Jessa Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting married Ben Seewald four months ago now, and suffice it to say, the days of touching-free dates and chaperones are over.
"I think we're past side hugs," she said in a recent interview.
Unlike her pregnant sister, Jill Duggar, Jessa isn't expecting a new addition to the family just yet. But she is clearly smitten with her spouse, and her life.
"We're looking forward to starting a family," the 22-year-old told Michelle Lewis and Ron Olson on FM 100 in Memphis multiple times in her interview.
"We're definitely in love and well on our way in this newlywed life," Jessa said, after repeated denials that she's pregnant. "And we are just loving it."
Asked what her biggest takeaway from marriage so far is, she said:
"The man I knew and fell in love with these past couple of years, he's that good and even better. I'm wowed and just awed with how great of a man I've been blessed with."
Aww.
It wasn't long ago that these two were courting and accompanied by siblings or parents at all times, as dating solo is not allowed in the Duggar family.
The Duggar parents often accompany their kids on dates in order to maintain "accountability" and "keep things from going in the wrong direction," per Jim Bob. The girls are fine with this, as being alone with men puts them in grave "moral danger." When the parents aren't available, their older siblings will often tag along, making every date a group date and a family affair.
Even in the kids' late teens and early 20s, mom and dad are creeping on their text messages. When Ben Seewald jokingly wrote to fiancee Jessa, "Give me a ring," Jim Bob actually jumped in on the group text, writing "No ring yet." With a smiley face emoticon. Seriously, he did that. Jim Bob needs his own Instagram so he can start posting screen shots of this stuff.
This moment you see here between Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard would not have been permitted until the couple was married. Side hugs are the preferred method of PDA in order to prevent any further temptation or hanky panky, as has been well documented on 19 Kids and Counting. The Duggars love their side hugs so hard. Any touching beyond that? Save it for your wedding night.
This is probably an obvious one if you know anything about the Duggars. The family does not smoke or drink. They do, however, enjoy the occasional sugary dessert or getting high on life and love.
Safe to say the Duggars are in the minority, having not read Fifty Shades of Grey (the movie adaptation of which they won't be seeing either, we're guessing). The Bible warns not to "think about gratifying the pleasure of the flesh," so instead the family studies Christian text and not E.L. James' erotic fiction. The Duggars' option is probably better-written.
Avert your eyes, Michelle Duggar! The family matriarch feels that dancing encourages "sensual" feelings, while Jessa Duggar has said that she feels modern music promotes "sex, drugs, all that type of stuff." Instead, the family chooses to play gospel music together.
Yes, seriously. There is Duggar-approved swimwear (it's conservative and not very revealing, spoiler alert) but when it comes to the beach, that's not happening. At all. Blame the general public. "It's just too hard for the guys to try and keep their eyes averted," Michelle explains. If we happened upon Kaley Cuoco doing beach yoga, we might see her point. But we also wouldn't complain.
Even if you took out the boozy parties and sexy nurses and cats looking to get frisky, Halloween would still be a no-go for the Duggars. According to the parents, magic and witches are "part of a demonic realm God wants us to stay away from," and this holiday qualifies. To each their own.
We don't actually know if there's a definitive rule against the use of birth control in the Duggar household, but it's clearly not something the family is thinking about, or using, ever. Just saying. Once those vows are exchanged, fornication and procreation tend to happen early and often, ensuring that the great state of Arkansas will never have a population shortage of really nice, quirky, family-first, side-hug loving human beings.
Nevertheless, the reality star says they remain steadfast in their desire to do this, and to have biological children as well if that is God's plan for them.
"We're looking forward to kids and adoption is something we've been praying about. You have to be married for two years before we can adopt in our state."
"We want to adopt and if God wills it, we will have kids naturally too," she said, while also weighing in briefly on a number of other Duggar topics:
That video of Derick Dillard sledding over a cat isn't as bad as it looks ... he wasn't trying to hurt it, and the cat lives nearby and is fine.
People who watch 19 Kids and Counting online, or perhaps don't even do that, often try to make assumptions about her that aren't true.
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Jessa Duggar and her then-boyfriend Ben Seewald began courting controversy almost from the moment they started dating, posing for photos like this one - a picture that now seems tame considering what they've been stirring up more recently.
The plight of maligned, put-upon sister Jana Duggar has hit home with fans in recent months, with 19 Kids and Counting episodes showing her doting on Jessa and Ben, and amid rumors that she is not allowed to marry because Jim Bob and Michelle force her to take care of all the younger kids.
Ben Seewald's Facebook page is again a source of controversy. Jessa Duggar's boyfriend found himself the target of a barrage of criticism after psting a status update in which he criticized Catholicism.
Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard have entered into an extreme sort of marriage. Under the terms of a "covenant marriage," it's almost impossible to get a divorce.
Jim Bob Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting doesn't just not believe in using birth control, he feels it's something that actually causes miscarriages and abortions.
A guest at the wedding of Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald claims the newlyweds were caught having sex at their own wedding reception. The guest has called the couple out on her blog.
Jessa Duggar took a trip to the Creation Museum in Kentucky recently. Unfortunately, she then shared her version of scientific facts with her many Instagram followers.
Michelle Duggar expressed her shocking views on the the transgender community in a recent audio recording. The Duggar matriarch conflates transgender people with sexual predators.
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have asked married couples to post photos of themselves kissing to the family's Facebook page. They've been accused of deleting photos from gay and interracial couples.
The future of 19 Kids and Counting may be in question. A petition written with the goal of having the show taken off the air has now received 123,000 signatures.
The Duggar family is a symbol for wholesome family values. However, several former cult members have now come forward to claim the Duggars are involved in something far more dangerous than they realize.
Susanna Keller, the sister of Anna Duggar, is reportedly being shunned by the famous family for getting pregnant outside of wedlock, according to reports.
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