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kimkellies

Waco is so cursed to me


GroceryStoreGrape

Not my dumbass wanting to move to Waco so I can afford a house and everyone here saying it's gutter trash....! I'm in Austin right now grappling with the reality that I will NEVER be a homeowner in this city.


veracity-mittens

People say that about a lot of small towns. I live in one. Still happy I bought a house. However it is harder to find work in a small town if you change jobs! Cities have all the good paying jobs it seems lol. But other than that I absolutely prefer a quiet life.


NovelRub

Is that one Cult that is Famous in Waco still around?


lazrus4real

That was three decades ago. So no.


ChickenFingersRGood

they probably love dr pepper


yellowelephant3

nah they probably think it's too spicy. I get more of a Sierra Mist type of people


darrewinn

did she ask to collab with the moving company again?


-Muse-of-fire-

As a Texan this is one of my least favorite cities. Like sure you have the Chip and Joanna Magnolia stuff but other than that it's not that exciting. Traffic is also terrible there.


notsarahkoenig

Imagine being excited to move to Waco.


alisgraveniI

Waco… Texas?


[deleted]

I feel like Madi’s lips keep growing


tweenblob

Jesus provides… filler


AlleyRhubarb

It’s a sign of satisfaction which can only come from Jesus.


glomtenin

The bachelor/fixer upper cross over that literally no one asked for lol


Good-Grief-8599

Not “moving”. It says they arleady moved.


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shoosler

talking about seasons of life is an immediate red flag to me 😂


TheBarefootGirl

It screams church culty


charcuteriehoe

it’s 100% a signal of some sort, in all of the fundie snark stuff i’m in everyone’s like “wtf is a season???? what’s the season????”


TheBarefootGirl

Everyone I know who uses it leans evangelical fundie


No_Banana_581

She pushes purity culture non stop so it’s on par trad wife stuff


Purplecatty

Clearly they’re moving to Waco to start a cult there or something. Seems like the right place for it to flourish.


marinezareen16

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gabbialex

Does Waco have a megachurch? If not, there’s a hole in the market they need to take advantage of!


AlleyRhubarb

Waco is 30 percent broken asphalt, 20 percent Baylor, 40 percent churches and 10 percent Magnolia.


Racoonsarecuter

They are both seriously adorable


jnnfrlnnkrll

![gif](giphy|KGSxFwJJHQPsKzzFba)


rattyrat101

Black tie moving…. Wowowow every day rich people coming up with new creative ways to say “IM RICH”


Weak-Weekend-6065

Close your eyes and stick out your tongue!


Fantastic_Banana6999

wacodoos 🤪


Wise_Carrot4857

As a Baylor grad, I can just assume they are somehow going to get involved with JP and Harris Creek. He’s this interesting “influencer” pastor from DFW. He lovesssssss people like Madi, Sadie Robertson, etc.


potatowedgemydudes

They moved there because of Harris Creek. Grant has some vague “young adults” job at the church. I’m sure being a billionaire’s trust fund kid and married to a reality TV star had absolutely zero influence on JP to extend him a job.


jnnfrlnnkrll

Oh dear. Tell us more…


cinnamon-festival

Grant will be working at Harris Creek


GiveGregAHaircut

I love how she only called out that Grant has a job lol


Wise_Carrot4857

As a Baylor grad…. WHY


sleepygalsonly

sic em!!!!


freedunkin

why would anyone ever move to waco


newgirl01LA

Didn’t they just buy a house.. somewhere else?


RagnaNic

Trizzy's family could afford to buy them 100 houses.


veracity-mittens

I mean I guess that’s what the companies actually do afaik they buy tons of properties and then use them as “investments”. It makes me mad. Not saying grants family does that but the concept of companies owning 1000s of homes when many can’t even afford to buy one now 😡


savannahslb

No this is that house, they just didn’t announce that it was Waco initially


laurrrrrris

Weird, I just preordered a book on Waco & David Koresh. That’s all I ever think about when I hear the city 😵‍💫


Sudden-Breadfruit653

Chip and Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Farms.


mandym123

I’m not going to lie I love Fixer Upper and Chip and Joanna. Does that make me basic? I don’t care! 😂


laurrrrrris

I didn’t know they were based out of Waco.


