The Duggalos: Jinger and the Holy Goalie

[Lunera]

1 hour ago, Sew Sumi said:

When IS the CO premiere? Not for months, I imagine. I think Joy will be pregnant before Jinger 

No clue. I just assumed it was soon because last year it premiered in February. 

[Sew Sumi]

What is there to film between June (Mary's funeral) and the November babypalooza? That's why I think the season is months away; they're typically at least 6 months behind real time.

Edited January 22, 2020 by Sew Sumi

[awaken]

Who are these “close friends “ they speak of?

definitely looks pregnant in that dress!

why are both of them posting this a month later?

[ouinason]

Maybe they think she looks preggers in that dress too, so they waited til AFTER the G3 pics, where she definitely does NOT look preggers, to avoid too much speculation.  

Or, maybe she is preggers and they are about ready to announce.

Or they didn't have anything else to post today.

[PikaScrewChu]

1 hour ago, Lunera said:

No clue. I just assumed it was soon because last year it premiered in February. 

There's nothing about a winter premiere date yet. Which is very odd, but like @Sew Sumi said what is there to film?

[Temperance]

I don't know when the season starts, but Jinger may need to announce if she is pregnant depending on when she's due. 

If she's pregnant, they've probably been waiting to announce until after the holidays and when Abbie had her baby. 

That picture seems to be teasing an announcement. 

Of course except for the die-hard fans I get the sense nobody will care too much. Most people just assume one of the Duggars is always pregnant. 

[mynextmistake]

6 minutes ago, Temperance said:

I don't know when the season starts, but Jinger may need to announce if she is pregnant depending on when she's due. 

If she's pregnant, they've probably been waiting to announce until after the holidays and when Abbie had her baby. 

That picture seems to be teasing an announcement. 

Of course except for the die-hard fans I get the sense nobody will care too much. Most people just assume one of the Duggars is always pregnant. 

I don’t think the picture is teasing anything, although I think it’s weird that they’re just now sharing pictures from a month ago. There have been pictures of Jinger taken since this picture in which she doesn’t look pregnant *at all,* much less pregnant enough to need to camouflage it with a loose dress. Unless she has since secretly had the baby and they’re keeping it in a closet until they need a really big Instagram reveal, I don’t think she was visibly pregnant when these photos were taken. 

[andromeda331]

11 minutes ago, mynextmistake said:

I don’t think the picture is teasing anything, although I think it’s weird that they’re just now sharing pictures from a month ago. There have been pictures of Jinger taken since this picture in which she doesn’t look pregnant *at all,* much less pregnant enough to need to camouflage it with a loose dress. Unless she has since secretly had the baby and they’re keeping it in a closet until they need a really big Instagram reveal, I don’t think she was visibly pregnant when these photos were taken. 

That part is weird. Why not mention the party after her birthday and put up pictures? Who waits a month before putting up pictures? Especially people as picture obsesses as Jeremy (maybe Jinger?) who posts tons of pictures of him eating and/or in restaurants. I know Jeremy is all about Jeremy but why wait so long to "show" what a great husband he is by throwing his wife a surprise birthday party and soak up all the amazing comments about what a perfect husband he is?

[Snow Fairy]

Why do we think Jinger is not eating, or not as much?

I have a two friends, very skinny, and they can eat what they want without getting fat

[floridamom]

I agree that Jinger's dress doesn't look good on her.. Her hair is awful in that photo too. She's not wearing any nylons either; her knees don't look good without them.

We assume she doesn't eat very much because in the past, she has been shown picking at the food in her plate. She has also ordered hamburgers,, etc, without the bread. They're wrapped in lettuce. I believe that she hardly eats.

I have a hard time believing them about such 'dear friends'...heck, they now live in California. They just moved there 6 months ago. It takes longer than 6 months, IMO, to develop deep relationships with new people that you have just met to call them 'dear friends' 'good friends'. They really don't know these people or much about their lives. All surface crap IMO.

