S14.E12: Settling In, Or Just Settling?

[Emma Snyder]

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Activities like driving lessons and cooking meals take center stage as the couples settle into domestic life.  But the realities of unemployment, budgets, and even the simple division of chores create issues that begin to drive a wedge between even the happiest pairs.

Premieres on Mar 30, 2022 at 8:00 PM EDT

Please keep discussion to topics mentioned on THIS episode.  

[Mindthinkr]

In his talking head Olaj is sporting new very large tattoo on the front of his neck! 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Mindthinkr

[Straycat80]

Wait…in one of the TH’s Ola has a huge tattoo on the front of his neck. Was this filmed after decision day? 

[spunky]

Olajuwon belongs to the streets. He's looking for any reason to become the community entertainment again. 

Edited March 31, 2022 by spunky

[LennieBriscoe]

Olajuwon still going on about that dating app! 

Am I missing a Live Chat? Where is everyone?!

Edited March 31, 2022 by LennieBriscoe

[Mindthinkr]

Having a child and having a dog are completely different, but I understand what she’s going for. 

[Crashcourse]

Does Noi plan on having children right away?  She keeps talking about having children, and one would think she'd want to take a year or two to get to know her husband whom she's only known for a month. 

[Real4real]

Noi,  you can tell me having a child is like having a pet AFTER you actually have a child.

[Straycat80]

Steve keeps saying IF he gets a job, IF he gets a job he can’t do this and that. IDK if I was Noi I’d rethink having three kids with this guy. 
It’s odd in this day and age that someone doesn’t know how to drive.

[Mindthinkr]

I think Michael has a good attitude about teaching his wife how to drive. This is funny. Perhaps because they are laughing and having fun with it. 

[LennieBriscoe]

Jasmina's dog Mr. Feeny is THE MOST ADORABLE!! 

[Mindthinkr]

1 minute ago, Straycat80 said:

IF he gets a job he can’t do this and that.

One of the things he mentioned was dream. No Steve, dream is what you do while sleeping or preparing to enjoy the fruits of your labor. 

[Adeejay]

I cannot believe Steve sat there with a straight face and said, “If I get a job, I need to know what the plan is.”  Lazy ass, the plan is to get a job.  It’s what most able-bodied adults do.  Even wealthy people have “vanity” jobs.

[Straycat80]

Sorry, but I feel if you don’t work and your partner does, then you need to do all the housework and cooking. 

[Crashcourse]

I'm tired of the couples meeting with their friends to give advice.  Haven't they done this twice before this season?

[Mindthinkr]

I just saw that MAFS Australia is on later tonight. I wish they’d air it a different night. There’s only so much of this I can take in one evening. 

[LennieBriscoe]

1 minute ago, Straycat80 said:

Sorry, but I feel if you don’t work and your partner does, then you need to do all the housework and cooking. 

Totally disagree. Housework and cooking (and the shopping for groceries) are physical tasks, tiring, exhausting---reaching, pushing (vacuum), bending, ascending and descending stairs; whereas much employment comprises sedentary tasks. 

But be that as it all may, or not, Noi simply will not be happy with Steve if he remains unemployed, and content with that. (He isn't self-employed, either.) 

[Auntie Anxiety]

I’m catching up. Olajuwon’s neck tattoo is so friggin’ distracting. I wonder if he gave any thought to how it’s going to look when he’s in his 50’s, with a loose skin and wrinkles in the neck area.

[Kiss my mutt]

15 minutes ago, Straycat80 said:

Sorry, but I feel if you don’t work and your partner does, then you need to do all the housework and cooking. 

Yeah, at least the majority, anyway. I think Noi is hoping to set herself up with maid service and all the accoutrements of a life of leisure. Honestly, if Noi is that uptight about always having a job, why does she want to be the one that stays at home? That’s not any different from Steve.

Edited March 31, 2022 by Kiss my mutt

[Mindthinkr]

7 minutes ago, LennieBriscoe said:

whereas much employment comprises sedentary tasks. 

I politely disagree. I was a nurse and rarely got to sit down. 
 

I see that you prefaced employment with the word “much”. I may have reacted too fast. I agree with you that it depends on the kind of work you preform. I still think the non-working partner needs to do most of the chores. Last thing people want to do when getting home from work is start in on more work. 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Mindthinkr
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[cardigirl]

I enjoyed watching Mark and Lindsey shop at Russo's for vegetables and fruit and bacon. Russo's closed this past fall and I miss it so. 
Also, how is Mark even alive, if he eats no fruits or vegetables? That would drive me crazy, living with that. 

[Katie111]

29 minutes ago, LennieBriscoe said:

Jasmina's dog Mr. Feeny is THE MOST ADORABLE!! 

