The older Duggar daughters are pairing off with men hand selected for them by their father, Jim-Bob. Jill Duggar, 23, got married this summer and fell pregnant two seconds after. Jessa Duggar, 21, got engaged to a Catholic-hating gun lover and spends her time denouncing evolution and comparing abortion to the holocaust.
There’s another daughter Jana, 24, that rarely gets press. We’ve talked about Jana before as she allegedly feels like an “old maid” as she sees her younger sisters get engaged and married. New footage from the Duggar family reality show suggests that this might be true. In one scene, Jana was left behind to sew all nine of the bridesmaids dresses for her sister’s wedding as the rest of her family went to a tea party. In another, Jana got teary-eyed when asked if she had a boyfriend. Here’s more, thanks to Star:
In the “Duggar Girls Go Glam” episode that aired on Sept. 30, Jana was stuck hemming nine bridesmaid and flower girl dresses for Jill’s wedding, while the rest of the family enjoyed an afternoon tea party!
“I felt kind of sad for Jana being the one pushed into doing the alterations,” a blog commenter wrote. “I felt she is too sweet to say ‘no’ to Jill, like Cinderella.”
The 24-year-old herself even said she didn’t understand why she got the job of seamstress while many of her sisters can also sew. Then, to add insult to injury, the TLC cameras zoomed in on a tear-filled Jana’s face when a hairstylist asked her if she was seeing anyone special. “I’m good with just waiting for now,” she replied politely.
Radar takes it a step further by reporting that parents Jim-Bob and Michelle use Jana to watch over all the kids. A source tells them “It’s absolutely ridiculous how much the family makes Jana and the older siblings do. Jim Bob and Michelle have totally transitioned a lot of their parental responsibilities onto her… Ever since she was young, she’s had to watch over the house while Jim Bob and Michelle would go out for date night alone.” Remember, there are still 15 kids at home, five of whom are 10 and under. Jim Bob and Michelle probably feel like it’s not that much work for Jana and her sisters considering how hard it used to be.
I have a conspiracy theory to propose. I don’t watch the show so I can’t say if I’m pulling this out of my butt or if it might be true. (Not that those things are mutually exclusive.) What if Jim-Bob isn’t screening nice fundamentalist Christian boys for his oldest daughter because she’s so good at housework? What if Jana’s parents are keeping her home to do all the grunt work? Remember, marriage is the only way out of this family. Jana has studied midwifery but it’s not like she can leave the house as a single woman. The two kids who have left have married partners that were preselected for them. Maybe Jana is the sweet one who will take care of the kids so her parents can have more free time.
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