Jana Duggar
Buying supplies for one of her many projects
"Jana has really been such an encouragement to all of us in the family, investing in each of our lives and just always encouraging family gatherings and get-togethers."
-Michelle Duggar
-Michelle Duggar
Tonight on TLC, tune in at 9pm ET/8pm CT for a new episode of Counting On, "Jana's Secret Garden." Jana heads to Tennessee with John, Abbie, and Grace, and while she is gone, the family pulls off a big surprise for her. She has always wanted a greenhouse, and it's time for her dream to become a reality. You'll also hear what the eldest Duggar daughter thinks of all the questions she receives about her relationship status.
And if you missed last week's episode, it will air just before this one. Below is a link to a preview video of tonight's show.
Photo courtesy duggarfamily.com
We already know what she thinks about the courtship questions. She's tired of them. I wish they would drop the subject on the show.
ReplyDeleteBut she chooses to live her life allowing marital status to define her. As a grown woman, she could be working and living independently instead of waiting for a husband to come gather her from her parents’ home. How tired can she be of the questions, when she’s the one waiting on a man so her adult life can begin?
DeleteI don't think choosing to live at home equals letting her marital status define her. Those are not really related.
DeleteMaybe she does not want a husband. At her age woman are married. She has a reason gor this.
Delete5:15 - what? There are sooo many women over 30 who are not married, and now a days is mostly by choice. Where I’m from most women wait until they’ve gotten an education and have a stable financial situation to think about marriage. I don’t think that is Jana’s situation but your statement is still a huge generalization.
Delete@5:15 At her age women are married? That's an incredibly inaccurate overgeneralization!
DeleteOh no, not MORE awkward questions about her singleness. Why does TLC keep harping on it?
ReplyDeleteBecause these are the last single quesions and because they don't want us to suspect the content of next week's episode,but I am guessing that Jana is going to announce her courtship with Nathan Bates!
DeleteNope. It’s not Jana.
DeleteNot likely!
DeleteI feel bad for her at this point, it's hard enough to find a spouse at our age, but she's also attached to a national spotlight with a whole lot of sharks watching and waiting to tear her future husband and his family apart for all to see. She really seems like a sweet woman, but I would imagine that as many men who have come to call, there are many more who just aren't willing to throw their families under the bus for a wife.
ReplyDeleteHe might not mind the spotlight like Jana's brother-in-laws, especially if it's going to be who I'm suspecting:Nathan Bates!
DeletePoor Jana. She may need to step out of the spotlight and go live more anonymously if she wants a family of her own.
ReplyDeleteI think people are making an assumption that married life is something she wants. We all want different things in life so we shouldn’t assume that. What makes one person happy doesn’t always make another one happy. I wish they would not discuss it anymore
Delete@10:50 Dangle a rich handsome eligible bachelor in front of her and see how fast she falls, and how quickly she runs down the church aisle... She was raised to feel less than complete without a husband and multiple babies.
DeleteI wish Jana and the family would take the subject of her singleness “off the table.” Why can’t they just say that they have no further comments about her dating situation, and that they won’t be talking about it any more unless Jana wants to reveal something. It seems like she would have the right to say that. It almost seems cruel the way it is constantly talked about. Let the poor girl have some peace.
ReplyDeleteWell, the thing is people and media will continue to ask questions and speculate rather the family or TLC likes it. Therefore, I think the best thing is to talk about it openly like she did for the first time on this episode. Now that she has finally talked about it openly I do think that if she doesn't start courting then she should just keep her answers to the subject short and sweet from now on. I do feel what she said was good last night though.
DeleteBut they HAVE asked Jana about it before. This is absolutely nothing new.
DeleteIt’s not the family, it’s fans, trolls and haters who won’t leave her be. Her family does their best to show they respect and accept Jana’s choice. It would be great if the rest of the world would follow the family’s cues and do the same.
DeleteIt’s not the family, it’s fans, trolls and haters who won’t leave her be. Her family does their best to show they respect and accept Jana’s choice. It would be great if the rest of the world would follow the family’s cues and do the same.
DeleteThese questions would probably stop or at least slow down if she did what every other woman her age does, get out of the parental house and away from a TV spotlight!! First we thought her parents were holding her back but now it seems she's holding herself back, which isn't good.
ReplyDeleteI went off to university at 18 years old. Never married til I was almost 40. No serious boyfriend. Never found the right person. I had a great career and traveled and had nice friends. Yet I was questioned incessantly about marriage. There is no way the questions would stop no matter what Jana does or where she lives.
