Duggar talk

[aimeefarrahfowler]

Okay, I just had to start a new thread so I can talk about last night's episode.

Poor little Josie! But WTAF, Michelle didn't even come home until the morning after she got out of the hospital??? Holy shit. If my kid had a seizure and was taken to the hospital, I would be on the very next plane home. They were in Chicago, that is like a 2 hour flight. Serious side eye. SERIOUS.

[vanessalc]

I would hate to think what would happen to Josie if Janna ever left the compound. She has saved her life so many times.

[junkytrunk]

I was thinking the same thing. Weren't they gone one other time when Josie had a health scare?

Also, when josh and Anna went to meet the midwife and Marcus had a HUGE ASS puffy jacket on in the car seat! Oh lord I could barely watch when they showed that. The seatbelt was so loose because of it.

[aylafsu1881]

Just watched the episode and all I can say is wow. Poor Jana. That is such a responsibility to care for Josie in a situation like that. Michelle is a total ass. She did not even seem to care that Josie had a seizure. I mean she called it a small "glitch". WTF says something like that, especially a mother?

[trixi282]

You read my mind starting this thread!

As for coming home, honestly I don't know if I would have rushed home that day or not. I've had emergencies (not with J) that occurred before but sometimes it's just not possible to hop on a plane right that instant, plus it's really expensive to change a flight last minute.... But - I do agree that she seemed a bit more lax than I would have when I finally did get home. I would be rushing into the house to that little one!

I noticed the coat in the carseat too - completely crazy, someone needs to send them some links to car seat safety, asap.... And while we're on them, the birthing center they went to is in Old Town Alexandria, and is like 3 blocks from where I used to work. I used to pass that place every day! I was like "I know exactly where they are!!"

[vanessalc]

They don't need car seat and baby wearing safety... They pray for protection safety practices would imply that they don't have complete faith that Jesus will protect them.

[trixi282]

So they're showing old episode update stuff tonight... Whatever happened to Jana, the oldest girl?

[junkytrunk]

Apr 30, 2015 19:03:57 GMT -5 trixi282 said:

So they're showing old episode update stuff tonight... Whatever happened to Jana, the oldest girl?

Jana is still there at her parents. She helps with everything around the house. She is the head of the house when the parents are gone.

[trixi282]

Apr 30, 2015 19:59:09 GMT -5 junkytrunk said:

Apr 30, 2015 19:03:57 GMT -5 trixi282 said:

So they're showing old episode update stuff tonight... Whatever happened to Jana, the oldest girl?

Jana is still there at her parents. She helps with everything around the house. She is the head of the house when the parents are gone.

Hmm, I guess I just haven't seen her much in the last few episodes I've seen because a lot of them have been focused on Jill and Jessa lately... and when they show the other girls it's always the other/younger ones.  I just haven't heard her name a whole lot.

[junkytrunk]

Apr 30, 2015 20:07:02 GMT -5 trixi282 said:

Apr 30, 2015 19:59:09 GMT -5 junkytrunk said:

Jana is still there at her parents. She helps with everything around the house. She is the head of the house when the parents are gone.

Hmm, I guess I just haven't seen her much in the last few episodes I've seen because a lot of them have been focused on Jill and Jessa lately... and when they show the other girls it's always the other/younger ones.  I just haven't heard her name a whole lot.

Ya on the last episode they showed the girls redecorating their room. She's in that one a little bit. I think she seems really shy too and not too comfortable in front of the camera, unlike other Duggars, so that could be why too.

[sarasansh]

Apr 29, 2015 23:14:24 GMT -5 junkytrunk said:

I was thinking the same thing. Weren't they gone one other time when Josie had a health scare?

Also, when josh and Anna went to meet the midwife and Marcus had a HUGE ASS puffy jacket on in the car seat! Oh lord I could barely watch when they showed that. The seatbelt was so loose because of it.

I just got a chance to watch the episode last night and this actually bothered me WAY more than the seizure thing. His straps were so freaking loose! They did a quick shot of the other kids and their straps were also super loose, although it was hard to tell if Josh had tightened them yet or not.

