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I don’t like Donna, but she’s right to call these two women on their gossiping bullshit. I’d do the same.

And she seems like such a sweet kid. Z’s on some wicked stepmother shit.

90 minutes waiting? I’d leave too. Fuck that. I assume so.

She’d have her restitution paid in 17 months if she put her nail budget (!) toward restitution.

“I don’t need to work, except I owe ten grand.” Ten grand isn’t even THAT much. Like, if they can live off Kerok’s HVAC jobs, she could pay that back fast. Britney’s looking really lazy right now. Also if moving is that important to her, why wouldn’t she prioritize getting off probation?!

Britney, girl, what?

That headband dreadlock wig is KILLING ME.

Okay little man with the vocabulary, using “situated” correctly!

Aw, this outing is cute.

Joey is doughy.

Louie’s mom and Melissa’s sister are such assholes.

The baby is cute, but that is one of the worst names for a child I’ve ever heard in my life.

I’d guess that’s where the savings is coming from? I doubt they make much though. UGH, these fucking two. Mute!

It’s like Tennie saying her husband made more in prison. How, Sway?

At least his mother is funny when she’s high. Z is humorless.

Z is a fucking shrew. Jesus.

Right? Ouch, Gator.

Yeah, I think I saw that he used to be a bodybuilder or do fitness competitions and those require eating in a really restrictive, specific way, so if he’s eating more normally now, he looks … normal. I remember reading what Rob McIlnenney did to get in his famously best shape on It’s Always Sunny, and it was miserable (and he framed it as such). Allen is thinner than David but David looks to be in better shape - more muscle definition and I would guess he’s stronger. Like putting them next to each other, I would assume David works out and Allen doesn’t.

Michelle said she liked light-skinned Black men who work out. David is literally that. She might prefer a leaner guy (so do I), but I can’t recall if she said that. Some women like that. David’s side ponytail wasn’t working for me, but as a curly girl, I can tell David uses product and styles his hair, which I appreciate. But whether it’s his living situation or his appearance or both, she has clearly decided he’s not it for her.

They’re really obvious. I could see the line of demarcation when her hair was in a high ponytail in the gym.

I think Madison is the only one under 30, funnily enough. If you are single for a while, all your needs are met, and you either enjoy your own company, have friends and family you see often, or both, you tend to fall into a place of “a person has to be really great for me to give up my peace. I’m not putting up with bullshit just to be in a relationship if my life was better WITHOUT that relationship.” And that is a valid position … but it means you’re not a good candidate for this show. You have to come at being on the show from a place of STARTING OUT making space for another person. Then if it doesn’t work out, you can act single again (because you will be, ha). I don’t like Karla and I understood what Juan was trying to say (he’s frugal, which I get) but when Karla was like “I want to … do stuff with my husband,” I was thinking “I mean, right?” I think spending a bunch of money on juice is dumb, but the idea that I’d have to do all my chosen activities alone would bug me - I could stay single if I wanted to do that.

I haven’t seen the whole episode yet but based on what I did see, Michelle is out. She’s not interested in David at all. Not attracted to him, doesn’t like him as a person. Their interactions are like watching a bad first date between people who met on the apps. Juan said he has investors he’s accountable to. He also has a full-time job that supports him while he’s getting his tech start-up going. Karla sounds more like a freelancer, and also like she probably doesn't make much unless she's consistently doing hair. She is a personality that I don’t vibe with at all - the hippie, crystal, woo-woo energy is just really not my thing. Juan seems very down to earth, but he also made it clear that he’s not going to be taking care of her financially, which I think she’s looking for. They look great together but they’re not a match. They talk AT each other. Emem was nodding along with Ikechi’s monologue about how rewarding his work is, but I don’t get the vibe that she wants to be the breadwinner. I don’t even think she responded to him - she was like “uh huh.” Camille and Tom seemed okay. I didn’t think we were still keeping adoption a secret - Tom’s story was insane.

I was like “who is approving that?” Those aren’t cheap cars they’re driving either, and she has two young kids. The math ain’t mathing. Does she only work part-time? Daniel admitting he knew nothing about a woman’s body was troubling.

Don’t talk about putting kids first when you moved them in with a man fresh out of prison that they’ve never met. You did that for you, Kim.

I reckon.