The Duggars and Their World: Fashion, Food, Finance, Schoolin’ and Child Rearin'

[jcbrown]

That picture of the girls when they were little makes me sad for them and furious at Josh all over again. His youngest victim was five years old, as I recall.

[JoanArc]

These are the kids they had during the laundry room breakdown.

[Temperance]

4 minutes ago, JoanArc said:

These are the kids they had during the laundry room breakdown.

Joy wasn't born yet. Joseph was the baby when that happened. 

[JoanArc]

2 hours ago, Temperance said:

Joy wasn't born yet. Joseph was the baby when that happened. 

 Oh, I counted to seven. Whoops.

[coconspirator]

6 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

I THINK the order is:  Joy, JD, Jinger, Jill, Baby Joe, Jessa, and Jana.

[Temperance]

20 minutes ago, coconspirator said:

I THINK the order is:  Joy, JD, Jinger, Jill, Baby Joe, Jessa, and Jana.

Joe is older than Joy by 2 almost 3 years. 

The first seven Duggars are Josh, Jana, John David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger and Joseph (joe). This is when the laundry room breakdown happened.

Then Josiah, and Joy.  I think that's Josiah in the get up unless that baby is younger than Joy.  I think you're right and that is JD. Good eyes!

[farmgal4]

29 minutes ago, coconspirator said:

I THINK the order is:  Joy, JD, Jinger, Jill, Baby Joe, Jessa, and Jana.

Wow, I think Spurgie looks like Jessa!

[madpsych78]

I think the blonde baby in front is Josiah. The only ones missing are Josh and Joe (unless the younger twins were alive by that point).

[Zella]

22 minutes ago, madpsych78 said:

I think the blonde baby in front is Josiah. The only ones missing are Josh and Joe (unless the younger twins were alive by that point).

The good people of Reddit also were thinking this is from the era of 9 kids with Josh and Joe missing, so I think you're probably right. 

[Lunera]

10 hours ago, Nysha said:

So, Jennifer & Johanna still share a bed?!? 4 girls have married and moved out since they were all stuffed in that room. Why don't they have their own beds? 

I think the girls twin beds went to the Hardly Boys.

[GeeGolly]

13 minutes ago, Lunera said:

I think the girls twin beds went to the Hardly Boys.

Makes total sense. Jed and Jer couldn't take their own beds because they're still sleeping in them at the TTH.

[MsJamieDornan]

On 7/24/2020 at 5:01 PM, Nysha said:

I think it's pretty impressive, although like everything else Duggar, I have a hard time believing Jason did this all by himself.

Well, that's because James did it.

[JoanArc]

 I doubt the older brothers took the beds, they just borrow them for a photo shoot and then return them. We know they aren’t living in that house. 

[Temperance]

I just looked at the bed picture. It's possible they painted the names on when they were little and just repainted them. 

[Sew Sumi]

13 hours ago, Temperance said:

I just looked at the bed picture. It's possible they painted the names on when they were little and just repainted them. 

No, Jana and Jill had the queen beds when everyone lived at home. Jill shared with Jenni. I don't know who Jana shared with since Jordyn was Jessa's buddy and Jessa had a twin bed. I think Hannie had her own twin bed. 

[floridamom]

Poor Jana had to share her bed with Josie.....,maybe now she gets to share it with Laura.

[Future Cat Lady]

4 hours ago, floridamom said:

Poor Jana had to share her bed with Josie.....,maybe now she gets to share it with Laura.

Well, nothing will happen. Women don’t have sexual desires.

[BigBingerBro]

[Sew Sumi]

Jackson Bates was scheduled to go to ALERT when the pandemic hit. I wonder if this is ALERT's first session since, hence the Duggars recruiting communique?

[Zella]

"to meet needs in times of crisis" 

What in the name of everloving doublespeak does that mean?

[dargosmydaddy]

How come Jed! never went?

[Sew Sumi]

I guess he was already thoroughly indoctrinated. The others seemed to need a nudge to remind them where their bread is buttered.

[madpsych78]

2 minutes ago, dargosmydaddy said:

How come Jed! never went?

That's what I was wondering. 

Perhaps because he towed the line and didn't need to go?

[Temperance]

44 minutes ago, Zella said:

"to meet needs in times of crisis" 

What in the name of everloving doublespeak does that mean?

It sounds good and useful. It's a fluff line to make parents want to send their sons and fork over money. 

[Sew Sumi]

I wonder what kind of kickback the Duggars are getting for shilling this? We know Boob well enough to know he doesn't do anything for free.

[Zella]

7 minutes ago, Temperance said:

It sounds good and useful. It's a fluff line to make parents want to send their sons and fork over money. 

It's a tagline for a porn parody that is just waiting to happen. LOL

[GeeGolly]

7 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

Jackson Bates was scheduled to go to ALERT when the pandemic hit. I wonder if this is ALERT's first session since, hence the Duggars recruiting communique?

