Jen Hatmaker

[Anonymous]

Yes my first thought was how I'd hate to be in that town when Jen arrives
Seriously, she is looking at it as an opportunity for everyone to be blessed by her presence rather than a time to rest and refresh. I don't guess there is the tiniest bit of introvert in her!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jen's "me camp" sounds more like an opportunity to replenish her narcissistic supply in a new location, with fresh sources of input, rather than an opportunity for her to connect with her own self, and to refresh/recharge. Her need to consume other people's attention and adoration is exhausting and gross.

I bet the rest of her orbit is delighted for the month long break, where others can shore up Jen's fragile sense of self for a while.

I think you are really onto something here. Jen's MeCamps are ways for her to recharge her Narcissistic Supply. She broadcasts where she's going to be so local corneaters can find her for fun "run ins" with all the usual nauseating social media captures. She can feel like a star again.

I imagine a wined-up brassy and super oud Jen turning up at all the "super cute" boutiques and coffee shopes and making an obnoxious scene. fawning over this and that. Most of the proprietors and fellow customers are polite enough to humor her, of course, so she's not brushed off.

[Anonymous]

How sad is it to celebrate a milestone 50th birthday on a cruise with a bunch of strangers?

It's like in Succession when Kendall had his big Instagram-ready celebrity birthday party which was a total disaster that ended in tears.

Can't anything be just private and organic and chill and non-exploitive with this one?

[Anonymous]

I am sure that her friend group orbit talk amongst themselves about her behavior. That's just "Jen being Jen", they probably say, making excuses for her narcissistic tantrums and how everything is one-sided when it comes to Jen, all in one direction.

[Anonymous]

And WTH would I spend $8,000 on a cruise to celebrate some social media person’s birthday? Even if I was a corn eater I can’t imagine that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And WTH would I spend $8,000 on a cruise to celebrate some social media person’s birthday? Even if I was a corn eater I can’t imagine that.

Can you imagine what Jen privately thinks about the sort of woman would actually join this cruise? A total stranger, someone who's probably having to go into serious debt to go, and probably is leaving behind some kids and or maybe a husband, all for the "honor" of celebrating a has been social media influencer's birthday.

It's like wave upon wave of sadness.

[Anonymous]

And she never has really been an influencer since she lost her Christian base. She’s a try hard wanna be relevant influencer but it’s never quite taken hold. (But don’t tell her, she’s clueless)

[Anonymous]

A total stranger,

These wannabe influencers see strangers as their "friends." It boggles my mind. I had an ex SIL who was a "health coach" (gag) influencer and she would dump her daughter at my MIL's house, go on a trip, and then post a million photos with all her new "friends" with nary a photo of my MIL to thank her for watching her bratty kid. They are users.

1000x to the poster who referenced her local orbit being relieved that Me Camp takes Jen away for some time.

Also, I assume Caleb's bid to pursue a military career is over? I just saw my oldest off to basic training today and feel bad that Caleb isn't doing this, because it would be a great opportunity and challenge for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And she never has really been an influencer since she lost her Christian base. She’s a try hard wanna be relevant influencer but it’s never quite taken hold. (But don’t tell her, she’s clueless)

Jen does have some real talent. I'll be the first to say it. She's a funny writer. That, to me, is her true creative strength.

I would actually be interested in seeing what she could do along that path. Maybe a funny, breezy humorous travelog. Or an effort at a funny novel about mommy blogging drawing from her own experiences.

I could also see her being an college instructor on publishing in the social media age. She would probably do well at that.

But the stuff shes doing now? It's a dead end for sure and completely not sustainable. Plus it's probably terrible for her spirit and mental health.

[Anonymous]

Along with narcissism goes attachment disorder. Those suffering from a.d. always go for new people, strangers even, over those they are familiar with. It's like a vampire. They always need the fix of a new person admiring and "loving" them.

[Anonymous]

Big Sis looking RUFF in the Big Sass is the Book Of The Month selection vid.

[Anonymous]

Haven’t all the corn-eaters aka book club members already long since read tyler’s book at this point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t all the corn-eaters aka book club members already long since read tyler’s book at this point?

The giving away of 2 past bookclub copies tells me (1) she's desperate to perform for Tyler and (2) her bookclub is declining for them to have enough extra copies of random past books--they basically have the headcount of members plus a projection of new members and maybe they've been overshooting projections or have attrition.

[Anonymous]

Weird desperate energy in Jen's new Book of the Month vid. Such an over the top grimace. Manic vibes and unsettling.

[Anonymous]

So now that Big Sis is on her “perimenopause journey” she’s going to start shilling her “tribe” all sorts of amazing, all-natural, locally-sourced, free-trade, women-owned, anti-inflammatory supplements and miracle pills made from fennel oils and turmeric skins, it seems.

Does this women *ever* relent?!