Ah the Life- oldest SAHDs?

[ladyamylynn]

I'm morbidly curious about Kelly & Andrea Reins, the "girls" who write ahthelife.blogspot.com . I'm not 100% sure of their exact ages, but they are WELL into their 30's and still living the SAHD lifestyle. They're total VF sycophants and hilariously enough, write posts about godly marriage and child-rearing. They're also quite the concealed-carry fans.

Anyway, not much has been happening on their blog lately, at least about their personal lives, so I checked to see if they're on facebook. They are. I ended up flipping through their dad's page, and found this little gem.

imgur.com/ZbI8mvS

Says a lot about why they're yet unmarried in their mid-to-late 30's, eh? Dad is Jeff Reins, make sure to check out his comment. His page is public.

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[fun2beme]

Yeah, that's disturbing for a dad who has adult daughters (and not really funny for any age, for that matter). LOL, he needs to meet my dad, whose standards for me plummet further each yeat that I'm single. I think that "having a heartbeat" will be off list in two years when I turn 40.

[ShesCrafty]

Shit like that is dumb enough when you have a minor child. But when your daughters are well into adulthood? Fucking ridiculous. Parenting: Jeff Reins is doing it wrong.

[GolightlyGrrl]

Ah, yes, the Ah, the Life Blog, the blog that gave us the epic story of bringing Rebecca home.

ahthelife.blogspot.com/2006/09/bringing-home-rebecca.html

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[already hungover]

Ah, yes, the Ah, the Life Blog, the blog that gave us the epic story of bringing Rebecca home.

ahthelife.blogspot.com/2006/09/bringing-home-rebecca.html

...what the actual fuck did I just read. :shock:

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[acheronbeach]

Have either of the Reins "girls" ever actually worked outside of the home?

[GenerationCedarchip]

Have either of the Reins "girls" ever actually worked outside of the home?

Are they the ones who used to be "Color Me Beautiful" consultants or something like that?

I do remember them being pioneer SAHDs back in the day. I had no clue who they were but when I was growing up there was an elder in church who made his daughters be SAHD (this was the mid/late 90s so it was still pretty freaky even in fundie land) and he knew of them somehow. Maybe through homeschooling circles? My family wasn't homeschooling so I only heard bits and pieces about folks in the movement back then.

[teachergirl]

Oh, they are definitely 35 plus...not to mention insufferably smug and annoying. They bragged once on their blog about how great it was to "stay at home and work in your pajamas.....Um yeah that does sound great. Meanwhile the rest of us wor,kpay bills, budget, contribute to society, pay taxes, etc. I really wonder when they will start to question this lifestyle. What will they do when their parents pass away and have literally never worked outside the home? How could you want that for your life?

[Jana814]

...what the actual fuck did I just read. :shock:

I was wondering the same thing! I wonder how many kids they now hàve.

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[Emme]

dude. WHAT THE FUCK!

[MamaJunebug]

Kelly - who I believe is the oldest - will turn 37 in December.

The Reins ladies are a particular interest of mine. Somewhere in their blog, they document moving into a pretty nice 2-story with the Parents Reins and how glad they are to have such great HQ.

They probably are in better shape than if they were married and living in a Duggar-esque 900-square-foot with a half-dozen kids for whom they have the responsibility of hoeschooling, and husbands who work when their family businesses are in good shape.

[HoneyBunny]

Classy.

:?

[MamaJunebug]

I found this, which answers two questions:

(a) What do SAHDs do for fun and

(b) Who was it who really disdained the concept of being a "wage slave"? (I once attributed that to Jasmine Baucham, who set me straight that she had never used the term. Indeed - it was a Sister Reins, which one, I do not know.)

ahthelife.blogspot.com/2007/12/hobbies.html

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[fun2beme]

Re: bringing Rebecca home- So very, very grateful that the bldg I work in has security guards and access cards for entry to every area in the building. I don't know which would be worse - being "saved" like that or standing by in horror as a female co-worker was whisked away.

[AnywhereButHere]

Yeah, that's disturbing for a dad who has adult daughters (and not really funny for any age, for that matter). LOL, he needs to meet my dad, whose standards for me plummet further each yeat that I'm single. I think that "having a heartbeat" will be off list in two years when I turn 40.

To funny. My dad didn't wait that long. I think he started fixing me up with his friends' sons in my sophmore year of college. He didn't do a bad job overall. I didn't marry any of them, but it still surprises me how well my dad knew me.

[salex]

Oh, they are definitely 35 plus...not to mention insufferably smug and annoying. They bragged once on their blog about how great it was to "stay at home and work in your pajamas.....Um yeah that does sound great. Meanwhile the rest of us wor,kpay bills, budget, contribute to society, pay taxes, etc. I really wonder when they will start to question this lifestyle. What will they do when their parents pass away and have literally never worked outside the home? How could you want that for your life?

They are human sacrifices to the cause. Cloistered in their earthly father's homes, they ,the botkins and who knows how many unknown and unnamed women whose fathers couldn't or wouldn't relinquish control of their slave/daughters.