I just mention this in another thread. Jackson B said they we rescheduling for the fall, so I'm guessing yes, this is the first session since it was cancelled. 

[Churchhoney]

7 hours ago, Zella said:

"to meet needs in times of crisis" 

What in the name of everloving doublespeak does that mean?

To help Christian parents fight off the growing hordes of evolutionary biologists when they come for your children. And they will.

I find it odd to find this statement prominently placed in a "statement of faith," as it is in the Alert Academy "statement of faith": "We believe Adam was directly created in innocence and in the image of God and did not evolve from preexisting forms of life."

Do they find it just too too icky to be genetically related to chimps, or what? I can't imagine what's in their minds that makes this so important, other than the fact that this is sort of what Genesis implies. But, taken literally, the Bible implies many many things that they don't mention in their faith statement and many they probably don't even believe.

So odd.

Anyway, Alert was "inspired by the United States Marine Corps." So I guess it's prepared the Duggarling males (except Josh and Jed! -- the terminally smug apparently don't need this program) to do something or other in the halls of Montezuma and on the shores of Tripoli. Does this mean that Josh and Jed! will have to be rescued by the lesser other Duggarling brothers if they stumble into trouble in places like this?

Interesting that the sons JB has obviously viewed in some way as his potential heirs in the political dynasty he's clearly dreamed of did not get this very valuable Marine-inspired training. Does that mean he's actually the scaredy-cat weenie I think he is? Because he seems disinclined to put the super-smug sons he most identifies with through this supposedly extra-manly "training" regimen. You'd think the family politicos might need it most.

 

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by Churchhoney

[GeeGolly]

17 minutes ago, Churchhoney said:

To help Christian parents fight off the growing hordes of evolutionary biologists when they come for your children. And they will.

I find it odd to find this statement prominently placed in a "statement of faith," as it is in the Alert Academy "statement of faith": "We believe Adam was directly created in innocence and in the image of God and did not evolve from preexisting forms of life."

Do they find it just too too icky to be genetically related to chimps, or what? I can't imagine what's in their minds that makes this so important, other than the fact that this is sort of what Genesis implies. But, taken literally, the Bible implies many many things that they don't mention in their faith statement and many they probably don't even believe.

So odd.

Anyway, Alert was "inspired by the United States Marine Corps." So I guess it's prepared the Duggarling males (except Josh and Jed! -- the terminally smug apparently don't need this program) to do something or other in the halls of Montezuma and on the shores of Tripoli. Does this mean that Josh and Jed! will have to be rescued by the lesser other Duggarling brothers if they stumble into trouble in places like this?

Interesting that the sons JB has obviously viewed in some way as his potential heirs in the political dynasty he's clearly dreamed of did not get this very valuable Marine-inspired training. Does that mean he's actually the scaredy-cat weenie I think he is? Because he seems disinclined to put the super-smug sons he most identifies with through this supposedly extra-manly "training" regimen. You'd think the family politicos might need it most.

 

 

I'm guessing Josh and JD didn't go because the Duggars lacked the funds then. It is super curious as to why Jed didn't go though.

[Churchhoney]

27 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I'm guessing Josh and JD didn't go because the Duggars lacked the funds then.

Plus there were no whispers of TeeVee at that time, I guess. So they didn't have leverage to get the freebie Alert stints that I assume JB has wangled for since, once he could offer super speshul international publicity as payment, instead of cash.

The Jed! thing is really puzzling, though.

[GeeGolly]

11 minutes ago, Churchhoney said:

Plus there were no whispers of TeeVee at that time, I guess. So they didn't have leverage to get the freebie Alert stints that I assume JB has wangled for since, once he could offer super speshul international publicity as payment, instead of cash.

The Jed! thing is really puzzling, though.

Tiny whispers in 2004. Josh would have been 16 and JD 14.

[ozziemom]

Josh and JD were probably too busy building TTH to have time for Alert. But Jed! not going is puzzling. Has Justin gone or is he too young? Hard to keep track of the birth order of the former Howlers.

[ginger90]

[Churchhoney]

2 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Tiny whispers in 2004. Josh would have been 16 and JD 14.

For some reason, I always think of Josh as way older than that! (probably because he's so often appeared to be about 50)

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by Churchhoney

[Insert Username]

On 5/18/2014 at 9:59 PM, bigskygirl said:

salt and vinegar cucumbers?  I might have to try those. I use to eat cucumber slices in a bowl with vinegar, a touch of water, and onions. Yum, yum. Yes, I have tried tator tot casserole, but my husband makes it better and healthier.

MMMMM... cucumber, onions, salt, vinegar, lots of black pepper, and a 1/2 tsp of sugar is one of our favorite summer side dishes. It only gets better over a couple of days.  With a slice of pumpernickel bread, with butter and farmer cheese, and it is a complete meal for me!

