Anonymous wrote:I have to say this. And I am looking for input because I am truly confused. I used to follow and adored Jen. I read this thread and follow it, rarely post but have read comments about Jen’s change. I understand divorce is a super hard thing but I have also listened to Brandon’s podcasts on his part of it. What Jen choose to tell her followers was a kinda a lie. Their marriage was not a awesome one in the last few years and what Jen presented wasn’t true. How could one be so devastated over a divorce if there hadn’t been intimate connection in years? It makes it all seem so fake. Then the total change in how Jen presents herself, how she talks, what she pushes, her current topics. I’m so confused. I read not to long ago on here about someone saying something about what’s missing with her brand is Brandon. I think someone else defended that statement. Which made me laugh, because how many times has Jen herself bragged about not knowing about technology or email? Who do you think set that up in the beginning for her? Anyone who’s been married for more than a month knows the answer to that question. Saying all that, knowing this is a snark forum, do you think, what was actually awesome at one time about Jen Hatmaker was actually Brandon and no one realized it? I mean in reality? I am truly wondering. Was she so awesome at that time because she had a amazing husband that she just couldn’t see and didn’t give him the credit he actually deserved? I don’t know and frankly it doesn’t really matter, but it’s got me thinking. I hate that Jen seems to have gone so far away from the truth, from the word, the hope so many flocked to her to find. I miss it honestly. Frankly I feel bad for her. Not because she’s divorced or that her husband appears to have moved on or even that her boyfriend seems to be a jerk. I’m sad because I think she’s chosen to exit a place that she shined at.
You make some good points about the marriage being in trouble for a long time but not according to Jen. But her being devastated by the shock of the infidelity and divorce could be because of the same flaws we see now in that, even in her marriage, everything revolved, and still revolves, around her and her tiny little world and what she needs it to be. This wonderful life she’s created is because she’s so adorable and funny and outrageous and strong and wise. And any issues or problems interferes with that, so we can’t have problems, can we? Until they blow up and can’t be ignored.
Jen has to have the life she wants and won’t let anything interfere with her narcissism view of what that needs to be because she would be completely empty without it. She needs a fabulous life, and for her, that can only happen if it revolves around her. If there is no sex in her marriage, Brandon should be ok with that. Kids can’t have issues, so it’s ain’t they cute? I can’t be alone because that makes me look unloveable so I need a boyfriend where we’re madly in love with each other.
I don’t believe she was always like that. But the underlying neediness was probably always there and it gradually became the driving force in her life.