It was always so weird when Joel did the “12 days of joelmas”, when Cazza went away with the fletchers and Scott to a new unique place they’d never been…. Disney World. Him saying “I don’t do well without her”. They’d been together for, what, 6 months, and they were engaged. I understand that it’s normal to miss someone’s whilst they go away, but most new couples have been on a handful of dates, don’t live together, and haven’t necessarily met family and friends. They might see each other once or twice a week and stay over, but they LIVED TOGETHER from day one.
i look back and wonder if in those 8 years of unanswered messages, Joel was finding out as much as he could about her, and tried to infiltrate her friends, so when she was at a vulnerable place, split from Oliver, he could play his nice guy, Disney loving, role, so she would be blindsided and would think he was right for her.
She was his world, and he get were together when not working. He was probably obsessed with her for so long, he couldn’t believe his luck.
Suddenly, there’s someone else who is more important to Carrie, and who relies on her so much (#boobshark) The fact that Joel was at JFOD soon after her birth, then back at Hamilton, Mabel was maybe very attached to her mumma and Joel was jealous.
Jealous of them both. Mabel can cope without Joel, but not Carrie. Carrie seems to stay in the house crying each time Mabel moves her feet.
I can imagine him struggling to share the attention, being an only child may contribute to that too.