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17 minutes ago, Crashcourse said:
While I appreciate the lack of drama (so far, at least), sometimes I forget that Brett and Ryan are even there.
16 minutes ago, pdlinda said:Ryan always looks like he's in a hostage video. As you say: "He's just there."
Also, why Brett INSISTS on dressing in such an unflattering way escapes me. Not sure what she's trying to project to those, including Ryan, who are in her company.
Yes! It's so strange. In real life, Ryan is the kind of guy I'm friends with, went to college with, generally know and like. He seems to have a hilarious wit when it actually makes an appearance, and he has one of the most adorable doggie puppy bebes ever on the show, so there must be some good inside him. He comes across as passably intelligent and self-aware... and yet, the Resting Blank Face.
I sometimes watch him on mute just to see if I can guess what he's experiencing. Are the Texans beating the Saints in overtime? Did the second plane just hit the Twin Towers? Was there a fly in the crawfish boil? You'll never guess by looking at ol' Rushmore over here. Stony AF.
Meanwhile, Brett is very expressive (and gorgeous -- I also love the straight, shiny hair!). Maybe too expressive. Ryan mentioned feeling like he has to be even more chill to balance her anxiety, which: 1) come down off the cross, we need the wood, etc., and 2) just let her be, my dude. Maybe equilibrium is achieved simply by coexisting. There's your frat koan for the day. Namaste, y'all.
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I feel like I'm missing something, but I even watched the Never Before Scene of the past few episodes and I still don't get it.
Delaney lied on her resume. She claimed she had been a shtew, but really she's only "put out Costco pwattews" and not interacted with guests. She may be doing well considering her lack of experience, but she's having to learn on the job because she lied about her experience. To me, this is right up there with Chris Rock offering men a cookie for actually parenting their children.
The first few things Delaney tells us about herself:
- She was a psychowogy majow at the Univewsity of Cawifownia - Bewkewey because she likes making people do what she wants. (IOW, she's a professional manipulator.)
- She affected this exaggerated speech impediment for more Cheewios.
- She always got good grades in school and thus expects the whole working world to continue to give her a high GPA, and if they don't, she will bug the shit out of them until they relent.
- She doesn't need waundwy expwained because she's not a idiot. She gwaduated Bewkewey. (Not from Berkeley. She just graduated it.) Obviously she's not that bright, or she'd realize that it's not about being an idiot; it's that there is a specific way to do things in this new job she knows nothing about -- once more, because she lied on her resume. You can't admit you have no clue about this job but also buck up against anyone who tries to teach you a job you should damn well already know how to do, according to your own resume.
Now we're all stuck listening to the kid from the Shake-n-Bake commercials try to pwove hewsewf, again, because of a situation of her own making. She has the gall to chawwenge Katie on getting to stay because she's wowked so hawd and weawrned so much. You know, the stuff she was hired to do, on the assumption that she already knew how to do it!!! Nothing grinds my gears quite like the righteous indignance of a known liar and manipulator getting exactly what she deserves, except for that PLUS when it actually works!
Why is everyone -- not just here, but like three different podcasts and various other places -- giving this trick a pass? Is it just because Lexi seems even worse? Do we feel pity for her cartoonish speech (that seems to come and go at random, about as consistent as AYYEMEEY's TEXUSS ACKSIEEUNT back in the early BD days)? Is it just because she's "hot"? (suuuuupes subjective) Make it make sense!
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15 hours ago, mythoughtis said:
Michaela’s friend doesn’t really know her at all. Level- headed?
11 hours ago, Yeah No said:Michaela's friend going on about her being the most level headed person - seriously? Obviously she only knows her in a very limited way or she was paid to say that. There is no way anyone that has seen Michaela deal with anything relationship related wouldn't have seen the crazy come out in her. If they asked her family that question and they were honest they probably would have gotten a completely different answer.I
I seriously kept asking my husband, “wait, whose friend is she?” because it didn’t seem like she actually knew either of them.
1 hour ago, Crashcourse said:I also got the impression that she puts on the waterworks with the tears whenever she blows up at someone, thinking they'll cave and feel sorry for her. I'm glad Zack isn't falling for that and it looks like he's had enough. I just want him to survive until Decision Day because I'm not joking when I say Michaela could be dangerous. She needs help.