It drives me crazy that no one teaches these women how to properly cook a healthy meal for a crowd. It makes me happy to see Jessa, Jinger, and Jill actually trying to branch out a bit. I have to give credit to them for also introducing their children to different foods early. 

I think Jill was the most damaged by Josh and is also an empath, so she feels things a little more deeply. I think she also had a hard time processing why something bad happened to her when she did everything right according to her parents' rules. I think Jessa is able to compartmentalize more and shrug things off. It doesn't make either one better or worse (I really don't get the Jessa hate - maybe because I tend to be pragmatic and unemotional to outsiders, which can come across as cold...but I deeply adore my family and am very affectionate in private!)

[sixlets]

17 hours ago, dargosmydaddy said:

How come Jed! never went?

He's too pretty?  

(Sorry, I'm an entire mood today.  Heading to the p.c. for some adult beverages) 🍹

[Sew Sumi]

9 hours ago, ozziemom said:

Josh and JD were probably too busy building TTH to have time for Alert. But Jed! not going is puzzling. Has Justin gone or is he too young? Hard to keep track of the birth order of the former Howlers.

I think Justin is 17. But one of the few prereqs ALERT has is a GED or HS diploma. He could be headed out with Troop 63 for all we know.

1 hour ago, sixlets said:

He's too pretty?  

(Sorry, I'm an entire mood today.  Heading to the p.c. for some adult beverages) 🍹

Jed is a lot of things. Pretty ain't one of them. 😁

[emma675]

Good lord, the Duggars must be getting some kind of kickback from Alert to be pushing it this hard.

[GeeGolly]

Jed's probably kicking himself now. Having Alert on his resume might the difference between winning or losing the election. 😉😎

[Sew Sumi]

I think the boys have gone for free for years in exchange for Boobchelle speaking at the ATI conferences. And I'm sure the girls got free passes to JTTH. don't know what else they could bleed IBLP/ATI for. 

[JoanArc]

2 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

I think the boys have gone for free for years in exchange for Boobchelle speaking at the ATI conferences. And I'm sure the girls got free passes to JTTH. don't know what else they could bleed IBLP/ATI for. 

 Humans to traffick.

[dargosmydaddy]

3 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

But one of the few prereqs ALERT has is a GED or HS diploma.

Really? Interesting, since it's been speculated on here that most of the middle-to-younger Duggars did not actually get their GED. I wonder if there's a special Duggar waiver (they accept Duggar academy diplomas?), or if they're slightly brighter than we've given them credit for. 

If that's the reason Jed! never went, I find it hilarious. Mr. "Improve Educational Outcomes" being the only one of his adult brothers who couldn't pass the GED... you can't make this shit up!

[Sew Sumi]

It didn't even occur to me that the ALERT Academy would waive the GED requirement for the Duggars (and Bateses). But here we are. And I'm sure they do.

[cmr2014]

On 7/29/2020 at 8:53 AM, JoanArc said:

 I doubt the older brothers took the beds, they just borrow them for a photo shoot and then return them. We know they aren’t living in that house. 

I think it's very possible that both things are true. They took the beds from their sisters, and they never sleep in them.

JD is so damn cheap. Those beds were freebies from when the TTH was first built, and I would bet one million dollars that he has never replaced them. They never bought any new beds after they had more kids. They just stuffed the smaller ones into pack and plays, and when they got to big for the pack and plays, they slept with older siblings.

The comfort and convenience of his children -- especially the girls -- means nothing to him at all. They needed beds for photos of the "bachelor pad" so they took them out of the girls's room without the slightest bit of thought, or concern, about where they would sleep.

[MargeGunderson]

A picture on the Josh and Anna thread reminded me of a question about fundie dressing: what is up with couples wearing matching outfits? Not coordinating but matching. I remember that it was cool in junior high when my friends and I would all wear the same color shirt on Fridays, but we grew out of that phase pretty quickly. Will they forget who their spouse is without the matching clothes? Are the reliving the early teenage years they never had together? I’m imagining what this might look like at a fundie conference, probably a sea of khaki pants, beige skirts and polo shirts.

[BigBingerBro]

[DangerousMinds]

Of course no masks in sight. 😢

[lookeyloo]

5 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Of course no masks in sight. 😢

That is a very old picture!!!!

[GeeGolly]

OH MY GOODNESS. Look at Michelle's hair! 

[crazy8s]

when these old pics come up I can just hear what Jeremy would have to say to Jinger. making fun of how ridiculous they looked, the home perms, used shoes, prairie dresses and all. though I think he bought some things used at the beginning of his pocket square fashion stage, Jinger's thrift store shopping as seen on tv would be reason for him to make fun of her and in turn boast of superiority over JB and Michelle