tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post1196859233463176752..comments2024-03-18T22:59:41.505-05:00Comments on Duggar Family Blog: Duggar Updates | Duggar Pictures | Jim Bob and Michelle | Counting On | 19 Kids: 'The Great Duggar Campout' RecapLily and Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00941253435533935093noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-15392603411653282612019-11-19T22:56:52.146-06:002019-11-19T22:56:52.146-06:0010:53, when he says that, he's just crunching ...10:53, when he says that, he's just crunching numbers. If each of his kids had 5 or 6 kids, they would reach 100. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-68582242024990539642019-11-19T14:12:23.022-06:002019-11-19T14:12:23.022-06:00I don’t have a VCR either. Got rid of it years ago...I don’t have a VCR either. Got rid of it years ago. I usually watch it On Demand or DVR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-77681610369893990522019-11-18T12:47:47.813-06:002019-11-18T12:47:47.813-06:00Then why say “off of Sunset Boulevard”? Just to so...Then why say “off of Sunset Boulevard”? Just to sound more upscale or ritzy??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-6832639716418291532019-11-18T11:56:41.897-06:002019-11-18T11:56:41.897-06:00Canning used to save money....today it gives you g...Canning used to save money....today it gives you great quality but it costs more. By the time the Duggar's were on television they had laid the groundwork for financial security and while they talked about thrift stores and shopped there and some still do, they probably didn't actually have to. My mother canned (I'm 60), I just never had the desire. I went to college, worked outside the home and was only blessed with one child.....there is no right or wrong way to make your way as a family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-31270729458078039972019-11-18T09:45:43.988-06:002019-11-18T09:45:43.988-06:008:31,I don't think you understand the definiti...8:31,I don't think you understand the definition of a rainbow baby. It's referring to the bright side of having a baby after losing a baby, like the rainbow after a storm. It doesn't mean the storm didn't happen, it means that something good happened after something bad. That is not a fantasy, it's a metaphor. Now angel babies are a fantasy. Humans and angels are separate beings, and humans do not turn into angels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-78370521873031394782019-11-17T20:52:50.417-06:002019-11-17T20:52:50.417-06:00I have observed Lauren to be trying hard to be mat...I have observed Lauren to be trying hard to be mature. She is after all still very young and had a fairly sheltered life. She met someone, got engaged, got married and had a miscarriage in pretty quick order. She now knows bad things happen to good people. I hope Si and Lauren and all the adult Duggar children raise their kids with a little less shelter, as fast as they marry and have children they need to know rarely is their a fairytale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-9222960309072967542019-11-17T20:42:55.321-06:002019-11-17T20:42:55.321-06:00I'm sure Si and Lauren were a bit apprehensive...I'm sure Si and Lauren were a bit apprehensive about announcing the second pregnancy, who wouldn't be after their sad disappointment last year. Not everyone was listening and from the reaction were completely surprised.....others have said it already...are the Duggar's ever shocked by a pregnancy announcement? The only couple who could shock me at this point would be JB and Michelle. That scene at the campsite serving dinner, they actually looked like typical America. I'm not sure there will be any "shocking" "surprises" in the near future, but who knows 😸Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-49648227379702242082019-11-17T20:31:53.556-06:002019-11-17T20:31:53.556-06:0010:03 your OB was wise. Lauren lost her pregnancy ...10:03 your OB was wise. Lauren lost her pregnancy very early, so waiting to pregnant most likely wasn't necessary. I wonder if they are grateful, they had a much shorter wait than many couples, Joy and Austin have most likely been instructed to wait for several months. The. fantasy of "rainbow babies" and "angel babies" seems like a way to avoid reality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-79816142806669766622019-11-16T19:08:41.521-06:002019-11-16T19:08:41.521-06:00AmyRyb & Anon 11.26. Your so right, we do deal...AmyRyb & Anon 11.26. Your so right, we do deal with grief differently as we age. I lost my mum at 12 & my dad a few years later, I was an orphan from my twenties, I coped better with my dads death being that bit older, though still very young. My mum waited 15 years to conceive me & yet I got pregnant after 2 months trying with my son, & my husband was in the forces & we only had 3 days together each of those months so I was incredibly lucky. My second child I conceived first cycle of trying, we were together