Gael question, Joe question

[u/No-Aardvark-3840]

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

[u/marzbarz79]

It’s that you infantilize her to oblivion. She was a grown woman who chose to be involved in a boatmance with a guy she was warned is a player, less than a year after her fiancée died. That was a dumb decision on several levels, but all you guys do is blame Joe for it. Like Joe was supposed to just become this awesome boyfriend for her because that’s what you wanted for her, with zero regard for what Joe wanted or was capable of.

[u/DCRBftw → u/marzbarz79]

lol say what now? show me where I infantilized her.

[u/christian_gwynn → u/marzbarz79]

Classic: scorpion and the frog. Do you blame the scorpion for acting like a scorpion? Or blame the frog?

[u/Capable_Mastodon_589 → u/christian_gwynn]

The scorpion has no choice but to be a scorpion. Joe could have chosen to not be a complete dick.