S18.E10: Anniversary Dinner Showdown

[Racj82]

3 hours ago, DrewPaul2010 said:

Guys get over being smitten pretty quickly...

What guys? Plenty of men don't and it ends up being their downfall.

I dont understand where Dislike for Emem would be coming from? Is there anything besides her eyelashes.

Carla loves showing cleavage when she is all chest. There is no cleavage.

[Chatty Cake]

15 hours ago, Racj82 said:

What guys? Plenty of men don't and it ends up being their downfall.

I dont understand where Dislike for Emem would be coming from? Is there anything besides her eyelashes.

Carla loves showing cleavage when she is all chest. There is no cleavage.

I don’t mind Emem and I hated Ikechis behavior toward her. I want to know what went down when cameras were not filming, there has to be more. If he’s really that big of an ass because she initiated sex with her husband then I think he should have been asked to leave for gaslighting her. 
Karlas low cut top with the tattoo peeking out is unsightly. I do think she’s a very pretty lady and am surprised Juan hasn’t made a move. Although if he’s not into her it’s probably for the best. 
 

[SummerDreams]

1 hour ago, Chatty Cake said:

I do think she’s a very pretty lady

I honestly think she looks like a monkey.

[Starlight925]

Karla gets less attractive to me every week with her airy-fairy, oh I'm so hard to work with because I'm so wonderful, the Universe will provide me with my $13/day juice.  That ill-placed tat was awful.

Ikechi & Emem:  Yes, need to know what happened when cameras were off.  But wow, did he speak to her in the most heinous tone when she asked him about the vows.  She sat there and let him go on, which was great, because it showed just how awful he was.  Yes, she exploded at dinner, but that could have been because she finally had it.  I do applaud Karla for getting her to move away from the table and help calm her down.

I have zero hopes for any couples this season.

[Vanderboom]

On 1/9/2025 at 7:11 PM, Retired at last said:

I don't like how Camille treats Tom. She is trying to change him completely and not make any changes or compromises to herself or her expectations. He is obviously way more smitten than she is, and I hope he gets over it soon. He needs to find someone who likes him for himself. He isn't "swag" enough and never will be. (And she sure isn't, either, if that makes a difference.)

I wonder if it's producer shenanigans. In an earlier season, the show tried to make a Thing out of Austin not telling Jessica that he loved her, and they were--and are still-- one of the only MAFS couples to last. It's not that I have so much faith in Camille and Tom as a couple, but this conflict might be a little contrived. We already know that the producers are NOT interested in creating comfortable couples that work; that's why Ikechi is the latest in a long line of dysfunctional-at-life MAFS cast members.

Edited January 11 by Vanderboom

[Retired at last]

That could be. I really think the whole culture issue and being Black enough was a producer interference to make them interesting. Now that it doesn't seem to be an issue anymore, they have moved on to the Camille wanting him to be more swag stories. I would just like to see a story where she likes him and treats him with respect instead of trying to change him or punish him for being late. I don't like seeing anyone be condescending towards a partner.

[Alexander Pope]

9 hours ago, Retired at last said:

That could be. I really think the whole culture issue and being Black enough was a producer interference to make them interesting. Now that it doesn't seem to be an issue anymore, they have moved on to the Camille wanting him to be more swag stories. I would just like to see a story where she likes him and treats him with respect instead of trying to change him or punish him for being late. I don't like seeing anyone be condescending towards a partner.

I saw a lot more of Camille's swag when she was playing basketball--and I kind of liked it. I also enjoyed her conversation with Emem when she bonded with her about how often black women are called "aggressive."  I agree that this issue with Tom has been overblown, but I did see a little more of where Camille was coming from this episode.

[Elizzikra]

17 hours ago, Alexander Pope said:

I saw a lot more of Camille's swag when she was playing basketball--and I kind of liked it. I also enjoyed her conversation with Emem when she bonded with her about how often black women are called "aggressive."  I agree that this issue with Tom has been overblown, but I did see a little more of where Camille was coming from this episode.

I don't know anything at all about basketball but she looked like she knew what she was doing. She played in college, right?

[Crashcourse]

Camille wants "swag" but I haven't been that impressed with her "swag" outfits.  She looks like she'd be comfortable lounging on the couch with sloppy David watching WNBA and NBA games. Since she likes changing Tom, how would she like it if Tom bought her a couple of nice dresses?     

[Alexander Pope]

2 hours ago, Elizzikra said:

I don't know anything at all about basketball but she looked like she knew what she was doing. She played in college, right?

yes she said she was on a full scholarship and that her dad drove three to four hours each way in one day for all her games.  So she must have been a decent player.

[starlightlost]

Ike is narcissistic. I really am done with seeing his face and hearing his condescending voice.

 

I was told there would be a couple swap this season. STILL WAITING! 

[princelina]

On 1/12/2025 at 5:57 PM, starlightlost said:

Ike is narcissistic. I really am done with seeing his face and hearing his condescending voice.

 

I was told there would be a couple swap this season. STILL WAITING! 

Me too on both points!

As for Camille - she has no "swag", if I understand "swag" correctly, and anyway Thomas wasn't wearing any of that tacky jewelry when they dressed up for the dinner, which leads me to blame producer shenanigans for that unsavory bit.

[SummerDreams]

Camille wants a bad boy in the bedroom and a good boy in the rest of the house.

These boys are taken Camille, they don't exist.

[LuvMyShows]

On 1/8/2025 at 9:29 AM, seacliffsal said:

Michelle continually claims that David doesn't ask her questions, but it seems like in every episode he is asking questions and she barely answers.

I was so glad that he finally stood up for himself and called her out on her nonsense, and specifically told her about how he had asked questions and that all he got was (sub-par) perfunctory answers.

On 1/8/2025 at 11:11 AM, Retired at last said:

[Re: Ike/Emem] She is obviously smart, motivated, and successful, and doesn't NEED him for anything. Why would she continue to subject herself (and us) to their ridiculous conversations where he just talks at her.

[Re: Juan/Karla] I loved it when he asked her what direction she was going in and she looked so puzzled and just said, "I AM the direction." WTH does that mean????

Preach!!!

On 1/9/2025 at 7:19 PM, After7Only said:

I think the show was hoping for Karla and Juan to be fun and quirky like Bennet and Amelia from the New Orleans season.   But Juan is not the guy for that.

I think they were hoping for playful and attractive, like Woody and Imani.

On 1/9/2025 at 8:49 PM, Chatty Cake said:

You are right, Juan is neither fun nor quirky. While a man has every right to be concerned when his wife quits her job, his questioning her was a bit cringey. I was thinking, why does he care? Oh right, the cameras. 

I thought his continued questioning regarding the (alleged) NY business opportunity, was to uncover whether there was any substance at all behind it, and of course there wasn't.

On 1/9/2025 at 8:50 PM, JenE4 said:

I think instead Juan is going to sidle up to Emem to provide some support in light of Ikeche’s explosive exit. Emem is everything Juan seemingly wants in a woman: a hard-working, ambitious entrepreneur. He’s going to butter her up with all kinds of praise for the amazing woman she is—and everything that Karla is not. They’ll admit to each other that they each possess the exact qualities they said they were looking for in a partner, unlike these fraudsters they were saddled with, and decide they should have been matched together. All speculation, of course. I am basing this solely on Juan sitting directly next to Emem in the limo ride home from dinner party from hell instead of sitting next to his wife.

I think that Juan is missing the sympathy and understanding portion, which Emem definitely wants. His handling of the Ikechi thing at dinner seemed a little tone-deaf.