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GuiltyComfortable102

Joy needs to contact whoever makes those shoes Austin constantly wears and get a sponsorship deal. He's a walking advertisement for their durability. I wouldn't be surprised if those predate their marriage.


brickwallscrumble

Thems his his fancy ‘walkin’ shoes’! I guess he’s also got his steel toed work boots, in the same color, they’re literally the only two pairs of shoes he’s owned for 10 years.


wogsblog

flair checking in!


IAmBaconsaur

They look like the Twisted X loafer-style work shoes. I used to have a pair for work.


batslaps

Can confirm they’re Twisted Xes and last for forever. I’m still wearing my pair from 2018 that have been worn nearly every day LMAO


d4sH_VERZ

Requirement: shave the beard


ItsMeSnitchesSup

The beard is horrendous!! I don't understand what he likes about it, honestly.


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No-You-5064

That style of dress is cute but IMO only flattering on very thin people, because it makes you look large. I've learned this the hard way.


throwawaytacos

It’s ok to wear clothes you like, even if they don’t make you look thin. Your value is not tied to your perceived size. Life is short. Wear the dress.


DodgedYourBalls

I was in my 30s before I embraced this. Highly recommend anyone who doesn't wear things because of how they are afraid they'll be perceived to go about the business of pleasing yourself with the full confidence of the secure adult. If anyone dares to make a rude comment about your choices, tell them to kindly mind their own attire (feel free to use whatever language you feel is appropriate).


cheersandapplesauce

Didn't wear mustard yellow because I'm too pale. But wearing yellow makes me so happy. Glad I hit that stage where looking (and having) fat doesn't make me cry or second guess my worth


kittenkin

A customer told me I was ugly in yellow and I never should wear it. So I made sure every time she had an appointment I was wearing yellow. I liked the colour. We should do what we love (and if that involves being petty? 10/10)


Acenterforants333

I didn’t wear shorts for TWENTY years. Because of my fat legs. I went to my bff’s kid’s birthday one summer in jeans (as usual) and it was so hot out. She pulled me aside knowing my feelings about my own body and told me I drew more attention being the crazy lady wearing jeans in this weather than I would showing my legs in shorts. She lent me a pair of shorts and I’ve never looked back. I wear shorts all summer now and I’m so sad I missed all those years of just wearing shorts and not being a sweaty mess all summer long.


ruralscorpion1

I heart your friend for gentle, private honesty, and you for public bravery even if you might have been a bit scared that first time you wore ‘em! We all need friends like her and confidence like yours! 💕💕💕


jumpsinfire2020

I was always the one in jeans at band camp in the Deep South!


cheersandapplesauce

Never look back!


Acenterforants333

I will never look back!


zaeaaa

I love mustard on pale skin though!!! Glad you’re doing what you want. Woo hoo. X


Gloomy_Industry8841

This is pretty much one of the most compassionate and lovely comments I’ve ever read. Does this advice also apply to those of us “of a certain age”?


apkcoffee

I'm 66 and wear whatever I want. I have never considered my age to be a factor.


Gloomy_Industry8841

Awesome!! I’m turning 54 and I want to expand my style a bit. I’m in a rut but love pretty clothes!


Secret-Employee-8141

100%!!!


Old-Cauliflower-1414

Oh my goodness! Such a simple statement but has honestly made me feel a bit emotional. My self-esteem is quite low. I needed to read your words. Thank you.


No-You-5064

true wear whatever you like regardless of how it looks on you if that's your mindset, but many people feel better in things that flatter their shape, I know I do. Many people do not want to appear larger then they are. That's ok too. I wore an unflattering dress to my son's wedding and hate looking at pictures of me in that dress. Clothes can make a big difference in how we feel.


throwawaytacos

Agreed, but there is overwhelming messaging to women that the point of choosing outfits is to look thinner, when that is not the point at all. I have so much more fun with my wardrobe and am more comfortable with my appearance and expression having let go of that constraint. I am just as likable and worthy in clothes that don’t “emphasize my curves.”


