WaterVesselLikeJenPart 78

[Rory0425]

How she makes a 30 minute video feel like an hour
The knitting!! She only knits on take off and landing. Then she works. No handmade gifts from mommy. She has to prioritize. Wow!
Just another episode of the Jen show. Make coffee.

I keep going back and forth on opinions. Everyone has such great theories. I think we are close to something.

EdIt- Site acting up. Didn't see your posts. But we are all on the same page.

Picture a sweet moment when Jen covers her little girl up in the blanket she made her and says, "I made this for you when you were in my tummy." Cue the sappy music.

Oh, wait, this is Jen. What was I thinking?!

[Noelle]

I thought you guys were kidding about her being in possession of Bringing Up Bébé. When will I ever learn.

Nothing is more pretentious than the way some Americans have romanticized other cultures, especially the French. If the goal is to look schmancy, it has the opposite effect. I understand interest, but not the clumsy imitation.

There isn't anything that unique about typical "French parenting" when compared to old-school American parenting. Or most of Europe, for that matter. And if there were, why learn about it from an American? Sounds totally legit. The mommy version of Eat, Pray, Love [Yourself].

Slap the French label on anything and women in Jen's demo will buy it. Parisian coffins -- feel smug and classy in death. Tampons produced in the heart of Provence -- treat your birth canal to the feeling of sumptuous cotton and tingly lavender essence.

[fiercelyprivate]

I really don't think Jen will give up Youtube. If anything, she's showing signs of clinging more to it in light of the pregnancy. Just look at the increased posting frequency...she hadn't been this regular in a long time. So she's either going to stop being useless and manage to do both (YT and mom) or she'll do YT and "baby girl" will be someone else's problem. I do think the increase in posting frequency is a calculated move on her part.

[LuckyMe]

The 5 lbs went to her butt. She's growing another bump there.

[Meow]

forgot to add....someone asked if she was going to do baby update videos once she's here. Jen then asked us what we thought. would we be interested in hearing baby updates or would we rather hear about how JEN is doing or some combination of both? you just know she's hoping everyone will only want to hear about her. she's such a trip. it's going to be a real slap in the face to her when baby girl is here and she's getting all of the attention.

[fiercelyprivate]

forgot to add....someone asked if she was going to do baby update videos once she's here. Jen then asked us what we thought. would we be interested in hearing baby updates or would we rather hear about how JEN is doing or some combination of both? you just know she's hoping everyone will only want to hear about her. she's such a trip. it's going to be a real slap in the face to her when baby girl is here and she's getting all of the attention.

That's it, I must watch this video now

[lipstick jungle]

I missed the knitting gate.
I am back to FF everything and missing half of it.
There was this short period where I watched some of Jen's video.
short passion, it seems.


I am glad she said that.
That is Jen.
we know Jen by now as well as anyone can know a stranger online, but she has shared enough to give us a notion of who she is deep inside

She edits herself so much this days.
she covers so much of her own identity.

It's annoying.

what she said may be cold, but this is Jen.
Jen is not a warm, fuzzy feelings person.

she said it herself her language of love is gift giving.
Except she gives random crap, bought at the last minute, not a second spent focusing on what the person truly loves.

I, for one, am glad she still lets her own self slip now and then.

This perfect image with fading colors and filled with cracks she try to pass this day just makes me annoy with her.

I took her as she was , neurotic and selfish and a bag of nerves when she admitted to being just that - in her own way - there was some hope of redemption in her honesty. Like she was aware of her flaws and knew they weren't good for her.

This fake persona, this lying one, ... I just can't stand it.

I hope there is a miracle and she changes when the baby comes.
But how many people have we know to change their ways because of kids alone?
I guess she will just put up a farce of perfect mother, perfect kid, perfect husband, with her empty eyes, a husband nowhere to be seen a dog that seems half dead, etc

[MattressCrowSoapJar]

Her videos consist of:

"Here's what I bought."

"Here are some other things I bought."

"Here's where I'm going to put what I bought."

and "Here's what I'm eating. Again."

And this is a higher priority than making things her daughter can keep and pass on to her children. I feel SO sorry for Tito. She isn't even born, and she's already low on the priority list.

She mentions in her blog post that she's waited so long to shop, the crib may not even be there by the time she's born. This is NOT the behavior of a woman who desperately wanted and tried for years for a baby

[MattressCrowSoapJar]

She interrogated the Four Seasons staff about whether their chefs cut veggies and raw fish with the same knife. I hope Don left some enormous tips.

[lipstick jungle]

She interrogated the Four Seasons staff about whether their chefs cut veggies and raw fish with the same knife. I hope Don left some enormous tips.

what? The chef?
The chef, as far as I know, doesn't even do any of the prep.

I wonder how insulted he was....


But I think Jen asked the waiter IF ... I don't see her getting up or having the chef go to her table.

[MattressCrowSoapJar]

She actually said that "posting" is her "biggest passion." Not her family. Not the baby she supposedly struggled for. Not motherhood.

Showing STUFF and talking to a camera is the most important part of her life.

