Maxwell 16: At least one Maxwell got fed for Thanksgiving...

[anjulibai]

This is an interesting response from Sarah. Yeah, I'm sure Teri and Steve pray for husbands for their daughters ALL the time. 

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[Dandruff]

Adding 3 more next year?  Is Melanie pregnant, or does "3" refer to something else?

[Jana814]

1 minute ago, Dandruff said:

Adding 3 more next year?  Is Melanie pregnant, or does "3" refer to something else?

I think Chelsy was included in the 3. 

[JermajestyDuggar]

8 minutes ago, Jana814 said:

I think Chelsy was included in the 3. 

I think so too. But technically Chelsy is being added to the family this year. Just at the very end of it. And I would bet good money that Chelsy will have a baby by their first anniversary. So yeah, I bet it will be 3.

[BullyJBG]

35 minutes ago, Dandruff said:

Adding 3 more next year?  Is Melanie pregnant, or does "3" refer to something else?

Maybe someone's having twins?

[nastyhobbitses]

45 minutes ago, Dandruff said:

Adding 3 more next year?  Is Melanie pregnant, or does "3" refer to something else?

Chelsy, Joe/Elissa's second kid, and NR Anna/Christopher's fifth kid.

[FloraDoraDolly]

12 hours ago, socalrules said:

I would never let any of these fundies take care of my kids, if I actually had any. What happens when a little girl says she wants to be a firefighter, soldier or President? What about a little boy that wants to be an artist, ballet dancer or to win Project Runway? What do they say to kids who want don’t want to grow up to be in the narrow box fundies put them in because they may or may not have a penis? What about religion? I would be pissed off if my hypothetical Catholic kids were told their religion is wrong. I know Michael Bates used to nanny for a working mom so I am sure they could find people who would be ok with it but I couldn’t do it. I wouldn’t want to take the risk my kids are found to get freaked out by learning where they go when they die and it’s not the nice heaven you tell kids about. 

I don't want my hypothetical children to be nannied by someone who isn't allowed to read the standard collection of books that would be in my house. In addition to the books, I want my hypothetical children to watch educational TV, listen to a variety of music, play sports, and play with other children. A Maxwell nanny would not allow them to do any of these things. I would also be anxious about whether or not the nanny is feeding the children enough food. One Pillsbury roll is not enough for breakfast!

[anjulibai]

I believe they mean that there will be at least 3 more people in the photo next year, the two babies and Chelsy. 

[mango_fandango]

And there could also be a Chelsy/John baby. 

Also, to whoever mentioned, Science Fiction Double Feature is the opening song of Rocky Horror! 

[Jingerale]

I know it's been said before, but it still really bugs me that Sarah refers to herself and her sisters as "girls". They are women. Ladies. Not girls.

[Foudeb]

7 hours ago, anjulibai said:

This is an interesting response from Sarah. Yeah, I'm sure Teri and Steve pray for husbands for their daughters ALL the time. 

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Oh yeah. They pray for it rather than actually doing anything that could make it happen...

[SolomonFundy]

Well, in all fairness, it probably wouldn't help their chances of finding partners if Teri or Steve got more proactive. The only thing that could possibly hurt their chances more would be the further involvement of either parent. Teri, dead-eyed, with a rictus grin on her face, trying not to think too much about her Dark Lord Pepsi; Steve, with his mewling condescension, petty demands for attention, and utter refusal to treat anyone around him as an equal... Supposing a stalwart knight in shining armor got past the gauntlet of poor social skills, the incredibly shoddy education, the lack of life experience or situational awareness, and decided to make a play for one of the Maxwellettes, they'd then have to somehow make it past the Final Bosses of Teri and Steve. John-Marie may have been Sarah's first, last, and only hope, but I just can't imagine someone else making it through ALL of the bullshit for any of the sisters at this point.

And where would they even meet? I keep holding out hope that a sibling of one of the SIL's would be an option, but I can't shake the feeling that Steve would shut that down since the intermarriage would bring those siblings and their spouses closer to the other family, as well as each other, and therefore away from his power. The sisters hang out with the elderly and small children, with occasional forays into proselytizing at county fairs. Maybe Anna will meet another painted weirdo someday when she's out busking for Jesus in her Lolly the Modest Fucking Clown costume? Mary maybe starts giving art lessons to god-fearing children, and somehow, one of them has a missionary for a cousin who whisks her away to a far corner of the earth so that they can convert Christians to Christianity? Though I hate to declare defeat for Sarah, I think the dog was a consolation prize for her squandered peak fertile years. If she ever marries, I think it will be a Steve substitute of some sort. Older widower looking for a younger prop to support him in his waning years, maybe with bonus grown children. Or not. 

