Showing posts with label Forgets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forgets. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Duggar Family Honors Jubilee Duggar, Forgets Caleb Duggar?

Whether or not Counting On is renewed or canceled, the Duggars will certainly continue to reach out to their fans when they have happy to news to share. But they’ll also have more somber updates.


Yesterday, the Duggars honored their miscarried daughter, Jubilee.


Fans were quick to point out that, inexplicably, the Duggars appeared to have forgotten one of their children altogether.




Jubilee Duggar Headstone


In 2011, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar suffered a loss. Michelle experienced a stillbirth. 


They gave Jubilee Shalom Duggar a grave marker (we know that this sort of thing is not for everyone; Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner planted a memorial tree, for example — but everybody grieves in their own way).


In addition, the Duggars honor the life that would have been Jubilee’s every year on what they consider to be her birthday — on December the 11th.


“It’s hard to believe Jubilee would have been 6 years old today.”


Anniversaries like that can hit hard.


“Jubilee is our 20th child who was stillborn.”


We get that this is an emotional subject, but that’s a bad sentence. (We all write bad sentences sometimes; to be clear, they’re not saying that Jubilee was their 20th stillbirth, even though that is technically what that sentence states)


“We so look forward to seeing Jubilee in heaven.”


And on that note, they finish their post in a characteristically religious way.


“In the Bible, King David’s baby died and he stated, ‘I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.’ This is our hope of eternal life, if each one of us repents of our sins and put our faith and trust in Jesus.”



Many people take comfort from their faith, but their religious message is not the issue that fans are taking with this particular post by the Duggars.


No, fans are taking issue with how the Duggars seemed to, well, forget something pretty important.


Or someone. The sort of someone whom you would think that the Duggars would have remembered and valued.


Because, well, anyone else remember the story of Caleb Duggar?


Caleb was Michelle’s second pregnancy.


Back in 1989, when Jim Bob and Michelle had only had Josh Duggar and were less extreme in at least some of their views, Michelle had a pregnancy that miscarried.


The couple took the miscarriage as a sign that they should discontinue using birth control.


They’ve said that losing Caleb was what started them down the road that led them to have as many children as they could.



And they say that Jubilee would have been their 20th child, not their 21st.


That doesn’t add up. (Literally)


And people noticed. Hardcore fans noticed.


Sure, a lot of the top comments were from people who have also suffered from miscarriages (it’s sad that so many people share that same painful story).


But plenty of Duggar fans had comments about, well, the Duggars’ math:


“Wouldn’t she have been your 21st child? I thought you all lost one between Josh & John/Jana.”


Yep.


“Agreed, I mean I’m a fan but they had a child name Caleb between the twins.”


And the Duggars believe that life begins at conception, so … this is puzzling.



Though there’s a chance that the Duggars are no longer counting Caleb because they didn’t actually know what that child’s sex would have been, we have another theory:


Maybe they were trying to keep things simple.


An emotional loss like a miscarriage isn’t going to make them forget a previous one, but maybe they wanted to avoid having to explain why they might call Jubilee their 21st child.


The last thing that you want when talking about one loss is a bunch of questions asking about another.


That’s our guess, anyway. Because as an oversight, not counting Caleb doesn’t make any sense.


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Monday, September 18, 2017

Emmys Forgets to Honor Dick Gregory, Charlie Murphy, Frank Vincent, Harry Dean Stanton During In Memoriam

The showrunners for the 2017 Emmys forgot to honor some noteworthy performers during their in memoriam segment … including Dick Gregory, Charlie Murphy, Harry Dean Stanton and Frank Vincent who all died this year. During the…


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Friday, June 23, 2017

Markelle Fultz Forgets "76ers" In 1st Draft Instagram Post

Oops. Seems Markelle Fultz was so excited to publish his first sponsored Instagram post after he was drafted Thursday night, he forgot to fill in the template … and left out the Philadelphia 76ers.  It’s not uncommon for sponsors to give…


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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Justin Bieber Forgets His Spanish During "Despacito" Live (VIDEO)

Justin Bieber’s seemingly masterful Spanish singing on the #1 hit “Despacito” did not translate in a live performance … unless we missed the “blah blah blah” lesson in Español class.  The Biebs got on the mic Tuesday night at 1 OAK in…


