4 minutes ago, AliC said:

That sounds freakin' miserable. My family was never too well off, but know how my parents saved money and ensured me a good childhood? They had only two kids.

Karissa also forgot to mention one of her biggest money savers. Shaq 🙄

That sounds freakin' miserable. My family was never too well off, but know how my parents saved money and ensured me a good childhood? They had only two kids.

47 minutes ago, Nothing if not critical said:

The Swansons use D for boys and L for girls, so Dallas must be a boy. Their logic, not mine.

That's my bad. I didn't realize that they had a theme going.

There are so many contradictions there. She says « no kids’ meals » and then says to buy the $0.99 kids’ meals. She talks about buying from thrift stores only and then says they buy the matching $5 outfits from Walmart. And no pyjamas is awful. The kids can’t be comfortable sleeping in jeans. 

On 4/22/2024 at 1:40 AM, CaptainFunderpants said:

Count me as one that doesn't think it was anything more than going against the parents' wishes. I don't think there'll be a questionably timed blessing. I just think they're different brands of crazy and so the families don't like the match.

Yep. Fundies have all kinds of nonsensical disputes and pre-marriage questionnaires about “theological differences” and “scripture”, so the parents may very well have objected the marriage due to some random difference in religious doctrine with the other family.