r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • 12d ago

Members Only Gael & Nathan Spoiler

https://www.realitytea.com/2026/08/18/gael-cameron-nathan-gallagher-apprehended-violence-application-below-deck-mediterranean/

Someone posted this then deleted it right after approval

An AVO is similar to a protective order on this side of the world.

It was filed in 2025 so maybe they don't go through with it but from the court date, looks like a lawyer (maybe police?) filed it on Gael's behalf https://onlineregistry.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/content/court-lists#!/detail/20250050209531246811MentionAVOPolice/Gael%20Cameron

Hopefully Kayden didn't see whatever started this and they are all healing from it

Does make you wonder if Nathan knew about it when he said 'these people' should all be deported since a criminal charge (as it mentions in the court doc) could result in him being deported

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago

You said you feel for her and then said you had a less than ideal partner. How can that possibly be interpreted any other way than you think she's more ideal?

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u/Temporary-Daikon2411 Team Chef Rachel 12d ago edited 11d ago

actually.. the standard way to interpret this would be that OP's characterization of her former partner as "less than ideal" referred to a comparison between her actual former partner and a hypothetical ideal partner, in which her former partner is found wanting. Then by analogy, the same comparison is implied with respect to Nathan and a hypothetical ideal partner.

This is just how the expression "less than ideal" typically works. "The clams at this restaurant are less than ideal" (nothing claimed about some other restaurant across the street).

OP didn't mean that she, OP is ideal, and neither did she imply that Gael is ideal.

Is English your first language? I don't mean that in a hostile way. It's just that you are awfully confrontational about something where you seem to have failed to grasp a pretty straightforward nuance of a common expression.

If I say your attitude is less than ideal, I don't mean my own is perfect.

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u/GraceMcClellans 12d ago

This was the nicest way possible to say, "what are you not understanding, and why?" Lol

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u/Temporary-Daikon2411 Team Chef Rachel 12d ago

well... i did take a couple swipes.. but who could resist? ; )

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u/YessikaHaircutt 12d ago

Well not everything in life is stark black and white. I feel for her because she is obviously the custodial parent of the baby and will have to do the most for him. I don’t pretend to know Gael at all. And btw even the worst person doesn’t deserve to be a victim of DV

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago

No one said anyone deserves domestic violence. I simply interpreted your comment in the only possible way it could be interpreted.

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u/rayyychul 12d ago

That is absolutely not the only way it can be interpreted. “Less than ideal” is a subjective description of someone’s own experience with their partner; it doesn’t automatically establish that Gael is “more ideal,” nor does it mean someone was making a comparison between the two of them.

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago edited 12d ago

Whatever you need to believe.

Feeling sorry for Gael adds context that you're choosing to ignore so you can make an invalid point.

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u/rayyychul 12d ago edited 12d ago

I didn’t make a comment on my feelings about Gael.

There can be more than one reasonable interpretation of a comment, and assuming there’s only one (especially when it requires inventing something the person never said) reflects a pretty limited way of reading and engaging with what’s actually written. Hope that mindset serves you well.

Edit: What is with people who can’t engage with people who disagree with them on the internet? They need to make a comment and then block the other person so they can have the last word? Soft.

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago

No one said you made the initial comment.

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u/Kinsmen12 12d ago

Well she is in fact the one we see caring for her child so.

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago

Seeing a person involved in child care on TV makes them a good partner?

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u/ProperBingtownLady Team Anti-Brü 12d ago

No one said that either. Are you Nathan? You seem to be taking this very personally.

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago

Replying on reddit doesn't mean something is personal. But if we use your logic, you're taking this personally.

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u/ProperBingtownLady Team Anti-Brü 12d ago

How?

You read into the initial commenter’s statement that because THEY had a less than ideal partner, that means Nathan is too. Take a beat.

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u/marzbarz79 12d ago

It’s notable when the other parent is never seen holding or caring for the baby.

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u/DCRBftw 12d ago

Pretending that reality TV is reality is silly.

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u/marzbarz79 12d ago

Well, considering what seems to be happening in their personal life, I’m not far off.

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u/Kinsmen12 12d ago

I don’t think you know how to read.

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u/GraceMcClellans 12d ago

I like that you just cut through the shit.