If you follow the Duggar family closely, then you’re likely aware Joseph Duggar married Kendra Caldwell last year in front of about a thousand of the couple’s closest friends.
In most respects, it was the typical Duggar wedding – a chaste, dry affair attended by just about every fundamentalist in a hundred-mile radius.
But in one very scandalous respect, Joseph and Kendra were entered uncharted territory when they said “I do.”
The problem, it seems, is that Joseph is not the first Duggar to catch Kendra’s eye.
No, before she began her relationship with Joe, Kendra was courted by Jedidiah Duggar.
Someone (read: Jim Bob) decided that Kendra was better suited to Jed’s older brother, Joseph.
Apparently, they hit it off, because these days, Kendra is pregnant with Joseph’s baby.
So the situation worked out for everyone … except poor Jed.
Jim Bob was then left with a disgruntled incel son, and naturally, he decided to appease the 19-year-old with a comely maiden.
Of course, the Duggars live in the middle of nowhere and fundamentalist virgins of virtue true can be hard to come by.
Which is why many fans believe that Jim Bob has returned to familiar hunting grounds and set Jed’s sights on Kendra’s younger sister, Lauren Caldwell, who just turned 18 this month.
Lauren has reportedly been in attendance at recent family gatherings, which wouldn’t be that strange on its own.
After all, her sister recently married into the Counting On clan.
But as commentators in the Duggar-focused corners of Reddit have pointed out, it’s a bit strange that Lauren started showing up so soon after her 18th birthday.
In a conversation about which one of the Duggar men will end up with Lauren, the majority of the votes went to Jed:
“Jedidiah. He couldn’t get Kendra so he’d probably go after her younger sister,” one user commented, In Touch Weekly points out.
But there was some dissent among the ranks:
“Not sure who, but she will be a Duggar because her teeth are nice and straight and she has fundie hair! She is in for sure,” another wrote.
A third had a different theory altogether:
“Lately how all the older guys keep getting with barely-legal girls, I’m gonna say JD.”
Since there have been rumors that John David is secretly courting, we suppose that’s a possibility, but the ten-year-age difference likely wouldn’t fly with Duggar fans.
We’ll keep an eye on the situation, but for now, just expect a Jed-Lauren courtship announcement n the very near future.
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