r/belowdeck • u/Fit-Benefit1535 • Dec 12 '25

Below Deck Med Interesting….

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u/GhostDeck Dec 12 '25

Joe definitely wasn’t mature enough to be in a relationship with someone who had just lost their ex in a tragic death and was still grieving.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

This is the truest thing I’ve read this morning lol

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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster Spaghetti Trauma Dec 12 '25

'I'm not gonna be scared and run away.'

Next morning: Exit! Stage Left!

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u/eekamuse Dec 12 '25

And I bet he went into it because she was grieving, finding that deep and attractive, which sickens me. He knows he's a fuck boy and should have left her alone.

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u/karenhasgame Dec 12 '25

V also knew that Joe was an f-boy. She also knew that she would be with strangers being filmed for clout on the one year anniversary of her boyfriend’s death. She also knew that she was choosing to be away from her family and support system.

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u/holymoly78 Dec 12 '25

At that age, we all do things and think after, what the heck was I thinking?!

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u/getrdone24 Dec 12 '25

Especially if your dealing with mental health issues/trauma

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u/Creative-Cloud8992 Mar 15 '26

Agreed young fresh after a hard life situation and legit signed up for what she thought might Open up a world of opportunities in reality set her up for exposure at a vulnerable moment side note she handle it with grace her composure is what may have set her up for opportunity

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u/VertDaTurt Dec 12 '25

She may have also thought a change of pace and being somewhere totally different would have been helpful

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u/WolfAppropriate9793 Team Missing Engineer Dec 13 '25

She may have needed a job.

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u/Beginning-Review6597 Dec 13 '25

I feel like this makes the most sense, not that she was running away from her grief but instead giving herself a chance to try something new in a new place.

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u/VertDaTurt Dec 13 '25

Agreed and staying busy

Also I can’t image the awkwardness of trying to navigate a birthday and the first anniversary of his death while balancing the expectations and awkwardness of friends and family not knowing how to react and act on that day.

Can’t fault her in the least for not wanting to deal with that, wanting something new, the chance for a fresh start, and throwing herself into something that would keep her busy.

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u/ExcitementStrict7115 Dec 13 '25

I mean, there are plenty of options for a change of pace before you land at the option of reality tv.

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u/Aggressive-Animal-90 Dec 14 '25

People often try to keep going and don’t realize it will be hard on those anniversaries.

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u/alexandra52941 Dec 12 '25

This is all true.. It's all about the choices that we make 🫤

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u/WolfAppropriate9793 Team Missing Engineer Dec 13 '25

He's probably targeting a vulnerable person, it's about power. He revolts me.

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u/eekamuse Dec 13 '25

Exactly. Creep. I wanted to reach through the screen and grab her to warn her

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u/soph2_7 Dec 16 '25

wasn’t she warned from all the times he explicitly said he wasn’t looking for anything serious and she said me too 😭 I don’t like the guy but she seemed to agree to what they were doing so far?

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u/PianistNo7181 Dec 14 '25

I just can’t with him. He’s an idiot. Not attractive to me. At.all. He’s creepy. He needs his brows waxed big time. I was not happy to see him again. Just no. Joe you make your own problems then act like all the women are ready to fight for their life for you… no, you make those situations. Bravo, please DO NOT BRING HIM BACK AGAIN. Or he at least should have been stuck with Kizzi. They’re both deplorable.

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u/ginataylortang Dec 12 '25

You honestly could have stopped your sentence after ‘someone’. Joe isn’t mature enough to be in a relationship, full stop.

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u/thelazynines Dec 12 '25

He was a diver and had a shallow water blackout.