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Self-justifying attention-seeking strategies and manipulative psychoses in Aussie faux-scientific anthropological claptrap. MAFS Part Deux.

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 24/07/2020 17:43

Hello All.

I hope it's bonza that I took the liberty of starting a second thread - just didn't want us gong walkabout in the bush (pardon my Fronch Grin) if we ran out of the other (whoops did it again!)

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Honeyroar · 07/08/2020 13:56

Oh yes I forgot about the cricketer. She was a bit silly though (Nadia). “So the lease on my flat is coming up so I thought I’d move here” - almost expecting him to move her into his teeny flat.

I reckon Sean and Susan did get together and did really get on, but knew they weren’t going to continue because of the distance, so faked the staying together bit after they’d decided that. It also explains why neither were as upset as we were at the commitment ceremony!

SchadenfreudePersonified · 07/08/2020 14:41

Too many recaps and adverts. I would definitely watch it if it were half the length. There’s only so many times I can watch the same clip over and over again before I want to scream.

Yep - this spoils it for me, too.

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AnneOfQueenSables · 07/08/2020 14:44

Cannot believe Nadia was actually contemplating moving to Sydney for Spoony
I don't think she was. She was moving because she'd been put out of her own flat and thought it was worth moving state for a flat with one less flatmate and possibly a fuller fridge that AnTHony could open himself Wink

SchadenfreudePersonified · 07/08/2020 14:45

I don’t care what they say, he and Susan were at it like knives

Too right they were!

They were suctioned onto each other's faces and couldn't keep their hands of each other (good luck to them - but I wonder if they are trying to distance themselves from it because mow all the sh*gging is over, it looks bit teenager-y and embarrassing)

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 07/08/2020 14:48

she'd been put out of her own flat and thought it was worth moving state for a flat with one less flatmate and possibly a fuller fridge that AnTHony could open himself

Grin

I thought all his "I don't go into other people's fridges even if they say it's ok it is not the action of a gentleman" crap was just so he could sit on his skinny *rse and do sod all while he was there - nothing like being waited on hand and foot by a bevy of females to confirm that you are the "dominant alpha male".

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Honeyroar · 07/08/2020 15:00

I think she thought he’d jump at the thought of having her there “to look after” like a good Alpha male while she cooked his meals and massaged his shoulders as he shouted at people on the phone!

HumousWhereTheHeartIs · 07/08/2020 15:27

I thought AnTHony came out of it looking worse than Abandrew in the end. Abandrew is immature, cocky and reactionary. But AnTHony is incredibly cold and has a massive ego. I'd be surprised if he had ever been in a loving relationship.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 07/08/2020 15:52

I think you're right Humous.

I wouldn't like my DD to hitch up with either of them, but WankTHony is more dangerous. His cruelty is insidious and makes people doubt themselves.

Abandrew is just a tw*t.

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BedknobsNoBroomsticks · 07/08/2020 19:32

Last night's episode was worth waiting for. Seeing WankThony squirm about boys night and Abandrew getting shown for the prick that he is.

How many couples are in the next series? There were far too many in this series. It was hard to keep track of who was who.

Itslookinglikeabeautifulday · 07/08/2020 23:49

Loved Abandrew and WankTHony each being made to squirm (particularly the latter, who played poor Nadia).
And laughed out loud at the film of Debbie’s Wedding Day mutterings about what she didn’t get, ending with “.....I got orange cake....but it wasn’t even gluten-free.” Wonder if the champagne bubbles were too large as well?

BlogTheBlogger · 08/08/2020 00:39

Just caught up with the last episode - Wow the "professionals" really hated AbAndrew didnt they! They didnt mince their words. I have even more respect for Cheryl now, she conducted herself in such a controlled way.

Was worth waiting for Grin. I would love to see AbA's family dynamics and whether he has always been indulged

DisorganisedPurpose · 08/08/2020 01:23

But Cheryl really led Andrew on. Flirting with him at the dinner, asking for a special case to be made so she could pair up with him, making out they had something in common and were really getting on. I think Andrew thought at first that she was genuine and really cared for him. Then pow, he tried to kiss her and she was having none of it. It was obvious then that she hadn't cared for him at all and just wanted to stay in the show. She would hardly communicate with him after that. I think she treated him badly and was let off lightly at the final review. On the other hand Anthony clearly played Nadia along all the way for the cameras.

WhattheHhashappened · 08/08/2020 08:18

It all turned sour for Cheryl and Abandrew after she said ‘I don’t want to kiss you’ - he played his guitar and sang his dreadful song and she didn’t want a snog.
His poor fragile ego couldn’t take it and he was nasty from that moment on.
Arsehole.

lilgreen · 08/08/2020 08:19

It’s ok to not want to kiss someone.

