{"id":1201365,"date":"2022-09-09T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/jessa-duggar-sparks-divorce-rumors-ive-been-a-thoughtless-wife\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:24:10","slug":"jessa-duggar-sparks-divorce-rumors-ive-been-a-thoughtless-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/jessa-duggar-sparks-divorce-rumors-ive-been-a-thoughtless-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessa Duggar Sparks Divorce Rumors: I&#8217;ve Been a Thoughtless Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jessa Duggar rarely speaks about her marriage.<\/p>\n<p>And when she does, it\u2019s the usual Duggar drivel about how her husband leads and she follows, and being a subservient wife is her favorite thing in the world after going to church.<\/p>\n<p>But from time to time, Jessa speaks candidly and admits that her life is not as hunky-dory as it seems.<\/p>\n<p>And her latest confession had to do with recent rough patches in her relationship with husband Ben Seewald.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-455188 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-11-at-8.51.27-AM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jessa and Ben in a sponsored content post. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, Jessa posted a photo of Ben cooking (below), and fans expected the usual Duggar ode to the quiet joys of domestic life.<\/p>\n<p>And indeed, things started out that way, as Jessa observed that she \u201cmarried up in every way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there, however, Jessa threw us a curveball and admitted that while Ben was making pizza, she was contemplating the many ways in their marriage had gone wrong.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-8.57.42-AM-828x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-457596\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-457596 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-8.57.42-AM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jessa Duggar recently admitted to trouble in her marriage to Ben Seewald. Are these two on the rocks? (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have differing opinions, and we have to talk through things and work them out,\u201d Jessa informed her followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe speak hastily and have to repent of our thoughtlessness. Offenses inevitably happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a second there, it sounded like Jessa was building up to making some sort of serious announcement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jessa-duggar-on-video.png\" alt=\"Jessa Duggar on Video\" class=\"wp-image-416289\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"540\" alt=\"Jessa Duggar on Video\" class=\"wp-image-416289 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jessa-duggar-on-video.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jessa Duggar looks into the camera in this still from a YouTube video and talks about her mental health. (Photo via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But at the end of the post, she veered back into familiar Duggar territory,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow we deal with them, and how we respond to one another, makes all the difference in whether our relationship thrives or dies,\u201d Jessa observed.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, in the end, it was just more boring, boilerplate marital advice from a Duggar who thinks she\u2019s an expert on just about everything (as they all do).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"943\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jessa-with-the-fam.png\" alt=\"Jessa with the Fam\" class=\"wp-image-343998\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"943\" height=\"1016\" alt=\"Jessa with the Fam\" class=\"wp-image-343998 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jessa-with-the-fam.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jessa Duggar wears sandals with socks, poses with her family. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some fans who didn\u2019t read closely walked away with the impression that Jessa and Ben\u2019s relationship was in serious trouble.<\/p>\n<p>But we think the bits about not getting along with her husband were merely offered up so that her advice to married couples wouldn\u2019t sound so boastful.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, fans praised Jessa for being so \u201ctruthful\u201d and acted like she\u2019d just offered some sort of profound insight into the state of modern marriage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jessa-duggar-and-ben-seewald-pregnancy-announcement.png\" alt=\"Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald Pregnancy Announcement\" class=\"wp-image-402083\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"937\" alt=\"Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald Pregnancy Announcement\" class=\"wp-image-402083 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jessa-duggar-and-ben-seewald-pregnancy-announcement.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>That\u2019s what Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald posing with yet another sonogram photo! (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSome marriages, depending on the individual personalities, are more difficult than others, causing daily frustration and mental fatigue,\u201d wrote one such commenter, according to UK tabloid <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt requires a tremendous amount of will and energy to forgive, to be patient, to be loving, and to be quiet in some instances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These days, Jessa is rumored to be pregnant with her fifth child, but there\u2019s been no confirmation or denial on her part.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"912\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-22-at-12.41.04-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450302\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"912\" height=\"681\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450302 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-22-at-12.41.04-PM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jessa shows off her family. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regardless of whether or not she\u2019s currently knocked up, Jessa probably will welcome at least one more kid at some point.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, she\u2019ll probably continue to offer unsolicited advice to her Instagram followers.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that with her reality TV career at an end, Jessa has set her sights on becoming a sort of fundie Oprah.<\/p>\n<p>And who knows \u2014 it might work out for her!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessa Duggar rarely speaks about her marriage. And when she does, it\u2019s the usual Duggar drivel about how her husband leads and she follows, and being a subservient wife is her favorite thing in the world after going to church. But from time to time, Jessa speaks candidly and admits that her life is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1201366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}