at this point as he was home from deployment. I often think god blessed me as I had such trauma in my life loosing both my parents & nursing my father through terminal cancer while very young myself. I cannot imagine how difficult it is to loose a baby but have seen more than I care to admit in my working life. My heart constantly goes out to all the mums on this blog who have had a loss or multiple losses in some sad cases. The bravery & strength you all show is inspiring. I very much agree that we all need to encourage each other in life not berate others because we don’t think what they feel is as bad as they make out. There is enough sadness in the world without calling out a young woman because some people think she is making too much of her loss. I hope Lauren got proper help to deal with her feelings. Amy I feel your words were very insightful, let’s hope others read them & think more cautiously before they comment. Fuzzyferetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-64124176647634320022019-11-16T18:41:26.215-06:002019-11-16T18:41:26.215-06:00Anon 9.28. I like this young couple very much, I h...Anon 9.28. I like this young couple very much, I have always had a soft spot for Josiah who seemed such a sensitive little boy & I was so happy he found a nice quietly spoken girl to marry. However I don’t think the way Lauren is has anything to do with education. I think she has had a very sheltered existence, so many things that seem difficult to her, would not seem so to others. 4 months is extremely quick to get pregnant as on average it takes a healthy couple 12 months. However to Lauren after her miscarriage & with all the sisters in law that were pregnant, it’s no wonder she thought 4 months a struggle. I think these young women do have somewhat rose tinted ideas of marriage & life in general but that is more because of the way they have been brought up. My daughter is only 21, but seems a decade older in her ways & what she expects from life. Her boyfriend & her I tend to save for a good few years before they get married, she has a good career in teaching & if he suggested taking a year off after they get married to be together, well my daughter would have a flying fit & tell him she would be bored silly without her work, but that’s just the modern society she has grown up in. I don’t know about others on the blog but I often feel the young girls like Lauren & Kendra are reminiscent of a 40s or 50s wife that stayed home & cooked & cleaned. Nothing wrong with that so long as they are happy, it’s just a very different existence to what most of us have had. I also think we cannot say Lauren didn’t struggle for those 4 months, she probably went through hell, seeing all the other girls getting pregnant, it would of heightened the fact she felt she had failed in some way. I’m just so very happy that baby Bella has arrived in the world fit & healthy. Hopefully it will help Lauren get over her miscarriage now she has a baby to focus on. Fuzzyferetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-13280441996077958342019-11-16T10:53:30.202-06:002019-11-16T10:53:30.202-06:00How can JB's statement "I'm going to ...How can JB's statement "I'm going to have 100 grandchildren" not be construed as pressure to produce babies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-86698702899357040282019-11-16T10:11:54.388-06:002019-11-16T10:11:54.388-06:00The house the church owns and rents to them is ver...The house the church owns and rents to them is very close to the Master's Seminary and the church. It is not in Sunset Strip. I just looked on the map and am sure of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-39025487317906136182019-11-16T09:15:41.645-06:002019-11-16T09:15:41.645-06:00Maybe it was in deference to those who criticize m...Maybe it was in deference to those who criticize making a big deal about pregnancy announcements. You can't please everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-37745437531494183602019-11-16T09:14:50.445-06:002019-11-16T09:14:50.445-06:00Didn't they say that Jana planned this activit...Didn't they say that Jana planned this activity? It's not out of the realm of possibility for her and/or her brothers to put together the team building equipment (it was fairly basic stuff) or for her to plan that the guys do the one activity while the females set up camp. We know the guys are capable of grilling, since we've seen them do it on the show, and we know they are capable of setting up camp. The females actually took on something that is stereotypically male (setting up tents) and female (cooking). Besides, there are so many of them. It doesn't take 15 adults to do that amount of work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-42508153038476562752019-11-16T02:25:39.315-06:002019-11-16T02:25:39.315-06:00Sorry, I fell asleep before Counting On came on, n...Sorry, I fell asleep before Counting On came on, not all of us have a VCR. I do hope TLC rerun these