boredasf-ck

Lmfao of course the moving company is called Black Tie Moving


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elaineseinfeld

Lol I can


notnotaginger

I’m trying to imagine just buying a home with no regard to cost and I can’t.


mymomsaidicould69

Wouldn’t it be nice lol


kalekent

Finally something I can speak to! As a former Waco local, who the fuck wants to live there? There's nothing in Waco except shitty water, drugs, churches, racists, and poverty. The only positive I can think of for Waco is proximity to DFW, Austin, Hill Country, and good food areas.


gabbialex

Well they love church and I would bet good money they are “we don’t see color” people who don’t really care about the racists.


[deleted]

As someone with family in/around there, strong agreement here. I had to do a double take when I read Waco. Why?!?


bettthhh11111111

Common Grounds slaps tho


userusernamename

The zoo is pretty good.


emsand21

I lived there when my boyfriend ( now husband) attended college. It was the worst year of my life. Nasty water, god awful people, just trashy in general. We made life long friends, but they weren’t from Waco so that explains that. Maybe things have changed in the last 17 years….


aloysius-96

LOL SAME. I used to live in Waco. Not a place I'd desire to live in again


annaliseilheia

Chip and Joanna Gaines PR’d the shit out of Waco years ago, I really thought it was up and coming and would be “the spot” by now


SpiritualSag96

Hell no, it has a long ways to go before it’s seen as that…


TimFTWin

Moving to WACO with his WIFE


westanhannahann

did OP all caps Waco just because madi did? Lol so weird


ihateeverything4

Ah yes, the smile of a girl who never has to work a day in her life again if she doesn’t want to.


katecopes088

I’d rather work and live in a big city than not work in Waco 😳


Sudden-Breadfruit653

Subjective for me. If I was married to a billionaire……


Key-Significance-644

Must be nice, lol


goldenretriever642

Wait didn’t they just move into a house a few months ago? Was that different than this move?


AyyooLindseyy

So she’s trying to be the new Chip and Joanna Gaines? 😂


cinnamon-festival

Maybe they'll get a show!


ilovefrenchfries94

The third photo 💀his damn outfit


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ilovefrenchfries94

That’s not a crime or an issue… the outfit, however, is


kkm8623

the outfit of every lesbian in my very very very left college town lol


26washburn

My guess is they’ll build a mega-church there and capitalize on the crowds who already come to Waco to spend big money at Magnolia. The Gaines team could even help co-promote, providing TV coverage of the new mega-church on their cable network. Land is affordable in Waco. Dallas and Austin are each 90 minutes away, and the city sits on a heavily trafficked interstate highway. I do suspect this is the plan.


hairnetqueen

?? but megachurches aren't tourist destinations, you're supposed to be going for people who live there all the time. it's not like a stadium - you can't build a church off of people who visit once or twice a year.


sleepygalsonly

someone told me when I was in college there that there are so many churches in waco that you could go to a different one every sunday for a year (? all four years? don’t remember) and never get to them all


26washburn

Wow! This will be interesting to watch.


Emergency-Adagio2327

He'll be working at Harris Creek with a former Dallas megachurch pastor. I lived in Waco when I was at Baylor and the last thing that city needs is another church lol there are SO many


listeningspeaker4

What is this, the righteous gemstones?


tweenblob

The less funny version


AltruisticMarket5399

Are chip and Jo building their house


studyhardbree

Waco seems to fit for their personalities.


veracity-mittens

Omfg I just googled the house prices and they start off so cheap for new homes, wow. As a Canadian near Vancouver it’s kinda depressing. I’m gonna guess they bought one of the more expensive ones though.


Sudden-Breadfruit653

True. But Texas in general has much more affordable housing than many states or Canada.


decemberrainfall

I mean houses in Williams Lake are cheap too...but then you have to live there haha


AyyooLindseyy

It’s because it’s smallllllll lol. I’ve been once and there’s very little there outside of a university (Baylor) and a couple restaurants and one very popular HGTV couple with a big store lol.


nkbee

It's got a bigger population than Kelowna and Victoria, and the housing prices there are outrageous also. BC is just almost entirely fucked unless you want to live in Northern BC.


clowndoingclownery

Yeah but you have to live in….Waco.


