I’m not sure that many of you are actually watching this show, so I am wondering if I even need to do MAFS recaps anymore. The season has gotten off to an extremely slow start, so perhaps that is the issue. This week the couple return from their honeymoons and begin their real lives in Charlotte. Perhaps the show will get more interesting now.
Elizabeth & Jamie
Jamie’s apartment is very orderly. And it includes a cat. These two are very different. Jaime is very buttoned up and Elizabeth is messy and free-spirited. This could be a problem. But they do seem into each other. The next day, Jaime goes to see Elizabeth’s place. She has two dogs and a lava lamp. I think that’s great. Jaime looks a bit disturbed by the clutter.
Pastor Cal drops by and they talk about their communication issues. He gives them a “naked moment” technique where they focus totally on each other when having an issue and one person basically just puts the naked truth about what they are feeling out there.
Deonna & Gregg
This season production has rented four furnished apartments for the couples to live in during their eight weeks of trial marriage. They are all in the same complex. But for their first night back, they have to stay in one or the other of their real homes. Deonna shows Gregg around her apartment. Deonna has a lot of “stuff”everywhere.
Greg has a really nice big house. It is immaculately clean and very lovely. Deonna loves it.
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Pastor Cal asks about their physical intimacy issues. I almost wonder if Deonna is also a virgin. She tells Pastor Cal that he compliments her too much. Pastor call says that is not normal by saying “that’s unusual.” Pastor Cal encourages her to be more physical with Gregg.
Deonna is thrilled that Gregg and her dog are getting along well.
Amber & Matt
Apparently Matt lives with a friend of his who live with his dad. Why didn’t they just go to Amber’s place? Matt just has one or two suitcases full of stuff. Matt goes to see Amber’s apartment.
Pastor Cal drops by and talks with them about living together. Since Amber has never lived with anyone, he talks to them one on one. Amber says they hooked up on the first night of their honeymoon. She’s falling for him and it’s scary. Amber is concerned that Matt may not be ready to plant roots in Charlotte. Matt says that it really hasn’t sunk in that he is married. Also, he feels scared that Amber cares so much about him. Matt doesn’t seem as gung ho about the relationship now that he is back home. They are both nervous about their feelings.
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Pastor Cal talked to them about finances. Amber is fine supporting them both as he works on his new business, but Matt is resistant to that idea.
Matt wants to put his toiletries in the second bathroom. This seems to infuriate Amber. Why? Who wants to share a bathroom with a guy if they don’t have to?
Iris & Keith
These two spent night one at Keith’s place. Iris is not thrilled that Keith doesn’t make his bed or fold his clean clothes. But what she really doesn’t like is the large empty box of condoms in his nightstand. He has a great comeback though. Keith says he packed them for the honeymoon. He shows them to her and there were only three in his suitcase. Not everyone one is a 30 year old virgin, Iris.
Pastor Cal’s visit reminds me that I might have missed an episode. I don’t remember watching the episode where Keith lost his wedding ring. The found it and plan to go get it sized. They haven’t really talked about finances. Iris still thinks of Keith as a stranger.
Iris has a lot of weird cleanliness issues.
Next week’s MAFS recap takes a turn when Matt turns into a jerk toward Amber.
I don’t watch the show but I really enjoy your recaps ?
Don’t watch it but I don’t watch most of what you recap.
I think that clearly the “experts” have done a better job matchmaking this time. Even if the couples don’t work out, you could see how they would be plausible. Past seasons not so much.
I love Greg and Keith. They are both awesome, mature, sensitive guys. Sadly they are both stuck with kind of odd women. Both Iris and Deonna have been alone too much and haven’t learned much about compromise and living with others. Iris seems to be trying harder though. She absolutely crossed the line in looking through Keith’s stuff, but when he suggested they drop the condom thing and focus on what’s important, she went with it. Deonna is really stuck in her ways, and thinks her way is just the norm. I don’t think she is too into Greg (though she is into his house). The shot glass collection would make me run. I have high hopes for Jamie and Beth. She is very different than him, but he seems willing to go with it. I foresee Amber and Matt getting more and more painful to watch as she clings harder and he runs away. Please keep recapping. I love seeing other points of view on this!
I love Greg and Keith, too–they seem like two healthy, grown-ass men. Now if they were just matched with 2 healthy grow-ass women! Jamie and Elizabeth both have their quirks; right now the quirks work. I hope it stays that way. She does seem like a lot to handle. I think Amber and Matt are headed for heartache. With her abandonment issues, she is just going to cling harder and harder, and maybe his parents situation has made him NOT be able to commit and settle down. This could be the last thing either of them needs.