It’s a bad situation. Even if she doesn’t have a personality disorder (and she probably does), she’s maddening to talk to. She kept apologizing and he wasn’t asking for an apology. He wanted to address the behavior, not make her beg for forgiveness. I could not be less invested in this couple. We barely saw them for a few episodes, other than previous that hinted they would be another Chris and Page. Lifetime cannot possibility expect me to care about another sacrificial trainwreck match.
I’m so over the experts. I don’t even remember Cal being on this episode. Then they take a minute away from the guys’ conversation, which was actually interesting, to have Viviana read some cliched, obvious pablum from a script that could apply to any show about relationships. If I needed that level of insight, I’d follow stupider accounts on Instagram.
As usual, Pepper collects a check for existing. Fine with me, since if she were there she’d just call Myrla and Brett “cold” and applaud Johnny for the same behavior. Replace her with R2D2 in a wig and put that money toward weddings in a room that hasn’t also held a pharmaceutical vendor fair.
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The Woodlands has a bitchin TJ Maxx/HomeGoods. I got my Le Creuset cereal bowls there!
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If Olivia was ever in love with Ethan, she isn’t now. She’s inching away from him and talking a big game about him needing to decide to come along. This way, she doesn’t look like the bad one when he can’t or won’t move with her (at least in her mind). Meanwhile, she enjoys stirring up sexual tension with his much hotter little brother, then suddenly doubling back so she can pretend it was innocent. As I implied last week, she’s a sneaky snake in this little swamp, but she’s going to be a bait worm when she tries this act in the sprawling metropolis of Tallahassee.
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For a single woman with a good career, a bunch of fancy shoes vs. way more living space than she needs seems like a wash. Who cares? Both are unnecessary, but she could afford either. I'd rather have the house, but Myrla choosing fashion doesn't faze me. Property taxes in Texas are no joke, nor are air conditioning bills.
I hate to be the one to say this stuff (not really, I just hate that I live in a world where it needs to be said), but it seems like one of the themes on this show is "man money choice good, lady money use stupid." I may just have a humble master's degree in personal finance, but something we talked about a lot was how people have so many assumptions and so much baggage around money, and how there are different versions of the "right" choice for different people. The prescriptive, moralistic attitude from the "big names" in finance is borderline cultish. As long as you're within some pretty broad parameters like legality and not being in active addiction to shopping or gambling, the most important thing is finding a plan both spouses can live with. It doesn't have to be Jose "Dave Ramsey" San Miguel's Path to Financial Freedom Via Financial Oppression, or whatever the hell Gil is salty about.
Sex and money seem to boil down to the same arguments and tired cliches, and unfortunately, this show only glorifies one extreme for each: the tightwad is inherently right so their budget wins, and the person who wants sex all the time should get sex all the time (and there is something wrong with anyone who isn't 100% fine with holding hands and kissing any rando, as long as they signed a marriage license for TV).
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Two episodes into this season and it's clear: 90 Day Fiancee: The Other Way is the title because An Idiot Abroad was already taken. None of the Americans, and maybe half of the non-Americans, are capable of making good decisions!
Ari has managed to outkick her coverage twice in a row. Leandro seems like an accomplished and considerate person. Bini may not be as ambitious, but he's been more than gracious with every awkward visit from home that Ari has shoved in his face. Her mom and Andro, so far, aren't the problem, other than the fact that they coddle her. Bini's already conditioned to overbearing women since he was raised by those two racist gossips he calls sisters.
Kenny and Armando seem to be the most beloved couple, but I'm not that crazy about Kenny. He's the type of person who gets away with not bothering to do basic adult things, and not bothering to feign appreciation when others pick up his slack. Armando may be much younger, but he's parenting everyone else in that home on top of teaching bi-directional language courses. My money is on Hannah's English beating Kenny's Spanish -- not just because it's harder for adults to acquire a language, but because Kenny managed to exist for decades in Florida without absorbing words like "muchas gracias" or "malo" (ahem, "MAY-low"). I know more Spanish than that just from watching Sesame Street in the '80s. (Does anyone else remember that jazzy song, "unoDOStres, cuatroCINCOseis, sieteeeeee, ochoooooo, nueveeeeee, DIEZ!")
