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Tres strikes me as- babyish. He talks like a child, and although he says he's "committed to the marriage," I don't know if he has any idea what that means. Not that he isn't trying but I don't know if he'll ever match Vanessa's dream idea of a mate. David is as awkward as they come in navigating any relationship. I was cringing when he kept over trying to explain the texts: "Ashley, I I just wanted to talk to someone about what you are really like! I can't believe you keep walking away when we are talking about something!" Then when he was leaving for Buffalo: "I'm going now. I'm leaving for a few days. Yup, leaving now. Let me know if you need anything." OMG, just go already. I don't know what to think of Sam and Neil. I just like to watch him because he is SO über-nerdy that it fascinates me. I definitely don't care for the submissive role he takes. And she's all over it. The one episode where they arrived at her townhouse and she directed him to make breakfast for her and the roommate while they went to the other room and bonded? Uh, no. Weird.

I just watched. David is delusional. "Ashley is my heart. I'm committed to my family, which is Ashley. I'll do anything to fight for my marriage." Dude, she's barely given you one-syllable answers since you got married. This is NOT a relationship. You need to stop reading fairy tales.

What does this even mean? I think Sam has just neglected her appearance- no makeup, hair uncombed. Ashley has such a surly sourpuss look all the time, I think that detracts from their looks.

I think that Sean and Davina are in a dangerous place a lot of people get into when they have been alone too long: they both excessively navel-gaze. The entire world isn't about your feelings and what "space" or "place" you are in (a favorite sound bite for Davina). And Sean resolutely saying "she wanted me to be present. I became present. I WAS present!"- it's like they don't even know what the meanings of their catch-phrases are. I don't hold out much hope for the long-term futures of any of these couples. As for the show format: Wow, way to drag it out. It was like watching Dancing With the Stars.

Sean and Davina are awful. The Mason-Dixon line thing just did it for me. And all the navel-gazing! It's something like: "We should be at a point where we are considering pursuing the relationship further. I am interested in doing things that make him/her happy; I am willing to start working on the relationship to take it to another level. We should be feeling butterflies and getting closer. We need our alone-time. I am going to relax and enjoy getting to know him/her." blah blah blah... it is exhausting. As for Jess and Ryan- ugh. Sure, it's great. Till the next blow-up, where Ryan can tell her he doesn't care and she cries and wrings her hands and says in her little-girl voice: "I don't know what to do!" They are way too immature to be married. I used to like Other Ryan but don't any more. He is so meek, so non-committal, that I just want to smack him. Jaclyn could do much, much better.

"Gluten free" pizza dough. And remember they ate "gluten free" wedding cake. Good lord.

And Jessica has such a simpering, baby-talk lispy voice. It seems very contrived.

Sean is driving me nuts with his navel-gazing, hyper introspective, over-analytical babble. Shut up and have sex. And he's "Christian Grey sexual"? ew. '

A few things come to mind: JB and his insistence that no one hug (not even siblings) in a forward manner and discussing "purity" and avoiding carnal urges, yet he has no problem saying things in front of his kids like "Does this turn you on?" when he grabs Michelle, or talking about having more kids except "either my or momma's plumbing might not be working." Ugh. And yeah, stop calling her Momma. The video I saw online of Derick running over a cat while sledding really turned me off. I question whether any of the married Duggars really love (or like) their spouses. The girls especially seem to view their husbands as sperm banks. No aspirations other than having babies? Jill and Derick have a great house considering he has a job but she doesn't. And what does Ben do to make any money at all? As for Josh and Anna, they are so boring. Who really wants to hear Anna talk about things like this: "So, it was really fun to watch Josh cook breakfast because he is a really good cook. I really liked letting the kids get out of the car during our long trip because they needed to get some exercise. I really was sad when I did a pregnancy test and 'we' weren't pregnant. I took the kids to the library because it is great to let them look at books and enjoy the pictures!" It's equivalent to watching paint dry.

Here's my take: There are definite differences this season vs. Season 1. It's much more scripted/dramatic (sad music, focusing in on fights and face-making). The "experts" are cutting in a lot more. And it's constantly referred to as "This Experiment". I don't quite get the pairing two people with similarities (especially in weak areas). Two wildly insecure, highly navel-gazing and historically bullied adults as a couple? Sure disaster. Two people from strong, male-centric cultural backgrounds who don't communicate well? Doubtful they'll last. The one couple, Ryan R and Jaclyn, are so totally different that I doubt they will last either. Last season the experts seemed to try and complement the pairs much better. Doug's close-knit and stable family life was great for Jaime whose upbringing was a disaster. I don't care for Jason and Cortney (she drives me nuts- so many romance-novel phrases) but she seemed to provide stability while he was losing his mother and pursuing his career. As for the location/moving issues: aren't the majority of these people in sales? And doesn't that require a lot of moving around anyway? I can't imagine that selling vodka requires sitting at a desk in one location all day long. Nor would being a drug rep. There was mention of Ryan D and his taking the $100 out of the wedding pot (or was it really his all along?!) He was gloating that he had no problem spending $4k on an apartment and how he eats out all day to the tune of hundreds of dollars a week.. methinks he isn't all as flush with cash as he wants us to believe (or believes himself).