Coming up, another low budget bottle episode full of old clips, in which Kate claims the older, wiser Kate is finally in a position to give advice to the younger, dumber Kate. It's kind of like the plot of Terminator 2 and Back to the Future, mixed in with a whole lot of idiocy, like, say, Zoolander.
Eh, Michael J. Fox did this whole go back in time thing so much cuter.
I guess what I have to say about the whole premise of this episode is that I really don't see the evidence Kate has changed all that much since the start of this series. I think she lets her kids walk all over her a bit more rather than ordering them about, but that's just because it's easier to order around a toddler when if they don't comply you can just yank their arm into submission. Not so easy with a teen. But, there's still pretty much the same level of yelling and screaming going on all the time, as far as I can tell. Kids still seem frequently unhappy, and often cast aside. She still plays favorites--if anything that's even worse. Her justice is unfair and nonsensical. She's still extremely disconnected from people, certainly her fans, and at times her own children. Her level of apparent disconnect from Collin's ongoing separation from the family is disturbing.
She's still very rude to people just there to help. She's still not really game to try new things. I guess I don't think she gets quite as angry all the time, but she still gets there enough where I can't say that issue has been resolved.
This is the thing, her mental illness is not going to change, or is unlikely to. It's not like Kate has to "learn" to be a better person. Her mental illness prevents her from doing so. She would need intensive therapy, possibly even medication, to change, and even then there's no guarantees. The big question missing from this whole episode, if you accept Kate's assertion she has changed (which, I don't, obviously), is why did Kate "change." What prompted it? People don't just change for no reason.
Anyhoo, this episode could of been a hell of a lot more interesting if they got into the why's and how's. Because the armchair psychologist in me sure wants to know how a 30 year old woman who is a liar, nasty, disconnected, angry, rude, unfair, and nonsensical, suddenly becomes not any of that by 40.
I forgot when this episode aired, but it feels like a redemption tour, trying to rebrand the new Kate. Who did she molest?! Well anyhow, I don't think it much worked. Ratings have been consistently pathetic for the past couple seasons.
First up, gum gate. The only redeeming value of this clip is that we get to talk all about Aunt Jodi! Woot! Of course today's Kate makes no mention of feeling regret about all the nasty things she said about Aunt Jodi, including "whatever possessed her." It was a golden opportunity to extend the tiniest bit of olive branch to Aunt Jodi and redeem the incident, and she blew it. It's hard to watch Collin so heartbroken over her threats to throw out his bear. Another child off camera seems upset too, remarking that their bear and Collin's bear play together every morning. Aw. Kate admits she good and darn well meant it when she said she would throw the bear out. That's scary, and a bit of an I told you so, since I'm sure the sheeple said she wasn't serious. In fact, she was. We see a softer side to Mady, gently stroking Collin's head, holding his hand and standing with him as he endures this, as if his priest or counsel. Mady was a compassionate child in tune with other's pain, and Kate's since beat it out of her. Kate says the public often asks her if Collin still has the bear. Yes, she says. This kind of repeated trauma to a child's psyche can have lasting consequences, as we now well know.
I'm hating this episode less than I expected, if only for the psychological aspect. Kate says the reason she was so upset about gum gate is because she is expending so much energy already, she can't have anything else piled onto that. That is a classic symptom of an anger management problem, in that whenever anything goes off script, which life invariably does all the time, the person can't handle it. People with anger management problems only budget for how they think their day will go. They never allow any leeway for outside forces. Hence, when an outside force does happen, they flip out. Anger management therapy can help someone like her learn to accept and cope with life's hiccups in a manner that is not going to damage your children.
Flashback to somebody vomiting. They've shown these kids vomiting so many times I couldn't begin to tell you when this was. Modern Kate attempts to convince us she has compassion, muttering, "oh, honey," sympathetically as she watches the clip. Heh. Modern Kate doesn't seem to have much of any advice for cold and calculating nurse Kate of yesteryear as old Kate methodically and melodramatically cleans up her weak and sickly toddler of all the vomit. Rather modern Kate says the house should have been designed with a sick room to keep everything in one place. Eureka!
A sick room, seriously? How Elizabethan. Well, heck, why not just get a pirate ship, and fly a yellow and black quarantine flag from its pole? You can send the kids off to it whenever they get queasy. It sounds a hell of a lot easier than the hassle of remodeling.
On a positive note, thank God the interns finally fixed the TLCgo player. Now not only does it hold your spot after you pause it, but I recently had to refresh it because I had shut down my computer, and it remembered where I last left off! Sounds like their summer program this year is off to a commanding start!
Aaden was purposely refusing to be potty trained. She knows this because he was laughing, says Kate. No words.
I'm kind of surprised they're so willingly showing clips of people Kate has estranged as it that didn't happen. Awkward! Next we see producer Jen Stocks, who once put Kate in her place about how demanding she was being (and how much Jen had accommodated her), get hit by a dirty diaper. She just didn't like this because she didn't have kids yet, explains Kate. Um, I really don't think having kids has anything to do with whether somebody wants a dirty diaper in their face. Also the way Kate remarks about how Jen has two kids now as if they keep in touch all the time? Bitch, please.
Did we lose the theme here, because I don't hear any advice to old Kate lately. The episode is quickly turning into Kate just getting an opportunity to qualify everything we see.
Flashback to the pudding body painting. Kate explains they must ask the other person if they would like to be painted. If they say yes, they may paint them. If they say no, they may not. The kids seem to understand. Well, I'll give Kate this. At least they understood consent at the ripe old age of four. I still don't hear any advice to old Kate.
Kate's loving talking so much about herself and her pea brain thoughts, I'm pretty embarrassed for her. She's rambling like a wife going over a long honey-do list. And this is pretty much me:
Ah, the New York City episode, which was the height of Kate's hoochie-mama stage. That era is long gone, thank goodness for small favors. Kate has no advice for New York City hoochie-Kate, who is freaking out in a gift shop (over, admittedly, a fair amount of creepy fans who are very rude about boundaries), because well, as usual, hoochie Kate did nothing whatsoever wrong.
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Oh, TLC, you can show the clip of Kate being rude to awesome Kiwi Brad as much as you darn well please. Carry on. Heh, my favorite part is when Kate pulls the "I'm a paying customer card!" like a brat, and Brad immediately retorts, actually if you were a paying customer, I never would have spent this much time on you. Baw!
They also show the clip where Kate promises to email Brad and apologize.
"I didn't," says modern Kate with a coy smile. Of course she didn't. She's not cute. She's not funny. She's rude, and even when she acknowledges she's rude, she won't make it right. You're not Shirley Temple, and a mischievous grin doesn't do anything for me here. She'll do it now, though. Except, she doesn't even really apologize, and still blames her rudeness all on fear. Fear explains her reluctance to jump off the building. It does not account for how mean she was. Plus, as if Brad is watching. He's probably never even seen his own episode much less any other of the hundreds out there.
Kate's not proud of her yelling, but.....does anyone really care about the but? Didn't think so.
Kate finds it very difficult to deal with the children when they won't own up to things they did or worse yet lie. Number one, it's pretty cotton picking normal for children to not own up to things, even lie. Some experts suggest that lying is a very normal part of childhood; a child is figuring out complex human interactions that sometimes will involve experimenting with mistruths. They even suggest parents need not even waste a moment stressing out over it or even really going out of your way to correct it, as constantly punishing a child can simply make a child lie all the more to avoid it. It would be unusual if a kid always told the truth. Plus, lying can be a good thing and frankly, adults do it all the time and need to learn when it's appropriate to do it and why. Kate couldn't be bothered to understand human interactions on a complex level or why lying can actually be a beneficial social skill.
Number two, and more importantly, her kids don't trust her or have the kind of relationship with her where they feel safe coming to her and unloading some truths on her. In the old days, they were probably just afraid of her wrath, the physical and verbal abuse. Now, they just don't see a need to let her in on anything because they have no respect for her nor any trust. Then and now, there's no substance to her relationship with them that would allow those doors to open. We all know Kate is lazy, but no area is she more lazy than parenting. She hasn't tried to learn anything about the psychology of children, or made any sincere attempts to try to understand why they are the way they are. She clearly doesn't care to know. In her mind, the kids don't do things because they have interesting kid brains that are fun for an adult to try to understand, rather they do things just to spite her. Her parenting style is, at best, antiquated and ineffective, at worst, abusive. Yet even with some minor adjustments here and there, adjustments she refuses to make, she could see a huge change.
It's been a long time since modern Kate gave old Kate advice. I think she enjoyed talking about herself so much she got off track. Talk about totally losing the thread!
She has a lot of nerve to talk about how exhausted she's been her whole life when the woman hasn't worked in years. She's clueless who her audience is.
Most parents would agree most of your life was lived exhausted, explains Kate. No, most parents would not necessarily agree. Get the whole family to bed earlier, get some regular exercise and eat right, and you'll be amazed.
I forgot how very upset Kate was about the stupid DVD player not working on the RV trip. Heaven forbid she'd have to come up with ways to entertain the children herself. She had an iPhone. Google "entertaining kids on road trips" and you'd have plenty of fun solutions that could last out weeks. She's so helpless! They don't show this part of the clip, but I also recall some of the kids saying they had really gotten movied-out after awhile, were so bored with watching TV. Geez. The microwave broke down too, laments Kate. So use the microwave in the other RV or go out to eat. Did it have a little stove? Most big RVs do. Heat up the food on the stove. It's not a big deal.
Kate emphasizes very strongly that the kids want to do another RV trip because the first one had too many things breaking down. Well, I don't believe her. Kids don't notice breakdowns like that. They have the ability to have fun and laugh over little hiccups much easier than adults do. They might even see a breakdown as something positive, as it will often lead them down a path less traveled. And, she makes the kids sound ungrateful. That road trip was a vacation of a lifetime and a broken microwave and DVD player ruined it? Talk about spoiled. You shouldn't be watching TV on vacation anyway, and half the fun of a great vacation is the local food. Shaking my head.
It's interesting watching the dramatics of pizza gate and the RVs breaking down again, because what I'm noticing the most is how upset Kate is when they have every resource available to them in the world to correct the problem without fanfare. The most glaring thing is that really the only thing the RV breakdowns robbed them of is a little time. It was a huge road trip anyway, so a few hours or even half a day really isn't that bad. Think about a normal family having a car breakdown. Maybe repairs are going to bleed them dry. Perhaps they don't have cell service to get help easily. The baby is hot and crying and there is no nanny to take her. Fixing the problem is all on Mom and Dad. There is no nanny, bodyguard, or production crew to help. It could really be disastrous, including financially, and thus, emotionally.
Kate had to wait and that's it. Production handled everything else. What an ungrateful piece of work.