Alina's hair bothers me so much. She doesn't know how to care for it. It's usually frizzy and dull except in the talking heads, when it's limp and greasy. The cut actively works against the texture. I haven't been to Russia in a long time, but I'm pretty sure they have decent hair products for sale. Maybe she'll stumble into the right salon in Turkey and someone there will pretend they don't understand her and just fix that mess. "Oh, sorry, you said 'just a trim'? I thought you said 'take off 6", totally reshape it, subtle caramel highlights, Brazilian blowout'! My bad."
Evelin stays in Engabao because her trifling ways aren't sophisticated enough for the big city. She's found a perfect mark in the guileless Mormon from Mill A. She's making the same demands Anfisa made of Jorge; she just screams less.
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14 hours ago, Twopper said:
I hope she teaches Ari the language, but since her English is so good I doubt Ari will be motivated to learn.
Ari said she’s teaching her Amharic.
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10 hours ago, Maximadc said:
1.does Jose have a tattoo’ Miguel’ on his right arm?
His name is José San Miguel, Jr., so that would make sense!
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20 minutes ago, Back Atcha said:
Was it Moriah who told her mother she is realizing she needs "more education"? Kim was shocked, ah say...shocked, and self-righteously informed Moriah that she did very well on the 12th grade standardized tests (probably administered by KIM of ALL THINGS).
It was either Moriah or Micah, when they sat outside at that uncomfortable metal cafe table in the middle of the yard, right? I vaguely recall that happening!
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38 minutes ago, CSunshine76 said:
I don’t know if you consider hunting and eating the meat “hunting for sport”, but I can almost guarantee Ryan and/or his family ate the venison from that deer for many months after. Many Texans hunt deer and fill our freezers for a year with venison.
Fun fact: I am a Texan.
I consider it for sport if it's not out of abject necessity. If you have the option not to personally watch the life drain from your sustenance, I say count your blessings. Huge fan of modernity, what can I say.
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1 hour ago, glitterpussy said:
He is so nasty. What a dick. Ok, so if she wants you to go downtown, maybe she'll shower. If she doesn't shower, maybe you're not all that in that department Johnny, know what I mean? Personally I loved how Bao was like, uh yeah I'm not gonna shower, sorry not sorry. And I'm a shower before bed person all the way!
Dogs: Yay! Except don't cut your dogs' ears off. I'm sad to say, if Gil has indeed had Hype since six weeks, then he did dock them, or allow it.
Yeah, I didn't catch the whole discussion on Unfiltered, but it seems like Johnny is assuming that activity is a given. Congrats on being up for it, I guess, but that doesn't mean Bao necessarily likes it, or has the energy or interest to participate if she's too tired to even shower.
Also, shout out to the demanding-hair, dry-skin ladies. I know showering is not "just" a 5-minute event when you have to deal with either washing and drying long or curly hair, or putting it in a shower cap which means creases and tangles and damp edges, plus the whole moisturizing routine and waiting for the Eucerin to absorb so you're not all sticky...
43 minutes ago, Shauna said:Jose is controlling and seems like he could easily become obsessed with his wife or girlfriend. The way he kept his hand on the small of Rachel's back when they first entered (her or their) apartment was off putting. Also, the way he insisted on five kisses in one scene.
Ryan. Does he ever smile. He always has a creepy look on his face. Reminds me of guys who think it is weak to show emotion.
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Gil also seems nice enough, but I can't forgive him for the dog ear thing. Also can't get past the way he talks.
Rachel talks soooo slooowww. Girl, hurry up.
José stresses me out. He's either low-key controlling, which sucks, or he's heading straight for high-key controlling, abusive, and obsessive. He also held Rachel's torso while they were walking into a bedroom, like he was steering her. I don't know how she doesn't elbow him in the gut when he does that shit. Controlling her movement like that is such a red flag that he doesn't view her as an equal, autonomous individual.