[fiercelyprivate]

She starts the video off saying they spent half their time in Maui, half in Kona. More like you spent half your time at the FS in Maui and the other half in the FS in Kona

By her own admission, she doesn't talk much all day because she's "working". More proof that her and Don barely say 'boo' to one another. You know when you just get bad vibes off a couple? That's how I feel when I watch Jen and Don.

Isn't it hilarious that Don suddenly seems more into eating fish now that Jen has this alleged aversion? I don't recall him eating this much fish before.

Wow, she sounds adamant on not personally lifting a finger for "baby girl". There are lots of things knit by other people for her and she (Jen) is sticking with her passion right now which is posting. When other people show more involvement with your child...

I think it's HILARIOUS that people are asking her if they're moving. No one would think to ask a normal person living in a 4-5 bedroom home if they need to move because they had a baby. Again, just like the nanny questions, it shows you that on some level they acknowledge who Jen is and what she's about.

So she LOVES being so close to family but she dreams of living somewhere where there's no one around for miles and miles. She lays it on thick first (as always when it comes to the fam) before exposing how she really feels. I see what you did there Probably reading too much into it...but oh well!

[FLOSSY77]

MCSJ, I agree completely. She is so not caring about getting ready for baby. Maybe I speak for myself but that is the fun stuff. Setting up the room. Getting excited over the little things. I couldn't wait to register. I agree with her the room doesn't have to be ready but a women in her position with the time has no excuse. Except she doesn't care. Emily had to tell her to get cracking? The whole thing is sad. She barely mentions a baby. It's all about her.
We need to keep track of the gifts she gets and see if they are ever used. OL start filing.

[fiercelyprivate]

Oh and she's not sure if people would be interested in hearing updates about the baby. But I see she had no reservations in thinking people wanted to hear about her pregnancy EVERY.DAMN.WEEK for 30 minutes. Not self-absorbed at all

[loopyloo]

I hope there is a miracle and she changes when the baby comes.
But how many people have we know to change their ways because of kids alone?
I guess she will just put up a farce of perfect mother, perfect kid, perfect husband, with her empty eyes, a husband nowhere to be seen a dog that seems half dead, etc

I don't think having a child, or going through any big life experience, changes people. It just brings out existing aspects of your personality, good or bad. I have known women who were a bit self-absorbed, but basically warm-hearted underneath, become better people after having a kid. I have never seen someone who is utterly self-absorbed and shallow suddenly become a wonderful person. Jen is kind of cold to everyone in her life and is very self-obsessed so I haven't got my hopes up. I reckon she might do a good job of appearing to be the perfect mother on YT. She will sit there and talk in her girly voice and say the same things she hears other YT mummies say and her minions will fall for it.

She interrogated the Four Seasons staff about whether their chefs cut veggies and raw fish with the same knife.

I bet they did after hearing that one! Does Jen not know about food safety training?! I hope she didn't also ask whether he washed his hands after having a wee!

[Meow]

She actually said that "posting" is her "biggest passion." Not her family. Not the baby she supposedly struggled for. Not motherhood.

Showing STUFF and talking to a camera is the most important part of her life.

remember the time when suddenly spending time with Winnie and "her pack" was her main priority? so at one point time with her dog was the most important thing ever...but now that she's pregnant POSTING is her priority. something is seriously wrong here.

[loopyloo]

She actually said that "posting" is her "biggest passion." Not her family. Not the baby she supposedly struggled for. Not motherhood.

Showing STUFF and talking to a camera is the most important part of her life.

remember the time when suddenly spending time with Winnie and "her pack" was her main priority? so at one point time with her dog was the most important thing ever...but now that she's pregnant POSTING is her priority. something is seriously wrong here.

Do you think she is trying to distract herself from things she doesn't want to think about. It reminds me of when I used to have uni deadlines and would suddenly become obsessed with cleaning the whole house because I couldn't face revising. I feel she is just filling her days with YT at the moment so she doesn't have time to think or do anything else.

[sassafrass]

She interrogated the Four Seasons staff about whether their chefs cut veggies and raw fish with the same knife. I hope Don left some enormous tips.

Seriously, did any of you think about that kind of thing when you were pregnant? Oh no, one microscopic cell of a raw fish will kill me and my baby? Come on give me a break.

[fiercelyprivate]

She actually said that "posting" is her "biggest passion." Not her family. Not the baby she supposedly struggled for. Not motherhood.

Showing STUFF and talking to a camera is the most important part of her life.

remember the time when suddenly spending time with Winnie and "her pack" was her main priority? so at one point time with her dog was the most important thing ever...but now that she's pregnant POSTING is her priority. something is seriously wrong here.

Do you think she is trying to distract herself from things she doesn't want to think about. It reminds me of when I used to have uni deadlines and would suddenly become obsessed with cleaning the whole house because I couldn't face revising. I feel she is just filling her days with YT at the moment so she doesn't have time to think or do anything else.

Yes and I also think she's setting the tone for how things will be after the baby is here. Like I said, the increase in posting frequency is a calculated move on her part. She's laying down a foundation...lest Don suddenly start thinking she's *gasp* a mother.

[lipstick jungle]