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[AngelPuppy1]

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@miata1 wrote:

     I feel bad for Allen as I think he is a good guy and speaks well and he is really trying and if this is true, she is misleading him.  My mother always said go by actions not by what anyone tells you because actions says it all.  Alllen reminds me of Jaimie's husband from the first show.  He was a good guy too and very committed and wanted her to be happy and they now have a good marriage.  I think Jaime wanted a marriage too and went in with the right intentions so it worked out for them.    

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@miata1 

From what we see so far, Allen truly is ready for marriage and went in with true intentions.  He has tried I feel to the best of his abilities to make his marriage work.  Furthermore, he is trying to make changes that Madison seems to be kind of requring him to make - going to the gym, changing his style of clothing, trying to straighten his teeth, etc.  He is turning himself inside out for her.  She obviously thinks she is perfect. It's disgusting!  And the footage shows himself asleep on the couch obviously waiting to make sure she gets home okay and she is creeping in at all hours of the night.  Horrible!  She does not want him - it's plain to see.  She is a party girl and should have remained single!  

[Spidiecat]

Is anyone watching tonight's episode right now? (2/11)  OMG! I have no words.

I won't say any more as to not spoil it.

[AngelPuppy1]

@Spidiecat 

I haven't seen it yet.  But you have my interest up, that's for sure!  From the bit of previews of last week, it looks like some of the "you know what" is starting to hit the fan!  

[bayflwc]

All I'm going to say (for now) is how is the way David dresses better than how Alan dresses?  I don't get it.

[Fiddlededum]

@Spidiecat I was watching it, but sortof tuning out last nite. Might need to rewatch to absorb the fluff of it all. What a bunch! Even that game asking the questions about "Who is most likely to" They all seemed to  "not be coherent" and not really "into it".  All so disconnected, and like a stage of bad actors reading their parts. 

   Also the Afterparty with that astrologer was just plain weird. I thought the moptop, scantily clad dingbat, that rose-shamed

 Juan and Karla, was bad and enough. First we have loony tune soothsayers, now we get an astrologist mixed in. They must not have anyone that wants to even come on anymore. 

 Of course we have Michelle on every Afterparty now, trying to stay ahead of her narrative, of beating down dumb David. I'm quessing the only other woman that would be quiet and tolerate sitting next to Michelle that long is Camille. As Camille admitted she always takes the middle of the road approach, does not get involved, and they slept thru all this retreat commotion until Allen had his outburst in the kitchen. Nice safe answer. So boring & tame.

  Of course Keisha Knight Pulliam just reinforced Michelle's narrative and fed into her already giant sized ego. UG! I'm sorry but I do not like Michelle. Her 101 questions would make the Pope feel like he was guilty of something, and she just keeps firing with both barrels. Barely has 1 question out & she's shaming someone for their answer & injecting another inquisition type question, at the same time, not even believing a word they say. She "hated David" and what he stood for from the moment she walked down the aisle. Hate might be too strong a word, but I think she has it in her disposition. 

    I was a little surprised to hear David admit to Madison (supposedly it was the first time she had knowledge of this), that Yes, that text was actually intended for her and her only, and he accidentally sent to his uncaring, unloving wife, Michelle. WOW, that's one text or email you wish you could have a do over on for sure. It played right into the hands of the witch and boy did she "MILK IT"!

[tends2dogs]

This is what I wrote this morning on the Proboard MAF thread:

Finally! At least there was some forward progress, albeit at Allen's expense. 

All this "attraction" has been going on since the honeymoon, according to Allen. The other couples claim they didn't see it.  Maybe yes, maybe no.  BUT I think the producers knew it all along and this BIG reveal was all scripted.  The camera's showing the producer going into to talk to Michelle, the cameras following David and Madison to where they had their "laying their hearts out on the table" talk, all scripted.  Yes, David looked like a slob and his body language screamed slug.  

Poor Allen.  When Michelle told Allen of her suspicions, I felt so bad for him.  The light came on and confirmed what he had suspected since the honeymoon.  He had been questioning Madison about this since the honeymoon and apparently she was denying it.  On the Afterparty, Juan said that David and Allen had the closest relationship of any of the couples.  They were really tight.  I find this so appalling on David's part.  Allen acted so standup despite his anger and hurt.  

On the AP, Michelle was still playing the victim.  David, the villain.  Well, she got her wish.  She wasn't invested in him, never cared for him.  She just wants to walk away from this as "right".

Not sure how they are going to fill the rest of the episodes.  Looks like the experts are going to be brought in.  This show has gotten so stupid, I hope they don't push for reconciliation....ratings, you know. The AP isn't on for 3 weeks when they will discuss what happened after decision day.  

Well, I think this is a preview of the new and improved MAFS made for streaming.......NOT!!!  I think it will just get raunchier and raunchier. 