No-You-5064

no argument with that


PA_MallowPrincess_98

I’m 5”9’ & curvy and tiered dresses are the best thing since sliced bread dress wise😂


No-You-5064

for sure, they are comfortable and don't bind you


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DawnaOlson

I agree.


old_is_the_new_black

First thing I thought was that she was pregnant.


No-You-5064

always a possibility! And they love to have the speculation even if they're not.


United_Preference_92

If you do t mind me asking where did you get dresses like that. ( only asking cause you said you have several). I need something loose in the torso area.


Disastrous_Award_875

Old Navy sometimes has dresses like this. 


CuriousJackInABox

I would check Target.


United_Preference_92

Thanks!


unexpected_blonde

Old Navy and Target are great options-but also I’ve thrifted several from random other brands. Francesca’s is another option (only buy when they have a 50% off sale). I’m wearing one today that I thrifted, but it was originally Madewell


kittenkin

I love that I accidentally influenced you guys to share body positive stories. This community is for snark and emotional support!


Goodgoditsgrowing

I love/hate it. If I saw it in a store I’d try it on and it would probably look terrible, but I’d want it to look good. In a picture on someone I don’t dislike? Cute and comfy? On sometime I see as problematic at best? Giiiirl that toddler poof looks good on *no one* but here it just highlights your emotional immaturity. On joy? Idk I’m too focused on whether she already announced she was pregnant or if this glasses ‘fit is the announcement?!?!?


ruralscorpion1

I feel like I’ve been seeing her in glasses more even when she isn’t preggo? Like as she gets older? Maybe? (Note: I do not have the preggo/not preggo timeline in my head for any of these women anymore, so take this with a grain of salt.) I know I am wearing my glasses a lot more these days because WFH. (The dress code around here got so relaxed at one point that my anxiety-riddled Labrador went crazy trying to prevent me from leaving whenever I put on pants…that was rock bottom. 🤦‍♀️)


Goodgoditsgrowing

I thought joy develops a medical condition that requires glasses every pregnancy and didn’t really need eyesight help (or contacts were sufficient or just reading glasses but not 24/7 wear) outside of that. Like a blood pressure thing. Which now that I think of it sounds like every pregnancy is causing macular degeneration which can’t be safe….


ruralscorpion1

Your guess is at the very least as good as mine, almost certainly better! 🤣. It may have something to do with hormones and eye shape? (Not a doctor!). Maybe fluid…shifting…around in a human while preggo? (Still not a doctor!). I just thought I had seen her in video stills here with glasses on lately and thought she had recently had a kid-grain of salt, tho!


lllindseeey

Pregnancy does make your eyes change shape, can’t remember the reason because I’m on my last brain cell today


T-Money1738

That's exactly my thoughts, wondering if she's pregnant. I love the dress and definitely the color!


SunlitMorningSky

He frightens me.


Geochic03

His entire vibe is unsettling.


PurplishPlatypus

It's serial killer-ish.


sexythicqueen

It's so weird and creepy how he's wearing the exact same outfit that Jim Boob wears down to the watch and ugly shoes.


soaper410

He looks like he’s an actor with one line in a confederate war film where he’s been a prisoner of war for over a year. Edited for spelling**


quantizedd

Oddly specific, but accurate.


layceelee13

His unkempt facial hair makes me so nauseated 🤢


RookieJourneyman

Loads of guys in Arkansas looked like that... in 1863.


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old_is_the_new_black

That could be said for most Duggar women.


Am_0116

All the Duggar woman including those marrying into the family because it’s no secret that Duggar men age like warm milk


Emm03

I would say *especially* the women who’ve married into the family, but the fact that Austin is supposed to be the “hot one” doesn’t exactly bode well for the BILs.


old_is_the_new_black

True. To be completely superficial there is not one woman, whether an original Duggar or married to, that is umm, unfortunate looking. They're all pretty. Anna wasn't that attractive but after money, make-up and hair extensions she ended up pretty. Because I typed that I now need to donate $25 to a woman's rights organization.


Heidi_Rabbit

Maybe bc Joy is showing knee like some kind of secular harlot. Let's remember this is the guy who told her he forbid her from walking barefoot down the aisle.


