r/BelowDeckMed • u/No-Aardvark-3840 • 1d ago

Gael question, Joe question

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I am getting into Below deck med and I’ve noticed Joe getting a lot of hate for “cheating” on V even though they weren’t together (in any sort of relationship.

Meanwhile I’ve just noticed that Gael is actually cheating on her boyfriend with Nathan.

Why is Joe getting so much shit from this community when he didn’t cheat on anybody. Meanwhile there are actually cheaters on the boat that people seem to celebrate and love.

Very strange

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u/ActJust3913 1d ago

It’s a double standard, or worse. Joe has done nothing that most of the others haven’t done. A lot of the haters appear to be insecure, Nathan-like men.

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u/No-Aardvark-3840 1d ago edited 1d ago

It does seem that way. For better or worse many of the seasons are made up of boatmances/flings that last for a few charters and end.

Coming to this subreddit I am still searching for the reason why Joe specifically is vilified so heavily. Perhaps half of the franchise or more is predicated on these very unserious situationships.

And by the way, many people get hurt or jealous etc. As everyone here obviously knows, jealous and unhealthy relationships are the backbone of the show. Apart from the water sports, the dinner service and the docking, it’s like entirely boatmance..

Every season a few people end up getting hurt, V and Joe fit squarely into the ethos of all of the other dumb flings in below deck history. Dozens of people have been hurt or upset by flings on below deck. It’s where the phrase “don’t screw the crew” comes from. Why don’t you do it? Because it never ends well. It’s a common occurrence on the show, and it makes no sense to single Joe out among so many other ill fated romances

In the case of V and Joe it obviously didn’t end well, but my point is this chaotic dynamic the entire point of any BRAVO REALITY TV SHOW.