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37 minutes ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

She’s the one that has a bump in some pics so I’m thinking it might be her sly way of announcing. 

LOL I just asked what Chelsy meant by this comment in the upcoming babies thread. In any case I agree with you 

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I'm kind of surprised that we're getting no "it's so great to be pregnant at the same time as my favourite sister" posts from either Chelsy or Allison. Maybe they aren't that close anymore? Or maybe that's just not their style *shrugs*.

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3 hours ago, Nothing if not critical said:

I'm kind of surprised that we're getting no "it's so great to be pregnant at the same time as my favourite sister" posts from either Chelsy or Allison. Maybe they aren't that close anymore? Or maybe that's just not their style *shrugs*.

I think that will happen in the future. I’m betting Allison is texting or calling Chelsy with questions about pregnancy. Once Chelsy officially announces, I bet Allison will at least mention it. The Bontragers don’t steal each other’s thunder. Remember when Chelsy didn’t even mention her engagement until 6 weeks after the triple wedding weekend? That’s why I don’t think Chelsy is announcing Cass or Praise’s pregnancy in her coy blog post. I think she’s announcing herself. I don’t think she would announce someone else’s.

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4 hours ago, Nothing if not critical said:

Maybe they aren't that close anymore?

I wondered if a distance had grown between the two based on the pictures the Bonts and Alison have posted. There are pictures of each woman with other family members/friends but not of them together - even in events like the wedding where neither is the one taking the pictures. They also barely mention each other - although they do talk about other family members. Perhaps both women (or their husbands) have asked them to limit social media or pregnancy is making either or both stressed . Perhaps the rift (if there is one) is about something that happened that we don't know about.  I wonder. They seemed so close before and now it seems different. 

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13 minutes ago, browngrl said:

I wondered if a distance had grown between the two based on the pictures the Bonts and Alison have posted. There are pictures of each woman with other family members/friends but not of them together - even in events like the wedding where neither is the one taking the pictures. They also barely mention each other - although they do talk about other family members. Perhaps both women (or their husbands) have asked them to limit social media or pregnancy is making either or both stressed . Perhaps the rift (if there is one) is about something that happened that we don't know about.  I wonder. They seemed so close before and now it seems different. 

Or maybe (and again, this is idle speculation, because I'm bored and have nothing better to do) - maybe their husbands don't get along? That would complicate things in a culture like theirs where couples are supposed to function as an inseparable unit at all times.

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There’s a picture with Chelsy, Allison and Priscilla gerber all eating at a restaurant together. My guess is that Chelsy has an extremely busy life with 2 young children and probably another on the way. Allison now lives very far from Chelsy. I imagine these play a factor in closeness. I doubt there is any sort of rift. But I can imagine how easily they can drift apart when they used to spend 24/7 together and now live around 9 hours away from each other. 

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3 minutes ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

There’s a picture with Chelsy, Allison and Priscilla gerber all eating at a restaurant together. My guess is that Chelsy has an extremely busy life with 2 young children and probably another on the way. Allison now lives very far from Chelsy. I imagine these play a factor in closeness. I doubt there is any sort of rift. But I can imagine how easily they can drift apart when they used to spend 24/7 together and now live around 9 hours away from each other. 

True, I'd forgotten about that pic. They're also next to each other in a couple of other pics, and they look happy and smiling. So I guess you're right and they're just both busy.

There goes my conspiracy theory of the day. Sigh. ?

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4 minutes ago, Nothing if not critical said:

True, I'd forgotten about that pic. They're also next to each other in a couple of other pics, and they look happy and smiling. So I guess you're right and they're just both busy.

There goes my conspiracy theory of the day. Sigh. ?

I think Allison was absolutely crushed when she lost her best friend back in 2017. I think over the years, she adjusted. Liz became an ok stand in. She also learned to lean on other friends she had. It actually seems healthier than her still holding onto Chelsy like she did right after the wedding. 

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I'd forgotten the pictures mentioned. I'll concede I'm making too much of things but in my defence I use my exercise time to spin these fanciful ideas. It helps me pass the time exercising but probably reflects a lack of oxygen to the brain LOL

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I wouldn’t be surprised if Allison feels closer with Chelsy again once she has a baby. Because then she and Chelsy have something in common and could talk about it a lot. I’ve known non fundie siblings who said they became closer with their sibling once they both had kids. They had something in common that brought them closer together. 

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Also, Elliot is approaching his first birthday, so it would make sense for Chelsy to announce soon based on prior spacing.

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I was reading Chelsy's comments about the boys clothes and it is nice to see children in thrifted clothes that fit properly and look appropriate and about investing in decent socks for the boys.  

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2 minutes ago, FloraKitty35 said:

I was reading Chelsy's comments about the boys clothes and it is nice to see children in thrifted clothes that fit properly and look appropriate and about investing in decent socks for the boys.  

It’s way easier with 2. I have 2 boys and I buy a lot of their clothing thrifted. Jill Rod could do much better with her thrifting for 11 kids at home. But it’s way harder with 11 compared to 2. I bet Chelsy will start getting a little more lax with their clothing when she has 5 kids 6 and under. 

