Exvangelical Influencers

[Anonymous]

^probably. But unfortunately as mentioned before it is the low stakes drama trainwreck that keeps me engaged

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do find it interesting how this thread continues to vliify the women when there is a terrible man at the center here. It reminds me of the Brandon defenders on Hatmaker's thread. Mark had an affair with Dooce while they were still married and on a family vacation. Everyone in the blogging world from that time knows this. In their joint divorce announcement Howertons 1.0 both said they were friendly with each other's new partners. Mark and Kristen's boyfriend were in family photos together for years after the divorce vs. Kristen and Dooce definitely had a falling out and never posted with each other again so I think it's obvious who had the affair that ended that marriage.

Also, no matter how annoying Anna is (and wow is she) no one can force a man to move away from his kids. Mark slept with one of his wife's best friends and then moved away from his kids. He's a total POS.

You make fair points but Anna is a POS in her own right. Cheating on and leaving your husband and then making your entire life about your divorce without being honest (and low key blaming him, tearing him and everyone around him down in the process) is actual crazy, diabolical work. She wasn’t (and honestly still isn’t) in the public eye but was just desperate to get her side of the story out there. While I wasn’t on the thread (friends were)she emailed like every person she knew post divorce announcing their split without copping to any of it. Nobody asked why they divorced but she has single handedly launched a campaign to paint a false narrative at the detriment of others.

[Anonymous]

They are both POS’s in their own way!

[Anonymous]

The relationship worship is too much. The relentless praise of their relationship feels icky, like they are trying too hard. It’s overacting and inauthentic.

[Anonymous]

People that are genuinely secure and happy in their relationship don’t act this way. I give it a few more years.

[Anonymous]

It really does break my heart to see Kristen and Marks kids knowing he’s hardly involved. Especially Karis, teenage years are tough enough.

[Anonymous]

Anna praising long distance relationships is ridiculous. I was in one, and it was so difficult. I missed being with my boyfriend so much, and doing all the mundane day-to-day with him.

Her "friend" Scarlett seems to have broken up with that kind of odd guy with the mustache, BECAUSE they were in a long distance relationship and knew it would be a good 10 years before they could make a meaningful move toward living in the same zip code. I wish she would chime in in the comments.

[Anonymous]

Lol Scarlett did chime in in the comments. Scarlett, break free! This woman is not your friend!!

[Anonymous]

I wonder if all these posts here just embolden all the purported “influencers” to continue their shitty behavior.

[Anonymous]

Eh Anna likes attention and victimhood so much, if she knew this thread existed I bet she’d call it out in some way.

[Anonymous]

Anna likes attention and victimhood so much, if she knew this thread existed I bet she’d call it out in some way.

I agree. I don't think she's seen this thread or she'd be catering her content to defend herself. She had to go on a whole podcast to defend herself when Tim's fiance wrote an anonymous letter to another podcast. There's no way she wouldn't be either directly or indirectly pushing back if she read any of this. Her entire social media feed feels like she's indirectly defending herself all the time. Whether it's explaining how she doesn't even want to be close to her kids or constantly saying how much she and Mark fight but it's normal and ok. She's working hard to convince herself and others that her dysfunctional relationships are aspirational.

Mark is terrible but Anna deserves the blowback she's getting. Her constant praise of long-distance relationships when hers caused a man to leave his kids is just so insane and tone deaf. I can't imagine what it feels like for the Howerton kids to read her romanticizing this instead of being honest that they fell in love and hurt his kids in the process. The fact that she seems to encourage others to do this shows she has zero concern or empathy for Mark's children.

[Anonymous]

Agree completely with the take above. Also what about her kids during that time? She was just off in California when it wasn’t her custody time missing everything and leaving her ex to deal with two kids and their activities while working? How on earth did that work?

Laughing at her response to Scarlett “I’ve sent out applications for you in socal”— girl, what? She just ended a long distance relationship? No wonder Anna can’t maintain friendships.

[Anonymous]

Was Scarlett married to a local news anchor in MI and that’s why she has to stay there w their young daughters?

Anna could not bear to look at this thread- no one at all has a kind word to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anna likes attention and victimhood so much, if she knew this thread existed I bet she’d call it out in some way.

I agree. I don't think she's seen this thread or she'd be catering her content to defend herself. She had to go on a whole podcast to defend herself when Tim's fiance wrote an anonymous letter to another podcast. There's no way she wouldn't be either directly or indirectly pushing back if she read any of this. Her entire social media feed feels like she's indirectly defending herself all the time. Whether it's explaining how she doesn't even want to be close to her kids or constantly saying how much she and Mark fight but it's normal and ok. She's working hard to convince herself and others that her dysfunctional relationships are aspirational.

Mark is terrible but Anna deserves the blowback she's getting. Her constant praise of long-distance relationships when hers caused a man to leave his kids is just so insane and tone deaf. I can't imagine what it feels like for the Howerton kids to read her romanticizing this instead of being honest that they fell in love and hurt his kids in the process. The fact that she seems to encourage others to do this shows she has zero concern or empathy for Mark's children.

How quickly I forgot about the podcast. That was actual insanity. Nobody would’ve ever known had she not broadcast to her entire following… I wonder what kind of berating Tim’s fiancee got in private over that. Someone find her, please.

[Anonymous]

Oh wow I posted about Scarlett possibly chiming in about the LDR post without knowing she had commented!
There goes that "friendship."

Women like Anna never have girlfriends IRL. All the pressure is on the partner and they don't deserve it.