22 kids and counting Christmas special ch5

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Anyone watch

£5/7k on presents

Trying to serve up for 26 must be hard

@GoodnightGrandma

I believe they breed the dogs and sell the puppies. Have we ever seen them walked ?

There usually barking and shitting on the plastic grass when I cycle past

How old was she? I thought it was all quite sweet, heavily narrated and edited, but sweet. You can’t possibly have that many children and not rely on the older ones to help raise the younger ones, you can’t have enough time for each child, but they all seem to rub along fairly well.

@wonderstuff

How old was she? I thought it was all quite sweet, heavily narrated and edited, but sweet. You can’t possibly have that many children and not rely on the older ones to help raise the younger ones, you can’t have enough time for each child, but they all seem to rub along fairly well.

She was 13 when pregnant, 14 when she gave birth. He was 18

@onedayoranother

After watching the US equivalent it is clear there's a lot that could be going on that is not touched upon.

That’s a bit unfair to accuse them of sexual abuse and covering it up because that’s what happened to the Duggar family . The only thing they have in common is being a big family.

*Well maybe not accuse but insinuate!

Yes was a huge block of cheese

Wonder what that cost

My block was £4 and open 10th of the size 😂

Think it was all a bit staged. I don't buy that they leave the Christmas shopping to 3 weeks before the day. And surely you'd check passports before booking a break abroad (especially as the youngest hasn't even got one!).

That's awful! Where is this? Have the police been involved?

Didn’t they have the same hassle before over a passport

Yes a lot is staged as is reality

@Blondeshavemorefun

Anyone watch

£5/7k on presents

Trying to serve up for 26 must be hard

I doubt the serving up for 26 is difficult given I’ve never seen anything apart from a dollop of protein and a dollop I’d carbs being served up at a meal time. There’s nothing resembling a vegetable or salad on the plates.

@PinkWaferBiscuit

I will simply never get over their ages when he got her pregnant. No amount of pretending they are a happy family and everything is great will ever make the situation right or acceptable in my opinion.

Spot on. It’s horrific.

@onedayoranother

After watching the US equivalent it is clear there's a lot that could be going on that is not touched upon.

Whoa. Hold your horses there.

Watching it now.

Was the turkey meant to be funny ?

It's all very staged and fake,isn't it?

@onedayoranother

After watching the US equivalent it is clear there's a lot that could be going on that is not touched upon.

I don't think you can call it an 'equivalent'. It's not like one is a remake of another.

What you watched was a programme that is also about a family with lots of children. The similarities pretty much end there. The Duggers are very religious and they home school as they don't like outside influences. They encourage their dc to marry early to people they barely know and to have lots of dc of their own.

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

Watching it now.

Was the turkey meant to be funny ?

It's all very staged and fake,isn't it?

Yes, very staged and fake.

Just started it! Placemarking so I don’t lose the thread…

Started watching it and it honestly made me feel weird. Watching all that needless excess and waste. I'm not normally po faced about stuff that doesn't affect me, but it seems so out of touch.

I also have a 14 year old daughter and she's about to put Xmas jimjams on and play along with cheesy stocking shit. I cannot imagine her being pregnant from her 18 yo boyfriend.

It's really tainted my thoughts actually.

They’re a gross example of excess and waste. I don’t watch it anymore but it looked like a house full of semi feral kids longing for some peace and attention.

I have to say, the kids seem very well behaved and polite. Nice to see the older ones helping out at the homeless shelter.

How many children did they have when the first show started?

That tattle website is horrible!

@Lifeisnteasy

I have to say, the kids seem very well behaved and polite. Nice to see the older ones helping out at the homeless shelter.

I don't think the children are polite or well behaved at all from what I've seen. Unsurprisingly to be honest as they clearly just want attention.

Also anyone believing that any of the stuff in the shows is not completely scripted and faked is living in cloud cuckoo land. Do you honestly think they would go to lapland, a homeless shelter or do any of the other nonsense that is in the show if it wasn't being filmed?

The bottom line is they are being celebrated for a man impregnating a child and for starting to have children at 13. I
How anyone can watch and praise them is beyond me.

@PinkWaferBiscuit

I will simply never get over their ages when he got her pregnant. No amount of pretending they are a happy family and everything is great will ever make the situation right or acceptable in my opinion.

I was thinking that this afternoon. (Must have seen it advertised on TV so it was in my my mind)

Ds told me the jacket Sue was wearing cost over £1k!

@Jobseeker19

How many children did they have when the first show started?

I think it was 16 children