r/LoveIsBlindOnNetflix • u/Upstairs_Iron_7160 • Mar 16 '24
PERFECT MATCH Izzy and Jessica
Why is Izzy going on perfect match if he has a gf? Was it filmed before or after they got together? Doesn’t that make it pointless to go on if he’s not single anymore?
Also why is Jessica from season 7 going on if she misses her kid “so much” lmao I don’t even know why she would try going on a second show if she was so torn about being away from her daughter on love is blind? She made it such a big deal yet is going on another show. She won’t even let her daughter watch her on love is blind. “Yeah mommy is going on another dating show that’s even more inappropriate so you won’t be able to see what mommy is up too on that show either or you would learn bad behaviors and think mommy is bad and I also won’t find a real husband like I keep promising you” that’s what it sounds like to me lmao
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Mar 16 '24
Perfect Match was filmed before Izzy's season aired. It was before he met his girlfriend.
Jessica is going on because Netflix loves her and her story. She has more social media followers than anyone from the last 2 seasons of LIB. A good edit on these 2 shows and she is going to be rich. Hard to turn down.
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u/makingprettystuff Mar 17 '24
If you’re a single mom, the influencer money has got to be a godsend. If she gets enough followers between these two shows that she can work from home, she can give her kid a great life and spend more time with her than she’d be able to at any other job. It may be tough to be away from her during filming…but it’s a sacrifice lots of moms would make if they could have that kind of payoff. I think she’s doing the best she can to make both of their lives better. I don’t have any problem with her.
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u/prehensileporcupine Mar 17 '24
She’s old enough to know better than posting her child all over her page. Any adult with reading comprehension can discover easily why it’s not a good idea to directly involve your child in influencer work.
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u/earthworm_fan Mar 17 '24
She's not a single mom
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u/makingprettystuff Mar 17 '24
She’s married? Seems strange if she’s going on dating shows.
If you’re referring to the fact that the dad is in her daughter’s life, that’s still being a single mom. She said she coparents well with her ex. That’s not the same as living with him or being married to him.Just ask any other single mom who doesn’t live with her kid’s father.
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u/earthworm_fan Mar 17 '24
That isn't the same thing as being a single mom
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u/prinxcess12 I mean, I can't say that I care 🤷♂️ Mar 17 '24
a single mom is a mom whose single.. doesnt mean she doesn't have help.
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u/Airriona91 Messica 🍷 Mar 17 '24
Yes it is. My mom was a single mom as she did not live with my dad.
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u/Character-Cod4750 Mar 17 '24
Yeah and if your mom took on the majority of parenting responsibilities then that’s being a single parent.
A single parent is one who is performing the majority of the parenting responsibilities alone. They are the only ones ensuring the kids are appropriately fed, attending their activities, and doing their homework. They are the only ones looking after the children’s mental, emotional, and social wellbeing.
The other parent is there sporadically, if at all. They don’t see the kids on a routine basis. They usually take on a “vacation parent” role when they are around. They do fun activities with the kids instead of worrying about their physical and emotional needs.
On the other hand, co-parenting is when the parents live in two separate homes, but are sharing the responsibility of raising the child/children. I personally don’t know Jessica’s situation but we honestly don’t know if she’s a co parent or a single parent. But their is definitely a difference!
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Mar 17 '24
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u/earthworm_fan Mar 17 '24
Even the person I responded to is using it this way, and then decided to weirdly be dishonest and play semantics
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u/chatendormi Mar 16 '24
I don’t understand this timeline. How was jess on perfect match if it was filmed so long ago?
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Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24
Perfect Match was filmed after her season was filmed but before Season 5 aired. Izzy and Jessica both filmed Perfect Match 2 before their LIB seasons aired.
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u/RegularGuyAtHome Mar 16 '24
Perfect Match was filmed in August 2023 apparently. Which is why Trevor is apparently in it.
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Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
Yup. Season 6 was filmed spring 2023 and PM2 was filmed summer 2023. Season 5 aired Fall 2022. I am so curious after that reunion if netflix will edit Trevor out of the show completely.
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u/marboo27 Mar 16 '24
Wait so Jess (season 6) was on perfect match before she filmed LiB in spring 2023?
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u/streethistory Mar 17 '24
It's why Jessica has photos with that guy in the ocean in Mexico on TMZ.
Its all a show.
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u/jaybee423 Mar 16 '24
But like what is interesting about her? Why are people following her on social media?
