Lori and Ken Alexander's Big Ol' Bucket o' Crazy - Part 2

[lilwriter85]

Side note, Lori's son-in-law Jon is the son of a pastor named Dennis and the dad published book several years.

If this is the case, I suspect Ken is feverishly working on one as well, as I've long suspected. I truly think that is why the little "love you's" are showing up on their blog comments, because her previous inability to answer if she loved Ken was not a good brand for a marriage mentor.

I hope they self publish and crash and burn during some tv interview. but that is just me

In that radio interview, Lori did last month she mentioned somewhere that she or Ken thought that she should write a book and then she started blogging later on. I can see a scenario, in which Ken ghost writes a book for Lori. Like you said, they could self publish and some self published books do get followings or make a lot of money. I agree, if they published a book, I could see them crashing and burning during interviews when asked tough questions.

[2xx1xy1JD]

And we're back to the fucking dishwasher drama from SSM AGAIN.

Seriously, how hard is it to have this conversation:

Him - "Oh, I was reading the care instructions for the knives and it says that the dishwasher isn't good for them. Checked it online and apparently it can really cause some damage. Let's put them aside and I'll help you wash them by hand".

Her - "Okay."

I'm also wondering about reading comprehension. I'm obviously not a Christian scholar, but it looks to me like the New Testament never actually commands husbands to lead. It talks about wives submitting, and in other sections, submissive advice is given to subjects and slaves. The advice is always given to the one that's supposed to submit. As for husbands, they are lead to LOVE their wives, not lead them. Ken asks how a husband is supposed to lead and get his way if his wife doesn't submit and follow him. Well, isn't that a good part of the Net Testament - this idea that Christians should be pacifist and win unbelieving husbands without a word and follow leaders even if they are tyrants and obey masters and turn the other cheek, etc.? Isn't the hope that somehow this will win everyone over?

[Firiel]

Well, the SSM dishwasher fiasco did teach me that knives should be hand-washed. So some good came out of it. :)

[polecat]

Well, the SSM dishwasher fiasco did teach me that knives should be hand-washed. So some good came out of it. :)

They were both incredibly childish over that one, and neither of them came out looking good.

As an aside, I don't have a dishwasher, and I don't think it's a huge punishment to not have one. But clearly it was important to one or both of them.

I'm also glad that I don't splash my husband's and my fights all over the Internet because we've had some equally childish nonsense going on. But we respect one another enough not to TELL everyone our childish nonsense. :lol:

[jerkit]

I am so sick of hearing about SSM's stupid dishwasher

[formergothardite]

Lori's daughter Alyssa doesn't exactly dress in the modest way that Lori implies her daughters dress, does she? There is nothing wrong with the way she dresses, but Lori has said that tight pants were sinful and her daughter wears skin tight short shorts and shows her belly. I hate to break it to Lori, but the Duggars would view her family as very sinful. Not just dancing, but dancing in skin tight clothes. :snooty: Not Duggar approved. :lol:

[jerkit]

Lori's daughter Alyssa doesn't exactly dress in the modest way that Lori implies her daughters dress, does she? There is nothing wrong with the way she dresses, but Lori has said that tight pants were sinful and her daughter wears skin tight short shorts and shows her belly. I hate to break it to Lori, but the Duggars would view her family as very sinful. Not just dancing, but dancing in skin tight clothes. :snooty: Not Duggar approved. :lol:

Emily has bikini pictures, which are also not Lori approved.

[usmcmom]

Emily has bikini pictures, which are also not Lori approved.

No, but I am certain they are Ken-approved. Knowing how he flirts and gawks at pretty young women, I have a very creepy feeling about Ken and his daughters-in-law; especially Emily.

[salex]

Well, the SSM dishwasher fiasco did teach me that knives should be hand-washed. So some good came out of it. :)

I still tend to wash my good knives in the dishwasher at least half the time. It may be wrong, but no one at our house is too worried about it...

[Firiel]

No, but I am certain they are Ken-approved. Knowing how he flirts and gawks at pretty young women, I have a very creepy feeling about Ken and his daughters-in-law; especially Emily.

:ew:

You've ruined my day, but I won't say you're wrong. :cry:

[jerkit]

No, but I am certain they are Ken-approved. Knowing how he flirts and gawks at pretty young women, I have a very creepy feeling about Ken and his daughters-in-law; especially Emily.