Ryan stresses me out, too, but not in a "coming soon on Investigation Discovery" way. Being married to someone who gives zero nonverbal feedback, and almost zero verbal, would make me unhinged. His deadpan delivery can be funny, but it makes it hard to know when he's serious. He talks about wanting a family and planning for the future in exactly the same way he tells Brett that if the dogs don't get along, well, hers has had a good 11 years, so... (I assume that was a joke!)
Regardless of how I feel about pit bulls as pets, I do hate to see any animal mutilated like that. Hype's ears aren't just cropped, which would be bad enough; they're downright mangled. Not okay.
Whenever Rachel talks, I picture Chandler Bing squirming and yelling "get there faster!"
14 minutes ago, Crashcourse said:Ryan's mounted deer head would have had me running for the door, but at least he offered to put it in the basement.
I do wonder about Bao's three broken engagements and what went wrong with the relationships. I'm not saying it's her fault because we don't know, but there's a seemingly fake, childlike innocence about her that's kind of off-putting, even though she seems nice on the surface. Johnny's picking at all kinds of reasons to justify not being with her, so I'll be interested to see what happens on Decision Day.
I was impressed that Ryan was wiling to move the carcass. Even though hunting for sport grosses me out, I had to laugh when Brett asked if he killed it, and he was like, "of course I killed it!" He's hard to read but those moments make me think there's hope.
Bao and Johnny are both complicated over-thinkers. I think Bao's childishness has been reinforced her whole life, and while it may not be her innermost true self, it would be nearly impossible to shed just for Johnny, and he likely wouldn't give her much encouragement no matter how she did it. I wonder how he would've been with someone like Haley. Love or hate her, she's definitely not the simpering type. He says he needs someone to be more into him than he is into her, but I think he actually sees those women as needy and clingy and he loses interest.
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Moriah is a textbook example of an immature teenager rebelling against her stifled upbringing. She seems to enjoy flaunting her sexuality, especially when it makes others (her parents) uncomfortable. Her style choices are dictated by whatever is the opposite of what her parents allowed, rather than what looks good on her — and that’s unfortunate since so many things would look good on her. She’s aimless and self-absorbed, which is not abnormal given the circumstances, but I hope for her own sake that she’s able to grow up enough to someday be embarrassed by how she acted at 18. I also hope she learns from Olivia and Ethan that it would be a mistake to marry Max, or at least to wait until she’s 25 or so before settling down.
The scene where she could not successfully read the same two sentences off a page after multiple attempts was telling. In earlier episodes/seasons, we learned that she’s not much of a reader and didn’t enjoy school. I’ve wondered if she has a learning disability that her parents either didn’t recognize or didn’t think needed to be addressed. Moriah may sense that she’s missed out on a lot not only due to being isolated, but by struggling to learn or function in situations that require literacy and numeracy.
Olivia and Ethan have always seemed like a terrible match to me. She openly looks down on him and treats him like a tiresome rube. In contrast to Ethan, she is quite worldly and sophisticated. Compared to her peers, meh. Basic. A little dull, with a mean streak. Also on a lipstick journey. Fair-skinned women with cool undertones, if you listen to nothing else I say, hear this: MAUVE. Mauve is a color you can wear and not look like a sex clown. Try Clinique’s Whole Lotta Honey or Tarte’s Rum Punch. Just try!
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3 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:
What are "stonks," am I too poor to have "stonks?"
3 hours ago, Emma Snyder said:LOL I think "stocks" was misspelled.
Team, when you’re on the World Wide Web, the answers are never far from you.
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This season is absolutely bizarre. Almost everyone in the cast is neurotic or has unresolved identity issues.
Michaela's reaction was totally out of line, but I don't blame her for being annoyed with Zack. Just disappearing is not OK. Most people show more courtesy to their roommates, never mind a spouse. "I didn't text because I didn't want to wake you up." Oh, does she have a Zack Morris phone? Because phones made post-2008 have Do Not Disturb settings that people use if they don't want to be woken up by texts. Try again.
