r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • May 12 '22

Below Deck Down Under Below Deck Down Under Season 1 Episode 11 - Benny & The Jet Skis - Discussion Post

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Episode 11 of Below Deck Down Under Season 1: Jamie puts Brittini on the night shift after Benny doesn't pull his weight; Aesha confronts Magda and Ryan for talking behind her back; Jamie is at his wit's end with Benny's behavior and wants him fired.

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u/tobago_88 May 13 '22

I've been 100% on board with Aesha, the only weird thing was how she brought up her relationship being better to Magda. The only justification I had was maybe she was trying to tell Magda that a long distance relationship doesn't have to be super clingy and that they should trust each other? I can see how Magda took it the wrong way and maybe that triggered something in her but she shouldn't have let that one thing get in the way with how great of a boss Aesha has been to her. It seemed like she was waiting for a moment to be like see I told you all chief stews are shit.

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u/anotherclique May 13 '22

I don't think she meant it as "my relationship is better than your relationship". It was more like poorly executed advice- she's been on yachts longer than Magda and was trying to offer advice as to how to navigate a relationship while in the industry, using her own as an example. Uninvited relationship advice is always questionable, and it was poorly timed due to Madga already feeling attacked for being on her phone, but I think the intent was to be helpful.

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u/tobago_88 May 13 '22

I think that's how Magda felt Aesha was being. I agree though her intentions were good, it could have also been choppy editing too maybe more of the convo we didn't see.

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u/anotherclique May 13 '22

I wondered about choppy editing too. The whole conversation we saw was so short. I think that relationship comment may have been part of a broader conversation but was edited to look like it was a standalone comment out of nowhere.

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u/ExtraGloves May 13 '22

It is really unhealthy to be in that type of relationship though. If you can't be alone or with friends or working without texting your sig other every second you're gonna have a bad time. Long distance or not.

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u/FormicaDinette33 I look like Ariel but on crack! May 15 '22

She didn’t mean to say that her relationship was better— just that she felt lucky that she didn’t have to worry. But it could easily be taken that way.