Anonymous wrote:Would you believe me if I told you that Jen and Tyler will have a promise ceremony this year?
Mark your calendars. They are redefining mature modern relationships and much of this undeserved skepticism about their bond for life will be put to rest.
Don’t play with the T-dawg. As Jen can attest, he knows how to bite.
I wondered where on Earth she was going with this. She has been seeing a man for a couple of years or more whose main public declaration of enduring affection was that he wanted to "eat her meat". I mean, I know she's done such a brave job "deconstructing purity culture" and all, but going from no premarital hanky panky to allowing a guy who makes crude public comments reducing you to "meat" to kind of string you along long distance without the dignity that surrounds some type of formal committment seemed sad.
If I got divorced and got a long distance boyfriend, and he said he wanted to "eat my meat" on a public forum, I would not then turn around and have some type of "promise ceremony" with him. He would just be gone. I don't think a "promise ceremony" in and of itself is terrible - people have all kinds of reasons for not wanting a legal entanglement. We have to remember Jen quite possibly was financially exploited by Brandon. But a "Promise Ceremony" after someone made a comment like that about me, on top of a long distance relationship with no apparent plan to ever get to be part of each others daily lives seems performative and not heartfelt.