Jack Monroe #327 Three and a half stars on Wikifeet

[von89]

I'm not really sure how to post on here (my first post) or where to post this, so I'll just jump in and do it here if that's okay.

I just want to say a big thank you to everyone on here.

I used to be actually be Jack's friend and I'd defend her to anyone, even losing friends in the process. But then some things started to niggle at me. And then some more things. Then I came across this site and read things that very much made me feel not alone in my niggling thoughts. A few months ago I ended our friendship. Not with any announcement or argument with her; I simply stopped replying. I feel a lot better with having to not deal with her crap and not being used. I don't think I would have done it without lurking on here and seeing that I wasn't alone in what I kept doubting and thinking. So thank you.

 

[von89]

My username is unconnected to my own name or age, don't worry! But thank you for the concern and warning. I had been unsure about posting to begin with because Jack can be quite vicious and malicious to people, so I'm being careful.

I met Jack after she had published her first book.

To start off with I did sometimes privately question what she would say, but then tell myself off for it and tell myself to be kind. I'd remind myself she has PTSD and various stuff that can affect how she remembers the timelines of stuff, because that's what she had said.

But things didn't always add up. Her story changes depending on who/what she's telling her story for. Over time I learnt she'd left out bits of her story and exaggerated some of it. I eventually began to suspect she was using aspects of other people's lives to craft her own background. I had met her family and brought up things with them - they had entirely different versions of things and no knowledge of other things.

Yes, she does go on about being poor. For a while I believed her and felt dreadful for her. I struggle financially and thought we were in similar circumstances. She did go through a period of financial hardship and that did muck up things like her credit rating, but she is not poor now.
It made me very uncomfortable to see her getting people to donate money to her on social media (generally these people were also struggling and giving what little they had). She'd have spent the day going on about how she was struggling to survive and can't afford essentials. But she would also be going on spending sprees at the same time. She also has family to fall back on.

I'm disabled and have serious health problems. Jack wasn't (to my knowledge) when we first met. But each time I got a new diagnosis (and other people did), not long after Jack would post on social media about having that exact same condition. But she hadn't told any of her friends about it. It felt off. Also, a mild toothache would become a cracked tooth without having seen a dentist. Joint pain became RA without having seen a specialist... She'd google symptoms and then start calling herself autistic etc. Yet it takes a long time to get that diagnosis.

She constantly had to one-up people with their health problems, like it was a competition. I noticed she'd post things to elicit sympathy regarding her health shortly following being queried or challenged about something by a friend or person in her life. Or to get them to reply to her (posting sad unwell photos/ vague posts about serious possible health problems when particular person(s) had fallen out with her...)

I started to realise that Jack didn't care about her friends. It often felt like she only cared about what people can do for her. You'd spend time with her and realise afterwards it had all been about her.
She had many acquaintances. She does have friends - but not many and her friendships don't last. She mainly has people that will say yes to her and tell her how wonderful she is/ how hard her life is.
If you try and call her out on something or question something or tell her she's in the wrong/crossed a line then it's an attack and becomes confrontational. She brings up her PTSD, rape, and all manner of things to win the argument and shut down the question.

No, I've never gifted her expensive items. Just regular Christmas gifts. I don't know if she actually ever was gifted anything. She would always be vague about who had given her things and refuse to say who the generous person was. I heavily suspected she buys them herself.

 

[Marmalade Atkins]

And arsehole.

 

[Mellybabes1810]

 

[Jelly Bean]

Wtf? Lost 'several pregnancies recently'?
She's just casually dropping that in?
I hate to be a horrible fucker but I do not believe that I'm afraid.
Late period possibly.

 

[Lazarus]

Preparing for her Sunday morning Glastonbury event? A whole hour between her and a handful of people. Will she talk about the 4p jam price increase from 10 years ago that still haunts her every day. The suspense

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They shared 2 days ago, so if jack was a professional you'd take that as confirmed. But last media event 12 alarm clocks didn't wake her up, so the chance of her making it to Somerset is somewhat unlikely. But maybe the ego boost will get her there?

The irony of talking about the cost of living crisis to people who have paid almost £300 entrance fee is not lost.

 

[Boogs]

Pretty much the exact argument my ex made to get a dog. Which she then proceeded to ignore unless she wanted some attention and never walked her beyond the end of the road and would then moan that the poor dog crapped in the house.

Jack really is proving her narc credentials again and again. I keep swinging between feeling angry and upset and praying that the poor dog (and cat!) get new homes with loving owners who can see beyond their own selfish needs. I’ve honestly got such a horrible feeling about this.

When I was about 10 my Mum and her boyfriend came home with a puppy. When they realised just how much work he was they lost interest so I did his walks and fed him. They used to hit him and rub his nose in it rather than training him. I used to wake up really early so I could clean up after him so he didn’t get hurt so they used to hit me instead because they said he wouldn’t learn. One day I came home from school and he was gone. I was totally heart broken and never knew what happened to him. Poor SB will have his heart broken unless his Dad ends up taking on the dog.

I’m 5.8 and the last labradoodle I met could put his paws on my shoulder. He also punched me in the face twice when I talked to someone else. I didn’t know dogs could punch.

I love cats and dogs but I would never have a kitten or puppy because they are such hard work. A couple of months ago I looked after a friends kitten for a long weekend and it was a bloody nightmare. I barely slept as the kitten didn’t for more than a couple of hours at a time and would then do parkour around the house. She also abseiled down my curtains and best of all left me with a thank you gift of ringworm.

