ThisGatheredNest | Part 2

[Beccaboom22]

The podcast was sad, she made him open up about some very personal things then picked at him and made snidey comments at raised her eyebrows at the camera etc. I think she wants to seem like a feisty couple that argue hard but love each other like you see on sitcoms but she just sort of bullies him, he seems like a nice enough person as well.

[devilishtenshi]

Read her book. It was kinda boring because I knew everything already. I was hoping she would include details we didn’t already know! Nothing new was said that you wouldn’t know already by watching her YouTube channel(s). I was expecting never before known facts which just was not there. Very preachy too which is fine. Her belief in god is strong but I expected that to be there. I think if you had no idea who she was you’d like this book. It may even cause you to go watch her on YouTube. She basically just tells the story of her childhood and meeting CR. Then of each birth story and adoption story and failed fertility treatments.


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[haterade]

Read her book. It was kinda boring because I knew everything already. I was hoping she would include details we didn’t already know! Nothing new was said that you wouldn’t know already by watching her YouTube channel(s). I was expecting never before known facts which just was not there. Very preachy too which is fine. Her belief in god is strong but I expected that to be there. I think if you had no idea who she was you’d like this book. It may even cause you to go watch her on YouTube. She basically just tells the story of her childhood and meeting CR. Then of each birth story and adoption story and failed fertility treatments.


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Did she give any information about the embryo adoption?

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[laurasleaf]

For anyone interested, if you sign up for a free trial to audible, you can listen to her audiobook for free (atleast in australia). She is quite boring to listen to, very slow and uncharismatic.

I have always been really interested by her story and found her somewhat admirable at one point, but this book is changing my opinion of her.
So far the only thing I have learnt is how freaking religious she is. She doesnt roll out of bed with out accrediting it to jesus, not her own autonomous will and actions. Not a paragraph goes by without her rambling on about jesus.
Also I agree wtih the above poster, really have not learnt anything that she hasnt covered in her videos, just goes into more unnecessary detail.

[devilishtenshi]

Read her book. It was kinda boring because I knew everything already. I was hoping she would include details we didn’t already know! Nothing new was said that you wouldn’t know already by watching her YouTube channel(s). I was expecting never before known facts which just was not there. Very preachy too which is fine. Her belief in god is strong but I expected that to be there. I think if you had no idea who she was you’d like this book. It may even cause you to go watch her on YouTube. She basically just tells the story of her childhood and meeting CR. Then of each birth story and adoption story and failed fertility treatments.


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Did she give any information about the embryo adoption?

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Nothing that isn’t already out there on YouTube somewhere. After failed IUIs and IVF treatments, she explained they discovered her egg quality was poor so they discussed adopting embryos since it didn’t matter if their child was biologically theirs or not. She just really wanted to be pregnant again and carry a baby. New drugs that were not available before with her girls were being used so she thought her pregnancy may be normal this time and suppress her HG. The eggs were frozen for a few years now (I don’t know why I thought it was 10 as I said previously on this thread but it was only 3 or 4) and they implanted both hoping one stuck. And of course both did. That’s pretty much it as far as adoption of embryos go. She didn’t say where they were from or if they went abroad like has been speculated here or not. She didn’t talk about how the selection process of them went which I was hoping to hear about. Just that they decided to do it and that they did it. Of course the drugs didn’t help with her HG afterall so she talked about the pregnancy.

Again I literally cannot think of one thing in this book that I didn’t already know or hear her talk about on YouTube which really means this is geared at a new audience and not her current.


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[haterade]

Read her book. It was kinda boring because I knew everything already. I was hoping she would include details we didn’t already know! Nothing new was said that you wouldn’t know already by watching her YouTube channel(s). I was expecting never before known facts which just was not there. Very preachy too which is fine. Her belief in god is strong but I expected that to be there. I think if you had no idea who she was you’d like this book. It may even cause you to go watch her on YouTube. She basically just tells the story of her childhood and meeting CR. Then of each birth story and adoption story and failed fertility treatments.


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Did she give any information about the embryo adoption?