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Friday, March 31, 2017

President Trump Forgets to Sign Executive Orders at Exec. Order Signing Ceremony (VIDEO)

Gotta hand it to Vice Prez Mike Pence — he tried like hell to save President Trump from a senior moment during an executive order ceremony … but still came up short. Trump and his veep assembled media at the White House for the usual dog and…


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Sunday, February 19, 2017

David Cassidy Appears Drunk In Concert ... Slurs, Falls, Forgets (VIDEO)

David Cassidy seems to have fallen off the wagon — and almost off the stage — in what appears to be a drunken performance this weekend. The former teen idol was playing a gig in Agoura (near L.A.) Saturday night, where he looked incredibly…


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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Dad Forgets Baby in Cold Car in Driveway, Gets Arrested

Stories of infants left in hot cars dominate the news in the summer months, but winter is already making a play for the same, sad headlines.


Case in point: A California dad was just arrested after saying he “forgot” about his four-month-old daughter strapped into her car seat.




Cute Baby


A passerby actually heard the infant’s screams coming from inside the car, which was parked in a residential driveway, Saturday night.


After being unable to successfully reach anyone in the house outside which the car was parked, the man who discovered the girl called 911.


Alejandro Vargas, 31, was inside the property with his three other children, ages 2, 3, and 4, when the police arrived at his residence.


The baby was still in good health and unharmed. 


According to reports, the children’s parents are separated, and were in the care of their dad. They were placed in protective custody.




police car story


Details are scarce, but it’s possible that the baby fell asleep in the car and he didn’t want to wake her, then legitimately did forget she was there?


With three other kids, we can almost see that.


Not that there’s any excuse that makes this okay, but we can see it happening on some level. No one wants to wake a sleeping infant.


With one kid, you can easily stay in the car with him or her and read, or drive around if they prefer to sleep with the vehicle in motion.


Most parents have been there, to be sure.



That being said, you can’t leave them unattended, even in perfect temperatures, so really, there is other option but to bring baby inside.


There are also people who believe that sleeping in car seats for extended periods of time is bad for infants, but that’s beside the point.


More critically, stories of parents’ “forgetting” children in cars – or deliberately thinking it’s okay to leave them – are becoming far too normal.


This isn’t the first, nor will it be the last.


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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Patti Smith Forgets Bob Dylan Lyrics, Accepts His Nobel Prize (VIDEO)

You gotta feel for rock legend Patti Smith — she stepped up to accept Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize, but choked while singing his classic, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” Patti was in Stockholm for the ceremony Dylan refused to attend — so good on her for…


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Patti Smith Forgets Bob Dylan Lyrics, Accepts His Nobel Prize (VIDEO)

You gotta feel for rock legend Patti Smith — she stepped up to accept Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize, but choked while singing his classic, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” Patti was in Stockholm for the ceremony Dylan refused to attend — so good on her for…


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Monday, February 15, 2016

MTV Sets "Teen Mom 2" Premiere Date, Forgets to Tell Kailyn Lowry

OMG so awkward.



Cameras have likely been following Teen Mom 2 star Kailyn Lowry around to tape season seven, but it doesn’t look like the network sent Lowry the memo on a premiere date.


Without giving too much away, Lowry tweeted her frustration.


“LOVE when I’m a part of something and people don’t tell you big dates/important things! So professional”







Lowry has a lot on her plate these days, so her annoyance is warranted.  Her husband, Javi Marroquin was deployed with the Airforce, while she has to balance watching their two sons with school.


On top of that, Lowry is recovering from undergoing major cosmetic surgery in January, in which she got a butt lift, tummy tuck and breast implants.


Yesterday, Lowry informed viewers of her Valentine’s Day plans


“No intentions of leaving my house today,” Lowry tweeted.  “Happy Valentine’s Day y’all.”


The new season will show firsthand the drama Lowry, Jenelle Evans, Chelsea Houska and Leah Messer has endured since last season.


Evans and Messer have quite possibly made the most headlines since last season; Messer has been involved in a custody battle with ex-husband Corey Simms, and recently broke up with boyfriend-of-nine-months T.R. Dues.


Evans had ex-fiance Nathan Griffith arrested for stealing her car, and was recently admitted to the hospital for a mysterious illness.


Teen Mom 2 premieres March 21st on MTV.