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.I don’t know recent conversation here because I have to catch up, but I was watching her old Vlogs she still has up. I began to think, it’s so sad that their marriage broke up. I think we can all relate and say (from our own experience) that marriage is hard. I don’t know how many times I have considered divorce and as of right now, I am happy that we chose to stick it out. They have so much to be thankful for. Their two beautiful children, their health and wealth and chose to give it up to go live it with a stranger, basically. It’s true, I don’t know the dark times they’ve experienced and I also know my very dark times with my husband in our marriage and I really had a hard time seeing the light at the end of the tunnel but alas we now have light and it’s so sad to me that they couldn’t wait and try. In her prime when she first started she seemed very sweet, kind, thoughtful, loving and very appreciative. I just feel really bad for a human, wife and mother standpoint.
Probably the closest I’ll get to...
You Rang?
My mom is meeting her grandchild (my niece) for the first time this month, too. I haven't had a grandparent since I was six years old, so Jen skipping out on time with grandma makes me
(clearly this only applies if your grandma isn't a toxic person, and we know that Betty was a way better grandma than Jen deserved.)
Tbh this trip is going to be a challenge. She is not even TWO! yet and it‘s only going to be her and I. My bf currently isnt allowed to enter the US due to Covid regulations and I don’t think I will be able to handle TWO! young kids on an international flight so I can’t take my son with me either 🥺 Wish we could all go together. It feels a little spooky that I had this strong urge to go see my grandma shortly before we got the news about Grandma Betty.
Traveling with an almost TWO! Year old is not joke! We had multiple epic meltdowns yesterday, complete with her throwing herself on the sidewalk and flailing. We are in Yellowstone now and I suspect there will be lots of “iPad in the truck” time today! You’ll have fond memories of your trip to see your grandma and it will be worth it! (Even though toddlers are assholes)They are doing a story right now on the Today show about how crowded the National State Parks are- people waiting for hours in their cars just to get turned away because parking is full. They said it will be like that all summer, so if Jen wants to go van living, she had better plan ahead.
Yep, I have had Yellowstone reservations for 6 months. We are here now, left the RV park at 6am, no small feat with a 2 year old, currently stuck in traffic on our way to Old Faithful, it will be packed by 9am, I’m sure. A couple days ago, our neighbors at the RV park waited at a full stop for an hour for a herd of Buffalo that wouldn’t get off the road! We packed lots of snacks, water, walking pharmacy, so we are good. -
.That’s because ungrateful Jen, who always got what she wanted without even trying, thought she could get rid of the inconvenience of being married to Don but keep all the perks associated with him. But life and reality eventually caught up to Jen. No one gets as lucky as she has all the time, without working hard on keeping their luck. Jen didn’t work on it at all. She thought she can sit back all her life and Lady Luck would keep throwing herself at Jen just because it’s Jen.
No wonder the moron is a mess now. She has zero coping mechanisms for any adult problems (real adult problems not Jen defined problems).
It’s super weird that all of the adults in both families were okay with Jen being a stay at home wife right out of the gate. It stunted her maturity and development as an adult for sure. Did Emily ever work?
Nah, I don’t think they cared. I think they expected her to procreate sooner though and she just delayed on purpose because she wanted to live her pampered life. Not sure if Emily ever worked, but she does volunteer quite a bit! -
.I feel called to share that my husband came home from running errands the other day and had saved me half of his mini hashbrowns. He doesn’t know I read here but I had to fight the urge that he was trolling me.
We are traveling and I just laughed so hard at that, Mr Seemingly Sweet wanted to know so I just had to explain the Ross Hashbrown Debacle which then led me to explain the Paella incident. 😆 -
.I’m pretty certain I saw Donald and the Mrs R-to-be at the Cubs game today, sitting maybe 15 rows above me…
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.I was reading about how people who lost jobs and housing during the pandemic have been turning to vans as a cheaper option of living, but the vans are all getting bought up by rich people who want to travel and post it online. Reminded me of Jen lol
Not only that but the RV industry is backlogged, partly due to covid shut downs and then raw material shortages. They can’t turn them out fast enough right now and prices are at an all time high! (trucks too) People also chose to sell houses high and travel while they work from the road because covid made that possible. That’s our situation. My husband is a senior software engineer, we sold our house at the top of the market and are now traveling full time, we will build a house when we are ready. It’s a choice, not a necessity for many of the families we’ve met along the way. -
.She would be much smarter to just rent a van whenever she travels. For one thing, it gives much more flexibility and reach. If she owns the van, she can only travel a loop from IL that's manageable within a couple of kid-free weeks. If she rents, she can rent from any point that she can fly to reach.
Also, the maintenance on those vans is no joke. I just can't picture Jen doing the dirty work. She'll be better off to rent a newly-serviced van and drop it off dirty for someone else to deal with.
That would make logical/financial sense but we are talking about Jen here! She always has to spend the most money and go all out on all her hobbies to drop them almost immediately after acquiring the supplies. Also, the most popular Vanlifer influencers do not rent, part of the appeal is sharing about the build, etc. -
.“They” rented one. But I doubt she put in a penny. And traveling in a giant RV with your kids, in-laws, and ex, is hardly the van-life thing that she seemed to be going for.
Also, I feel like for a lot of people/families who have worked for their money, and aren’t like in the list of Forbes wealthiest people….part of the reason they have money is that they don’t spend extravagantly. I mean….even Warren Buffet reportedly drives a regular car and lives in a regular house. And he is donating most of his wealth.