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Nothing that isn’t already out there on YouTube somewhere. After failed IUIs and IVF treatments, she explained they discovered her egg quality was poor so they discussed adopting embryos since it didn’t matter if their child was biologically theirs or not. She just really wanted to be pregnant again and carry a baby. New drugs that were not available before with her girls were being used so she thought her pregnancy may be normal this time and suppress her HG. The eggs were frozen for a few years now (I don’t know why I thought it was 10 as I said previously on this thread but it was only 3 or 4) and they implanted both hoping one stuck. And of course both did. That’s pretty much it as far as adoption of embryos go. She didn’t say where they were from or if they went abroad like has been speculated here or not. She didn’t talk about how the selection process of them went which I was hoping to hear about. Just that they decided to do it and that they did it. Of course the drugs didn’t help with her HG afterall so she talked about the pregnancy.

Again I literally cannot think of one thing in this book that I didn’t already know or hear her talk about on YouTube which really means this is geared at a new audience and not her current.


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You're the real MVP! Thank you for volunteering as tribute.

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[Lyanna]

I don't watch her regularly. What did she say about her childhood, and how did she meet her husband? I'm curious.

[devilishtenshi]

I don't watch her regularly. What did she say about her childhood, and how did she meet her husband? I'm curious.

She talked about comparing herself to her sister, not being the smart one, being homeschooled, moving around, and not knowing who she was. She met CR in high school. They were close friends for a long time then briefly dated. They broke up when they went their separate ways for college but stayed in touch and friends. Fast forward 3 years or so and she went to visit him and they got back together and have been together ever since.


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[Lyanna]

I don't watch her regularly. What did she say about her childhood, and how did she meet her husband? I'm curious.

She talked about comparing herself to her sister, not being the smart one, being homeschooled, moving around, and not knowing who she was. She met CR in high school. They were close friends for a long time then briefly dated. They broke up when they went their separate ways for college but stayed in touch and friends. Fast forward 3 years or so and she went to visit him and they got back together and have been together ever since.


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Thanks!
So homeschool was not a joyful experience for her yet she makes her kids being homeschooled. We can assume Kennedy and Shelby will at least go to a real high school so they can meet a suitable husband.
Is she talking about Ashleigh being the smart one? Well she doesn't strike me as really smart, maybe all these back to back pregnancies really did take a toll on her.

[Beccaboom22]

Only read the extract but did anybody else's jaw hit the floor when she referred to her sisters children as mongooses and essentially say she use to think Ashley was a bad mom. It really urked me as Ashley has been so supportive of her and if two of her kids hadn't been energetic would she still be put there judging other women?

[devilishtenshi]

I don't watch her regularly. What did she say about her childhood, and how did she meet her husband? I'm curious.

She talked about comparing herself to her sister, not being the smart one, being homeschooled, moving around, and not knowing who she was. She met CR in high school. They were close friends for a long time then briefly dated. They broke up when they went their separate ways for college but stayed in touch and friends. Fast forward 3 years or so and she went to visit him and they got back together and have been together ever since.


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Thanks!
So homeschool was not a joyful experience for her yet she makes her kids being homeschooled. We can assume Kennedy and Shelby will at least go to a real high school so they can meet a suitable husband.
Is she talking about Ashleigh being the smart one? Well she doesn't strike me as really smart, maybe all these back to back pregnancies really did take a toll on her.

She actually says she liked being homeschooled. She was pulled out of school because she wasn’t thriving. She wasn’t learning at the speed of her peers but said once her mom taught her she caught up because she was being taught in a way that worked for her. So she had a positive experience which explains why she wants to homeschool her kids. She of course went to normal high school after so I do hope she allows her girls to take that path if they want to. I think being with peers is needed when growing up and as much as she preaches her children have social connections... I don’t see much of it outside of the family.

Re Ashley: She says her sister was very book smart. Learned to read extra early, excelled in school, and was above level. So since she was having such difficulties early on it was hard. I can believe Ashley is intelligent in terms of learning and being book smart but her sister is also... out there.


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[lefargen97]

She talked about comparing herself to her sister, not being the smart one, being homeschooled, moving around, and not knowing who she was. She met CR in high school. They were close friends for a long time then briefly dated. They broke up when they went their separate ways for college but stayed in touch and friends. Fast forward 3 years or so and she went to visit him and they got back together and have been together ever since.


