Michelle Dugga’s ‘Joyfully Available’ Marriage Advice Resurfaces
Michelle Duggar is under renewed scrutiny after a resurfaced blog post revealed controversial marriage advice urging women to be “joyfully available” to their husbands. RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The guidance, which Michelle shared on The Duggar Family in October 2015 bloggingwas originally passed on by a friend who she said offered insight into maintaining a “happy” marriage.
Recalling the conversation, Michelle said her friend emphasized that while household chores could be done by anyone, intimacy was something only a woman could provide.
“She told me, ‘Michelle, I know you’re so excited. You’re a bride-to-be… You have to remember this. Anyone can iron Jim Bob’s shirt; anyone can make him lunch. He can get his lunch somewhere else. But you’re the only one who can meet the special need he has in his life for intimacy. It’s you. You’re the only one. So remember, he needs you.'”
The advice went further, urging women not to overlook their husbands’ needs, even after long, exhausting days of childcare.
“So if you’re exhausted at the end of the day, maybe from dealing with the little ones, and you fall into bed at night so exhausted, don’t forget about him, because you and him are the only ones who can have that time together. No one else in the world can meet that need,” she explained.
The advice continued: “And so be available, and not just available, but be joyfully available for him. Smile and be willing to say, ‘Yes, honey, I’m here for you,’ no matter what, even though you may be exhausted and heavily pregnant and you may not be feeling the way he’s feeling. ‘I’m still here for you, and I’m going to meet that need because I know it’s a need for you.'”
That same year, Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar discussed new household rules during an interview with Megyn Kelly, revealing changes made after incidents involving their son Josh Duggar.
“We don’t let boys babysit, they don’t play hide and seek together, no two of them go off to hide,” Michelle said. “There’s just a lot of things that we’ve put in place.”
“We don’t let boys babysit, they don’t play hide and seek together, no two of them go off to hide,” Michelle said. “There’s just a lot of things that we put in place.”
Michelle added at the time: “There are limits that we have learned.”
