ThisGatheredNest | Part 2

[Ljs]

What I noticed in her last couple videos is she's stopped mentioning her parents living on the land with them. Has she mentioned it and I missed it?
Also looking at the house listing the kitchen looks so small.

[Tweedles3]

What I noticed in her last couple videos is she's stopped mentioning her parents living on the land with them. Has she mentioned it and I missed it?
Also looking at the house listing the kitchen looks so small.

It was treated almost like an afterthought in her house tour video. Like, “This house would be a great fit for our family.....oh, and land for my parents.” I have a suspicion that her parents aren’t going with them. It’s going to take months to a year, or longer, to finish a second house, and I wonder how Angie would even feel about having a brand new house clashing with her much-older home. They might still be doing it, but I don’t see it going well.


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[Freecali]

What I noticed in her last couple videos is she's stopped mentioning her parents living on the land with them. Has she mentioned it and I missed it?
Also looking at the house listing the kitchen looks so small.

It was treated almost like an afterthought in her house tour video. Like, “This house would be a great fit for our family.....oh, and land for my parents.” I have a suspicion that her parents aren’t going with them. It’s going to take months to a year, or longer, to finish a second house, and I wonder how Angie would even feel about having a brand new house clashing with her much-older home. They might still be doing it, but I don’t see it going well.


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In the video where CR and her Dad look at properties she shows her Dad where her Mom wanted to put the house for her parents. I think it’s the same property they got.

She’s also mentioned it as a family compound a video or two back.

My guess is her parents are still part of it. I just think at some point there is a bit of a delegation between her vlogs and her parents.

Just because she vlogs and her parents are [Presumably] part of the move doesn’t mean her parents will be mentioned all the time.

my two cents...


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[wasteoftime]

Her parents might be more private people and not want to appear on anything. It might also be that she wants it to appear that they got all the land and home themselves so they just won't mention the rest of the family. A compound makes me think of a cult every time i hear it.

I notice she didn't mention you had to pay a monthly fee for her online homeschool group. It feels like another money grab, using a free platform to charge people. Of course they sell it as making it safe and exclusive, but i think it's a bit off to charge people to be on a facebook page.

[FlowersTar 68]

Today's vlog was a bit all over the place. They had a bit of a party to celebrate 3 birthday girls. I noticed on the cake Rosie was the last name on there. It was Ivy, Amelia and Rose. If that was mine I'd have put Rosie then the twins in birth order.

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[howdidigetintothis]

I don't know if I'm alone in this or not, but I've always been put off by families who assume a monolithic identity. I get the desire to have a strong support system and a sense of being on the same "team", but how bonded are you going to be if someone--child or adult--doesn't meet expectations, go along with how things are done, or just otherwise doesn't "fit in"? Even if it's just something like that a family is rowdy and boisterous, and then have one solitary child who's a bit more on the sensitive side and is quick to cry. Do they get excluded? Dog-piled on? Re-homed Stauffer-style? (Because that's a thing that happened, pretty much for these reasons...)

Anyway, that's the vibe I get from the Braniff family. I don't think Angela's a bad person by any means--and I think she censors a lot of any "negative" or overly-private matters, as she should--but I get the impression that she just someone who likes everything (and everyone) to be on board with her vision, despite her efforts to be more flexible. I don't mind the homeschooling (especially in these times), but trying to establish a "family compound" rubs me the wrong way. I also don't want to over-generalize sharing property or living super-close to all your relatives because that works for some people, but I just hope Angie and CR aren't the type of people to get offended if most of the kids don't want to build a house there or something. I'm also on board with the theory that Angela and Ashley aren't as close as they want everyone to think, and Angie just posted a story that she and Ashley were practicing "sipping sweet tea on the porch" at the new house like that was a thing that HAD to happen; again, that's part of Angela's "vision".

For another example of this (to a lesser extent) is how Ashley--who I actually like, for the most part--and Peter purposefully chose a house where they'd have to have their seven children in just two bedrooms because they wanted to "simplify" and teach their kids how to value being together, or something. I'm not saying that couldn't work, but that sort of arrangement relies on everything going perfectly, in which it pretty much has; the kids are healthy and seem to be well-behaved, they're afloat financially (barely), and Ashley gets to spend all day parenting, gardening, and making content. What if one of the kids is the sort who needs a lot of solitude, and can't get it because their siblings keep bothering them or making noise (or, worse yet, terrorizing them)? Would that be chalked up as something to "get over" or "build character" to fix? As someone who fits that description, I would grow to resent it. (Obviously, we don't know how that would be addressed until it happens.)

