Last one. I promise. 

11 minutes ago, Hasunah2 said:

And in a couple of months they tell us that marriage is hard but so rewarding .

That will be entertaining. 

22 hours ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

I would love to know who told them they are too young. Not their parents. They raised them for young marriage. And Carver isn’t as young as Haley. So it’s likely they are just saying it to Haley. 

And in a couple of months they tell us that marriage is hard but so rewarding .

2 hours ago, hoipolloi said:

In which the Queen looks back:

 

I feel......

57 minutes ago, SassyPants said:

It’s weird to me that the Duggars who actually had the ability to give their kids more (experiences, education, exposure to more influential people)and chose not to, and the more average Bates family has allowed their kids to explore and widen their worlds. I do not think a B girl would be satisfied with the life a D boy would provide. Maybe a D girl with a B boy, but I am not familiar enough with the ages of all the younger kids to know if that would work or not.

It seems like many of the D-2s will not be as successful as JB/M. I think the B-2s are off to a better start.

I don’t think I can agree with this Bates/Duggar comparison. When looking at the five Bates guys age 21 and older, three of them (Zach, Lawson and Trace) seem to have “careers” based on social media. Nathan B and John D seem to have the exact same careers, aviation/Medicorps, so no advantage to either family there. Jackson B seems to have a steady job in Florida, but his previous employer was actually Jason D. I’ll leave Josh out of since he’s in prison. Joe and Josiah have chosen private lives currently, so I don’t want to speculate on them. Jed, Jeremiah, Jason and James all seem to be running their own businesses probably based on financial support from JB. Justin works for his father-in-law in his business. I don’t really see the Bates guys as more successful or prepared for life than the Duggar guys.

On the B/D women comparison, they all seem pretty similar. Most of them are balancing homeschooling with social media influencing and social media based businesses. The D women have much larger social media followings, so maybe they don’t need to hustle as much as the B women. None of them really lead extravagant lifestyles, but they all appear very comfortable.