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Thanks!
So homeschool was not a joyful experience for her yet she makes her kids being homeschooled. We can assume Kennedy and Shelby will at least go to a real high school so they can meet a suitable husband.
Is she talking about Ashleigh being the smart one? Well she doesn't strike me as really smart, maybe all these back to back pregnancies really did take a toll on her.

She actually says she liked being homeschooled. She was pulled out of school because she wasn’t thriving. She wasn’t learning at the speed of her peers but said once her mom taught her she caught up because she was being taught in a way that worked for her. So she had a positive experience which explains why she wants to homeschool her kids. She of course went to normal high school after so I do hope she allows her girls to take that path if they want to. I think being with peers is needed when growing up and as much as she preaches her children have social connections... I don’t see much of it outside of the family.

Re Ashley: She says her sister was very book smart. Learned to read extra early, excelled in school, and was above level. So since she was having such difficulties early on it was hard. I can believe Ashley is intelligent in terms of learning and being book smart but her sister is also... out there.


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not to be shady, but i was thinking earlier that it doesn't seem like angie or CR have many friends themselves. other than angie's sister, who does she hang out with? who is she close to? she doesn't really mention anyone else EVER. i'm not surprised if her children don't have friends and aren't getting proper social interaction because angie seems to think its normal to have no friends other than your siblings. i've said this before, but all neurotypical children want friends, and if you aren't facilitating social interactions for them outside of your family, you are failing them as a parent.

[Dramama]

Very disappointed in yesterday’s vlog title. "Remembering her life in China" I thought, at last we have a vlog about Rosie. No, all we got is Angie saying she'd looked at the email she got 5 years ago with Rosie details in them, Rosie recognised herself and the lady who looked after her.
It was less than a minute.


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I found the channel because of Rosie and stopped following them when Rosie was featured less and Angie seemed to be getting rather impatient with Rosie. I hope the little girl is doing good.

[devilishtenshi]

Thanks!
So homeschool was not a joyful experience for her yet she makes her kids being homeschooled. We can assume Kennedy and Shelby will at least go to a real high school so they can meet a suitable husband.
Is she talking about Ashleigh being the smart one? Well she doesn't strike me as really smart, maybe all these back to back pregnancies really did take a toll on her.

She actually says she liked being homeschooled. She was pulled out of school because she wasn’t thriving. She wasn’t learning at the speed of her peers but said once her mom taught her she caught up because she was being taught in a way that worked for her. So she had a positive experience which explains why she wants to homeschool her kids. She of course went to normal high school after so I do hope she allows her girls to take that path if they want to. I think being with peers is needed when growing up and as much as she preaches her children have social connections... I don’t see much of it outside of the family.

Re Ashley: She says her sister was very book smart. Learned to read extra early, excelled in school, and was above level. So since she was having such difficulties early on it was hard. I can believe Ashley is intelligent in terms of learning and being book smart but her sister is also... out there.


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not to be shady, but i was thinking earlier that it doesn't seem like angie or CR have many friends themselves. other than angie's sister, who does she hang out with? who is she close to? she doesn't really mention anyone else EVER. i'm not surprised if her children don't have friends and aren't getting proper social interaction because angie seems to think its normal to have no friends other than your siblings. i've said this before, but all neurotypical children want friends, and if you aren't facilitating social interactions for them outside of your family, you are failing them as a parent.

I have to admit I don’t have many friends myself and my friendships have been mainly kept online recently so it can happen as you get older. That said there is little excuse to not provide socialization for your children regardless of your own friendship situation and understand the value of it. She can easily have more children enrolled in activities. Well... not now due to Covid-19 but beforehand and after it goes away. The boys play with neighbors she said which is good but what about the others?

Shelby/Kennedy do horseback riding but I think that’s more of a solo thing vs group. Perhaps they could attend something else too. Rosie would love dance! She used the excuse in the past about Rosie being overwhelmed but I’m sure she could find something to accommodate her needs!! I won’t deny the studio she looked at or tried wasn’t a match for her but you can look somewhere else instead of calling it a failure! Plus I don’t know too much about Rosie’s needs but often the therapy used to “get over” these things is exposure! My daughter has her own struggles and everything I’m told is to do it anyway and she will adapt which has been true.

