She grew up insecure but is finding her path to happiness
One Bad Mama
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Of course, Jenelle had a lot to say about her mother Barbara, who she has some serious issues with. Jenelle recalled one time when Barbara told Jenelle to go out on the town so that she could relax.
Jenelle wrote, “I should have been suspicious at the time. My mother wasn’t the relaxing type of person, much less the kind of woman to encourage other to enjoy themselves. Least of all me. I took the bait, however, and went out for the evening with Tori.…
“When I returned home with Tori the next morning, we found a Child Protective Services vehicle in the driveway. My mother had called them and told them I was out partying all night and left my son at home. She told them I did this pretty much every night, which was a lie. I tried to tell them she told me to go out, but they wouldn’t listen. They gave my mother temporary custody in light my actions. MY mother had set me up and I had fallen hard for it.”
Real Relaxation
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On the topic of what actually relaxes Jenelle, you can tell by her beautiful bathtubs at her new house that a warm bath really serves her body and soul. “You can see here where I talk about taking too many baths. I still take several baths a day if I get upset or depressed. It’s a form of release or me, a place of calm I can go to get over things,” she wrote.
The Big Question
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How could she not talk about that romantic mountain-top proposal! On that subject, she said, “The sweet part about all of this was that he made a point to make sure I was dressed nicely and had put my makeup on before we were caught on film. He didn’t do this because he wanted to make sure I appeared a certain way to impress other people. He did this because he knows I don’t like to be caught on camera unless I am prepared for it. So he suggested I dress like I would for a fancy meal, which was his way of tricking me into getting my own self ready for the camera. Isn’t that sweet? I think this one might be a keeper.”
You can read more about Jenelle’s life in her book Read Between the Lines: From the Diary of a Teenage Mom, which comes out on July 25th. Are you going to pick it up? Let us know in the comments and SHARE this story!