We literally paused the episode for at least 10 minutes trying to parse José's graffiti-tagged budget board. Some of it added up but a lot made no sense at all. The numbers directly under "MONTHLY EXPENSES" included $7,200 savings, $1,400 HSA (presumably Health Savings Account), $70,000 401k, and $3,000 stonks. Those are absurd monthly numbers, but make sense for ambitious annual amounts. His job title earns somewhere between $56k to over $100k/year, so if he's putting half his paycheck into retirement and pre-tax health spending, the $3000/month he seemed to be working with could make sense as take-home pay.
From that, he was breaking it down into bills, "expenses," and savings. The bills included AT&T, T-Mobile, and FUBO, so homeboy is connected. We also figured out that the bottom line item was a power company, and I forget the rest, but the takeaways here are:
1. José has the luxury of being an anal-retentive Dave Ramsey acolyte. Congrats, papi. Some of us have student loans until we die.
2. José cannot comprehend that anyone might have different money habits but still be a decent and functional person. Some people like to save up a big pile to sit on (he who dies with the most toys wins, etc.), and others want to spread the enjoyment out over their lifetimes, however long they may be. While I'm personally quite risk-averse, I do prefer Rachel's approach to traveling whenever she can, rather than hoping to cram it all in someday and gambling (that's what it is) that she will live long enough, be physically able, and still have money to do it -- and that the world won't be locked down due to pandemics or other crises in the future. Girl, go to Japan! Leave your husband at home with his "guy friends." I'm sure they can think of something to do.
3. This season has me playing forensic accountant because the couples are so lame.
~ Bonus observation: José had the TV in his bedroom hung on a side wall, beyond the foot of the bed, about 8' off the ground. Just because you work for NASA doesn't mean you need to watch TV from outer space.
Gil and Myrla are as inscrutable to me as José's ledger. They seem to take turns liking each other, one at a time. I don't think 30 seconds on camera with Hype acting cowed and submissive means we're in the clear behaviorally. All dogs are bred for certain traits -- pointing, setting, retrieving, shepherding, etc. Pit/bully breeds are bred to murder. This is just a fact. Any time a human keeps a murderhound in their home and no one gets mutilated, that's a breed failure but a win for the bipeds. People can claim their murderhound is a precious sweet fluffy muffin, but the stats are what they are. Pit bulls kill more humans than every other breed combined.
I don't know if Myrla is aware of this stat, or if her reluctance maxed out at "he smells bad. I told him hi already," but in either case, she's entitled to not want to live with a dog. I love dogs (I just happen to prefer the less murderous ones), I adore cats, I wish I literally were a raccoon. But some people aren't animal lovers and they're not obligated to change, any more than I would be obligated to pretend human babies aren't wobbly and gross, or that cilantro is a legitimate "food." The problem, as always, is that the matches are designed for drama, not success. I'd love to see a good faith version of this show.
Johnny continues to be the south campus of My Brother-in-Law. As in, I happen to have a relative a lot like Johnny -- mannerisms, UT degree, and all -- just a click or two north. BIL is a little older, and I think he truly is straight, but he has ruled out a long line of attractive, successful women for the most insignificant reasons. He also is a bit too fond of married women, probably because of the built-in excuse not to commit (not saying Johnny would do that). The older he gets, the less likely it is he will ever tolerate someone enough to merge households or be legally bound in a community property state. Johnny seems to be trying to avoid that fate, but not trying hard enough.
However, I can't blame him for being turned off by Bao acting like a literal child, which she absolutely does. That behavior works on a lot of men, and frankly, it's gross. And to his credit, Johnny did not bring this up. Cal pried it out of him, and he winced the whole time he said it. I'm sure it was hurtful and embarrassing for Bao, and it's true that she can't really be herself around him, knowing that. I don't know where they go from here. It's almost like... just being Asian isn't enough to sustain a marriage...
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3 hours ago, mmecorday said:
Why do I find it hard to believe that Steven learned Russian?
He does seem like a dingbat, but the Mormons have mastered a few things: genealogy, language training, and Ye'uwNee'que names (see also: the children of Sister Wives, particularly Christine's). Alan knew Portuguese when he met his child bride Kirlyam in Brazil, and Josh knew (I think?) Czech when he met Aleksandra in Prague. In the preview for next week, they show someone speaking to Steven in Russian and he appears to be following the conversation. That could be editing but I bet he's at least conversational.
