Despite the family’s emphasis on their rustic lifestyle, Duggar weddings are generally lavish affairs, with guests numbering in the thousands.
There could be many reasons for this–after all, the Duggars are the biggest thing to ever hit Tontitown, and being invited to one of their weddings is basically the Arkansas equivalent of beinng invited to the White House.
But some fans believe there may a more practical, or even more insidous, reason for the Duggars to host such massive wedding ceremonies.
As fans of the family know, when one wedding ends, the preparation for another one usually begins soon after.
This is no coincidence, of course.
Weddings and births are the Duggars’ bread and butter, and any time not spent preparing for a family expansion is considered time wasted.
It’s for that reason that Joseph Duggar got engaged at his sister’s wedding–why not kill two birds with one stone?
And it’s also for that reason that fans believe the last few receptions have doubled as coming out parties for Jana Duggar.
The eldest Duggar daughter is 27, and fans are obsessed with the fact that Jana is stil single.
(It’s worth noting that her twin brother, John David, is also single, but because he doesn’t have a uterus, that’s considered acceptable.)
For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, fans are convinced that Jana’s parents have been putting her on display at her siblings’ recent weddings.
It’s a theory that’s resulted in even more Jana courtship rumors than usual lately.
In the last month alone, fans used their imaginations to hook Jana up with not one, but two longtime family friends.
First, a rumor that Jana is dating Caleb Williams circulated on social media.
Shortly thereafter, it was widely reported that Jana was courting Jacob Wilson.
Wilson was quick to shut the rumors down with a lengthy Facebook tirade.
“WE ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP,” he wrote.
“[…] We’ve been friends for 21 years and all of a sudden! BAM! we just happen to be in the same picture so of course, the media has to make up a story about it to sell.”
He added:
So I’m here to clear the water… it ain’t true! moral of the story? Don’t believe what you see online.”
Sounds like Jana will have to wait until another one of her siblings gets married in order to meet the man of her dreams.
Fortunately, with that many siblings, she shouldn’t have to wait long.
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