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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you notice Brandon admitted he had an addiction for 5 plus years that became unmanageable during quarantine. He took ownership for the failure of the relationship. He spoke of the grief of losing friends that he’d had for many years in the divorce. So he lost his church, family, friends because his addiction led to adultery. Understandably, one big hell no for Jenn. She was ok with his addiction flourishing for years under the radar as she posted about what a great family they’d built. So he lives in deep shame and secrecy not wanting to wreck Jen’s dream with a public admission of struggle. 
At the end of their reality show he choked up saying the best part was seeing Jen’s dream come true. Years later she’d do a video telling folks to go look up the show and not to miss Brandon’s crying about making her happy while she mockingly laughed. Y’all I knew right then he would be finding love elsewhere. This is the man playing Mr mom the whole time she was on her speaking tours soaking in the adoration of her fans. He spent his entire adult life making Jen’s dreams come true. When he was devastated after the death of his friend in the golf cart accident he lost all hope. That’s when he shifted from skinny white suburban pastor to beefy, covered in tats, Christian motorcycle club dude who medicated his pain with addiction. Those guys would accept him even if he killed a buddy in a freak accident and was a full blown addict. 
When Tyler told Glennon and Abby how he just couldn’t imagine how anyone could hurt Jen like that I thought, just you wait. He will one day be known as Jen’s rebound bandana man in mean tweets with her crew. Tyler and Jen are very similar in temperament, highly effusive and demonstrative. They feed on the same adulation as being seen as social justice warriors. I guess at the end of the day I give her grace cause emotionally she’s 19 feeling forced to get married middle of sophomore year so she can have sex. That achiever was going to walk the aisle a virgin. Some part of her hasn’t grown since that covert trauma. Cause back in the day the way you won at a Christian college was getting married to the up and coming pastor boy asap. 
Both Brandon and Jen got locked into a lie that lasted decades. The crazy thing is it was all of their own doing. There are AA, NA, coda groups where they could have gone and been their real messy selves and found the genuine dream of being fully seen and known. No one cares there if you had sex before marriage, grew a church, built a social media empire, or wrote 12 books. They’’d have seen the truth of two broken people who need a higher power to save them from themselves. Gaslighting is strictly forbidden and everyone is equal. Instead they feel betrayed by the church and conservative Christian’s. You know the very people who gave them a platform. Sigh. 
We are all just walking each other home. I get it they are pissed that following churchianity’s rules failed them. The real church is here to welcome them home whenever they are ready. There are two beautiful souls there who don’t know how to do pain, but they’ll learn.

I think you’re on to something. I always felt Brandon was trying to find his way. I distinctly remember the day I’m at ANC when he professed that he’d been hanging out with bikers who, while frowned upon by much of “polite” society, were the salt of the earth. He knew then he’d found some bros who did t really give a damn about religion, but rather the brotherhood. And you’re right, he went from skinny Brandon who wore Chuck Taylors with a tattoo here or there to a jacked up whole new persona. 
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Midlife Crises?  When middle aged men discover new personas it usually is peak cringe.  My dad had a friend who's last name was MacAskill.  Despite having grown up in
like the Florida Panhandle in his fifties he suddenly decided he was a proud Scot and wore kilts in public not as a costume and even tried to start playing the bagpipes.  It was harmless but hilarious and everyone sort of considered him a joke.  When men hit a mature age they are supposed to be comfortable in their skin.[/quote]

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