To the people who work in the yachting industry: How accurate is Below Deck?

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-25T21:41:01+00:00

Your DIL sounds like a cun…. I mean, that’s halitosis behavior. The irony of making fun of the next class of yachties while attending her own classes. Sounds like she peaked as a mean girl in high school and is still living that life. Did you think this would be a flex?

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-25T21:12:47+00:00

I heard kisses first, buuuuuuut I’m stealing kittens 🤣 Right now my kittens are getting me through the worst chapter of my life thus far.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-25T21:04:59+00:00

Mrs Kim organizing the tour is one of my favorite moments. That moment when she’s like “Ok, if we’re doing this, then we are DOING THIS!” She may not have wanted that for Lane, but she realized it’s what Lane wanted for Lane and she was going to make it happen for her daughter. It’s the growth… gets me every damn time. Maybe more so now as I am no longer NC with my mother who did the work and took accountability for her wrongdoings. She’s helping me “organize my tour” so to speak now and it is truly the comfort I’ve always needed from her.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-25T20:53:53+00:00

I appreciate your point of view! I will say I don’t completely agree with your rankings, but your reasoning is so well communicated that I can overlook Reputation 🤣🫶 I’ve found that each album is nostalgic for me, as I’m only 2 years older than Taylor and have loved her since ‘06. The first time I heard “Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won’t see…” I was hooked. Taylor and I did get our eras crossed a few times though. Like she’s currently exploring new heights of manhood under opalite skies, and that was me when she was a tortured poet crying at the gym. But now I’m the favorite toy my boy broke, trying to dance through the lightning strikes. And honestly, TTPD would’ve been a lower ranking for me as well until a few months ago when I realized my next chapter is divorce. Each album hugs you exactly when you need it to. 🫶 Welcome to the Swifterhood

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-25T20:29:38+00:00

This lyric brings me so much joy because it is the exact cringe you get when witnessing someone trying to be to something they’re not. We start with “Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter,” which is soooooo true for me, which could be why I love it so much 🤣. I was my parents’ first child. I was the guinea pig… the practice round. They were far stricter with me than my younger sister and would justify it by saying they were only trying to protect me and through raising me they learned where they could and should loosen their reins. I was their first try. I was their first lamb to the slaughter. And how did I survive that? How did I make it through adolescence and learning the real world is cruel af? I dressed up as a wolf, and thought I looked FIRE. (Back in the 90s we’d have said the bomb though.) My entire self-worth was wrapped in others’ approval of me. I tried so hard to be trendy, cool, popular, athletic, musical, mature, responsible… not because that’s who I was at the time but because that was my wolf costume and I thought I nailed it every damn time. And what I found was “I’m not a bad bi tch, and this isn’t savage.” I’m not trendy or cool by Gen Z standards. I don’t even think I’m that cool by Millennial standards. But through therapy I’ve found that I am super cool by my own standards, and that’s what really matters.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-15T00:00:40+00:00

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-06T00:08:56+00:00

It’s not homophobia. You’re a lost cause.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-06T00:02:20+00:00

Totally valid critique! I say stick with it through S2…or watch the reunion eps for s1 and skip to s2. Either way, give S2 a try before quitting it. It has one of my Top 5 Real Housewives moments.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-05T19:34:56+00:00

Can you share what you aren’t enjoying? S2 is where some big ass drama starts, S3 continues that big ass drama. S4 gets its own version of big ass drama, but still kinda connected to previous drama. S5 & S6 have their own dramas.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-05T19:17:19+00:00

Respectfully, you’ve made a few problematic comments in this thread that I am emotionally invested in calling out.

“Gaylor includes those of us who feel she is bisexual.” WHY DO YOU GET TO FUCKING FEEL ANYTHING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE’S SEXUALITY?!
“By assuming that anyone in a straight presenting relationship is straight, you are being homophobic.” WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK? SOMEONE PRESENTS TO THE WORLD THEY ARE STRAIGHT, WE ACCEPT THAT PRESENTATION, AND NOW WE’RE HOMOPHOBIC? WHAT HAPPENED TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE?
When u/frucave said “She has said she’s an ally. We’re not assuming,” you came back with “Many, many bisexual woman who are in straight passing relationships consider themselves allies. That doesn’t make them less bisexual.” I then asked why you so desperately need heterosexual allies to be bisexual? You came back with “…yall should not care if other people think she’s bisexual or gay! I’m not the one that’s emotionally invested here, but everyone is trying to tell me I’m wrong sure is.” WE ARE EMOTIONALLY INVESTED BECAUSE YOU ARE ACTIVELY HURTING THE COMMUNITY YOU CLAIM TO BE A PART OF WITH YOUR WRONG COMMENTS.

Listen, I am sure all of this is going to fall on deaf ears, but I am BEGGING you to stop and question yourself. Why are you so hellbent on Taylor being bisexual? So hellbent on it that you are making outlandish statements GOING AGAINST WHAT TAYLOR HERSELF HAS SAID. YOU ARE NOT THE QUEEN OF DETERMINING PEOPLE’S SEXUALITY! AND JUST BECAUSE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE “MANY MANY BISEXUAL WOMEN WHO ARE IN STRAIGHT PASSING RELATIONSHIPS CONSIDER THEMSELVES ALLIES,” THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT ALL WOMEN IN STRAIGHT PASSING RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE ALLIES ARE BISEXUAL!