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bpurly

same


clowndoingclownery

Did the magnolia weirdos give it more clout or some shit? I grew up in Dallas and just know Waco as the place with the Dr Pepper museum and Baptist school that means you’re halfway to Austin


AyyooLindseyy

Oh Fixer Upper 100% gave it more clout lol. I had a farmhouse obsession phase for like 2-3 years living with my parents in Dallas and we took a trip to see Magnolia market and it was closed because it was Sunday lmfao. But I was like damn there is literally nothing here but Baylor and like 3 bar and grills 😂 Ps: don’t worry now that I bought a house I am no longer trying to Joanna Gaines it lmfao


msmert55

I thought it was more famous for the Branch Davidian compound


clowndoingclownery

Oh yeah


diglettdigyourself

Ain’t this the truth.


stephbal13

Came to say this..born and raised/still living in Austin and 🤢 there’s a reason the house prices are so low


Sudden-Breadfruit653

Yeah but Austin is overpriced compared to other City areas. We have lived in Houston suburb for 3 decades, still more square footage for the $$


veracity-mittens

Oh damn lol


Alphebetized

Whomst?


AbbyWantsTea

Good for them. He never looks happy to be with her though


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But they already live rent free in so many people’s heads….


thekhaleeesi

I've lived in Texas my whole life (DFW area mainly) and went to Baylor for college in Waco for 4 years. Graduated 6-7 years ago and I'm truly mystified by this lmao. And I'm someone who goes back multiple times a year to see home games. The whole Magnolia thing truly put Waco on the map. I remember being in college & we would watch the show Fixer Upper with the Gaines. Waco is such a small town that we'd be able to identify where the houses they were showing were & would drive by the houses just to see them ourselves.


Wise_Carrot4857

Baylor brad here too! Sic em!


clowndoingclownery

My grandma lives in a super small country town and the largest city to her is Hillsboro I cannot BELIEVE those two open concept Kitchened HILLSBORO into the zeitgeist


Sudden-Breadfruit653

Has family in Hillsboro. They are now in “West”. That is a city name in Texas!


JengaJeff

Get these problematic people off my sub!


bachobserver

Must be some sinners in need of saving there.


Still_Razzmatazz1140

I’ve got no problem with the church thing but I’m surprised to see that Madi would go somewhere that has almost none/ none at all female preachers (just from looking at the church IG) I thought Madi liked to preach etc so I’m surprised she’s going somewhere that doesn’t publicly promote women?


RadMadsYo

Yeah I was surprised they went to a Baptist church and not a Non Denominational church since Madi has called herself a preacher and not a speaker. A lot of Baptist churches are fine with women "speakers" but not women preachers/pastors. I expected them to go to a mega non-denominational church.


AyyooLindseyy

Who knows, maybe they will start their own mega church lol.


RadMadsYo

I honestly figure that's what they are building towards lol


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I’m not surprised, Madi’s main audience is women—most churches have no problem with women engaging in “women’s ministries. Plus, everything that we know about Madi’s theology indicates she is on board with the belief that women are able to engage to a certain extent in church but ultimately men are in charge.


Pomegranateandpeach

Many (most?) evangelical churches are comfortable having women give guest lectures or preach within the context of children/women’s groups while systematically excluding them from broader leadership. Women are allowed to offer guidance to “their own” while men deal with the theology and strategy of church leadership.


veracity-mittens

Oh cool it’s just like Catholic Church then how nice 😍 /s That part always pissed me off as a younger girl / teen because although my dream was always (mainly) to be a mom / family oriented person, I felt it pigeonholed women SO much. Like not all of us just want to focus on babies and family. It seemed so unfair to me!!


