In this week’s MAFS recap it’s getting really close to decision day. This is about the time in the season when things go pear shaped for couples who seemed to be doing fine. And things get worse for the ones who are struggling.
Paige & Chris
Dr. Pepper talks to Paige about her unfortunate situation. She basically tells Paige that Chris lied to production. Paige still blames herself. Dr. Pepper says she is an extraordinary human being. She says that Chris is a huge narcissist and that Chris deliberately set out to hurt her. She still wants to face him on decision day for answers. YOU HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS YOU NEED, GIRL! Chris had not shown up to talk to Pastor Cal after he waited for 45 minutes. As they were about to break down the set, his fat ass and womanly hips wander in. Chris says he is not attracted to her face. Then he says he is not being disrespectful. He says he did his best. He doesn’t think he owes Paige an apology. Who raised this POS?Pastor Cal looks like he wants to punch him in his ugly stupid face. Paige moves out of the apartment.
Virginia & Erik
I used to think this couple had a chance but now I think that Virginia should just marry the dog. Virginia has a friend come over for a chat. But they barely showed it. Next, Virginia has a session with Pastor Cal. She tells Pastor Cal that Erik says that if she doesn’t want kids he’s done. She is afraid of having kids and of being a mother. She’s afraid she won’t be a good one. Well, she will have to grow up really fast at some point. Erik met with Dr. Pepper. She tells Erik that he can’t just waltz in and take control over Virginia’s dog. She wants him to ask her to take a break from drinking to work on their marriage. Virginia will never go for that.
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Eventually they come together to discuss their sessions. Erik tells Virginia that Dr. Pepper told him to back off the situation with the dog. She love that. When it comes to drinking, he doesn’t even try to get her to take a break. He just asks that when they are going to be together and talk about serious they need to be sober. She replied, “I’m not talking about it.” Which is an odd response unless you have a problem. She changed the subject to her session and her fear of having kids. Then, he reassures her that she would be a great mom. She cries. She needs counseling and rehab. Then, he asks for a weekend for just the two of them. She agrees. Virginia wants them to plan ahead. She doesn’t want to have to cancel things. Instead of letting himself win, he somehow makes this a fight.
Briana & Vincent
Vincent wants to buy a house. Briana wants to sit down and go over their expenses to determine what they can afford because she is “frugal.” The first thing that comes up is she spends $405 a month and hairdos and waxing. That’s a car payment! And far from frugal. And another $400 on clothes. Vincent looks like he is about to fall out. They come up with $9K a month on their spending. So, Vince says some of that money should be going to savings.
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Vincent meets with Pastor Cal. Both counselors have asked the same two questions essentially. What is going good and what needs work? Vincent is he first person to answer the second question with what he can do better. That touched my heart. Everyone else talked about things about their partner that needed changing. He talked about changing himself to be a better husband. Then, he tells Pastor Cal that Briana is a very early riser and wants him to get up with her. But he is still exhausted from work. He asks him if it is okay if he sleeps a little longer. Pastor Cal tells him that pleasing his wife doesn’t mean he has to do everything she tells him to. He has to take care of himself too. He’s already pussy whipped. He’s a really good guy.
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Briana tells Dr. Pepper that Vince is a very kind person. As far as problems go, she says they have very different communication styles. If she has an issue she addresses with him in the moment. If Vince has an issue with her he suppresses it and then it blows up later. One of her questions is why is financial stability so important to him. Um, because it should be important to everyone??? She needs to stop blowing money now if she wants to have kids later. Briana says she is worried about having kids because she has high blood pressure. Vincent doesn’t seem to know this. They need to have a talk. She doesn’t want to let him down. I didn’t see this roadblock coming.
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They talk about their different views on money. He says he has been through the whole spending money on nice cars and fine dining. Now that he is married he wants to be more strategic with his money and prepare to take care of his family. Instead of realizing that he has good family values, she start whining about wanting to be “courted” and she doesn’t want to give up the entertainment budget. I can’t for the live of me see how these two young people need to spend $9K a month or random shit. She also thinks she needs to buy new clothes every month. A clothing budget is a yearly expense that can be broken into four seasons.
