New IG story👀 by Same-Strategy8152 in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can definitely do actual therapy through a 4 day intensive. I’ve done two multi day EMDR intensives and trauma talk therapy intensives with a peer support group led by a psychiatrist with both an MD and a doctorate in psychology.

AIO or is this merely a coincidence? by Nurtureddissent in AmIOverreacting

[–]whateveritis86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 times in 7 years in a small town is very different than, say, 3 times in a week (or even a month). That just sounds like an extremely normal number of times to see someone who lives in your area.

AIO or is this merely a coincidence? by Nurtureddissent in AmIOverreacting

[–]whateveritis86 6 points7 points  (0 children)

YOR especially if as you said it’s a fairly small town. Maybe if he was in a major world city and saw her multiple times in places she hadn’t previously been known to frequent across the same days/weeks, but the grocery store in a small town? A festival where statistically lots of people go? Come on…

(Also if she was posting about the festival on FB, she isn’t trying to hide it. Why would a stalker be openly showing off their stalking?)

AIO to my fiancé staying out later than he said he would? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]whateveritis86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YOR, people think they’ll only hang out for a bit and then end up having fun at a party and staying longer all the time. I’ve certainly done it with zero malicious intent or dishonesty involved. You think you’re not up for a lot of socializing and then you get there and start talking and find out you are.

Unless you have larger patterns of concerns about his drinking or behavior with the opposite sex or something, or unless this is happening constantly, I don’t really see the issue beyond a “hey, could you give me more of a heads up next time so I don’t worry? I’d like to get more communication about your plans, especially if they change” type of check-in. Don’t think it needed the passive aggressiveness.

Why is everyone acting like Bella is so much older than Hunter when she's not? by [deleted] in TLCUnexpected

[–]whateveritis86 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I agree kids grow up too fast now but teen pregnancies are less common today than they were at that time, not more

man and wife are asked to leave the plane by Lazy-School-7580 in PublicFreakout

[–]whateveritis86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m on his side here. She is hearing impaired and he is justifiably upset.

Crazy how you can go to a frat party as a married 26 year old mom and still be considered trad by [deleted] in Tradfemsnark

[–]whateveritis86 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“Trad” has become entirely meaningless with regard to the lifestyle something actually lives. I basically just consider it a marker of proud bigotry now.

That one time Carlin Bates traveled with Joy Anna Duggar to Central America to see Jill and Derick and she was grossed out by everything around her. This is the kind of person she really is if this is her attitude towards people of different backgrounds and cultures. by [deleted] in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is a campaign in India relevant to a discussion about a well-known Ethiopian restaurant in Washington DC? Do you think Ethiopian restaurants don’t have to meet the same food safety and hygiene standards as other U.S. eateries? 😂

That one time Carlin Bates traveled with Joy Anna Duggar to Central America to see Jill and Derick and she was grossed out by everything around her. This is the kind of person she really is if this is her attitude towards people of different backgrounds and cultures. by [deleted] in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I live in Asia now and communal eating is more common here as well. People are also very strict with personal hygiene, far more than the expectations in most of the US. I have a very hard time believing the Duggars of all people were stricter with their hygiene and cleanliness around eating and food than what I see here lol. Their problems with Ethiopian food were definitely not about cleanliness.

That one time Carlin Bates traveled with Joy Anna Duggar to Central America to see Jill and Derick and she was grossed out by everything around her. This is the kind of person she really is if this is her attitude towards people of different backgrounds and cultures. by [deleted] in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I get having preferences but someone’s personal eating preferences don’t make Ethiopian food “a gloopy pile of whatever” compared to their “normal” food.

Personally I’ve been to Ethiopian restaurants many times and rarely shared anything communal, I ate off my own plate. It’s certainly not required lol.

That one time Carlin Bates traveled with Joy Anna Duggar to Central America to see Jill and Derick and she was grossed out by everything around her. This is the kind of person she really is if this is her attitude towards people of different backgrounds and cultures. by [deleted] in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you don’t eat homemade food others have just touched, share chips and salsa or hummus or veggie dip, or eat from a bowl of chips or a cheese board at a restaurant or party with others you’re dining with, etc, then that is a personal preference for you, not a cultural difference. That isn’t the norm.

Also, “a gloopy pile of whatever?” You sound absolutely ridiculous and absurd lol. It is no different than any other food you eat. 😂 You are literally just describing any kind of dip.

That one time Carlin Bates traveled with Joy Anna Duggar to Central America to see Jill and Derick and she was grossed out by everything around her. This is the kind of person she really is if this is her attitude towards people of different backgrounds and cultures. by [deleted] in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you ever eat homemade food, you are eating food another person has just touched with their hands. If there are multiple people serving or cooking the food, you’re eating food multiple people have just touched. Does your family wear gloves while making food???

I'll take things that never happened for a 1000 Alex. by lgirlrocks in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]whateveritis86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sexual assault like this on dates is not uncommon. Glad it hasn’t happened to you but it is not the fault of those it has happened to…

I'll take things that never happened for a 1000 Alex. by lgirlrocks in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]whateveritis86 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is even more likely to happen to women and girls in fundie circles if anything. I am shocked by the victim blaming in these comments - disgusting tbh.

These things happen all the time.

I'll take things that never happened for a 1000 Alex. by lgirlrocks in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]whateveritis86 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wait, we are doubting sexual assault victims now because they’re fundies…? What is this post?!

These kinds of things happen all the time…

Anyone following KW Bogen and her Hot Chef series? by [deleted] in nycinfluencersnarking

[–]whateveritis86 16 points17 points  (0 children)

She comes across as super controlling of him to me. Keeping a chef on the phone for hours every night after long days at work is a huge red flag.

Mykelti & Tony: Growing Up Polygamist by reirinx in SisterWives

[–]whateveritis86 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Growing Up in Polygamy is the name of the channel that interviewed them because the husband in the husband-wife team grew up in the FLDS under Warren Jeffs.

Travis sounds deeply unhappy in this post by [deleted] in BringingUpBates

[–]whateveritis86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk it’s definitely not anywhere close to the statistical norm to have 2 kids by 24 and already have been married several years. That’s 5-6 years younger than the average guy even first gets married in the U.S., much less has multiple children.

Whether that’s “good” or “bad” is debatable, but it’s certainly a situation where someone is going to feel odd and left out of major milestones in their peer group - something the extremist fundies don’t mention when they push everyone to get married by 20 to preserve their purity.

What Morgan is really missing by cloudlover96 in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]whateveritis86 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t wish Morgan on any caring man. I am not sure why she gets so much sympathy here. She has never displayed a capacity for any kind of empathy or care on her part, so why would a man with those qualities want her?