This week’s MAFS recap will apparently have a dog theme. All the husbands have new dogs in their lives and some are handling it better than others.
Virginia & Erik
I don’t think Virginia has the emotional maturity to be married. She gets mad and cries and runaway during difficult conversations. Erik has some issues with one of her dogs who is untrained and likes to chew on people. He wants to train it. She runs out of the house with the dog and melts down to production. Then again, Erik is really fed up and not being very mature in his interactions with Erik. Virginia has a panic attack. Erik has said multiple times in the conversation, if she doesn’t like it she can leave.
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Later, they attempt to have a less agitated conversation. She doesn’t want to depend on Erik. She feels he is controlling. Then they are back to arguing about the dog. The dog is nipping at Virginia while they are arguing about the dog biting people. Erik wants to be a responsible dog parent and get her dog some obedience training. She actually needs some too. The dog keeps interrupting the conversation. Virginia flies into a rage out of nowhere. I don’t get what set her off and neither does production. Later that night, Erik has had enough. Apparently, she treats production badly as well. He says he is done with it. The next night they make up again.
Clara & Ryan
Poor Clara is hoping to stimulate Ryan’s nonexistent libido by going to a tantric yoga class. I already predict this will not go well. It didn’t. Ryan hated the entire thing. But, he does want to take Clara’s dog for another training session. He wants to make sure he is relating to the dog properly. Clara probably wishes she was the dog at this point. The big news for this couple is that Clara is “getting Ryan off every night.”
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Haley & Jacob
These two have the same argument every episode. They decide to go race go-carts to have a fun day. Haley won the race and bragged about it the entire time. That’s not bonding, that is passive aggressive arguing. Jacob talks about his dating history as they cook dinner. Haley is asking him a lot of questions. Their lack of common interests becomes more apparent each week. They go on a double date to a pumpkin patch with Brianna and Vincent.
Briana & Vincent
These two are doing the best of all the couples. Vincent bought Briana a new bike and they are enjoying riding bikes together. They raced and Vincent let Briana win.
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Paige & Chris
Finally, Paige’s brother shows up. He really needs to hunt Chris down and beat his ass. I can’t believe her mother and brother didn’t know about all of this. There are a lot of dog scenes this episode. All the guys are bonding with their wife’s dog. Chris said he doesn’t give a fuck about Paige’s dog. He talks to his mother about Paige and the allegedly pregnant girlfriend. She is upset that he has asked for a divorce.
I’m FF thru Paige and Chris because both of them bug me. Don’t these people realize they are marrying complete strangers and then are getting upset cuz they don’t know each other and HAVE to learn how to get along all while camera’s are on them? They all act like it’s so hard. OF COURSE IT’S HARD! It’s hard marrying, no, it’s not hard GETTING married, it’s hard as fuck staying married and that’s when you know the person….
Paige and chris are annoying AF. I fast forward through any scenes they’re in. Ryan and Clara are a conundrum.. I can’t put my finger on it but somethings up with that guy and it’s messed up he is taking advantage of the situation. Brianna and Vincent are cute together. Virginia and Erik are doomed! Hayley and Jacob are mismatched, there’s zero chemistry and she’s just not attracted to him at all.
Virginia and Erik, no one gang up on me for this but does she have really bad PMS, just so emotionally erratic. Its obvious her dog was not given the tools to curb this chewing, and for anyone to put up with that behavior has issues in their own life. Maybe we’re seeing Erik’s controlling side more because shes so erratic. Hes obviously hitting a trigger for her not being responsible or something and really it’s bothering them both. I personally dont like what these two offer one another. She’s two young, he’s too set in his ways, whatever.
I’m curious what Clara meant by getting him off every night. I’m not sure why he’s ok with not attending to her needs. So jacking him off is perfectly ok but nothing for her, regardless of intercourse, just seems so off. Yep I see her die a little each episode.
Haley and Jake, my two favorites just because it’s such a clear mismatch. It’s like being stuck in school with a horrid partner that was assigned to you and you too can’t work together. It’s so painful with these two. I’m waiting for the day that they pull a MAFS Aus and people start swapping partners.
Bri and Vincent, yeah yeah, next….
Paige and douch-bigalo, ok we know they are over so why and we forced to watch anything with these fools, just to fill out the 2hrs! They may sign rediculous contracts requiring this, but as viewers we did not, stop this!!!
Not to spoil anything but in the AU it didn’t end well for the guilty party. Loving that version more than our version.
Clara said they do everything except intercourse. She didn’t say she blows him and he does nothing. Clara is annoying and makes everything about her. I do see her trying, but I also see that she’s quick to criticize everything he does. He’s trying to connect with her other than sex, and we’re only talking a few weeks here, and she’s not having it. Now if they were 6 months in and he still won’t have intercourse with her, I could understand her frustration. This isn’t as bad of a mismatch and Jake and Hailey, but Clara is too much in his face and he’s way more reserved. Opposite ends of the spectrum. I really felt horrible for Paige until she agreed to try again the last time. Ever Chris’ friends thought he was a douche bag. Apparently, she’s not as confident in herself as she thought she was. And douche bag is over confident and full of himself.
Erik IS very controlling. It is always his way or the highway, because his first (failed) marriage made him such an expert at marriage. Virginia has issues, sure, but he is insecure and controlling.
Erik is very structured and disciplined. He’s military AND an airline pilot, so he has to be. He’s not perfect, but Virginia is an alcoholic and a mess. Her life revolves around alcohol and partying. The reason she isn’t ready for kids is because she will have to stop drinking and getting drunk 5 nights a week. Most times the responsible person in the relationship has to take control over situations. It’s called being an adult.
Exactly. Erik is controlling and manipulative with the constant “you can leave if you don’t like it”!! so that it seems he’s not pressuring her. He refuses to compromise and makes blanket statements about what a healthy marriage is and what adults do when he has never been involved in a healthy marriage and doesn’t seem like a great or evolved adult. And his MAGA ways better be a deal-breaker for Virginia, who touts herself as socially progressive and has a lesbian sister. And I wanna know where he was January 6…
And yeah the dog could improve but he is constantly making passive-aggressive comments denigrating Virginia through her dog putting Virginia on the defensive and then acting bewildered when she reaches her breaking point.
If Erik wants a kids so damn bad then he can get pregnant.
I love that you are recapping this show. It would be fantastic to see recaps of the MAFS Australia season too. I find that show superior to the US one.
Chris just gets more and more dickish with every episode. He really, really thinks highly of himself and I don’t know why.
Erik is turning out to be a major douche and I’m quite tired of him acting like the king of marriage when he himself said that he and his ex wife married out of convenience/so they could bang while he was on base. Plus, Erik, consider yourself the king of divorce too because YOU GOT DIVORCED. You did not have a successful marriage the first time around.
Amen!!!