Did she just say going to dinner doesn’t have to be $200 every time? Girl, how about going to Red Lobster and having some cheddar bay biscuits? Or cooking romantic dinners at home? He keeps asking her to compromise on things like when his bedtime is and when he has to get up in the morning. It’s like he’s a high school kid bargain with his mother for a later curfew. She thinks that the look on his face is about the high blood pressure and her fear of having kids. No, it is everything you are saying. Vince is highly frustrated. And Briana is really selfish.
Clara & Ryan
Ryan goes to meet with Dr. Pepper. Ryan says that the marriage is a 10 out of 10 and things are going great. Um, Clara would beg to differ. He has no problems to discuss. Dr. Pepper brings up religion first. Then she asks him how Clara feels about the fact that they don’t have intercourse. Ryan says, “I should probably ask her about that.” Ya think? I’m quite sure she has made her desires obvious. Clara tells Pastor Cal that she thinks the relationship is a 10 out of 10 as well. It’s like they gave each other a script so they would both be on the same page. She is afraid to tell him that she loves him. Then we find that Ryan has been in long term relationships before with no sex. It sounds like he is a virgin.
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Oh this post counseling conversation should be interesting. Ryan starts off once again asking her about raising their kids in the church. She basically said it was up to them. Then she mentioned that she was raised in the church but her father never went. That’s not something Ryan wanted to hear. The difference in religious view is a big failure for the matchmakers. I don’t know what denomination Ryan is but if he is A.M.E. or Pentecostal it’s not going to work. The only way he has a prayer of getting her to church is if it is a non denominational megachurch where she can blend in better. Based on his sexual beliefs, I feel like is church leans more to the structured side.
Then he asked her how she feels about his thoughts about sex. She doesn’t quite lie but she isn’t being straightforward either. Religion and sex are two very big issues in a marriage. And they don’t see eye to eye either on. This is definitely not a 10 out of 10 marriage. It’s a good roommate with limited benefits situation though.
Haley & Jacob
I feel sorry for Jacob. He really wanted this to work. He can’t even come up with any good parts of the relationship. The questions Jacob has for Haley should have been asked weeks ago. It’s bit late for that now. Wow, Haley has a lot of good things to say about Jacob. I think she means it. But she doesn’t treat him very nicely. She tells Dr. Pepper she doesn’t really understand what he has been doing in the ten years he has lived in Atlanta. But when we see the clip, she’s not asking like she is really interested. And he doesn’t know what to say. Basically, he’s lived alone, done some dating, move a few times. What has she done in he seven years it has been that she has not been dating? Did she develop a cure for cancer or build a space shuttle?
Haley cries because she thinks she is a failure at the process. Maybe stop being so rough on him You are not perfect either. Dr. Pepper says it’s not a failure because it isn’t over yet. Wow, after the sessions, they have a really good talk.
Next time: It looks like everything gets worse again
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this, I came here for this:
“his fat ass and womanly hips wander in”
Chris needs more women to be willing to say those words to his face!
Clara doesn’t meet Ryan’s emotional needs, and he therefore isn’t interested in meeting her sexual needs.
He talks about the future and his plans, she makes jokes or says something nasty. She doesn’t like church, and won’t commit to raising their children in the church. She’s concerned about right now, he wants to see future goals. I don’t see how these two can make it.
Erik knows when he’ll be in town, as airlines have FAA required down time for pilots. I suspect he’s a Reservist, and therefore knows when his one weekend a month is, and knows well in advance when his two weeks in the summer is. He can plan his time with Virginia, but instead wants to act like she needs to be on hold for him at all times. He can’t allow himself to not be controlling, and that’s pushing Virginia away. Drinking is a crutch for her to avoid reality, and even her friend could see something was really wrong in that relationship.
Virginia does need to slow way down on the drinking, but perhaps she also needs to take Eric at his word next time he tells her he’s down, or that she can just leave. Maybe then he’ll bend a little on his rules.
