Jinger 50: Making the Most of Los Angeles and Studio City

[NakedKnees]

I usually don't express my true opinions about policing in public because I don't know whose feelings I'll hurt. If THAT in and of itself is not respectful, I don't know what is ?

I'll try to keep this polite: I can understand that policing is necessary in our world, but I also think it's obvious that it is a symptom of a lot of what's wrong in the world. We should work toward a society in which policing isn't necessary, or at very least one in which they do not have to demand respect by threatening to disrespect you in return. How is that fair when the police-person is the one who consistently has weapons and power, when that is only occasionally the case among civilians? 

 

Edited September 23, 2019 by NakedKnees
Deleted part about being millenial- I don't really want to get into it right now

[melon]

On 9/22/2019 at 12:24 AM, TeaELSee said:

I’m a baby boomer born in 1960, that puts me in toward or at the end of that generation depending on which definition you adhere to.

My Dad was a public high school teacher bought a house on the lake in Madison, Wi, my a Mom was a SAHM until all 3 of us were in elementary school. She then worked part time at the school we went to. We weren’t poor, and we weren’t affluent, but we had a nice life.

We went on a driving vacation to Florida every year. (Not Disney) We had a crummy boat but we could waterski, and we went skiing almost every weekend in the winter, back when winter existed.  

Imagine a public high school teacher living like this now. The 1300 square foot lake house I grew up in now costs about 850k.  My parents bought it for 30k in the early 70’s. (Sold it in the 90’s)

Pell grants pretty much put all 3 of us through college and none of us had student debt.

I believe things should be better not worse for younger generations, Regan and company really began dismantling all of that.

The best book I’ve read so far about change is: “View from Flyover Country” by Sarah Kendzior. It really opened my eyes to things that have been happening but I never really thought about how or why this is happening.

We are living in a corrupt golden age on steroids and we are about to lose our democracy, but everyone is waiting for someone to rescue us without realizing we can only rescue democracy.

Pardon my rambling post, but things can and should be better.

I am also a Baby Boomer,born in 1960.

My father was a college Professor,he taught the Classics,Ancient Greek and Latin,until I was 12.He became obsessed with Barbershop Quartets,their music activities etc,and it cost him his job.He told me this years,later.

My mother was also a SAHM,until we were all in school.Then she had part time jobs,even at the Junior High School my 2 older brothers attended.She had a few part time jobs.

We also went on a family vacation,every summer.Not always fond memories.My mother was very opinionated,bossy,and even though she did not drive,she told my father how to drive,or there was confusion about the map and the best route,and they'd..9 times a out of 10 ,get into a heated argument,in a hot car with 4 children.

[lumpentheologie]

Do we think Jinger has actually read/watched Anne of Green Gables, or did she just see a quote she liked on instagram? 

[Exposedknees]

1 hour ago, lumpentheologie said:

Do we think Jinger has actually read/watched Anne of Green Gables, or did she just see a quote she liked on instagram? 

Anne if Green Gables, LHOP, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Bobbsey Twins, Little Women... all seem like they would be Duggar approved. 

I am waiting for some subtle costuming on little Lissy. I don't think she'll go full SATANIC HALLOWEEN??but I'm betting that we will see some pictures of her in kitty or bear hoodies in the next few weeks. 

[NoKidsAndCounting]

If Jinger watches Anne of Green Gables, she might want to pick the original series that aired on Canadian TV.  If she sees the Netflix one, it may scare her to death. ?

[tabitha2]

I know they really enjoyed Little house as young girls. Anne and LW were probably not overly Christian and Folksy enough for them and the level of Writing/vocabulary is much more refined in them than Wilders. 

I would think Fundies would be all over the early seasons of the Waltons but they don’t seem to be. 

[lumpentheologie]

I think Anne thinks for herself and questions authority far too much to be Duggar-approved. 

[MamaMia02]

On 9/30/2019 at 1:58 PM, melon said:

I am also a Baby Boomer,born in 1960.

