S03.E07: Love Is A Battlefield

[Spike]

18 minutes ago, Bryce Lynch said:

Avery converted to Islam 6 months ago (does anyone know why?)

After a chat with a Muslim co-worker lol.

[Bryce Lynch]

1 minute ago, Spike said:

There are so many delicious eggplant dishes, I don’t get why so many people have hangups about it.  Is it the name?  The color?  The texture?

If you are an unadventurous eater, try eggplant Parmesan .  Almost identical to chicken parm.  Baba ghanoush is just a hair more exotic than hummus.  Hell, I have had delicious grilled eggplant at a backyard barbecue.

Yeah, Mother Avery getting all weird about the eggplant was odd.  It goes well with hummus and other Mediterranean food.

Maybe the way the eggplant emoji has been used has given it a bad name?

[Spike]

1 minute ago, Bryce Lynch said:

Maybe the way the eggplant emoji has been used has given it a bad name?

Is there no cucumber emoji?

[Pepper Mostly]

7 hours ago, HunterHunted said:

There's nothing fishy about it. Not every country requires the same amount of schooling for professional degrees (medicine, law, dentistry) that the US does. There are even a handful of accelerated programs in the US. Had I not dropped out of my American accelerated medical program, I would have been an MD at 23. There was a guy in my class (he finished) who turned 21 a month after graduation. Though the American accelerated programs differ from their foreign counterparts because the American programs still require a bachelors degree. It's just that you are completing a typical 4 year degree in anything from 1 - 3 years. My program was 2 years.

The BDS, or Bachelor of Dental Surgery, the credential usual in the Middle East (used to work at at dental school, lots of Middle Eastern residents/MS candidates). Its a 5-6 year combined undergrad/dental degree. It is recognized by the ADA as equivalent to an American DMD or DDS qualification. But to practice in the US Omar will have to do a two year additional training for an American qualification, and pass the required exams.

4 hours ago, FurBabyMama said:

I’ve never been to any of these Muslim countries, but I’m curious about something. There’s all this talk about respecting the culture, covering your shoulders, not drinking alcohol, etc. but when Avery was dress shopping, there was a whole rack of traditional western style dresses, low cut, sleeveless, etc. And if people in Muslim countries don’t drink, why are the restaurants serving liquor?

Muslim women love to dress up, and in private, among other women, they dress to the nines. And Avery and her mother are visiting Omar in Lebanon, which is not exclusively a Muslim country, in fact it has a reputation for being very cosmopolitan, and is the most religiously diverse country in the Middle East.

[Bryce Lynch]

2 minutes ago, Spike said:

After a chat with a Muslim co-worker lol.

Is that really her story?  I suspect she met Omar (or maybe another Muslim guy) online first and then converted.  But, it sounds better to say she converted and then started looking for a Muslim husband.  

[Drogo]

I get the impression that if Rebecca was picked up for a night out by a man and he had nothing negative to say about her outfit, she would be over him and quickly. 

[Pepper Mostly]

1 hour ago, Gigglepuff said:

I just wanted to say that Avery is not wearing a burka (I've seen a few comments around the board mentioning her burka). Burkas aren't from the Arabic parts of the world and are more of an Afghanistani and other parts of central Asia thing. There are garbs similar to the burka in the Arab world, but Avery isn't even wearing one of them either. 

She's wearing a headscarf, or hijab.

[SunnyBeBe]

I suspect that Tom is trying to figure out a  way that Darcy will not be able to reach him after filming.....bet he's wondering if he can move, change his contact info, disappear from social media for awhile.....lol.  He may be too polite to just say, Thanks, but, no thanks.  (I haven't looked into any updates, so, I have no idea what has transpired since filming.) I do kind of feel sorry for people in that situation, but, when you look for love or hookups online, that's the risk you take.  

Edited August 26, 2019 by SunnyBeBe

[Bryce Lynch]

1 minute ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I suspect that Tom is trying to figure out a  way that Darcy will not be able to reach him after filming.....bet he's wondering if he can move, change his contact info, disappear from social media for awhile.....lol.  He may be too polite to just say, Thanks, but, no thanks.  (I haven't looked into any updates, so, I have no idea what has transpired since filming.) I do kind of feel sorry for people in that situation, but, when you look for love or hookups online, that's the risk you take.  

