Jack Monroe #331 Safe word - pumble

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I still think he just wasn't that into her! It happens alot, bloke finds girl, bloke likes girl, bloke sleeps with girl, bloke hangs out with girl, bloke gets bored with girl and leaves for pastures new!
 
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And don’t forget her getting dumped (again) by her then fiancé whom she tried to make out left her for because she wanted a double mastectomy
I’m very suspicious about that - she said that to make the ex look bad - “oh boohoo, she was awful, she didn’t understand.” I call bullshit, that was her excuse to leave and make it look like it was the ex’s fault. Narc again….
 
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New column for the Guardian:
Sex and the Pity. Dating as a single, celebrity (but down on her luck) mum
‘They say nothing lasts forever; dreams change, trends come and go, but my grifting will never stop.’
Screw that they should have a column called funky sex positions of the ancient world, ( they had cheese graters, don't ya know)
 
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I still think he just wasn't that into her! It happens alot, bloke finds girl, bloke likes girl, bloke sleeps with girl, bloke hangs out with girl, bloke gets bored with girl and leaves for pastures new!
I agree.
I know I bang on about this on other threads, so sorry to anyone who’s seen this screed elsewhere, but I really think true enlightenment and maturity* lies in being able to accept that usually the person isn’t a narc. Isn’t toxic. It isn’t “their loss”. Sometimes it IS you, not them (at least in their eyes). People change their minds and break promises. And pretending otherwise is bullshit toxic positivity.

*Let the record show I’m 37, and it has taken me all my adulthood, and therapy, and time to reflect on a breakup at the start of lockdown to finally “get” this. And I still struggle with it. But I do find peace in being able to accept it and not villainise the other person endlessly.

PS my phone says villainise isn’t a word, I don’t accept that! My phone is toxic
 
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Hello and welcome! So what was the event or happening that made your Jack bubble burst and caused you to enter the light of truth?
I don't even think there was a single precipitating event - more like the slowly-simmering-frog effect. The escalating drama, the can-rattling, the fawning over blue ticks whilst ignoring the hoi polloi. It just all started to seem very performative and dodgy.
 
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I was thinking if OH is in recovery and Jack isn’t really following it (not completely alcohol free beer) that would be a very valid reason for ending it. One which she isn’t likely to share.
 
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12 steps? Completed pal.
Proof that doing the 12 steps doesn't mean you are not an odious individual. It doesn't fix personality. It seldom fixes addiction. People and society unfortunately are more complex than that.

I'd hate to think a recovering adictt would goad another addict. People turn up to meetings pissed that have been doing well . All accepted.
Maybe it's changed.
 
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Today I remembered that Jack facetuned the sky. 10/10 would remember again.
 
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Evening all. Do we know if she’s still working on the Voluminous Bubbly Indicator (or not) any more?
 
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I agree about the SDA. If he follows her that closely (posting multiple congrats on her sobriety over the last year) then he must have seen the Tinder chaos, followed by her silence today.

It's extremely suspect and potentially quite harmful that he posted about her 1 year of sobriety that early in the morning. Almost gloating...?
 
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Quoting myself like a twat but thanks to this thread I found Miguel Barclay and Joe Lycett *shuffles off Britishly saying goodbye to everyone after you’ve already flounced off*
 
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Common knowledge in the food media world. I don't work in it but I have a friend who does and Allegra is not liked or respected. She is the very definition of boorish.
The Allegra and Jack relationship always had a really weird vibe. Like Jack was a bright toddler, and Allegra was an indulgent parent.
 
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