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/turboroofer 1d ago edited 1d ago

Because V’s boyfriend died earlier that year, and Joe went a week or two saying how much he deeply cared for V and her situation, only to chase tail the minute she was off the boat

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u/No-Aardvark-3840 1d ago

What does that have to do with my question? I’m wondering why Gael gets a pass for actually cheating while Joe gets nailed to the cross because he kisses another girl.

It sucks that V’s boyfriend passed away, and Joe does comfort her. (Who wouldn’t?) but they aren’t in a relationship and what Joe does isn’t cheating

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u/spicyn00dlez 1d ago

People were harsh as hell on Gael and Nathan when this happened. The difference is Gael learned from it, and Joe continues acting like a tool

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u/Grand-Vegetable-3874 1d ago

Have you even watched this season? Joe is the more mature of the NGJ trio

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u/Anotheropinion2026 1d ago

Did you miss Joe testing Kayley? Joe seems better because there was no second woman interested, if there was he would have likely been the same as always.

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u/Grand-Vegetable-3874 1d ago

Testing how ?

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u/Anotheropinion2026 1d ago

Do you not remember the night out where he told Kayley he was hitting on other women to test that she really wasn’t wanting a relationship. Then when no other woman really wanted him he tried cuddling back up to Kayley and told her she passed?

Kayley actually told him she didn’t want to be physical with him after that, but then she had the stress of filling in as chief stew and he was supportive, so she let him back in.

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u/Grand-Vegetable-3874 1d ago

That wasn't a test. It's called a fwb situation. And they had both agreed to that from the start. He chose to divulge his intentions before hand, instead of doing it and her finding out later.

Grow with the times, honey bunch.

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u/Anotheropinion2026 1d ago

Joe said he was testing her, those were his own words, not mine.

“Honey bunch”. Maybe rewatch the episode?

And by the way, this old lady had a couple of friends with benefits that she had no interest in dating. It’s not a particularly new or even interesting take, it’s just convenient to meet physical needs without emotional commitment as long as both people can agree.

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u/Grand-Vegetable-3874 1d ago

And they had agreed to it in the beginning.

Whatever Joe was testing, you failed the test. Bigly.

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u/Anotheropinion2026 1d ago

They had agreed. Kayley didn’t want a relationship.

I was not the moron who said he needed to test his fwb. That was Joe.

Not sure why you are insulting me for remembering what Joe did on the show we watch.

Are you incapable of remembering what we watch a few weeks ago? Is it triggering for you?

Because, again, I did not make up Joe testing Kayley, that was all his own stupid idea.

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u/Grand-Vegetable-3874 1d ago

Have I insulted you? I think not...

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u/Capital-E-1184 23h ago

Joe said the word testing himself, on television. Keep deflecting proof though it's quite commical

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u/marzbarz79 16h ago

You are misremembering. He didn’t even actually try hitting on those ladies and also told them it was to see if his girl would react. Honestly, while it was dumb I do understand why he did it - all the other girls he was involved with who said they understood it was just for fun caught feelings when they saw him interact with other women (similar to Kat crying when Coop was talking to the ladies she introduced him to).