[Tweedles3]

I don't know if I'm alone in this or not, but I've always been put off by families who assume a monolithic identity. I get the desire to have a strong support system and a sense of being on the same "team", but how bonded are you going to be if someone--child or adult--doesn't meet expectations, go along with how things are done, or just otherwise doesn't "fit in"? Even if it's just something like that a family is rowdy and boisterous, and then have one solitary child who's a bit more on the sensitive side and is quick to cry. Do they get excluded? Dog-piled on? Re-homed Stauffer-style? (Because that's a thing that happened, pretty much for these reasons...)

Anyway, that's the vibe I get from the Braniff family. I don't think Angela's a bad person by any means--and I think she censors a lot of any "negative" or overly-private matters, as she should--but I get the impression that she just someone who likes everything (and everyone) to be on board with her vision, despite her efforts to be more flexible. I don't mind the homeschooling (especially in these times), but trying to establish a "family compound" rubs me the wrong way. I also don't want to over-generalize sharing property or living super-close to all your relatives because that works for some people, but I just hope Angie and CR aren't the type of people to get offended if most of the kids don't want to build a house there or something. I'm also on board with the theory that Angela and Ashley aren't as close as they want everyone to think, and Angie just posted a story that she and Ashley were practicing "sipping sweet tea on the porch" at the new house like that was a thing that HAD to happen; again, that's part of Angela's "vision".

For another example of this (to a lesser extent) is how Ashley--who I actually like, for the most part--and Peter purposefully chose a house where they'd have to have their seven children in just two bedrooms because they wanted to "simplify" and teach their kids how to value being together, or something. I'm not saying that couldn't work, but that sort of arrangement relies on everything going perfectly, in which it pretty much has; the kids are healthy and seem to be well-behaved, they're afloat financially (barely), and Ashley gets to spend all day parenting, gardening, and making content. What if one of the kids is the sort who needs a lot of solitude, and can't get it because their siblings keep bothering them or making noise (or, worse yet, terrorizing them)? Would that be chalked up as something to "get over" or "build character" to fix? As someone who fits that description, I would grow to resent it. (Obviously, we don't know how that would be addressed until it happens.)

Some very interesting points, I’ve always thought the family’s world is Angie’s sandbox, they all just live in it. She seems to call the shots. I wouldn’t be surprised if not all five older kids were totally onboard with this move. But she’ll never share that, the viewers are led to believe everything is hunky-dory all the time.

So I was multitasking along with her newest vlog - are they wanting to get llamas now? Or was it alpacas. Don’t they already have a few horses to care for? I’m wondering who is going to do all this work, along with the daily housework, renovations, homeschool, and watching the three little kids?


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[Ludwigvon0415]

Does anyone know if the listing is still up? I just want to see out of curiosity.

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[howdidigetintothis]

Some very interesting points, I’ve always thought the family’s world is Angie’s sandbox, they all just live in it. She seems to call the shots. I wouldn’t be surprised if not all five older kids were totally onboard with this move. But she’ll never share that, the viewers are led to believe everything is hunky-dory all the time.

So I was multitasking along with her newest vlog - are they wanting to get llamas now? Or was it alpacas. Don’t they already have a few horses to care for? I’m wondering who is going to do all this work, along with the daily housework, renovations, homeschool, and watching the three little kids?


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Angie got in touch with someone who keeps/breeds/sells llamas and got them to agree to let her, Kennedy, and Shelby come to do chores to see what taking care of llamas would be like. This seems to be a pretty smart idea, so I'll give her the benefit of a doubt before she plops a ton of animals on their land without thinking. I'm hoping they'll start modestly and then go from there as they master their care (start with chickens, then llamas, etc.), but who knows. I know the older two girls are super into horses, but it's unclear if they just ride the horses their grandparents keep and care for or if they have any horses of their own that they're responsible for.

I'm also curious, though, as to how they're going to manage taking care of (presumably) a ton of animals with their current lifestyle. I know several YouTubers who have full-blown homesteads who also vlog, homeschool, and have lots of young children, but their content is usually almost entirely focused on the homestead/gardening aspect. I doubt the Braniffs are going to shift their content to that, and I honestly just see this as a "series" that they're going to play with for a bit until they tire, get bored, or until Angela jumps into another project.

Speaking of which, I know that Angela has been candid in the past about how she can't sit still and just sort of rushes into things as she thinks of them (and that it's CR who keeps her grounded), but I think it's a mix of 1) feeling pressured to provide and finding the next revenue stream, and 2) she's chronically unfulfilled for some reason and is trying to fill a void with something, whether it's a new podcast, new house, or, you know, a new child. That's an aspect that I'm not sure if she's aware of or not, and I think that's the main difference between her and Ashley, who just seems like the most deliberately content person in the world.

None of this is to say that Angela's this diabolical person or something, but something that I've always believed strongly in is that you don't know who someone is until they're not getting their way. If something doesn't go according to plan, does Angie take it in stride, lash out at others, or just shift gears and find a new thing? That's also something she probably won't share.