Maybe we need a 90 Day Fiance Protection Program.  

[DiamondGirl]

2 hours ago, Ijustwantsomechips said:

Violet is adorable though!  I guess I have to give Tim credit for being engaging, yet respectful with the little girl.  

Eww, I just got the creeps over the fact that both of Tim’s girlfriends have little daughters.

[blubld43]

12 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

She's wearing a headscarf, or hijab.

Thanks to you knowledgeable folks on here! I find these mideast segments very interesting, I would have never expected devout Muslims to appear on reality television. 

[SunnyBeBe]

I suspect that Tom is trying to figure out a  way that Darcy will not be able to reach him after filming.....bet he's wondering if he can move, change his contact info, disappear from social media for awhile.....lol.  He may be too polite to just say, Thanks, but, no thanks.  (I haven't looked into any updates, so, I have no idea what has transpired since filming.) I do kind of feel sorry for people in that situation, but, when you look for love or hookups online, that's the risk you take.  

I laughed when Ceasar was worrying about the ring that was left in his luggage.....well, if his girlfriend does show up, it might be better if the ring is lost, because, I don't think it would be a positive thing if she saw the fake diamond. lol 

[John M]

The really satisfying thing about Tom is that he catfished the Darcy trainwreck so I don't have to feel any empathy for either party.

[Gobi]

5 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I do kind of feel sorry for people in that situation, but, when you look for love or hookers online, that's the risk you take.  

FTFY

[Bryce Lynch]

4 hours ago, DiamondGirl said:

Ok, confession time:  when Tim said he has to tell Jeniffer (?) a secret that she might not like, did you think it could be that he used to be a woman?

Tim definitely has at least a slight, effeminate twinge to him.  I think the Southern accent makes it a bit more ambiguous.  I think certain Southern accents can come across as effeminate, even if they are not.   He is, at a minimum, a serious metrosexual with the eye brow plucking, eye bag removers, and nail polish, etc.   

[SunnyBeBe]

2 minutes ago, Gobi said:

FTFY

Hookups....I get it.  lol

[JennyMominFL]

6 minutes ago, blubld43 said:

Thanks to you knowledgeable folks on here! I find these mideast segments very interesting, I would have never expected devout Muslims to appear on reality television. 

There are quite a few reality shows in the Middle East

[luvgoldens]

Darcy's segments would fill up a season on What Not to Wear.  She's like a little girl playing dressup, sitting on the floor with a trunk filled with Fredericks of Hollywood clearance items.  Her choices are so inappropriate for anything other than trying to present herself as sexy.  Athletic wear is not happening in any way, shape or form.

Jesse tried to take her bike riding, but she couldn't manage even walking down a cobblestone path to his mother's house in 6 inch heels.  Tom gets the pleasure of watching her navigate slippery wet boat steps, and the funniest was seeing her choice of stripper wear to go play cricket.  Thankfully, she changed into more appropriate attire at the club, but that shot from behind of her and Tom walking to the court looked like he was walking with a little old lady.  She is so short and walks all hunched over when she has flat shoes on! 

[Cementhead]

7 minutes ago, luvgoldens said:

She is so short and walks all hunched over when she has flat shoes on! 

So true, once she takes off the stilts she is such a strange looking little shrimp.

[Spike]

13 minutes ago, luvgoldens said:

Darcy's segments would fill up a season on What Not to Wear.  She's like a little girl playing dressup, sitting on the floor with a trunk filled with Fredericks of Hollywood clearance items.  Her choices are so inappropriate for anything other than trying to present herself as sexy.  Athletic wear is not happening in any way, shape or form.

Jesse tried to take her bike riding, but she couldn't manage even walking down a cobblestone path to his mother's house in 6 inch heels.  Tom gets the pleasure of watching her navigate slippery wet boat steps, and the funniest was seeing her choice of stripper wear to go play cricket.  Thankfully, she changed into more appropriate attire at the club, but that shot from behind of her and Tom walking to the court looked like he was walking with a little old lady.  She is so short and walks all hunched over when she has flat shoes on! 

