Jana Duggar Breaks Family Tradition in Early Days of Romance with Stephen Wissman
Jana Duggar, 34, is giving fans a glimpse into the early days of her romance with now-husband Stephen Wissman, 31, and it’s clear that they didn’t follow a traditional courtship.
In a recent YouTube video titled “Surprising My Boyfriend at Work,” Jana and two of her younger sisters took a road trip to Nebraska to visit Wissman, who was working on an irrigation system. The video shows Jana FaceTiming Wissman to figure out where he was on the job site, and once he realized she was in town, he hopped in his truck to find her. “It made his whole day — and mine,” Jana gushed in a caption.
When they first saw each other, Jana and Wissman ran toward each other and shared a front-facing hug. Later, she joined him in his car, and they held hands during the entire drive. These subtle actions were a departure from her family’s traditional courtship rules.
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Jana’s family, including her parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, typically follow a traditional courtship with certain rules, such as going on dates with chaperones, no hand-holding or other forms of PDA, and only greeting each other with side hugs. However, Jana and Wissman opted to break from these rules, with Jana referring to Wissman as her “boyfriend,” embracing front hugs, and holding hands — not to mention wearing jeans in public.
Jana and Wissman tied the knot in Arkansas earlier this month, making her the 12th Duggar sibling to walk down the aisle. “I think it is one of those things that all girls envision someday,” Jana recalled. “For me, it felt like, ‘OK, it’s never coming.’ But now it’s starting to sink in. Reality is starting to set in. And I’m like, ‘Wow, this truly is something that I’ve dreamed of.’ And just to see it coming about is incredible and kind of hard to believe. It’s a dream come true.”
Now that Jana and Wissman are married, she has relocated to Nebraska to start their new life together. In the YouTube video, Jana explained that her visit was set up to handle “some stuff for house projects.” The video ended with a caption teasing a house tour, saying “Coming soon!”
Jana and Wissman had known each other for years as their parents are family friends — Jana’s brother Jeremiah Duggar is even married to Wissman’s sister Hannah Wissman — before their bond turned romantic. Eventually, Jana realized that Stephen was The One, and they got engaged earlier this summer.
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