so their personal relationship details are totally up for brainstorming but the basis is that his parents divorced in 2013 and his dad has been through a parade of girlfriends ever since, but the most recent one has stuck for a couple of years. his dad is kind of a dick - makes good money, has high expectations, treats others like crap etc - so jess might commiserate with her like, sorry you're stuck with him too now he's kind of the worst 🤷♀️