Jodi lost control of Travis. If you look at the past relationships that we know about Jodi kept control in them. With Bobby she called and called until he called her back. With Matt she kept in touch with him and used him to her advantage long after they broke up (actually she dumped him as with all of her other guys except for Travis). Matt was even willing to lie under oath for Jodi no matter what it did to his new family and job. Daryl is another that has continued to cover for Jodi and do what she wants. Now, is there some blackmail that Jodi has on those guys to keep them in "check"? Knowing her the answer is obviously yes.
Jodi used her guys and moved on when there was nothing left to offer her. But she kept them on a leash just in case latter on down the road they could be useful again.
Travis was different. Jodi wasn't done with him, he still had so much that she had not taken away. He still had his nice home, his good job, his close friends. There was so much that Jodi could still take away. But Travis was smarter than the other guys, thanks in part to his very good friends. Travis saw the writing on the wall and knew what this leach could do if he let her. Travis dumped her. Travis took back that control. Travis knew the real Jodi and was going to tell her new "fishing pond" of Mormon men all about her. Jodi couldn't let any of that happen. Like most psychos Jodi decided that what she wanted was the only thing that mattered and Jodi wanted Travis dead.
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Reading what you wrote has me thinking: in all these relationships BEFORE Travis, didn't they let her "break up" with them first? In other words, she perceived that SHE was the one breaking up with them. Ooohh...this is so interesting what you said. (I'm thinking as I write, so bear with me!).
Bobby: break-up fight, she leaves groceries at his doorstep, he calls her back. They date for a little while longer (I think?), but it just wasn't the "same." She writes him long letter, they sit and discuss it and decide to part ways.
SO SHE THINKS SHE BROKE UP WITH HIM.
Matt: Bianca affair. Then she meets him at his Grandpa's house and they sit and have "long discussion" in his grandpa's truck. Have a real heart-t0-heart. Decide to be just friends.
SHE THINKS SHE BROKE UP WITH HIM.
Darryl: her affair with Travis. Self-explanatory...in this case, she actually did break up with him. Ball totally in her court.
Travis: I think the other guys knew how to approach her to avoid her psycho ways, and Travis unfortunately didn't. The other guys knew they couldn't let her
KNOW that they wanted to break up with her. But their
actions conveyed it to her. So they went along with her break-up discussions and heart-to-hearts and long break-up e-mails, b/c they knew that was the only way to get rid of her.
TO MAKE HER THINK LIKE SHE WAS IN CONTROL. They had her pegged from early on, and unfortunately Travis didn't, and even when he did, he didn't know how to handle someone like her.
I don't knwo what the other guys did exactly to keep her happy, but the point is they let her think she was always in control of them. Travis, I believe, let her know that they were not excusive and that he had every right to date and see other women if she wanted to. HE DIDN"T LET HER CONTROL THE BREAK-UP. He did the breaking-up...and that was his big mistake.
Along with the break-up...there had to be another man ready for CMJA to pounce on, to get over her obesessive-ness of the old guy and replace it with the new guy. Wasn't it Matt immediately after Bobby? And Darrly immediately after Matt? Travis immediately after Darrly? So there are two components: Jodi controlling the break-up, and also a distraction to displace her obsessiveness so she wouldn't obsess over the ex-boyfriend. After Travis, there was Ryan already at the waiting. So one component was there...I believe what set her off was knowing that
SHE didn't break-up with him, but he did with her. And she couldn't get over that, even though there was a guy-in-the-waiting.
Basically, it's exactly as simple as Juan said - she was just the jealous, obsessive girlfriend.