Hi, first-time poster here. I'm not going to add anything really new and insightful here, but I just have to get this off my chest. I discovered them a week or so ago. They had been popping up on my YouTube regularly, not sure why, I'd never watched anything related, but I ignored them for a while, but then thought I'd give it a go. I watched a couple of videos and tbh I didn't really think too much about them or analyse them and their behaviours and motives, I'd never heard of devotees before, but my gut reaction was this:
I get Shane's humour, whether it's funny or indeed appropriate is another question, but I get that he says things as a joke, which a lot of the people commenting on their videos apparently don't and take what he says seriously. I admire Hannah for being with someone as severely disabled as him, but hang on a sec.... They met HOW? She saw a documentary and then decided to contact him? Ok, that's weird. WHY would you do that? Even if he were the most desirable man on earth I'd find that weird.
Now that I've thought about them more and read this thread, I have to say, this is just WEIRD. I hadn't thought about the fact she cares for him 24/7 and does it all so gladly. I'm sorry, but I care for my toddler and baby 24/7 and I love them more than life itself, but I need a break once in a while and that's knowing they'll grow up and become independent. There's no way you'd do this for years and years for some guy. And helping him eat and pee and whatnot, I'd do that for my husband if something happened to him, that's the commitment I've made, but I wouldn't do it without help and 24/7. No way.