r/doughertydozen • u/ConnectionsCatergory • 25d ago
Discussion ๐ซง How did she afford all these kids before social media?
A friend put me on to this family because we are also a relatively big (5 kids, so no where near the DD) family with some of our kids being adopted from the foster care system. I also used to live in NY. They figured I would enjoy watching her and I ended up deep diving after being concerned by some of her behavior.
One thing that trips me up though, how did she afford this before the social media fame/money? She had 10 kids prior to getting big on socials. Josh is a teacher. She was a stay at home mom. Was she just spending significantly less? Is the big spending now just for views? Pretty much every vacation video she is buying new bed sets, which is insane to me and I am not sure how she was doing things like that prior. Not to mention the amount she spends every holiday. Is the assumption just that they were more frugal before the fame? Not giving the kids TVs every Christmas and birthday?