Karissa should have googled tips to save money and used those. Three of her tips (#1 water only, #4 no kids' meals, #13 99 cent kids' meals) all involve eating out! Now having seen some pictures of the meals she chooses to share I would prefer to eat out if I was at her table, but goodness with a family of 12 I would have assumed it wasn't in the cards or was an ultra-rare treat. Although I guess it is better than David and Jill Rod taking themselves out on a date night and leaving the children at home to fend for themselves. 

She posted a picture of the kids eating at a restaurant that Im sure doesn’t allow meal sharing and wearing specialized pro-life shirts shortly after the how to save money post.  #1 Accept gifts from whoever will give them to you

My kids don’t wear pajamas to bed. They either wear the clothes they hung out at home in or the clothes they’ll wear the next day.  Once they become a teenager, I give up trying to convince them to wear pajamas.  The youngest I make change if they’ve been outside and she usually chooses to wear clothes for tomorrow.  I have one kid who refuses to sleep on sheets, one who refuses to sleep in a bed and one who wear blue jeans to bed.  They all own pajamas-one wears them to school.   I don’t change if I’ve been home all day, but do if I’ve been running errands or outside.  But I change as soon as I get home and then just wear that to bed.  

I’ve known many homeschoolers who don’t enjoy reading.  The parents are usually devastated and still find ways to incorporate reading in their day.  Karissa and JRod don’t even seem to care their kids don’t read.  

5 hours ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

This is how Karissa saves money. It’s all pretty eyeroll worthy to me. If you want to save tons of money, stop having kids. That’s the biggest money saver of all. 

Y'know what also helps to save money? Making more than a living wage.  If someone isn't bringing in enough money to cover their expenses no amount of "stop eating avocado toast" is going to allow someone to save. Say hi to Shaq for me. 

It’s crazy to me that she openly admits to drinking an mlm weight loss supplement while pregnant with her 11th.

1 minute ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

I often figure most of these teen fundie brides wanted to go to prom and their wedding is their prom. 

That makes sense.

Honestly this picture reminds me of the time we stopped at a TGI Friday’s somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Maryland driving back from Hershey Park when I was maybe 13 and there was a couple in their late 20s maybe at the table next to my family that was clearly on a date night. She was in a black maxi dress that perfectly framed the large butterfly tattoo on her upper back and had her hair curled and a full face of makeup on and he was in a button up plaid shirt and jeans and cowboy boots.

At first I was like they’re really having fancy date night at TGI Friday’s? And then it occurred to me that this was bumfuck MD and that’s what they had to work with.