It just annoyed me that she framed that video of the Utah trip as a “travel vlog” and then eluded to wanting to RV travel in the future, even with the kids. Then a couple months later buys the “With wonder” domain, then officially rebrands and now zero content. -
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I’m just salty because I have encountered far too many people with RV rentals doing idiotic things with them and sometimes even doing downright dangerous things without a clue. I can only imagine some of the things we’d see Jen do if it actually became the bulk of her content. -
.But she only rented one, right? And also, with the custody arraignment….it’s not like she would be able to use one that often.
They also rented one for the quarantine Utah trip. For people who have money, why didn’t they charter a private plane?
Agree that she won’t be able to use it often, however, she rebranded her content to be focused on RV travel yet she doesn’t have a Van... -
.I too think she is done. She started getting a lot more criticism. Also, she cut down posting and videoing A LOT. Even before this latest hiatus. I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the reason she kept it up so much before is that it made her look productive. (Plus all the headpats. And also, she was good at the reviews, and favorites, and hauls and all that.) But now she has nobody that she feels she needs to look productive for. She basically lives alone so she can be as big of a sloth as she feels like.
Regarding bags:
The big Longchamp tote is fantastic for traveling. Like others have said, it’s wonderful to fold up and pack in your suitcase, and then use it when you get to your destination, or if you want to bring back more home than you left with. They are durable, light, packable, zip shut, keep your stuff dry, and reasonably affordable. Mine is in a dark eggplants/plum color.
Also, that navy laptop bag with the reddish-orange accents is about the most stylish laptop bag I’ve seen.
Lo & Sons. I bought the Weekender bag and the Rowledge backpack during the pandemic and a huge discount. I haven’t had much use for them with the staying in my house bit…but they seem quite nice.
Also during the pandemic I bought my first hard suitcase. And my first that has wheels that rotate so it is more manouverable. I got it from Away. It’s this really pretty Kelly green. I used it on my road trip and I really like it. I think it will be nice to fly with too, because it will be supereasy to pick out on the luggage carousel. I got that for a large discount as well.
Also: Why would Don and Tens need to get married in order to buy a house together?
And two: I’m in the camp that Jen is financially set for life.
Tax write off and other advantages. Also if I am getting married to dondondaddysteak you know my name has got to be on that deed. I am not letting my slice of the pie being slipped from under my nose.
We bought our first house together before we were married and my maiden name was on the deed. It only caused confusion when we were selling that house last year, but it was ultimately a non-issue.And still think she is set for life. She’s not spending *that* much. She’s buying a bunch of crap she doesn’t need. She’s not buying top of the line anything. She doesn’t have a mansion, let alone multiple. She doesn’t have a private jet or yacht. She doesn’t have an outrageously expensive car. From what I can tell she is living an upperclass life with little to no financial worries. *shrug*
People are saying her house is paid for. If she was that concerned about money, she wouldn’t have paid cash for that house. Interest rates are soooo low.
I’m waiting to see if a $200k Sprinter Camper Van shows up in the driveway of the mausoleum. I was skeptical when there were TWO separate instances of renting RVs now. If she was really set financially, I think she would have bought her Heart Van already and then would have had something to share with wonder.
This is peak RV travel season and she’s clearly home alone, filming her geriatric dog and leaning into a pint of dairy free phish food
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She could also be banking on some sort of inheritance too. If she does remarry, I bet it’s timing will be right when she loses her alimony, not a minute before! -
.If Jen is gone, what will she do for money. Eventually her alimony will stop, And with her spending habits she'll run out of her "nest egg" fairly quickly. She doesn't appear to have any actual work skills and she can't finish anything that she starts. Is there a reality that exists where Jen turns from a rich princess into a peasant?
Well, her house is paid for. She lives off child support until the kids are 18. YouTube never provided her with much income, if you look on social blade or site like that, at the most, she was making like $20 a day. She will have to either get a job or marry another rich guy around the time her alimony and/or child support end. -
.QUOTE (Main Course of Choice @ 6/11/2021, 12:44 PM)So the question becomes... Will she made a "the time has come" post/video, or simply ghost?
Well if she wants to SWF Ingrid/missglamorazzi, then she'd do a goodbye video like Ingrid did last year. Then again Ingrid had 3+ million subbies.
Well, Jen has no idea how many followers she even has, so she doesn’t owe anyone a farewell video!
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.My dog woke me up at 2:30 AM, I think because she was cold and wanted to get under the covers with me. She is a 6 pound toy poodle and I had the fan on and the A/C set to 64.
I could not get back to sleep thinking about the video of Jen in the hotel during the planner conference.
When I stay at a hotel, THE FLOOR IS LAVA, the bathroom is lava, the beds are lava.....and here Jen was plopped down on the floor, albeit on her traveling yoga whatever mat....but STILL.
I'm not quite Lisa Rinna wiping every surface down, but my gosh I do not understand Jen's casual relationship with GERMS!
Oh and WHY do people unpack their stuff and put it in the hotel drawers???? Again...the dresser is LAVA!!!
I Lysol the dresser and inside the drawers😂
If I unpack, I leave everything in the packing cubes so they are just touching the packing cube and not the actual dresser. Yes, I understand that my packing cube then has cooties but it makes me feel better 😂 -
.Two months without a YouTube video and about a month since her FU Instagram post. I’d say she’s gone my dudes.
My theory is she can’t stand Tensleigh seeing her shit. We don’t know her, but from what we have seen, Tens seems to have her act together (clothes, hair, cooking, fitness, general happiness level)
So what can Jen show now? Can she keep up this moody, messy act when the replacement is showing her up?
I really think she’s gone for good.
So the question becomes... Will she made a "the time has come" post/video, or simply ghost?
Well, she’s doing a pretty good job of ghosting right now! I think she’s just going to share with “close friends” and disappear.
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