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I think another reason why Jen is so cheerful is that not only has she processed it, but she’s found a whole new community of idols in similar circumstances (a la Glennon Doyle) to glom onto. She’s part of a new club, and she’s using all her shitquotes to convince herself she’ll be better off without him. Time will tell. -
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I know, and I'm not pointing any fingers at you! I just think the whole thing is so ridiculous. Needing to try again after Charlotte wound up being a girl, the obvious favouritism of the heir, etc. It's like we're still living in the dark ages. -
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Actually, Charlotte is the firstborn. Even the steeped-in-tradition British have passed the royal equity act. But I don't think the Rosses are that progressive. -
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SadlyNoLongerAvailableLikeTheRosses
SadlyNoLongerAvailableLikeTheRosses for sure!!
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I've been sick in bed the past few days and have to thank the stars for aligning for me - it's allowed me to keep on top of this breaking news since the beginning.
Still mulling it over.
I don't think the veganism led to the divorce - I think it was the other way around. I think unhappiness in her marriage led Jen to throw herself into a new solitary pursuit. Knowing Don's infatuation with meat, veganism was a great way to carve out a niche for herself. I think the tears in the milk video were emotions bubbling to the surface not just about the poor baby cows, but about the demise of her life as she knew it.
And because of that, I think that whatever happened to initiate the divorce was instigated by Don. I would guess he didn't pursue any action outside of the marriage at least until broaching the split with Jen.
And while a lack of sex was probably a sore spot for him, she did morph into a totally different person. When I look back at old videos now, it's ridiculous how different she is.
I still haven't found the part of Eugene videos where she talks about crying all night, but am going back to look. It would make perfect sense that that is when he moved out. I do think from the Christmas morning video (and the Instastories leading up to Christmas - filling stockings, etc. without any other sound or movement in the room) - that she was living alone in that house for a while.
When is the last time we saw Don, either in her videos or Instastories, as a willing participant - not just there when she pans the room, but actually addressing the camera in a willing fashion? Has it happened at all since her plant based journey?
Lastly, I think the worst part of this whole thing is divorcing with a 1 year old child. Sometimes the circumstances leading to a divorce come about very quickly, but I don't believe that to be true in this case. I think things were on the rocks before Donny came along, and it's sad that they couldn't set aside the need for an heir to work on themselves, rather than bring another child into this mess. -
.I think no matter what they would go to Disney together. Don would most likely be keeping their DVC points since he is the one who pays for it. I can't see her letting the kids go without her. She will force him to include her. I wonder if the rest of the family will go this year? Last year they skipped to go on a Disney cruise Jen wouldn't go on.
I think Jen's whole image in her mind is being a married housewife. I can see her keeping her rings on even after they divorce.
BTW I hate how they do Disney! 2 hours in the park in the morning, nap, dinner at Epcot and back to bed at 7. They always do the same few rides. CC is the perfect age to start enjoying Disney. Let her pick out rides to go on and stay as long as she wants. It's not all about Jen.
It’s weird to me that they did Disney like that even pre-kids. Seems like a lot of wasted money?
I think it’s a status thing, as in, we’re DVC members, we’re here all the time, we don’t HAVE to race around trying to do it all.
For what it’s worth, I’ve been to Disney numerous times, and I always race around trying to do it all. Rope drop to park close.
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January 25th: kid’s photo shoot. Does she always do this around birthday time?
If not, here’s my theory. The family photos in the summer were meant for her rebranding and updating her sites. She never got around to it and now Donald’s Gonald. New photos featuring just the kids and/or Jen will appear on her rebranded Pretty Neat Divorce channel. -
.Here are my opposing theories & they may have already been posted by someone else. I think they are separated (whether he's living in the basement or out of the house, who knows), but she's being sneaky about showing him on purpose.
I think he initiated it and she's showing glances of him to try to get people to STFU. She's personally having trouble mentioning him and said some crap like "Don is fine, he's just working a lot". Honey, working a lot doesn't mean he is completely gone and he's no longer wearing his wedding band!
I think she's trying to sort of cover up the fact that he's gone by sneaking him in occasionally.
Clearly in the light festival photo, it seemed like he didn't know his photo was being taken. Also the Christmas morning death glare, it looked like he was on his phone too distracted to notice she was filming and when he did notice, he glares and she cuts it off. She can't outright show happy family with don because they aren't. It might be so tense and she's unable to film when he's there most of the time because it may be obvious they aren't together if she tries to film a lot when he's around.
About the ring, have we EVER seen him without his wedding band? That's bigger to me than not putting themselves on the xmas cards. (For the record, my husband and I don't even wear ours, but that's our normal, it seems like Don always wore his).
On the flip side, I am wondering if she is trying to drop hints occasionally by showing him absent, because legally she isn't allowed to discuss any of it.
I'm not sure if she's trying to cover it up or she's trying to tell us. Either way, it's clear that they are not together & I'm a train lifer. I just can't figure out what the hell she is doing.
I totally agree with all of this. I think they’re separated, I think she can’t discuss it, and I think the pieces she is showing are all she can show and are being shown to fend off questions. She ‘literally’ cannot discuss it and we won’t hear anything more about it until it’s all legally settled. When that day comes, she’ll announce that they are separated but I doubt she’ll give much more insight into what went down, who left whom, etc. -
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I'm just here to say I've been locked out from the boards for a few days and have had to retire my AggressiveSwallowing account. RIP AggressiveSwallowing. I hate to lose you at this time of year, with all the advent tea drinking going on - this really is *your* season to shine.
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