Jessa Duggar-Seewald and her awkward-kisser husband Ben Seewald are currently on their honeymoon. It should be a time of great enjoyment, or at the very least, these two virgins-until-marriage (?) should be banging like crazy, day and night, in between prayer sessions. But on Monday, Jessa and Ben went a little bit crazy when they started posting a bunch of honeymoon photos on their social media (his IG, her IG, her Facebook), all with happy messages like “We have the best of times together! I LOVE YOU, BEN SEEWALD!” and “I’m married to the best guy in the whole world! @ben_seewald.”
Much like those heathens, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, I side-eye any newly-married couple that spends their honeymoon posting photos to social media. It’s your honeymoon! Get off Instagram. FRONT HUG. But judging from their awkwardness in these photos, I kind of think the front hugging is not what either of them expected. It looks like the prayer sessions are lasting a lot longer than the front-hugs.
As for the locale of their honeymoon… I have no idea. There was some gossip that they’re in Israel, but a couple of these photos look like mid-Atlantic or New England kind of autumnal weather. Sigh… lots of long walks. Lots of checking out the leaves. Lots of praying. Very few front-hugs. And absolutely NO tongue from Ben. He refuses to French kiss her. Probably because he knows that he married a wanton harlot.
Photos courtesy of Jessa and Ben’s social media.
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No wonder there is no front hugging when there are no leafs left on the trees and bushes to hide behind. 😉
Wouldn’t it be kinda funny if she is totally repulsed by him but married him anyway to get out of Daddy Bob’s clutches? If she locks the vj and only allows him to peek at it after bible study and prayers?
Does her new husband have a job?
I was wondering the same.
He does odd jobs (lawn mowing, paperwork, etc.) for Jim Bob. He quit college and his job at the insurance company to move in to the Duggar’s “guest house”. He’s 19 years old, no education, no life experience, his only employment is doing chores for his father-in-law, and her dad thought this guy was the best she could do for a husband???
Wow. I didn’t know that. At least, Jill’s husband went to college and is an accountant or something. Jessa is so pretty. If this show goes away and she isn’t getting any money for her part and he makes little to no money, their marriage isn’t going to be so happy if a bunch of kids start coming and all the financial pressure. Jessa seems like a spitfire.
Well that’s just ridiculous. Why on earth would he quit his job? I have a feeling he’s as much as a fame-seeker as Jessa is, and they both think the reality train ride is going to last a long time (I think the Duggars are on their way out, seems like most people are just fed up with them, and realize that even with their supposedly nice “family values”, they aren’t what most North American families stand for).
To add: Jayna, she is SO sheltered that I doubt she realizes any of that. That reality fame and money is fleeting and that she WILL need a way to support they many children she will undoubtedly have :(.
I bet Jim Bob picks these boys that have no job or future, that way he can keep control of them even when married. They still need Daddy for money and housing, etc.
Pretty sick
IKR?! Neither one has a decent education, neither one has a job. How could the parents–both sets–think this was a good idea?! It’s all about ratings, now. Well, always was….
Sounds very much like a control issue.I would be ashamed if a guy I was to marry dropped out of college, quit his job and became my parent’s landscaper (by choice and not circumstances). He’s been absorbed into their family before he ever married Jessa.
I have a theory that Jessa was more likely to stray from the lifestyle so Jim Bob set her up with a loser to keep her close. Where as Jill always followed the rules and was less likely to stray so she got the educated guy with a job. Jim Bob seems to be all about control.
@ Annie that’s my thought as well.
These two side humpers want their own show so bad, it’s not even funny. I really think it would be horrific/hilarious to see them compete with jim Bob and the wife for ratings.
I agree, they want their own show. But they both seem so full of themselves, I doubt it would be interesting to watch. I would hope that TLC realizes that too – who wants to watch a show about young adults who know nothing and do nothing???
