I think Jen cares thismuch about internet bullshit/gossip/us and thismuch about Don moving on in real life. It stings her extra bad when people post questions about his new wife on her IG comments, etc. She could take Don or leave him, but the Rosses were ev-er-y-thing in her life, and she lost access to it all.

Don's pontification was annoying as hell, but had Jen had any form of intelligence and could have engaged him in a high-level conversation things might have been very different for them. Having adult conversations would have gone a long way to building a strong marriage.

This is why I agree with whoever said in the last thread that if and when she comes back it won't be until she at least has her life together and has something to gloat about (i.e. finds a man). By the time that actually happens (if it does), so much time will probably have passed since Don and Tens got married that it won't even have to be addressed. Or it will be a passing comment followed by her just gushing over how happy and fulfilled she is finally after a lifetime of sadness.

That's awful! I'm so sorry that happened to your dog. I hope he's doing ok now. Of course I doubt the owners took any responsibility and probably continued bringing their pit to the dog park.

It's an issue I follow closely and there definitely have been a lot of cases this year. I think it's because shelters had this big push to adopt out all their dogs during the lockdowns. There was a news story about how a lot of people who adopted dogs during the lockdown are returning them. Of course it was framed as a "selfish people who don't feel like caring for a dog anymore." But I was wondering how many of these returned dogs were ones where the shelter lied about their behavior and bite history (as they often do) and the owner didn't want to live in fear anymore.

That sounds terrifying!

The big hazard in my town is vicious dogs. For some reason a disproportionate percentage of people in my town like adopting these gargoyle-looking dogs that bark and lunge at anyone who walks by. The dog really walks them, practically dragging them down the street, and it looks like the leash could go flying out of their hand any second. Half the time the person is texting like the idiot they are instead of paying attention to their murderous hell-beast. I've even seen on multiple occasions that a middle school aged kid has been tasked with walking such a dog and of course get distracted by their phone, while the dog is staring at some tiny dog across the street like Jen stares at a freezer of Ben and Jerry's.

There was a high-profile case in my state recently where two dogs, who were known to be vicious and had attacked neighbors in the past yet had never been confiscated, tunneled under a fence into their neighbor's backyard, attacked a mom and her 3-year-old son who were playing in their own backyard, and killed the 3 year old. The owners faced no criminal charges.

My building has this problem too. We're supposed to have one entrance that's just for people, and one that's for people and dogs. Well, some idiots decided to get fake service animal paperwork for their dogs so they can take them through the people-only entrance. Of course these are the people with the dogs that bark and lunge at any stranger, and pee on the floor. That is not how a real service animal acts!

I still go for walks every day but it sucks to have to be on alert for this. For this reason, I prefer going for walks when the weather is bad because it makes it less likely that people will be outside walking their dogs.

I can totally see her as thinking sex was just part of the marital "job". If she didn't enjoy it, the role playing was a way to get through it. It's not HER having sex it's the character she's playing. Good actress and all.

I can also see Don being completely oblivious to how turned off she was.

And she thinks she's an empath

If she had got her rebrand right and coughed up the content, it might have worked. Her audience previously were women wanting to see another woman having a fantasy life with a doting husband, no responsibilities and loads of money. Jen could have easily pivoted that into motherhood with loads of money where her content was more family oriented alongside shopping and errands and vacations.

I think the problem is that the rebrand was too much of a swerve in a weird direction. You can't go from "Rich Housewives of Chicago" to "Boho Divorcee who Hates Motherhood and has Emotional Problems" with the same audience. Those people aren't interested in what she was proposing to do with her channel when she renamed it With Wonder. Coupled with the fact that she refused to be honest about anything that was actually going on in her life, she's totally lost her fan base.