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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

I could be wrong, but wasn't Brandon a pastor pretty much from the start? I suppose Jen could have influenced his choices while they were still in college, but that seems unlikely, especially since they met at a pretty conservative Baptist college (which gave them both the Alumni Profiles in Excellence award in 2013). It seems more like they graduated, she taught for a bit, he was on staff/pastor at a large church. Jen started leading women's Bible studies, discovered she had a flair for teaching and leveraged her connections to start writing her Modern Girls Bible Study books. As her star began rising I think Brandon just started getting pulled along for the ride. [/quote]

Brandon didn’t get pulled along for a ride. He was a willing participant—a follower. He’s a user and a follower. He changes his style and persona more than an awkward middle schooler trying to find their way. He’s not a sympathetic character. He’s a wanna be biker dud…for now. He’ll shift again, as soon as it suited him. [/quote]

I guess I didn't really mean 'pulled along' in the terms of him being an innocent bystander, but more in terms of him hitching his wagon to her star. Yes, he had his own thing, a few books, probably some speaking, then starting ANC, but he was primarily leveraging her fame and her name as the draw.[/quote]

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