That show already exists. That oldest son–Josh?–& his wife just went on a road trip in an RV to visit her sister in Chicago. That was the show Tuesday night. Next Tuesday, her sister’s ‘reveal’ party–i.e., reveal the sex of her baby. That’s the show. I’m thinking they’re nearing the end of the Duggar road show. It’s starting to look like the end of the Kate & whateverhisnamewas show.
OH, and um, embarrassed to know this! Guilty pleasure, like reading CB at work….
“Side-Humpers”!!!! LOL! That’s why I lurvvvvvv this site!
Hilarious! I wish I could figure out how to work that phrase into conversation, LOL
Is that an I’m having sex y’all! Face or a knocked up already and feeling sick face?
How would Jesus wh0re for attention? Does their brand of the bible address this?
*clapping*
Could be. Pretty sure they don’t use the King James version.
“You’ve never front hugged before?”
“No.”
“Then how do you know we’re not doing it right now?”
I loved Joan Cusak and Christopher Lloyd in second Addams Family movie…
Aw, the cute memories…
I get serious crazy vibes from Jessa.
I get “vapid, shallow, immature, and uneducated” vibes from Jessa.
Oh yes, there’s that too, but there’s something in her eyes that makes me think she could be pretty damn malicious and cold.
Shallow and self involved.
She’s been raised to be desired by her chosen husband. And breed. I think there’s some new freedom and she’s over indulging. Social media is more interesting than front hugging her husband.
Honeymoons are for getting it on. Not tweeting your husband love messages.
I agree, she seems really bitchy and mean.
She is seriously p@ssed off that Jill stole the “getting married” thunder. No one really cares about her wedding
I get “she’s in control of him” vibes from Jessa. He seems to be willing to do whatever she wants.
I thought I read/saw/heard/totally made up that they were somewhere in the Carolinas? Or maybe that was Jill…or Josh. I don’t know, and I don’t have the energy to care enough to look it up. I’m just grumpy because the wind & rain is blowing so cold and it was below freezing this morning, and my dog made me stay out there with her for ten minutes while she took her sweet time finding a place to answer nature’s call. When it’s “winter” to her, I have to put her on the leash and go outside with her rather than just let her out the back door. Her punishment to me for making her go outside while the cat gets to stay in.
This is not uncommon among hard-right Christian types. It’s not enough for them to just do it their way and get along with it. They need the whole world to know how AWESOME it is that they did it RIGHT and waited and now have an AMAZING marriage filled with love because they did not allow the DEVIL into their lives via front-hugging dirty pillows (thank you, Carrie). Many of them have this pervasive need to let you all know how GREAT things are going.
dirty pillows! Great reference…Piper Laurie was SO great in that role.
That divorce is going to be epic, I tell you what. I can see Ben going off the deep end when Jessa upgrades. It is not a matter of who, just a matter of when.
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I looked at her Instagram and FB, and she hasn’t really posted all that much, honestly. Content is creepy and extremist, but eight posts in a week is nothing by 20-year-old standards. Times have changed and that’s just what newlyweds usually do now. I agree that they’re likely not banging much. Even if they are lucky enough to have sexual chemistry (big if), Ben probably can’t last too long!
It’s not that much for a 20-year-old, true, but it does kind of highlight that neither of these people seem like they’re mature enough to be married, let alone trying to conceive a baby.
Some of those pics don’t look like selfies, so maybe the honeymoon is being filmed for the TV show? And the IG & FB posts are publicity? Just a thought.
She’s absolutely gorgeous.
The kissing pics are creepy, and TMI. It’s like they don’t know how to act as adults and instead treat sex–or their freedom to now engage in it–like a toy at Christmas. LOOK WHAT I GOT!
Meh, they’ll figure it out (if they want to).
That is one prominent chin. It really accentuates the maniacal light of fanaticism in her eyes beautifully. All of the Duggar women have eyes that scream into my soul and it scares me on a primal level.
Sounds like a good premise for a horror movie.
She’s so freaking pretty! This kiss picture is much better than the first, Ben seems more into it for sure. I also don’t understand being on social media while on vacation, especially a honeymoon, get offline and pay attention to your real life.
