Bates Family Part 14 - Party in Pink

[19 cats and counting]

Ok is NessaBlessa one of us?  Someone fess up!

[QuiverDance]

This guy is all "Hey! I'm the king of the outline shot!"

[Granwych]

On ‎4‎/‎14‎/‎2016 at 4:46 PM, Duggadict said:

https://thebatesfamily.com/2013/06/boys-will-be-boys/

SWEET JESUS BLESSINGS!!! , I have to wash my eyes with holy water now!!!!

Oh yeah!!!

[nickelodeon]

In that blogpost designed to appeal to the Wet And Messy enthusiasts in the evangelical community, an Australian girl asks if Lawson would date her and Kelly retorts: "He better focus on his bank account before any girls...lol!" Um, lady, are you not the foolio who had to borrow money from his bank account to support the family?

[choralcrusader8613]

10 hours ago, nickelodeon said:

In that blogpost designed to appeal to the Wet And Messy enthusiasts in the evangelical community, an Australian girl asks if Lawson would date her and Kelly retorts: "He better focus on his bank account before any girls...lol!" Um, lady, are you not the foolio who had to borrow money from his bank account to support the family?

I cannot believe she said that with her own mouth. I mean, I can...but clearly self-insight isn't strong with Kelly.

[Melissa1977]

They have just  posted in IG another picture of Bates boys in mud. They're kids -no defrauding- but I wonder if it's a way to  say "we're always playing with mud, so there's nothing sexy with it, it's just your dirty imagination".

[Honeysuckle]

4 hours ago, Melissa1977 said:

They have just  posted in IG another picture of Bates boys in mud. They're kids -no defrauding- but I wonder if it's a way to  say "we're always playing with mud, so there's nothing sexy with it, it's just your dirty imagination".

They can't blame my dirty imagination when the original pictures left nothing to the imagination.

[StepMonsterInLA]

Though they are "modest" women they certainly don't mind putting their man meat on display. Waiting for Chad to put his hottie wife and her attributes on display. 

[actuallyjessica]

Though they are "modest" women they certainly don't mind putting their man meat on display. Waiting for Chad to put his hottie wife and her attributes on display. 

I believe we should just be thankful that she's willing to share such picture evidence? [emoji23] THANKS ERIN. YOUR HUSBAND IS HOT.

[StepMonsterInLA]

5 minutes ago, actuallyjessica said:

I believe we should just be thankful that she's willing to share such picture evidence? THANKS ERIN. YOUR HUSBAND IS HOT.

Puh-lease if I ever resort to Fundy porn I need a new hobby. 

[Snarkle]

Love how he has jeans on (has he ever been pictured in shorts?), yet his shirt has the arms cut off to show his farmer tanned, muscular arms.  I could never be a fundie in the South because I am usually overly warm and I would be passed out in summer from the number of layers they wear.  At least Alyssa seems to have figured out how to stay cool while more or less keeping covered.

[Coconutwater]

44 minutes ago, Snarkle said:

Love how he has jeans on (has he ever been pictured in shorts?), yet his shirt has the arms cut off to show his farmer tanned, muscular arms.  I could never be a fundie in the South because I am usually overly warm and I would be passed out in summer from the number of layers they wear.  At least Alyssa seems to have figured out how to stay cool while more or less keeping covered.

There are photos of him in shorts. When they went to the beach for their anniversary, I believe it was. It's on their blog. He is hot. 

Here's the link  http://chadsperspective.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-time-alone.html?m=1

[Snarkle]

Ah yes, @Coconutwater, I should recall those pics - I just was too lazy to search for any.  

Wow, once these fundie couples are married they sure post a LOT of kissing pictures and PDAs seem de rigueur.    Yeah, we get it, married fundies, you can have sex now (and kiss).  We see the little trophies you produce from said actions.

[16strong]

3 hours ago, Snarkle said:

Ah yes, @Coconutwater, I should recall those pics - I just was too lazy to search for any.  

Wow, once these fundie couples are married they sure post a LOT of kissing pictures and PDAs seem de rigueur.    Yeah, we get it, married fundies, you can have sex now (and kiss).  We see the little trophies you produce from said actions.

The best course of action is to ignore it. They want attention and validation for the "choice" they made. They want to feel smug. Commenting only helps them do this. Makes you wonder if many of the couples have minor breakdowns once they figure out that hand holding straight to sex with the last person you're ever going to screw isn't such a fairytale. And let's not forget about the lgbt fundies. How confusing must it be to want to be sexually attracted to your spouse, to want to feel those feelings of intense desire when you kiss them, but... not?

[jas]

That whole post was about spending time alone together, yet most of the photos look like they were taken by a third person. Either that or they put in a huge amount of effort posing for a tripod. It is all about appearances with them, isn't it? Most people would just spend the time together, but they have to be seen spending time together.

[Melissa1977]

Erin is lucky. Not only Chad is a caring husband, but also  he does the laundry, builts furniture, remodels the kitchen and is good with the garden. Fundie or not, he's a goldmine!  

[RosyDaisy]

Regarding Chad.....if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. He is as addicted to the koolaid as Erin and the Bates.

