Married at First Sight

[sonnyjane]

!!!!!! Reunion tonight !!!!!!! Thoughts?!?!?!

 

[EMom]

Dr. Tiny Troll was way too easy on the Ice Queen. Ashley never put one ounce of effort into making that marriage work and anyone could see it. Even a blind man. She can lie all she wants that she tried, that she made the effort, that David broke her trust, blah blah, blah, but Ashley never put even 5 seconds' worth of real effort into making it work. Period. Yes, David is needy and probably too over eager, but he never stood a chance. Never. Call her on it. Don't let her lie to your face.

Regarding the story about the "girl and having drinks," if I have to believe David's version or Ashley's, I'll go with David. I don't think he would try to set up a date with two weeks to go and cameras following him all the time and I do think he was desperate enough to try to see if someone, anyone could give him insight into Ashley. She wouldn't talk to him and she made darn certain none of her friends ever came to their house so he couldn't ask them for their advice or insight in that way. No, he had to seek people out. I think she was waiting, hoping, crossing her fingers for him to slip up in any way at all, just so she could play the victim and blame him for being at fault. She was THRILLED when she heard he had contacted that girl. Anything to stop her from looking 100% to blame. The experts BLEW IT on this one and we all saw it from the get go. They refuse to take responsibility for putting David in an impossible situation. But they failed him.

Neil and Sam.....Sam is still holding out hope, but Neil has friend zoned her. His last girlfriend became a "special friend" and that's where Sam is headed. I halfway wonder if Neil is asexual-ish. I know a few people like that. He's so Spock-like that I just don't see him having deep feeling for others. It would be more an analytical decision to stay with someone. He's not a bad guy, but he's just not a "deep emotion" guy. She is wishing for something that he can't deliver. Sure, her witchiness the first few weeks didn't help, but now it's more about his personality.

Tres and Vanessa.....Too bad about these two. They had potential, but each dug in when they hit rough spots and nursed their hurt. They should have been in counseling from early on. They got in a vicious cycle. She shut down and he liked to go out. I think some of her expectations were unrealistic, but if they had discussed what she expected/needed and if he had said why he felt he couldn't meet them, but what he felt he could do, they would have been better off. But no one can read minds. Then again, I wouldn't be thrilled about my husband staying out (drinking I'm sure) until 5 a.m. either. They were both very hurt and damaged people, who have been conditioned to expect hurt and abandonment and they may possibly push their partners away in a self-fulfilling prophecy sort of way. (The way kids who have been in foster care do.) They push people away over and over because it's better to be abandoned sooner rather than later and they just KNOW the other person will eventually leave them. It seems as if this may be what happened with them. They both got tired of being pushed away.

I want the experts to take more responsibility for their poor choices and matches. David and Ashley were a train wreck from the get go and lack of chemistry was the least of it. The matched a needy, desperate to be married Pepe LePew with a stiff, cold as ice, overinflated ego whatever-the-name-of-the-cat-that-runs-from-Pepe-LePew is. Dooomed! I said from Day One they should have matched David with an equally needy girl who had marriage fever just as bad as him. He said his over eagerness kept scaring away girls and they gave him the most stiff girl they could find, guaranteed to run. It was cruel and they are to blame for the disaster which followed.

 

[sonnyjane]

^^^ regarding Tres and Vanessa, I think it must be tough to go from being a partying bachelor to all of a sudden having to be a homebody. 5 AM is extreme, but a guy should be able to have some fun. She didn't seem like she really had girls nights out often. I still need my "fun time". A lot of times my DH will drop me off and pick me up! It would be stifling to not be able to do that occasionally. She even gave him the death stare when he was having wine at the painting place.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

. I said from Day One they should have matched David with an equally needy girl who had marriage fever just as bad as him. He said his over eagerness kept scaring away girls and they gave him the most stiff girl they could find, guaranteed to run. It was cruel and they are to blame for the disaster which followed.

I think it was done on purpose, for the ratings. I 100% believe they knew it would be a train wreck and that's why they did it.

 

[sonnyjane]

I think it was done on purpose, for the ratings. I 100% believe they knew it would be a train wreck and that's why they did it.

It *should* be in their interest to produce some successful couplings. Right now they are 2 for 9, and 0 for 6 in the last two seasons. I suppose people will still watch, but instead of "Married at First Sight" it's more like "Watch Strangers Hang in There for Six Weeks Until They Can Divorce"

 

[lorimay]

I was very sad about Tres & Vanessa, thought there was hope there. Agree about coming home at 5am, you just don't do that when you are married.
But the fact when she was on the couch with him and she was taking to him but looking at Dr. Pepper showed me she is not comfortable with communication at all. I was waiting for Dr. Pepper to tell her to look at him not me.