There was no cricket in this episode.

[Angry Moldovan]

On 8/21/2019 at 4:33 PM, Burning Rubber said:

It is not without a tinge of embarrassment that I reckon with the fact that Jesse was completely right about Darcey all along. 

Who else wants to catch a  ride on this chariot of shame?

I always leaned towards Jesse. However, this does not mean I’m a Jesse fan at all.

[Angry Moldovan]

On 8/24/2019 at 9:15 AM, charmed1 said:

I imagine they all have framed posters of Rat King Mohammed Jbali at home. 

I live for this

[charmed1]

57 minutes ago, DiamondGirl said:

Eww, I just got the creeps over the fact that both of Tim’s girlfriends have little daughters.

Both daughters were/are also 1.5 years old when he supposedly met their mothers too. 

[Ijustwantsomechips]

Everyone keeps making a big deal of Caesar putting the ring into his checked luggage. Let us not forget the damned thing only costed $195.  Not that I would want to lose $200 bucks, but we aren’t taking a VVS diamond here. I’m sure that amount would be covered by the my most basic airline claims forms.  

[JennyMominFL]

2 minutes ago, Ijustwantsomechips said:

Everyone keeps making a big deal of Caesar putting the ring into his checked luggage. Let us not forget the damned thing only costed $195.  Not that I would want to lose $200 bucks, but we aren’t taking a VVS diamond here. I’m sure that amount would be covered by the my most basic airline claims forms.  

Yeah, I get that.. But I mean, I put my expensive makeup in my carry on bags and wont check it. $200 is clearly a lot of money to Cesar.

[Pepper Mostly]

1 hour ago, blubld43 said:

Thanks to you knowledgeable folks on here! I find these mideast segments very interesting, I would have never expected devout Muslims to appear on reality television. 

But there are degrees of devoutness. Most of the people we've seen seem to be more "culturally" Muslim than seriously devout. I mean, lots of Jewish people appear on reality TV, but are there many Orthodox or even Conservative Jews looking for their shot at fleeting fame? Probably not. And what about the Duggars and their ilk? They're all over the TV! And they claim to be very seriously devout Christians.

[poeticlicensed]

4 hours ago, RealReality said:

I am thinking:

he is the biological father of the ex's kid

his ex is tran of some sort

he will tell her he has no money

he favors tall red boots

he will be her worst nightmare

I'm thinking that he is financially supporting Veronica and the kid, which will totally piss off Jennifer. I wonder if he legally adopted Veronica's kid. 

3 hours ago, JennyMominFL said:

I live in Orlando and you see the same thing here. People go to the theme parks and decide they want to live here. They have no clue about what it is really like to live here full time

Yes. I live in FL also and it cracks me up when people come here on vacation and decide that they want to live here and have no idea what life is like outside of theme parks and the beach. I live about an hour from the beach but I can't even remember the last time I went there. 

Darcy is an embarassment to all women. For her look and her neediness. I want to know who told her that outside of making porn, that lace up thigh high boots are a good look, much less practical for walking around. 

Edited August 26, 2019 by poeticlicensed

[Dobian]

9 hours ago, HunterHunted said:

She pulled the same shit with Jesse. On the taxi ride from the airport. He's trying to tell her about the city and the sights and she says it feels like home and she can see herself living there. Like try to spend more than an hour on foreign soil before you start proclaiming that you want to move there. Darcey is an immature lunatic. Luckily her ex has custody of the girls.

I'm betting that after the reserved Englishman dumps her, she'll run back to Jesse since Jesse provides her with the sex-fueled dysfunctional relationship she so desperately craves.

[SunnyBeBe]

15 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

I'm thinking that he is financially supporting Veronica and the kid, which will totally piss off Jennifer. I wonder if he legally adopted Veronica's kid. 

Yes. I live in FL also and it cracks me up when people come here on vacation and decide that they want to live here and have no idea what life is like outside of theme parks and the beach. I live about an hour from the beach but I can't even remember the last time I went there. 

