Need a break from all the horrible, awful, completely depressing news that’s been dominating the media for the past couple days?
Want to just hear about something nice for once, maybe something about love and romance and positivity?
Well, Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo have given an interview about their November 5th wedding ceremony.
So, you know, close enough.
According to Jeremy, “It was a dream come true” getting married to Jinger.
“We’ve been counting down the hours until this day,” he said.
Jeremy began courting Jinger in June, so they’ve waited five entire months from the time they began dating to getting married. That’s a whole lot of hours when all you can do is side-hug.
As for Jinger, she was so excited about the wedding that “I told the girls I need the bridemaids to enter behind me because I thought I would collapse when I saw him.”
Even though Jinger and Jeremy have been playing a little fast and loose with the Duggar’s traditional views on courtship — chaperones always, boning never — they still saved their very first kiss for their wedding day.
If a Duggar can’t kiss someone until she’s married to him, and if Jinger’s never been married, this should mean that this kiss was not only her first kiss with Jeremy, but her first kiss period.
Yeah, if you thought your first kiss with your awkward middle school boyfriend in his parents’ damp, smelly basement was rough, try doing it Duggar-style, in a formal ceremony with nearly 1,000 people watching.
Still, Jinger says “I wasn’t nervous at all. I couldn’t wait for it. It’s like he couldn’t say it soon enough.”
Hey, girl, you get yours.
About the couple, Jinger’s mother, Michelle Duggar revealed that “They really balance each other out.”
“Jeremy is a strong leader, and Jinger is such a gentle people person and a great follower.”
Aww, come on, Michelle, fight the patriarchy. Or at least fight the urge to give out dumb “compliments” about your daughter being a good follower.
And hey, if you’re one of those people that like to hear details about the actual wedding itself and not just the couple, well then, come. You’re among your own here.
You know that beautiful dress Jinger wore? That was hand-beaded lace, and it came complete with a train that was 13 feet long.
The ceremony took place at the Cathedral of the Ozarks at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and the couple chose an autumn-inspired color palette.
Specifically, the colors were “burnt orange, eggplant, and olive,” and according to the wedding planner, “the idea was to bring the outdoors in.”
For the reception, guests munched on picked okra, meatballs, and cheese and crackers, and the wedding cake was a “naked cake” — a vanilla cake covered with berries.
Jinger and Jeremy left the reception in a vintage Jaguar.
It actually sounds like kind of a nice wedding, right? Or at least it sounds a little milder than what we’d expect from this family.
We’ll get to see soon enough whether or not this was whole affair was as classy as it sounds, because TLC has promised a wedding special that’s set to air next week.
The Duggars: they really are the gift that keeps on giving, huh?