Corey seems to be at the stage of being able to read Spanish fairly well and get the gist of a spoken conversation, but he's not as good at forming his own spoken responses ("incred-ee-blay!"). That's pretty typical for language learners, especially as adults. I'll give him points for trying, especially since Evelin's English is great so he could technically get away with not bothering.
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38 minutes ago, Gator Stud said:
Puke consummated his marriage, He is gay or gender fluid.
I think you might be confusing gender identity and sexuality. If José were "gender fluid," sometimes he would present as androgynous or feminine, and maybe use pronouns other than he/him. I don't think we've seen any evidence that he's not cisgender. If he's attracted to men and women to varying degrees, he would probably identify as bi, pan, or otherwise on the queer spectrum, provided he were to acknowledge this about himself and live that identity openly. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (I feel kind of bad being on the "José = gay" train, but so many of us are getting such strong vibes...)
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1 hour ago, FrancescaFiore said:I died. Also, she's not wrong.
She’s wrong. Stereotypes are wrong, even when spouted by sassy (AKA rude as fuck) WOC. Ari is an idiot because she’s Ari, not because she’s white.
Evelin is a miserable shrew. She insults Corey constantly, but agrees to marry him. Doesn’t she see what a loser she is? Her parents seem nice but they raised a litter of shrews.
Steven with a V is a really cringey mix of Josh (Alexsandra), Steven (Olga), and Paul (Kreeny). I hope he brings his fiancé some nice conditioner when he goes to Russia. Oh and PS, you little weirdo, it’s not just Russians who think Mormons are a cult. 😬
This show put me in a bad mood! Not sure if I can take another season of starting my weeks off mad at a bunch of strangers.
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I had forgotten about this between seasons, but seeing the flashbacks to Ethan saying goodbye to the family, and now Lydia praying for him and getting to see him at the auto shop… I don’t think her feelings toward him are quite healthy. It’s like she’s trying to be the “good” girl and only allow herself to have a crush on a guy who’s far away and she never sees, so that attachment and emotional dependence landed on her big brother instead.
I don’t think she realizes it, but Ethan might. When he left the family, he returned her melodramatic goodbye with a rather short and distant one. The imbalance was similar when they saw each other at the shop. I don’t know, maybe it’s totally fine, but it’s just odd to me how deeply she seems to obsess over him. There’s a possessiveness I don’t usually see between siblings.
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4 hours ago, greekmom said:
Right!??! I would be like .... ok let's role the tape where you were in Nigeria and sitting there with Mama Mykull and telling her how you can "tote it" and you got 1 egg left and you will give Mykull a child.
Yes! Who could forget her saying "Ah could toat et, ah just need a aig" throughout that season? And the "successful" egg-spoloratory procedure, followed by the other OB/GYN who did not even crack a pity smile at Angela's cackling spells while informing her that it might have been a cyst or something but it most certainly was not a reproductive cell. RIP, Kehinde Jr. who never existed anyway.
BTW, that cackle has gone from a mildly endearing hick habit to full-scale social assault. People whose laugh is that long, loud, and grating know exactly what they're doing: drawing and keeping attention on themselves, holding every conversation around them hostage. Nobody can even think straight when that human vuvuzela is shattering the windows, much less hear anyone else speaking. It's like that one guy (it's always a guy) in your cubicle farm who vocalizes every yawn. No strong inhale will suffice for Ted, no sir. He's going to make max volume trombone noises while you're on the phone with Zurich. People like that are why half of the American workforce wants to keep working from home post-pandemic.
3 hours ago, Mrs. Hanson said:I need to give credit to @JocelynCavanaugh for this as it is ALL true, except I call fowl on Yara for #7 - I doubt she is pregnant again. Can some someone tell me what in cold hell is the rush to become pregnant, literally, within a day of landing? I did the math on Tiff (don't judge me) and she was pregnant like four days after landing assuming her pregnancy went full term, and by all accounts it did.
