37 minutes ago, SassyPants said:

Was this while she was still living in the TTH? She had to text her mom? If she was still at home that is pathetic, and really shows WHY no mother should have 19 offspring-

Yes, she was in her late teens/early 20s. So, plenty old enough to have a phone. And probably the only way to communicate with Meech, who had checked out years prior.

19 hours ago, neuroticcat said:

She talks about disordered eating in the interview with AB Stuckey. She says she was really worried about gaining weight & would sleep in as long as possible to avoid meals. 

She talked to her mom about it and Michelle became her accountability partner and Jinger would text her what she ate for the day.

Maybe she explains more in the book about how/if it evolved or resolved. She didn’t really expand much on whether it still affected her daily life or not. 

Was this while she was still living in the TTH? She had to text her mom? If she was still at home that is pathetic, and really shows WHY no mother should have 19 offspring-

I personally would never do a reality show or have a YouTube channel. Because I never want my life to be debated online. And that’s what’s so sad about kids who get no choice. All of the Duggar kids were underage when they first special was recorded. They weren’t able to consent to putting their lives on national tv. It’s not fair that we even know who Jinger Duggar is. We shouldn’t know. She and her siblings shouldn’t have been exploited in order to line the pockets of JB and TLC. 

6 hours ago, viii said:

Your quote just kind of proves what I said, so I stand by what I said. She knows about the website, she doesn’t approve of the website, and the title has nothing to do with the website. 

Yea, I can’t imagine being anyone who is discussed here and seeing it as a remotely positive thing. Even if you somehow appreciated it’s mostly done with the best of intentions, and there may be certain aspects that ring true or are even enlightening —- still, We’re talking about real peoples real lives and generally disagreeing with everything from how they were raised, to what they eat, to how clean or messy their house is, to if they wear hats, to their choice in men. Of course they hate it. I sure would. 

Thankfully I have a decent mother in law. Even though she has an extremely opinionated and blunt personality. She tries very hard not to be a bad mother in law. She said she had a very tumultuous relationship with her mother in law (my husband’s grandma) and she didn’t want to repeat that. I met my husband’s grandma when we were first dating and she had a very strong personality. So I could easily see how two very strong personalitied women like them would butt heads. I bet it was awful. I also want to take the route my mother in law is taking. I have two sons and I don’t want to have a tumultuous relationship with a daughter in law or a son in law (yes, I don’t know if either son with be totally straight so I’m keeping my mind open to the possibilities. They both say they never want to get married, lol).