Iris’ “cleanliness” issues made me think her virginity may not have been her choice. ? The honeymoon eps were good but now that they are home it should get much more interesting.
I understand Amber’s initial reaction to Matt setting up in another bathroom. I have abandonment issues and my initial reaction was the same as hers! But after realizing he was not trying to avoid her or distance himself from her she calmed down, same as I would have. We differ in that once I was calm I would be doing a happy dance to not share my bathroom and tell him he’s in charge of cleaning his bathroom.
Matt does seem unsettled in general, I guess because he is used to traveling so much and not having roots. I worry for Amber.
Deonna and Gregg I am still on the fence, waiting to see more. The same with Elizabeth and Jamie but hoping Jamie can enjoy her quirkiness.
I love this show so much and love that you recap it! It’s a good break from RH or Bravo in general. I always find it odd that most couples seem unsettled by being married and making compromises. It’s like they never came across married people before.
The couples seem better matched this season too. I used to yell at the TV when they would match an extreme introvert with extreme extrovert with the theory that it would somehow bring balance. Maybe if they knew each other for years and grew into a life together, but not meeting for the first time at the alter.
Spouse 1: “Hello, I like to come home from my office job, watch TV by myself, and heat up dinner in the microwave”
Spouse 2: “I like to travel to exotic places, jump out of planes, and go out to eat with every person I’ve ever met in my life”
That never works.
There is something weird about Deonna. Amber is needy… and Matt has one foot out the door.
I’m watching! My husband uses the downstairs bathroom and believe me, I prefer it!
Please keep the recaps coming!
It is obvious why they are all on the show. Each has their own issues. It is entertaining to watch but Iris going off about the condoms was irritating. I loved how he shut her down. It was quite evident she knows nothing about men, that box could have been 10 years old. They throw nothing away! Elizabeth is too much.
I think I probably have a couple of condoms from 1987 in the little thingy on my nightstand. 🙂
If you noticed, she didn’t just open his drawer and look, she took out a bag and looked inside it. I mean, seriously! That really crossed the line. I get the desire to snoop, but if she had any sense at all, she would have either waited until he wasn’t home, or wouldn’t have admitted to the snooping!
Starting to think this show just exists to show the impossibility of marriage. Their statistics of successful unions is too low to even count but if you watch the show it’s all there. These couples don’t apper at all able to be sensitive or even aware of their partner’s needs. The nerves are palpable as is their non-existant attraction. Some hold it together better than others but this seaon looks as big a trainwreck as the last. I just can’t watch the tragedies and pains unfold. Cancel this disaster.
Please keep recapping this show!! I love to hear your prospective as well as the other commenters. Im telling y’all right now if Deonna doesn’t get the stick out of her butt I’ll take her place. Greg is a winner so far and he’s handsome as hell! He may be shorter than me but he’s good and so is Keith. I about died when Iris was going through his stuff. I don’t know about the other two couples yet I’ll have to give it a bit more time but I’m feel Matt May bolt.
1 am watching & reading. Please do not stop!
Please don’t stop recapping the show! Your blog got me into this!!! I would offer to write this for you, but I am not nearly as pithy as you.
I am very impressed with the good job the experts did at matching people this season. Yes, there are areas of incompatibility, but all four men are attracted to their wives this season, which is rarely the case.
I think Greg is awesome, and Deonna might finally let her walls down, now that she’s seen his house. She is a little old lady in a young person’s body.
Keith’s patience is amazing. I have to suspect that production put Iris up to the snooping? I actually laughed at Iris flipping out over Keith leaving behind evidence that he’s not a virgin. Will Iris feel that she was an idiot for “saving herself” for marriage? She has built up this drama over it. How will she react when it hurts like hell the first time? Or if she never has vaginal orgasms? Like, “is THAT what I saved myself for????” LOL
I still enjoy Elizabeth and Jamie. They seem pretty into each other and are tolerating their differences well. I like that he is clean and has a cat. Any dude with a cat has some emotional intelligence. And the face masks at night! I guess the crazy/hot matrix is a real thing.
Amber and Matt – she is damn lucky that he is using the other bathroom! Why on earth would two people squeeze into one bathroom when there is a second one nearby? I’m glad she settled down and they talked about it. I do see him having major commitment issues. Why the hell did he sign up for this?