That always bugged me a bit. The kiss shots. You’re so busy posing you’re not lost in the moment. Too showy.
I dated my husband for years before marriage. I didn’t “save” myself for him and I didn’t check my phone past hitting the reminder alarm for 3 days. I think she’s a bit immature for marriage. Much like Leann who also did the same.
Jessa got married? I always thought she was the prettiest of all the girls and does seem spunky. The girl didn’t even know how to cook. Momma Duggar is shirking her duties, teaching her daughters how to be the subservient Stepford wives.
Jill married, now Jessa. Who is the one still taking care of all the kids? Jana? Poor Jana stuck taking care of all of her mom’s children while the other girls get out of the house.
Ok, so the other day I commented that I thought he seemed creepy. Like he may turn out to be abusive and controlling. My intuition, I think, was slightly off. There is STILL something about him that is setting off my internal alarm. There’s also something about her. Someone above commented that they are getting “malicious” and “cold” vibes from her. I get those as well! I remember reading somewhere that Jessa bullied Jana while they were growing up. There was some big thing about it, either written or on tv (can’t remember). I’m actually sensing now that SHE may be the one in power in this relationship. Like maybe she was the one that was forcing the whirlwind courtship/marriage. There’s just something off about them. Maybe he’s gay? (which, if that’s what it is, I take back my creepy statement – because obviously there’s nothing creepy about being gay) It almost feels like he’s not very into her…
While there is absolutely nothing creepy about being LGBT (I’m bisexual) I get the same vibe kpoodle.
She’s into him, that much is obvious, but he seems over it. Or perhaps never into it in the first place. I’m putting my money on gay, with overwhelming “sex is dirty” guilt coming in a close second.
^^Yes, to everything you said SnarkGirl.
I thought you were commenting on Jill’s new husband in your previous comment. I’m confused with both getting married close to the same time. Jill’s wedding just aired on TV, so a lot of stories on Jill and her guy and while that’s going on Jessa gets married.
No it was this one. I agree, it is kind of confusing. I have to give all these articles a second read to get it straight which Duggar we are talking about lol. I think Jill’s marriage seems a little more typical as to what we should be seeing as far as two young fundamentalist newlyweds. They both appear to be genuinely excited and in love. I’m just not getting that vibe with Jessa and Ben. It feels forced.
Smile never quite reaches his eyes and there’s no light in them. The only passion I see in her eyes are for the camera. I’m 100% percent convinced that those two are NOT in love.
Jill and her hubby on the other hand look like a genuine love match.
Honestly though you guys, can you really blame either one of them for the painful awkwardness?
If you really take the time to study up on the inner workings and teaching of the cult that Jessa et al are raised in-and I have as I never like to judge anything from a place of surface appearances or ignorance-then you understand that all these kids hear from day one and their entire young lives is about the “evils” of physical touch, sexual desire on ANY level and even any thinking that isn’t 100% God based. The Duggar children and those raised in similar families are not allowed to open so much as open up a non-religious book-ever-nor are they allowed to go ANYWHERE UNACOMPANIED before marriage (particularly the girls-even 25(!) year old Janna may only leave the house with a sibling or parent in tow). Then at some point they start 24/7 parent-sibling monitored courtships which offer no more independence (mom & dad are including in ALL meetings and phone correspondence), but yet the DAY AFTER their weddings all of a sudden they’re left to their own devices for the very first time with a man/woman and expected to fall comfortably into a married relationship and all that comes with it??? **Yikes**
So while others may jest at what are Ben’s clearly very uncomfortable feelings about physical affection with his new bride, my heart actually goes out to them. Imagine how frightened any of is would be in the same situation 😞 The whole thing just boggles the mind…
But Jill and her new husband were the opposite. I caught the wedding or lead up to their wedding this weekend. Those two looked like they couldn’t wait to hop into bed. And the way they were always leaning into each other and then stopping, it was obvious they had kissed before and were always catching themselves from doing it again in front of Daddy and the cameras. But I did get that they were really in love and loved having reasons to be close to each other and as affectionate as they could be. And she seemed very concerned and supportive over his sadness with his mom in the hospital with cancer. I just saw the love between those two.
