Jen Hatmaker

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would guess Tina is enamored with Brandon. I would also guess she and her friends have found this thread probably over the course of wanting to know the gossip about the Hatmakers once she got involved. There’s a heavy and personal dose of Tina defending on here suddenly and the quick response on insta with her going private and removing hundreds of followers tells me they’ve seen the gossip start to include her.

I mostly feel bad for her. Monitoring the gossip this much is a red flag. The fact that Brandon bailed on rehab after about 10 days and is now enjoying partying and drinking is a red flag. Brandon’s need to have a certain curated big shot image is a red flag. His history of cheating and financial misdeeds is a red flag. Everyone deserves a second chance, but making a decision to marry someone with this many red flags is something I would recommend my friend take veeeerrrry slowly, especially if it’s been all wooing and lavish gifts and newness so far. I think at least on his end there is too much trauma still there to make good decisions in the long term…

YOU DO NOT know that Brandon bailed on rehab or do you "know" if he actually needed "rebab". You're making assumptions following the half truths put out there. Don't fall for it. I am sure there is way more to the story than JH is letting on. Spreading gossip you don't actually have the facts about only further dilutes the reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Jen is trying real hard to not disclose she’s making well over a million dollars a year. so she has to pretend a month in high season in two highly coveted locations is covered by using her points. Definitely more to the story. In the old days when she acted like she was one of us there was a sense it might be true, not anymore. Not by a long shot. She’s completely out of touch with the average woman. But it doesn’t matter cause she’s won over her crowd and they are funding her lifestyle. She’s a master capitalist. Is that still ok in her woke world?

apparently so. But ask yourself this....if she were so healed and healthy, why then spend tens of thousands of dollars on plastic surgery and then put it out there as getting "healthy" and loosing 30 pounds? Does this sound like something a "healthy person" who is totally pleased in her life would do? Doesn't sound like she's so "whole" to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Branson posts pictures of his assault rifle and his big raised diesel truck and he’s 50. Perhaps rural Texas puts a wee bit more value on guns, trucks and big fake boobs/bleached blondes than other areas? Rural Midwest men like those things but maybe not quite to the same extent.

Showed their IG to my husband who grew up in the rural Pacific northwest who is now an exec in corporate America in wealthy suburbia and he sees the appeal of Brandon’s choices. Kind of horrified me but he thinks a hot blonde who adores Brandon and likes to live like him is a good swap for a narcissistic wife. Ugh. None of the trucks, guns, boats, motorcycles club, booze, bars, drinking buddy girlfriend posts made him cringe. Guess you can take the boy out of the country but not the country out of the boy. Perhaps this was the problem for Brandon, he wasn’t really wanting to be a social justice warrior on a global stage hanging with big name influencers. That’s was Jen’s dream.
Heck I wonder if Brandon wanted to be a pastor, author, social media influencer at all? What were the real dreams of his heart before he met Jen? With her high achiever operating did she pull him along into those high visibility choices? Not that he didn’t enjoy the perks but even in their reality show he seemed less engaged.

Jen is a high achiever? Might have been Brandon who set that all up for her. Does she not admit to being technically challenged all of the time? I think she was was benefitting from his heart. Just look at her posts since the divorce. She's become a fing sales woman, and a cook book author. What does that have to do with the heart that so many followed in her beginning? Anyone who is still following her is a sheep that she is benefiting from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is an irony in a woman creating a me course on how to deconstruct then reconstruct one’s faith when she has devolved into a shilling machine completely disconnected from any genuine accountability.

right!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand the dynamic involved in a solitary woman generating such devotion from multiple streams of women. It’s impressive in its scale, and it seems many have this ability in the celebrity influencer camp. I find it fascinating especially when they get exposed in their image crafting deception yet there’s minimal fallout. It’s like they are a designer product people are proud to own and they don’t even care if the item is made from sub par materials in a sweat shop by child laborers. It’s a strange hysteria rooted in fantasy but no one seems to care, cause they belong to the Jen club. Here now they can buy Jen’s mugs/hats/shirts/CBD oil/wine/shoes/purse/meal prep co/me course/books/book club/sub boxes…..
To self market yourself as such a valuable asset without much real merit or bona fide skills is a brilliant con artist. She believes her own hype and is convinced of her superior beauty and talent even though the facts suggest otherwise. Mastery of manipulation is a marvel to behold really. I’m mystified, intrigued and horrified all at once.