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16 hours ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

It’s way easier with 2. I have 2 boys and I buy a lot of their clothing thrifted. Jill Rod could do much better with her thrifting for 11 kids at home. But it’s way harder with 11 compared to 2. I bet Chelsy will start getting a little more lax with their clothing when she has 5 kids 6 and under. 

I don’t know about that. Her and her sibling always looked out together so she may work hard to keep it that way.

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On 5/7/2021 at 5:12 PM, JermajestyDuggar said:

Carver posted a picture from the Hale wedding and Chelsy does have a bump. I guess I would be surprised if she wasn’t pregnant. I’m guessing a November baby. I think they will end up with the most Maxwell grandkids. Nathan is done at 6, Chris might be done due to AM’s cancer, Joe’s kids are well spaced and Jesse hasn’t announced yet even though they’ve been married a year. 

 

Agreed. Chelsy is 30, right? I think they will end up with 7 or 8 kids.

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3 minutes ago, HereticHick said:

Agreed. Chelsy is 30, right? I think they will end up with 7 or 8 kids.

I hate when people pop in and ask to be spoonfed basic info so....please forgive me for doing it this time!

How many kids to the Bontragers have?  Does John work for the Maxwell borg, or independently?  Is he still doing that farm irrigation thing?

 

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1 minute ago, HerNameIsBuffy said:

I hate when people pop in and ask to be spoonfed basic info so....please forgive me for doing it this time!

How many kids to the Bontragers have?  Does John work for the Maxwell borg, or independently?  Is he still doing that farm irrigation thing?

 

Bontragers I believe have 10--6 boys, 4 girls. But Becky Bontrager got started a lot later than Chelsy did--I think she married Marlin when she was 19. As far as we know John still works independently of the Maxwell borg--he still has his irrigation design business, http://maxwellirrigation.com/, and I thought someone said a while back that he had a real estate license. Oh, and I see that LinkedIn says I know someone who knows someone who knows him.  Oh dear, that is closer to Stevehovah than I ever want to be.

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Bontragers I believe have 10--6 boys, 4 girls. But Becky Bontrager got started a lot earlier than Chelsy did--I think she married Marlin when she was 19. As far as we know John still works independently of the Maxwell borg--he still has his irrigation design business, http://maxwellirrigation.com/, and I thought someone said a while back that he had a real estate license. Oh, and I see that LinkedIn says I know someone who knows someone who knows him.  Oh dear, that is closer to Stevehovah than I ever want to be.

 

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Just now, HereticHick said:

Bontragers I believe have 10--6 boys, 4 girls. But Becky Bontrager got started a lot later than Chelsy did--I think she married Marlin when she was 19. As far as we know John still works independently of the Maxwell borg--he still has his irrigation design business, http://maxwellirrigation.com/, and I thought someone said a while back that he had a real estate license. Oh, and I see that LinkedIn says I know someone who knows someone who knows him.  Oh dear, that is closer to Stevehovah than I ever want to be.

Thank you!  Speaking of closer I've been messing around with genealogy again and I keep seeing Bontrager in the same family trees....my Mennonite ancestors were Bontrager adjacent!  No idea if it's the same family but always amuses me.

My Mennonite people came here in 1717, the patriarch a minister fleeing religious persecution, and less than one generation my line noped right out of that yet....I will say if I had to be fundy I'd ask for a list of sects that do headcoverings.  I like them, I blame Little House for creating a generation of 70's girls with a fondness for bonnets.

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I think that since the Bontragers had 10 and the Maxwells had 8, I guessed John and Chelsy would end up with 9. But Becky didn’t have babies in her 40s. So maybe Chelsy won’t either. That could make the number lower. Chelsy and John are both 30. Their birthdays are in January.

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On 5/8/2021 at 9:48 AM, browngrl said:

I'd forgotten the pictures mentioned. I'll concede I'm making too much of things but in my defence I use my exercise time to spin these fanciful ideas. It helps me pass the time exercising but probably reflects a lack of oxygen to the brain LOL

I spin scenarios when I have insomnia hoping one of them will put me to sleep.

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I think we all ride the speculation bus from time to time, and sometimes you turn out to be totally correct and it’s fun as hell when that happens. 

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Finally went and looked at Chelsy's latest photo dump and... Holy cow Rebecca is starting to resemble Chelsy, even more than Marlin (Rufus bless). Wonder if the eyeliner explosion is impending too.

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The comments are back on Chelsy's blog. People are asking about the veiled reference to a pregnancy. Most suspect Chelsy is pregnant or want to know who besides Allison is pregnant. I'm convinced it's Chelsy.

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Someone in the comments was speculating that Allison is having twins! ?

I have to admit that idea hadn't crossed my mind, but I guess it's possible...

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You all deserve sleuthing prizes! Chelsy just posted that she and John are having baby #3. She's 20 weeks, due in "late September," and the baby will be just 15 months younger than Elliot. That's some spacing.

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