The only thing that doesn't make me side eye Michelle about the seizure thing is that it was a febrile seizure. But it's still bullshit that Jana has basically become the mom. I think Michelle got so used to the girls running everything that now that Jessa and Jill are gone she literally doesn't remember how to be a mother anymore.

Poor Jana. I think she loves her siblings too much to defect but doesn't really seem to want the kind of life she's been raised in.

[vanessalc]

I'm at Chick-fil-a... Wearing a maxi skirt. I'm feeling very "Duggar" right now.

[summergirl1211]

I'm watching some old episodes leading up to Jessa's wedding. Why does Jill still have a chaperone sometimes now that they're married? Can Jill never go anywhere alone?

[sarasansh]

vanessalc I can no longer wear a maxi skirt without thinking of the Duggars.

[aylafsu1881]

May 5, 2015 12:01:38 GMT -5 summergirl1211 said:

I'm watching some old episodes leading up to Jessa's wedding. Why does Jill still have a chaperone sometimes now that they're married? Can Jill never go anywhere alone?

I think she is used to never being alone. All her life she had a younger sibling with her that she took care of. It probably feels un-natural to be alone. I saw on a couple of episodes that she would have the younger Duggars send the night with her and Derick.

[summergirl1211]

May 5, 2015 13:04:48 GMT -5 aylafsu1881 said:

May 5, 2015 12:01:38 GMT -5 summergirl1211 said:

I'm watching some old episodes leading up to Jessa's wedding. Why does Jill still have a chaperone sometimes now that they're married? Can Jill never go anywhere alone?

I think she is used to never being alone. All her life she had a younger sibling with her that she took care of. It probably feels un-natural to be alone. I saw on a couple of episodes that she would have the younger Duggars send the night with her and Derick.

Interesting. I saw an episode where James (I think that's the one?) rode in the car with Jill to pick Derick up from work every day. They used the word 'chaperone' too. It almost seemed like there wasn't an option for her to be without him. 

[trixi282]

I like how they have the "countdown" on the top of the screen for the birth special.... just so everyone knows it's 5:38:27 now.

[vanessalc]

The only thing missing was a selfie with sky high eyebrows!

[junkytrunk]

I'm actually really sad I probably won't be able to watch the birth special. Since we moved, we don't have cable in our room and I don't want to subject our roommate with a Duggar birth special.

[vanessalc]

summergirl1211 she's physically incapable of being alone. One of the MANY reasons their "teachings" are psychologically damaging.

[summergirl1211]

I'm watching Jessa's wedding special right now. She was just saying how she's happy it's her wedding day but sad she has to be away from Ben for a few hours because he can't see her dress. Seriously? You can't handle being away from him for a few hours? Wow. And Jill said the same- she hates being away from Derick when he's at work. I actually feel sad for them both.

[sarasansh]

summergirl1211 I both feel sad for them and kind of jealous at the same time. If I think way, way, wayyy back, I can remember the point in MH and my relationship where things were new enough that I just loved being with him every moment of the day, and felt sad when I had to do something as silly as hang up the phone to go eat dinner or whatever. It would be kind of nice to have that part of our relationship back! Now most days I'm like, "I love you, but for the love of God, I need some alone time."

[summergirl1211]

May 5, 2015 14:18:55 GMT -5 sarasansh said:

summergirl1211 I both feel sad for them and kind of jealous at the same time. If I think way, way, wayyy back, I can remember the point in MH and my relationship where things were new enough that I just loved being with him every moment of the day, and felt sad when I had to do something as silly as hang up the phone to go eat dinner or whatever. It would be kind of nice to have that part of our relationship back! Now most days I'm like, "I love you, but for the love of God, I need some alone time."

sarasansh, I can understand that. And I remember being at that point too. But still, you're sad on your wedding day because you have to be away from your groom for a few hours? It just seemed so over the top.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

All I can say about tonight's episode is seeing the little squishy gave me serious baby rabies. Uggggh

Anna is due in June and Jessa is due in November. Odds on Jill getting KU again before Jessa's baby is here? At this rate the Duggar producers will never have to think about another episode again. It will just be a continuous loop of various Duggars courting, getting married, POAS, "gender" reveal parties/skywriting, and birth specials.

