For several months now, we've been hearing rumors that Jana Duggar is engaged to Stephen Wissmann, a Nebraska-based businessman and pilot who shares her extremely orthodox religious views.
Fans are thrilled for Jana, of course, as speculation about her love life and her prospects for marriage have been a constant part of her adult life.
The Duggars are in crisis mode these days, as Josh Duggar's arrest on child pornography charges has threatened the family fortune and the media empire that Jim Bob has worked so hard to create.
TLC has canceled Counting On, and the younger Duggars have been left scrambling for new forms of employment.
There was a time when the Duggars couldn't wait to share new courtship news with their fans.
They believe that we're put on earth to procreate as much as possible, and they think all premarital sex is sinful, so in the Duggars' eyes courting is literally the only way too fulfill one's purpose in life.
The Duggars have weathered quite a few scandals over the years, but they've never come up against anything as damaging as Josh Duggar's arrest on child pornography charges.
Already, TLC has canceled Counting On, and it looks as though the Duggars days as a reality TV family are officially at an end.
Whether you're a diehard fan or an outspoken critic of the Duggar family, we probably don't need to tell you about their notorious courtship rules.
This strictly-enforced set of strictures prohibits virtually all forms of physical contact between the sexes prior to marriage.
The Duggars are very big on conformity.
To the extent that it's possible, they all want to look, dress, talk, and eat like each other.
If you're a longtime Duggar fan, we probably don't need to tell you about the family's complex past with Laura DeMasie.
But if you're unfamiliar with Jana Duggar's rumored girlfriend, suffice it to say this is the quintessential love/hate relationship.
The Duggars are a polarizing family.
This may be the most understated sentence ever written on this celebrity gossip website.
At the end of 2019, Jed and Jeremiah Duggar turned 21 years old, yet both remain squarely under Jim Bob's total control.
Now, fans think that Jeremiah is finally courting. And the Duggar fam themselves may have shown a photo of him on a "date."
For most Americans, 21 is a milestone birthday.
But for Jeremiah and Jedidiah Duggar -- both of whom reached legal drinking age this week -- very little will change in their rigidly structured lives.
It's an exciting time for the members of Arkansas' second most-famous family.
(Sorry, but the bajillionaire Waltons are tough to beat.)