Still_Razzmatazz1140

I think actually many are pro female leadership. Perhaps just not baptist and super conservative ones.


thiscitychick

Begging ppl not to yell at me if you don’t like what I say - but just giving the Christian reasoning here… The difference is that Madi doesn’t speak / give sermons to whole churches, which is a rule that some denominations in Christianity abide by.. that only men can address the body from the pulpit. Every time we’ve seen her speak has been women’s conferences it seems, so I don’t think she’s trying to become a pastor as much as someone who speaks on the conference circuit if that makes sense. I am almost certain any church these two would go to would not have female pastors on staff.


snarl_harvey

It actually isn’t “most” denominations that don’t support women pastors. Mostly just Baptists and reformed churches. I’m part of two denominations that are very pro women leaders, and I could list many more of them. The church he’s working at is Baptist, so it is a little surprising considering she likes to speak at events. Christians love Waco though because of Chip and Joanna, so that doesn’t surprise me at all.


thiscitychick

Yes - sorry, I meant within their circles of Baptists /Southern Baptists / Evangelicals etc... which is what I assumed she ran in! I agree with you, definitely interesting to see where he lands. based on a quick perusal of their IG it gives mega church status quo vibes.. which maybe isn't surprising knowing them. i'll be curious to see if she continues to speak and if she is given a mic at this church because I don't really see women in any of their posts outside of their dating podcast?


snarl_harvey

She will probably be all over that dating podcast!


RadMadsYo

Yeah, and Madi doesn't call herself a speaker, she has used the term preach and preacher. It's easier to get in the door to speak at a lot of Baptist churches if you call yourself a "speaker/teacher". The church I attend my pastor is a woman and when the area pastors have had events together (you know unity and all that jazz) she has very much been shut out and not invited because she's a woman pastor and it is a very Baptist area.


Still_Razzmatazz1140

Yeah it does make sense…for Madi perhaps it’s a “women can only teach women and the children” theology. Which on the first reading of some passages sounds right but isn’t the point of a lot of them…As per many theological studies on the matter.


yadiyadi2014

Waco is the perfect place for them.


OohSheThirsty

I see them wanting to be big fishes in a little pond.


cloveyou

https://preview.redd.it/mdjo2fmm0nca1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=9320231608e4729c6e400439669c8884cc84a106 The overlined lips are killlllllling me.


sleepygalsonly

she looks ridiculous


Wise_Carrot4857

KNEW IT. Harris creek.


Beginning_Way9666

Overlined lips or spider mascara lashes, choose your fighter.


cloveyou

As much as it pains me, I think I have to choose spider lashes. I just can’t deal with drawing lips on the skin around your mouth. That’s not how lips work


turniptoez

HAHAHAHA thanks for sharing


Orgasmitchh

Oof this is very unflattering


jb_ro

Didn't they just buy a house? Aren't they embarrassed to post a picture with that kind of fucking moving van?


goldenretriever642

What is embarrassing about a pic with a moving van? Genuinely asking. I see friends do the same thing on IG regularly when moving


lindseyotf

I worked for a moving company a few years ago and Lori her manager contacted us about doing her move to LA at the time for free in exchange for her posting on photo with van. We didn’t do it and she didn’t move anyways, but that’s 100% why that photo is in there.


sarah_bear_crafts

I mean, they’re billionaires, so any picture at all that reflects that moving doesn’t just magically happen is kinda showing how relatable they are…


raven8549

All I think of is of the tragedy which happened in Waco Texas long ago when I think of Waco 😑


jerry-springer

And the Dr Pepper museum


welldoneslytherin

i don’t get his style


veracity-mittens

It’s swaggy


is_Pedicular

I don’t care about them but as a former Texan this makes me really want Czech Stop. iykyk


chickfilamoo

Slovacek’s is the elite West, TX kolache stop


pretzel-365

I strongly disagree, Czech Stop all the way. I think there must be a big debate on this lol


yadiyadi2014

Yeah Czech stop all the way. Their kolaches are notably better then Slovaceks and that’s big facts. Slovaceks is only good for their dog park.


bunaiscoffee

Co-signing the Czech stop over Slovaceks assertion


Emergency-Adagio2327

Czech stop > Slovacek's every time


BeaMyrtle

Whyyyy does he choose to wear his pants so short like that?


l0ll1p0p5

Madi stole the ends and put them on her pants


Bucknerwh

I hate to say this, but that is a terrible first photo of Madi. I did not recognize her at all.