Then there are her twins... baby and me classes with other toddlers would be fun with them. Once a week isn’t too much of a commitment imo to attend one of these. And Benji will soon enjoy it too !

And circling back to the boys... I feel like they’d enjoy a sport. They are full of energy and burning it off running would be great for them.


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[Tweedles3]

She actually says she liked being homeschooled. She was pulled out of school because she wasn’t thriving. She wasn’t learning at the speed of her peers but said once her mom taught her she caught up because she was being taught in a way that worked for her. So she had a positive experience which explains why she wants to homeschool her kids. She of course went to normal high school after so I do hope she allows her girls to take that path if they want to. I think being with peers is needed when growing up and as much as she preaches her children have social connections... I don’t see much of it outside of the family.

Re Ashley: She says her sister was very book smart. Learned to read extra early, excelled in school, and was above level. So since she was having such difficulties early on it was hard. I can believe Ashley is intelligent in terms of learning and being book smart but her sister is also... out there.


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not to be shady, but i was thinking earlier that it doesn't seem like angie or CR have many friends themselves. other than angie's sister, who does she hang out with? who is she close to? she doesn't really mention anyone else EVER. i'm not surprised if her children don't have friends and aren't getting proper social interaction because angie seems to think its normal to have no friends other than your siblings. i've said this before, but all neurotypical children want friends, and if you aren't facilitating social interactions for them outside of your family, you are failing them as a parent.

I have to admit I don’t have many friends myself and my friendships have been mainly kept online recently so it can happen as you get older. That said there is little excuse to not provide socialization for your children regardless of your own friendship situation and understand the value of it. She can easily have more children enrolled in activities. Well... not now due to Covid-19 but beforehand and after it goes away. The boys play with neighbors she said which is good but what about the others?

Shelby/Kennedy do horseback riding but I think that’s more of a solo thing vs group. Perhaps they could attend something else too. Rosie would love dance! She used the excuse in the past about Rosie being overwhelmed but I’m sure she could find something to accommodate her needs!! I won’t deny the studio she looked at or tried wasn’t a match for her but you can look somewhere else instead of calling it a failure! Plus I don’t know too much about Rosie’s needs but often the therapy used to “get over” these things is exposure! My daughter has her own struggles and everything I’m told is to do it anyway and she will adapt which has been true.

Then there are her twins... baby and me classes with other toddlers would be fun with them. Once a week isn’t too much of a commitment imo to attend one of these. And Benji will soon enjoy it too !

And circling back to the boys... I feel like they’d enjoy a sport. They are full of energy and burning it off running would be great for them.


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I think Angie and CR do have friends, but they usually only see them for scheduled get-togethers. Angie has a group of moms she sees, and CR goes to the gym and will have a guys weekend every so often. But I agree with the previous poster, hanging kids puts the kibosh on certain things. I wish I had time right now to join a play date group and meet other moms, but with my career and having 3 under 3, it is almost impossible without help (don’t have any thanks to Covid-19).

I get what Angie says about waiting for activities until the kids really show interest. But Rosie really loves ballet, I wish Angie could find a special needs dance class she could take. Activities are so much more accommodating today then they were 20 years ago. My little niece had a couple noticeably autistic kids in her youth theater class last year. Loud music is something that can be easily controlled. If doing a recital is too much for her, I’m sure she would still love to wear the costume and maybe pose for a picture with her class.


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[Tweedles3]

not to be shady, but i was thinking earlier that it doesn't seem like angie or CR have many friends themselves. other than angie's sister, who does she hang out with? who is she close to? she doesn't really mention anyone else EVER. i'm not surprised if her children don't have friends and aren't getting proper social interaction because angie seems to think its normal to have no friends other than your siblings. i've said this before, but all neurotypical children want friends, and if you aren't facilitating social interactions for them outside of your family, you are failing them as a parent.

I have to admit I don’t have many friends myself and my friendships have been mainly kept online recently so it can happen as you get older. That said there is little excuse to not provide socialization for your children regardless of your own friendship situation and understand the value of it. She can easily have more children enrolled in activities. Well... not now due to Covid-19 but beforehand and after it goes away. The boys play with neighbors she said which is good but what about the others?

