All good things must come to an end, as the old saying goes. In other news, all reality TV shows eventually run their course.
Whether you love, hate or love to hate them, it's been over a decade on TLC for the Duggars, a mightily impressive streak.
In the last decade, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's children have undoubtedly made something of a career out of reality TV stardom.
But at what cost? Their entire identities.
Often when the fine denizens of the internet are spewing invective against reality stars in some sort of online forum the phrase "get a real job" is bandied about.
Far be it for us to defend the Kardashians and Snookis of the world -- people who could buy and sell us despite never having set foot in an office in their adult lives -- but life as a reality star can actually be quite demanding.
If you're a longtime Counting On viewer, then you're probably familiar with Jana Duggar's longtime friend Laura DeMasie.
Laura and Jana have an unusually close relationship, as DeMasie assists her BFF with homeschooling of the younger Duggars, as well as the many other chores that have been Jana's responsibility for the entirety of her adult life.
On last night's episode of Counting On, the Duggar family attempted to answer a pressing question that's very familiar to fans:
The mystery of why Jana Duggar is still single.
Get ready for the most chaste Fantasy Suite ever, Bachelorette viewers!
Yes, if Duggar fans have their way, two of the most dissimilar reality franchises on TV might soon collide, and the result is sure to be even more awkward than every other season of The Bachelorette.
The news that John David Duggar is courting Abbie Burnett has revived interest in Counting On fans' very favorite question:
Namely, why is it that Jana Duggar is still single?
The notion of Duggar family members "breaking free" has been a topic of discussion for quite some time inside fan circles.
But will it actually happen, and who will be the one to do it? Moreover, what does it even mean to break free in their case?
One rarely sees a critique of the Duggar family that doesn't include the word "cult."
And it's easy to see why all but the family's most diehard fans are able to recognize that their particular brand of fundamentalist Southern Baptism bears many of the hallmark distinctions of a dangerous band of zealots.
If you're a fan of her family's reality show, then you're probably aware that Michelle Duggar is a mother of 20.
(She and husband Jim Bob adopted their nephew, Tyler Duggar last year.)
The strangest facets of life in the Duggar family have been well documented over the years:
They take fundamentalist Christianity to an extreme that would make Mike Pence squirm; they're not allowed to hug members of the opposite sex until they're married to one; and they believe uteruses should be pushed to their physical limits in the fashion of aging NFL lineman.
