NBR: Just for fun, tell me about Jen

MammaBear81

Or Jennifer, or Jenny..... (stolen from another board)  EVERYONE knows someone named Jen, please tell me about her!

"my" Jen is the wife of my ex boss, she is a wonderful wife and mother, however i don't know how she deals with her husband!  She is the best hostess in the world, she can throw a party together in 5 minutes.  Very successful business woman, and physically fit to boot.  No matter how bad her DH messes things up she can always fix them!  "my" Jen is all around awesome!

Soxgirl07

My Jen is a crazy coworker. She shares way too much personal information, especially with the kids (we're teachers) and always tries to get all up in everybody else's business as well. She's probably the quirkiest person I know.

That bring said, she has a heart of gold and I love her! We all frequently shake our heads, smile, and say, "that's Jen!"

ajc0121

I dont know a Jen or Jennifer, actually. Jenna though.

The Jenna I know is a single mom. She was married (because her dad forced it) and is now divorced. She works at a "bikini bar" and has worked at Hooters/Twin Peaks. She likes to party and go out. I see pics of her partying and just shake my head. Her daughter is absolutely ADORABLE though!

maddiemoon43

One is my boss, and pretty good to work with.  3 are co-workers and great.  1 is a friend's sister who has a wedding coming up in July.

The one who really came to mind and deserves a description is a young woman I used to work with/support in the community.  She has Downs and Autism.  She and her family are in a tough spot because she doesn't "fit" with either community; she isn't verbal and as stereotypically social like many kids/youth with Downs, but she also doesn't look like other kids with Autism.  That said, her family is amazing and her sis has gone into the field for a profession after her experiences with her little sister.  Jen loves nothing more than having her nails painted.  Such a girly-girl.   

Syncronicity09

My Jen is my crazy sister in law who has been disowned. She started cheating on her husband and staying out all night instead of taking care of her children. Had her husband arrested (not unfounded) and then took the opportunity "to enjoy the childhood she missed because she had kids at 16."

She ignored everyone's advice and warnings and ended up in jail on 9 charges the day before my due date. I even had to spend time alone in the hospital when I was in labor because MH had to take care of her kids before he could come down.

We took in one of her kids, and arranged homes for the other 2, took care of her apartment, packed her belongings. And when she got out she said "no one took good care of her kids" and  was pissed we didn't pay her car payment or her rent.

Can you tell I am bitter?

 

amberpro

My Jenn is a great friend and sorority sister from college. She is a wonderful mother to a cute and active 3 year old- trying for number 2. She teaches pre-K which automatically makes her a better person than me. . She's a great friend that I'm still close to. Always there when you need her. 

Some of my fondest memories include smoking cigars in the courtyard, stsying up until all hours studying and talking, and stealing the Chi O letters from the KA house and hiding them behind a dumpster ( sorry ChiO girls- there may or may not have been alcohol involved).  

JuneBugsMommy

My Jen is my old "boss" (nanny). I met her when I was her super cute baby boy's teacher in the infant room. I started babysitting for them and we became really close. After about a year of babysitting and another super cute baby boy I became their nanny, a third super cute baby boy was added to the mix and I was their nanny for 2 years until Jen was laid off from her job and decided to be a SAHM. We still keep in touch but not as often because they moved to another state almost 2 years ago and added a super cute baby GIRL who turned 1 in March.

MommaA117

My childhood best friend. She was Jehovas Witness but her Mom would still let her come and celebrate some holidays with my family because we were kids and we begged. I miss her still. We are very different now and drifted apart. We still sort of keep in touch here and there but have VERY different lifes now. She is single and just can't seem to catch a break in life Her FB statuses actually made me sad a few days ago.

We were pretty inseperable. She wore hearing aids and has a bit of a speech problem. We were always both so bummed because her special classes were far away from my classes and we never got to have the same teacher because she needed to be near the metal fence (something with her hearing aids?). Her parents were awesome. Her brother ended up in prison for being an accessory to murder and when we were little we sent a grown man to jail (the carpet cleaner guy) because he exposed himself to us and we knew it was wrong and told. She lived 3 houses down and then on the next street over and then she moved to NJ in junior high.