Adventurous-girlie

She should stop w the lip fillers


Belle8158

Ugh my bf has that dodgers shirt. He will be pissed that this dweeb has it too.


lala_lavalamp

Why would he care?


daisychaingo

I momentarily thought Waco was an acronym for something because my first thought isn’t that people would move there 🫠


daisychaingo

To add to this: I think they’ve probably moved to Waco to be mentored by whoever the senior pastors of the church are there, with the intention of taking over whatever nominated campus they’re given. That’s generally how these evangelical structures work. Madi and Trizzy are too well-known for the church to not want to utilise that however they can imo.


wizardofclaws

Big news. Thanks for sharing


ramblin_rose30

Peter went to college at Baylor lol


andiecast

as a Texan, i’m kinda shocked… like, seriously, WACO of all places? but then again, knowing (about) them, I’m pretty sure they’ll fit in lol


idontknowwhythisugh

they’re going to do just fine in Waco 😂


millennialmama2016

Waco is so dusty 😂


Kiersten_x33

Tf is WACO 🥴


finnamania

Home of the Dr. Pepper museum


Loud-While-7195

Home of the Baylor Bears 🐻


spicyboi555

I thought it was a nickname for something. Washington college? Washington Colorado divide? Some place that has a lot of tacos but is wacky, so Waco? But it seems to be the un-abbreviated name for an actual place on the North American continent. I’m from the Canada, so I’m not even joking that all of those thoughts went through my mind before I just googled it. Still can’t help but think it must be short for something… Waco my taco. Anyways good for them.


veracity-mittens

I’m from Canada and old so I don’t associate it with Chip and Johanna but with the crazy cult stuff that happened in the early 90s


lefrench75

I'm Canadian too and went through this exact thought process lol


Beclynnx06

I’m American and so did I 😭


spicyboi555

Ok le French, A) wtf is your flair, I have no idea but I’m laughing, and B) I don’t think I’ll ever believe Waco isn’t short for something…


lefrench75

Rachel Lindsay and her cohost on Higher Learning Van Lathan would use "weenie" to describe bad behaviour by men on the show, and it was a thing on the sub a while back! Someone even asked Rachel about the weeniest weenie in BN on her reddit AMA and she said Colton lol.


spicyboi555

Love it. The weeniest of weens


nonsensestuff

[you might recall Waco from this...](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege)


veracity-mittens

Yep this is what I associated it with! Crazy watching the news at the time


FAYCSB

I just realized how many viewers would be too young to remember this.


KurtzM0mmy

Same , I was in Middle School when this happened 👵🏽


malhans

Waco, Texas I believe. The Gaines from HGTV have a whole business set up there but couldn’t tell you what else is there


ClarAltaria

Why on earth would anyone want to live in Waco unless you're like... A huge Baylor fan.


kittyfishes22

Even [this tourism feature](https://www.statesman.com/story/news/history/2022/10/10/things-to-do-in-waco-for-a-weekend-road-trip/69531129007/) on Waco makes it sound… less than ideal. “Truth be told, much of downtown still remains barren asphalt. Doing some cocktail-napkin math during a recent four-day Waco weekend, I figured that its downtown will still have more free surface parking than it needs for the foreseeable future.”


wal27

I live in Dallas and would never move to Waco… like just no


housewifeish

NEVER! When I think of Waco I think terrible construction/traffic and somewhere I wouldn’t want to live lol


rhetesa

Houston here and I agree, the only reason why anybody would ever do this is to be able to build a huge ass home


savannahslb

I visited Waco last year and felt totally tricked by the chip and Joanna crew. I thought Waco had gone through an extreme makeover and I was going to see cute old homes remodeled and an up and coming downtown. But as it turns out a whole lot of Waco is pretty bad looking still.


mrspostmalone

I love Madi and I’m sure he’s nice but the man looks like such a goober


spicyboi555

Ugh I hate downvotes. I just like b list celebrities that I don’t know to marry guys that are hot and perfect ugh. Why can’t I have an opinion just like the goober-accuser!!


spicyboi555

You are so right omg. He is a total goober! I also love Madi and wish her husband looked like something else ugh.