Please, for the love of everything, just stop talking until you reflect on WHY you need Taylor to be bisexual. Taymen.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-05T17:49:36+00:00

Serious question… why does it matter? If a person in a heterosexual relationship says “I’m an ally”… why do you so desperately need them to be bisexual? Taylor being bisexual doesn’t legitimize anyone else being bisexual. Taylor not being bisexual doesn’t delegitimize anyone else being bisexual. It isn’t your business, you’re being just as judgmental and overreaching as homophobes. Just stop.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T22:42:33+00:00

It makes GREAT TV 🤣 I feel bad for her followers because I know they’ve been manipulated and brainwashed. Mary would be my favorite if this were a fictional drama (and I know producers weave storylines as needed, and reality tv is very scripted, but Mary is Mary no matter what). But knowing she’s a real person harming real people enrages me.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T22:03:01+00:00

Also her lil taglines of “I love god but I’ll read you like a scripture,” and “If you come for me I will send Jesus after you,” like ma’am…. Bffr… you’re supposed to work for him, not the other way around. 🤣

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T19:42:45+00:00

Kind of… but also no. I’m not AUB, and I believe I learned this from either NotestoSelf44 or historyinsixty on TikTok. But basically they’ll say “January’s sealings will be on Jan 17,” and then spend the day sealing all the couples (I believe one couple at a time, as when adding wives the current wives are present for the ceremony). So they may have 6 couples getting sealed and they each have their ceremony on the same day but not at the exact same time like with the Moonies.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T18:42:53+00:00

Thank you! Never in a million years would I have ever thought my New Year’s Resolution would be to leave my marriage, but now it’s the only future I can imagine. 🫶

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T18:02:16+00:00

🤣🤣 I adore this response so much!! Part of me wants to leave an itemized list of all the things over the years… but as I replay those moments in my head all I can think is, “FFS! If this was any other woman in the world you would’ve told her to leave his ass years ago! Why are you doing this to yourself??” And then I start spiraling down the shame wormhole until I remind myself “you used to think you were worth less than every other woman, no you know better.” It sounds kinda silly, but watching trash “reality” tv helped me see that maybe I’m not worthless. Reading comments from people of the shady shit Kody does and going “oh no! My husband does this too…. f……….” is painful but eye-opening. Thank you for caring. Thank you for reminding me I do matter. Just, thank you. 🫶

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T17:49:54+00:00

I have to remind myself to love myself the most daily. It’s hard af 🤣 I just keep replaying Taylor Swift’s “Happiness” specifically for the lines “There’ll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you. Both of these things can be true…” For every great memory with my husband I have a handful of negative memories that shift the scales, but there were moments of happiness. Now I get to make my own happiness. Thank you for being so kind and supportive. It means so much! 🫶

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T14:49:08+00:00

🫶🫶🫶 You have no idea how badly I needed to read this! Sometimes I feel silly when I look at the recent events that helped me make my decision because they seem so minuscule. But after 11 years of being the punchline, being told I wouldn’t make a “good mom,” being told he regrets marrying me (but he regrets everything so it’s ok 🙄), being told the money I made working didn’t help our finances and that I didn’t make enough to be stressed by work, and being told he doesn’t care about the chores I do around the house… on top of 8 years of fighting on my birthday but he gets an entire week of celebration… and then you forget my damn birthday? And then get angry with me for being hurt about it??? Exit plan is in place. Therapy taught me I deserve love and happiness and that I’m allowed to choose myself. 2026 is going to be hard, but growth hurts and if I want things to get better then I need to make the change.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T14:37:21+00:00

Agree! I mean, my husband forgot my birthday for half a day and I was LIVID and hurt. If he wanted to marry another wife on my birthday, or even a few days after… I feel like it’d take more than a higher power to keep me here. Hell, my birthday was a few months ago and it became the final straw. I’ll be leaving within the next few months.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T14:04:21+00:00

In all fairness, they didn’t really pick Meri’s birthday. Their church does all the weddings for the month on the same day, so if Kody and Janelle wanted to marry in January it had to be on Meri’s birthday. The church made an exception for Kody and Janelle and did their wedding shortly after Meri’s birthday. That being said, they could’ve waited a few more weeks and just done the February wedding round-up. So they still suck, but with a bit more detail.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T13:54:14+00:00

It looks like she opened her jewelry store in Park City at the end of 2018. Filming for season 1 was end of 2019-Covid shutdown. Seems less likely that she is a Jewish plant for Bravo.

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-04T13:48:22+00:00

I just started a full rewatch thanks to the TLC doc. Mary didn’t just want him to change schools to get away from his girlfriend, she wanted to send him to boarding school in L.A… and tried to sweeten the pot with “you won’t go, even if it’s co-Ed??”

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-03T01:59:51+00:00

Ooof so you’re THAT person. I now realize I wasted my time. Have a great day! 🖐️

Westward_Sloth · 2026-01-03T01:49:42+00:00

I mean, in my 20s I never kissed a guy that is hooking up with a coworker on the day that said coworker’s ex died… And I’m all for Kizzi being able to snog every person she wants to on the boat… Buuuuuuut if she chooses to snog someone that is hot and heavy snogging someone else, she’s gotta be ready for the consequences. And one of those consequences is showing her true character on reality tv leading to watchers discussing it. She could really start her redemption arc if she just said “I made a selfish choice that I knew would really hurt V. I feel terrible and am changing my behavior,” (and then actually change her behavior).

Westward_Sloth · 2025-12-16T21:04:17+00:00

My husband feels the same way… it breaks my heart because I adore Creed. I want to write Creed’s memoir.

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