[HisElk1]

I don't have much time to put my thoughts in writing; the only thing I can say now is that I think it will be a long time before Michelle ever finds a husband.  She's great at playing the victim; I think she is 38 years old and IMO, she needs to take a good, long look at herself in the mirror.

Also some counseling wouldn't hurt if she went.

[AngelPuppy1]

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@bayflwc wrote:

All I'm going to say (for now) is how is the way David dresses better than how Alan dresses?  I don't get it.

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@bayflwc 

I never see him dressing well at all!  And that hair?  Sorry -- it just looks unkempt and a mess.  If he kept it up in a man ban maybe it would be o.k.

[AngelPuppy1]

While I agree that Michelle was kind of harsh earlier on in her marriage but I guess I am in the minority here as I don't feel that this gives her husband the right to go and seek attention, etc. from another woman!  I mean, he signed up to be - married!  And this is not a dating situation, where if you are not happy or getting what you feel you need or want from someone, then you can just go and get it from someone else!  Also, it's not like this show had them being where they had to commit for like a year or something before they went to Decision Day!  It is a few short weeks!  And David, from what we saw, for the most part didn't express much when Michelle was being negative to him.  Why didn't he stand up to her then and say --- hey, what is going on --- etc., etc..  It didn't seem like he was.  David didn't get matched with who he wanted but neither did Michelle.  From what I remember, Michelle might have been pretty blunt but she was expressing that she wasn't really feeling it.  

I believe that David and Madison thought they were so crafty that nobody was going to catch on to their little antics until Decision Day or after.  However, Michelle was smart and called them on it.  And she did not allow David, who thought he was smarter than her and everybody, to pull the wool over her eyes and keep lying to her face continually.  I don't blame her for going after him over and over to get to the bottom of it and finding the truth.  The same thing with her "friend", Madison - looking her right in the eyes and denying everything. It wasn't a matter any more that she cared so much for him, it was the lies and the deceit.  Also, she thought Madison was her friend.  I was glad that Michelle went after the both of them until she got the truth.  Do I think Michelle was perfect in the marriage?  No.  But at least she was not lying and running around with a partner in another marriage.  David and Madison's behavior is not to be condoned or excused.  No matter what --- they did get married! The show is not called "The Dating Show".  It's called "Married at First Sight".

I have to say my heart just broke for Alan.  He was just crushed.  He tried so hard.  Madison was not honest with him at all.  As he said, he gave her every opportunity to just tell him multuple times that she was just not feeling him and it was not going to work, but no - she could not even do that for him and instead, gave him false hope.  And she went out all the time partying and came home in the wee hours of the morning.  Was she with David?  Probably part of the time.  Madison tried to make Alan into something he wasnt.  He was going to the gym to get a better body, he was buying expensive clothes and he bought the invisalighn to try and straighten his teeth.  All she had to do - was be honest with him.  

So -- I am giving applause to Michelle for not letting up until she got the truth!  Good on her.  

[bayflwc]

@AngelPuppy1- I agree with everything you said.  The only innocent is Allen.  I feel so bad for him, and you are right, all they had to do was tell the truth.  I'm not a fan of Michelle - haven't liked her from the beginning for the way she has treated David ever since she found out he lives in his parent's basement.  And you are right, her treatment of him did not give him the right to find what he needed elsewhere.  He should have confronted her about it, and who knows, maybe he did off camera.

IMO what Madison did was worse than David.  She totally played Allen (to what end?), like you said, giving him false hope that if he changed he would have a chance with her.  What I don't get is how she could criticize Allen for the way he dresses yet David dressing like a slob is ok, or even attractive to her?  And you're right - that mess of hair is just awful.

Allen reminds me a lot of Austin from a few years back.  He is so honest and endearing, how could you not be nice to him?  All along I haven't thought much of Madison for the way she treated him, and her going out till all hours of the morning was just unacceptable.  And he still gave her a pass every time.  All along he thought he was the one who got the big prize being matched with her, when it was the other way around. 

I know we didn't see too much of ICK this week, but I just have to comment on his antics from last week.  What an a$$.  Making a big scene at the retreat, except it backfired and just confirmed how stupid he was to try to get her sign one page of a multi-page divorce document.  I have thought all along that his issues with Emem are all in his head.  He is totally intimidated by her being such a driven, accomplished, successful woman.  He can't stand his own lack of accomplishment so he has to attack her.  She dodged a bullit if you ask me, and is better off alone than lowering herself to that.

I liked the segment on Juan and Carla doing pottery.  He seemed to finally relax a bit, but I still don't think they will make it.  Even though they haven't had a contentuous relationship she is just too much of a flake for him.  He said it all when he was talking about her burning sage and her mystical stones.

There is also something about Camille that doesn't seem right to me.  Although they seem to be getting along the best I think she will end up hurting Thomas in the end.

From the previews it looks like next week will be another interesting one.  The 'experts' will be confronting David and Madison about their affair.