Love Island 15

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And we are off...again!

Alex 1 is beyond ODD. Good god. The idea of him winning anything, given his difficult treatment of women, is just wrong.

Weirdly, I felt slightly less irritated by Josh last night. They showed him being quite supportive but I know they are pulling the strings so I’m not going to read too much into that.

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Asking if he still has feelings for her, asking who is the best kisser- knowing he left Laura 1 for Laura 2, isn't that enough for her without asking those questions? Definitely trying to show her up in my opinion. Everything I have seen of her seems really unpleasant.

I completely agree. She is horrible and the more that sort of behaviour is shown. the more Laura1 benefits.

Competitive? Yes.
Fair? No.

I love Laura 1. I thought she was very quick witted last night and generally took quite an awkward situation very well. Laura 2 was obviously mortified when she realised that 'old Laura' (charming) would be asking the questions. I don't think she'd planned on that scenario at all.
Alex reminds me of a rabbit in the headlights at the moment. He's got this amazing, gorgeous woman completely throwing herself at him and I think the logical side of his brain is very confused/concerned where all this has come from. He did say on the lie detector that he didn't think Alexandra was in to him so I think he's very worried that she's too good to be true and, at the same time, doesn't want to embarrass either himself, or her on television. I think he's trying to be very careful not to hurt her either by taking up her advances when he isn't 100% about the relationship. It's a very complicated situation and far too complicated to be condensed into a 45 minute slot on a reality tv show. I don't think it's fair to say he must be gay either. No one has been saying Dani must be a lesbian because she isn't particularly physical with Jack.

I can't believe I'm saying it but Megan and Wes are actually growing on me slightly. Same can't be said for Josh and Kaz yet.

I thought Alexandra was "plain" by LI standards but seeing her last night shes awesome. I feel sorry for her she likes alex i think and whilst i think some of the comments before when he was interested in Laura2 were unfair,i think now hes not exactly being great to her. But it is a gameshow essentially and he can't sack her off completely without losing.

Why arent they doing a girls lie detector test? I want to see if kaz n Megan are genuine

I think they only do either the men or the women because it causes more drama. If Dani,Meg or Alexandra or Laura got readings they felt were wrong then its easier to dismiss their partners as also BS. Without that experience they can dwell on the results more.

I can’t work Paul out- he always looks so bored and disinterested when Laura is talking to him and does a kind of ‘mmm yeah I agree’ in reply to her but has no feeling behind it.
He has no expression or character he’s really dull

Alex behaves very like my brother who has Asberger's Syndrome. He does like women but finds it hard to get close. Alex is a bit more arrogant, however.

Totally agree with Paul being a bit boring and seeming to be disinterested in Laura1. Laura2 seemed cool and unlike the other girls at first, but she was irritating last night. Poor Alexandra. I'm bored by Wes and Megan and Josh and Kaz.

I did wonder why Laura2 asked those questions, she seemed quite cool and laid back at the start but now I'm not so sure. Asking 'do you think anyone is better looking" is always going to be a recipe for disaster! Maybe she is so uber competitive that it makes her competitive in relationships too!

cecily love that it's spot on

I also think that Paul seems disinterested in Laura. In fact I would go so far as to say he almost looks irritated by her the majority of the time. But in his defence I think he has a very dry sense of humour and I think he is quietly confident and doesn’t feel the need to act up for the camera or attention seek (like the others). It probably doesn’t translate that well to screen so makes him look a bit boring and detached. Personally I think he’s the most interesting guy in there and I like that he isn’t acting like a twat all the time.

Paul seems disinterested, aloof most of the time I think. I can't work him out.

I thought Laura 2's questions were weirdly horribly to Laura 1. And that she went overboard crying about Jack 2's answers.

Dani also went far too in on Jack 1. But he didn't react in the greatest way to it.

Feel sorry for Alexandria.

How else was Jack supposed to react? He’s right, she’s having a go at him about something that hasn’t happened yet and may never! Yeah it might happen in the future. But everyone in a relationship has to take that chance not just those two. If I were him I would have just dismissed it all instantly. But then there’s no drama in that is there? shrugs

Jack2 has already dumped 1girl in there so understandable to me that laura2 is insecure about their short relationship.
She's pretty but I don't think she' has the confidence Megan has about men.

The only time I see Paul's ivories is when he's with the fellas.

Jack1's handling of his missus insecurities seemed poor. Maybe he wants to establish early in the relationship that he is the alpha

To be honest I'd be annoyed also if my partner was banging on that I might be tempted by someone else. It would be abnormal not to be. The question is if The person would cheat.

The guys having his balls handed to him over nothing. I also can't think what he's supposed to say in response. He's tried everything. I can see why he's annoyed or angry, I would be. In fact I think he's held it together quite well, my response after she'd went on long enough would have been very clear and much less tolerant. The words "off you fuck, nutter"would have been in there.

MaiaRindell see I thought he was like my friend with aspergers at first, my friend is a HCP, absolutely wonderful at his job and a really kind guy, great friend but awful with women because he can't quite interpret the boundaries and feelings involved. He definitely does quite a lot of the weirder interactions Alex does, and he sometimes treats women poorly because he's misinterpreted how you are supposed to act if that makes sense?

But I think Alex is a lot less genuine than that now, i think perhaps he's a bit out of his depth. I think he came in to make friends with the boys and isn't interested in having a relationship with the girls and is sort of acting because he really isn't interested. He has his career and I think he wants to go back to that and animosity afterwards, whilst everyone else in there wants to go make a career from love island so getting into anything complicates that. I think he's just a slightly nerdy guy who's a bit socially awkward who is used to (because of his looks) being the leader of the crowd, so he doesnt feel nervous but now he doesn't know how to act around these people and is becoming a bit of a twat. On his Instagram his friends all look quite nerdy. He's quite an odd character and I wonder what he would be like in real life.

Laura 2s questions were really off and catty,what did she expect? It wasn't insecurity it was competitiveness

What I don't understand is why Alex can't just fake it and throw himself into it with Alexandra. All of the others do, there's no way you meet someone your just made for our of about 10 people, they just fake it a bit until they make it. They don't fall deeply in love in 5 minutes they just throw themselves into being a couple and if you spend that much time cuddling someone and kissing them most people develop some kind of feelings (I actually think it's more obsession than love because you don't fall in love in 6 weeks).

Some people can’t fake it, or don’t want to. I don’t think Alex can win, to be honest, whatever he does, he’s always going to be criticised. We don’t know why he’s behaving the way he is, but the bottom line is that he’s not really doing anything wrong. He might have Aspergers, he might be socially awkward, he might be out of his depth, he might be edgy about protecting his career, he might just not fancy any of the girls. He’s a lot more normal than some those awful fakers in there. But then again I know a lot of people like Alex, who are a bit square peg, round hole, so perhaps feel overly defensive. Just because he’s not the expected norm, doesn’t mean he’s awful.

@TheDishRanAwayWithTheSpoon That's interesting. He definitely isn't a womaniser or a player like the others!

Turns out cool surfer chick Laura 2 is just another needy girl.

I thought she was just gonna go in see who likes her and go with it to play the game, with such a short time in there.

But no she is all over Jack and crying a week later.