A little over a month ago, we learned that 22-year-old Jinger Duggar, one of the many Duggar children, had begun courting a pro soccer player named Jeremy Vuolo. Courting is a big deal in Duggarville – courting is seen as a down payment on an engagement, and most of the Duggar kids only court one person their entire lives, because they marry the first and only person they court. Interestingly, Josiah Duggar’s courtship crashed and burned in the wake of Josh Duggar’s implosion last year, but that was the exception to the Duggar-courtship rule. As for Jinger, she’s already engaged. Like, Jinger and Jeremy got engaged within two months of courting.
Another Duggar is saying “I do!” PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Jinger Duggar is engaged to former professional soccer player Jeremy Vuolo.
“So excited to share this news that we are now engaged,” the pair tell PEOPLE. “From both of us, thank you all for the countless well-wishes we’ve received during the courtship. We are so excited to take this next step in spending our lives together. We are so grateful for how the Lord has brought us together. It has been an incredible journey so far and we are excited about serving Christ together in the coming days.”
The news of their engagement comes just a month after Duggar and Vuolo announced they were officially courting (the only Duggar-approved way of dating), but the couple actually met last May.
Oh, I had forgotten that Jinger and Jeremy have actually known each other for more than a year. I do think that makes this less shady, somehow, plus Jeremy is friends with Jessa and Jill and their spouses. Basically, the family isn’t pushing Jinger to marry Some Dude she’s only known for a matter of weeks. It’s not THAT bad. Although I do wish all of the Duggar kids got a chance to actually date and have relationships and make love-related mistakes. Of course, I also wish the Duggars weren’t a thing, so whatever.
Photos courtesy of the Duggars’ Facebook.
They’re all so very creepy
What’s up with the super heavy eyeliner all the girls wear? Stans of Lazy Katy?
Eh, I went through the heavy eyeliner stage around that age. I think it made me feel older, more mature. Plus, it’s a way to be creative and artistic.
So for the Duggar girls, makeup is likely one of the extremely few ways they can express herself.
she looks so pretty. I just hope she doesn’t end up like her elder Daughter brothers…….. And jinger…..that’s a nice name
I cannot stop hearing as Jeen- grr (soft J, hard G) in my head
Yes I read it like that too. Every. Time. It’s such a bad spelling!
Same! Either Jeen-grr or as if it rhymes with ringer. You can’t mix a J and G like that if they’re the same sound, it just doesn’t compute.
Not surprising. The Duggars are eager to marry off as many of the daughters as possible. The daughters are the only reason they are still making money.
Sad but true. If you’re a female in this ass backwards family you got the short stick.
I suspect it’s not just the females with short sticks…
@Elizabeth
Lol
I wonder if the daughters aren’t eager to be married off? If I had no real education, skills, or work experience and was stuck in that house until someone proposed…. Honestly, my answer would probably be “You mean I only have to be subservient to one man? I won’t have to clean, babysit, cook, teach, anything for eleven men and whichever girls my mom doesn’t have the time for but still insists on conceiving? Sign me up!”
Honestly, this doesn’t sound that much different than “arranged marriages.” I’m not talking about child marriage, but the sorts of relationships that are facilitated, and people you trust have screened the dating pool for you. I mean, it’s not THAT much worse than Tinder or other dating apps. It’s just algorithms vs. people you know. It’s not awful, as long as the woman has agency. With the Duggars that last part is sketchy, obviously.
I also wish the Duggars would go away.
Their father handpicks the only man they will ever have sex with. If that isn’t creepy, controlling, and a complete violation of boundaries, I don’t know what is. It doesn’t matter if he is friends with the others. JimBob picks the husband.
Suuuuuuuuuuper creepy. There are no parent-child boundaries in this family..
Well the expectations are so clearly lined out before marriage does it even matter who they marry? I mean they already know “You will do all the cooking/cleaning/child rearing…oh and you will be constantly pregnant. The man will do all the deciding and money earning.” I’m sure “going to the movies” isn’t something encouraged (evil outside influences) so basically the partners are really completely interchangeable. Your having sex for procreation only so attraction for the male from the female isn’t necessary and common interest aren’t necessary either because 1) the majority of your spare time will be spent reading and quoting the bible and 2) you’re going to be super busy since you’ll have a ton of mouths to feed.
So basically, I can see why they have short courtships.
Oh gross. He has my husbands hair. And actually… looks a little bit like him in the second photo. Same basic skin tone, hair color, eye color, and even the scruff. This actually weirds me out so much more now.
I can’t personally imagine living the life these girls live. It makes me sad that they continue to push it along for the next generation, but it’s not surprising. It’s all they know. They’ve been raised to believe that anyone who lives differently is wrong, and are basically enemies to their faith. It’s sad all around.
Poor Jinger. She’s the one everyone was hoping would rebel and run off. Guess not! I just can’t with this family. I do wonder what is going on with their oldest daughter, Jana? She always seemed so quiet and taken advantage especially since she’s the family’s live in nanny. Do they not want her getting married because then they would have to you know actually parent their farm of children or maybe she’s a lesbian? Just seems odd that Jim Bob and co wouldn’t have tried to marry her off yet.
#FreeJana!!!
