When Justin Duggar started courting Claire Spivey, he shared the news with fans on an episode of Counting On.

Though Justin was very young — just 17 at the time — nothing about the situation was especially unusual.

We might think it’s gross that parents are encouraging their teenage sons and daughters to get married (and it is), but that’s just the way things work in the Duggar clan.

As the relationship progressed, however, something very unexpected happened.

With the wedding date drawing closer, the couple began to take a much more secretive approach to the planning process.

It was the beginning of a new era for the Duggar family, one in which they would keep the details of their lives under wraps as much as…



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