No, not me. As many readers might know, I follow the Duggar Family News group on Facebook. That group follows and snarks on the Duggar family, but it also follows a few other “supersized” families. One such brood that they like to watch is the Rodrigues family, headed by weirdorama mom, Jill.

The Rodrigueses have 13 children, all of whom are very skinny. Jill Rodrigues is very prominent on social media. I don’t really follow them at all, except for what I see in the Duggar Family News group. They’re easy to make fun of, mainly because Jill appears to be a bit of a fame whore. She wears tons of makeup, always has her hair styled in an 80s fashion, and has a weird habit of name dropping the Duggars.

Eldest daughter, Nurie, was homeschooled and got married earlier this year. Her husband is Nathan Keller, who is Anna Keller Duggar’s brother. That means that Nurie is Josh Duggar’s sister-in-law.

When Nurie had her nuptials, she wore a second hand wedding gown that it’s said was purchased for her at a thrift shop when she was about 12 or 13. Nurie is now 21 years old and has been married for just over two months. Photos are now circulating in the Duggar Family News group with Nurie holding her belly. Many people are speculating that she might already be pregnant, hence the title of today’s post.

I don’t actually care too much if Nurie’s expecting. She’s over 21 and married, and has probably been having sex. Sex leads to pregnancy, particularly when you’re that young. And she’s a fundie Baptist, so she probably would like to be pregnant. Either way, every time I see a picture of her, I see two big rows of white teeth framed by heavy lipstick. She’s always smiling. Maybe it’s the glow of the Lord. Maybe she’s just happy to be on her own.

I actually think Nurie is quite pretty. I wouldn’t choose to wear as much makeup as she does. And while I don’t know what her mother is actually like, I get the sense that she and her siblings are regularly trotted out for her mother’s purposes.

For some reason, Jill Rodrigues seems very interested in following the Duggars’ example and being famous for having a big, religious family. But one other thing I’ve noticed is that Jill seems to want to auction off her daughters to marriage as they come of age. Usually, this happens when the daughter is about done with homeschool and “graduates” from high school. This is something that others have noticed, too.

Jill will post a picture of one of her kids, usually one of the daughters who is getting close to marriage age. She posts about what a “godly” person the young woman is, or she writes about what a “servant’s heart” she has. The youngster is almost always fully decked out in makeup, dressed up, with big white teeth showing in a cringeworthy smile that looks a bit strained. It has the feel of a livestock auction. Like, I’d want to go up and check out her teeth and feet, looking for soundness or athletic potential. It’s really creepy.

Nurie supposedly decided at age four that she wanted to be a Christian. Maybe I’m overly cynical, but I have a strong suspicion that Nurie had nothing to do with her conversion to religion. But it makes for a nice story for true believers, I guess. People in the Duggar Family News group are speculating that Nurie hasn’t announced her “pregnancy” yet, because they’re waiting to find out if Jill is also pregnant. But it could be that Nurie just has a belly because she’s been eating more and the rest of her body hasn’t yet caught up.

Know who else is pregnant? Kendra Duggar, wife of Joseph Duggar. She is due with her third baby and she’s just 22 years old. And, once again, her mother is pregnant, too. When Kendra was pregnant with her first baby, Garrett, her mom, Christina, (in her late thirties then) was also pregnant with her eighth baby. And now, Christina, aged 41, is apparently preggo again.

I always wanted to have kids. It didn’t work out for me. Now that I see the way the world is going, I’m kind of glad I don’t have to worry about my children trying to navigate things while donning face masks and visors. But I guess if you are a strong believer in religion and you think God is in control of everything, a baby represents hope and perhaps a future voter who will help swing the government in a way that suits your religious views.

Anyway… it’s interesting to see who ends up with whom in these big ass fundie families. Supposedly, Kendra’s sister, Lauren, is courting James Duggar. If they get together, that would mean their children would be “double cousins”. Maybe that isn’t such an odd phenomenon in the world of fundie Christianity. I think I’m just glad I’m not in it. Mainstream Presbyterianism was enough religion for me.

Incidentally, having a prominent beer gut apparently feels much the same as being pregnant…