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Jason Duggar appears to be headed down the aisle. The 24-year-old Duggar soft-launched a relatiosnhip on Instagram, but he's not sharing additional details.

Published on May 30, 2024

It looks like it is official: The Duggar family has another courtship in the works. Jason Duggar, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 12th child, appears to be courting. The 24-year-old is just one of three Duggar sons who remain unmarried. Here is everything we know about Jason’s dating life.

Jason Duggar appears to be courting

Jason Duggar took to Instagram on May 29 to share photos of himself looking cozy with a woman. The Duggar son is pictured in shorts and a polo shirt on the beach with a woman wearing a flowy white dress. In the series of photos, the duo looks pretty relaxed. Jason captioned the post with a simple white heart. Friends and family rushed to comment on the pictures.

Jason, who is pretty picky about what he shares on Instagram, is keeping most of the details of his love life private. While his siblings before him have all shared their partner’s names and faces on social media, Jason is going in a different direction. All of the photos Jason shared obscured his potential love’s face. She was not tagged in the photos.

Duggar family followers have some thoughts on who Jason Duggar might be dating

The photos Jason opted to share specifically obscured his partner’s face, making it difficult to figure out who the 24-year-old might be dating. Duggar family followers, however, have a couple of theories.

Reddit users flooded to a sub dedicated to the Duggar family to discuss Jason’s potential partner. For years, critics have theorized that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s twelfth child might be dating a woman named Claire. Some followers think the mystery woman is Claire. Still, not everyone is convinced that she is the one Jason has made things Instagram official with.

Other users argue that Jason might be courting one of Gil and Kelly Jo Bates’ daughters. The Duggars and the Bates family were close friends. While Gil and Kelly Jo Bates appear to have put some distance between themselves and Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, at least publicly, their kids remain closely linked. Duggar followers noted that many of Gil and Kelly Jo’s kids and their spouses commented on Jason’s Instagram post, suggesting that Jason could be courting a Bates daughter. So, which one could he be dating? Addallee Bates, 18, is the only Bates old enough to date Jason.

Jason and his mystery lady are not following Duggar courtship rules

Regardless of who Jason is seeing, things are getting serious. The camera-shy couple is breaking all sorts of Duggar family rules if they are just dating.

Jason’s mystery lady isn’t following the Duggar family’s strict modesty guidelines in the photos shared on Instagram. Not only is her dress showing off her knees, but the spaghetti-strap ensemble would have been considered verboten by the Duggars several years ago. The dress code for many families in the Duggars’ social circle has grown rather lax in recent years.

Jason and his love interest also appear extremely comfortable with each other. The duo were snapped holding hands, hugging closely, and acting affectionately toward each other. Hand-holding and affectionate touching are generally off-limits for the family until engagement. “Front hugs,” as the family calls them, are reserved for marriage. Many Duggars seemed to follow the strict guidelines while 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On were on the air. Those same couples later came out to admit they broke some rules when the cameras weren’t rolling.

At this point, it is unclear if the photo shoot is a courtship or engagement announcement. No wedding registry associated with Jason Duggar appears to exist right now.

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