Chantal and (to a lesser degree) Peetz are like teenagers who moved away from Mom and Dad for the first time. They are all excited to live "independently" but after the initial buzz of total anarchic freedom, they look around to the stinking shithole they live in and start to remember the amenities that came with living with some rules and responsibilities.
Someone generally did their laundry for them, provided some degree of nutrition, and cleaned or enforced mandatory chores. Structure and a pleasant living environment go a fair piece in keeping depression to a dull roar
2 things that Chantal did and said last night I found to be revealing. First, she expressed how she now hated to eat at the luxury villa, and that she feels that Nader loves her when he feeds her. She expressed how much Nader loves cooking and that she feels loved when he cooks for her. She laughed and realized she made it sound like a feeder/feedee relationship, but she said she didn't find him feeding her erotic, but more cozy. Sounds to me like Nader is supplying that Mommy and Daddy experience that Chantal lacked in her childhood. I think Kim was too self absorbed and emotionally stunted herself, and grandma Audrey was a nutbar too. The matriarchal side of Chinny's family has enough neurosis to explain Chantal's malfunction. AND! We all know that Daddy wasn't around.
Nader fulfills the 2 attributes that really comfort her, and that is food and attention on demand. Even if that attention is bad. Plus he cleans up after her and now does her laundry too!! Honestly, they are a perfect pair, and Chantal would be a fool to leave him, especially since she shows no signs of ever wanting to grow up mentally.
That brings me to the second thing. Chinny sat for a long time in her car, outside her luxury villa, not wanting to go in. She has done this before, but this time she seemed particularly despondent. She made some throwaway comment about being too lazy to walk up all those stairs. While I am sure that was part of her mood, she just really, really didn't relish walking into that reeking, filthy, fruit-fly habitat. Were it not for her cats, I think she would walk away from Pee and leave that shithole without one regret. AND! I think she should do exactly that!! Don't let him get away Chantal! He is precisely what you have been looking for all your life! If you are lucky, he will gunt you occasionally, just as long as you don't act like the insecure bunny boiler when he regularly gunts other uggos. After all, you wouldn't be the first woman who traded dignity and freedom for a Daddy!! You are too scared and incompetent to live alone. Nader is your last hope. Fuck your family, fuck Pee, rehome the cats. DO IT! THERE WILL BE NO MORE CHANCES FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE REALLY LUCKY HE WILL WIPE YOUR ASS FOR YOU WHEN YOU BECOME BED BOUND. Nah. He'll probably just have his junkie "friend" do it.
P.S. I realize Chantal is too dense for it to dawn on her, that the whole reason mukbangs became a thing, is because there are thousands of single people who don't like to eat alone. Just like her.
P.P.S. The all caps were unintentional, but I kinda like em. They stay.