re: Why didn't people get mad at Jenny?

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odds are high he wasnt gumps kid and she just wanted gump to think he was

jenny was a drugged out whore her entire life and had slept with more guys than working prostitutes

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I think in the movie, Forest is the father. The movie doesn't shed any doubt in that. So I think we are supposed to believe Forest is actually the father, and in the movie he is the actual father. Yeah?

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Maybe I'm in the minority, and I'm wrong. I never assumed the kid wasn't actually his. That takes away a lot of the heartfelt connection between Forest and his son.

I don't like that. I'll choose to believe Forest is the dad.

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jenny was a drugged out whore her entire life and had slept with more guys than working prostitutes

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Well, yes. But Jenny was also a broken person who grew up abused, physically and mentally. It was easy for her to fall into a group of hippies that made her feel loved, even though she was mostly used. Forest was the only person that Jenny felt cared about her at all. She used him, but that's the only way she knew how to be. She wanted his son because she wanted someone to love her unconditionally.