When we were in the 6th grade we looked up 69 in the dictionary and couldnt find it so we asked her Mom what it meant. She wouldn't tell us. lol

lovebugkim

My Jen used to be an old co worker. We hit it off really well & had many good times. She was married & our DH's got along great so we often hung out. During work hours though, she often went to lunch with a certain person who didn't always work with us, but would meet up. It was rumored that she gave him a BJ in the parking lot, but she was my friend so I respected her privacy & never brought it up. She would always say that since she was part Vietnamese that it was in her blood to cheat. She said her mom did it & so do her sisters!! She also found a UK chat room online that wasn't blocked & chatted with guys all day. She ended up leaving after a few years & I never heard from her again. UNTIL she showed up at my work one day with some random guy. I asked where her DH was & she said they got divorced. She then introduced me to her new fiance whom she met from the UK chat room. She has since gotten married & now lives in London.

babydoll22308

My jen is the same age as me! i met her 3 years ago and love her to death! she is the sweetest thing in the world, smiles even when shes mad. she can be stubborn when she wants her way (always about weird things lol). jen necer wants to hurt peoples feelings and avoids confrontation at all costs. she is an accountant for a very successful local company.  she is an aunt to many nieces and one nephew.  her family life is crazy with step siblings and half siblings and all sorts of 'parentz'. she has been married nearly 2 years Nd anxiously awaits her time to have a bambino of her own!  and we only live 2 blocks from eachother, so she is my workout buddy:)

sunshine336

I know a few, but the first that came to mind was a friend from high school.  We were best friends, then experimented a little- so she became a sort-of girlfriend, then she got really into smoking pot and we grew apart.  We don't talk at all anymore, but I hope she got herself together.  She tried contacting me a few years ago to get together before she moved to FL but we weren't able to meet up.  I guess I could find her on facebook...

SpceCadet

My Jen and I met the first week of high school.  We were in the same Spanish class and both had a mutual friend in the class, too.  We are still friends, but the friendship has had a lot of rocky periods.

She got pregnant about 11 years ago and over the course of a few years I ended up taking care of her daughter quite a bit.  So much so that she had clothing, toys, books, a car seat, etc. at my house.  I loved taking care of her.  Right after I met DH, she had a really bad break up and kept checking herself in to the ER for panic attacks.  She'd take her daughter, leave her for hours unattended, etc.  On one occasion, I picked her daughter, M, up from another of her friends who was no longer able to care for her.  Jen then accused me of "kidnapping" her daughter despite the fact that she had some serious mental instabilities and was going away with a new guy two days after the panic attack over the breakup and was on medical leave from work and was restricted from driving.  For the record, I never denied her access to her daughter and was at home the whole time.  She had ample opportunities to pick up M any time she felt like it, yet chose the one time we went to do something fun to decide to come (thus the "kidnapping").  We were gone two hours. I walked away from her and her drama in part because I was not about to risk my future with someone accusing me of a serious crime.  

It took a few years for us to speak again and only then it was through another mutual friend that we ended up at the same event.  I don't know that I would trust her with DS, but she has since dropped her daughter off with me for the weekend.

klv

Jenny used to work down the hall from me. She was obnoxious and was always showing too much skin. Pants too low, too much cleavage. Ick. She was not in the least bit attractive either. What a hot mess.

ElatedMom2B

OH JEN - yes, I do have some Jens!  My brother's ex-wife is a Jen and she cheated on him within their first year of marriage.  Shortly after their separation, I bumped into her at the shore going out to a bar...with my recent ex-boyfriend who I dated for three years, took to their wedding, took to Florida to visit her parents.  Soon after that, my brother dated a Gen (Gennifer - prounounced Gen).  They dated for a while and we became closer friends (knew each other from high school).  Well, toward the end of my relationship with my boyfriend at the time, I would see his truck or patrol car (a police officer) at her house all the time.  When asked about it, they both said they were just friends and nothing was going on - yeah, okay.  I broke up with this boyfriend and moved out - we lived together for about a year - and they started dating and were soon engaged.  Lucky for her she called it off - smart move.  That is my Jerry Springer story of Jens. 

As for my brother, he dated 3 Jen's between high school and into his twenties.  THANK GOD he married a Bridget when he got remarried (we don't even count the first marriage).  Poor girl has been referred to as Jen by accident by my parents, luckily not in her presence.

Jills83

Jenny is my future SIL.  She and DH's brother are getting married in September and I am sooooo excited!  DH and I have been together for almost 13 years and I never liked any of the girls BIL dated.  He was into party girls and drunks that didn't want a commitment, and while I like to have a good time, these girls always got on my nerves.  Luckily Jenny likes to have fun, but she is also a very nice, considerate, and responsible person.  Plus, she loves DS and is a wonderful aunt, so that makes me like her more.  I'm happy BIL found her and I hope that we always get along like we do now. 

flows912

Jen is a cousin of mine who has a good heart and is always up for trying something new. Unfortunately, she also a little bitter about life and the only one of us cousins left who doesn't have kids, a husband or even a boyfriend.