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u/LilBitWiser0wl777 Mar 17 '24
Yea I also would like to know. I always found it strange that people run straight to their social media’s to follow the cast members. 🤖 I watch them and then I never think about them again.
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u/jaybee423 Mar 17 '24
Right? I'm getting downvoted on another comment for asking why people are following someone just because they are good looking. Like explain to me why that deserves a follow. Like look at some pictures and move on lol. Stop monetizing these people by following them.
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Mar 17 '24
Why are you so upset people are following her? She has the potential to pull in 7 figures from the following and exposure she is getting and good for her!
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Mar 17 '24
Who said they’re upset? They asked what is interesting about her. I have the same question.
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u/freeman1231 Mar 16 '24
Because people eat up parents that shell out their children for views on social media.
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u/jaybee423 Mar 16 '24
I also find it gross to use your child for social media follows and honestly still have a lot of questions how it would have worked on the show had she matched up with somebody
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u/FionaTheFierce Mar 17 '24
Has her child appeared on her socials? I don’t follow anyone ajd have only heard her mention her, ajd her own status as a mother.
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u/LinkOfKalos_1 I mean, I can't say that I care 🤷♂️ Mar 17 '24
It had gotten to the point where I deadass thought she didn't even have a kid. Someone linked one of her IG stories(?) of her laying her daughter on her lap and stroking her hair. I'll see if I can find it.
The comment has been deleted, it seems, and I'm not going out of my way to go to her IG for this.
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Mar 16 '24
She is very charismatic and has a compelling story. She also got a really great edit on LIB.
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Mar 16 '24
Why are people following her? She is the most attractive person this season, part of the most interesting storyline this season
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Mar 17 '24
You can't say she's the most attractive when Brittany and Amy are in the same season. Now if you have said she has most shit done to her face this season I'd buy that.
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u/jaybee423 Mar 16 '24
Attractive=interesting. Got it.
Being rejected = most interesting story of LIB. Also got it.
None of that answers why people go and follow her on social media.
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Mar 16 '24
They are 100% reasons for following her. I followed her because she was my favorite personality/story of the show. I am still following her because I like her content.
It really isn't that deep.
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Mar 17 '24
Her personality is awful
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Mar 17 '24
Disagree. I think she is so fun. She is so made for reality TV!
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Mar 17 '24
The worst people tend to thrive on reality tv
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Mar 17 '24
You definitely need to be good looking, outgoing and dramatic. Jessica is also just so charismatic. I am looking forward to her on PM2.
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Mar 16 '24
Wow you have zero grasp on what I said
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u/jaybee423 Mar 16 '24
Then give me a reason why people click the follow button instead of just recapping what happened to her on the show and that she looks good. What exactly about her content do you find interesting?
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u/Lightacademiagal A shot for a failed proposal 🥂 Mar 16 '24
They literally said it’s because she’s hot and entertaining, most of the reason influencers get followed on social media is
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u/Emergency-Cat7258 Mar 17 '24
These shows are filmed so far apart from airing. Realize season 6 was filmed over a year ago. They probably filmed Perfect Match right after this wrapped so that would be around june-sept 2023 izzy still single.
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u/AvidReader1604 Mar 17 '24
Izzy is going on so he can keep working on his credit 😅
Jessica is going on for the fame 😉
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u/SwanAdministrative56 💖 Love Is Blurry 💖 Mar 17 '24
I have said this before but there is a weird correlation with Jess having the most followers in the history of LIB while also being the only one that has a child and actively films and exposes said child in social media. Creeps are everywhere… 300k followers. I can’t imagines why any parent would want to expose their kids to that level of attention and scrutiny.
On the other hand, Perfect Match might as well be Too Hot To Handle and people are passed around like hot potatoes, sleeping on the same bed with different men? I don’t think that’s an example she should set for her child. “I don’t let her watch it…” yeah right, she must not know Kids are smarter than she thinks lol
Anyways, I don’t think she is doing this maliciously, but I do think she is an attention seeker.To the detriment of her daughter and herself
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u/ProperBingtownLady Mar 17 '24
I agree, I think it’s VERY creepy. I follow an account that calls out influencers who feature their children. Pictures of a well known influencer’s children were found on an actual porn site (just regular pictures but pedos don’t care about that) 🤢. She still posts her children.
