If you follow the ever-expanding Duggar clan closely, then you’re likely aware that Joy-Anna Duggar married Austin Forsyth over Memorial Day weekend, in a ceremony that was likely attended by every Arkansas native who isn’t married to Hillary Clinton.
Photos from Joy-Anna’s wedding have been making the rounds online, and they depict the usual scenes we’ve come to expect from a Duggar wedding:
Nervousness and joy in the eyes of the young people who are finally permitted to touch a member of the opposite sex.
Jim Bob creepily overseeing the proceedings like some sort of god-like figure who’s way too involved in his daughter’s sex lives.
And of course, Jana Duggar playing 18th fiddle in the background, taking care of kids and all the other details her parents can’t be bothered with.
Jana’s earned the nickname “the Cinderella Duggar” thanks to her years of tireless toil in service of her parents and siblings.
The Duggars, of course, have long been selling the idea that Jana enjoys staying on the compound and homeschooling eight minors.
They attempted to drive that point home by posting this photo in Joy-Anna’s wedding album:
“Jana decided it was time to get out of the house for an afternoon hike and she had plenty who wanted to go with her!” Michelle Duggar captioned the pic.
Yes, Jana – who’s been caring for children for as long as she’s been able to care for herself – decided to go for a pre-wedding walk in the woods, probably to clear her head of all the noise and chaos … and she was followed by 12 freakin’ people.
If that’s not the smile of a woman on the verge of losing it, we don’t know what is.
The reaction to the photo was decidedly mixed, with some fans continuing to heap praise upon the family, while others pointed out that Jana’s existence seems uniquely hellish:
“The reason Jana isn’t married is this picture. She is in charge of raising the younger children. She isn’t allowed by daddy. He also doesn’t allow the Duggar girls to get a college education. They are married off to make more children,” wrote one fan.
“Is this poor girl ever NOT on kid duty?” commented another.
“Can’t they just leave Jana alone sometimes or do they have to be with the poor girl everywhere she goes?” added a third.
Of course, it’s possible that the only one who’s not pissed off about Jana’s situation is Jana.
After all, you really never see the girl without a smile on her face.
That said, we wouldn’t be surprised to learn she’s been chipping away at her bedroom wall behind a poster of Rita Hayworth all these years.
Watch Counting On online to decide for yourself if Jana is happy, or barely clinging to sanity.