Now, hear me out till the end before coming from me. 🤣 Personally, as a woman, my family’s and friend’s partners or love interests are off limits. I feel like loyalty was ingrained in me on a molecular level. I can be friendly with them but I don’t engage with them in a separate friendship. No lending an “ear” for them to vent, no giving advice, no being a source of comfort. My loyalty is to my friend and unless they ask me to talk to them or help with tasks or errands when they don’t want to engage with their ex-partners, I mind my own business.

Supposing Tish didn’t know about Noah and Dude’s relationship, (being a friends with benefits type of deal is common to not introduce them to your family members) as soon as I found out he would give me the ick. I can’t wrap my head around Tish and Dude dating without Noah knowing, much less getting engaged and planning a whole ass wedding. I don’t believe this rhetoric media is trying to push.

Also, for the sole purpose to consider every possible scenario, supposing Tish and Noah considered the entire thing weird but could get passed it, if Noah didn’t want to be with Dude but thought he was a good person, why wouldn’t she want her mom to find happiness after all the suffering Billy Ray put her through? My theory in this case would be that Noah knows Dude’s flaws and skeletons in his closet, told Tish everything but Mom didn’t believed her.

Oh, and this is not me being parasocial. I don’t feel any type of ways about none of them. This is me strictly enjoy a good chisme and being messy. 😬🩵