Chris is an awful, unattractive, bad built, poor excuse for a human being. If you are not attracted to someone, you just aren’t. But his treatment of Paige is beyond reprehensible. He treated her as if she did something to him! He’s making a point to announce he bought a luxury car and will buy a house for his baby momma to convince folks he’s well off. He wears expensive clothing, buys luxury cars, and wants a certain type of woman to complete his façade. Nobody cares when you are scum, Chris. And I have the feeling his money ain’t that long either. I don’t think Paige is a phenomenal person or whatever Dr. Pepper said. Like many of us, she’s broken and thought finding a husband would repair her. I hope she finds the strength and self-love she needs for the health of her next relationship.
I can’t believe Chris told Pastor Cal that out of all the beautiful women in Atlanta, they picked Paige for him. Oye!!
Hailey is another one. She just does not like Jacob. She finds it hard to be nice to him. He’s weird and quirky but harmless. But I like quirky *shrug*, lol. Hailey is doing her best to make it look like she’s “trying” to other people but we can see it plain as day. When she gets caught, here come the tears and victimhood. That is what makes her unlikable to me.
Chris is a liar he did not buy the car for Mercedes …in fact ..when she thanked him (and other people) she said thank you for the role you played and getting me this car. I think he negotiated a good deal.. I don’t think he bought her squat. You don’t thanks somebody who bought you a brand new car by saying thank you for the role you played.
Erik Is super controlling and it gets less and less attractive each week. I have to say I kept thinking.. why do you need to be half the owner in her dog??? That was a huge turn off to me because my dogs are my babies. I could see him being jealous of the attention cheek is the dog over him.
Ryan and Clara that’s just a weird mix all together ..she admits that she pleasure him every night!! With no reciprocation?? Nope nope
Bri and Vincent both have issues. Bri is bossy and inflexible and Vincent is moody and inflexible. They only look like the dream couple bc the other marriages are a train wreck. They need to find common ground on the money issue or it’s gonna tear them apart. I don’t think the life Bri envisions is the same as Vincent’s dream life. Remember she wants to live in a high-rise, he wants the mini-mansion. I don’t think it’s fair to Bri that Vincent doesn’t see the need to court her since they are now married. Bri missed out on that part since they didn’t date. Now she’s relegated to Chili’s 2 for $25 and Netflix for the rest of her life? There has to be a happy medium. Can’t they spend the first year or so enjoying their time together and then ramp of the savings after that?
And I’m glad Bri bought Vince a new pair of shoes. I was getting sick of those white tennis shoes. Lol.
Oh how I have looked forward to your recap on this!! What I seen from just about every spouce when they are either talking to the ‘experts’ or as a couple lie, with a couple of exceptions. I think Clara is the worst though, everything is fine, shes slowly drying with this guy. I’m not sure why they would match a nonreligious person with a strick religious one. He seems so vacant probably depressed that they really just are not right for one another. My boy Jakob, I heard what he said. I thought he assumed she was asking about his dating life. Since he said all his friends are married with kids and he just dated. What is she talking about, he didn’t answer, that’s an answer to me. Chris, asking Paster Cal how he could set him up with her ugly face. This guy omg, I think he has the crown of worst person ever picked to do this show. Also did anyone notice right after they had sex and he told her he wasn’t into her she got the braids put in. Well at the time I believe his ex had braids, then poof paige gets them too. Now she took em out but still why does she keep going with woman hips??? I really hope they get her counseling to deal with low self esteem issues. Bri, you suck, $200, wtf are you eating!! Did you rob a bank where you can live large to be ‘courted=you’ll buy me whatever I want.’ Mrs I need a week ahead of time to cancel on my friends I see weekly spoiled brat, oh please, just stop you petulant child. Yeah I’m really going to tell the military guy that I’m sure has a much tougher schedule, you need to work around my alcoholism. Her with kids is a scary thought, just seeing the dog. I just wonder did they really have Clara with Erik and Paige with Ryan, but decided to change it?!
OMG. Clara and Erik, Paige and Ryan, would have been great. Especially Paige and Ryan.
Agreed. Both would have been great.
Explain this what does Chris do? I think the real threat Paige poised was to expose how he collects his income. The minute she said she was an accountant he had this look and noped out of the marriage.