My Household Went Into HIDING After Josh’s Scandal!

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Josh Duggar is a predator and a disgraced felony.

He’s presently rotting in jail the place he belongs.

However Josh’s scandals have plagued his household for over a decade, now — starting lengthy earlier than his arrest and trial.

Jinger and her husband are considering again to that first huge scandal. Her entire household went into hiding.

It was speculated to be an episode about courtship

Throughout the remaining Jinger & Jeremy podcast episode of January, the eponymous hosts delved into relationship. Or, you realize, their model of it.

A lot of what they mentioned involved concepts about relationship as evangelical Christians.

They even mentioned unrealistic requirements — seems to be, wealth, and particular biblical verses describing private and marital purity.

Nevertheless, Jing and Jer additionally touched upon the less-than-ideal circumstances of their first assembly.

“After I met you, your loved ones was actually in hiding,” Jeremy recalled.

He was exaggerating — however solely barely.

“Like, I met you after which it was, like, three or 4 months later,” Jeremy described.

“I am going out and go to Ben [Seewald] and Jessa [Duggar],” he continued, “and every thing broke.”

Jeremy specified that he was referring to “the information of the primary scandal.”

He then reiterated: “And your loved ones’s actually in hiding.”

This low level in her household’s life didn’t drive him away

“I had a relationship with you thru these months,” Jeremy affirmed.

“And,” he narrated to his spouse, “I’m watching the way you have been responding to your life crumble on worldwide headlines.”

To him, nonetheless, this wasn’t a complete bouquet of purple flags to scare him off from the Duggar household.

As an alternative, he noticed this as Jinger and her family members practising what they preach. (Which is actually one interpretation)

“And I used to be going, ‘OK, this isn’t idea. That is truly actual life that her religion is in follow,’” Jeremy described.

Jinger, too, recalled that point of their early courtship when her future husband was her shelter within the storm.

“I used to be glad that you just have been in a position to be round at the moment,” she expressed.

Jinger defined that she felt that manner “as a result of I feel you noticed our household in a spot that lots of people weren’t in a position to have a entrance row seat to.”

She added: “And I used to be grateful for that.”

In case your associate has already gone by way of the exhausting occasions with you earlier than issues get severe, then you understand how they’ll reply in a disaster. A good climate pal is dangerous sufficient — however a good climate associate is worse.

We’ve heard of weirder meet-cutes, proper?

That was very informative for a podcast that was ostensibly a pre-Valentine’s Day submit about evangelical quasi-dating.

And, in case you’re questioning concerning the timeline, Jinger and Jeremy are speaking about her disgraced brother’s first scandal.

In 2015, the Ashley Madison leak revealed that Josh was dishonest on his spouse. The world quickly realized of Josh’s historical past of sexual predation — molesting 5 younger women as a youngster, together with 4 of his personal sisters.

That turned out to solely be a preamble for his eventual arrest and present incarceration.

However, someway, it helped Jinger and Jeremy understand that they have been a very good match for one another.