Cutest guy on this show!

[Straycat80]

3 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

I politely disagree. I was a nurse and rarely got to sit down. 

Agree. As a former Hospital Surgical Tech. who was on my feet sometime more than eight hours a day, if I came home to my husband who was laid off or on strike, at times,  laying in his recliner watching Jerry Springer, you bet I felt it was unfair I’d have to cook, clean, etc… 

[Crashcourse]

So far it's been another boring episode, I guess because the couples are boring. 

There's a red banner below about no personal anecdotes.   🙂

Edited March 31, 2022 by Crashcourse

[Kiss my mutt]

Maybe Chris Can give Mark some career advice. He might turn out to be good in real estate. 

[LennieBriscoe]

8 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

I politely disagree. I was a nurse and rarely got to sit down. 

Difference between "all" employment and "much" employment.  But I would still make the same argument for sharing (didn't say 50-50) chores, because I don't think we live in the 1950s. 

Edited March 31, 2022 by LennieBriscoe

[Auntie Anxiety]

I always wanted to check out Russo’s but I guess it’s too late now.

[Mindthinkr]

Just now, LennieBriscoe said:

Difference between "all" and "much."

Yes. If you go back and look at my post I did edit it after noticing that. 

[Auntie Anxiety]

Jasmina learning how to drive and then being thrown in with Boston drivers. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Kiss my mutt]

Noi is holding out on moving in for exactly the reason you’re thinking, Steve. She acts like a petulant child and I bet it’s served her well in the past, but Steve’s not playing.

[Mindthinkr]

What doesn’t Noi want? A separate apartment now. How does she think that’s going to work when she has 3 kids hanging on to her skirt? 

[kristen111]

I think Michael is intimidated by Jasmina.  He looks like he’s afraid to say the wrong thing.  At times, she’s playing teacher with him, like he’s one of her pupils.  Jasmina is really full of herself, IMO.  Michael does not look comfortable with her at all.

[Straycat80]

Welp, this isn’t good, Lyndsay and Mark fighting about laundry, Jasmina not having feelings for Mike and Noi wanting to live in a separate apartment. Maybe she can move in with Alyssa. 

[Crashcourse]

It's really sad that whoever put up the chryon for Steve and Noi's conversation spelled "separate," "seperate."

 

[Katie111]

How does Jasmine not know how to drive?  Isn’t she like 30 years old? 

[kristen111]

1 hour ago, LennieBriscoe said:

Olajuwon still going on about that dating app! 

Am I missing a Live Chat? Where is everyone?!

Watching.  Not too much to say as it’s a boring episode.  Nothing going on YET.

[Auntie Anxiety]

Mr. Feeney should have his own show. It would be much more interesting than this one.

[Mindthinkr]

Who names their child after a hot sauce? Sriracha 

[Crashcourse]

I wonder if Noi's brother is auditioning for Project Runway.

[kristen111]

2 minutes ago, Katie111 said:

How does Jasmine not know how to drive?  Isn’t she like 30 years old? 

The woman can’t drive, but she beat him at scrabble, which she had to throw in.

[Straycat80]

Noi’s brother is loving another five minutes of camera time. He spent more time getting ready for this scene than Noi did. 

[Katie111]

1 hour ago, Straycat80 said:

Wait…in one of the TH’s Ola has a huge tattoo on the front of his neck. Was this filmed after decision day? 

In the clip where O and Katina were talking about how they made up the night before, O appears to have the large new tattoo on his neck.  He’s wearing a turtleneck type sweatshirt (I think to try to hide it) but when he turns to kiss Katima you can see it.  Weird! 

[Crashcourse]

Noi is becoming anNOIying.  

[Kiss my mutt]

2 minutes ago, Straycat80 said:

Noi’s brother is loving another five minutes of camera time. He spent more time getting ready for this scene than Noi did. 

Yep, he was ready for his “close up” for sure.  Someone hoping for a call back. 

[Auntie Anxiety]

Married at First Sight Australia was my gateway drug into this hot mess. 

[Mr. Miner]

Steve’s an adventurous free spirit! 🙄🥱

[Mindthinkr]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Miner said:

Steve’s an adventurous free spirit! 🙄🥱

In his mind. That’s why he needs to dream so much 😂

[Katie111]

Who took care of Sushi before Steve was in the picture? .  Noi is a bitch who is always throwing it in Steve’s face that she “works” and he doesn’t.  Sounds like based on his conversation with Mark, Steve is doing just fine financially right now and is paying more than his share. 

[Crashcourse]

Olaj and Katina.  Fakin' it for the cameras. 🙄

[Mindthinkr]

I’d need stitches if I tried to dress one of my cats up like that! 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Mindthinkr