I’m just watching TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress” (a reality show of women buying wedding dresses - yes, I like it, and no, I don’t know why), and a family shows up with about 200 kids in tow. I don’t catch the names at first - Jim Bob and some woman. They’re renewing their vows, and for some reason they think all 200 of their kids need to come with them to pick out a new wedding dress for mom. “Hmm,” I think, “They must be Full Quiver people like those guys who have their own reality show.” I watch a little more - the mom wants a modest dress, no cleavage, etc. The girls all have long hair and are also wearing dresses. Okay, they put her name on the screen - “Michelle Duggar.” Wait a second! I know that name! Quick google search - yup, it’s them.
I just wanted to share this bit of reality tv weirdness with all y’all.
Something similar happened the other day… I watch Ace of Cakes religiously (looooooooooove Duff!) and they had the crew from Man Caves on their to renovate his band room. And I knew I’d seen this episode before despite the preview saying it was new. Then the husband reminded me we’d seen the actual episode on Man Caves, because Jaceson likes and watches that show and knew I’d want to see anything with Duff. So now we’ve seen both. Go figure.
They were doing very well financially, supporting their large family, long before the tv show.
This show is popular for only one reason that I can see. People love an opportunity to judge others and feel superior. Period.
They take nothing from the state, are totally self supporting. Their children are all happy, healthy, well fed, well dressed and well mannered. Where is the problem?
Which is better; These people having lots of kids when they are good at it and obviously enjoy it. Or people with fewer kids who are truly less than great parents? Seems to me there are way more of the latter, and it doesn’t even raise comment from most people.
The entirety of cable reality shows are one big clusterfuck of interconnected famewhoredom. The Ace of Cakes guy showed up on the Gosslins’ show, for example.
The whole idea of “renewing vows” is an odd one to me - what, are your old ones wearing out? It is a bit more amusing that the Duggars are the ones renewing. I guess everything starts wearing out after 19 births…
I think the problem may be you, since you seem to be picking a fight. If they need to parade around on reality TV to pay the bills, than more power to them. It’s not having children that people are glomming on, it’s the fact that they have an unseemly number of them. So unseemly that they had their very own show about it.
I’m sure there are other American families with even more children but you don’t see me snarking on them. They aren’t on my TV all the time showing off and inviting my comments.
Actually, one can wear a white wedding dress (according to Miss Manners) for their first wedding, virgin or not. If one marries again, white is not proper, but say lavender, light blue, yellow, etc.
How is it me that’s the problem? You’re expressing the problem right here, ‘unseemly’. They can take care of their kids. You are lamenting the fact that human beings were born and feel like their parents should be ashamed for giving their children life.
So if they hide it from you it’s ok? But if you find out about it they deserve your derisive judgment?