The poor animals are more likely to catch something from her and those trousers than the other way around.

 

[von89]

(Is she actually real then?)

Thanks for all your detailed information. It must have been hard being around her for that length of time.

Were you around during the pandemic and was she really heartbroken from Louisa leaving (I think a lot of us suspect that was the catalyst for her cycling of recent -by recent I mean 2 years - behaviours)?

Am I real or is Jack real?

I had met Louisa a few times. She was lovely. She seemed calm and stable. Very competent. But she didn't like everything being posted on social media and being referred to it on there constantly.

Yes, Jack was a mess when she left. I think it was both Louisa leaving and also losing the life Jack thought she was going to have with Louisa. She didn't hide that she thought it would bring her success and connections. She was in love with the idea of being married to Louisa and Louisa's job.

The thing with Jack is that if her partners had plans that didn't involve her you could guarantee she'd have a mental health crisis as soon as they'd gone out. So every time they would have to leave their friends to go back and look after her. It soon got tiring for them. She didn't like them having social lives without her and got jealous. An ex of hers described her as suffocating.

 

[NaeDebates]

Grunking so no idea where this will land! Honestly I always think I can’t detest her anymore and then she got that poor dog she shouldn’t be allowed to keep animals, it breaks my heart!
and as someone who actually has had a miscarriage in the last four months I am fucking livid that she’s playing that card. It was the most traumatic thing I’ve ever been through but according to this stupid bitch I should just get a puppy and that will make me feel better right? God I hate her

 

[traumatised sideboard]

Recently Sidey B posted a link on the F&D thread to a cool site that tells you about creatures that live at different depths in the ocean. The lowest point was 10924 metres down when a crew reached The Challenger Deep in 1960. They need to update it and add Jack Monroe in her little submarine of shamelessness as having reached the lowest point any human has ever reached.

 

[trueblue222]

Spoiler: Pregnancy

I don't believe a word she's saying about having several miscarriages lately. She was with OH less than 6 months and now she's claimed to have had several miscarriages in that time. So she's been actively trying for a baby with a man she was with less than six months when she's not even a year sober. And now she's saying she's has a puppy because she can't cope with any more heartache? Christ where do you even start

 

[Jelly Bean]

Sorry but I just don't believe anything when it's weaponised like that. She is absolutely reprehensible, just beyond disgusting.

Isn't it.
Miscarriage can be a terribly traumatic thing. Yet here she uses it as a punchline in a conversation about fucking dog care. What the fuck is wrong with her.

 

[TragicSweetPotatoes]

She's deJacktivated

 

[Sideboard Bob]

Spoiler: Sad tweets

 

[Cack Conroe]

Isn't it.
Miscarriage can be a terribly traumatic thing. Yet here she uses it as a punchline in a conversation about fucking dog care. What the fuck is wrong with her.

And all because someone calmly dared to say "no it isn't" when Jack compared puppy care to mothering an actual baby. She reacts so, so extremely to any criticism. Fucking deranged narc.

It was repulsive how instead of properly apologising to the squig, she had to play the hero by making a show of how "she will delete her tweet to avoid a pile on". No, hun, you're dirty deleting to hide what a vile, manipulative cunt you are. And also to cover up your massive lie before your mum sees it.

 

[OwlRightsReserved]

Christ alive.

Dogs aren't babies. I'm not saying that to be unkind; quite the opposite. Society needs to move away from the idea that women need "baby replacements" when they don't want/can't have children, because we are whole and complete people with or without children. Jack's such a shit feminist.

Spoiler: Baby loss/miscarriage

Weaponising miscarriage/baby loss is revolting. It is almost immaterial as to whether it's true or not.

I've shared before (when Jack called Boris Johnson's new baby a dead cat?? She has form) about my daughter's birth, and the traumatic, agonising moments when we thought she was stillborn. She wasn't planned (my husband and I joke in private that she's our Pinot Grigio baby), and came ten years after our 4th son when our marriage was totally on the rocks, but she was wanted and loved from the moment I found out I was pregnant. I will never forget the pain and fear of those moments when she was born - they are fundamentally a part of me now, I'm irrevocably changed by them. I can't just throw them out on Twitter one minute, and go back to the rest of my life the next. And I'm one of the lucky ones.

All my love to frauen and herren who have experienced baby loss or miscarriage you and your stories aren't diminished by Jack's revolting behaviour.

 

[DinosaurSenior]

So... they've been together 6 months, and she's had several miscarriages.... several being more than 3...so say one every 6 weeks, with a brand new partner, no thought of commitment.

I bet that's deleted pronto. She's even worse than I thought

 

[EllaEm87]

You were not destitute.
You were a bit broke for a while.
You lived (and I suspect you still do) beyond your means.
You had an extremely easy way out- many people who are truly destitute have no one to turn to for a bail out.
You’re a cosplaying ghoul.
Please return the dog so she can live her best life somewhere where her needs will be fully met.

 

[Jelly Bean]

And how much of a horror does OH now look. Abandoning her after 'several miscarriages'.
I'm actually aghast at her recent behaviour tbh.

 

[Marmalade Atkins]

TW: pregnancy loss mentioned in the tweets timed 00:13 and 00:15.