[DangerousMinds]

5 hours ago, Snow Fairy said:

Why do we think Jinger is not eating, or not as much?

I have a two friends, very skinny, and they can eat what they want without getting fat

She may very well be naturally skinny, but having worked with ED patients, I have a gut feeling  based on what we’ve seen of her behaviors that she has some kind of eating disorder. Of course I could be completely wrong.

Edited January 22, 2020 by DangerousMinds

[Barb23]

15 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

 

"...special night of celebrating Jinger."

Does this mean they served Jinger Ale, Jingerbread, Jingerbread Men, Jinger Tea or Jinger Beer?

I agree with you @floridamom about Jinger's knees & she would look better with nylons.  (I actually think all of the ladies would look better with hose.) That's the first thing I noticed in the picture. 

5 hours ago, Snow Fairy said:

 

I have a two friends, very skinny, and they can eat what they want without getting fat

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I used to be one of those people. 

Edited January 22, 2020 by Barb23

[skatelady]

1 hour ago, DangerousMinds said:

She may very well be naturally skinny, but having worked with ED patients, I have a gut feeling  based on what we’ve seen of her behaviors that she has some kind of eating disorder. Of course I could be completely wrong.

I'm so glad you clarified that ED is eating disorder. Because I wasn't sure how erectile dysfunction was relevant!

[YupItsMe]

She still looks loads healthier than she did before the wedding.

[CalicoKitty]

I find nothing noteworthy about a hamburger with no bun.  I always order with lettuce wrap instead of a bun.

[emma675]

As someone who has struggled with an eating disorder in the past, I try to avoid making judgments on anyone when it comes to their size. I have very skinny friends who can eat anything and not gain weight, very heavy friends who carefully watch what they eat and cannot lose weight, and "normal" sized friends who struggle with eating disorders. Whether someone picks at their food, eats a hamburger with lettuce buns, or eats a ton doesn't mean they have an eating disorder. I actually had Graves disease at one point and was down to under 100 pounds and probably looked like the picture of an eating disorder and I was eating my own body weight in bread every day. I'll fault Jinger for a lot of things, but I'm not going to speculate on if she has an eating disorder. That's not fair. 

 

[JustRosie]

52 minutes ago, YupItsMe said:

She still looks loads healthier than she did before the wedding.

Did we ever discover why she was crying after her wedding?

[DangerousMinds]

At the very least, I think Jinger very consciously restricts her food intake. Disordered eating habits. I stand by my assessment.

[Zella]

1 hour ago, DangerousMinds said:

At the very least, I think Jinger very consciously restricts her food intake. Disordered eating habits. I stand by my assessment.

A lot of the Duggar kids seem to have some type of food issues, from Jill hiding in the bathroom to eat to the widespread plate-licking. I really do think the plate-licking goes beyond just bad manners.

I have my own dysfunctional relationship with food, so it's just purely speculation on my part based on personal experience. 

[absnow54]

3 hours ago, Barb23 said:

I agree with you @floridamom about Jinger's knees & she would look better with nylons.  (I actually think all of the ladies would look better with hose.) That's the first thing I noticed in the picture. 

Are nylons much of a thing anymore? I'm a few years older than Jinger and haven't bought panty hose since elementary school for music concerts. I work in a fairly casual environment though where jeans are the norm, so I may be out of touch on these types of things, but I thought bare legs were pretty much standard now unless you were accessorizing with dark tights or leggings.

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, absnow54 said:

Are nylons much of a thing anymore? I'm a few years older than Jinger and haven't bought panty hose since elementary school for music concerts. I work in a fairly casual environment though where jeans are the norm, so I may be out of touch on these types of things, but I thought bare legs were pretty much standard now unless you were accessorizing with dark tights or leggings.

It doesn't look like the other women have on nylons. 

[Oldernowiser]

I blame “Sex and The City” for killing pantyhose, and as someone whose feet blister way too easily, I am very grateful I was no longer in a profession that required office wear when it happened.

