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5K $6490, a 29% discount from $9,100 (don't forget Harris County sales tax at 8.25% =$750 or half the budget given to each bride) stillwhite site https://heavy.com/entertainment/lifetime/married-at-first-sight-season-13-selling-wedding-dress/amp/ If MAFS production pays for $1500 and she gets her asking price then Myrla just had to pay out of pocket approximately $1870... Totally worth it to get the dress she wanted since she told the camera her dress was the only aspect of the wedding she cared about.

D'oh. Apologies if they are her real teeth, shallow gene pool.....

Myrla's skin is well cared for with either self or professional facials, her small pores are to be applauded. Perhaps she spritzes to look dewy and moist. She prefers to be fresh faced, so be it. But she didn't have throw her bridesmaids' eyebrows under the bus...harsh. Anyone bring up Brett's too big veneers? Her lip gets caught up on her dry upper chompers in a sneer....awkward. I am rooting for Brett. This latest Ryan, unfortunately may be yet another in a long list of awful MAFS "Ryans."

It comes on after Couples Cam..

I can’t decide who was cast first Gil or Myrla? Wouldn’t put it past Production to cast Mylar from social media and then matched her with Gil who doesn’t have anything bougie about him. Mylar would have been better matched with a EntrepreneurChris brand conscious type…the two would happily spend meaningless time shopping at designer boutiques for themselves, their egos and each other

Absolutely right….Production would have gone out and bought a wedding tunic off the rack to fit whoever was chosen as Bao’s groom. Also correct that Bao was cast first and Johnny was chosen for her….

Producer shenannies and teevee magic that they both were wardrobe ready….with the distinct possibility that the producers heavily suggested a cultural aspect could be included to the usual bland cookie cutter reception. Previews show that Johnny and Bao will have a 3 mini dragon dance as part of the reception entertainment….that is usually a Chinese celebration so Johnny’s Dad missed out on the aspect that may have been to honor his ancestral heritage.

In Houston, there is large Vietnamese community so there are designers who can whip up traditional wedding outfits quickly. Especially if it is for a teevee show, albeit a basic cable one. They most likely both went to get measured for custom made wedding outfits made as soon as they were cast. Bao chose red with gold for her dress and hat. Bao’s designer, Danny Nguyen (the guy in the blue suit and handle bar ‘satche) is seen helping her get ready. Johnny’s suit/coat and hat was made in his preferred colors wine and rose gold. It made me laugh that Bao was happiest when she saw the pig on the gift table…Johnny got that very important detail right…

After the final two couples get married, the brides and grooms enjoy their first dinners, first dances, and first introductions to family; and when they head to bed for the very first time, sparks fly for some, while others put up barriers.

Zack and Johnny are the most emo grooms….luckily their brides are dried eyed and have their backs…so far. Anybody else having a hard time understanding Zack’s mush mouth and rat tat tat speaking cadence? Birds of a feather… Bao’s and Johnny’s unspoken mutual desire that their parents’ and families’ find happiness about their marriage is crucial to their success in this very unorthodox situation. The double secret requests for a tea ceremony with awesome custom wedding wardrobe just enhanced their chances for staying married. Production did a good job to hire the right vendor to stage the tea ceremony which was visually better than Bennett mouthing eggs swinging on a string… You can feel Bao’s defensive walls dropping as she relaxes when she sees how much her parents love Johnny at first sight and his being able to speak to them in Vietnamese (assuming he speaks it along with Mandarin) is comfy cosy. Their acceptance of him is so very important to her. Love, love that Bao is diametrically opposite to Me Me Mylar. Update: The officiant is a friend of Bao’s who must have helped MAFS production with the Viet tea ceremony. Johnny requested a Chinese tea ceremony but happy with the Vietnamese ceremony. The officiant must have signed a NDA contract.

Mylar doesn’t care the fallout when she is vocal and surgically precise in what she expects and wants. She has long since reconciled with herself that she is willing to come off as a bitch on wheels to get and have what she wants and deserves. Unfortunately for Gil she is very “one minded.” Her way or the highway…Bye puppy… When Gil was blasphemous about Prada and Gucci, Mylar visibly flinched when Gil spoke the designers’ names in vain….