I have a feeling Jana has been selected to be her parents caregiver & won’t ever be married off. You can’t expect Ma & Pa Duggar to actually give up having a live-in cook & housekeeper after having them for so many years! 🙄
True because even if she didn’t want to get married but her parents Did, then she would be married by now. Basically it’s about what they want, not her. The children do what’s expected of them. You can’t tell me she has the freedom of choice to whether she marries or not. Poor Jana
I read a comment somewhere that the sister in law had gleefully told the eldest three unmarried girls, sometime last year, that if you’re adult and unmarried, you’re potentially only ever six months away from marriage, so this time next year two of them could be married. The commenter was claiming this meant there had to be two courtships in progress. I read it differently – I read it as an unthinking admittance that marriage and Jana is off the table. She’s way too useful to her parents. If she married, who’d run the house and look after all the minor children? Not her parents, that’s for sure, and not the boys, either. And if marriage only happens if and when Daddy okays the getting acquainted process, then she’s going to be the family slave until she has no utility at home. Which is going to be never.
Of course she did. Think the town will volunteer to donate this wedding too?
All weddings “donated” by TLC. As long as they’re filming, TLC’s paying. Wonder if that shows up on JimBob’s tax return. Oh I’m forgetting—he’s a “church” so he doesn’t pay taxes.
For one of the last ones, they actually had townsfolk volunteer and help put it on. Why spend TLC money that can go to the Duggars instead?
Exclusive, exclusive. I finally had something good to say about this magazine — They put John Jr on the cover this week, which was a pleasant surprise to see at the grocery checkout line.
Makes me realize how tired I’ve become of the usual cover ‘stars’. Case in point right here. Can’t this family go away?
Christin, I agree! For the first time in a very, very long time, I picked up People in the grocery store line yesterday (just looked though, didn’t buy) just because it had JFK Jr. on the cover. Seventeen years later, and I’m still sad about his death.
Yes! Let’s have more vintage gossip! I guess that’s what books are for, but still, it would be fun to be reminded of the past and those good ole scandals and personalities!
I agree about the old-school stories. I find vintage far more interesting than today’s fluff.
That cover made me think about how John would have viewed a social media / reality ‘star’ world. In the old school days, you had a good human interest story and that was it. Not these circus (reality) sideshows that never seem to go away. Will we still hear about the K and D families ten years from now?
Damn!!! I was always hoping Jinger (with a J….:bless:…) would be the one to break free!
Poor girl.
The body language is odd. Hers says, “I adore him.” His says, “I’m thisclose to touching a girl but I’ve heard they have cooties.”
Yeah, people keep saying he’s a pro-soccer player…he’s a former pro-soccer players who barely played. He signed with the New York Red Bulls in January 2012 and mostly sat on the bench. They released him and he said he wanted to concentrate on full time ministry, but then got an offer from the NASL San Antonio Scorpions at the beginning of the 2014 season and signed with them. He was an unused sub for the first two matches and then lost his place on the team, but the Duggars spin it that he left because he wanted to do ministry work and God was more important to him than his soccer career. So technically the headlines keep saying he’s a pro-soccer player but really he barely played pro-soccer and hasn’t played in a few years. He’s now a preacher at a Ministry in Texas. Apparently he and Jinger met last year but had seen each other on Mission trips in 2012, and with their wonderful courting rules of never being alone together and being monitored every second (because the Duggars trust their kids so much to do the right thing even when no one is watching), I’m sure based on that they know everything there is to know about each other.
FREE JANA.
My first thought as well! It’s SO WRONG.
Precisely what I was going to say. FREE JANA!!
I was positive that’s why Jill and Derrick are coming back for a few weeks “until the fall”, because I figured that Jinger would be getting married by November. Also, it’s probably a competition in the Duggar minds between them and Tori Bates who would be engaged/married first.
I thought they actually started courting in December but it just wasn’t officially announced until June, because they were waiting to see if season 2 would get picked up or not?
Is it me, or does she look just like one of the other daughters?
Yes i can’t remember her name
J-something…
At one point she was the one people were hoping would escape. No such luck, she’s leaving one tribe to start her own. They truly are the Stepford Wives.
yuck. Not them again.
Does that qualify as a Duggar approved sidehug? I think I see some boob touching his side there! She will surely go to hell for this OMG!
You’re right! She’s totally turning in more. SAVE IT FOR THE WEDDING NIGHT YOU HUSSY!!!
This family makes my skin crawl.
Poor thing–she had showed a bit of spunk earlier. Now she’ll be on the baby treadmill. As for his ministry in Texas — this just illustrates how little background or training s man needs in the South to be a minister.
In every photo her eyes look either dead or desperately screaming “help me”. And that fake smile is just disturbing.
So….she is basically ready to go. Can’t say I blame her for wanting to leave home and stop running a daycare of siblings.
These people are like ticks! Once they start to burrow, good luck.
POOR JANA!!! RUN AWAY JANA!!!!
So far Jinger has the best looking husband….go Jinger! FREE JANA!
As if any objection she could possibly have to him or his character would be given any weight at all…
Whether it was five weeks or not is irrelevant in the Duggar world. Once a woman gets to know who a man really is, on their planet, it’s too late to escape.
Disgusting cult.
Thank the maker Michelle has hit the change and no more babies are coming.
Just mad at myself for clicking on this..