The Technodrome Forums

The Technodrome Forums (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/index.php)
-   Current Events (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25)
-   -   Duggar Family expecting 18th child! (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=23979)

Raph's Girl 05-09-2008 02:27 PM

Duggar Family expecting 18th child!
 
Good lord!! When will they stop?!

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008...ar-family.html

Quote:

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who became well known after a series of documentary television shows on TLC and Discovery Health, announced this morning on the Today show that they are pregnant with their 18th child. Michelle, 41, is currently six weeks along in her pregnancy and due on New Year's Day. Michelle joked,

"We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us."

Jim Bob added that,

"The success in a family is first off, a love for God, and secondly, treating each other like you want to be treated. Our goal is for each one of our children to be best friends, and everybody working together to serve each other makes that happen."

The new baby will join siblings Joshua, 20, twins John David and Janna, 18, Jill, 16, Jessa, 15, Jinger, 14, Joseph, 13, Josiah, 11, Joy-Anna, 10, twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 9, Jason 7, James 6, Justin, 5, Jackson, 3, Johannah, 2, and Jennifer, 9 months.

Machias Banshee 05-09-2008 02:32 PM

I remember seeing the show. It used to be so common to have large families, partly because more kids meant more work could be done to keep the family going. Plus Birth Control was considered somewhat immoral until the recent decades. My dad had 10 siblings, and my mom had at least 8..

Just imagine how many Grandkids the parents here will be have the kids grow up... :lol:

ToTheNines 05-09-2008 03:21 PM

How retarded, and all they're names start with a J... it seems like a ****** sitcom.

Having kids is great, but these fu***rs have really gone too far. I mean 5 kids is a heck of alot, I can't imagine how they afford this, or transport the family.

Sewer Bull 05-10-2008 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToTheNines (Post 608313)
How retarded, and all they're names start with a J... it seems like a ****** sitcom.

Having kids is great, but these fu***rs have really gone too far. I mean 5 kids is a heck of alot, I can't imagine how they afford this, or transport the family.

Explain once again why it is so ****ed up and retarded.

Having kids over the age of 40 is a bit risky, tho'.

Ra 05-10-2008 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToTheNines (Post 608313)
How retarded, and all they're names start with a J... it seems like a ****** sitcom.

Having kids is great, but these fu***rs have really gone too far. I mean 5 kids is a heck of alot, I can't imagine how they afford this, or transport the family.

Ugh...agreed on both points. The "J" names are just odd. And MAN...what they are doing is pretty serious. Even in the past gone by (The Medieval Period and the Victorian Era, for example), 10 is usually the limit. They are really pushing the mother's body to the most extreme, that's for sure.

Scandia 05-10-2008 05:37 AM

How do they take care of so many kids? And I am not just talking financially. Kids need attention and personal time. They cannot all be used to do chores and take care of younger ones.

Raph's Girl 05-10-2008 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scandia (Post 608496)
How do they take care of so many kids? And I am not just talking financially. Kids need attention and personal time. They cannot all be used to do chores and take care of younger ones.

They're rich. They've got all their finances taken care of. No debts at all. Plus they get paid for their reality show on TLC.

Jim Bob Duggar is a former politician. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002. They're real estate agents and own several commercial properties. So they get money from that as well.

One or both parents are always around cuz their office is at their 7000 square foot house. And Im sure the oldest (he's 20) doesn't live with em anymore.

Jo Dawn 05-10-2008 10:37 AM

I say, if the kids are happy and they can provide for their family, then go for it. I saw their shows; they were showed or assumed to be very happy. They have the money and they have the love.

And the 'J' names are fine. First off, I've seen stuff like that alot; even going down the alphabet. And secondly, at least they're not naming them some things that celebrities name their kids, hehe.

GK Punk 05-10-2008 10:46 AM

I'm going to name all of my kids Dave.

Even the girls.

Sewer Bull 05-10-2008 10:51 AM

I thought you'd go for Rob, to honor both RVD and me :(

GK Punk 05-10-2008 10:57 AM

Oooh good call. Their names will now be Rob!