Shelby/Kennedy do horseback riding but I think that’s more of a solo thing vs group. Perhaps they could attend something else too. Rosie would love dance! She used the excuse in the past about Rosie being overwhelmed but I’m sure she could find something to accommodate her needs!! I won’t deny the studio she looked at or tried wasn’t a match for her but you can look somewhere else instead of calling it a failure! Plus I don’t know too much about Rosie’s needs but often the therapy used to “get over” these things is exposure! My daughter has her own struggles and everything I’m told is to do it anyway and she will adapt which has been true.

Then there are her twins... baby and me classes with other toddlers would be fun with them. Once a week isn’t too much of a commitment imo to attend one of these. And Benji will soon enjoy it too !

And circling back to the boys... I feel like they’d enjoy a sport. They are full of energy and burning it off running would be great for them.


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I think Angie and CR do have friends, but they usually only see them for scheduled get-togethers. Angie has a group of moms she sees, and CR goes to the gym and will have a guys weekend every so often. But I agree with the previous poster, hanging kids puts the kibosh on certain things. I wish I had time right now to join a play date group and meet other moms, but with my career and having 3 under 3, it is almost impossible without help (don’t have any thanks to Covid-19).

I get what Angie says about waiting for activities until the kids really show interest. But Rosie really loves ballet, I wish Angie could find a special needs dance class she could take. Activities are so much more accommodating today then they were 20 years ago. My little niece had a couple noticeably autistic kids in her youth theater class last year. Loud music is something that can be easily controlled. If doing a recital is too much for her, I’m sure she would still love to wear the costume and maybe pose for a picture with her class.


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Sorry for that bad typo or autocorrect, I meant having kids puts an end to your social life, not hanging kids


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[Freecali]

I get the impression Angie has too much on her plate.

I’ve enjoyed her content in the past, but it seems like she’s out of energy, or drive, or fresh ideas- something.

The family channel, personal channel, podcast, video for podcast, background work for ads, noonday/usborne (minimal), homeschooling, the book + launch, 8 kids...

I see HOW it could happen. But her family Vlogs are minimal and her personal channel videos such as her target haul seem forced and uninspired. The YouTube live instead of a vlog was a mess.

It’s great she clearly has big dreams- but if she’s not more careful on how she scales up I see problems ahead.

[jac]

The video posted the other day about them going back on the road had me rolling.

Angie! Where do you plan to go? seems like they are along way off with what they want to do on the camper so probably wont happen for a while. Just the other day she was saying that people in her household were at high risk for the 'rona and now she wants to take them out into the world full time. I don't get it. Actually I do, its content over care

[Tweedles3]

The video posted the other day about them going back on the road had me rolling.

Angie! Where do you plan to go? seems like they are along way off with what they want to do on the camper so probably wont happen for a while. Just the other day she was saying that people in her household were at high risk for the 'rona and now she wants to take them out into the world full time. I don't get it. Actually I do, its content over care

I think she is stressed way beyond what she is sharing, and she just wants to escape, like it’s 2019 again and they’re enjoying once-in-a-lifetime experiences. I was also wondering where the heck they would go, and is it worth the risk? At the end of the day, the RV is just another redecorating and shopping task to distract them from life. It will never perfectly accommodate a growing family of 10. There’s no way the twins are going to sleep alone in the main living area of the camper. I was a little dismayed to hear the twins don’t nap unless they’re driven in the car. Not knocking them, I have a 2-year old that fights naps but will go down for 2-3 hours in his crib. The better option IMO is to have all the girls in the bedroom and the boys sleep in the living area. The REAL better option would be to just stay home this summer and do other things, if some of the kids are compromised in some way.


I don’t want to make a second post, but did anyone catch which clothing shop she got the twins’ dresses from? Some context, it was 1-2 vlogs ago and Angie was in the kitchen opening a package that had dresses for the twins. She stuck an ad right in the video where she mentions the shop/brand. I noticed she will do that in the event she critiques something and wants to scrub it without re-editing (she commented the dresses looked small, and the older girls may have said something less than glowing). I thought they were cute and was curious.


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[brytbratbar]

Angie gets annoyed at CR’s expensive apple choice, yet a lot of what she chose to get were things that she likes to eat or snack on.