ANd, a way to hasten the demise of the model they are following as unworkable.

Keep at it Reins, Botkins, et al, Keep at it.

[GolightlyGrrl]

Re: bringing Rebecca home- So very, very grateful that the bldg I work in has security guards and access cards for entry to every area in the building. I don't know which would be worse - being "saved" like that or standing by in horror as a female co-worker was whisked away.

Can you imagine being in your office trying to get things done-talk with clients, meet an important deadline, write some correspondence, set up meetings, fill out a spreadsheet, etc., and all of a sudden your senses are assaulted by a parade of smug fundies as they escort their damsel in distress to safety?

[FiddleDD]

To funny. My dad didn't wait that long. I think he started fixing me up with his friends' sons in my sophmore year of college. He didn't do a bad job overall. I didn't marry any of them, but it still surprises me how well my dad knew me.

When I was a teenager I threatened to run of with my (imaginary) internet boyfriend and my father offered me cash. :lol: I'm only about fifty percent sure he was kidding.

[ladyamylynn]

Can you imagine being in your office trying to get things done-talk with clients, meet an important deadline, write some correspondence, set up meetings, fill out a spreadsheet, etc., and all of a sudden your senses are assaulted by a parade of smug fundies as they escort their damsel in distress to safety?

Sure, it would be disruptive, but think of the gawking possibilities!!! Alas, I work at a winery, so it's highly unlikely we'll have a fundy incursion any time soon.

[Peas n carrots]

Yeah dad, very grown up shirt. Methinks he forgets he was once a young man at one time.

I remember Bringing Rebecca Home. Well, if that is what she truly wanted to do, good for her. However I think the fundie crashing of the office was a distraction, and I can't imagine her boss being very happy about it.

[GolightlyGrrl]

Yeah dad, very grown up shirt. Methinks he forgets he was once a young man at one time.

I remember Bringing Rebecca Home. Well, if that is what she truly wanted to do, good for her. However I think the fundie crashing of the office was a distraction, and I can't imagine her boss being very happy about it.

Yeps, very unprofessional, but these are fundies we're talking about.

[Marian the Librarian]

Add me to the list of those morbidly curious about these two. It's like watching a train wreck...impossible to turn away. Here are a few details I can add:

Over time, a number of folks on FJ/Yuku have misspelled their last name as "Reims," so if you use FJ's Google search feature with that misspelling you'll find some old threads about them.

Jeff Reins has another FB page, "Jeff Reins for Tarrant County Texas Precinct Chair 4121." On it, you'll find a number of family photos, including one of "our oldest daughter Dawn." Dawn *may* have escaped SAHD-hood...her FB page gives a status of "in a relationship" in 2012, but who knows what that really means. She does not, however, seem to figure prominently in the "Ah, the Life" blog. Perhaps she's the family rebel.

Mom Sue Reins also has an open FB page. Lots of posts on politics, alternative health, natural cures, inspirational quotes, missing/runaway teens, and VF-related media.

"Miss Andrea and Miss Kelly" are mentioned on both the Botkin sisters' blog, and (if memory serves correctly) on the Serven Clan's blog. All Botkin/Serven/VF-related FB pages link as friends to all other FB pages in these circles. They also attended the David Botkin/Nadia Noor wedding, you can see them in some of the photos from that event.

A&K are credited as costume designers for John Robert Moore's "Ace Wonder" film.

The whole family is deeply into firearms.

And finally - here's the exact "bathrobe" quote, Kelly's FB page, January 26, 2010:

The Lord is so good to me. The schedule I keep is random. Work gets done when it has to get done and when it's done it doesn't matter what happens next. It's 1pm and I am still in my bathrobe. Work now sleep later for as long as you need. Oh the freedom of a stay-at-home daughter!

Who the hell knows what they really do all day, every day? By the time I was their age, I'd been gainfully employed and self-supporting for almost 15 years. Mostly, I just feel sorry for them. Ah, the life? Not for me.

[Peas n carrots]

Who the hell knows what they really do all day, every day? By the time I was their age, I'd been gainfully employed and self-supporting for almost 15 years. Mostly, I just feel sorry for them. Ah, the life? Not for me.

Ah The Life will become Oh Fuck when their parents are gone and they have to figure out a way of supporting themselves with zero work experience.

However, they probably aren't too bothered about their state of arrested development when they don't have a dozen kids running around to try to homeschool and a house to care for. If you have to pick the better of the two evils, I would pick their life too.

[socalrules]

I find it funny that they really think people are jealous of them. I would rather work all day, pay bills and live with the stress of life in general, rather than be under the command of daddy at 35. There is a joy in controlling on your own life that, sadly, they will never understand.

[salex]

I find it funny that they really think people are jealous of them. I would rather work all day, pay bills and live with the stress of life in general, rather than be under the command of daddy at 35. There is a joy in controlling on your own life that, sadly, they will never understand.

Ever since someone mentioned the Botkins took their dad's shoes off for him at night (I think it was them) the whole thing screams of more weirdness than we'll ever know.