[formergothardite]

The real Chad is most likely anti-gay, anti-women's rights and anti-all other religions or beliefs. No hot body and doing laundry can make up for that. I have no desire for a "Chad". 

[nokidsmom]

2 hours ago, formergothardite said:

The real Chad is most likely anti-gay, anti-women's rights and anti-all other religions or beliefs. No hot body and doing laundry can make up for that. I have no desire for a "Chad". 

And let's remember that if the  real Chad was for women's rights, lgbt rights and accepted that other religions have validity as much as his own, he would not be Erin's husband.     They would have never met because they would be in different circles.  And if they did, Erin wouldn't have given him the time of day.   And certainly Gil would not have allowed it.

ETA: Erin would have gone on to marry someone else, someone more acceptable to Daddy.  Chad would have gone on most likely marrying someone not fundie.

Thinking about all the limitations Erin had upon her for finding a future spouse (daddy approved courtship, no dating around, limited potential spouse pool) she did truly luck out.  She got someone just as fundie, truly caring about her and good looking to boot.   But she could have just as easily married someone who was truly an a-hole to her. 

[19 cats and counting]

I think you can have shitty beliefs (I remember an old Chad blog post about being elated that Taliban Dan won his election to Congress) and still be a good husband/father.

Face it, Chad has the same beliefs as Josh Duggar, but he is 1000 times better to Erin than Josh is to Anna.

[DutchGirl]

Being better than Josh is not a compliment nor an accomplishment, in any area of life 

[SassyPants]

Is the following part of the fundie creed?

Women dress up

Men dress like they are participating in a rodeo

They make their way to : coffee, lunch, or date night at some chain style restaurant.

Post to IG.

Do fundies EVER eat meals or drink coffee at home?

Since when is drinking take out coffee or eating at CAF or McD's considered a date worthy of an IG post, ONCE, let alone ad nauseam????????

Good Lord.

Lather, Rinse, repeat for 1000, Alex.

[nastyhobbitses]

2 hours ago, nokidsmom said:

And let's remember that if the  real Chad was for women's rights, lgbt rights and accepted that other religions have validity as much as his own, he would not be Erin's husband.     They would have never met because they would be in different circles.  And if they did, Erin wouldn't have given him the time of day.   And certainly Gil would not have allowed it.

ETA: Erin would have gone on to marry someone else, someone more acceptable to Daddy.  Chad would have gone on most likely marrying someone not fundie.

Thinking about all the limitations Erin had upon her for finding a future spouse (daddy approved courtship, no dating around, limited potential spouse pool) she did truly luck out.  She got someone just as fundie, truly caring about her and good looking to boot.   But she could have just as easily married someone who was truly an a-hole to her. 

I always think of these fundie marriages as the modern-day equivalent of the royal marriages young princes and princesses would enter back in the day. Guy's close to your age and doesn't treat you like complete crap? Jackpot! I think of Cherin like Alix and Nicholas of Russia (though with less impending doom): he's not great politics-wise, but let's face it, of the husband pool available to her, she picked the clear winner.

[Snarkle]

I found this to be an interesting comment on the gardening picture after a bunch of leghumpers gushed over how they want a "Chad" too:

"In God's perfect timing every girl can have their own "Chad". You just have to hold out for the one God has for you. The world is filled with "Chads". Don't rush into something that isn't Gods will. Wait! Like Erin did. It's so worth it!"

So basically if a fundie girl waits for God's perfect timing, she too can have a guy who builds furniture, does the laundry, and fawns over his wife, and not be dealt a Josh Duggar or John Schrader or Kristina from Keepsake's husband?  Nice thought, but God doesn't seem to be the best matchmaker for a lot of these girls.  Even Duchess of Cambridge Kate, who waited years to become a royal, still had a choice in the matter of whom she married, unlike the majority of these fundie girls.  When a fundie girl gushes about how she saw a guy from afar and felt her heart flutter but left it up to God to bring the guy to her (like Anna Duggar for one), I wonder how many of them were subject to the "guy who got away" disappointment but said it was God's decision that the guy not ask to court her.   I always feel like God is busy with bigger things than worrying about individual matchmaking, but then again I'm a heathen who got engaged a couple of months after meeting my husband, so I'm not a good judge of such things.

[nokidsmom]

1 hour ago, nastyhobbitses said:

I always think of these fundie marriages as the modern-day equivalent of the royal marriages young princes and princesses would enter back in the day. Guy's close to your age and doesn't treat you like complete crap? Jackpot! I think of Cherin like Alix and Nicholas of Russia (though with less impending doom): he's not great politics-wise, but let's face it, of the husband pool available to her, she picked the clear winner.

That's exactly what I was thinking...like the royal marriages.  Only so many in the "marriageable" pool, who are similiar in age and Ok to form an alliance with.     And if you can get someone you really like and treats you well, it's a bonus. 

I wonder if on some level Erin was aware of the perils of picking someone who would treat her like crap.  Surely she must have seen how some of her contemporaries fared and perhaps knew to pick wisely.  And while I am no fan of her parents, perhaps seeing the relationship between them (because they are clearly still into each other) was a model for her.  They may have fucked up a lot of things with raising their kids, but that example might have been one of the better lessons for her.