 

Sunidaze

My Jen is my co-worker.  The one who was hired as a temp for my maternity leave.  Young, fresh out of college, overeager (I think I've mentioned her a time or two in the past).  I think we're finally settling into a nice co-existence, but as a whole withmy department, I still feel I am on the outside looking in since returning from leave.

jkchs2003

That's me, I'm Jen!

Sunidaze

I have a lot more Jens and Jennifers in my life, too.  But I'll just mention one more:  my brother's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child that he has not seen in 7 years now.  Psycho is one word that could be used to desribe her.  In addition to manipulative and vindictive.  She had twins not long after she and my brother split for good and rumor has it the twins are also my brother's.  And she accidentally killed one of the twins when he was two (backed up over him).

MammaBear81

Sunidaze:

I have a lot more Jens and Jennifers in my life, too.  But I'll just mention one more:  my brother's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child that he has not seen in 7 years now.  Psycho is one word that could be used to desribe her.  In addition to manipulative and vindictive.  She had twins not long after she and my brother split for good and rumor has it the twins are also my brother's.  And she accidentally killed one of the twins when he was two (backed up over him).

OH my god, that's horrible!  How can she still have custody of her other kids?!

Sunidaze

MammaBear81:

Sunidaze:

I have a lot more Jens and Jennifers in my life, too.  But I'll just mention one more:  my brother's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child that he has not seen in 7 years now.  Psycho is one word that could be used to desribe her.  In addition to manipulative and vindictive.  She had twins not long after she and my brother split for good and rumor has it the twins are also my brother's.  And she accidentally killed one of the twins when he was two (backed up over him).

OH my god, that's horrible!  How can she still have custody of her other kids?!

Because it was an accident.  The situation between my brother and this chick...I could write a novel on.  Neither of them should ever have had kids and with my nephew...she never even told my brother until after the boy was born (they were broken up when she found out she was pregnant and she originally intended to give him up for adoption).

milesc

Jens my mom! Love her!

Another Jen I met during college and we became great friends, she was in mine and I was her MOH. It didn't work out, she was divorced shortly after her 1 year anniversary. She doesn't live close, and It stinks because she is such a fun, outgoing, bright person. I wish she lived closer... We don't see each other often, but when we do- we don't skip a beat. We pick up right where we left off  

Spartanmama722

My Jen is one of my closest friends. I've known her since I was 13 and we've been close ever since. I used to joke that her parents basically had partial custody of me since I drove out to visit her (I had a car and she didn't) every other weekend in high school.

She is probably the most giving person I know. No matter how much she has going on, she always has time to help you with whatever you need. She drove 12 hours, even after having her car die days before she was supposed to leave (she rented a car!), just to be here for Ev's first birthday party. And when she was here she did probably half the housework, without being asked. She absolutely adores Ev, spoils him rotten, and he loves his "Aunt Jen" just as much. She's been there for every major moment in my adult life, and I can't imagine that changing (or wanting it to).

I absolutely love her and am lucky to have her as a friend

amypogg6

My Jen is Jenny, my SI.  I do not like her very much at all, neither does anyone else that I know that knows her. She is very spoiled and selfish and annoying and rediculous.  For example; my in-laws pay for her cell phone, car insurance, rent, and buy her about 20 presents to each of my husband's 1 presents for Christmas. She is so spoiled and annoying. Also, she got her tonsils out last Tuesday and is staying at my in-laws, so they can take care of her and still has not gone back to work.  I'm sorry, but I hate her. If I told her the half of what she has done to both me and my husband and how she was in the wedding and stuff, you wouldn't believe it.

nfrtny

My name is Jennifer!

My Jen, though, is one of my very dear friends from high school. She is soon to be engaged to a really great guy, and hopefully having babies soon so I can have a mom friend! She is super organized, a total neat freak. Her house is spotless 24/7. She is so loving and so caring, and I totally wouldn't know what to do without her! 

SarahKate31

Which one, lol! My parents are always joking that they never know which Jen I'm talking about.

There's my oldest friend Jen who I've known since 3rd grade. We still keep in touch a little but were very close friends on and off through the past 25 years.

There's my high school BFF Jenn. We have very different lives as adults and don't really keep in touch anymore but we were inseparable for a few years there.

My first friend in college = Jen.

DH's BBF's sister = Jen.

And my SIL is also Jen. She started dating BIL a few months before I met DH and they got married 1.5 years after DH and I got married. We are close friends.