I don’t get that with Jessa towards her guy. But maybe I’m wrong. I only see a couple of these shows a season when I’m bored and am at home channel surfing and happen upon the show.
@Jayna: I never doubted that there was love between the couples but rather sympathized and worry about the extreme, and very intentional isolation these kids grow up with and sudden adulthood-including sexual expectations-they’re tossed into the moment rings are exchanged. The whole thought is pretty horrifying.
I watched the auction/pre-wedding episode between Jill and Derrick and it is the perfect representation of what I mean about all this: Derrick expresses that he’s exhausted and lays on the bed-next to Jill’s 10 year old policing “chaperone” brother-in the house they’ll move into after their wedding and Jill expresses that “All we’re do is hold hands right now so I’ll take a nap on the chair (across the room).” Her little brother casually says that if they were to “break the rules of courtship I’ll REPORT them to Mom & Dad.”
A couple of seconds later, enter Jim Bob into the bedroom to start talking about how he hopes the new bed is used frequently and that it doesn’t take Jill “too long” to announce that she’s pregnant after the wedding! Doesn’t that whole scenario not strike you as really twisted?
(I also read a book by a woman who escaped her family and the same AK church the Duggars go to. In it she describes her very first incredibly painful sexual encounter in which the (equally naive, uneducated) young man just lays on top of her and immediately, um, starts, without having so much as touched her body at all prior because they literally DID NOT KNOW how their bodies work because such talk is forbidden. Again, I don’t doubt that love is possible, but everything about this just makes my heart very sad.)
She may have cared & shared his sadness over his mom’s being in the hospital, but she took a selfie with his mom in her hospital bed & forced that woman to be on camera for their dumb TV show. I was appalled by that.
@PJ gross. The father said that? That is disgusting and inappropriate to say to your daughter, he hopes the bed gets used a lot.
What a whacko.
@Hazel, they put the sick mom on the show? Ugh.
The Duggers are just fame-hos now. I’m sure that fundamentalist sect talks behind their backs about them all the time. LOL
I think the Dillards seem more normal because, and this is me just speculating here, Derrick went to Oklahoma State, GRADUATED college with a degree in accounting, lived independently, has a grown-up CAREER and works for WalMart, and wasn’t raised in the same Dugger cult. Christian but not FUNDIE (at least his mom and bro aren’t).
I think (more like assume) Derrick may have had some “normal” relationships and experiences prior to Jill, even if it was really Christian-centered – dating, kissing, petting, MAYBE POSSIBLY sex or AT LEAST giving or receiving…ahem…and then swearing it off due to guilt? Still. He’s older. But he’s a MAN. A young dude really, but still a MAN.
Jessa’s new husband is a BOY. A sniveling, mouthy boy. No job other than errand boy for his daddy-in-law, quit college in his freshman year, REALLY immersed in his Christian fundie beliefs, openly searched out JimBob and his family for fellowship or fame or whatever and most likely has not experienced the “normalcy” that Derrick has had. Jessa, unfortunately, is screwed when her husband’s balls finally drop and realizes, by virtue of his anatomy, he really holds the power in that relationship.
Very well put, PJ… I don’t understand all the mean, nasty and negative comments I have seen here…
You make some excellent points.
I get major second hand embarrassment from these two and the sister!!! Can you imagine if the whole world knew you were both virgins on your wedding day, you have never even kissed each other and then suddenly, after your wedding night, EVERYONE knows you have had sex. And now you are expecting to hump like rabbits for ever. And the whole world speculates on whether or not you cheated your courtship rules and maybe have kissed before? I could not stand the idea of the world discussing the state of my vagina.
He. Is. 19.
Literally, like, a teenager. He is a boy. He can’t even rent a car.