User blog comment:SodaCat/Muse - Chapter 10: Snowfall/@comment-5385060-20151109023134/@comment-2173402-20151109023850

Being with Jesse before having dated Ted might've worked out to her advantage, but at this point all it'll do is just tear her popularity to shreds. Ted wouldn't take being dumped for another guy on the team lightly, and even if Jesse's okay with that for the promise of "true love", Mandy just isn't.