Kate says it is now second nature not to be dramatic, because it wastes energy. I don't agree she has changed that much. But at least she's saying the right things.
Kate says she doesn't understand why it sort of ended up team Kate's RV versus the other RV. She creates divisions herself and insights competition in others, to a point where it's very unhealthy, so I have no clue why this would stump her so bad.
Kate doensn't understand why Jamie would give her an attitude. Because you were completely nasty to her from the beginning, why else? Jamie seemed nice enough to me, chill, and someone I wouldn't mind on vacation, until Kate came along. She is disappointed in her. Sorry, is Jamie twelve?
Jamie was on the trip in order to watch her kids and Kate's. Well, wait, what was Kate's job? What a tool!
A really nice shuttle finally pulls up to the breakdown. Thank you, whichever minion got that, Kate says. I see she was really paying attention to who was saving her butt here. Ungrateful bastard.
Kate hates watching cupcake gate. But she just said in the Game Night episode that the kids had a ball getting no cupcakes, laugh about it to this day. So which is it, it's an uncomfortable sad memory, or hilarious? She needs medication. Kate stands by what she did of course. What does it teach a kid when you let them have a cupcake before good food, she wonders. Um, that there are exceptions on birthdays because birthdays are special? My God, you're not going to ruin kids with one cupcake.
Kate says the weirdest things. She likes seeing my faces, referring to the kids. Heh, all I see myself is Jon's faces! Also, she's growing humans. Growing humans?? They're not a chia pet! Organic humans I would hope.
That creepy clip where the kids have to eat a sandwich then crunchy things then fruit in some sort of bizarre order. Kate stands by that one too of course. What does it teach a kid when you let them eat whatever they want! she asks. Um, can I phone a friend. ..... And my friend says, to grow up and NOT become an anorexic??
A simpler solution would be to not pack dessert at all in lunches. They don't have to have it, they can get dessert after dinner. You don't need two desserts in one day. Plus kids tend to find cookies and cakes and other sugary things at school anyway regardless if you pack it. They'll be fine. That way if they leave their carrots in their lunch you don't feel like they ate a brownie instead of carrots. And that way you're not putting this all on a little kid to feel so controlled and guilt ridden. Again, it's just one little bizarre thing she did to them to mess with their psyche, but these things tend to add up.
Kate sucks at taking care of her beautiful property and always did. It's getting really annoying when Kate keeps saying in a sing-song voice she wants them back! Referring to the children when they were younger. Shut up.
The boys are never around to help. I have no idea what she's talking about. She really is a man eater. And what a tool the off camera producer is to encourage this lie, remarking that the boys never seem to be around when help is needed. That's not flipping true! They were probably out at the chicken coop shoveling poop while you were off filming somewhere, or cleaning toilets or all the other shit Kendra told us they had to do, so STFU!
Out of character for Kate, she praises the cake baker by name, remarking she has never let her down. Well, that is a nice comment and good promotion for Marcia. If she took care to do that a little more often over all these years instead of bellyaching about everyone who has ever made her life so much easier, she would be infinitely more likable.
The kids are more self-sufficient now, Kate says. They've been self-sufficient for like five years. Geez!
Kate never would have believed she'd still be sitting in this interview chair 10 years ago. Bullshit, she has intended to film until they are 18 since day one, and probably beyond 18. The way other shows have transitioned their child reality stars to adulthood by creating series out of marriages and babies, only gives her more inspiration. She won't stop until TLC makes her stop.
Kate thanks viewers and fans of the show. Haha, I guess we are the viewers, and the sheeple are the fans? I truly don't remember Kate ever thanking viewers and fans. Or at least it's been rare. She actually says it took her several years to connect that things would have been very different without the viewers. Um, is she stupid, or just dumb? Your viewers and ratings should be your absolute number one priority when making a show, any show, assuming your goal is to have a successful show and you're not just making a film for your personal use.
The one redeeming thing about this episode, the children didn't have to do any work for it they hadn't already done.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 853 Newer› Newest»There's not enough rumspringa in the work to help me deal with that Cosby news. Sure, I knew he'd figure out a way to make a buck off that trial, and I was expecting an announcement about a reality show or a book deal. But for the love of Fred, WTF?
On second thought, skip the alcohol. Someone please just give me some hot chocolate and animal crackers, and pat me on the head. Sigh.
Little People, Big World pulled in 2 million viewers this week for a random episode with no weddings or births.
I wonder if there was a TLC film crew to capture TFW's heroic bird rescue and rehabilitation? Surely that would generate record-breaking ratings. Between that and her pepper, the sky's the limit for the new season.
Dear God, Bill Cosby has announced he is planning to tour the country to teach teens how to avoid being charged with a sex crime. Officials better get him to court soon; this guy has seriously lost his mind.
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Did this come from a satire site? It's okay to do the crime, but he's going to teach them how not to get caught, or what drugs work best?
Will Camille be right there with him to tell the young ladies that no matter what, they should stand by their men?
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Milo has a picture of herself up on Instagram. Wonder if it is really her?
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Flimsy...how about spiking the hot chocolate with something really strong? You'd get the best of both worlds!
This onn the bird photo: OMG, WHERE do these people come from?! Really, you think K8 cleans "naturally"? I'd be damned surprised at this point if K8 cleans at all. And if you'd just Google Sara Snow, you'd have ALL the help you could possibly you require. You ain't gonna get it on K8's IG, honey.
jamienandrea I need your help!!! I'm watching your show from years ago with Sara Snow. I would love to know what natural cleaning tips you have??? Or can anyone who know can share.??? Thanks!!!
So he is no longer crippled, and his vision has been restored? Praise be!
It's rather disappointing that turns out Bill Cosby is a total nutjob. Golly!
Over And Out said... 9
So he is no longer crippled, and his vision has been restored? Praise be!
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Now the old hymn is going through my head...
"Open my eyes, that I may see
Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
Place in my hands the wonderful key
That shall unclasp and set me free."
Cosby sounds a little over confident here.
A mistrial is a victory for the defense no question about it, but it's not the same as a not guilty verdict. They're trying this again, and knowing there were only 2 hold-outs, they might be able to tweak just a few things and get this guy without any issue.
A mistrial is only a victory for the defense because you just got for free two more chances to get off--the prosecution might decline to prosecute, or you could win if they try it again. But there's no guarantee either of those will pan out for you. He's already lost on one count--the prosecution has said they're going for it again. Now he has only one chance left. Not the best odds.
Defense work is all about mini wins. Focus too much on the big picture and you go nuts.
Little People, Big World pulled in 2 million viewers this week for a random episode with no weddings or births.
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They're already heavily peddling next week's episode, the birth, and they're not let us forget it's a midget baby. I use the term facetiously of course, because for TLC it's all about the midget sideshow they need to just admit this, disguised as "education" about "little people."
Come one, come all, get your popcorn. It's like it's Queen Victoria and we all have to verify the little person birth actually happened.
At the very least, he will have to be very careful in what he says. Who or what organization would book him?
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They'd be blasted. In this climate, there's no way. That's like Sandusky going on tour.
I guess maybe some dumb religious organization or something might do it, the type that doesn't do research and doesn't care, but even that I doubt.
Anyone remember when (in 2011) Kate went silent on her fans and they were convinced that she was at the royal wedding? They were posting on twitter, begging for a super-secret coded message, and when she continued to ignore them, they decided that the secret message was silence? OMG, that was so funny! They were delusional enough to thin that she--child exploiter extraordinaire--could score an invite to William and Kate's wedding. When she finally did resurface, it was just "Hi! How have you all been!". No apologies, no explanation, nothing,
They will not give up on her no matter what she does. She has been yanking them around for so many years, and they have just sucked it up and taken it for far too long. And she knows she doesn't need to do any more than throw them a bone every now and then. It's all about her, remember?
They'd be blasted. In this climate, there's no way. That's like Sandusky going on tour.
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Yeah, to the Boy Scouts of America outings.
Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said... 10
It's rather disappointing that turns out Bill Cosby is a total nutjob. Golly!
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I guess maybe some dumb religious organization or something might do it, the type that doesn't do research and doesn't care, but even that I doubt.
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He could tour with Josh Duggar.
Sing to the Itchy and Scratchy Show!
It's the Bill and Joshie Show!
Re Milo pictures.... One with baby is supposed to be her now 21/22 year old son. The other heavily filtered is supposed to be her now....She lies like a rug so take both pics with the usual grain of salt.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ3plXpD7-y/?taken-by=miloandjack2016
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVp7AlnjZ17/?taken-by=miloandjack2016
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They're probably wrapping up couch interviews for the birthday episode now, so maybe they can film the harrowing bird's nest rescue to throw in there somewhere.
The LPBW ratings show you that the inclusion of outside people pays off. Divorced parents both dating and still working together, kids getting married and expecting babies, etc. It keeps the storyline interesting. That's where Kate really shot herself in the foot. She cut off all those people who helped keep the show interesting. Viewers loved Beth and Jodi and Carla and Jon. Imagine if she still filmed with Jon--two parents working together to raise their kids, dating other people while maintaining a cordial relationship with one another. It would be interesting, and people would probably watch. It could send a food message--that people can work together to be good parents even if they're no longer together. But now it's just Kate and the kids. She shut everybody else out. Except Jamie, I guess, but Jamie isn't around enough to be a real presence. Kate cut people out so she could film to her heart's content, and by doing so she made her life and show boring.
It took me less than 10 seconds to find the similarity that makes me think both pics are of the same person. I'm very curious to see if anyone sees what it is. Or if all will tend to assume the pics aren't of the same person.
Aren't you a regular viewer of the show? Seems that TLC managed to hook you. Since you consider it a "midget side show" masked as education, then I guess you're into "midget side shows."
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If you think the only solution to disagreeing with sideshows is to ignore it, then yes you're right.
NO. Nope, no you can't. That's like saying you can "edit" in that the child is half asian, or a boy. Get real.
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BTW, the child is 1/4th Asian, not 1/2 Asian, so they would have had to edit in that extra 1/4th to get to your 1/2.
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I forgot he was 1/4 not 1/2. The point is the same. You can't edit in the things you claim they have. You're mistaken.
It took me less than 10 seconds to find the similarity that makes me think both pics are of the same person. I'm very curious to see if anyone sees what it is. Or if all will tend to assume the pics aren't of the same person.
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It's the same person. The distinctive dead teeth on the right.
I just think it's more likely her sister, or neighbor, and she swipes their photos from social media. Someone should reverse image it.
WTF filter is her sister using? I would call it vaseline smudge. Post a normal picture, take off your sunglasses, and grow up.
It looks like the same person. The person in the photo with the baby looks 20 years older than the person in the current picture. Maybe Kate has shared her de-aging secret, including how to "narrow" a nose without surgery.
