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Does anyone else think the reason Jessica waits to bring stuff up on camera is because she feels safer with a witness? Ryan seems to be very concerned about how she represents him on camera but has little self awareness about how his actions come across on camera. I think it may not be too far fetched that his behavior is even worse when no one else is around.

It blows my mind that the Southern couple did not discuss finances before they were married. I'm also surprised that Josh's father did not have the cutting you off discussion until after Josh was all married up to high maintenance Meghan. I know if I was still being supported by my parents when I announced I was engaged to be married there would have been many lengthy conversations about what was going to happen financially. Hopefully Meghan will get a job to help out financially and I think it would be good for her to be less sheltered. I will say that even though I think they are all a hot mess that at least the Gypsy parents realize until their son can support himself and his wife that they will be on their payroll. I think the Southern parents kind of threw Josh and Meghan to the wolves by "arranging" this marriage and promoting it without discussing what the parents would continue to provide for the couple.

This episode was so depressing for me. The Jessica/Ryan scenes made me feel more emotional than any other reality tv ever has. I feel for Jessica, I think Ryan would complain about anything she did. Has there even been one instance of something innocent that she's done that he has approved of? I also found it ironic that he was complaining about her never speaking her mind but the whole 2-day silent treatment was about her calling him on taking the wedding money. How much space does his velour track suits and stupid hats take up? Now he wants the dresser too?!? I think Ryan just lives to bitch to be honest and I would not enjoy living with someone like him.

Yes! And to add to your point I doubt that his dear old granddad was belittling his future wife within the first week of meeting her. I am sure Grandma knew that Grandpa loved her and would take care of her forever and his demands were probably something she put up with because she felt secure and/or had no other options.

This is my first post. I had to sign up to chat about these three couples! My take on Ryan and Jessica is that she is a people pleaser and was instantly attracted to Ryan at the wedding. I do not think Ryan was remotely attracted to her looks or personality and now he is constantly angry that she does not measure up to whatever fantasy he had before the ceremony. I have not noticed Ryan ever being complimentary or even pleasant to Jess. He makes rude comments and labels them jokes and his first instinct is to raise his voice if he ever feels any remote discomfort. Now I will say my husband and I both will make sarcastic jokes about eachother but we also have a solid foundation where we have mutual love and respect for eachother. It seems to me that Ryan D skipped that step. I think Jessica did not want the first apartment because Ryan had already told her that he could contribute X amount to rent and that particular apartment was more than that. Now perhaps if they had a history she would now that a couple hundred dollars extra a month wouldn't phase Ryan but at this point she had only known him a week and I think she was cautious since the apartment rent could very well be more than her total income. I can understand why Jessica has not started cooking. Even when Ryan said okay I'll compromise you can tell he didn't sound overjoyed with the idea. Couple that with the fact that he will belittle Jessica for anything that doesn't even effect him, like where she irons, if she can't find the door to the bathroom on their honeymoon room, etc., I can't blame her for not whipping something up for Ryan. He would likely bite her head off. Now all of this being said I don't think Ryan is a bad guy, I just think he needs a woman who enjoys banter and I truly believe if he was attracted to Jessica he would temper his reactions. I think Jessica needs a more laid back guy that will appreciate her and will allow her a pretty low conflict homelife.