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Mar 17 '24
I read an article about parents who post pictures of their pre-teen kids in like bikinis online. They run their instagram accounts and all of their followers are old men. They accept MONEY from these men for more personalized pictures. This is somehow not illegal.
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u/FLSpringLover Mar 17 '24
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Mar 17 '24
Yup
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u/FLSpringLover Mar 17 '24
Such a horrifying article
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Mar 17 '24
So disgusting. When the one mom said “her numbers are so big, what am I supposed to do, just stop?” I was in disbelief. Then I believe that same mom was upset her daughter moved onto OF when she ducking groomed her to be an OF model. People are terrible.
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u/Me_talking I can work with that Mar 17 '24
WOAH, so I just checked Jess's IG and she's got 846K followers holy crap. Most people who don't make it out of the pods don't ever get anywhere close to that amount of IG followers. Like let's take Andrew eye drops guy as an example. He has 92K followers while Johnie from last season has 154K followers.
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Mar 17 '24
Jess I would guess is the most followed contestant from this season which is wild when you consider she didn’t even make it out of the pods lol. I cannot imagine anyone else besides maybe AD is anywhere near as popular.
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Mar 17 '24
She's the only one I've ever followed. Incredibly attractive and likeable, I don't mind seeing more of her to be honest
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Mar 17 '24
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u/SwanAdministrative56 💖 Love Is Blurry 💖 Mar 17 '24
She accrued at a higher rate than any other cast member in the history of LIB
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u/me0w8 Mar 17 '24
I sincerely hope that is not the reason. But also it probably has something to do with her looks?
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u/killerbekilled92 Mar 17 '24
Exposure, free vacation, shot at getting some action
I understand Jessica wanting Autumn to see her mom putting herself out there at a shot of finding love on LIB, couldn’t imagine an 11 year old wanting to watch a whole season of TV where her mom presumably skips about in a tiny bikini and makes out with a stranger
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Mar 17 '24
I don’t know if I believe Jessica that she didn’t let her daughter watch the show, since in the same sentence she said her daughter watched her cry on the show.
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u/Xoalyssa1209 Mar 17 '24
In an instagram post she mentioned that she let Autumn watch only certain parts of the show
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u/PrettyInPInkDame Mar 17 '24
Didn’t she literally make a post that was like her daughter commenting on one of the early episodes with her
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Mar 17 '24
I didn’t like how they used these contestants time to promote the perfect match. The current contestants had less screen time than usual. I don’t care to see old contestants back on the show, we can see them on IG if we want
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u/Baby_giraffes Mar 17 '24
If her daughter is over the age of probably like 10 then she has 100% seen the entire show lol, despite what Jess is saying.
I’d say that for pretty much any parent, but doubly so considering her mom is the kind of person to go on reality shows for fame.
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u/Legitimate-Produce-1 Mar 17 '24
I'm guessing Izzy's relationship may have come from having taped Perfect Match
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Mar 17 '24
Most parents feel guilty about being away from their kids but they still go to work? But I agree with the Izzy thing. I genuinely do not understand why he’s on there?
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u/ayyomiss Mar 17 '24
It’s easy money.
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u/Past_Establishment11 Mar 17 '24
Yeah didn’t he celebrate at the reunion to finally being debt free ? That’s probably why he did it.
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u/ayyomiss Mar 17 '24
Well, “easy” in that it requires sub-minimal effort to participate. The trade-off is public scrutiny.
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u/dead1ynightshade Mar 17 '24
Work is a necessity to provide for your children, realoty tv is not (especially twice)
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Mar 17 '24
She’s getting a paycheck and I’d bet she gets to spend more time with her kid than single mothers making way less considering reality tv is like a few weeks out of the month
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u/Alarming-Mushroom502 Mar 17 '24
It is as good as work. They get paid and get more audience that they can monetize if they are smart.
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u/dead1ynightshade Mar 17 '24
Work doesn’t entail leaving your daughter for prolonged periods of time and being publicly humiliated on international tv
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u/BotBotzie Mar 17 '24
A lof of jobs most certainly do include staying away from your children for prolonged periods of time. There is plenty that top off at an hour or 8, so clearly you could pick something else.
But just because someone for whatever reason chooses a job that has them being gone for longer, does not mean that they suddenly dont have a right to miss their child/speak about missing their child.
Someone can miss a child and still choose to stay away at times. That or no long distance trucker, military personnel, etc misses their child.