Re Milo pictures.... One with baby is supposed to be her now 21/22 year old son. The other heavily filtered is supposed to be her now....She lies like a rug so take both pics with the usual grain of salt.
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I thought it was a photo of Sheeple Denise!
LOL. Yes, you watch every episode because you "disagree with it so strongly. " You're quite the warrior for justice. Keep fighting that good fight by hitting the button on your remote.
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Not sure what's so funny. People disagree with things all the time but still engage with what's happening. I am not on a social justice mission for little people, they seem to be doing just fine, it doesn't mean I'm not allowed to have an opinion about it unless I totally disengage from all things little people. Huh?. Maybe you should stop watching Trump then since you hate him so much. Vote with your remote eh? What silly logic you got there. Better known as Six of one half a dozen of the other.
About our snotty commentor...isn't she a regular reader of this blog? Seems Admin managed to hook her.
Kate cut people out so she could film to her heart's content, and by doing so she made her life and show boring.
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Kate's life, and therefore the life of her kids, is very insular. Even if they're traveling, they remain in their own little bubble and it's like they're never really connected to the world around them.
Does this sheep troll not get the difference between being a fan consuming the show and informing oneself on what's going on?
She acts like Admin is really a closet fan and just wants an excuse to watch the show!
Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said... 12
Cosby sounds a little over confident here.
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Like a pedo priest giving a seminar on how to avoid molestation accusations.
NIOP said... 19
Re Milo pictures.... One with baby is supposed to be her now 21/22 year old son. The other heavily filtered is supposed to be her now....She lies like a rug so take both pics with the usual grain of salt.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ3plXpD7-y/?taken-by=miloandjack2016
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVp7AlnjZ17/?taken-by=miloandjack2016
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The "older" picture looks like a woman into her 40's. Her eyes are hooded and she's got crows feet. Her nasolabial fold are prominent.
So 22 years later she looks like a much younger woman?
I'm not buying it. Even with the Vaseline-smeared filtering.
Tucker's Mom (#29), and the fact that they're so insular knocks down TFW's theory that travel is "culturizing" her children. If you go from one place to another with a film crew within a few feet of you, and every hour of your day mapped out by a production company, are you really experiencing that place? Then add a bodyguard whose job it is to keep you (read: your volatile mother) from interacting with the locals, and meals prepared by craft services instead of interesting local fare, and those kids probably can't distinguish one trip from another.
I just find it hard to believe that picture is really Milo, that woman is attractive and it just won't fit in the image I have of her in my head. Wish somehow we could get her to post a video selfie talking saying hi to all the Kate fan's and the date of the day she does it, then we can know for sure it was her. Lol but I don't think she will do it for us, since we are too nosy!and really none of our business but you know it would be nice to know!
You know what just hit me? Cosby is a classic abuser. Classic.
It is the height of gaslighting to tell people that he's the victim and that he is going to hold "town halls" telling married men how not to get accused of sexual assault.
Talk about peeing on my leg and telling me that it's raining!
This whole mishegas is the end result of being way too rich and way too powerful for way too long, that you have "yes" people blowing sunshine up your butt, enabling you to do something so utterly preposterous and really, vile.
I would feel sorry for Cosby, failing and appearing utterly out of touch with reality in his dotage, but I just can't.
This totally resonates with Jerry Sandusky and his wife.
Rae Barnes said... 33
I just find it hard to believe that picture is really Milo, that woman is attractive and it just won't fit in the image I have of her in my head.
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The pattern of fuzzy, highly-altered, from-a-distance, back-of-the-head photos screams catfish to me.
Milo is trying to hard to hide what she and others look like.
The only ones I could pick out of a lineup are her dogs!
Well well. Shoka's paying a visit to Mommy's' sanctum sanctorum. I guess throwing half a dozen bones in there did the trick. Back to the dogs . . . zzzz.
kateplusmy8 Choices, choices.... #Shoka #RainyDayChoices #BonesBonesEverywhere #KingGermanShepherd #Love ❤️
Sad but true (#36), so much time, energy, effort and attention on caring for those dogs -- or at least pretending to. If only she'd put a tenth of that into her son's well being. Even faking it might have helped. She's glad he's gone.
kateplusmy8 Choices, choices.... #Shoka #RainyDayChoices #BonesBonesEverywhere #KingGermanShepherd #Love ❤️
Rainy day? Isn't that the sun shining in the background? Anyways, it's pretty sad that the kids aren't doing a whole lot this summer. She puts more energy ( if you can call it that) into those dogs then her kids.
Zorro must be getting too boring. He's hardly ever mentioned lately. Anything new in her life gets top priority before she tires out and throws it to the side
Sad but true (#36), so much time, energy, effort and attention on caring for those dogs -- or at least pretending to. If only she'd put a tenth of that into her son's well being. Even faking it might have helped. She's glad he's gone.
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Also so much time, energy, effort and attention spent posing the dogs with toys, bones, dog beds and pillows, chewed plastic bags (that one was an oops!) to try and convince everyone that she's the best dog mom in the world. This is just another posed picture. And why so many bones? Mine gets one at a time so that I can check his chewing progress and get rid of it if it starts to chip or splinter.
#RainyDayChoices...as the bright sunshine is coming thru the window. (Not saying it wasn't raining or going to rain but just funny she posts that with sun coming in)
It does look like Milo (teeth give it away) but soooo heavily filtered.
I just find it hard to believe that picture is really Milo, that woman is attractive and it just won't fit in the image I have of her in my head.
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I would bet the farm and the sheep in the barn that what she posted isn't a photo of her. I thought she looks like Alice Pearce (Gladys Kravitz). Maybe Collie gave her tips on how to lift internet photos!
Why would Milo post a picture of herself after all of these years, when she's trying to keep her identity and appearance a secret? Is she so starved for attention from Kate (and other sheeple) at this point she will do anything to get a response, wanting Kate to comment, saying, how young she looks, glad she's doing well, etc. Talk about being desperate.
Nope. Not Milo. I have no idea who it is, but how can a person look 20 years younger than she did when she had a baby? Not buying it, not even with filters, vasoline, camera tricks, etc.
Remember when Kate was photo shopped on the beach in Mexico and someone erased her belly button? Someone apparently removed Milo's crows feet and wrinkles and altered her nose. Teeth are the same, though!
CJ's mostly stayed off K8's IG, but when K8 answers . . . the door is open.
cjwhodunit LOL! At least that beauty chooses the -chew toys-unlike my 2 youngest (labradanes) who prefer the fence,their doghouse,patio posts,the bbq grill,the rosebushes,the old rocking chair, the window screens, the potted plants (and pots),firewood...😜#BadDogsWhatchaGonnaDo
kateplusmy8 Well- I can compete for things destroyed by puppies... lol. Let's see: molding, wood floors, oak indoor steps, water dispensers (numerous types), deck chairs, table legs, furniture legs, coffee table, multiple garden hoses, an extension cord (!!😳) AND underground cable and phone wires! I mean... what the heck?! Like our invisible fence man said 'no offense, but your dogs have SO many toys and SO much room to run... why do they choose this stuff? 😂 @cjwhodunit
cjwhodunit@kateplusmy8 😮😜😂 Inside the girls stay in their double kennel (their choice) 95% of the time where they sleep and snore LOUDLY!😜So other than slurping the cats,inside is good BUT outside?Anything goes!Oh,and I forgot to mention the trampoline (everything except the metal parts) last fall, and recently the curly water hose which became their latest chew toy and is scattered in bits around the back yard! 😂Good thing we ♥️our furbabies so much! #ForgiveAndExpensivelyForget 😝
miloandjack2016 Did you forget your shoes? @kateplusmy8. #FavoriteChews. 😋
miloandjack2016I'm not seeing Shoka's favorite? No KookieChickens? @kateplusmy8
Oh no, no KookieChickens?! Call out the troops. She must have picked up at least a couple from her previous grifting mission. And her dogs have destroyed underground wiring? However does that happen? Sounds like many long hours with no supervision.
Flimsy Flamsy and Tucker's Mom,
Yes, the very insular nature of their travels means the kids don't really get to experience the cultures of the places they visit. Have we ever seen them interact with local children in any of the places they visit? Other than Sarah Palin's kids, I don't remember any. When we lived in Europe and Japan, my kids made friends with the locals. We had kids from our host countries come over to play or spend the night, and my kids did the same at their homes. We went on trips where we just pulled over whenever we saw something interesting, and found some amazing things while doing it. Recently one son was telling a friend who is going to Europe for a gap year about some of the great places and things we randomly discovered, and urging him to visit some of them. Then he sat down and wrote out directions in a little notebook for the friend to take along. I read some of them, and the memories came flooding back, because DS used the same landmarks we used to watch for when we lived there. "About 17 miles past the Austria border crossing you will see a big iron man on the left side of the road. He is painted a different color every year, but it's always a bright color--you can't miss him. Take the exit about 1 mile past the iron man". His descriptions brought back some vivid memories, and made me so happy to know that my kids remember those special times in our lives so well. Now, that's what I call travel!
kateplusmy8Choices, choices.... #Shoka #RainyDayChoices #BonesBonesEverywhere #KingGermanShepherd #Love ❤️
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OMG, Kate, get out of your bedroom!
It's been a pretty nice day, overall. Maybe more rain tonight, and I can see the sun shining there!
Anyone else with dogs laugh every time Kate poses her dogs with toys and stuff and acts like the dogs did it?
RE: Milo's photo...
Does that look like a person who would ask, "How would you envision me?" and "What do you expect in
a perfect suitor?" and wear gray men 'slacks" with sharp creases and purple tie shoes? The voices we have heard in audio are of a much, much older woman.
Yep, crazy like a fox. Free speeches=possibly influencing potential jury pools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/arts/television/bill-cosby-fresh-from-trial-plans-speeches-on-sex-assault-issues.html
Anyone else with dogs laugh every time Kate poses her dogs with toys and stuff and acts like the dogs did it?
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I laugh every damn time Tucker's Mom! My bully is the same age as her puppies and he's never placed any of his toys so neatly and strategically around himself so that I can snap a picture.
TFW said "Like our invisible fence man said 'no offense, but your dogs have SO many toys and SO much room to run... why do they choose this stuff?" Does she really expect us to believe that he said this? Another imaginary conversation IMO. Puppies are naughty and they'll chew whatever grabs their interest. If my puppy is being quite and he's not with one of us we know that he's into some sort of mischief and we go and check on him. AND how does Mr. Invisible Fence Man know how many toys they've got? I thought she kept them in some sort of baskets/crates in the house at least she did for a photo op.
Of course, Kate can compete. All of her trials and tribulations in life are so much more and special than the mediocres. Even what her dog chews. Give me a break. Is it just me or does Shoka look like "When can I get the hell outta here?"
jamienandrea I need your help!!! I'm watching your show from years ago with Sara Snow. I would love to know what natural cleaning tips you have??? Or can anyone who know can share.??? Thanks!!!
