Quoting Quiverfull: Duggar Sound Guy Reveal?

Well put, Nea.

Didn’t he propose to her in front of a TV camera? Weren’t the cameras at his wedding, and didn’t they film their very first kiss?
It’s ridiculous. I wonder how she feels about it.

A bit off topic. I thought JimBob and Michelle were strong believers in leaving and cleaving. Why is it that Josh and Anna are still in all the Duggar family pictures and still part of the show?

Sigh. A show that is allegedly family-friendly, and it’s all about the sex.

Also, the “results” they were expecting from the doctor were just for the baby’s sex – I expect the doctor would’ve told them if there was something actually wrong with the pregnancy. I know quite a few people who’ve asked the doctors to give them the “boy or girl” results in a sealed envelope, for various reasons.

I used to think so, but is considering someone whose only connection to you is that an outside party pays them to stalk you as “part of the family” is even less healthy than the fundie cult.

I’ve been thinking about this a bit. The Duggar children are people who have always, for every moment of their lives, been surrounded by family and in structured relationships with their siblings. Other than being in the bathroom, these kids have likely never been alone, and I mean that literally. The older children are responsible for taking care of the younger siblings. Kids can never go anywhere without an accountability partner. When you have 18 siblings, privacy is not in short supply, it is nonexistent. For the kids, it is likely the film crew people are just, well, a few more people around and not the huge intrusive deal it would be to the typical small American family.

Anymore, as soon as I hear “Duggar” I get squicked. I’m watching a show tonight that Ron Jeremy is on, and that doesn’t bother me. There’s an honesty to Ron that absolutely does not exist with the Duggars. And I learned that Ron can play Bach on the harmonica, which is awesome.

Yes, but do those people then hand the envelope directly to someone whose only connection is that a third party *pays* them to follow the parents around? That’s the part that keeps freaking me out. The sound guy is not actually a family friend, he’s someone else’s employee, being treated like a close family friend.