Darcy is an embarassment to all women. For her look and her neediness. I want to know who told her that outside of making porn, that lace up thigh high boots are a good look, much less practical for walking around. 

The only place that I think Darcy may fit in would be on a Bravo housewive's show.  lol  

[Bryce Lynch]

5 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:

The only place that I think Darcy may fit in would be on a Bravo housewive's show.  lol  

She'd have to get some poor sucker to marry her first, though.  

[Dobian]

I don't get why some sexy looking athletic chick like Jennifer felt the need to look for a husband on the internet.  She's not one of these poor destitute girls like Karine.  She obviously does ok and is living a fairly middle class life by Colombian standards.  Tim is 13 years older, that's a pretty big age gap.  I guess she really wants to come to the U.S. that badly, but this is similar to Pao, who left what seemed like a pretty good lifestyle in Colombia to go live in boring Oklahoma with Roos.

Edited August 26, 2019 by Dobian
Typo

[pdlinda]

48 minutes ago, Dobian said:

I'm betting that after the reserved Englishman dumps her, she'll run back to Jesse since Jesse provides her with the sex-fueled dysfunctional relationship she so desperately craves.

Your comment seems to imply that Darcy's reality TV gig has "legs" and is likely to proceed for the foreseeable future???  I don't see Darcy having any other viable means to earn a living (Info was that her clothing "empire" lost wind and collapsed).  I believe most of her behavior and "get-ups" are producer driven--with her a willing accomplice.  I get a real "soap-opera" drama vibe with Darcy and if she can pull the string on ricocheting between prospective mates, she probably figures,  "It's a living,"  😃

[Ijustwantsomechips]

58 minutes ago, JennyMominFL said:

Yeah, I get that.. But I mean, I put my expensive makeup in my carry on bags and wont check it. $200 is clearly a lot of money to Cesar.

But you clearly think and plan ahead.  You’re also probably aware of all the bad things that can happen when you don’t heed warnings.  None of that applies to Caesar. The man is a numb nuts. 

[Bryce Lynch]

1 hour ago, JennyMominFL said:

Yeah, I get that.. But I mean, I put my expensive makeup in my carry on bags and wont check it. $200 is clearly a lot of money to Cesar.

It's a lot of foot fungus.  

[Bryce Lynch]

28 minutes ago, Dobian said:

I don't get why some sexy looking athletic chick like Jennifer felt the need to look for a husband on the internet.  She's not one of these poor destitute girls like Karine.  She obviously does ok and is living a fairly middle class life by Colombian standards.  Tim is 13 years older, that's a pretty big age gap.  I guess she really wants to come to the U.S. that badly, but this is similar to Pao, who left what seemed like a pretty good lifestyle in Colombia to go live in boring Oklahama with Roos.

It seems like a lot of these women will settle for a guy a notch or two below their station in order to get to the USA.    The less attractive ones settle for total losers like David Poor.  The better looking ones settle for guys who are not in their league, but are not total losers.  

[iwasish]

27 minutes ago, Ijustwantsomechips said:

But you clearly think and plan ahead.  You’re also probably aware of all the bad things that can happen when you don’t heed warnings.  None of that applies to Caesar. The man is a numb nuts. 

“Take the chocolate panties, leave the cheap ass ring”

[MajorNelson]

6 hours ago, queenbee24 said:

Rebecca also cracked me up when she got offended that someone asked her age. Lady, you're clearly decades older than this dude and you're 1000% wrong that no one in America would ever ask your age. Bull. If you showed up with a 26 year old (even one who looks 40) around all his 20something friends you can bet your ass someone would ask your age.

No doubt he's been showing those filtered pics, and she does look like 20+ years older.  And fatter.  😮

Edited August 26, 2019 by MajorNelson
Darn merging!

[Gobi]

3 minutes ago, MajorNelson said:

No doubt he's been showing those filtered pics, and she does look like 20+ years older.  And fatter. 😮

That's got to be it.  You have definitely discovered the 90DF formula!  

We already know that the ring was Veronica's. Has to be something else.

