How Reversal-Joseph spent his 23rd birthday

[skankbiscuit]

They ALL went to the Olive Garden (someone from a conference gave Anna $$$ to go) and they had salad and breadsticks. She did chores (they have a pic of her cleaning the stove), went to grandma and grandpa's because she does every Friday, spent time looking for receipts and ordering fabric from JoAnn's Fabric. I think Sarah made muffins and an ultimate turtle cheesecake. It just seemed glum to me, and Joseph's didn't. Maybe Anna didn't get a Starbucks trip because of the Olive Garden. I dunno. I can see them doing more for the boys though.

[WonderingInWA]

They ALL went to the Olive Garden (someone from a conference gave Anna $$$ to go) and they had salad and breadsticks. She did chores (they have a pic of her cleaning the stove), went to grandma and grandpa's because she does every Friday, spent time looking for receipts and ordering fabric from JoAnn's Fabric. I think Sarah made muffins and an ultimate turtle cheesecake. It just seemed glum to me, and Joseph's didn't. Maybe Anna didn't get a Starbucks trip because of the Olive Garden. I dunno. I can see them doing more for the boys though.

Oh, that's right! Olive Garden! I thought it was weird that she was given the gift card yet I'm sure she was expected to use it on the whole family (instead of repeated trips there with maybe just Sarah and Mary or something). And salad and breadsticks, while good, doesn't seem very festive to me.

As I said in a previous comment, I have never heard the Maxwells admit that they drink coffee. The Starbucks thing seems so out of character for them. I wonder if Teri is allowed coffee, what with her Pepsi addiction and all.

[ncb]

How nice that Nathan can spend the day working out and rope climbing with his brothers while his adult sisters have to go clean his house and take care of his kids while his wife is suffering through another difficult (but hopefully ok) pregnancy. Asshats.

[twin2]

How nice that Nathan can spend the day working out and rope climbing with his brothers while his adult sisters have to go clean his house and take care of his kids while his wife is suffering through another difficult (but hopefully ok) pregnancy. Asshats.

[moreorlessnu]

It's all about image, you know. Stevie needs to look busy and important and vitally necessary.

You made me laugh at the thought that Steve doesn't just think he's "necessary", but that he's 'VITALLY necessary" when all of them are just trapped in that house together day after day.

Whenever someone makes a comment on how dreary it must be to wipe down the kitchen cabinets every Friday afternoon, I wonder if they actually enjoy the opportunity to be alone w/ their thoughts, and that maybe it's a mental escape from that thought prison.

[Lillybee]

In the comment section, Steve said that the frozen custard recipe doesn't use sugar, WTF.

[WonderingInWA]

In the comment section, Steve said that the frozen custard recipe doesn't use sugar, WTF.

Sugar must be an idol.

[moreorlessnu]

I'm curious if he means absolutely no sugar, or some type of sugar substitute or honey or something like that. Chocolate w/o sugar would be tough to take.

[Witsec7]

In the comment section, Steve said that the frozen custard recipe doesn't use sugar, WTF.

Eh they probably use honey. Wasn't he circumspect about some fucking cookie recipe that was a no brainer?

[WonderingInWA]

Eh they probably use honey. Wasn't he circumspect about some fucking cookie recipe that was a no brainer?

I believe that was the famous "cookie pizza" post. It was a sugar cookie crust with fruit on top. Can't really leave the sugar out of that one, can you? Maybe he does. Because it's an idol.

[DowagerDuchess]

"Jesus"....

I think Steve has to be able to check in with Teri every few minutes to make she is sticking to the schedule and not taking a break or stealing a Pepsi from the neighbors garage. He seems to such a controling bastard that he must know what is happening at the house every time he leaves.

[WonderingInWA]

I think Steve has to be able to check in with Teri every few minutes to make she is sticking to the schedule and not taking a break or stealing a Pepsi from the neighbors garage. He seems to such a controling bastard that he must know what is happening at the house every time he leaves.

:lol:

And you know with his love of technology, that house has GOT to have surveillance cameras. And she's probably got a special device she has to carry in her purse for when she goes out.

[Witsec7]

And you know with his love of technology, that house has GOT to have surveillance cameras. And she's probably got a special device she has to carry in her purse for when she goes out.

I'm sure he's got ankle bracelets on all of them.

