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Typical

Battlemachine22

August 17, 2018

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Title	Typical
Author	Battlemachine22
Upvotes	66
Comments	10
Date	August 17, 2018 8:04 AM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MGTOW/comments/980g0o/typical/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MGTOW/typical.508356 https://theredarchive.com/post/508356

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[–]LabTech417 points8 points9 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

It had everything to do with perception. If you were young when you saw it, you didn't see Jenny for what she was: not the broken/junkie aspect, but the hypergamous aspect that was always the subtext. I think Jenny went under the radar because her OBVIOUS flaws hid or obscurred the more subtle flaws.

In fact, it's hidden to such a degree that we just ACCEPT that the boy at the end is Forrest's kid. I mean, think about it: what proof does Forrest have that this boy is his son? I mean, sure, you can say that whatever made Forrest slow wasn't passed on, but this is before DNA testing was even possible.

If you're a dying woman with a junkie mentality (though at the end she seems clean) and a son who'll be orphaned in a matter of months-couple years, you do what you always do: try and find a sap that you can latch onto. Forrest was a winning lottery ticket that all she had to do was cash in: he'd been a sucker for her since they were in grade school, he's independently wealthy so the kid will want for nothing and her last moments can be comfortable, and because she'd tossed him some pity sex (possibly even pre-meditated to engineer this moment), her having his son would be plausible in his mind. Forrest bought it so completely and instantly that he never even thought to chide her for denying him knowledge of his son for years, so why wouldn't he keep going on thinking it was his. By marrying her on top of it, that further solidifies the kid as now being a part of his estate.

A lifetime of accomplishment and beating the odds completely hoodwinked by some junkie who probably spread her legs for a passing trucker to score some dope money.

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