Unfiltered: Mylar, Bao, Michaela (love, love her Donna Summer “Last Dance” look) A scrap of a torn down volleyball net…an unfinished Macrame project…attacked by a tiger on the way to the studio… What is….Michaela’s top. The Tits McGee Bridal Gown Collection….Your tatas will headlight your way down the aisle…. The heart tattoo under Mylar’s inflatables was not classy and betrays the rest of her carefully burnished look. Of course Mylar had to have a specific gown and needed to call all over Houston until she got exactly what she wanted. She said all she needed was her perfect dress and didn’t care about the rest of the wedding. How perfectly narcissistic and spoilt of her Highness. Mylar came dressed to the studio ready to change the oil on the other brides’ car after the shoot. What she wore was a form of protest. Mylar took Cal to task…no bald men, no dogs…shit job once again, “experts” Bao said she was put at ease when her parents were won over by Johnny, with her Dad the happiest person in the reception ballroom. You can tell production crew hates JamieO…the cut away shots makes her legs look like sides of marbled beef with the lighting making them ghastly pale and huge.

Tonight is Episode 2, "Houston we have a Marriage" clocking in at 2 hours and 3 minutes, then an hour Couples Cam and last but certainly least is a new Unfiltered.

I haven't...Still get flashbacks and cold sweats when spreading the legs of a chicken to remove the giblet packet....

I am the first to snark on JOtis but I admire her tenacity to keep her Hollywood job. Good luck prying the host gig of Unflitered from her pressed on nails. Don't let her ragged look betray how much she will fight to keep inserting herself into the show... In labor, she set up ring lights, had Doug film her naked as she pushed and birthed a baby into a plastic blow up kiddie pool, splashing all kinds of bodily fluids onto their master bedroom carpet.....that is a woman who will do anything for her slice of fame....albeit a basic cable show....

Jose looks like he is standing on his tippy toes. He is dressed like a ventriloquist dummy in a Las Vegas lounge act. The florist in Atlanta made beautifully crafted individual bridal bouquets but this season the brides are having to carry messy, too big, uninspired bunched sprays and sprigs.

Dating Stage 5 Clingers hasn't worked out in the past for Johnny. Buckle up, Cowboy, you are now married to Bao, a non Clinger who walked away from 3 engagements. The first act of runaway bride is a gimme, the second and third is stone cold…. Johnny is getting a karma sandwich as the clingiest in his marriage....it will be interesting if Bao bestows upon him the unconditional love his mother and father denied him in his childhood. Bao's got an ugly stank face as demonstrated by her knee jerk disgust of Johnny's bridal gift...hope she chokes on the the crow she'll eat when he explains his true intent and meaning of the very thoughtful gift.

Mylar is going to protect and craft the image she portrays as seen as her demure behavior at the bachelorette party when she removed herself and her besties from the entertainment. Whether or not her firefighter spouse will enhance her “brand” is to be seen. Perhaps Gill has some side gigs like Boston Ryan did (landlord and paintball park) to pump up his income so Mylar can feel better about the earning disparity between them.

Good news MAFSers who have been hankering for the casting of losers/victims brides and grooms in the wild wild West (coast). https://mafscasting.castingcrane.com/ San Diego, CA is the location producers will be selecting from the (shallow) pool of the unlucky in love...no rock unturned, every IG (model) account scanned from the Socal land of unfit toys for Season 15 to be broadcast in 2022.

Ah, the good old days when being in the top 10% of your senior class got you in UT-Austin no matter your SAT scores..... Hook 'em. Note to self: Start collecting stones to chuck at Jose's glass house....

On the other hand, Jose's persnickety fastidiousness(Sunday is Prep Day for the up coming week, budget on a white board by the dining table) makes me want to bash his face.....

The Houston florist had a theme when designing Bao’s bouquet. Google “baozi” The King Protea is the floral embodiment of a baozi…. Bao’s Baozi Bridal Bouquet…. bridge too far? blame it on the blah Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony and someone ate the last piece of baklava I was counting on…..

Ryan acts like his pickup truck broke down, his dog died and his Momma went to prison.... This is the song Ryan plays on the jukebox as he cries into his beer.... Listen to the whole song...the payoff is in the last verse. To be honest Ryan looks exactly like a 35 year old "oil man" you would meet at the Friday night Happy Hour at the Holiday Inn in Galveston... What would be a surprise is that he isn't a sad divorced dad, even though he looks like one.... Ryan and Brett will get along fine if he embraces being Coach Brett's husband...the kids will love him riding around the track with his doggie Hype waiting for his wife to finish practice. He will be buoyed by their acceptance of him and their energy...

Thought Viv was on her was on her way to Jake’s neon toga party but I can see the Pocahontas look. Johnny must have had his heart string plucked when Bao said “I insisted on the tea ceremony” when he asked if she would do it for his family. Hope they show the tea ceremony for a peek into the Viet culture Betcha Bao’s and Johnny’s is the happiest reception in MAFS history for the families and friends for the fortuitous match. This was their destiny... to paraphrase Forest Forest Gump.

A-Marry a complete stranger? B-Marry someone you crossed paths with in college but did not date over 10 years ago? And explain why you made your choice…..