Please keep the recaps. This is a better season but stormy clouds ahead. This show is easier on my nerves that another show w spouses and emotional abuse. Thank you again
I’m watching and reading Tamara!!
The matches don’t seem too terrible this season. But we just got started so we’ll see.
Elizabeth is just way too much all of the time. Jaime seems to be into her but in the preview looks like he gets fed up. Between her theatrics and her father’s creepy obsession, I’d hit the road.
Matt doesn’t seem to be attached to anything in particular and with Amber’s abandonment issues, I wonder how this will play out.
Iris & Keith look cute together. The condom thing was ridiculous. You are the virgin Iris, not Keith.
Deonna & Greg really seem like the best match on paper. They each seem to be what the other wanted -stable, religious, etc. I reality though, I don’t think they’re gonna work. Deonna needs to let her walls down. All of Greg’s compliments seem sincere. Who doesn’t like compliments?
Does anyone know what happened to the other match maker – Was is Dr. Jessica?
I think they are engaged, but I’d have to google it and cite another site.
Yes, Dr Jessica Griffin and john Francetic got engaged in April, while visiting the Grand Canyon.
Once again I forgot to watch this show instead I read your recap and I didnt seem to miss anything exciting. This show is still a snoozefest. Let’s be real I’m not watching for great relationships or happy ever afters since these couples want to become influencers. I’m watching for the crazies. Come on lifetime, I know you always throw in a curve ball of nuttiness. Live up to my hate watching already!
Tamara, I love the show and I love your recaps. Please don’t stop!
I feel that Amber was cheated when they fixed her up with Matt. It sounds as though he’s lived a very transient life for many years, and adjusting to a home-centered lifestyle could be very hard. Plus, I don’t think she’s really his type. As a basketball player, he probably attracts a lot of women and might prefer someone on the more glamorous side, rather than the cute little tomboy next door.
I think he’s taking advantage of the fact that she’s willing to be intimate with him, and kind of going along for the ride, but he’s already planning his escape strategy. Unless we’re being seriously misled, I think there’s nothing but heartbreak ahead for her.
Iris and her virginity are starting to get on my nerves. It sounds as though she’s far from inexperienced sexually, but just never let the ship enter the port. Virginity used to mean chaste and untouched, but I guess it’s a more selective term now. It’s not as though she’s completely saved her body for her husband, so just get it over with already.
I thought her snooping was way over the top. If she’s not sleeping with him, she doesn’t deserve to pass judgment on his past escapades, and she certainly shouldn’t be going through his personal items. She hasn’t committed herself fully to him, and should understand the boundaries involved. I personally think he’s too good for her.
I also think Greg and Deonna are a potentially bad match. There’s more to Deonna than meets the eye and there has to be a really good reason why she hasn’t been in any relationships for 10 years That’s a very long time. However, I also think Greg is a bit too uptight for most women. How could you ever relax in that model home of a house? Plus, he mentioned he had issues with being over-controlling in his past relationships, which should be a major red flag when you combine it with his excessive neatness.
For some reason, the other couple hasn’t made much of an impression on me, but I’m not super impressed with any of the matches this season.
Keep up the posts! That is exactly how I found this show in the first place! I am loving this show, but I agree it’s moving too slow. It feels like the kind of show that should be on more than one night a week. And the episodes are too short.
Elizabeth and Jamie seem somewhat well matched. I am not sure if he will be able to tolerate her long-term. She would drive me NUTS.
Matt and Amber make me sad. Amber seems like such a cool girl, I want her to find someone. I know she is really into Matt, but Matt is not that into her. I don’t trust him at all. He doesn’t seem to appreciate how great Amber is. If he really thought about it, he would see how great she could be for him. She is athletic and healthy and they do have a ton in common. I suspect that he goes for the high-maintenance groupie kind of girl.
Deanna and Greg are cute, but there is something really odd about her. I’m not sure.
Iris and Keith make a beautiful couple, but I don’t get her. She is a virgin. Ok. Now the world knows. But I doubt she is that innocent! She is going to make him really work for it.
I can’t wait for Wednesday.
Does anyone know about those wrap-up shows? Why do only a few participate? Why is it always Amber and Elizabeth?
I can’t wait to see TT’s next post. This week’s episode had a LOT of conflict. Can’t wait to talk about it.
It was all ok until several people lost their minds near the end. Good Lord!