean beds with sheets.  Then I wonder what the husbands of the girls think when they come home and are expected to sleep on a bare mattress!!  Can you tell the no sheets thing really grosses me out???

the girls' dorm seems like it has real bedding, but, do you think the new wives have to remind their husbands to shower before getting into bed?  Or that Austin has to tell Joy to wash her filthy feet?

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3 hours ago, lookeyloo said:

the girls' dorm seems like it has real bedding, but, do you think the new wives have to remind their husbands to shower before getting into bed?  Or that Austin has to tell Joy to wash her filthy feet?

Yep. Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if some marryers-in had to remind Duggarlings not to just fall asleep in their clothes in a corner somewhere. Or half on, half off a staircase. 

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Just reading on another site that a poster thinks Lauren is pregnant because Josiah has prenatal vitamins & a nursery rocking chair listed on his Amazon Wishlist.   

Any way to verify this?  (I'm old & computer challenged. )

ETA:  I know a lot of women take prenatal vitamins while trying to get pregnant so that's really not a reason to think she's pregnant.  But the rocking chair...who knows with this gang? They may have just listed it to get everyone talking (like us.)

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2 hours ago, DangerousMinds said:

They can’t buy their own prenatal vitamins?

Lmfaoo, right? Excuse me for a moment while I go put dental floss and q-tips on my wish list. Ffs, Josiah, just go to CVS and buy the vitamins. 

I hate to break it to Lauren, but Josiah's going to be Josh 2.0. I don't mean that he's going to molest girls, but I guarantee there'll be a cheating scandal somewhere down the line. His dead eyes and flat facial expression are carbon copies of Josh's. 

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1 hour ago, JoanArc said:

Yeah, these shows are selectively edited to hell and back. I'll believe it when it's shown. I feel bad for her - to be stuck with Josiah, and have a miscarriage spread around the media  - she's just a teenager, right? Probably already regretting some life choices.

If she did have a miscarriage, I feel terrible for both of them. If, as we suspect, Josiah was harried to Alert numerous times for being some kind of ungodly misfit he'd likely be tormented by guilt -- or at least agonizing questions -- over a miscarriage, too, given their beliefs. 

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But lots od women have early misscariages. How pregnant was she?

My doctor said that it was "natural selection" and it is expected that a woman who tries and has more than one child will have a misscariage in the process.

I have 2 ivf children and 1 lost baby from spontaneus pregnany. So I feel for her. It is hard, even without the "God punishment" idea

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That's terrible. Both that she miscarried, and how they have to talk about in public - on a timeline driven by the TLC show. Maybe that worked out okay for them - or maybe they would have preferred a quiet statement (no video) shortly after it happened, or not to have to go public with it at all. 

This is definitely the dark side of the Duggars' role as procreators for Jesus. It's all fine when the babies get born in the spotlight, but not all pregnancies are successful. And apparently it's obligatory for a Duggar wife to make ratings out of a miscarriage too.

The image of that calendar with Michelle's fertility cycle, carefully tracked by her children, and posted on the fridge in the family's kitchen, and featured on their cable TV show, pretty much tells the story of their lives for all the Duggar daughters and daughters-in-law.

FFS, Lauren is only 19. I wonder how many of their leghumpers share the fundie/Gothard views that miscarriage is God's punishment for sin - and are sharing that message with this couple now. I just spent a few minutes going down that rabbit hole of abusive theological bullsh*t, and I can't take much of it, but it has to be hellish if Lauren believes all that. 

I've posted links to a random set of articles about this issue in the religion topic. Might as well not waste my quick research results.

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3 hours ago, Lunera said:

It appears that Lauren had a miscarriage. The new preview shows Lauren and Josiah announcing their pregnancy to their family with a shirt that says 'Mamma in the making' and then cuts to the a scene of Lauren crying and the producers asking her what happened. 

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A couple of the posters mentioned the pregnancy in the comment section of the Florida pucture.

I never realized they believe miscarriage is God's way of punishing them for sinning.  I know Cathy said something similar about cancer & the devil but what a way to torture these couples. It's bad enough having a miscarriage but then having to believe God took the baby from you because you sinned is just awful.  These people are just unbelievable (in their beliefs.) 

ETA: I wonder if Lauren was allowed to see an OB Gyn after the miscarriage to make sure everything is OK. I know sometimes a D&C is required.  Hoping that Jill didn't just tell her everthing is fine & there's no need to see a heathan professional doctor.

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37 minutes ago, awaken said:

 I agree. I hope that it was their sincere desire to share their experience with the public, and not show driven. 

This is the Duggars. They're the Kardashians of the fundie world. 100% show driven.

Granted Jilly Muffin made a statement about announcing early even if she miscarried because sanctity of life and blah blah blah.

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49 minutes ago, Annb67 said:

I'm sorry she miscarried, I truly am. However, and I'm going to sound like an insensitive bitch but these people announce their pregnancies sometimes barely into a month. Look, I've had numerous miscarriages so I get it. However, just sitting around waiting to get pregnant while everyone else waits for you to announce fuels this crazy announcing while your pee stick is still wet and your maybe one day late. Just....slow...down.

These are the same people who like to crow about sex having consequences, so YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ABORTION EVER, KAREN. Miscarriage is a consequence of sex, too. They need to one-up Anna and name it, though.

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1 hour ago, madpsych78 said:

But she never publicly announced she was pregnant. Didn't she just tell the family?

Yep. I imagine they were prepping for an announcement after the Jabbie wedding special.

I really hope these two are taking the time for themselves. They're so young. Lauren shouldn't be worried about getting pregnant ASAP.

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