Jinger is in Southern California. She’s married to an Instagram junkie who is obsessed with appearance over substance. I notice we never see her about to chomp down on any of the freebie crap, just RFP. She grew up in a semi-feral pack.

So does she have food issues? I am going to say yes.

[DangerousMinds]

48 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

It doesn't look like the other women have on nylons. 

Most women don’t wear nylons much, but the Duggars simply have unfortunate looking legs.

[Fostersmom]

3 hours ago, absnow54 said:

Are nylons much of a thing anymore? I'm a few years older than Jinger and haven't bought panty hose since elementary school for music concerts. I work in a fairly casual environment though where jeans are the norm, so I may be out of touch on these types of things, but I thought bare legs were pretty much standard now unless you were accessorizing with dark tights or leggings.

Not a thing at all. I remember reading a tabloid story about the palace staff having to tell Kate she had to stop going without them when they were engaged, so that was already a fashion trend even then. 

[Suzn]

1 minute ago, Fostersmom said:

Not a thing at all. I remember reading a tabloid story about the palace staff having to tell Kate she had to stop going without them when they were engaged, so that was already a fashion trend even then. 

I'm old.  I still wear pantyhose and will as long as they make them.  They look better than bare legs and I don't like the feel of bare feet in shoes. Ick!

[HoneyBeach]

I don't know if Jinger has an eating disorder or not, but she is definitely careful of what she eats. In an episode where they were at the TTH, everyone is eating ice cream and she discreetly transfers half her ice cream into Jeremy's bowl. When the sisters made spaghetti and meatballs for everyone, Jinger had a meatball and a big plate of salad. When she and Jeremy went for fajitas in Laredo, she had not tortillas. So she is very mindful of her weight? health? figure? She looks thin, but healthy to me. Of course, I eat everything in sight! And yes, I did pay that much attention to her food, cause I always notice food.

[JAYJAY1979]

Considering all the weird stuff she ate growing up (tator tot casserole, etc)... maybe it's a good thing she eats more healthy.  

[Absolom]

3 hours ago, Oldernowiser said:

Jinger is in Southern California.

You can hold your breath waiting to see a woman in stockings out in public in Los Angeles.  I think I saw my daughter last wear stockings to court six years ago.  And that was only because they were required in civil and criminal court.  That was possibly the last year they were required and the next year pants were allowed and out with the stockings.  Court was I think the last place stockings were seen regularly and I haven't seen people wear them in regular places for decades.

[cmr2014]

For a lot of young women, an eating disorder is a control issue. They feel that they have little control in their lives, and their food intake is one thing they can control. Jinger would certainly fall under the umbrella of a "young woman with little control over her life."

I can hardly tell if that's the case from a few still photos, but it wouldn't surprise me. As @Zella mentioned, we know that they have a lot of food issues: fat Josh, Jill eating in the closet, Joe licking his plate, Josiah obsessing about candy, Josie licking -- everything.

[Zella]

59 minutes ago, cmr2014 said:

Josie licking -- everything.

I always used to assume that Josie licking stuff was just her being undisciplined. But last year, I read a bio of Chris Farley that talked a lot about his compulsive licking as part of his OCD. Like, he would lick items of clothing before he put them on and he would lick stuff in his wallet, and he would lick posts and stairs as he walked. And it wasn't just him trying to weird people out--he just couldn't help himself. 

Not saying that is Josie's issue, but ever since I read that book, I've wondered about her licking tic and if there are some psychological issues behind it. 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Zella

[Lunera]

4 hours ago, HoneyBeach said:

I don't know if Jinger has an eating disorder or not, but she is definitely careful of what she eats. In an episode where they were at the TTH, everyone is eating ice cream and she discreetly transfers half her ice cream into Jeremy's bowl. When the sisters made spaghetti and meatballs for everyone, Jinger had a meatball and a big plate of salad. When she and Jeremy went for fajitas in Laredo, she had not tortillas. So she is very mindful of her weight? health? figure? She looks thin, but healthy to me. Of course, I eat everything in sight! And yes, I did pay that much attention to her food, cause I always notice food.

