UPDATED: Josh Duggar Part 13 - No longer missing, Still a Jerk

[EmmieJ]

2 hours ago, Sundaymorning said:

Congrats Duggars, you really know what's important!!!

 

The most important thing is to have hairsprayed helmet hair, and to repeat certain godly phrases as often as possible.  Added points for behaving like a stunted juvenile and pawing at your wife in front of anyone and everyone.

[Cleopatra7]

9 minutes ago, anotherone said:

But if that's the case, is that really something that you should be sent to rehab for?  Marriage counseling, yes, a divorce lawyer, yes.  But rehab?

I would say that Jesus Rehab won't fix Josh's desire to have sex with other women, but JB and Michelle obviously do. From their perspective, all Josh needs to do is get his heart right with Jesus and all his problems will be solved. 

[SweetFellowshipper]

22 minutes ago, anotherone said:

But if that's the case, is that really something that you should be sent to rehab for?  Marriage counseling, yes, a divorce lawyer, yes.  But rehab?

Or a polyamory group

[Gimme a Free RV]

1 hour ago, season of life said:

Anna will never trust this man again. She may love him very much and want a father for the kids, but she is never going to be as ignorant as she was before.

Whether she stays married to him for 75 years or divorces him next month, I agree that she'll never be able to trust him as she once, blindly did.  (From one who knows.)

[Denim Jumper]

2 hours ago, Cleopatra7 said:

Since we live in a world where video game addiction is a thing (there are state rehab facilities in China for video game addiction and there have even been cases of parents neglecting their youg children to death because they were too busy playing online games), I can see how porn addiction could be real. Howrver, I don't think Josh and all the fundie men who claim to be addicted to porn really are; when you define "lusting in your heart" as adultery, it's hard to have a healthy view of sex. In the case of Josh, he married too young, for the wrong reasons, and possibly even to the wrong woman. I think he saw marriage as a way to have sex in the way God wants, not as a serious lifetime commitment that entails being an adult and not always getting your own way. It's also clear that Josh is simply a jerk, and Bible study and manual labor isn't going to change that. The fact that he got an AM account so early in the marriage suggests that he got bored of Anna quickly. I don't think RU, his parents, or Anna will/have addressed that fact. If Josh just fundamentally wants to have sex with people who aren't Anna, Jesus Rehab isn't going to fix that.

I wonder what it's going to take for JB and M to see that their courtship model has some serious flaws, rather than chalking it up to Josh being a deviant. By all accounts, JB and M are crazy about each other and seem to be quite compatible, but I don't think they realize that to still have it after 30+ years together is quite rare indeed. JB and M may be narcissistic and selfish human beings, but they do have a certain chemistry that their kidults do not have with their own spouses. And it's not something that just happens because a couple follows some "biblical" courtship model... actually, it happened in spite of the fact that they dated and messed around like most young adults do.

[infooverload]

Has anyone here heard the song Only Lies by Robert Ellis? I was listening to Spotify today and if threads had songs attached to them it would be a good fit.

[Lillybee]

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

[umsami]

2 minutes ago, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

Oh dear God I hope not.

 

Actually, you're probably right.  Or if TLC wants to put some drama in it....they end with a clip of Anna saying, "I'm not sure I can go through with this...."   Josh looking worried.  Boob looking worried..   And then turn in next season to see what happens.

[Mela99]

I wouldn't be surprised if a recommitting ceremony of some sort was part of graduation from JesusJail

[AreYouThereGothard?]

On 3/2/2016 at 6:02 PM, helenprev said:

Hi from Cheshire! I'm now imagining the 'Where's Joshley' book, full of pictures of little fundies in their natural habitat wearing modest clothes!

If they can make "Goodnight Bush", they can make "Where's Joshley". I would be on top of that book release like marshmallows on a sweet potato pie. Dammit, late night munchies are talking... 

[MarblesMom]

25 minutes ago, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

This made me nauseous.  But, you are onto something.

[ClaraOswin]

4 hours ago, Cleopatra7 said:

Since we live in a world where video game addiction is a thing (there are state rehab facilities in China for video game addiction and there have even been cases of parents neglecting their youg children to death because they were too busy playing online games), I can see how porn addiction could be real. Howrver, I don't think Josh and all the fundie men who claim to be addicted to porn really are; when you define "lusting in your heart" as adultery, it's hard to have a healthy view of sex. In the case of Josh, he married too young, for the wrong reasons, and possibly even to the wrong woman. I think he saw marriage as a way to have sex in the way God wants, not as a serious lifetime commitment that entails being an adult and not always getting your own way. It's also clear that Josh is simply a jerk, and Bible study and manual labor isn't going to change that. The fact that he got an AM account so early in the marriage suggests that he got bored of Anna quickly. I don't think RU, his parents, or Anna will/have addressed that fact. If Josh just fundamentally wants to have sex with people who aren't Anna, Jesus Rehab isn't going to fix that.

