Jana Duggar's Wedding Dress in Her Own Words: 'Felt Classy and a Bit Like a Princess' (Exclusive)
Jana Duggar married Stephen Wissmann on Aug. 15
Jana Duggar had her "princess" moment on Aug. 15 when she married Stephen Wissmann.
The eldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, 34, walked down the aisle in a floor-length off-the-shoulder design that she said made her feel like absolute royalty.
"The dress felt classy and a bit like a princess," she told PEOPLE exclusively of the dress she chose.
Her dress was ivory satin and featured a slight V-neck. The bodice also dipped to a V in the back, and the hemline cascaded out into a train behind her. She wore a pearl-dotted veil tucked into her blonde hair that also floated down her back.
Jana, who wed Wissmann in Arkansas, first met her husband years ago through their families.
"[The Wissmann's] would travel and sing. I remember them coming to our home, probably 13 or so years ago and they ended up getting snowed-in here, which hardly ever happens in Arkansas," she told PEOPLE.
They dated briefly a few years ago before going their separate ways, but they kept in touch over the years. Then Jana's brother Jeremiah Duggar married Wissmann's sister Hannah. Earlier this year, Jana and Wissmann reconnected and realized that maybe they were meant to be.
"It was like, 'What are we doing? We still enjoy each other. We still really appreciate each other,' " she said.
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Now that they're married, Jana plans to move to Nebraska, where Wissmann is from.
"It's great. We've been working, he has a little house we bought that we've been fixing up and getting pulled together, and so that's been fun," Jana told PEOPLE.
She admitted, though, that, at times, it was hard to watch her younger siblings get married before her, though she's happy to be at this place in her life right now.
"I'm just like, 'What is it? Is it me? Do I have a problem?' I know I've prayed for this for years and years and definitely been like, 'What's the matter? Why can't I just...' all of my siblings, most of them have been married in their early 20s," she said. "By far, I am the oldest. So it has been disheartening at times."
She added, "I've tried to look at the positive, yet you long for that person, that someone that you can spend life with. It has been hard, but it has been good and God's taught me a lot through it all."
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