DeleteI do NOT believe it is a problem that she hasn’t found a husband by now. I don’t think she needs to be married to be fulfilled. However, I do truly hope for her sake that she finds one soon (but doesn’t settle) just so people will stop bothering the poor lady. Also, due to the culture she has grown up in, I’m sure the pressure she feels is hard.
ReplyDeleteWhy do I think she’s not dating Nathan despite all of these coincidences?? There’s too many!! Now she’s in Tennessee??But I still think she’s not.
ReplyDeletewondering if she is nathan girl friend. wonder who jason is dating
ReplyDeleteWe know all about the greenhouse, right? Isn’t that old news? Either Jana has something about her that she wants kept private or enjoys living the way she is portrayed.
ReplyDeleteShe is a gracious woman. I would say her love life is her own freaking business and not one other unless she chose to make it be. she is humble and honorable to her parents and serves her siblings. she is a living Jesus. If God graces her to be single and serve Him the rest of her life, then He does. She can make her own choices as an adult. I'm sick of hearing about it for her and don't even try. like , don't people have their own affairs to attend to? and, it's not really about her going on a manhunt. how about everyone pray God raises up a man for her to compliment her life and vice versa. it's like beating a dead horse.
ReplyDeleteShe is a living Jesus???
DeleteGod could grace her to be single for the rest of her life, but she can still make her own choices as an adult? That doesn't follow logic. Either we have free will or not. IMO, the former is true- we make our own choices in life, from deciding how much education we have, what job we take, to how we respond to things happening that are out of our
Deletecontrol. I likely would never have met my husband if I'd never gone to college and taken the career path I chose. Jana's chances of meeting someone are rather limited, as long as she remains living at home with her parents and chaperoned when she does go out. Saying that God decides for us is an excuse to justify our own choices in life.
I highly doubt Jana is really making her own choices and living the life she has chosen for herself
DeleteNo Duggar child can make their own decisions as long as they live under dad's roof... And even when married, dad will try to hold them under his wings... Free will is not something they raise their children for... sadly enough...
DeleteI'd like to see her reaction if they gave her an apartment, or better yet, her own house.
ReplyDeleteYes! Why couldn't they do that. A place of her own🙃
DeletePants and a skirt in the same outfit?
ReplyDeleteThose are leggings.
DeleteThey are leggings probably. Lots of ladies do this!!!
DeleteLeggings should never be considered pants! just no.
DeleteThey're leggings, not regular pants. They help keep your legs warm in the colder months. I know this because, that's how I dress. And for those who don't know you can be warmer in a skirt or dress worn right in the fall and winter than in a pair of jeans.
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DeleteThose are leggings she is wearing under her skirt. Aka very tight pants. Leggings are purposely designed to be under a skirt or dress for the comfort of one's legs. I wear them under skirts/dresses to church services Sundays or if I have a skirt or dress on during the week.
DeleteThose are leggings
DeleteIt's Duggar style. lol
DeleteHow does a skirt like that not grip onto those leggings and ride up with every step you take? Seems you'd have to be constantly tugging the skirt down.
Delete6:25, if that's the case, Jana is smart enough to figure that out.
Deletei wonder with this episode and the one coming up, if Jana is courting.
ReplyDeleteI had a great uncle who never married and lived in his parents home until he passed away. I wonder if it will be the same for Jana. Happily single living in her parents grand home when they are gone.
ReplyDeleteI had a great uncle who didn't marry either. When he was in hospice care it was other family taking care of.him or nursing homes.. at least when you're married you have someone to take care of you when you're sick and dying
Delete8:31 Having someone to take care of you in the end is a poor reason for getting married.
Delete8:31 Well, that's not really the best reason to get married, but in a lot of cases, it is comforting to have a loved one around at those times.
DeleteAnon 8:31. Most people don't get married in order to have a caregiver if they get sick. Besides that there's 50% chance YOU might turn out to the be caregiver.
DeleteUnless your spouse has already died. No guarantees in this life, married or not.
DeleteEven if you marry there's no guarantee that there will be a spouse to "take care of you" if you get sick. How do you know that YOU won't end up being the caregiver if you marry???
Delete8:31- My sister buried two husbands before she was 60. It was she who has been the caretaker.
DeleteI became a widow at 47. There are no guarantees in life
Delete@8:31 I buried my husband at 44. I am now 65 and have no desire to remarry. I was my husbands caregiver for 18 months until he passed, one week before his 46th b'day..I wouldn't have traded that time for all the money in the world. If I would remarry I'd lose too much financially.So, my family's going to be my caregivers.