[WonderingInWA]

I'm sure he's got ankle bracelets on all of them.

But they don't wear jewelry (not even to family weddings), so he must be tracking them some other way. Oh, I know -- he's got them microchipped. You know, like animals.

[Witsec7]

I should have known they can't wear jewelry :( so chips it is.

[ladyamylynn]

The Maxwell family is so unbelievably creepy! Steve Maxwell reminds me so much of my dad, who has extreme control issues. After my mom finally left him, and 2 of 3 daughters cut off contact, one of the only things he could control was his diet, which eventually got so restricted that he's a vegan who doesn't eat after 3pm. He's severely underweight. I just see the same vacant look in Steve's eyes as my own dad's. I feel like the diet/exercise issue is so similar to my family's. My sister was hospitalized during our fundamentalist years due to her anorexia.

[uber frau]

I think Steve has to be able to check in with Teri every few minutes to make she is sticking to the schedule and not taking a break or stealing a Pepsi from the neighbors garage. He seems to such a controling bastard that he must know what is happening at the house every time he leaves.

This.

[1004srs]

Steve says they worship G-d. Nope, they worship Stevie-boy.

He controls everything they do. From wake-up time, eating, what they see on vacation, clothes, and their friends.

Going to a strict, but regular, church would really help balance out his craziness. Too bad, no one has the opportunity to break free.

[divadivine]

Can someone explain the whole "Pepsi is an idol" thing?? ... that happened before I started following the Maxwell's and finding FJ. Thanks!

[Boogalou]

Can someone explain the whole "Pepsi is an idol" thing?? ... that happened before I started following the Maxwell's and finding FJ. Thanks!

http://www.titus2.com/corners/7-08-m.htm

[emmiedahl]

How does Pepsi come between her and Jesus?

These people must have very tenuous relationships with their savior if a carbonated beverage can come between them.

[lilwriter85]

I always wondered if Teri was using Pepsi to cope with her depression. I took a nutrition class in college and the nutritionist who taught the class mentioned that people with depression do use caffeine as an anti-depressant.

[johnhugh]

From : titus2.com/corners/7-08-m.htm

"For many years, I was in bondage"

"While I greatly enjoyed drinking my Pepsi, I was truly in bondage."

Why snark them, when they snark themselves? :clap:

"The sodas had become a habit for me. I would drink a soda—when I was happy, when I was sad, in the morning, in the afternoon, on special occasions"

[divadivine]

titus2.com/corners/7-08-m.htm

Thanks for the link.

HOLY HELL, that women is batshit, cray-cray and totally flippin' brainwashed. She had to ask permission from Asshat Steve to have a drink? Hello, that confirms (if you had any doubts) Steve is controlling what that entire family does every hour of every freakin' day. You could substitute anything for the word Pepsi in her post- Crack, Crystal Meth, Sex, Porn, Cake, Candy- and it would read the same. Now, granted, Crack and Crystal Meth can kill you. It would be good to stop using those. Sex, well, that addiction can cause many problems in a marriage as can porn. Too much cake and candy can cause you to gain weight and you can rot your teeth out if you don't brush. However, to try and spin it the way Momma Maxwell is happens to be totally crazy. Throwing in all those Bible verses is absolutely asinine- like most of their references to the Bible- they think because one or two words might loosely fit their writing, that the Bible verse is completely applicable to what they are writing about. I can make anything "fit" into my thinking, if I spin it the right way, or at least believe it in my own deluded little mind.

Steve-o would absolutely have a shit fit if he knew me because Diet Pepsi is a staple in my life. I admit I drink too much of it, but I'm an adult and it's my choice. I'm 99.9999999999% sure Diet Pepsi is not coming between me and my relationship with God/Jesus. God/Jesus know I am a much more tolerable person when I have a Diet Pepsi-- AKA The Elixir of Life. It keeps me from punching people in the throat. Thus, it is keeping me from being incarcerated.

Steve is an asshat control freak. Terri is brainwashed and someone needs to rescue those young adult/teenage children stat.

[pixydust]

. God/Jesus know I am a much more tolerable person when I have a Diet Pepsi-- AKA The Elixir of Life. It keeps me from punching people in the throat. Thus, it is keeping me from being incarcerated.

Haha, that is coffee and Pepsi Next for me!