My father was a college Professor,he taught the Classics,Ancient Greek and Latin,until I was 12.He became obsessed with Barbershop Quartets,their music activities etc,and it cost him his job.He told me this years,later.

My mother was also a SAHM,until we were all in school.Then she had part time jobs,even at the Junior High School my 2 older brothers attended.She had a few part time jobs.

We also went on a family vacation,every summer.Not always fond memories.My mother was very opinionated,bossy,and even though she did not drive,she told my father how to drive,or there was confusion about the map and the best route,and they'd..9 times a out of 10 ,get into a heated argument,in a hot car with 4 children.

I'm very curious how liking barbershop quartets can cost someone their job?

[melon]

1 hour ago, MamaMia02 said:

I'm very curious how liking barbershop quartets can cost someone their job?

Because instead of spending most of his time teaching and publishing,he was spending too much time with his local barbershop quartet.

 

[PennySycamore]

@tabitha2,  The Waltons may have been a little wild for fundies.  While Olivia and Grandma Walton may have been teetotalers, the men were known the take a drop or two of the Recipe at the Miss Mamie and Miss Emily Baldwin's house.  The dad, John, was not a good Baptist, having no use for organized religion.  The kids sometimes got into trouble and John-Boy not only wanted to be a writer, but he wanted to go to college.  The Waltons also listened to the radio a lot and there is some reference to the New Deal.  We can't have our kids learning about the New Deal, can we?  Mary Ellen first becomes a nurse and working mother, and later on, a doctor.  

[Leftitinmysnood]

Oh, but The Haunted Woods, the fairy tales, the talk of magic, dating, college, not to mention Diana getting drunk, would all be questionable.

The grandparents of one fundie family we knew showed the Meagan Follows version (minus the Haunted Wood scene) to the grandkids. The parents were appalled and their grandchild time was curtailed after that. Their other extravagance was Sound of Music. Not that all fundie families are alike.

[EmmaWoodhouse]

1 hour ago, PennySycamore said:

@tabitha2,  The Waltons may have been a little wild for fundies.  While Olivia and Grandma Walton may have been teetotalers, the men were known the take a drop or two of the Recipe at the Miss Mamie and Miss Emily Baldwin's house.  The dad, John, was not a good Baptist, having no use for organized religion.  The kids sometimes got into trouble and John-Boy not only wanted to be a writer, but he wanted to go to college.  The Waltons also listened to the radio a lot and there is some reference to the New Deal.  We can't have our kids learning about the New Deal, can we?  Mary Ellen first becomes a nurse and working mother, and later on, a doctor.  

My fundie church growing up LOVED the Waltons - to the point that each family bought a season and we passed them around.  However, Andy Griffith was a hard no.  Go figure.

[LacyMay]

1 hour ago, Leftitinmysnood said:

The grandparents of one fundie family we knew showed the Meagan Follows version (minus the Haunted Wood scene) to the grandkids. The parents were appalled and their grandchild time was curtailed after that. Their other extravagance was Sound of Music. Not that all fundie families are alike.

It's also entirely possible that Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe may have stirred up some desires that could not be righteously fulfilled. 

I can't be the only 30 something Canadian that had a Gilbert crush after watching it can I? Or do I need to escort myself to the prayer closet.

[Leftitinmysnood]

11 hours ago, EmmaWoodhouse said:

My fundie church growing up LOVED the Waltons - to the point that each family bought a season and we passed them around.  However, Andy Griffith was a hard no.  Go figure.

I always felt that the rules were so arbitrary.  There was one family in our group for a while that shared my mom's love of Andy Griffith, but most families wouldn't watch it or The Waltons. One family in our group watched Braveheart, but so many other movies were a no for them. The commonly watched ones were Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, Treasures of the Snow, The Incredible Journey, and Swiss Family Robinson. My family watched all kinds of things, primarily older movies (Dr. Dobson set the cut-off at 1965). But some of those Rock Hudson movies (Man's Favorite Sport, Pillow Talk) weren't exactly modest. And we watched all the Pink Panther movies with the nudist colony, drag queens, naked spies, etc. My mom was more concerned about bad language than implied sex, so I remember her muting parts of Support Your Local Sheriff. 