Blech. I sincerely hope not.

[Firiel]

{L_MESSAGE_HIDDEN}:

Oh, btw, today in sooper sekrit Facebook group:

A woman said she didn't believe it was right to give strangers money. One of her reasons for this belief is that the family might be about to reach the point in time where they are so desperate that they TURN TO JEEZUS, HALLELUJAH AMEN! In other words, don't give money to strangers because they might actually need it and use it responsibly. :?

[usmcmom]

Blech. I sincerely hope not.

I don't, in any way, think that Emily flirts or encourages attention from Ken. But knowing Ken's open flirtations with Courtney on his wife's blog, knowing how he loves to hear Ryan talk about how feminine and submissive Erin is...well, I just get a bad vibe about how he acts toward any beautiful young woman. Plus, we know that he doesn't believe lust is really that bad a sin - kind of like porn, in his mind.

[salex]

My give a shit over what these morons say has ebbed.... of all the fundies, they are among those who are most like me demographically (age, work, etc) and but still not remotely like me (kids, church, would follow the pearls advice on anything, ever, and of course, their deep-seated hatred for each other vs my happy egalitarian marriage)

My main wish for them is that their "audience" is over time reduced to the few ridiculous leghumpers, SSM and CM, and a lot of people who read them just to laugh and point. I hope any influence they have diminishes over time and frankly, I'd not be too sad if "the business" falters.... based on nothing more than Ken's two faced approach to life-- he berates working women, the idea of women working and calls them whores of babylon, but works in an industry that employs a vast majority of women. It is sad when a hypocrite profits from hypocrisy.

[Koala]

Lori's daughter Alyssa doesn't exactly dress in the modest way that Lori implies her daughters dress, does she? There is nothing wrong with the way she dresses, but Lori has said that tight pants were sinful and her daughter wears skin tight short shorts and shows her belly. I hate to break it to Lori, but the Duggars would view her family as very sinful. Not just dancing, but dancing in skin tight clothes. :snooty: Not Duggar approved. :lol:

Hush now...it's not sinful. It's Christian Risque ;)

[formergothardite]

Hush now...it's not sinful. It's Christian Risque ;)

https://instagram.com/p/ooSjA1mybT/?modal=true

Christian Risqué or:

a well-lit landing strip with arrows and a service man holding flashing lights directing every man's eyes directly to her rear.

:lol:

Like all of Lori's advice, her modesty standards do not seem to apply to her family.

[NotALoserLikeYou]

The daughters work and don't have kids. Emily is in law school and isn't pregnant. They all love a good cocktail and a bikini. They leave the house. Sounds like they're everything Lori is against.

[lilwriter85]

The daughters work and don't have kids. Emily is in law school and isn't pregnant. They all love a good cocktail and a bikini. They leave the house. Sounds like they're everything Lori is against.

Ken and Lori have said that they aren't against drinking. But, Lori has bitched against women working and women not dressing modestly. She did postings in the past and said that the ballet company Alyssa danced with was a Christian company owned by Keith Thibodeaux, who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy. Lori said something about the costumes in that company being modest. Alyssa, Cassi, and the daughter-in-laws don't dress bad, but in the eyes of many fundies they probably do. There are some fundie lite families that are against bikinis, spaghetti strap tops, and similar clothing. I went to high school with girl whose family was totally against spaghetti strap tops, tank tops and even certain types of sleveless shirts. I would say that the girl and her family were Evangelical types.

Isn't Emily not in law school right now?

I suspect that if Emily launches into some kind of career. Lori's favorite daughter-in-law will end up being Erin. Lori has said things on the blog that suggest that Erin and Jon(Alyssa's husband) come from very similar backgrounds to Ken and Lori's family. Lori blogged about how Erin's mother and Jon's mother were severents to their husbands. I might have missed it, but I don't think said if Ryan and Emily's mothers are the same way. I also get the feeling that Emily at least comes from a less conservative family than Lori and Ken.