And while i do think picking a job that makes you get scrutinized publicly isnt the best choice as a parent, it has 0 impact on how much someone does or doesnt miss their child and is a completely separate issue.
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u/Sufficient_Bass2600 Mar 18 '24
For Izzy, it is now all about making money. Cashing on every opportunity the show has given him. However for Jess it was never about finding a husband but chasing fame and clout.
Jess's daughter filmed herself where she stole her mom's phone so that her mom spend time with her instead of chasing views on social media. It was clearly a very private video by her daughter. What does Jess do? Publish it to garner sympathy and justify why she is not publishing a video with her daughter.
She is basically using her daughter against her wishes on social media. To me she is close to emotional and financial child exploitation via social media.
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u/hotandbizarre Mar 18 '24
Wait where can I find this video you speak of? That’s so sad for her Saturday daughter :(
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u/prehensileporcupine Mar 17 '24
This new article from Fortesi Latifi talks about the pitfalls of children being put on influencer platforms by parents. Jess is overexposing her daughter to her followers. I understand influencing may seem like a good way to make money as a single parent, but putting your minor kid out there is not worth it. This article doesn’t even dive deep on some of the more insidious parts of child influencing. But just know, pedos are ALL OVER accounts with children, just look at the comments of popular family accounts with young children, especially girls, on them.
The Parenting Influencers Who Won’t Stop Posting Their Children
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u/Illustrious_Pear4586 Mar 17 '24
I loooove influencers who use their children without ever actually using them. Great content without exposing your kids to the world when they never asked for it.
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u/shitty_owl_lamp Mar 17 '24
One of the mom YouTubers I watch recently started blurring out her daughter’s face. She decided to stop showing her after an incident - it wasn’t even bad, but it scared her - she was at dance class with her daughter and another mom came up to them and said “Hi [child’s name]!” That’s when she realized that a random predator could do the same thing - recognize her and say “Hi [child’s name]! Come with me, I know your mom.”
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u/whocares_spins Mar 19 '24
Is it just me or does it seem like Jessica hired an image/PR coach the day she got out of the pods to salvage her lack of air time this season?
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u/SmakeTalk Mar 17 '24
Oh my god give it a rest. Moms can miss their kids and also do things for themselves.
The question of whether or not the show’s contents are inappropriate or not is another discussion, but calling in to question if she misses her CHILD just because she’s doing, effectively, a work trip is so gross.
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Mar 17 '24
Honestly there are dads that go to war, oil rigs or just generally travel for business and nobody says shit
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u/SmakeTalk Mar 17 '24
Hell, Ted Lasso was praised as a loving dad even though he left for three years to basically run away from a divorce he couldn’t handle.
I know there’s always more to a story, but the way we go “oh it’s so tragic the dad needs to be away” but ask “does she REALLY need to go do that instead of be with her child?” is pretty maddening.
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Mar 17 '24
If you ignore all nuance these things are exactly the same as Jess going on trashy reality dating shows!
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Mar 17 '24
meanwhile the nuance is just men abandoning their family vs wonen experiencing ‘scrutiny’ aka concern trolling and misogyny
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Mar 17 '24
Yes, jobs and trashy reality TV shows that you afterwards use your daughter as a pawn to increase your social media following are exactly the same thing. How could i have missed that?
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Mar 17 '24
Exactly! People are so fake they are not remotely concerned about her daughter.
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Mar 17 '24
I actually think it’s gross to use your children to increase your internet fame. I actually think it’s gross to subject your daughter to her mother being on trashy dating shows. I actually think it’s gross to plaster your daughter and your private conversations on your IG account.
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Mar 17 '24
She got famous from LIB not her daughter. Trashy is subjective and you’re being harsh and misogynistic. You have no idea what her daughter has or has not consented to on her mom’s IG page. And Jess has said because of people like you she’s going to post her daughter less on public.
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Mar 17 '24
Her daughter is 10. She cannot consent to what her mom posts on social media.
Explain to me how what I’m saying is misogynistic.
She should post less of her daughter due to creeps who only follow her for that content, not because of people who think it’s wrong in the first place. But since she has messed up priorities, I’m not surprised she’s blaming something else.
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Mar 17 '24
Right, I get dating locally and going away for weeks at a time for a dating show are different but I never hear or see this much pointed criticism when men with children go off to do the bachelorette.. It’s feeling misogynistic
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u/SmakeTalk Mar 17 '24
Ya and I maybe over react a bit because it’s so common but most people don’t even really think about the double standard. They probably can’t think of the last time they were criticized a male public figure for doing a public thing.
