If I Can’t Have A Love Like Jenna And Julien, Then I Don’t Want It
It’s now been almost two years since Jenna Marbles said her final goodbyes to the Internet. I’m not going to sit here and say how much I miss her and wish she’d come back (because that’s a given, and I respect her choice), but there is something to be gained from watching her old content. Not only is her back catalog still stellar today, but we also get to watch Jenna and Julien Solomita fall in love before our very eyes.
The couple are now engaged and they remain one of the main couples I want to model my own love life after. Their relationship seems sweet and quiet, respectful and fun. Parasocial relationships aside, they’re a far better role model for love than a lot of the other celeb couples out there. So if I can’t find a love like Jenna and Julien, a Virgo to my Aries, then I don’t want it.
They have their quirks…
We’re all weird in our own way. Admit it: You’re an oddball. So am I. Jenna and Julien managed to find each other, having compatible quirks and oddball tendencies. Their weirdness works so well. I mean, who else could gender-bend the way they have and still be so head-over-heels in love? (Yes, I wish I had a Pin Up Julien tattoo.) It’s time to start looking for our special brand of weirdos. What’s my own brand of weird? I’m not sure, but I’ll recognize it when I find the guy who fits.
And the same senses of humor…
Of course, we have to find the same things funny. If you watch Jenna’s TikTok roundups or her compilation reactions, you’ll see that Jenna and Julien are rocking the same sense of humor. Honestly, every time they’re in a video together, from crafts to the podcast, they’re laughing hysterically the whole time. That’s what I want! Humor is everything. If I have a hard time covering my face in rhinestones because I can’t stop laughing, like Jenna did with Julien, then I know I’ve found the one.
But their love seems so real and pure.
Most celeb romances feel a bit fake, even the ones you see on YouTube where it seems less filtered and shiny. Everyone only shows a piece of themselves online–the curated part that they’ve chosen to show. That’s the case for the celebs, Jenna and Julien, and you and me. I’m just a fan. I don’t know what their relationship is actually like. No one does but them. So when I model what I want in a relationship off of them, I do so knowing full well that I don’t have the whole story. I can just go off of what I see. I see a couple that respects each other. That has differing yet compatible personalities. That has a quiet and comfortable love, the kind that makes cuddling up on the couch seem better than dinner at a fancy restaurant. So that’s what I want, and I’m not going to settle for anything less.