[formergothardite]

Ken and Lori have said that they aren't against drinking. But, Lori has bitched against women working and women not dressing modestly. She did postings in the past and said that the ballet company Alyssa danced with was a Christian company owned by Keith Thibodeaux who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy. Lori said something about the costumes in that company being modest. Alyssa, Cassi, and the daughter-in-laws don't dress bad, but in the eyes of many fundies they probably do. There are some fundie lite families that are against bikinis, spaghetti strap tops, and similar clothing. I went to high school with girl whose family was totally against spaghetti strap tops, tank tops and even certain types of sleveless shirts. I would say that the girl and her family were Evangelical types.

https://instagram.com/p/w0cYJfGyY4/?modal=true

Somehow I don't think most of Lori's readers are thinking of this when "modest dance costumes" comes to mind.

Alyssa works here. I can't find anything about it being a Christian company. She used to dance for Keith Thibodeaux's company, but she doesn't seem to anymore.

http://www.xtendbarre.com/?studio=by-the-sea

[usmcmom]

I'd be willing to give most parents a pass for whatever their adult children do. After all, my adult children have different ideas of what is modest; their values are not necessarily my values. HOWEVER, Lori writes a daily blog condemning people who do not live exactly how she lives. If she could not even instill those values in her children - firmly enough that they remained even as they left home - then she has no business "mentoring" anybody on any kind of morals or scriptural living.

[salex]

Ken and Lori have said that they aren't against drinking. But, Lori has bitched against women working and women not dressing modestly. She did postings in the past and said that the ballet company Alyssa danced with was a Christian company owned by Keith Thibodeaux, who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy. Lori said something about the costumes in that company being modest. Alyssa, Cassi, and the daughter-in-laws don't dress bad, but in the eyes of many fundies they probably do. There are some fundie lite families that are against bikinis, spaghetti strap tops, and similar clothing. I went to high school with girl whose family was totally against spaghetti strap tops, tank tops and even certain types of sleveless shirts. I would say that the girl and her family were Evangelical types.

Isn't Emily not in law school right now?

I suspect that if Emily launches into some kind of career. Lori's favorite daughter-in-law will end up being Erin. Lori has said things on the blog that suggest that Erin and Jon(Alyssa's husband) come from very similar backgrounds to Ken and Lori's family. Lori blogged about how Erin's mother and Jon's mother were severents to their husbands. I might have missed it, but I don't think said if Ryan and Emily's mothers are the same way. I also get the feeling that Emily at least comes from a less conservative family than Lori and Ken.

The problem with work8ng for or with Daddy is it gives your parents a lot of control in your life. Based on Kens constant theme of consequences for "wrong" actions of wives l, children or employees, i can see him having a sit down with his son about "Letting " Emily work and what the consequences might be financially at Alexand r And sons

If his management style for wives is the same as his business management style which he claims it is, i wonder what the business vers I n of pushing his wife up against the wall looks like. I suspect the sun in law who lef\ the company has some onsight into that....

[2xx1xy1JD]

I still can't make head or tail of Lorken logic.

Lori tells us:

1. There are no commandments anymore, because Jesus.

2. Submitting to your husband and staying home aren't just suggestions, these are God's rules.

3. If you don't beat your babies, you are going against God's word.

Ken and Lori both say:

1. Expectations kill relationships. You need to accept your husband as is.

2. If your husband isn't a natural leader, and tends to answer questions with "whatever you want", you can't simply accept that. You need to actively try to shape him into a leader, badger him until he tells you what he wants and force him into making decisions.

[salex]

If expectations kill relationships, shouldn't the husband accept the wife as she is as well, instead of all this crap about correction and consequences?

[chosenone]

Just when I thought the bitch could get no lower,, she let my post in today, but,,, after I quoted a verse and made my own remarks on it,, she completely reworded it to make it appear I was in total agreement with her, she completely erased my remarks and put her own words in,, I really don't know why I waste my time with that miserable c**t and her f;ed up assmunch

[Firiel]

Just when I thought the bitch could get no lower,, she let my post in today, but,,, after I quoted a verse and made my own remarks on it,, she completely reworded it to make it appear I was in total agreement with her, she completely erased my remarks and put her own words in,, I really don't know why I waste my time with that miserable c**t and her f;ed up assmunch

Ugh. Lori is the worst person. I feel like I'm gaining notoriety for defending fundies here at FJ, but I think it's just because NO ONE is as awful as Lori and her ilk.