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Vinegar, Buttercup, vinegar. That's all you need to know!
Now was that so difficult?
It does look like Milo (teeth give it away) but soooo heavily filtered.
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Too bad someone can't do one of those age progression things with the photo of "Milo" and the baby!
Johnny Depp in deep doo-doo over a comment about assassination by an actor.
That picture of the dog and the bones/toys is so fake. Dogs don't hold their paw on items like that, and also the bone on top of the other paw looks so posed.I agree the comment about so many toys was not true. Most new dogs have a lot of toys they never touch, and what she said they destroyed, is a cause of worry.Poorly supervised or personality of the dogs ? Hmmm. I guess she wants people to believe her dogs are provided for in toys and space but we know it's all staged.
If my puppy is being quite and he's not with one of us we know that he's into some sort of mischief and we go and check on him.
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That moment when you casually went to the bathroom and realized you left your dog alone...
Shoka look like "When can I get the hell outta here?"
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Isn't that what you'd be saying if you were trapped in that household?
Sherry Baby said... 51
It does look like Milo (teeth give it away) but soooo heavily filtered.
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Either she got botox on the recommendation of Kate, or she had someone airbrush the current photo.
Can you say Single White Female? Someone wants to look like Kate, poker-straight bleach blond hair, trendy mirror sunglasses. Scary.
Hide the bunny.
Someone's obviously not filming. I ask again, are these dogs not at all supervised when outdoors? How do they manage to chew ALL of these things and K8 never buys a clue as to restricting them or whatever?
miloandjack2016 Did you forget your shoes? @kateplusmy8. #FavoriteChews. 😋
barbgilmer1@kateplusmy8 The list will continue to grow and grow and grow and grow!!!
kateplusmy8 Omg yes I did!!! 😢 My favorite shoes, no less-- and TWO pairs of them! @miloandjack2016
kateplusmy8 So so true.... @barbgilmer1
kateplusmy8 Wait! Wait! I forgot the WORST chewing nightmare (after the phone and cable wires or course!): ALL (and I do mean ALL) of my freshly installed soaker hoses in nearly ALL of my flower beds! THAT was an expensive replacement! @cjwhodunit
cjwhodunit@kateplusmy8 Ouch! 😖Our damaged replacements wouldn't cost as much except in aggravation,LOL! Your furbabies "win"! 🏆😜#PowerChewersGottaChew 🐶🐾🍖
barbgilmer1@kateplusmy8 Rocky chewed Hubby's speaker wires when he was a pup! He got mad & I told him any fool knows the speakers need to be mounted to the wall! Duh!! Lol!
miloandjack2016 Well can I ask...are they getting better...calming down...maturing? @kateplusmy8
I couldn't refrain from commenting. Exceptionally well written!
Formerly Duped (#52), I wonder if the world's bestest pet mommy has any input on what supplies her human son might be needing. Surely he's grown since he left home more than a YEAR ago. Does the facility provide him adequate clothing and shoes? Enough underwear and pajamas? Do they check in with TFW when he needs new things, or is that all covered in the fee?
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Flimsy, I was thinking the same thing when we were saying which tups didn't have braces yet. Would Collin be checked by an orthodontist? And apart from needed things, would he receive letters and photos from his siblings or care packages from either parent or a relative or special people in his life? So much this boy is missing. My heart aches for him.If i had a child of mine or one I was fond of in a facility i would surely remember to send some special items especially on holidays.I like to think someone out there, as most decent people would, is looking out for Collin- if they can with all this secrecy
nd apart from needed things, would he receive letters and photos from his siblings or care packages from either parent or a relative or special people in his life? So much this boy is missing. My heart aches for him.If i had a child of mine or one I was fond of in a facility i would surely remember to send some special items especially on holidays.I like to think someone out there, as most decent people would, is looking out for Collin- if they can with all this secrecy
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Yes, Duped, I understand what you are saying, but if things are really bad in the G household, and he was being emotionally abused by his own mother, teased by his siblings, then possibly he really is in a better place now than at home.
Maybe he does receive care packages, special gifts or whatever. We just don't know.
<======Just when we thought we could leave him alone he provided us with his growth chart. He has gotten much better but we still need to keep an eye on him. Especially now because the temperatures are 97-105 every day and he can only go out to go potty until the sun goes down. He's got so much energy he's bouncing off the walls! We play with him and walk him (after 8) but it's still not enough. I can't imagine the trouble TFW's pups get into when left to fend for themselves.
I've had Investigation Discovery on today and they are showing loads of ads for the next season of Outdaughtered. Including all the babies sitting on potties. Yikes. Some ads for I Am Jazz and 90-day Fiance. None at all for K+8.
Wasn't there a story out a few months ago that said that C was at a facility far away but then transferred close to home? But the recent stories say he's far away. Maybe his mother doesn't want him close to home.
NJGal51 your bully baby is adorable!
miloandjack2016 Well can I ask...are they getting better...calming down...maturing? @kateplusmy8
Can she ask? Does she mean MAY I ask? Since when does Gladys need permission to ask Kate anything? When she wanted to know which child needed new underwear, she didn't ask if it were an acceptable question.
Milo's alleged selfie. At least her sister has a filter because Milo certainly doesn't!
Nope, definitely not filming. Hmm, 13 soups? And she's been "promising" since May, which was actually only a month ago. They must have gone somewhere and been filmed eating French onion soup. Whoopee. Surprised she actually linked to a real recipe and didn't pretend it's hers. But she did take her TLC link out of her bio, not a smart idea since she's more than 2 weeks away from the air date.
kateplusmy8 We've had soooo many rainy💦days..however, I'm kinda thankful for this rainy day because it's the day that I FINALLY made homemade French Onion Soup (for the first time!) for dinner. I've been promising the kids this favorite of ours since May😂 but have not had the time it took to make it (all day)! This soup, made as a family, and grilled cheese on a dark rainy day = wonderful summer family memories! ❗️LINK TO RECIPE IS NOW IN MY BIO❗️ #Grateful #DeliciousDinner #ThankfulForEvenTheSmallThings #DigIn #DinnerTime
Here's someone clearly not familiar with cookbooks in general, and K8's in particular:
seemomof2 Do you have a cook book out that I have missed, if not you really need to do one, you post the best looking dinners.
And of course:
miloandjack2016 OMGosh....hubs loves #FrenchOnion soup! Hate to admit but Im not so good at that...#HomeMade. You have to just be a #ShowOff!!! 😲 @kateplusmy8
Apparently, Milo is math-challenged on top of everything else:
miloandjack2016 Umm...why are there 15 bowls? #Guests? Or maybe your 3 furbabies have learned table manners? 😋 @kateplusmy8
Oh, the other 5 are "extras."
kateplusmy8 I filled and made all the oven safe bowls I had and STILL had some leftover! The 'extras' are for 'seconds' ... I have a house full of teenagers, remember?:) @miloandjack2016 @melissawillis1
Milo just cannot contain her JOY at the prospect of teen eating habits soon to be viewed on her teevee screen:
miloandjack2016@kateplusmy8 Of course...thats probably how its going to be here on out! #HungryKids. #BottomlessPits. So cooking is getting even more intense... Have you noticed your grocery bill going up? $$ @kateplusmy8
miloandjack2016 And trust me...its going to get worse! Tups will be hitting major growth spurts....my teens when at that age always had food in their hand or mouth! 😋 @kateplusmy8
Haha, the link she supplied for the recipe goes through TWO other sites before you get to the directions. Good one, K8.
It just gets funnier.
mrs_palm_tree You should do a cook book. I've watched your show from the beginning and always been inspired by your cooking.
Yes, Kate, send her the link to pre-order from your website!
Poor Gladys is struggling with her math. When you get rid of a child, you spend LESS money on groceries.
#Kate+7#OneYearGone#WhereIsC?
Looks like she bought some comment bots because they're all saying the same thing...looks yummy/good/amazing recipe please. The bots are paid to comment and hit like not to read and see that she included a link.
FlimsyFlamsy said...66
Poor Gladys is struggling with her math. When you get rid of a child, you spend LESS money on groceries.
#Kate+7#OneYearGone#WhereIsC?
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Yes. One less pepper in the garden.
One less burrito, sloppy Joel and school lunch to pack.
One less glass, table setting to wash.
She is a horrible mother.
Dear Lawd, Kate, when you said you slaved over French Onion Soup, I though you made it from scratch.
Yawn.
Call me when you've made stock from bones...
but have not had the time it took to make it (all day)!
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Looks like Kate removed the recipe she made the French Onion Soup from. Honest-this should be on the table in about an hour.
All day?
Please.
The pattern of fuzzy, highly-altered, from-a-distance, back-of-the-head photos screams catfish to me.
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Screams catfish to me too. She's getting sloppier, posting more photos she swiped from someone else's account and adding weird blurry filters to them, which is a smart way to make it harder for reverse image searches to find their original source.
The old crackly voice does not match the rather chipper looking, fresh-faced, happy selfie she posted. That other woman looks like someone who is newly retired, who has dozens of friends (real ones), is a deacon in church, and goes to places like Costa Rica and cruises to Alaska on vacation.
She doesn't look like someone who would burn thousands of hours chasing after another woman on social media.
You KNOW she reads here. The link to the recipe has now vanished, and she's back to the TLC link to her glamping trailer.
Another dead giveaway is that Milo's social media accounts don't appear to have any ties at all to her real life. It's all internet friends.. So either she has two, one for real life and one for her internet friends, which is just weird, or she has absolutely no friends and family--which means she is a liar.
Where are the comments and likes from her cousin, niece, her BFF, the odd coworker? It makes no sense.
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I looked at the recipe she posted. It's maybe a 5-6 hour process start to finish, with lots of down time while the onions are reducing in the oven. You set a timer and walk away for an hour at a time. Big deal.
Fired up for Kate was the same person as Milo, right?
I was skimming one of the Kate's questions episode recap looking for something I was trying to remember for a new recap and stumbled upon a bunch of twitter questions for Kate she answered stupidly. We're humming along with dumb questions like how do you get all 8 kids to school on time, blah blah, and then Milo blurts out all awkwardly:
"What dress size do you wear?"
She is so GROSS.
Yes. One less pepper in the garden.
One less burrito, sloppy Joel and school lunch to pack.
One less glass, table setting to wash.
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This.
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I don't think Kate mourns when she looks at that empty bed, or that empty chair at the table.
Nope.
She's relieved. Deep down, she's happy.
"What dress size do you wear?"
She is so GROSS.
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Kate is all too happy to talk about her pant size! She's a 4, sometimes a 2.