There was also an episode where Jessa made quiche and she only ate the the egg part. She has definitely looked healthier since Felicity was born but maybe is struggling with that extra weight. 

I think she definitely struggled with an eating disorder in her early 20s.

Compare to teen Jinger

[awaken]

23 minutes ago, Lunera said:

There was also an episode where Jessa made quiche and she only ate the the egg part. She has definitely looked healthier since Felicity was born but maybe is struggling with that extra weight. 

I think she definitely struggled with an eating disorder in her early 20s.

Compare to teen Jinger

 I have never seen any resemblance between Jinger and Josh, but in that second picture, she looks so much like him! 😱

And are these “close friends” people they’ve just met in LA, flew out from Laredo, PA, Arkansas, or what?

[Sew Sumi]

1 hour ago, Lunera said:

There was also an episode where Jessa made quiche and she only ate the the egg part. She has definitely looked healthier since Felicity was born but maybe is struggling with that extra weight. 

I think she definitely struggled with an eating disorder in her early 20s.

Compare to teen Jinger

I was going to mention remembering her with the lollipop head, but I didn't have proof. She was way too thin back then. That was also during her spray tan phase. 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Sew Sumi

[farmgal4]

11 hours ago, Namaste said:

Did we ever discover why she was crying after her wedding?

She was??  Details, please!

[JustRosie]

5 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

She was??  Details, please!

There are pics of Jinger and Jeremy coming out of the church together. She is crying in the pics. I don’t know how to post the pics. If you google Jinger Duggar wedding pics cry they come up. 

[farmgal4]

7 hours ago, Oldernowiser said:

I blame “Sex and The City” for killing pantyhose, and as someone whose feet blister way too easily, I am very grateful I was no longer in a profession that required office wear when it happened.

Jinger is in Southern California. She’s married to an Instagram junkie who is obsessed with appearance over substance. I notice we never see her about to chomp down on any of the freebie crap, just RFP. She grew up in a semi-feral pack.

So does she have food issues? I am going to say yes.

I know for a fact that she uses some type of exercise video at home.  I could hear the instructor’s voice and Jinger breathing heavily, like she was exerting herself.  

[Sew Sumi]

14 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

I know for a fact that she uses some type of exercise video at home.  I could hear the instructor’s voice and Jinger breathing heavily, like she was exerting herself.  

When was this?

[mynextmistake]

 

5 hours ago, HoneyBeach said:

I don't know if Jinger has an eating disorder or not, but she is definitely careful of what she eats. In an episode where they were at the TTH, everyone is eating ice cream and she discreetly transfers half her ice cream into Jeremy's bowl. When the sisters made spaghetti and meatballs for everyone, Jinger had a meatball and a big plate of salad. When she and Jeremy went for fajitas in Laredo, she had not tortillas. So she is very mindful of her weight? health? figure? She looks thin, but healthy to me. Of course, I eat everything in sight! And yes, I did pay that much attention to her food, cause I always notice food.

All the older Duggar girls are thin. I think Jana’s even thinner than Jinger, and Jill, Joy and Jessa aren’t very much bigger than she is. I don’t think any of them look unhealthy. It’s interesting that the second wave of Duggar girls, except Josie, are a bit plumper and look healthier than the older girls did at their age. That suggests to me that a lot of the older girls are probably slim partially because they suffered from caloric malnutrition. The rest of it is probably internalized nonsense from Gothard via Michelle about how thinness equates to godliness. 

It sounds like Jinger is doing Atkins or Keto or some kind of low-carb eating plan. 

23 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

I know for a fact that she uses some type of exercise video at home.  I could hear the instructor’s voice and Jinger breathing heavily, like she was exerting herself.  

Jeremy has said Jinger works out every day, and they have some workout equipment (barbells, etc.) at home.

[MsJamieDornan]

13 hours ago, Namaste said:

14 hours ago, YupItsMe said:

 

Did we ever discover why she was crying after her wedding?