The ending too with Dr. Pepper, Really, you thought that this was a good ending, GIVE ME A BREAK! Way to try and save this show.
I think they need to close shop now, this is bad idea.

I wonder if the couples for season 4 have been married yet. Its in my neck of the woods, Miami this time.

****ETA:***** A girl on the new season in Miami backed out 2 days before the wedding. She didn't like how this was a "reality show"(well duhhhh!!)
http://twitter/ZariBatista

 

[lorimay]

Ok, just got more info.....

Dr. Levkoff and Dr. Cilona are out and not returning for season 4. No reason given yet.

 

[NAB]

Ok, just got more info.....

Dr. Levkoff and Dr. Cilona are out and not returning for season 4. No reason given yet.

They all are out except for Dr Pepper at this point , the spiritual advisor dude said he wasn't twitting last night and is not returning for season 4.

 

[NAB]

I'm guessing that is why Dr.Pepper was the only one there last night.

I really like Sam and Neil. They are still married and seem to be having a lot of fun together now . Who knows. Sam looked really pretty last night too. She has grown I think.

Ashley we all know she wasn't into him from the start. Dr Pepper did say to David she didn't believe his text was innocent so she called him out a bit too.

Was surprised about Tre and Vanessa. Not sure what the holding back after the show was done was about. They looked really uncomfortable too at the table talking.

So if all these people are not back for season 4 who matched the next couples up?

 

[lorimay]

They all are out except for Dr Pepper at this point , the spiritual advisor dude said he wasn't twitting last night and is not returning for season 4.

I'm guessing that is why Dr.Pepper was the only one there last night.

I really like Sam and Neil. They are still married and seem to be having a lot of fun together now . Who knows. Sam looked really pretty last night too. She has grown I think.

Ashley we all know she wasn't into him from the start. Dr Pepper did say to David she didn't believe his text was innocent so she called him out a bit too.

Was surprised about Tre and Vanessa. Not sure what the holding back after the show was done was about. They looked really uncomfortable too at the table talking.

So if all these people are not back for season 4 who matched the next couples up?

Hmmmm...... So he's out too.
Maybe Dr. Pepper will run the whole show, LOL.
They had to get some new docs, looks like the Miami Marriages happened in Feb.

There is talk of the next season(5) happening in Chicago. Seems they aren't giving up on this fiasco just yet.

I NEVER thought I would feel bad for Sam, but she did melt me a little last night. I'm glad she got to see her self on TV, it made a her a better person.
I don't see Neil falling for her though, I think her words cut too deep for him to get past.

 

[Angeejoe]

I think that 6 weeks isn't enough time, they really need to shoot for 6 months & of course if it's really not working end it before then.

 

[lifesavacation]

I think the premiss of the show is interesting and I enjoy watching the couples, but I think their track record with 2/9 couples shows it doesn't work. The value is in entertainment and not making successful marriages. It's hard to believe anyone would voluntarily go on the show.

 

[lovin'fl]

I thought, while watching last night, that Sam and David should spend some time together. They both seem like they are in the same place...and I think the DRs did mention them as a match at the beginning (when they were matching folks).

 

[EMom]

I'm guessing that is why Dr.Pepper was the only one there last night.


Ashley we all know she wasn't into him from the start. Dr Pepper did say to David she didn't believe his text was innocent so she called him out a bit too.

Let me be blunt. Dr. Pepper had her own agenda last night and that was to make the experts look like they weren't to blame for the Ashley/David fiasco and to make the show look like a good idea in general so it can continue for more seasons. What she did NOT
want was for the world to see the obvious. D & A should've never been matched, David was put in a hopeless situation that was downright cruel to him and that would've emotionally brutalized anyone other than a person with his over the top
optimism, and Ashley was icy and withdrawn from the wedding day and was searching for ANYTHING that would allow her to play the victim instead of the ice queen.

The sexologist seemed to indicate she thought David's version of events was plausible, but she wasn't there last night to call Ashley out as a liar. Dr. Pepper soft balled her questioning of Ashley. She had to make it look like Ashley actually gave it a shot and had reason to distrust David, or else it would be obvious THE EXPERTS SCREWED UP WHEN THEY MATCHED THOSE TWO.

If she can make Ashley look more reasonable and nicer than she is, and Davud look worse than he is and like he was cruising for women, then the marriage failing is not the fault of the experts. So that's why she threw all those lifelines to Ashley. Dr. Pepper was saving her own skin.

 

[lorimay]

Jamie and Doug are getting their own show, Jamie & Doug, plus one.
Airing on Lifetime starting December 19th.

I'm so happy to see how far they have come and now they have a beautiful daughter.
Season one, was the best season, 2 out of 3 still married!