‘Return to Amish’: Fannie Schmucker Explains Shunning
Fannie Schmucker from Return to Amish explains the rules she must follow since her community shuns her. However, fans don’t think the treatment is fair.
Return to Amish: Fannie Schmucker Breaks Rule
Fannie Schmucker is a part of the Old Order Amish. It is a very strict community. She was happy to be a member of the community. She even got baptized into the church. The TLC celeb was also going to marry another member. But that all changed when she decided to break a rule.
The Return to Amish reality star can’t use most modern technology. However, she broke that rule when she got herself a cell phone. But she didn’t think telling someone she would marry would get her in trouble.
I’m trying to figure out why Fannie can’t eat with them at the picnic but Rosanna is whole pregnant! How will Fannie’s “sin “going to retouch a “sin” 🥴 #ReturnToAmish
— Kaylee Patrice (@KayleePatrice) May 17, 2023
The TLC star’s fiance told her to give him the phone so he could destroy it. But, when she refused to, he ran and told the Bishop about it. She felt she could no longer trust her fiance and didn’t want to marry him.
Fannie knew that she was going to be shunned by her community. She felt that her only option was to leave. So, she went to Florida to meet up with the other cast members.
Fannie Can’t Eat with Other Members
Fannie’s community is shunning her. So, when she went back to visit Rosanna Miller, Johnny Detweiler, and Daniel Miller, she had to follow the shunning rules.
The Return to Amish explains that if she sees someone who is baptized into the church, she can’t eat at the same table as them. She also can’t dish out her food from the same bowls that everyone else is eating from. She explains that the church believes her sins would be in the food and contaminate it.
So, when Fannie sat down with the other cast members for a picnic, she couldn’t sit on the same blanket as them. They also had to put her food on a plate and serve it to her. She even has to eat by herself.
Return to Amish Fans Think Treatment Is Unfair
Fannie Schmucker doesn’t agree with the shunning rules. And many viewers are on her side. One person feels she is “such a nice girl, and that treatment is just wrong.” Another person thinks that it “must be a really traumatic experience.” A person even feels “sorry” for the TLC star.
Many Return to Amish fans hope Fannie can make it in the English world. One person “wishes the best for her.” Another person feels if she can “get a job and an apartment, she will be alright.”
The TLC star isn’t the first person in her family to have to follow the shunning rules. Her aunt, Mary Schmucker, had the same experience. She couldn’t sit at the table and eat with her children. She also wasn’t able to attend church ceremonies. However, Mary eventually got the approval from her community to come back and has been living Amish ever since.
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