Was she also yelling " Im free !!!!!" ??

[Minivanessa]

8 hours ago, Namaste said:

There are pics of Jinger and Jeremy coming out of the church together. She is crying in the pics. I don’t know how to post the pics. If you google Jinger Duggar wedding pics cry they come up. 

I think that we can read absolutely nothing into why she cried. A wedding is such a big emotional event that strong emotions are evoked in many people. I watched a young relative get married, and he and his bride both had tears rolling down their faces during the ceremony. They will celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, have a strong marriage, are raising some great kids, and are actually each others' best friends although they have plenty of other friends and close relatives. I suppose some dimwit could have watched them cry at their wedding, and read all sorts of nasty things into it - and they would have been wrong. IMO, same with Jinger. Those could have been tears of joy to finally escape the TTH, tears of relief that the wedding was over, tears of stress, tears of fear of the wedding night - and so forth. We really don't know.

 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Jeeves

[Westiepeach]

9 hours ago, Namaste said:

There are pics of Jinger and Jeremy coming out of the church together. She is crying in the pics. I don’t know how to post the pics. If you google Jinger Duggar wedding pics cry they come up. 

 

[PikaScrewChu]

19 hours ago, Zella said:

A lot of the Duggar kids seem to have some type of food issues, from Jill hiding in the bathroom to eat to the widespread plate-licking. I really do think the plate-licking goes beyond just bad manners.

I have my own dysfunctional relationship with food, so it's just purely speculation on my part based on personal experience. 

It's quite telling how fast Josh gained weight once he was married off. Even more so when he was at the FRC and the Smuggars were eating fast food (seemingly) every day. He also had a fairly big obsession with food on social media before Jesus Jail. 

I half wonder if the food insecurity is why Jill is constantly posting her beige colored recipes on social media.

Edited January 23, 2020 by PikaScrewChu

[mimionthebeach]

25 minutes ago, Westiepeach said:

 

Is it so odd for a bride to get emotional at their wedding? Isn't it normal? It's kind of a big day, big change, something she's been really excited about and looking forward to, the first time since the day she was born that she was the centre of attention. That it's something sinister is way down the list of probabilities, I think. 🤷‍♀️

[BigBingerBro]

I'm also going to join the "crying at weddings is normal" club.  If anything, for a Duggar, it was unusually normal to see some true emotion from her.

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, BigBingerBro said:

I'm also going to join the "crying at weddings is normal" club.  If anything, for a Duggar, it was unusually normal to see some true emotion from her.

I agree. 

[Zella]

Yeah I don't place too much significance on her crying at her wedding. It's an emotional time for anyone, and I imagine Jinger was probably both excited to leave the life she knew while also being nervous. I am not a Jeremy fan--as you all know--but the look on his face is not one of someone who just made his new bride cry because he was being an asshole. It looks like a combo of "Are you okay?" and "I don't know what's happening." Jinger herself may not even have been able to articulate/understand why she was crying at that moment. (Not saying that to denigrate her--I think a lot of people would be similar in not being able to fully explain all the complex emotions in that moment.)

Edited January 23, 2020 by Zella

[farmgal4]

14 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

When was this?

A few months ago on their IG story.

[Scarlett45]

On 1/22/2020 at 12:53 PM, absnow54 said:

Are nylons much of a thing anymore? I'm a few years older than Jinger and haven't bought panty hose since elementary school for music concerts. I work in a fairly casual environment though where jeans are the norm, so I may be out of touch on these types of things, but I thought bare legs were pretty much standard now unless you were accessorizing with dark tights or leggings.

I own nylons as a layering piece- 1. I’m always cold, 2. The chicago winters don’t play, OR 3. if I’m going to a formal event in the winter, if I’m wearing spanx anyway, why not attach hose to them? But I see nothing odd about Jinger not wearing nylons in LA of all places. 

[drafan]

10 hours ago, Westiepeach said:

 

I don't think she's crying.  Looks more like she just caught sight of Joshley.

[kokapetl]