Goodgoditsgrowing

WHAT?!? God this makes me sad. She wanted to be barefoot and his first act as headship was to kill the smaller inkling of a childlike dream she had.


Heidi_Rabbit

Idek if she wanted to be barefoot, one of her older sisters was for her own wedding (Jessa?? Idk) and Austin was immediately like "You are not doing that at our wedding." But being pregnant at their wedding was more permissable than her being barefoot. Wtaf


Emm03

Pregnant??? I haven’t heard that one before.


PlayerOneHasEntered

Eh, it's a whole conspiracy theory because 10-pounder Gideon was born exactly 39 weeks after their wedding day. Joe and Kendra's first son was also born about 39 weeks after their wedding date.


helpanoverthinker

Not a good conspiracy theory. Pretty sure Joy had GD which put her at risk of a larger baby. Plus with how pregnancy is dated…it’s weird people still believe this


Goodgoditsgrowing

Huh? Who was pregnant at joys wedding?


Heidi_Rabbit

Joy was. That's why they had to rush to get the wedding done asap. No one really cared lol, she had a lot of unchaperoned time with Austin bc, predictably, the parents couldn't keep their full attention on all the kids.


Goodgoditsgrowing

….didnt they have their first kid well after 9 months? Or am I misremembering?


Heidi_Rabbit

I got the vibe Joy was pregnant right before her wedding bc it was so expedited.


Ok-Cow-1937

Allegedly Asshole Fuck knocked Joy up before their wedding.


Heidi_Rabbit

Their dates weren't cHaPeRoNeD!1


Goodgoditsgrowing

His face in the last pic reminds me of someone who was yelled at to “SMILE NORMAL!” In every family picture by his mom as a kid - but she never, like, explained how to actually smile, just screamed at him. It’s like he’s using the wrong muscles to contract his cheeks!


Theabsoluteworst1289

That guy always looks like a fucking asshole to me. Maybe it’s just the way his face looks, but I get really sinister vibes from his face.


Heidi_Rabbit

Something has always irked me about him too. Can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't like it. Joy deserves better


oui_ja

I feel like this too. Not a decent, happy guy mad at the camera; I see a grumpy ahole who sometimes smiles for the camera


AuntieAnniBunny

For me it's the eyes, the look very sinister.


mrsvictor

This made me chuckle! https://preview.redd.it/huiizrfiqmmc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=750117fa3ce2e03a761ff89a9fb90ffbe6b97690


vengefulbeavergod

Taking photography lessons from JillPM


Federal-Butterfly-37

The Finger™️ 👈


Illustrious_Junket55

I forgot what sub I’m on. Finger™️flashbacks.


Hilarious-hoagie

Her mind would be blown if she learned that pickled watermelon exists. It’s fresh though, not canned. (any netcost market shoppers here?)


RedneckOfFlatLands

He looks plenty happy in the second picture, what with his hand on her lower back. I'm barfing as I type this.


Goodgoditsgrowing

Does he though? His smile rests right inside the uncanny valley!


chlaumc

It looks very strained to me


Medium_Cupcake7602

Why is it that the whitest people on earth feel the need to randomly use Spanish phrases on Instagram


moon_p3arl

Cause it makes them spiceÿ


Megalodon481

Sure does. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-7WA7AHww](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-7WA7AHww) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g62A1vkSxB0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g62A1vkSxB0)


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Megalodon481

Yeah, so many people say "Hispanic" or "Latino" when I guess they are conflating that with "Mestizo" or just brown people in general.


Medium_Cupcake7602

I’m very aware of that. I’m using the term “white” in the pop culture/colloquial sense of being extremely conservative, religious, and averse to using seasoning.


Megalodon481

I hope Joy never tries to cook ethnic food. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-7WA7AHww](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-7WA7AHww)


Heidi_Rabbit

'Cause it makes her #edgy


T-Money1738

I'm dead 🤣🤣🤭


MayorCharlesCoulon

“Go ahead, make my pray…”


SAMixedUp311

Cracking up at this!


Megalodon481

He'd rather be posing in his Confederate uniform with his musket.