I think a porn addiction could be a real thing if looking at porn is messing with your family/work life. But I have a hard time believing Josh has that. Who knows though. But really it's the least of the evils we've seen from Josh.

[nst]

1 hour ago, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

If that happens I think we all will die of alcohol poisoning 

[2manyKidzzz]

1 hour ago, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

I can't  quite imagine seeing him on the telly after all of this. Smile....It's Joshley everyone!!!

[LittleSpouseOnThePrairie]

On March 10, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

LOL, no! Oh bloody hell - complete with a whole crossover episode with Say Yes to the Dress as Anna searches for a new gown. Someone alert Jana, I see a buttload of dress alterations on the horizon... 

[MarblesMom]

[marmalade]

14 hours ago, QuiverDance said:

Josh is going to be on tv.  100%.  People will tune in to see what he looks like, hear his scripted soundbytes, etc.  TLC isn't letting that slip by.  Josh is a reality show money printer.

This is exactly why I believe that Josh actually got sprung a couple weeks ago when his six months was actually up, but the Duggar PR peeps held the announcement until now to gin up more interest for J&J:CO. 

[foreign fundie]

There is an appropriate hymn in the hymnal for the occasion. The chorus goes like this (spoiler; I changed one word!):

" Come home, come ho-o-ome,

Calling o sinner come home!

Softly and tenderly Michelle is calling

Calling o sinner come home"

 

[NeverQuivered]

15 hours ago, JesSky03 said:

I wonder what gets said in private conversations between the siblings, if they are even allowed to have private conversations. Like do they keep sweet in front of the parents and then reveal their true feelings to each other? Would Jessa awkwardly hug Josh at his homecoming but then turn around and tell Jill how disgusted she was? Oh to be on a fly on the wall....

Jill would probably tell on her

[nastyhobbitses]

4 hours ago, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

It will never happen, but I so want that to end with Anna saying yes to the most expensive dress possible and then dumping his ass at the altar and serving him with the divorce papers she should have served him with six months ago.

[Jucifer]

6 hours ago, season of life said:

Anyone want to place bets as to what the next scandal will be? My money's on a shady financial venture.

 My spidey sense is telling me that it's another icky sex scandal. 

I'd love to be wrong, though.

[mizandry]

1 hour ago, nastyhobbitses said:

It will never happen, but I so want that to end with Anna saying yes to the most expensive dress possible and then dumping his ass at the altar and serving him with the divorce papers she should have served him with six months ago.

Think of the ratings boom, TLC! The sweet justice!

For real though, I would watch that.

[nastyhobbitses]

3 minutes ago, mizandry said:

Think of the ratings boom, TLC! The sweet justice!

For real though, I would watch that.

So would I. Seriously, if I were Anna, I'd be running to TLC with the tell-all and offering the juiciest shit possible. If Josh won't grant a divorce and JB won't cough up the child support, the royalties from the tell-all and the residuals from the dramatic season finale where ANNA GETS HER DUE will certainly cover the M Kids' upkeep. What's it gonna be, boys? Though I was raised to be assertive and not take shit from people and to play hardball to get what you want/need, and Anna wasn't.

[CoveredInBees]

6 hours ago, Lillybee said:

Will Smugs and Anna's vow renewal be this season's finale for the show?

Kind of reminds me of the Gosselins....... renewing their vows went really well for them

So if that's the case, I wouldn't mind them renewing their vows.

In fact, HANG ON! Maybe they could have NEW vows, where she doesn't vow to follow his headship and they no longer vow to let God decide how many kids they have. I wouldn't mind those vows.

I can see it now........

"Repeat after me, I, Josh Duggar, promise to not cause any national scandals, to not sign up to cheating websites, hook up with other women or beat one out without my wife's say so"

 

[InThePrayerCloset]

10 hours ago, SweetFellowshipper said:

Or a polyamory group

I think he'd prefer polygamy... the veil of maintaining the sanctity marriage whilst still fucking around on Anna.