Did an old friend, Jonathan Hartono, just ask Jim Bob Duggar for permission to court Jana Duggar? "Counting On" fans have been playing Cupid with Jana since she was a teen. The oldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar is still unmarried despite many of the younger "19 Kids and Counting" getting hitched. Jana has been dubbed "Cinderella Duggar."
Love finds Jana Duggar?
Neither Jana, 27, nor Hartono have confirmed speculations of their courtship but the he gave a strong hint. Hartono posted pictures on his Tumblr and Instagram of himself and Jim Bob bowling and titled it "1 on 1."
Big deal, you say?
It's a very big thing in the "19 Kids and Counting" household. The fundamentalist Christian family does dating the old-fashioned way. A suitor asks the patriarch for permission to court the daughter and father accepts or rejects him.
So, the bowling game was a kind of Queen Esther thing with Mr. Duggar playing Ahasuerus. Hartono must have been pretty nervous waiting for the "Counting On" king to raise his scepter or not. Jessa Duggar's husband Ben and Jill Duggar's beau Derick Dillard found the courtship gauntlet scary too.
Jana and Jonathan join Joy-Anna Duggar and Austin Forsyth?
"Counting On" fans are already busy planning one fantasy wedding for 19-year-old Joy-Anna Duggar and her beau Austin Forsyth.
The couple is well underway in their engagement and already had a joint bachelorette and bachelor party.
Their shared camping trip raised a few eyebrows as Duggar courtship involves a no-touch clause. Newlyweds Jinger Duggar and her husband Jeremy Vuolo bypassed that part of the courting to some extent with full frontal hugs and cuddling with no Michelle Duggar insinuated between them.
Austin and Joy-Anna seem to be trailblazing a new era in "19 Kids and Counting" courting too.
Jana Duggar wants love when it's ready to happen
All this "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaking between Jana Duggar and various supposed beaus must get tedious. Internet yente have linked her with Tim Tebow and "Bringing Up Bates" star Lawson Bates.
But Jana wants Mr. Right only when God sends and dad Jim Bob approves him. So the reality television star lives at home, works as a first responder and cares for her siblings of "19 Kids and Counting."
Jana helps out married sisters Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard with their children. She even assisted Anna Duggar through the sex scandal and pedophilia ordeal that Anna's husband, Josh Duggar landed them in.
The couple doesn't appear on the new reality TV show "Counting On." But kind-hearted Jana was there to support her sister-in-law with four young kids and one on the way.