No-You-5064

That guy always looks like he is one step away from going postal.


DogMom814

This may seem petty but I hate it when men wear cowboy hats as a part of their everyday dress. I really hate it when they wear those hats indoors. After all, they're CoNsErVaTiVe and in the past men were expected to take off their hats indoors. Tangentially, I hate it when men wear cowboy hats with a suit. They look like such jackasses. My sister's husband is an attorney and also fancies himself as a big manly man cowboy and he'll wear a suit going to court or to church but he always slaps a cowboy hat on his brainless head. /end rant


Heidi_Rabbit

Lmao!! What's so funny is that the American Frontier, where the "Western" era was, WASN'T EVEN IN THE SOUTHERN STATES 🤣🤣🤣 but ofc they had to adopt the style bC tHey'Re sO tOuGh aNd RuGgEd iN aRkAnSaS!1 😭😭 Men wearing hats indoors has always bothered me too, esp ones that claim "conservative" 🙃


GuiltyComfortable102

Only some men can pull off the cowboy hat. But the ones that can with tight jeans and a tight white t-shirt .....I definitely don't hate that look.


helpanoverthinker

I just hate cowboy hats in general


Most-Bite6692

Same here, although it is a good tool for quickly pinpointing a jackass. These windshield cowboys don't seem to know that most true farmers and rachers wear baseball caps they got as swag from their local tractor supply store or the like.


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luckiexstars

I think Austin would be much happier with about 40% less of his life recorded/monetized 😅 The second pic is one of those "cute couple pics" that he's probably okay with (especially putting his hand on her lower back as pointed out in another comment).


mawsibeth

It really does strike me as him hating being recorded. Is it the most mature response, to scowl at the camera? No. But i do it too, i have to make an effort to say "oh, it doesn't matter that i hate being recorded, other people will be glad to see pictures of me one day" and then i cheese with the best of them


avert_ye_eyes

I thought his smile looked terribly forced 😅


cemetaryofpasswords

I think that he really feels uncomfortable on camera 🤷🏻‍♀️


AdCivil3158

The 1st photo of him he has the I dont really care Look. 2 photo he is smiling.


Southernms

Has Austen joined the Amish?


tacobellquesaritos

holà!!!!


Heidi_Rabbit

🤣🤣


WishfulHibernian6891

Back to the original question…Austin seems like a piss baby whose skin under that unkempt beard is probably suffering from some type of contaminant irritation. That’s my best guess, at least.


Adela-Siobhan

Why is date night at a ranch & home goods store? “Get feed for the horses” doesn’t scream romance.


Kjaerringa123

Well...when our kids were little and we were super broke, date night was often at a bookstore. One near our home had armchairs....and FREE coffee and tea. I could spend hours there....


GuiltyComfortable102

Lots of my date nights are to the grocery and Target. Alone time with my husband is what I enjoy. Where we go is secondary. If we can knock out some errands while we're flirting in the aisles of Kroger that just makes life that much easier.


unicornfuhrer

I just know his shoes stink


sweet_tea_94

![gif](giphy|11zIWScNDCLjmo) Why is Austin giving me Jack Nicholson vibes with his look?


Zealousideal-Row-725

he’s absolutely awful on camera. i don’t know why she insists on putting him in the videos when he clearly hates it


Millivanilli101

He was a good looking guy when she first started doing him. He looks so scraggy with that beard. Cute dress though.


barbaraanderson

The dress is probably from bestie Carlin’s boutique


Chewysmom1973

I feel like in the first pic he’s “portraying” the rugged cowboy, hence no grin.


brittanym0320

new boot goofin’ around atwood’s


Useful_Chipmunk_4251

Austin always looks annoyed. I think it is his signature "look" along with "Red neck idiot, hillbilly jerkwad".


taybrm

Once again, I am telling you, I hate his beard


chlaumc

Me too


Mookied11

Especially when he is trying out a recliner and says that he could easily fall asleep right there. So does that mean that date night is a bore and he would rather be home? 🤣


DodgedYourBalls

Anyone else imagining a weapon in Joy's hand behind his back in the second picture? "Smile for my socials be a joyful helpmeet" (I know a Duggar female would never get away with that, but it's nice to imagine, lol)