 

[Foudeb]

They could fellowship with other families that have single sons. Maybe even (gasp) join a church that has a young singles socialising group. And allow the spinster sisters to attend. 

Not going to happen, I know. 

[meee]

Who's John Marie again? I've seen the name here but I don't remember. Did he and Sarah court? Is he married now?

[Foudeb]

He visited maxwell, taught reversal John about irrigation and left. He's now married. We speculated on romantic intentions but no courtship was announced. 

ETA new post up! 

The spinster sisters begged Steevus to please please let them do something different for once and steve almighty in his never ending generosity guided them to the path of sink-unclogging. 

We were treated to a picture of them crouching under the sink with a basin and flashlight. 

Alas, we were not told whether regular sink-unclogging sessions will now be included in the schedules. I mean, is there even an excel sheet to track this new activity ? 

[ViolaSebastian]

Hole. E. Shit.  They have to be pranking us with that title, right??? Right??? Or maybe they saw something similar somewhere and just didn’t get the reference because they're sheltered? Ay yi yi....

 

[anjulibai]

Ha, I didn't even noticed that at first! Good one, @ViolaSebastian!

[ViolaSebastian]

7 minutes ago, anjulibai said:

Ha, I didn't even noticed that at first! Good one, @ViolaSebastian!

My dirty mind is finally paying off bigly!

[johnhugh]

31 minutes ago, ViolaSebastian said:

My dirty mind is finally paying off bigly!

Mine too, I’m crying, with laughter, if only stevie  would still let me post.....

[meee]

Sorry, but I'm also sheltered. What's wrong with the title? 

[JermajestyDuggar]

25 minutes ago, meee said:

Sorry, but I'm also sheltered. What's wrong with the title? 

There's an infamous and absolutely disgusting video that went around the internet close to a decade ago that was titled two girls, one cup. The Maxwells I'm sure have never seen it. They would all have died from simultaneous strokes. 

[nomoxian]

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both girls tackled the project. They will tackle about anything.

[usmcmom]

Even if the daughters were to apply for jobs outside the compound, I really doubt that they would make it through the interview process. Sarah might hold her own; but Mary and Unmarried Anna would probably leave horrible impressions during an interview. 

Based on the recent Thanksgiving video, if I interviewed Mary for any position, I'd probably mark her application with "NO!  Likely stoned during interview." 

In fact, has any of the Maxwell sons interviewed for a job? I'm sure they have had very little experience with that kind of thing, great conversationalists notwithstanding.  

[kpmom]

53 minutes ago, usmcmom said:

 

Based on the recent Thanksgiving video, if I interviewed Mary for any position, I'd probably mark her application with "NO!  Likely stoned during interview." 

 

Yes, if she opened her eyes real wide like that and then scrunched them tight the way she did, and spoke like a little girl, I would think she was either very weird or medicated.  Either way, I'd pass.

[catlady]

Re:  Anna and Mary, and outside jobs--i can't comment on how they'd present during an interview because i haven't watched any of their videos.  but a big drawback i see for potential employment is their apparent inability to solve problems by themselves.  based on the drain-fixing post, the fact that two adult women (yes, Sarah--women, not girls) need to ask Stevie to learn how to do this tells me that they are so mired in the Almighty Schedule and so tightly under Daddy's authority that they can't take the initiative to figure it out for themselves.  

granted, Stevie may have disabled any search engines on their iphones (and if he did, he's a dick), but it doesn't seem to have occurred to them to do any research on their own.  if any employer did hire them and then threw an emergency/crisis their way, i have serious doubts that they could handle it without a high level of guidance and hand-holding.  the Almighty Schedule has probably hampered their ability to deviate from a set routine, and their sheltered lives (due to Stevehova) have squelched their critical-thinking skills.  from what i've seen of all three Maxwell daughters, i really don't think any of them would be successful in any department of my employer's company.   and i want to reiterate that it is completely Steve and Teri's fault.