Definitely, Yara may not be pregnant. It's just the fact that it's even possible, and not due to a rare failure of birth control, since neither of them even hinted at that. Yara seems reasonably intelligent, lives in the suburbs of a developed nation, and has a husband who provides for her and, although he is a stone-cold f*ckb*y, does not appear controlling or abusive, or even invested in her having a bunch of his kids right away. Having a baby should absolutely be an opt-in activity here. I'll never understand women who act like pregnancy is just this random phenomenon that happens to them without warning. We have books now, Yara. It's not up to the whims of the gods anymore.
And then there's Tiffany, who admits she got pregnant intentionally (the second time)... She's a fool who thinks too highly of herself, but I will give her the tiniest advantage over Yara in that, after she had the first "total surprise, did not see that coming, not because of any choices she made" baby, at least took some ownership for how she ended up with the next one.
3 hours ago, Frozendiva said:Yara will not change Jovi. He has to want to change himself.
I vividly remember the episode of 90 Day when we first met Jovi, and he introduced himself as someone who does whatever he wants and doesn't listen to anyone. I sent a screenshot to friends who also watch the show and said "this will come up again." He's actually turned out to be slightly less of a f*ckb*y than I expected, but he's definitely a f*ckb*y. I think he loves his kid, but isn't as bonded/obsessed as Yara, so it doesn't stand out as much.
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PS: Asuleu's psycho mom and sister. No way they're just acting. Nobody is that good at being antisocial, aggressive, weirdos.
"I'm selfless, I've got nine children, and I'm fine" reminds me of John Mulaney's story about the guy who told him "I am homeless, I am gay, I have AIDS, I'm new in town."
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Yara is a fucking idiot. She gets away with it because people consider her attractive. Well, fun fact: I don't, because I'm not into women and even if I were, I wouldn't be into stupid women. So I have a supernatural ability to see past the lip injections and back of Whitney Houston's closet dresses, straight to her stupid choices.
1. unplanned pregnancy (her/his fault) resulting in miscarriage (no one's fault)
2. difficult hospitalization post-pregnancy; doctor said she probably can't and definitely shouldn't get pregnant soon
3. completely ignores medical advice, gets pregnant within minutes of landing in a city she inexplicably hates
4. chooses to continue pregnancy; moans and caterwauls for months at the apparently brand-new information that Chovee is gone a lot for work; demands he stay home with her
5. repeatedly claims to be "all alone" with no one but Mylar as her friend (not a typo -- that's literally how she says it now), while Gwen smiles patiently
6. hates America -- especially NOLA, hates being alone, admits she's too attached to her baby // spends 0 minutes working on her accent or syntax, making friends, or doing anything interesting whatsoever
7. SOMEHOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SHE IS PREGNANT AGAIN?! What the actual fuck, Yara. Oy with the Russian/Ukrainian women being too "natural" for birth control. Look at your life, look at your choices. You are Tiffany but with a nicer husband who has a job.
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4 minutes ago, pdlinda said:
I think I read that Bao had 3 broken engagements?? Maybe the snoring issue was at least in part responsible because I noted that she told Johnny (with some resignation in her voice) that they could sleep in separate beds and he looked back at her with what I interpreted as a look of horror!
This seems to be a critical point of defining Bao's self esteem and having such a crucial "shame issue" might torpedo a relationship (marriage) if it isn't acknowledged and acted upon in a responsible way.
All good points! I didn't even think to connect the broken engagements. Maybe there's some reason she can't have the problem fixed. I don't know much about it because the snorers in my life haven't bothered to do anything about it, either.
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36 minutes ago, Auntie Anxiety said:
If Bao is so self-conscious about it, she should have made an appointment with an ENT doctor. She’s not a stupid woman; surely she knew she’d end up in bed at some point when she agreed to be on MAFS.
This was so odd to me, too. Snoring is a huge source of anxiety for her, but she hasn't tried to do anything about it? Even if she didn't know whether there were treatments, you'd think she would google it just to check since it's an issue. I know people who snore can be very sensitive about having it pointed out, but people who share a bed or sleeping space with snorers are suffering, too. (And society can be so judgy about couples who sleep separately.)
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S06.E11: Should I Stay or Should I Go
in Below Deck Mediterranean
She does a little of both. It’s contrived so it doesn’t have to match a specific impediment.