[Freecali]

I suppose a lot of perspective depends on our values (or priorities) in parenting.

If my Husband and I made the decision to move we wouldn’t change that if one of the kids wasn’t on board. It’s not the kids choice. They are young and don’t have the maturity to make decisions impacting the entire family future.

I respect my children’s thoughts and emotions- but I think at 13 or younger I wasn’t in a place to make those decisions and neither are my kids.

Besides- 8 kids. You will not have 8 kids and 2 adults on the same page for everything. Parents make decisions. Period. Hopefully parents take into account the impacts on the kids, but a kid or two not being on board as mentioned earlier in this thread should not be a primary factor in decision making.

I don’t think Angie would force adult kids to build on the property. As a matter of fact with Angies 8 kids, Ashleighs 7 (assuming they ever move there which I’m not yet convinced of) and any potential kids from her youngest sister I highly doubt the property even COULD house everyone as adults.


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[Lionking23]

I remember a little while ago someone on this thread said after Ashleigh moved that Angela would probably try to one up her or something, they do seem to be constantly competing with life changes


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[Lionking23]

Angie and her sister need therapy . They seem like they are both type A and very competitive with each other. The whole shebang, parenthood, Youtube, looks. I liked their sister show until I watched Angela say something about not envying her sister her husband not being fat husband or something of the sort. The look on Ashley's face... They are both living their lives to outdo each other. Now that Ashley is moving away wait for Angela to be moving to, probably to Mars... They both seem unhappy with how their lives are, the kids are there to fill the void.

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[haterade]

Angie and her sister need therapy . They seem like they are both type A and very competitive with each other. The whole shebang, parenthood, Youtube, looks. I liked their sister show until I watched Angela say something about not envying her sister her husband not being fat husband or something of the sort. The look on Ashley's face... They are both living their lives to outdo each other. Now that Ashley is moving away wait for Angela to be moving to, probably to Mars... They both seem unhappy with how their lives are, the kids are there to fill the void.

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Peter may be overweight, but he seems to actually have custody of his own testicles.

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[howdidigetintothis]

Angie and her sister need therapy . They seem like they are both type A and very competitive with each other. The whole shebang, parenthood, Youtube, looks. I liked their sister show until I watched Angela say something about not envying her sister her husband not being fat husband or something of the sort. The look on Ashley's face... They are both living their lives to outdo each other. Now that Ashley is moving away wait for Angela to be moving to, probably to Mars... They both seem unhappy with how their lives are, the kids are there to fill the void.

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That's such a mean thing for Angie, I hate that. Also, not that it matters, but Peter was already overweight when he and Ashleigh got together. Ashleigh fell in love with him just the way he was/is. (Even she was just as petite as she is now 15-ish years ago.) Also, I hope the Wilsons don't uproot everything and move to the farm unless they absolutely want to.

[WheresMyCoffee]

Every single thing with this move seems so content driven. "How can wr get the most views without having another child? LETS MOVE!" I don't know, something about her seems so insincere. She already has a home decor haul up. Like slow your roll girl.

[LisaLulu22]

Every single thing with this move seems so content driven. "How can wr get the most views without having another child? LETS MOVE!" I don't know, something about her seems so insincere. She already has a home decor haul up. Like slow your roll girl.

Seriously. It's so inefficient to buy before you move... So much extra crap to pack

[LucyDiamond]

Yes! And right after her “extreme declutter” series

Every single thing with this move seems so content driven. "How can wr get the most views without having another child? LETS MOVE!" I don't know, something about her seems so insincere. She already has a home decor haul up. Like slow your roll girl.

Seriously. It's so inefficient to buy before you move... So much extra crap to pack

[WheresMyCoffee]

But like, if she saw stuff on sale or at garage sales ok whatever.... but to make a video about it a hot second after "did we get it!?" Is just so content driven. Guess they have to pay for the compound somehow...

[wasteoftime]

Her and her sisters constant "can't wait to cuddle llamas" is a bit immature. Llamas were a tween trend last year, it seems so content driven. They hate being shorn as it induces stress and they don't like humans or 'being hugged. This is all about Angie jumping on a new trend regardless of animal welfare or common sense. I hope they don't get that llama syndrome where grown adults have been killed by animals who aren't keen on humans. Those kids can't just wander around like they do now and the older ones better not be left unsupervised to do all the animal care. I'd say they'd be better growing food but she already admitted she can't keep a plant alive.

[Espeon]

As a native french speaker, I have to say that her obsession with everything french is a bit comical. French decor, french farmhouse, this plate she got with the word fromage, the way she pronounces Benjamin and now 'french girl inspired look'.