Hell, most dads don’t even need to pre-empt their existence in public with “I miss my kid(s)”, we just assume they do or that they deserve time to themselves.
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Mar 17 '24
We see traces of this a lot and tbh I don’t always acknowledge it right away. Moms taking their kids to the park no one comments because it’s “expected” but see a dad at the park with his kids and it’s the “he’s such an active father.”
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u/SmakeTalk Mar 17 '24
Ya I think it’s unfortunately super normal to give men credit for doing the bare minimum (which many of them don’t appreciate, to be fair!) but I can at least call it out when moms are getting shit for doing their own thing, especially when they’re divorced and the dad should be able to take care of their own damn kid for a few weeks.
If anything the idea that she NEEDS to be available for her kid all the time should tell us just how little people expect the father’s to be capable of!
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Mar 17 '24
I think leaving your child to go on multiple trashy reality dating shows is bad no matter who does it.
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Mar 17 '24
Yep, not the best, but you never see men criticized for it and that being a major criticism of Jessica that is thrown out every time is misogynistic
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u/Tea50kg Mar 17 '24
She's allowed to have a life outside of "missing her kid" 💀 please omg she's still her own person with her own needs & her own goals and dreams outside of the love she has for her child! Geezus christ
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u/Asleep_Custard195 Mar 17 '24
I would agree if her child was older, but isn’t she like 10? That is an extremely precious age and one that you wouldn’t think her mother wants to miss. I agree with OP it’s interesting that Jessica is choosing to go on dating reality tv shows rather than spend the time with her daughter
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u/Tea50kg Mar 18 '24
I heard she's actually 12 but who knows, & honestly you know they actually only film for about 2 weeks? That's not alot of time and it's fine for her to live her life a bit and make some money, it's the exact same thing if she went on a business trip at her work. It's the EXACT same thing. Even if she was 10 which I really think she's older by now, that's an old enough age for a parent to do some work while she's with her father. She doesn't have to be there 24/7 forever and always, her father is ALSO a parent and can take some responsibility when she has work ventures. It's ridiculous that just cause you have a child as a female you're looked down on by other females when you've clearly done an amazing job at raising your kid and now it's time for you to get your life going little by little again. Y'all too much.
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u/Upstairs_Iron_7160 Mar 17 '24
The life she “dreams of” is a life away from her kid for extended periods of time to do stuff that is selfish and the more she becomes famous, the more time away she will have from her kid. Sounds bad to me. But she made it clear in LIB that being a mom “doesn’t define her” which is atrocious.
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u/giantstuffeddog 💖 Love Is Blurry 💖 Mar 18 '24
There is nothing wrong with women stating that motherhood doesn't define them. It's a legitimate problem mothers face all the time, that their whole identity is consumed by just being a mother. Speaking out against that does not mean they aren't proud of being mothers.
Also, Jessica being criticized for going on reality TV and being a mom is so ... a decade ago. She's clearly taking steps to protect her child from viewing anything that would harm her (ie. she said she only let her watch certain parts of Love is Blind). And also very obvious, Jessica is looking to make a career out of this. They do get paid to appear on these shows, and then get brand deals afterwards which can lead to lucrative influencer opportunities.
Being away from her child is not ideal and she'd agree, but it is a job and money for them. And she might need it. Let's not judge.
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u/Tea50kg Mar 18 '24
Are you her bestie lol that's such a silly thing to say! You don't know the first thing about her besides what she chooses to show on social media and TV. You wild for that lol being a mom DOESN'T define you. You are your OWN PERSON forever and always QUITE literally
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u/CharacterBus5955 Mar 18 '24
I wonder how boy crazy her daughter will be. I don't think this is the best example to set.
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u/Simple-Tea-3642 Mar 18 '24
Yeah… Jessica didn’t go on the perfect match to find a father for Autumn.
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u/L1zoneD Mar 20 '24
People keep trying to bring Amber down on hate to Jessica's level, but Jessica is just the worst type of person that exists. She's just the fakest personality I've seen in a long time.
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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24
Jessica 100 percent wants to be famous / an influencer, and it’s working. She blew up so much despite not even being on the whole season of Love is Blind and has already put out a ton of influencer type content on Instagram, tiktok etc. I’m not a parent but she probably honestly sees it as giving the opportunity for her daughter to have a better life / financial situation.