[JennyMominFL]

14 minutes ago, iwasish said:

“Take the chocolate panties, leave the cheap ass ring”

How did you know?

[Mrs. Hanson]

12 minutes ago, Gobi said:

We already know that the ring was Veronica's. Has to be something else.

That is true but WE know about the ring, Jeniffer does not.  Having said that, I do not think it is the ring, lol.  I think he is broke.  Or his fancy car is a rental.

Edited August 26, 2019 by Mrs. Hanson

[Scout Finch]

4 hours ago, RealReality said:

If I was rich, I'd 100% live part time in London.  I love, love, love it.  Wasn't a fan of the food, but that's just me. Other than that though, I loved everything about it.  I could just ride around on the tube all day listening to accents.  I love the mix of history and traditions with the modern vibe of the city.  Just love it.  LOVE it!

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” - Samuel Johnson, September 1777

[Pepper Mostly]

1 hour ago, Dobian said:

I don't get why some sexy looking athletic chick like Jennifer felt the need to look for a husband on the internet.  She's not one of these poor destitute girls like Karine.  She obviously does ok and is living a fairly middle class life by Colombian standards.  Tim is 13 years older, that's a pretty big age gap.  I guess she really wants to come to the U.S. that badly, but this is similar to Pao, who left what seemed like a pretty good lifestyle in Colombia to go live in boring Oklahama with Roos.

To be fair, Pao was not trawling the internet for an American man, and Russ wasn't searching spicylatinasdotcom for a bride. They met the old fashioned way, in person, while Russ was living and working in Colombia.

[Gigglepuff]

1 hour ago, Pepper Mostly said:

But there are degrees of devoutness. Most of the people we've seen seem to be more "culturally" Muslim than seriously devout. I mean, lots of Jewish people appear on reality TV, but are there many Orthodox or even Conservative Jews looking for their shot at fleeting fame? Probably not. And what about the Duggars and their ilk? They're all over the TV! And they claim to be very seriously devout Christians.

Same with all the Leaving/Return to Amish shows. 

[StatisticalOutlier]

On 8/22/2019 at 6:25 PM, HappyDancex2 said:

I don't know how tall Darcey is but I'm only 5 foot 4 so as a "fun sized girl" I know the idea of wearing shorter skirts to balance out my frame.  My legs are nice so I'm ok to show them off plus I don't have a lot of frame to work with so I don't want to be swallowed by fabric.

Darcey always looks like she's swallowed by fabric even when there's almost no fabric.  Quite a feat.

She looks awful in clothes.  Unfortunately, from what I saw in the airport bathroom, she probably looks awful not in clothes, too.  The woman is just a nightmare.  But it's what's inside that counts, or so she says.  Unfortunately, that isn't shaping up to be any sort of salvation in her case.

13 hours ago, renatae said:

She compares walking down a narrow way to walking down the aisle.

In her defense, because of her shoes, the pace she was walking down the narrow way is the same as walking down the aisle at one's wedding. 

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17 hours ago, milner said:

Akini likes white men and their $$. Their kissing grossed me out. And really she is not very attractive.  Sorry 

I thought her friend was real pretty.

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4 hours ago, fountain said:

ETA: why doesn’t  that kid in Columbia wear the seat belt in her car seat? I mean WTF, why bother with the car seat then?

Did you notice the one brief shot where they were driving and the kid wasn't in the car seat at all?  It was the two people and an empty car seat.  In the middle of a scene filled with shots of the two people and the kid in the car seat.  Why did they have to have that odd shot in there?  Are the editors that incompetent, or are they just fucking with us?

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55 minutes ago, pdlinda said:

Your comment seems to imply that Darcy's reality TV gig has "legs" and is likely to proceed for the foreseeable future???  I don't see Darcy having any other viable means to earn a living (Info was that her clothing "empire" lost wind and collapsed).  I believe most of her behavior and "get-ups" are producer driven--with her a willing accomplice.  I get a real "soap-opera" drama vibe with Darcy and if she can pull the string on ricocheting between prospective mates, she probably figures,  "It's a living,"  😃

Given Darcey's and Jesse's backstory, I'm very suspicious about the current trainwreck.  I think she and Tom are in on it together, and they're both playing roles.  And I'm feeling a little insulted as a viewer. 