Peanut 05-10-2008 12:31 PM

Is anyone else just depressed that there's a site called www.celebrity-babies.com? I mean, seriously. Get a life.

GK Punk 05-10-2008 12:43 PM

WOW that's pathetic.

Mecha Cow 05-10-2008 02:15 PM

How can they even remember all those names? Damn. Jinger isn't even a name.

Good for them I guess, but it kind of seems like they keep having kids just for the sake of it.

Raph's Girl 05-10-2008 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peanut (Post 608533)
Is anyone else just depressed that there's a site called www.celebrity-babies.com? I mean, seriously. Get a life.

Hey... That's practically my home page these days! I go there everyday!! :lol:

But seriously... all those kids having a J name isn't unusual. I have TONS of cousins with K names. K and C are like the 2 most popular names in my family. Whenever my aunt Holly is pregnant we're all like "Another K is coming!" :lol:

As for Jinger...it's pronounced Ginger. I've got over 30 cousins and I remember all their names. Most of em have major weird names too.

Buslady 05-10-2008 08:47 PM

18 kids....
...nah I'll keep my comments to myself.

Hannah 05-10-2008 09:55 PM

Whatever, I'm gonna have more.

Ra 05-10-2008 10:01 PM

...um...dare I ask how many you have in mind Hannah?

Hannah 05-10-2008 10:06 PM

If I get knocked up every 10 months starting when I'm 20, I can have, what, 24 kids by the time I'm 40? Sweet.

Ninjinister 05-11-2008 12:28 AM

I have a cousin that has three children. He wanted all C names. So there's Corey, Crystal and... Cyle (pronounced Kyle). Yeah... I still don't get that one.

Sewer Bull 05-11-2008 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hannah (Post 608675)
If I get knocked up every 10 months starting when I'm 20, I can have, what, 24 kids by the time I'm 40? Sweet.

Plus, the possible twins and triplets!

Hannah 05-11-2008 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull (Post 608710)
Plus, the possible twins and triplets!

Sh*t, yes! Maybe I'll even have like, quadruplets.

愛 05-11-2008 09:20 AM

You start taking that D right now, you can have even more kids by the time you're 40.

Hannah 05-11-2008 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ai (Post 608742)
You start taking that D right now, you can have even more kids by the time you're 40.

See, I want my kids to all have the same father, not like the girl down the street who has three brothers that all have different fathers. If I give myself four more years, I'll have found someone to mate with that'll at least be like, tolerable, y'know?

Jester 05-11-2008 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GK (Post 608516)
I'm going to name all of my kids Dave.

Even the girls.

You mean like all of George Forman's kids, even the girls, being named George?

Raph's Girl 05-11-2008 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The S (Post 608704)
I have a cousin that has three children. He wanted all C names. So there's Corey, Crystal and... Cyle (pronounced Kyle). Yeah... I still don't get that one.

Well Kyle is a form of a gaelic word that starts with a C (Caol) So to me that makes sense. *shrugs*

I have a cousin who named her son Kyler (like Tyler but with a K). Altho Kyler is a real name. It's Dutch for Archer.

Mecha Cow 05-11-2008 12:18 PM

Quote:

Altho Kyler is a real name. It's Dutch for Archer.
If you must spout pointless trivia at every chance you get, at least make sure it's not bullsh*t.

Sewer Bull 05-11-2008 12:34 PM

You're saying that like you were Dutch yourself, lol.

Out of curiosity, I checked this one over the net - Raph's Girl meant Danish, not Dutch.

Petty difference.

ToTheNines 05-11-2008 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester (Post 608748)
You mean like all of George Forman's kids, even the girls, being named George?

Only one of Foreman's is named after him: Georgetta. The other 4 have semi-normal names if I remember correctly.

Mecha Cow 05-11-2008 01:52 PM

Quote:

Petty difference.
Can't argue with that. :(

Jester 05-11-2008 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToTheNines (Post 608774)
Only one of Foreman's is named after him: Georgetta. The other 4 have semi-normal names if I remember correctly.