[mrsdonati]

I got teary eyed when Derrick's mom gave him his birthday present. I think the album of baby pictures was actually kind of a neat idea, but I loved how she gave him a page of her journal that she kept when pregnant for him that his father wrote.
Jim Dugger is just awkward!

[roo1582]

aimeefarrahfowler - She'll be knocked up in no time. She and Derrick already said they want more as she was coming home from the hospital. And they don't believe in BC so it'll definitely be sooner rather than later. If anyone is going to try to rival her parents in the # of kids they have, it would be Jill.

They really didn't need to make it a 2 hour special. I mean, they spent at least 30 minutes of it going over Michelle's past 2 pregnancies.

I like Derrick's mom. I get the feeling she is pretty normal. I know she's religious, but I feel she's not the crazy religious the rest of them are. And I sometimes get the feeling she is only so-so about the whole Duggar clan.

The little squishy is adorable though.

[trixi282]

Honestly the 2 hour special... The 1st half they've already played a lot of that over the week.... Both during the day and in the evening. (Of course I know that since I have the TV on all day....). It definitely could have been 1hr.

I like Derick's mom too, she seems sweet, and that gift was awesome.
Of course he said he wants more already and they're not even home from the hospital yet!! And her saying of course right away like that.... Um girl, let your body heal for more than 3 days before you get all excited about more babies!! Damn!

[aylafsu1881]

roo1582, I see Josh and Anna giving Jill and Derick a run for their money with the # of kids. In the last episode I think Anna said that she and Josh were married for 6 years with 4 kids (the one on the way). That just blew my mind. I mean she is pregnant pretty much every year. I do not see them slowing down either. Josh is def brainwashed into the Duggar beliefs. I still have hope for Derick and Jill. Derick's mom seems pretty normal (wears pants, had a reasonable # of kids). I hope Derick regulates the number of kids eventually. I still think they will have 6-10 but I am hoping not 10+.

[junkytrunk]

May 6, 2015 7:46:21 GMT -5 aylafsu1881 said:

roo1582, I see Josh and Anna giving Jill and Derick a run for their money with the # of kids. In the last episode I think Anna said that she and Josh were married for 6 years with 4 kids (the one on the way). That just blew my mind. I mean she is pregnant pretty much every year. I do not see them slowing down either. Josh is def brainwashed into the Duggar beliefs. I still have hope for Derick and Jill. Derick's mom seems pretty normal (wears pants, had a reasonable # of kids). I hope Derick regulates the number of kids eventually. I still think they will have 6-10 but I am hoping not 10+.

The crazy thing too is, that I think Anna would have more kids by now if it were her choice. I know they showed an episode last year and she took a pregnancy test and it was negative. She has a baby about every 2 years, which, but Michelle Duggar time, is pretty slow. I know they say they just let God handle it and decide when they will have kids, but I'm sure as it inches towards 1 year of not being pregnant, she gets antsy.

[roo1582]

May 6, 2015 9:19:40 GMT -5 junkytrunk said:

May 6, 2015 7:46:21 GMT -5 aylafsu1881 said:

roo1582, I see Josh and Anna giving Jill and Derick a run for their money with the # of kids. In the last episode I think Anna said that she and Josh were married for 6 years with 4 kids (the one on the way). That just blew my mind. I mean she is pregnant pretty much every year. I do not see them slowing down either. Josh is def brainwashed into the Duggar beliefs. I still have hope for Derick and Jill. Derick's mom seems pretty normal (wears pants, had a reasonable # of kids). I hope Derick regulates the number of kids eventually. I still think they will have 6-10 but I am hoping not 10+.

The crazy thing too is, that I think Anna would have more kids by now if it were her choice. I know they showed an episode last year and she took a pregnancy test and it was negative. She has a baby about every 2 years, which, but Michelle Duggar time, is pretty slow. I know they say they just let God handle it and decide when they will have kids, but I'm sure as it inches towards 1 year of not being pregnant, she gets antsy.

I believe she said in one of the more recent episodes that this was the longest she's gone without being pregnant.  She remember she was itching to be pregnant when her sister was having her reveal party which was a while ago.  It will be interesting to see what happens with the size of their family since they are living in the DC area.  I'm not sure if the fact that they are far from family (and thus extra help) and the cost of living may play a role in how big the family eventually gets.