Remember the Q+A when Kate used to sit on her basement throne and read pre-approved questions and toss the paper on the floor?
I looked at the recipe she posted. It's maybe a 5-6 hour process start to finish, with lots of down time while the onions are reducing in the oven. You set a timer and walk away for an hour at a time. Big deal.
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Oh, right. The onions. Make them in the crock pot overnight!
I used to cook onions down forever, but get the same results in 30 minutes.
It's just not worth the Thomas Keller-like obsession!
Where are the comments and likes from her cousin, niece, her BFF, the odd coworker? It makes no sense.
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Her social media are carefully-crafted accounts that fit a narrative that Kate and Pumpkin unnerwares would approve.
You KNOW she reads here. The link to the recipe has now vanished, and she's back to the TLC link to her glamping trailer.
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Scary, right?!
Screams catfish to me too. She's getting sloppier, posting more photos she swiped from someone else's account and adding weird blurry filters to them, which is a smart way to make it harder for reverse image searches to find their original source.
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That Milo Barbie photo is reversed, did you notice?!
Sad but true said... 72
You KNOW she reads here. The link to the recipe has now vanished, and she's back to the TLC link to her glamping trailer.
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She also deleted the reference to the link that was in her original post, but she apparently forgot to delete this comment:
kateplusmy8The link to the recipe I used is now in my bio!:) Enjoy! @luciegirlie @debbiegiansanto @dpas228 @collins_taryn
Imagine someone reading her comments, and then clicking on the link looking for "her" recipe.
This whole mishegas is the end result of being way too rich and way too powerful for way too long, that you have "yes" people blowing sunshine up your butt, enabling you to do something so utterly preposterous and really, vile.
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That's what it is. I will never forget that interview Prince William did where he talked about how he really can't stand when all his friends and people who work for him become yes men and women. It practically scares him, because he feels he must take criticism sometimes or veer off track thinking things he does is okay when maybe it's not.
Prince William, mark my words, will never have any major scandals sexual or otherwise, because he has chosen to surround himself with checks and balances, with people willing to call him out. I don't know if that wisdom came from his mother, dad, or just deep inside himself, but it's too bad a 35 year old prince knows more than Cosby.
Why would Kate alter her IG post? She offers the recipe she followed and then removed it.
WTH?
She's a weird one.
Sad but true (#73), and I'm a little suspicious that a cookbook author who's been making 3 meals a day for 9 (now 8) people for years -- ALL ALONE, you know! -- thinks slaving a few hours in the kitchen is Insta-worthy.
nikkit_bone1987Looks so Good! Couldn't imagine feeding 3 teenage boys, let alone 8 teenagers
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And Kate will do nothing to disabuse this sheep of the notion that she's raising 8 kids.
Tucker's Mom (#76), yup, I totally agree. As we've said before, no one expects her to walk around wearing a black veil. But she's expressed zero negative emotion. And it's not as if she seems to be keeping a stiff upper lip, or just being strong for her kids, while the loss privately eats away at her. She is GIDDY. Best birthday party ever! Funnest trip ever! Soup and sandwiches and "wonderful summer family memories" -- life has never been better!
The timing of the whole puppy thing was chilling to me. The over-the-top declarations of love for those dogs right after she sent her CHILD away -- a child for whom those tender feelings were certainly never evident on screen or social media -- seemed so wildly tone deaf.
Tucker's Mom - Thanks for the tip about caramelizing onions in the slow cooker. I'm going to give it a try.
She had to remove the recipe link when she realized the bots couldn't read her comments about the link being in her "bio". What do you want to bet that she'll tweak the recipe just a little (one extra grain of salt) and call it her own.
What dress size do you wear?"
She is so GROSS.
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At least she didn't ask her bra size.
They BOTH read here:
miloandjack2016 Several are asking about you doing a cook book...maybe we should let them know....you already have a great book published! #LoveIsInTheMix by @kateplusmy8 ...may be ordered at #Amazon. #InformativeBeautifulBook ❤
This bot's circuitry is blown:
longislandwifey@kateplusmy8 I am married, 31 years old and I can honestly say watching you throughout the years has all the more made me want to become a mother. You are so loving yet tough and it always seems like you are looking to engage your children and provide them with the best memories possible. Not only that, but you do so much and somehow mange to always look AMAZING! How do you stay so thin/healthy dealing with so much stress in your day to day life? Any tips?
You will never get me to believe that 5,600 REAL people liked a very haphazard-looking photo of soup crocks posted at 8 p.m. on a Friday night and, moreover, that 100 people bothered to comment. It just doesn't fit the established profile of her IG.
Tucker's Mom (#76), one comment TFW made about her 11-year-old son being removed from his home was truly bizarre: when she compared it to a kid going away to college.
NJGal51 said... 88
She had to remove the recipe link when she realized the bots couldn't read her comments about the link being in her "bio".
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What does this mean?
I guess Katie's friends over on the E! Network don't know how to help her either.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5589658/
Weren't she and Brandi on The Apprentice together?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5589658/
nikkit_bone1987Looks so Good! Couldn't imagine feeding 3 teenage boys, let alone 8 teenagers
7 teenagers. One is being fed at an institution, by someone other than his mother.
At least she didn't ask her bra size.
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Only Steve knows what size puppies Kate ordered.
Plenty have asked about her magic bra.
She's never said what kind of magic bra it is.
It's invisible, that much we know!
It's just sad when real mothers out there beat themselves up because they aren't Kate.
You'd look like Kate too if you had plastic surgery and spent a ton of time and money on maintenance.
Kate tans, goes to the spa, mani, pedi, trips to NYC for hair, personal make up and hair person as her "bestie".
Has no job and has all day long to tone her body and has personal trainers and yoga instructors.
Oh, organic chef, too!
@Admin I'll never forget when Milo lashed out at someone over her IG picture of Collin she uploaded.The comment itself just proved how crazy she is.It proved to me that either her family doesn't pay much attention to her or they don't exist.For those who haven't seen it or need a refresh,here it is. miloandjack2016 LOL @gmoney19511950 Who is the ill informed stranger here?? You know NOTHING about me and my relationship w/this family! Take a seat in the back & I'll call for you when you actually KNOW something about this!
She's never said what kind of magic bra it is.
It's invisible, that much we know!
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She must have a few different ones (bras, not puppies). Sometimes those puppies are pushed up around her neck, but we've also seen them so far south that she needs a hoist to raise them. so Milo can salute them.
Steve, help!
miloandjack2016 Several are asking about you doing a cook book...maybe we should let them know....you already have a great book published! #LoveIsInTheMix by @kateplusmy8 ...may be ordered at #Amazon. #InformativeBeautifulBook ❤
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But it's in pre-order. Gladys neglects to tell the sheeple when it will be released!
RoxyHelen (#95), shhhhh, TFW is trying to peddle a fantasy. Don't spoil it with facts. Fact is, TFW has never even fed 3 12-year-old boys. And a picture of 423 bowls of soup will not convince me otherwise.
Sad but true (#90), yes, I find this flurry of comments suspicious, too.
That one woman is marveling about how TFW is "always looking to engage" her children? Well, first of all, isn't that her effing JOB?
Especially as the single mom she claims to be? And I guess the woman has never read any of TFW's many descriptions of the joys of summer:
sleeping in and going in the pool.
And if by being engaged that fan meant coordinating the kids' filmed activities, TFW doesn't do that, either. That compliment belongs to TLC.
Maybe TFW ponied up some bot money because she feels the pressure of the other TFW shows closing in on her. I would think Outdaughtered, as J&K 2.0, is particularly threatening to her ego.
..never mind that awful tub we dress she wore at the 10th carnival birthday party. Those pups were slung low...
Kate doesn't engage her kids. That's a fantasy.
She interacts with them for the camera. otherwise, they are to amuse themselves.
So far, their summer is all about being lazy, sleeping in, sitting around doing nothing and eating soup.
I'm so glad I had a mediocre childhood!
oops tube dress !
That tube dress, omg. Kate is so socially unaware that I wonder if she realized that her kids should have been the focus of the birthday party, not her chesticles.
She has absolutely nothing to do, LOL. We're back to #NookiePookie. It's gonna be a long weekend.
kateplusmy8 Apparently, we have a new 'helper' in the kitchen! Can you believe me? I don't encourage this by any means, but...it's kinda the same thing as a human toddler getting up on the counter, right? 😂😂 #Nanuq #SableKingShepherd #SheHasHerNoseInEverything #VideoCreditGoesToMady
donnaseay_Sweet Kate.....you love that baby! You're just an old softie at heart. ❤️.
kateplusmy8 Yeah I am. By the time I have grandkids, no one will even recognize me! Me as a Grandma: 'You want what? Sure, have candy for breakfast!' 😂😂😂I'm already that way with these puppies so..... @donnaseay_
She is so full of crap, I hardly know where to start.
I don't encourage this by any means, but...it's kinda the same thing as a human toddler getting up on the counter, right?
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No, no, no you blithering IDIOT!
Your dog can eat something that could kill him or her and believe me, no one thinks you'll just laugh it off when Nookie Pookie eats your meal in 5 seconds flat.
You picked a toddler up by his hair and beat him when he pissed you off. I'm sure one of your dogs will get it worse.
Kate is downright disturbed.
Try using that ONE clicker training session that you did for the cameras and train your dogs not to counter surf.
Oh, and watch what's on your counters like a hawk before the unthinkable happens.
Fricking #dolt.
If only she were as keen on her own flesh and blood.
miloandjack2016 LOL. Never thought I'd see this happening in YOUR kitchen! Can we just say #Nanuq has your number! 😋 You are a pushover for those beloved dogs! Would you even imagine yourself w/this video 2yrs ago?? @kateplusmy8
miloandjack2016 Is she as quick as this video shows? Did the bowl stay in place...or end up in her face? Lol. #NaughtyNanuq ❤ @kateplusmy8
And Doofus, YOU are a "pushover for K8 and all her fakery!
I don't encourage this by any means, but...it's kinda the same thing as a human toddler getting up on the counter, right?
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You need to keep a close eye on and prevent both toddlers and dogs from getting into things they shouldn't. The idea of either of them getting into something they shouldn't is not funny. Irresponsiblility is not cute.
Oh, and watch what's on your counters like a hawk before the unthinkable happens.
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Amen to that! My bully can't counter surf but I freak out if I can't find the twist tie from the bread or the rubber band from around the asparagus. We haven't had any problems but all it takes is one time. Allow it for a "cute" picture and you might as well give her permission to do it whenever she wants. TFW is a dope.
Wait! Almost 14K views but only 19 comments and only 1,655 likes? Someone is buying views again.
Love the picture, NJGal!