Totally agree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not delusional enough to think that Tina or Brandon frequent this board, but damn, I will never understand the pro-Brandon tilt of this page. The evidence is pretty clear that Brandon has been stepping out for years on Jen. Like at least four years. And so many posters conveniently ignore that and instead assume that Brandon and Texas Barbie are just soul mates meant for each other, and that we are all happy that Brandon found love after Jen ignored his needs for years.

That's kind of messed up. I'm no Jen fan, but she should be allowed to have a career without a man baby throwing their marriage down the toilet behind her back.

If it makes you feel better I dislike them both equally

Speculation.... no one knows what really happen! Even the Besties in the JH camp only know her side.

[Anonymous]

Just popping in to say I love that the same person is reading through this thread and replying to comment after comment! The last handful of replies above me are all the same person. Tell us what you know! You clearly want us to believe there’s more to the story than Brandon being an addict and cheater… why do you want that out there?!

[Anonymous]

How is there a 210 page thread on someone I’ve never heard of.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone list to Jen on Glennon Doyle’s podcast today? I didn’t want to be, but I was impressed with her self awareness and liked a lot of what she had to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just popping in to say I love that the same person is reading through this thread and replying to comment after comment! The last handful of replies above me are all the same person. Tell us what you know! You clearly want us to believe there’s more to the story than Brandon being an addict and cheater… why do you want that out there?!

I hate when people on here accuse someone of being Jen or Brandon or Tyler. BUT: There is no way someone would get that defensive about Brandon and fiery about Jen unless it’s someone associated with him or Tina…even all the top snarky commenters about Jen aren’t getting that defensive about Brandon. Also, if that person didn’t know he went to TN for a rehaby stint at one of those therapy places, and then bailed on it a week or two later, then the commenter doesn’t know as much as he or she thinks.

And those kind of details don’t mean J had no hand in their marriage (let’s face it she is clearly flawed) but that still wouldn’t justify the cheating. That whole “she drove me into the arms of another women” is so 1950s misogyny…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
but that still wouldn’t justify the cheating. That whole “she drove me into the arms of another women” is so 1950s misogyny…

A thousand percent this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
but that still wouldn’t justify the cheating. That whole “she drove me into the arms of another women” is so 1950s misogyny…

A thousand percent this.

But isn't it kind of true?

I've been disliking my husband more and more over the past year and I'm about to pull up to the scene where I cheat on him. It's natural progression, I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
but that still wouldn’t justify the cheating. That whole “she drove me into the arms of another women” is so 1950s misogyny…

A thousand percent this.

But isn't it kind of true?

I've been disliking my husband more and more over the past year and I'm about to pull up to the scene where I cheat on him. It's natural progression, I think.

When are you looking to make this happen?….asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

FFS People!!! No one knows exactly what happened!! Please, for the love of whatever deity you worship, please stop stating your speculations as facts! We don’t know for certain thst he cheated (do we??). Perhaps Jen has “hinted”, but I don’t recall that he did. But, I have seen numerous posts where it is a fire gone conclusion that’s he did. Same with the addiction and financial malfeasance. We don’t know to what extend or the severity of any of this. I no fan of Brandi; he’s a biker wanna be, 50 yr old going though a midlife crisis, likes to play dress up biker, and pretends he’s some VP. But let’s get the facts straight and, while I love reading the theories of what went down, it is still mostly speculation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FFS People!!! No one knows exactly what happened!! Please, for the love of whatever deity you worship, please stop stating your speculations as facts! We don’t know for certain thst he cheated (do we??). Perhaps Jen has “hinted”, but I don’t recall that he did. But, I have seen numerous posts where it is a fire gone conclusion that’s he did. Same with the addiction and financial malfeasance. We don’t know to what extend or the severity of any of this. I no fan of Brandi; he’s a biker wanna be, 50 yr old going though a midlife crisis, likes to play dress up biker, and pretends he’s some VP. But let’s get the facts straight and, while I love reading the theories of what went down, it is still mostly speculation.

lol, this is a snark forum... it's FOR speculating.