Really? Maybe it is a myth, but I heard he did it because he didn't know his own father and so his kids would know who their daddy was, he named them all George.

CudleyCowlick 05-11-2008 04:44 PM

Un-freakin-believable. I don't even want to have 1 kid, but 18??? A few of my good friends come from a family of 13 kids. That's the most I had ever heard of until now. Insane.

ToTheNines 05-11-2008 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester (Post 608789)
Really? Maybe it is a myth, but I heard he did it because he didn't know his own father and so his kids would know who their daddy was, he named them all George.

My bad, I meant of his five GIRLS only one is George(tta). But yes his 5 boys are all named George, but they all have nick names I think.

Raph's Girl 05-11-2008 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyCowboyDion (Post 608809)
Un-freakin-believable. I don't even want to have 1 kid, but 18??? A few of my good friends come from a family of 13 kids. That's the most I had ever heard of until now. Insane.

I've got a friend who's the middle child of 20 and she wants that many kids too. Insanity.

I knew this family in Germany. When I met em the parents had been married for 12 years and they had 12 kids (1 set of twins)... Last I heard they were up to 16...that was 15 years ago.

Spitfire 05-11-2008 05:47 PM

Go Jim Bob, seriously Jim Bob? On the picture it says "One big happy family" One big bankrupt family. I don't know what Jim Bob does for a living but I doubt he's a lawyer. I feel bad for those kids. Their all going to be uneducated working retail jobs in a family that huge, unless their parents want to co-sign on 18 college loans. Sounds like to me that making kids is more like a game to them now...great.

And when our time on Earth passes whatever lives here after we do will look back and go, "They were destroyed by over population because they played breeding games."

ToTheNines 05-11-2008 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx (Post 608818)
And when our time on Earth passes whatever lives here after we do will look back and go, "They were destroyed by over population because they played breeding games."

Yeah, that's one of the points I forgot to bring up. Were getting to the point that people need to start having LESS kids, I used to want atleast 2, but now I'm thinkin 1. Plus can you really love 18 kids they way a child need to be loved? I would hate the little sh**s, imagine trying to go out for a nice dinner at The Outback... not happening.

Warhorse 05-12-2008 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx (Post 608818)
Go Jim Bob, seriously Jim Bob? On the picture it says "One big happy family" One big bankrupt family. I don't know what Jim Bob does for a living but I doubt he's a lawyer. I feel bad for those kids. Their all going to be uneducated working retail jobs in a family that huge, unless their parents want to co-sign on 18 college loans. Sounds like to me that making kids is more like a game to them now...great.


Raph's Girl had already posted on how the family make's it's living and how they are in no threat to be facing any financial depressions anytime soon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl (Post 608504)
They're rich. They've got all their finances taken care of. No debts at all. Plus they get paid for their reality show on TLC.

Jim Bob Duggar is a former politician. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002. They're real estate agents and own several commercial properties. So they get money from that as well.

One or both parents are always around cuz their office is at their 7000 square foot house. And Im sure the oldest (he's 20) doesn't live with em anymore.

Not that I condone such actions. And can you imagine the family fued that will spew when inheritance is an issue!

Sage Ninja 05-30-2008 07:49 PM

I gonna have to agree with tothenines. It really seems because these people are in the spotlight they are having alot of kids as like a gimmick or something, or at least for the shock value of "holy crap they have 18 f*ckin kids!? Day-um!"

But if they are not doing it for a gimmick than God bless them and I wish them the best with their happy large family. But some how I wonder if they would have that many kids if they wheren't on TV. :ohwell:

Raph's Girl 05-30-2008 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja (Post 613049)
But some how I wonder if they would have that many kids if they wheren't on TV. :ohwell:

The reason they're on tv is cuz when kid 16 was born it was all over the news. Everyone was like "OMG! They've got a gazillion kids!"...shock factor made them famous.

Aelia 05-30-2008 10:31 PM

Don't these people believe in birth control!? :lol:


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:09 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.