Maybe it was the disappearing car seat kid that has sent me over the edge of credulity, but really, I'm not enjoying thinking that the producers are laughing at the dumb viewers.

[MajorNelson]

     @Mrs. Hanson I wonder if the secret is that the ring was Veronica's?

That's got to be it.  You have definitely discovered the 90DF formula!  
 

37 minutes ago, Gobi said:

We already know that the ring was Veronica's. Has to be something else.

Well does miss Columbia know it was Veronica's?  I say no of course not, and this is just tlc/producers making fake drama for the viewers.

[AnnaMayWong]

To me, Jennifer looks like a young man...Possibly transitioned. That’s the impression I get every time that i see her.

[lasandi]

2 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

The only place that I think Darcy may fit in would be on a Bravo housewive's show.  lol  

I, respectfully, disagree.  Darcy is not mentally fit to go toe to toe with any of those housewives.  They would eat her up alive.  JS, lol

[Drogo]

4 hours ago, Spike said:

If you are an unadventurous eater, try eggplant Parmesan .  Almost identical to chicken parm.

Or Eggplant Rollatini, which is like manicotti without the pasta carbs. 

Teri was not here for the fucking eggplant though- not unless it was marinated in Long Island Iced Tea.

[mamadrama]

4 hours ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Muslim women love to dress up, and in private, among other women, they dress to the nines. And Avery and her mother are visiting Omar in Lebanon, which is not exclusively a Muslim country, in fact it has a reputation for being very cosmopolitan, and is the most religiously diverse country in the Middle East.

I use to teach computer skills to Muslim women from Saudi Arabia and I'll never forget the time they had a party and invited me to the house that had been rented for them to entertain in. (6 different families but one house for the women to congregate in.) I dressed modestly, trying to be respectful. I'd never seen anything other than the women's eyes and hands. When the dark-headed beauty with the mini skirt, stiletto heels, low-cut top, false eyelashes, ruby red lipstick, and fishnets opened the door I thought I was at the wrong house. I was the one under dressed. 

I'm underwhelmed by London these days. There are other European cities where I'd prefer to live (Sarajevo, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, Marbella...) but that's just a personal preference. After my years as a travel writer, I just prefer Eastern Europe. I've lived all over the UK and my kids are dual citizens, and if we were to move back I'd much rather return to the tiny town in Wales where I attended uni. I can definitely understand visiting a place and wanting to move there, though. I did the same with Gatlinburg and New Orleans. But yeah, visiting as a tourist is a MUCH different experience than living there with a work schedule, grocery bill, rent, and transportation to maneuver. It's akin to the honeymoon phase in a relationship. As a tourist you're seeing the best of what a place has to offer. As a resident you see much more of the mundane. I could totally understand it if Darcy were traveling around London, seeing the sights and falling in love with the architecture, the pub culture, the theater, the multitude of ethnic restaurants, etc. That's not even what she's doing, though. She's literally sitting in a car and saying, "Yeah, I could live here" before she's even stepped foot on the street. Everything is so extreme to her. He can't just be a nice guy with whom she may have a future with-he has to be the love of her life. It can't just be a walk down a plank-it has to be a bridle aisle. It can't just be a pretty, historic building-it has to be where her wedding will take place. Jesse can't just be her boyfriend talking to her kids-he has to be described as their "kinda step dad." There's some crazy mind wiring going on in her head. 

[pandaindisguise]

49 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

Did you notice the one brief shot where they were driving and the kid wasn't in the car seat at all?  It was the two people and an empty car seat.  In the middle of a scene filled with shots of the two people and the kid in the car seat.  Why did they have to have that odd shot in there?  Are the editors that incompetent, or are they just fucking with us? 

Maybe it was the disappearing car seat kid that has sent me over the edge of credulity, but really, I'm not enjoying thinking that the producers are laughing at the dumb viewers.

I thought I could still hear the child when the seat was empty.  I thought the child was climbing all over the car.