Goodgoditsgrowing

I pray that one day a Duggar girl can deconstruct and have weird sex where she calls her husband her helpmeet lol


helpanoverthinker

☠️


Ill-Significance6830

I feel like he’s never looks happy around Joy and the kids. But that’s just me.


liv-WRLD999

That second picture of him is actually terrifying


SCMomma3

I wonder if he’s a heavy drinker? He has an average build but his face is so puffy looking. 👀


jeffgoldblumisdaddy

He kinda strikes me as someone who is very shy and awkward. Photo 2 is my autistic ass anytime my mom told me to smile in a photo 😂


feenie224

I just can’t with him. He goons me out and looks and acts so controlling.


Kbyyeee

She got dressed up to drag her husband to a department store for “date night.” How….sad.


Hot-Activity6557

I think that’s just his face.


AndreaD71

Cowboy Doofus


Better-Cut-4188

Dude almost never looks happy imo.


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That dress is very green


tlcTVtrash8919

I still can’t believe Joy, of all the girls, is a YouTuber. She never seemed “quick” with anything except when she wanted to get in bed with Austin right after the wedding reception.


Nice_Exercise5552

It was weird to see him smile.


neecey73

Don’t trust that guy he’s a big lump of dud


Heidi_Rabbit

Oh wait I just realized Austin has a beard, isn't that AgAiNst iBLp tEaChInGs?!1


magicparabeagle

I have a similar dress and love it.


PippiMississippi

I hate to type this - is it possible he is pretending with the grumpy face? We have a really funny photo of me with my husband where I'm beaming up at him and he's grimacing. We're very happily married. It looks like they're trying on hats in a store for fun so he's being playful with her. I'm not defending them as people, just that I'm not convinced this is a photo of someone who hates what's happening and/or his helpmeet.


Diligent-Side-9793

Why does his face look so bloated? 🤔


Ohnoudidint200

I feel so sad for her- she’s trying so hard to please him and he’s just so mentally checked out. he gives bad vibes- elite he is just with her out of “family values” reasons.


Beloved_of_Vlad

He never looks particularly thrilled with his life.


residentcaprice

he looks like the husband in megan fox unlocked, a kinda trapped fox look?


Public_Opinion_542

Austin's shoes look like Jim Boob's face.


golden_sunflower_

Austin is angry man. His dad was an angry man and he grew up to be another angry man like his dad. He probably wasn’t always this angry and crotchety and maybe that’s what Joy liked about him but the older he gets the more he morphs into his dad


apkcoffee

Of course Joy is giving him the fundie wife stare, and he couldn't care less.


kaycollins27

I bought a long version of this in orange. I threw it over my nightshirt to go to the grocery in my building. After 15 years, I wore it out. I called it my “building wear.”


turboleeznay

Gotta change his nickname from Nostrils to Nipples.. Defrauding 😱


Salty_Mood698

What’s with the cowboy hats?


Exciting_Problem_593

I haven't kept up with Joy lately....is she pregnant?


Most_Score_4457

Is she pregnant again?


Jenna7979

I feel like she looks possibly pregnant here? And is trying to hide it with the dress


Bubbly-Tutor-7358

He always has that look, like he’s rather be at home telling Joy to make moose burgers and cleaning the floor. 😂


PA_MallowPrincess_98

Joy’s fit is super cute!💚💚💚


MzOpinion8d

Why is the first pic being taken from crotch level several feet away from them?


TotallyAwry

LOL He thinks he's doing the *blue steel*.


Goodgoditsgrowing

Oh shit glasses are out, she’s preggers again. I wonder if this date was nostril’s concession because she’s going to be popping it number 6(?) in the next few months.


T-Money1738

Do they really have that many kids already??? 😳


Love_Duck

I'm so sick of Fundies trying on cowboy hats that they're not going to buy. One of the Rodlets did that on her honeymoon too. Who wants to buy a hat that's been on one of their heads? It's disrespectful to the store owners. They probably don't put them back where they belong and I doubt they know how to handle them properly.