From where I sit here looking at this, I don't believe they were ever boyfriend/girlfriend in the sense of being exclusive. In TA's world, monogamy or exclusiveness seems to equate with "marriage material". JA was never marriage material to TA. There was no wish to commit. He doesn't seem really to have worked at commitment. I will leave open the possibility that Sky coerced him into a half-assed version, but Jodi seemed already to have been "not marriage material" by then.
Think Travis knew in the back of his head that she's crazy. Except for the emotional baggage she was/caused, he had like no reason to talk to her - all pity-related.
Jodi's skills at psychopathy developed substantially during this period—she was getting a lot of practice—but it speaks to Travis' credit that he never buckled on the marriage issue or committed to much of anything. [\QUOTE]
From stalking to breaking and entering, tire slashings, theft, hacking, prostitution, fraud, etc etc. Why I wanted her to get the DP... even in prison they're all learning, she'd be dangerous to lower-level offenders.
I don't think they had sex nearly as often as JA wants to claim, but once he had a taste for it, he figured out he could get his jollies with many different kinds of women. It doesn't seem as though Travis was a "player" until he had experience with Jodi.
Had same thought yesterday.. with all these new texts, his 'reputation,' was practically nonexistent until JA started isolating' him perhaps? The psychological burden being funneled into his brain, depression, and then released by rebounding with dates? The two in one day thing kind of struck out at me. um, woah, lol
My question for the day: Why didn't Jodi just chase Gus Searcy? He seems to have been available in the sense that he had a relationship outside of marriage, so faithfulness to vows wasn't an issue. And, he was substantially better off than Travis.
JA's shallow, I'll bet she knew Gus couldn't wait to get his grubby hands on her and she puked at the thought. Travis was at least an attractive young man who had more emotional range that she needed to leech off of I'll bet.