DeleteMy parents & I can't wait to see tonight's episode. We can't wait to see the family build the green house for Jana while she is away with John & Abbie & there daughter Grace & takes Jana to Knoxville Tensensee while back at home the family is still working on the green house. We love watching every season. We always can't wait until the next season. I hope season 12 will start January or even June of next year. I think it's Jana who's in a quarantine courtship on next week's episode of counting on. Natasha b
ReplyDeleteSeptember 15 ,1:12pm . Harping on nope. Maybe if Jana moved out of the house @ her age establish her own life maybe people won't ask. All kid's she be educated with trade/college and established by her age. She does.t help situation with sign that stand in line or whatever she seems to like to keep people guessing. Move out get on with her life. Michele does.t need her anymore to keep house teach sibling s that's the parents jib. Ledabeth God Bless
ReplyDeleteThis IS her life. She lives in a huge house, has several cars, access to huge parents storage, huge piece of land to do her hobby (gardening). She travels a lot. Why would be change all this space and freedom for a cramped apartment on her own???
Delete7:41- Because she would have a place that afforded privacy and belonged to her, not her parents. It’s also about learning to be independent. I think these Duggar daughters are taught that they require a man to look out for them, whether it’s dad or a husband.
Delete7:41 - lived in my parents’ house until 24. I loved all the things that living with them allowed me to have but at the end of the day I wanted my independence. Sometimes that is worth much more than all the physical commodities parents bring.
DeleteAgree pants and skirt strange outfit. One or the other.
ReplyDeleteMy best guess is its cold. The females in the family often war lwggingng under their skirts when it is cold. Plus she's wearing a sweater.
ReplyDeleteI loved this episode. The greenhouse and party surprise for Jana almost made me teary. Her reaction was so sweet. I wish that TLC would have been more honest that they were visiting friends in TN because we all know they were but it was a great episode.
ReplyDeleteThis was positively the best episode of Counting On ever! Jana was so touched by this gift. She is truly a godly woman.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best episodes. Jana is a beautiful and intelligent woman. Jana seems to be happy with her lifestyle. If it is meant to be she will find the right man.
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I don't understand why so many people are like pushing Jana to move out from her parents house. It would be so irrational! She lives in a 7,000 sqft house for free, huge kitchen, a lot of common space. She can drive all of their cars. She has a lot of space outside to make her garden and just be happy with this. Why people always want other to be unhappy, go drunk in college, live in small apartment??? She does not need that!! She is happy where she is!!
ReplyDeleteI wasn’t unhappy going to college, having a career, or living on my own. Being independent is what adults do. Yes, I married and raised a family. However, I had the opportunity to figure things out on my own first. BTW, Jana does not come across as very
Deletehappy to me. She’s never known anything but living with her parents. You can’t know what she needs!
Apparently you've never heard of the expression "like a bird living in a gilded cage." I think it may very well apply to Jana's situation. I do not envy her at all. Also, you paint those who go to college or live on their own with a very broad and unflattering brush. Perhaps you've had no experience of your own in that department and are only repeating things you've heard second-hand. I can assure you, my experiences in college and in my career were all quite positive. In fact, they lead me to making many friends, buying my own home and eventually meeting my husband.
DeleteThings aren't a substitute for having a space of your own and being able to make your own choices regarding how you live your life.
Delete@7:37 how do you know that Jana is happy? At 30 she should be living her life, not living with her parents. It doesn't matter how big the house is, it's not the same as having your own place. Plus, it's not her responsibility to help raise her younger siblings. Also, where did you get your facts about college? Yes, people drink in college, but they also learn about themselves and they get an education. Did you go to college? I made friends in college that I'm still friends with.
Delete7:37, There is not a keg in every dorm room. In fact, most colleges are doing remote learning this semester, so you'd have a hard time finding a party.
DeleteMost of us go to college to get an education, not to get drunk. You don't have to attend college to drink alcohol. As for Jana it's pretty obvious all the "things" you describe her as having don't make her happy. She appears to consider being on the show a chore she has to perform. Her sisters saw marriage as an escape from the family home and married the first presentable guy that came along. I'm not sure why Jana hasn't followed that route.
DeleteShe does not appear happy to me. I agree she appears melancholy and isn’t very animated. But maybe that’s just her personality
DeleteI wonder how come Jana can't find the right man for herself. Jim Bob was a matchmaker to Jill, and Jill did not seem to mind Derick. Ben fell in love with Jessa, and Jessa fell in love with Ben. Then Jeremy came along for Jinger, they are great match. Joy and Austin are both outdoorsy, like building houses, like they are also great match. I wonder of Jana has some ideal image of prospective husband.