Awww, pwecious widdle Nook-Nook gets to pway in the kitchen. Good thing she's not a dirty, icky boy like J, who was told he wasn't welcome to help make the flag cake. Not sure if he's retained that "wonderful summer family memory," but luckily it's all on film. So whenever he feels like it, he can watch his little boy self unceremoniously dismissed from the room and dejectedly walking away, while his mom and sisters enjoy an activity he could easily have been a part of.
That tube dress, omg. Kate is so socially unaware that I wonder if she realized that her kids should have been the focus of the birthday party, not her chesticles.
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Is that the one where her boobs were hanging so low that she could have tucked them into her pants? Wouldn't you have been embarrassed to be seen like that? I wonder if she took a good look at herself in the mirror, or did Steve tell her that she looked incredible and she was gullible enough to believe him?
Tizzie (#114), I still say at least one of those kids won't let his or her babies anywhere near TFW.
It is possible that not one of her kids has read her own words in those journal entries yet. I can't imagine how it will feel for them to process that information. TFW can spend her life gaslighting them, blaming their father, or even TLC, but those words will be hard to refute.
Aw, and Brownnose gets to call her by her special nickname.
mkbrownlowauthor Love that Nuq!
I wonder if they're spending LOTS of time together.
kateplusmy8 Yeah I am. By the time I have grandkids, no one will even recognize me! Me as a Grandma: 'You want what? Sure, have candy for breakfast!' 😂😂😂
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Did one of the kids get a beat down for taking an extra mini M&M because they were potty training treats?
Thanks Tucker's Mom and Layla - It's a good thing he's a cutie because he's a little he'll hound and I wouldn't trade him for anything.
Is that the one where her boobs were hanging so low that she could have tucked them into her pants? Wouldn't you have been embarrassed to be seen like that?
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Yes, I would. Kate needs someone to tell her she still needs to wear a bra.
It is possible that not one of her kids has read her own words in those journal entries yet. I can't imagine how it will feel for them to process that information. TFW can spend her life gaslighting them, blaming their father, or even TLC, but those words will be hard to refute.
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I would never leave her alone with a grandchild.
Never.
She's way too physical and quick to anger.
I hope most of the kids break the cycle of abuse.
Tucker's Mom (#121), and can't you just hear TFW pooh-poohing any of her kids when they struggle as new parents? They better not dare express having a hard time with one measly kid, when she had SIX at one time. Oh, yeah, she'll relish the opportunity to bring up her martyrdom again.
Narcissists don't dig it when other people are getting attention. So when her kids do start having parents, it will still be all about her. Hopefully they'll have kind, caring inlaws.
It's kind of remarkable to me how she's using the DOGS to try to convince people of her great transformation. Bottom line, dogs and people are NOT the same. Different dangers, different behaviors, different everything. The fact that she wants to make a point of being such a wet rag with her dogs has NOTHING to do with how she has treated, or is still treating, her children. Too bad so many of the sheeple can't make this distinction.
Sad but true (#123), I think part of the appeal of dogs over children for TFW is that with dogs, she really IS in charge and that really IS never gonna change. She will always be their lord and master. Whereas those pesky kids of hers started expressing specific thoughts and needs and opinions, and she sure as heck wasn't planning for that. Or at least Karen Kauffman, who ordered the fertility drugs, wasn't.
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Sad but true (#123), I think part of the appeal of dogs over children for TFW is that with dogs, she really IS in charge and that really IS never gonna change.
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And let's not forget: Dogs can't talk or write books. :) I'm guessing K8's starting to live in fear with respect to what her kids might say or do in public, online, or just about anywhere she and Figure 8 might trot them. We'll see what happens as time marches on.
Tucker's mom...121
I would never leave her alone with a grandchild.
Never.
She's way too physical and quick to anger.
I hope most of the kids break the cycle of abuse.
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The physical/mental/verbal abuse that TFW has dished out when her babies were first born till teenagers, she will do to her grand kids!
Can you imagine if one of the kids lets her babysit while they run an errand and they came back and the 3 year old is crying and tells their parent that grammy hurt me?
Look what she tried to do with Lil' Hank. I melted when LH told her NO YOUR NOT when she told him that she was going to take care of him. Oh, and another thing. She kicked Rosa, LH's beloved nanny to the curb because she was in charge and that was not going to change while she was there.
I also loved it when LH was picking his nose while the camera was on and she didn't like that.
Your a doll, LH!
She was even ticking off Big Hank before it was over with. My stars, she was playing the I never get to do anything like this because I have 8 kids victim CARD!
Remember when Kendra arranged it for her to go out with her friends to the club? Wow. She was not a wall flower in there. She knew exactly what she was doing.
She was single and childless in the club and on wife swap.
She's just trying to help! Milo can't "leave it" (a simple dog command), she's back on the soup photo:
miloandjack2016 If this was twitter...I would have put a usable link up for you.. 12 #LoveIsInTheMix cookbooks..... #Sold!! 😲 #FansAskingAboutCookBook. #TryingToBeHelpful. 😇 @kateplusmy8.
You can't put up usable links on IG? I saw plenty of them when K8 dangled her hook for #KookyChickens. Unfortunately, these promos for the cookbook don't seem to be working. So far only 5 copies sold on Amazon in June. I guess the 12 people who asked about it couldn't be bothered to look for it.
My guess is, despite the rainbows and unicorns (*waves to our poster*) posted on her social media, TFW treats the dogs like she treats the kids. Love and affection doled out only on her terms and on her time, regardless of their needs and wants.
A means of getting acknowledgement from strangers, and some sort of reflection of glory.
But I suspect there are plenty of hours in the day when those dogs -- like those kids -- disappear from her thoughts, and become the responsibility of helpers.
Like every other living thing on her radar, I think the dogs are around to serve her.
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Like every other living thing on her radar, I think the dogs are around to serve her.
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Yes, just more fodder for her reality TV life. When you get right down to it, she's pretty darned boring.
You can't put up usable links on IG? I saw plenty of them when K8 dangled her hook for #KookyChickens. Unfortunately, these promos for the cookbook don't seem to be working. So far only 5 copies sold on Amazon in June. I guess the 12 people who asked about it couldn't be bothered to look for it.
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She's right that you can't make clickable links in instagram comments or captions. You can post the link, but you can't even easily copy and paste it at least not on my phone, you would have to remember it and manually type it into your browser. I'm not sure the reasoning behind that, it's rather annoying. FB allows it, and FB owns instagram. It might be a spam thing, trying to keep you from spamming and flooding comments with outside links and leaving the app. You are allowed one link in your profile, so what people will do is say "check my bio for the link" and then provide the link up there that's actually clickable to whatever they are referencing. Problem is if you change that link to something else in a subsequent post, it can get confusing for those looking at an old post.
The par for the course judgmental tone of someone who is obviously not a parent. Shit happens with kids. It is inevitable and not automatically a sign that the parent is irresponsible. Get off your high horse.
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Uh huh. You know nothing.
I never said shit shouldn't happen. What was said, is that it's not funny or cute.
Kids get f-ing hurt when parents don't pay attention. Same with dogs. Yes, it does sometimes happen sometimes to good parent, it also sometimes happens to irresponsible parents. But it's not funny, period. The two are not mutually exclusive.
I couldn't refrain from commenting. Exceptionally well written!
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Umm....did Kate buy me some bots? Thanks Kate!
WTF??? I bet the kids won't fall for that BS, especially the boys. Kate will play favorites with her female grandkids the way she's done with her own daughters. Her grandsons will feel left out and resent Kate for it.
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I'm willing to bet a good number of her grandchildren will never know her at all. There are consequences to how she has treated her children, and one of them is they will one day grow up and decide for themselves what contact they would like their own children to have with her.
An FYI regarding Milo's picture, if you care to consider it.
A "vaseline smudge" creates a dreamy, foggy look and can even suggest motion if applied sparingly.
The picture of Milo looks just the opposite like someone used a "sharpen" feature which is most noticeable in the background above her head. Each strand of her hair can be seen. As far as no wrinkles, etc. the picture is very over exposed. You can tell that where there is no difference in shadow to separate the chin from the neck.
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Tucker's Mom (#121), and can't you just hear TFW pooh-poohing any of her kids when they struggle as new parents? They better not dare express having a hard time with one measly kid, when she had SIX at one time. Oh, yeah, she'll relish the opportunity to bring up her martyrdom again.
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My goodness. I haven't even thought of this.
The physical/mental/verbal abusive gift from Grandma that keeps on giving.
miloandjack2016 So...by now I thought we'd get an #UpdateVideo. A scene w/ #Nanuq UP ON THE COUNTER taking care of the leftovers! LOL. We know its just a matter of time. #CrazyDogLover. 😋 @kateplusmy8. ❤❤❤
k8i31😂 I love the "new Kate" and how you've changed! 👍🏻
This k8i31 MUST be a paid promoter. She's certainly got teh script down. And yes, a video with #Nunu ON the counter would be a thrilling sequel. Not.
You can tell that where there is no difference in shadow to separate the chin from the neck.
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She has a chin? What about the belly button?
The par for the course judgmental tone of someone who is obviously not a parent. Shit happens with kids. It is inevitable and not automatically a sign that the parent is irresponsible. Get off your high horse.
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These personal attacks on admin and other posters is really getting to be annoying. This person needs help with anger issues. The resident troll needs to go back to his/her own blog and to grow the heck up and put aside that middle school mean girl mentality. I am fairly sure that several of us know who it is, so perhaps the comments should just be taken with that proverbial grain of salt.
We should go back to the good old days and say "Yes, you're right," and just leave it at that.
Well big news in Admin land. We've been trying to buy the right home for awhile and finally found our dream home. Offer was accepted this morning. Crossing my fingers escrow goes smoothly and we'll be moving in in August.
I could NOT believe my eyes. The seller's last name? Kravitz.
This truly is the home for me.
Layla (#44), belatedly commenting on your sweet post about your family's travels. I loved your son describing the big iron man as a landmark, and that he's always changing colors. But of course TFW would probably just consider him a waste of metal (and paint). She was born without the whimsy gene.
A "vaseline smudge" creates a dreamy, foggy look and can even suggest motion if applied sparingly.
The picture of Milo looks just the opposite like someone used a "sharpen" feature which is most noticeable in the background above her head. Each strand of her hair can be seen. As far as no wrinkles, etc. the picture is very over exposed. You can tell that where there is no difference in shadow to separate the chin from the neck.
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You're right. I think we were using vaseline smudge a little loosely. Obviously there is no vaseline filter on the iPhone I'm aware of. When you over sharpen, if you do it too, too much, it almost starts to do the opposite effect, like vaseline-like. You lose the same detail you were trying to maintain.
In any case, on most of her photos she puts over the top filters on it to bend and twist the image. It's a red flag of something, what I'm not exactly sure.