[PennySycamore]

@Leftitinmysnood, not only were the Rock Hudson sex comedies not very modest, but most of them had some sly reference to homosexuality, particularly  to Rock's character maybe being gay, in them. According to Armistead Maupin, Rock used to have gatherings of friends at his home and they'd watch those old movies and laugh at the gay innuendoes.  Armistead has these evenings as part of Mouse's plot line in Further Tales of the City.

[JermajestyDuggar]

Didn’t Lori Alexander recently complain about the Waltons and LHOTP? 

[tabitha2]

@Leftitinmysnood Fiddler on the Roof? Really?  I would think Fundies would have the vapors about that one.  I would think Oklahoma and Seven Brides would be fine though, except for Ado Annie and her loose bloomers and Creepy Judd

[VBOY9977]

Jinger and Jeremy are traveling yet again, this time to Dallas. Since the Orlando trip was because Jeremy was invited to preach, I wonder if this trip is for that as well, and he’s being sent by Grace church to do that? Maybe that’s how they’re affording everything. 

Either way I’m jealous of their constant travel and time to explore. I’m stuck working and studying full time I haven’t had the time to travel this whole year. 

[pippi]

I've definitely seen other things that would indicate to me at least a few of the girls read Anne, but I could not begin to remember where so it's certainly possible I'm mistaken? I feel like maybe it was listed by someone as a favorite book at some point. I remember being surprised by it, because I loved Anne as a kid for being such an adventurer and independent spirit, and pursuing so much education. I sort of wondered if JB & M were all "It's an old-fashioned classic therefore it's wholesome and fine" without giving much though to Anne's personality (or even reading it themselves, potentially. I don't get the impression they do a lot of non-Bible reading). 

[lumpentheologie]

15 minutes ago, tabitha2 said:

I would think Oklahoma and Seven Brides would be fine though,

So much dancing though!  Think of all those desires that can't be righteously fulfilled.  ?

[tabitha2]

There are many  Fundies who don’t mind dancing and actually enjoy stuff like wholesome Square dances and Jane Austin type Dances. The flavors of Fundie are many.

[pook]

16 hours ago, LacyMay said:

It's also entirely possible that Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe may have stirred up some desires that could not be righteously fulfilled. 

I can't be the only 30 something Canadian that had a Gilbert crush after watching it can I? Or do I need to escort myself to the prayer closet.

Major Gilbert crush here.  I ran into him on the very day I wrote my RN exams.  After that I knew I was going to pass.  A few years ago I ran into Meghan Fallows and she spent 10 mins. telling me about the play she was working on.  She was lovely.

[patsymae]

1 hour ago, tabitha2 said:

There are many  Fundies who don’t mind dancing and actually enjoy stuff like wholesome Square dances and Jane Austin type Dances. The flavors of Fundie are many.

 

[Leftitinmysnood]

2 hours ago, tabitha2 said:

@Leftitinmysnood Fiddler on the Roof? Really?  I would think Fundies would have the vapors about that one.  

Trust me, as someone who spend a fundie camping trip traipsing in circles in a dirt field divided by a volleyball net in emulation of the dances in Fiddler on the Roof, they had a hard-on for anything that looked Jewish. Jerome Robbins would have died, the dancing was so lame. Most people just walked in a circle. No one in that group was in favor of any kind of mixed gender dancing, hence the net. 

As for the movie, I think they saw it as a cautionary tale about Tevye not sheltering enough. Tzeitel and Motel were ok, but Chava and Hodel? Ungrateful harlots! They never should have been allowed to encounter such radical ideas.

I later went to a homeschool swing dance with a different group where we girls had to wear gloves for the sake of propriety. Mine were always twisted around my fingers by the end of the song and I'd have to fix them before the next one. But we didn't touch the boys' hands!

[PennySycamore]

@patsymae,  I'm not sure how to rate your post.  Laughter or What.The.Fuck?.  It's funny to see those Holy Ghost types dancing in the Spirit like that, but damn, that snake handling is cray cray.