episodes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-56155756090565969692019-11-15T23:26:58.534-06:002019-11-15T23:26:58.534-06:00I agree. I’ve had multiple losses and grief in my ...I agree. I’ve had multiple losses and grief in my life as well and I handle it very different at 36 than I did at 21. Thankfully I wasn’t surrounded by women telling me how insensitive and blessed I was. Life has a learning curve. It’s steeper for some but we need to help each other, not one-up and batter each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-46596455709683676072019-11-15T23:03:56.400-06:002019-11-15T23:03:56.400-06:009:44 -- The Master's Seminary is on the campus...9:44 -- The Master's Seminary is on the campus of Grace Community Church. If they're looking near the Sunset Strip -- a very expensive area -- that's about 14 miles from the Seminary, about a 25 min drive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-41903209475252593502019-11-15T22:59:28.269-06:002019-11-15T22:59:28.269-06:00Wow, Jinger and Jeremy are looking in more expensi...Wow, Jinger and Jeremy are looking in more expensive areas than I thought they would look. I figured they'd want to be closer to the church. There are some nice, more affordable areas closer there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-81345220141653724862019-11-15T22:19:03.201-06:002019-11-15T22:19:03.201-06:00It's one thing to know about your Church agree...It's one thing to know about your Church agreeing to let you rent the house ahead of time; it's another thing to be a Christian and go on the air and pretend to an audience/the world that you have no idea about where you're going to live and go through a whole mini drama of trying to find somewhere to live in LA (knowing your Church is going to let you rent their house). That's deception masquerading as "entertainment". Pitching it as "reality TV" when it's anything but, is also deception. I expect that from people who don't know Jesus, but from people who say they do??? I don't think God's o.k. with that. Just because the Duggars are wealthy and "profiting" doesn't mean God approves either. The Bible tells the story of the rich, young ruler who ended up in Hell. The Bible's full of stories of rich people who were actually far from God. Wealth, fame, and a platform don't equate to approval from God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-81159865538860013272019-11-15T18:38:53.712-06:002019-11-15T18:38:53.712-06:00The pregnancy announcement was not very profound. ...The pregnancy announcement was not very profound. Last time they made a t-shirt. This time it was just "we are expecting". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-80918843199698214052019-11-15T18:13:51.384-06:002019-11-15T18:13:51.384-06:00I agree. Church/seminary most probably provides ho...I agree. Church/seminary most probably provides housing (or refers students). They did not show where Jeremy&Jinger stayed during that visit, who knows maybe they were already staying in that house :). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-20627572596654327612019-11-15T17:47:01.231-06:002019-11-15T17:47:01.231-06:00Ben changes diapers. Jessa’s brothers that were wa...Ben changes diapers. Jessa’s brothers that were watching Spurgeon were either not married or haven’t had kids yet. Why should they have to change his diaper? He wasn’t in it for hours. Jessa was almost home. I am sure all of the guys will change diapers as they have their own children. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-29262473001971098792019-11-15T17:43:00.459-06:002019-11-15T17:43:00.459-06:00It is still losing a baby! We all grieve differen...It is still losing a baby! We all grieve differently than each other. Don’t ever criticize someone’s grief, because you can’t know exactly how they feel. Trying to compare different peoples’ heartaches is ridiculous. They were all in pain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-60493784218731001502019-11-15T17:31:55.511-06:002019-11-15T17:31:55.511-06:00I don’t think the family puts any pressure on them...I don’t think the family puts any pressure on them to get pregnant at all. They are excited when God blesses one of them with children, but I don’t see them constantly asking or encouraging them to have kids. Jinger didn’t have a baby right away and neither did Abbie. Just because they love children doesn’t mean they are trying to force anyone to have them. Lauren seems to really want children herself not that she is being told she needs to or has to have them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-55248485562702244142019-11-15T11:03:39.136-06:002019-11-15T11:03:39.136-06:00I think Austin seems a bit fed up with the whole t...I think Austin seems a bit fed up with the whole thing. When they get together as a family to go out to eat or to have a game night, Austin can get somewhat negative. It doesn’t surprise me that they don’t show up at all events. He’s the boss. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com