Sealed with a kiss!On Monday’s season finale of TLC’sCounting On, fans will get to watchJosiah DuggarandLauren Swanson‘s Junenuptialsat John Brown University Cathedral of the Ozarks in Siloam Springs, Arkansas — and PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the sweet build-up leading to the couple’s very first kiss. (The Duggar family’sextremely conservative rules on datingban kissing until marriage and generally limits physical contact to “side-hugs.”)In a clip from the episode, Josiah, 22, is discussing the big moment with his brother Joseph, 23, who recentlytied the knothimself with Kendra Caldwell.“As far as the first kiss goes, I mean, I’m sure you can figure it out,” Joseph says. “It’s not really that complicated.”“I asked her just to stay still … and then kind of go with it,” Josiah explains.“That’s what we did,” Joseph says. “Either one side or the other, but it looks better when the guy goes, I think. I don’t think you’re going to have a problem — y’all probably already talked about it.”And not only had they talked about the kiss, but the groom reveals he had actually been practicing — on his hand!“I was thinking, you know what? I wonder what it feels like,” he says. “So I practiced on my hand. I think practicing on my hand was just to see what it felt like from her side — you can’t kiss a tree and expect to see what it’s going to feel like for her.”“So if you kiss on your hand, you can feel … like, ‘Okay, maybe I should make my lips more full,’ or whatever, and kind of think of it from that perspective,” he adds. “You’ve got to think about it!”TLC/Andy Henderson Photography/duggarfamily.comAfter all, they would be marking a milestone.“It is interesting to think this is the first day in my life I get to kiss a girl, right smack dab on the lips,” reflects Josiah. “I mean, it’s special. It really is a special moment for us, and I’ll try to make sure it’s not just a peck — I’ll make sure it’s good.”TheCounting Onseason finale airs Monday at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.
Sealed with a kiss!
On Monday’s season finale of TLC’sCounting On, fans will get to watchJosiah DuggarandLauren Swanson‘s Junenuptialsat John Brown University Cathedral of the Ozarks in Siloam Springs, Arkansas — and PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the sweet build-up leading to the couple’s very first kiss. (The Duggar family’sextremely conservative rules on datingban kissing until marriage and generally limits physical contact to “side-hugs.”)
In a clip from the episode, Josiah, 22, is discussing the big moment with his brother Joseph, 23, who recentlytied the knothimself with Kendra Caldwell.
“As far as the first kiss goes, I mean, I’m sure you can figure it out,” Joseph says. “It’s not really that complicated.”
“I asked her just to stay still … and then kind of go with it,” Josiah explains.
“That’s what we did,” Joseph says. “Either one side or the other, but it looks better when the guy goes, I think. I don’t think you’re going to have a problem — y’all probably already talked about it.”
And not only had they talked about the kiss, but the groom reveals he had actually been practicing — on his hand!
“I was thinking, you know what? I wonder what it feels like,” he says. “So I practiced on my hand. I think practicing on my hand was just to see what it felt like from her side — you can’t kiss a tree and expect to see what it’s going to feel like for her.”
“So if you kiss on your hand, you can feel … like, ‘Okay, maybe I should make my lips more full,’ or whatever, and kind of think of it from that perspective,” he adds. “You’ve got to think about it!”
TLC/Andy Henderson Photography/duggarfamily.com
After all, they would be marking a milestone.
“It is interesting to think this is the first day in my life I get to kiss a girl, right smack dab on the lips,” reflects Josiah. “I mean, it’s special. It really is a special moment for us, and I’ll try to make sure it’s not just a peck — I’ll make sure it’s good.”
TheCounting Onseason finale airs Monday at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.
source: people.com