ReplyDeleteYou can't force love. It's either there or it's not. I didn't meet my future husband until I was 30. I'm very glad I didn't settle for any of the guys who came before him.
DeleteMost people don't go to college to get drunk. They go for an education. As for Jana, her manner on the show leaves me with the strong impression she's NOT happy being on TV but has to appear anyway BECAUSE she lives with her parents. I think other have the same impression and that's why they suggest that Jana move out on her own and ditch the TV show.
DeleteYou do realize the right man has to be around. Some people don't find the right one until later in life. Like my dad, who was 40.
DeleteIf you haven't found the right one, you just haven't. I'm glad she hasn't settled for someone less than out of pressure from family or fans.
Delete“Jill did not seem to mind Derick” . I guess thats good enough for a happy marriage! If that’s an acceptable reason to get married then I guess your question as to why Jana hasn’t found a man is valid😁
DeletePeople who are single should not be pressured or badgered about finding a spouse. I've known quite a few individuals who married the wrong person for the wrong reasons, the main one being they thought no one better would come along. It's unfortunate that Jana is a part of a TV show that reduces her identity to being the older sibling who isn't married. Still living with her mom and dad at the age of 30 reinforces this spinster image. I loved my parents dearly, but living with them indefinitely would have stifled my maturity and growth as an individual. The psychological benefits of providing for yourself and pursuing your independent goals far outweigh whatever physical comforts there may be from living at your childhood home. The truth of the matter is that the Duggars embrace the IBLP patriarchal ideology. Daughters are expected to remain under the authority of their father until marriage. Despite this, I do hope Jana challenges this doctrine and makes a break for independence.
DeleteJana gave a hint of why it maybe has taken so long in the last episode. Up to now she seems to have wanted to settle down in Arkansas. Now that she has done more traveling with her siblings and family, I get the sense that she seems to be more OK with the idea of someone from outside Arkansas. Provided that he is the love of her life, she would be open. Who knows, maybe she has had her eyes on someone outside Arkansas, and the other suitors have not met his standard. Who knows.
DeleteI feel like Big Sandy has been a location where these kids at least get a look at members of the opposite sex and an opportunity to chat with them. Maybe at 30 and above you no longer attend unless you’re married with children!
DeleteThat was an amazing greenhouse they built. I wonder how it will work in the winter when it's cold outside. Will they bring some heater inside?
ReplyDeleteIf that was filmed last fall, then I don't know why they showed baby tomato plants in the greenhouse. You'd kill them for sure over winter without enough sun producing enough heat. Plus tomatoes need much more sunlight than winter in a greenhouse can provide, and they need nights to be 70 degrees or above in order to set blossoms.
DeleteWhat....what do you think a greenhouse is???
DeleteSeeing as that greenhouse has no power, no water, no automatic ventilation, no lights, I'd say it didn't work very well last winter.
DeleteI've never gotten tomatoes to grow in a greenhouse over winter. Lettuce and spinach yes, but the summer blossoming plants, no. You'd need more climate control and light than what Jana has.
DeleteIt's interesting how this episode showed Jana happy but the episode we saw where they were in the greenhouse painting, which was filmed later, she is anything but happy. She seems to have gotten more and more resentful about filming as the season progressed. She needs to move on to something other than being an actress on her father's show.
ReplyDeleteWell Jana isn't going to do anything EXCEPT what her parents tell her to do regarding the show. I don't think she enjoys being on it, but has no choice in the matter.
Delete@10:18 I noticed that too.
DeleteI think Jana loves being the center of attention.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with the comment that many students attend colleges and universities, don't live at home while doing it and DO NOT spend their time getting drunk. Attending college ( a real one) where a young person develops time management skills, social skills and broadens their horizons and develops their own personal views on life could be the best experience they have. Most students come out of college educated, focused on their careers and have matured. Some do get drunk but like all things, people vary. This is not a reason to forbid your children to attend a real college.
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly agree @6:56. Lumping all college students into the drunk category is not only unfair, it shows real lack of understanding.
DeleteIt could be that Jana is not wanting too or is afraid of starting over in a way. living at home she is living on a nice piece of property, has a beautiful garden, a big house to live in, cars to drive, travel whenever, possibly no bills. If she was to marry, depending on the financial status of her husband, she would have to start from the bottom up. Or she could just be nervous of leaving her family. I mean its all she knows.
ReplyDeleteSomebody on this blog, please tell me that Jana has her own bedroom. I hope she's not still sharing a bedroom with her younger sisters.
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