Maybe she just attracts people like this? Possible. But more likely, she wants to be seen as the object of every man's affections, and knows no one will believe two normal men would be fighting over her...
I’m of the opinion that Chantel has no clue or even interest of what a normal man is like. A guy who has a full time job, a clean home, clean clothing, hobbies, friends, goals? She’s had very few interactions with men like that (stepdad, maybe Bibi.) and more importantly, they would bore her.
Chantel may think she wants a “normal” guy who’ll buy her flowers now and then, or will bring her coffee in the morning, but she doesn’t, not really. Bibi was a close as she came and she was bored...the reason she was upset about the breakup was entirely about how it’d make her look, and nothing to do with missing Bibi.
She thrives on chaos. Whether it’s real or imagined, that’s what she wants. She wants filth, insanity, bruises, nasty people, drugs, arguments and fights. She calls herself bubbly and fun, which is the exact opposite of what she is and always has been, which is mean and full of self-loathing.
I’m of the belief that people mostly get what they want in life. Sure, there are accidents and situations that change things, but for the most part, a woman who wants to be slim will be, a woman who wants a mature hookup can find it, a woman who wants to get married will find that, people who want to travel do, and on and on.
Chantel wants mess, chaos, people to fight with and hate. So she creates situations in her life that will bring those things about. She gets to interpret them any way she chooses, but the craziness has to happen so she’s the center. She finds a hookup and becomes so smitten he’s scared away, then finds another with an abuser. Whether true or not, she got her chaos within her followers by telling them lurid details and ignoring their opinion, as she’s done with food.
A normal life in a clean home with chores and a decent man with nothing to be angry about? Not a life for her. She can say she wants stuff like that but it’s her biggest lie of all. She’s happiest living in squalor.