Admin (#140), that's wonderful news! Best of luck, and I hope you'll let us know what happens!
I could NOT believe my eyes. The seller's last name? Kravitz.
This truly is the home for me.
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It's a sign! The universe is telling you that this is YOUR home!
Congratulations.
Just one thing...when you walk into you home for the first time, spin around a few times like Julie Andrews, then whoosh! Run to the kitchen window and declare, "Mine. All mine. As far as the eye can see!".
(up to you if you want to add an evil cackle)
Whatever you do, DO NOT spend 4 hours cleaning your fridge with a Q-tip ;-)
These personal attacks on admin and other posters is really getting to be annoying. This person needs help with anger issues. The resident troll needs to go back to his/her own blog and to grow the heck up and put aside that middle school mean girl mentality
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She's a one-trick pony.
Read 15 Minute post.
Create straw man by dismantling what Admin and others have written, reassemble in a way that she can attack us with our own words.
Lather
Rinse
Repeat
Milo, Nanuq ON the counter would be so funny!!
So funny when shit goes crashing down on the floor, including the dog.
A real gut buster!!!!!
One time when DH and I took one of our dogs to the emergency vet on a Sunday morning, we were in the waiting room with a couple who had a beagle mix. The beagle mix managed to get up on the counter and proceeded to get up on top of their fridge where they stashed cookies, thinking the dog would NEVER be able to get all the way up there!
Whoops. He did!
Then he got sick and got a trip to the E.R. with a nice hefty bill to boot.
It's hard to comprehend an adult Milo's age being so silly.
spin around a few times like Julie Andrews, then whoosh! Run to the kitchen window and declare, "Mine. All mine. As far as the eye can see!".
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Only it will look more like....mine all mine, as far as about two arm lengths to the neighbor's fence and then it's not mine....😂
Seriously getting even enough land to do a little gardening is hard to come by here. It took some deep diving into redfin. We're tickled pink to have a yard and even a little pool!
In any case, on most of her photos she puts over the top filters on it to bend and twist the image. It's a red flag of something, what I'm not exactly sure.
I haven't seen those. I've seen shots of the woods and dogs in a lake etc. several times. outside shots, nothing twisted or bent comes to mind.
Regarding vaseline on a camera lens, I've never done that, but have applied vaseline to a clear filter and put it in a filter holder. 35mm of course. Hopefully no one would put vaseline on an iPhone lens!
Congratulations Admin, how thrilling for you! Our first home was only about 800 square feet with ONE closet & no basement. Loved that place....
You dog lovers have probably seen this video, although it's new to me today. SO SWEET!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asmlHs0Sct8
You dog lovers have probably seen this video, although it's new to me today. SO SWEET!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asmlHs0Sct8
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YES! I love this video, jolie!
That sweet dog reminds me of our rescue yellow lab so, so much!
Congratulations Admin how exciting for you to find your dream home. I hope all goes smoothly. You must be thrilled.
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She's a one-trick pony.
Read 15 Minute post.
Create straw man by dismantling what Admin and others have written, reassemble in a way that she can attack us with our own words.
Lather
Rinse
Repeat
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And she's dumb enough to think we can't figure it out!
Does she have a serous girl crush on admin, or is it just a love-hate thing? Admin, you are so lucky!
In any case, on most of her photos she puts over the top filters on it to bend and twist the image. It's a red flag of something, what I'm not exactly sure.
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Catfishing, or appearing to be a Barbie-Kate twin, or trying to cover up the fact that you lifted the photo.
Congrats, Admin on your new home!
I bet you giggled when you saw the owner's last name!
Salt-water pool? lol!!!
Congrats, Admin, and best wishes for happiness in your new home
Geez, Admin, a garden AND a pool? If you get a leather couch, we'll know you're going full Single White Female on TFW, and Rat Claws might show up with a restraining order!
I could NOT believe my eyes. The seller's last name? Kravitz.
This truly is the home for me.
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I hope that you're installing blinds or hanging draperies! You just never know when a Kravitz might want to re-visit the old homestead!
I just checked the listings, and tomorrow TLC is airing a 2-hour Counting On with the birth of Jessa Duggar's second baby. Then Tuesday it's a 2-hour Little People special with the birth of Zach's baby. And all TFW has got is bratty teens, onion soup and a counter-surfing dog.
Speaking of onions, the local food pantry got a donation of onions! 4 pallets! The wonderful lady who runs it posted a picture of the onions piled up in a pile 4 or 5 ft. high and asking, where are my hungry people! Come get some onions!
You could get a couple of bags and chop them up and bag the onions in different size zip lock bags and freeze them.
You could put the onions in hamburger patties, on top of hot dogs, casseroles, omelets, soups, especially onion soup. Cut into slices and save for onion rings.
Congrats Admin! Great news. And as Joy would say, "TFW is still boring."
In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Gossip, a former employee of the Duggars revealed that prior to courting Joseph, Kendra was romantically involved with someone else:
His brother, Jedidiah Duggar.
The business associate, who asked to remain anonymous, informed us that Joe moved in and "bumped [Jedidiah] out" during the early stages of the younger brother's courtship with Kendra.
Understandably, there was a period of hostility between the brothers that ended only when Jed wrote a letter granting his blessing for Joe to pursue a relationship with Kendra.
Our source offered no information with regard to why the younger brother decided to quash the conflict and move on.
It's possible that only Jed (below, with twin brother Jeremiah) knows the real reason behind his change of heart.
But it's also possible that this was yet another effort by Jim Bob to keep conflicts within the family out of the tabloid headlines.
https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2017/06/kendra-caldwell-did-she-court-jedidiah-duggar-before-joseph-dugg/
Jim Bob Duggar is an abomination. His patriarchal control is just heartbreaking that he has over his GROWN CHILDREN's LIVES! Jana, in a year and a half will be 30 years old! Makes me so mad.
In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Gossip, a former employee of the Duggars revealed that prior to courting Joseph, Kendra was romantically involved with someone else:
His brother, Jedidiah Duggar.
The business associate, who asked to remain anonymous, informed us that Joe moved in and "bumped [Jedidiah] out" during the early stages of the younger brother's courtship with Kendra.
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Good find, Golly.
I find this story rather juicy. Who passes a girlfriend from brother to brother? Who wants your brother's sloppy seconds? Yuck!
There are plenty of fish in the sea, but you have to shop the girl around the same family?
I think JimBoob's M.O. is written all over this. I think what happened is he hand picked this gal as checking all the boxes, and matched her with Jed. When Jed really didn't want her, Boob passed her on down the line to Joe like you might hand down a bicycle to the next brother. Very weird family.
Admin, congratulations on your house purchase. Wishing you an easy move and much pleasure in your new home.
Admin (#162), funny you should use that bicycle analogy. Isn't that part of the Duggar theory of why girls shouldn't kiss before marriage, because then she's like a bicycle that's already been ridden?
Not sure of the details, but someone with a better grasp of Duggar history might expand on that explanation. There was also some metaphor about spit in a cup?
Jon posted an Instagram picture from Mexico. Maybe a celebration trip for his girlfriend's graduation.
Congrats on the new house Admin. May you have many happy years in it. Enjoy the pool (I hate mine and we never use it now that our sone is grown and gone).
Looks like the Cosby camp is backpedaling . . .
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/bill-cosby-mistrial-town-hall-meetings-not-about-sexual-assault-publicist-1202477950/
Hmmm, maybe Bill's pockets aren't that deep after all. Like TFW, he hasn't learned that you can never go back. But why would he need to refile for the rights? It was his concept so wouldn't he already have the rights in perpetuity?
http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/26/bill-cosby-trademarks-fat-albert-hey-hey-hey-trial/
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Thanks for the video. I have also seen it before. It reminds of MY dog1 At first, when she came to us as a s rescue dog, she was very aloof and unaffectionate, would not allow us to pat her or sit with her. Now she does that behavior of pressing her head against us when we come home, as if we went out because she did something wrong. I know it's indicative of her anxieties but it's so sweet!
PS. Our vet says our dog needs a special canine psychologist. Initial consultation- $600! We are still trying with other methods such as the ones Tucker suggested as well as some others.But we'll do what it takes to make her happy and behaving properly- walking, not howling, less anxious.
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I love hearing how the kids remember our travels. The big iron man was a landmark we always looked for when we went to the Giesswein factory in Austria. That's where we used to go to buy the very traditional German/Austrian costumes. Looking for Lederhosen and a wool jacket? Geisswein is the place to go. I also laughed at his description of a location we visited in the Alps--it's a spot where you can get on a chairlift in Germany and ride it up the mountain and then all the way down to Austria on the other side. But what he remembers most fondly of that particular place? The spot where you can stand in Germany and spit into Austria. (I have boys, remember? That's the kind of thing that impressed them).
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Admin (#162), funny you should use that bicycle analogy. Isn't that part of the Duggar theory of why girls shouldn't kiss before marriage, because then she's like a bicycle that's already been ridden?
Not sure of the details, but someone with a better grasp of Duggar history might expand on that explanation. There was also some metaphor about spit in a cup?
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Ugh. So instead of getting a shiny new bike for your birthday, you get some old, used, scratched bike that's been ridden hard and ewwwww! Who would want that!
And girls who are sexually active before marriage- YUCK!
Like drinking form a cup that's been spit in.
Yes, in 2017, women are still viewed as either intact or not-intact hymens.
Layla (#170), at least your son remembered it as a place he was spitting into Austria, and not "watering" it the other way boys
are fond of:)
Tucker's Mom (#171), what a crazy double standard. Here that pudgy pervert Josh had diddled 4 siblings, and was still seen as a "catch" to Anna and her family. Blech.
So, the Duggars use a story about a woman who has kissed before being like an old, used bike for your birthday (and who would want that?). But their family motto is supposed to be "Buy used and save the difference". Anyone else see some room for confusion here?
I hope that you're installing blinds or hanging draperies! You just never know when a Kravitz might want to re-visit the old homestead!
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Maybe Lenny might stop by!
Bring his guitar.
Strum by the salt-water pool! lol
I checked. Kendra is 18. Jedidiah is 18. Joseph is 22.
I think that Jed really liked Kendra and Jim Bob stepped in and talked Jed out of it. Because of them both being 18 and he didn't want any backlash from it. It would be better for Joe at 22.
He may have gave Jed something of great value for him to let Kendra go.
Like I said before, his iron fist is heartbreaking.
He may have gave Jed something of great value for him to let Kendra go.
Like I said before, his iron fist is heartbreaking.
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It's creepy how Boob arranges his children's "courting" and marriages.
Tucker's Mom (#177), I wonder if Ma and Pa Duggar wormed their way into the 2-hour special tonight? It's only a matter of time before Josh does, too.
It's creepy how Boob arranges his children's "courting" and marriages.
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Boob is just downright creepy. Period.
Boob is just downright creepy. Period.
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Can you imagine waking up with that in your bed, or Josh, his creepy clone? Ew. I'd swear off men forever! No woman could possibly be that hard up.
Oh no, is she sleeping with Zorro now? I guess she had to answer everyone who was asking where he was. I don't think anyone would have guessed, they're both in her bed now. They all end up there eventually, don't they? Yuck.
kateplusmy8 Just discussing life with @zorrothebird .... #MyFeatherKid #BlackCappedConure #FourYearsOld #PartOfOurFamilyZoo #❤️
What's next? #Giraffes? #Elephants? #Aldergators? #Skeve?
Sad (181): "I don't think anyone would have guessed, they're both in her bed now. They all end up there eventually, don't they? Yuck."
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But the one person who really wants to be there hasn't yet had the pleasure.
Right, Gladys?
Boob is just downright creepy. Period.
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There's something really, really pathological about that insider story. So pathological that you just couldn't make it up.
He's arranging marriages like you arrange flowers. Switching them in and out, trying out different things. These are real people, real decisions for the rest of your life, and he's creating situations ripe for emotional damage, like passing a suitable woman off brother to brother until he locks it down.
He's such a sociopath I don't see any indication he's acknowledging real people and real feelings here.
The business associate, who asked to remain anonymous, informed us that Joe moved in and "bumped [Jedidiah] out" during the early stages of the younger brother's courtship with Kendra.
Understandably, there was a period of hostility between the brothers that ended only when Jed wrote a letter granting his blessing for Joe to pursue a relationship with Kendra.
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I'm with Golly on this that for some reason the older brother was more suitable. It makes perfect sense for two 18 year olds to start dating each other, and I'm not sure why a 22 year old older brother would be such a jerk as to try to interrupt that when there are plenty of women out there, even women in their limited circle. But perhaps because of the age or other reasons, JimBoob stepped in here and passed her on up the line. Or, it could have been HER parents feeling that a match with a bit more mature older brother would be best.
I'm guessing that letter was all JimBoob making sure that the loop was closed here and the family had "made up." Like Kate who used to force those fake make-up hugs, force the abused to hug their abuser. Unless your brother is dead, you do NOT take your brother's girl. Period.
Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said... 184
I'm with Golly on this that for some reason the older brother was more suitable.
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With The Boob's overly literal sense of hierarchy, the older brother was just, well, older. He's married off his girls in order (except for the eldest); he's doing the same with the boys (except for JD, the family pilot and all-around go-to guy). It's a very sick and structured world he presides over. And he clearly wouldn't have it any other way. I don't believe there was any more thought put into it on his part than that.
Lynne In RI (#182), tee hee!
Methinks someone is home watching another TLC family's 2-hour special
and is needing a little attention.
“Laws are changing. The statute of limitations for victims of sexual assault are being extended,” added Benson originally. “So this is why people need to be educated. A brush against the shoulder, anything at this point, can be considered sexual assault and it’s a good thing to be educated about the laws.”
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What a tool. A brush against the shoulder has never been nor ever will be sexual assault.
Way to totally poo poo legitimate claims of assault.
Also, his attacks on the media for this are something else. If anything, the media went way conservative on this whole story, to a rather admirable degree. That didn't go after the guy until they were sure.
It was only when, I think it was Time, published that stirring cover of all his victims, did the media finally say ok fine we'll admit this happened. This was by no means a lynch mob. The media was at best, reluctant, at worst, flat out ignoring this until it couldn't be ignored.
. May you have many happy years in it. Enjoy the pool (I hate mine and we never use it now that our sone is grown and gone).
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This is an odyssey! I think I need to find a buying your first home blog, lol. I was truly living out an episode of Better Caul Saul when my lender made a typo in the home's address on all my documents today--every single one has the wrong spelling of the address. Too much!
I didn't set out to get a pool and it was a reluctant purchase. It just so happened the property that was perfect had it. I share some concern that I just won't really use it. Will be pouring a lot of money into it and not using it. I think what's key for me is making sure it remains a focal point of gatherings and parties, that I don't forget to make it so, and that the costs are kept reasonable. The previous owners have a really good pool crew that are very reasonable, so I'm just going to hire them. We'll see, I'm hoping for the best. That's the only part of the decision I bit my lip on a bit.
Admin (#188), you better not let that strange pool crew help with the blog -- they could never measure up to your Pool Girls!
Admin, I can't believe your Better Call Saul experience. As frustrating as it must have been, you must have chuckled at the coincidence.
Hey. Now you will have two sets of pool assistants!
Thanks for sharing your excitement with all of us.
There's something really, really pathological about that insider story. So pathological that you just couldn't make it up.
He's arranging marriages like you arrange flowers.
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I bet Boob would never fathom passing one of his sons from on woman to another to see who he sees fit to match him with.
Just the notion of passing a young woman around his sons, having her bond with one and then passing her on to another is like slave trade.
Admin, just a thought, but you can always consider filling the pool in if it's just not suiting you.
What I've learned from owning homes is that not much is set in stone. Just because something worked for a previous owner doesn't mean it has to stay that way forever.
Tucker's Mom (#191), what raises the creepiness factor with all JB's meddling is that each of these relationships effects his bottom line. In his world, a courtship leads to an engagement and a wedding and a baby: with TLC airtime and People coverage every step of the way.
If the Duggars were no longer in the public eye, and able to squeeze a dollar out of every coupling, I don't think JB would be in such an all-fire hurry to launch his young kids out in to the world in rapid succession. I'd like to say he's like an agent, but somehow pimp seems closer to the mark.
. I'd like to say he's like an agent, but somehow pimp seems closer to the mark.
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Unless your brother is dead, you do NOT take your brother's girl. Period.
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Complete agreement here. But I have to say, you don't take your brother's girl if he's dead, either. Has anyone followed the Hunter Biden (son of Joe B) divorce? After Beau Biden died, Hunter (Beau's older brother) started an affair with Beau's widow. Hunter and his wife just got divorced, and the ick factor was high. But...I think it's reasonable to say that you don't move in on your sibling's love interest no matter what the circumstances. The likelihood of hurt feelings and resentment is too high. Jim Boob, of course, has always ignored what is best for his kids and done what he thinks is best for the overall marketability of the family. I think we can all agree that his priorities are grossly abnormal.
Admin. I hope you learn to relax and embrace your pool. Buy a good float and pick up a book and just relaaaaaaaaaaaaaax. My pool was my little bit of heaven. Watching the clouds float by the tree tops. Take it I have major mobility problems(bad hips, knees, back). I crave a float in a pool again. The one thing I think kept me from being suicidal. That's how much I NEED a good float. I could get into a pool, but maybe not get out. LOL
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Admin, just a thought, but you can always consider filling the pool in if it's just not suiting you.
What I've learned from owning homes is that not much is set in stone. Just because something worked for a previous owner doesn't mean it has to stay that way forever.
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I remember when TFW was buying the tv studio home, it was in agreement that the horses had to stay in the stable and live there.
I guess you would say they had a life estate. The ink was barely dry on the closing papers and she got rid of them. She had to of sold them.
I can just see her now, Oh, love horses, can't wait for the kids to ride them. Yeah, right. She got rid of them as soon as she could and bad mouthed the doctor about how dirty the fridge was.
Complete agreement here. But I have to say, you don't take your brother's girl if he's dead, either. Has anyone followed the Hunter Biden (son of Joe B) divorce? After Beau Biden died, Hunter (Beau's older brother) started an affair with Beau's widow. Hunter and his wife just got divorced, and the ick factor was high. But...I think it's reasonable to say that you don't move in on your sibling's love interest no matter what the circumstances. The likelihood of hurt feelings and resentment is too high. Jim Boob, of course, has always ignored what is best for his kids and done what he thinks is best for the overall marketability of the family. I think we can all agree that his priorities are grossly abnormal.
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For some families where a death has occurred a romance develops in the same family and that can be natural because you may end up spending most of your time with the family grieving.
In some native American cultures, it is expected that a brother marries his brother's widow, I imagine because she could be left destitute without his family taking her in.
But, you're right, the dynamic is precarious, and hurt feelings and much worse could very well happen. I really am not getting the impression JimBoob is thinking about hurt feelings or family dynamics when he shops these girls around. It's very pathological. Forgot who said it here but yeah, the dude is a PIMP.
I'll say this for Kate, I think Boob is way worse than her.
Though I think it's more because Kate is just too stupid to figure out the schemes he comes up with.
I just don't think Kate is capable of arranging something really devious for ratings. She's too simple-minded. If anything she does stuff that has lowered her ratings, like kicking Jon out, and Collin, and various other people viewers enjoyed watching.
Admin (#199), also, TFW is too darn lazy for elaborate schemes. We're talking about a woman who wants a medal for making a pot of soup.
But I still say TFW is not above using the twins -- or at least just M -- to try to extend the show. At almost 17, M might be dating soon (if she's not already), and I wouldn't be surprised if that element was introduced to boost ratings. Poor TFW tried and failed with Vann the Mann on camera, and Jeff Millionaire off. But as the Duggars and Roloffs have shown, these 2nd generation romances generate a lot of interest.
But I still say TFW is not above using the twins -- or at least just M -- to try to extend the show. At almost 17, M might be dating soon (if she's not already), and I wouldn't be surprised if that element was introduced to boost ratings. Poor TFW tried and failed with Vann the Mann on camera, and Jeff Millionaire off. But as the Duggars and Roloffs have shown, these 2nd generation romances generate a lot of interest.
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Yes. It's interesting to see the contrast between this show and the Little People show. The Little People show is crafted around milestones in their lives big and small. Dating, marriages, friendships, conflicts, business ideas, successes and flops. They are progressing through life.
Kate's show, with the exception of the odd boring birthday party, seems to be much more about placing the family in artificial situations, like game shows or stressful vacations or renovations, and watch what happens. I'm not following the thread where they are in life, where they are going.
The former, in my opinion, makes for a much more compelling reality show. Throwing kids into a salad mixer and spinning them around and watching what happens for the laughs gets very old.
I'm not watching Little People tonight, but read on another blog that Matt said becoming a grandfather is like "being kicked by a donkey." I have a feeling TFW might feel that way when the time comes. As often as she brings it up, I think she'll feel threatened by some little attention-sucking creature -- especially one she can't beat into submission.
I'm not watching Little People tonight, but read on another blog that Matt said becoming a grandfather is like "being kicked by a donkey."
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Sheesh, that's an odd comment. He's definitely over the moon about the grandkids, it seems genuine to me. Maybe he just meant such a huge jolt of change. It's been 20 years since they've had a baby around. I don't know how Kate will react to grandkids, sometimes abusive parents are better grandparents. Sometimes not.
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