WhattheHhashappened · 08/08/2020 08:26

It’s ok to not want to kiss someone

Exactly! He didn’t think so though Angry

SpanishFly · 08/08/2020 08:42

@DisorganisedPurpose

But Cheryl really led Andrew on. Flirting with him at the dinner, asking for a special case to be made so she could pair up with him, making out they had something in common and were really getting on. I think Andrew thought at first that she was genuine and really cared for him. Then pow, he tried to kiss her and she was having none of it. It was obvious then that she hadn't cared for him at all and just wanted to stay in the show. She would hardly communicate with him after that. I think she treated him badly and was let off lightly at the final review. On the other hand Anthony clearly played Nadia along all the way for the cameras.
So, using the daughter analogy, your 25yr old daughter tells you she meets a guy she thinks she might like, but she's only just met him and they have similar senses of humour, but she wants to take it a bit slow because the previous guy let her down and was texting someone else. She goes on a date on the beach, he serenades her and goes in for a kiss. She doesn't want to kiss him and she tells him so. Your reaction would be
  1. I'm so proud that you told him, especially as he made you feel you owed it to him. Even though you liked him at first, it's good you were strong enough to back off instead of doing something you didn't want to. Or
  2. Hang on. You must have led him on and made him think you liked him, but you clearly don't. You should have kissed him because you at least owed him that after a couple of dates and making him believe you wanted him to. It's also your fault that his ego was crushed as a result.
burnoutbabe · 08/08/2020 09:31

I agree Cheryl led Andrew on.
He was the one who got dumped by Lauren after a few hours. And then she called him cocky with no real reason we were given.
Then Cheryl (who I am sure told Jonathan she didn't abd wouldn't fancy him before he chatted to scarlet) flirted with him and Said she wanted to be paired with him -on a show that is acting like one is married! Sharing a flat/bed/going on honeymoon. Going for a kiss is hardly crime of the century.
She just wanted to stay in the show for publicity really. Hence picking Andrew for that, rather than as she was interested.

AnneOfQueenSables · 08/08/2020 09:33

I don't think Cheryl led AbAndrew on. Writing a song for someone doesn't mean they have to kiss you. In fact someone writing a song about me whilst I was in the shower and then forcefully 'serenading' me with it on the beach, would appal me. I wouldn't want those singing, self-publicising lips anywhere near me! Grin

roboticaw · 08/08/2020 09:38

Just found this thread! Brilliant. Couple of questions, whatever happened with the girl at Jonathon and Cheryl's wedding who stormed out? Was there any follow up?
What really happened with Lauren? Was there a reason she just bailed like that? Seems strange just to go after signing contracts, booking the time off to film etc etc... did something unsavoury happen?
Why on Earth were they all matched with folk that literally lived 5 hour flights away from each other?
Did they promise Debbie a Polynesian fella from the islands? ( why on Earth was she so convinced?)
And were they all really legally wed?

SpanishFly · 08/08/2020 09:40

I honestly can't believe that someone flirting and possibly liking someone is classed as leading someone on, and therfore owing them something.
Wtf?

SpanishFly · 08/08/2020 09:41

no they weren't legally wed.

I also think something happened that made Lauren bail. We saw her at the dinner saying he was cocky etc. That didn't come from nowhere

lilgreen · 08/08/2020 09:42

Hi there. Ha, well I’m not sure there are any answers other than no follow up to girl at Jono’s wedding, no really explanation about Lauren other than what we heard when they contacted her. Debbie presumably though she was on Just Eat when she ‘ordered’ a Polynesian, and no they were not legally wed. Smile

SchadenfreudePersonified · 08/08/2020 09:49

I don't think she led Abandrew on either.

Okay - she said she thought they could get on together and it was worth a shot - but that doesn't mean that she wanted to get physical. She doesn't know that bloke.

Then he proved to be pushy and full of himself and she didn't want to kiss him - fair enough. Why should she. It was his fault for going for a clinch in front of the cameras - he should have tested the water during their private off-lens time and then he wouldn't have been publicly humiliated in front of X million viewers.

they were both on the show for the publicity - neither was squeaky clean in that respect. They could have come to some arrangement whereby they put up a united (though not intimate) front for the cameras but retained their own space. He certainly would have come off looking much better.

Instead he was so childish and malicious that he repeatedly - not just the once - was rude and disrespectful about her when he had an audience of "the boys". Cheryl, to give her credit, was never that way about him, although she had more cause to be critical than he did.

I don't know why she tried to "have it out" with Scarlett, though - unless the production company suggested it. I lost some sympathy for her there. She hadn't liked Johnathan and had already 'finished" the "relationship", so it was none of her business what he did.

The ones who seemed to do best were Simon and Alene, who respected each other as individuals, even though there was no initial spark, and allowed a friendship to grow rather than pushing for intimacy early on. It is sad that it didn't pan out for them, but sometimes relationships - even good ones - just run their course and people grow or drift apart. That's life.

Maybe there's a message there for all of us.

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Eaumyword · 08/08/2020 09:50

Hi Roboticaw!
Can't answer much, but I know one of the questions the "experts" (masters at stating the obvious!) asked each candidate was - would you move for love? The answer was yes, hence the issues then arising as Aus is so big.
Deb was a bit delusional about life in general (but super entertaining!) so it's hard to know what was going on there. She must have asked for a Polynesian but the premise is supposed to be about matching all aspects of the person to another. Honestly, I think the producers knew she'd kick off at not getting what she'd requested, which she did = great telly!
Not sure about the other Q's. I did think Jonathan's ex was nutty but again great TV, so maybe she was goaded to act like that by the producers (and a truckload of champagne?)
This has been such a fun thread!Smile

WhattheHhashappened · 08/08/2020 09:51

Did they promise Debbie a Polynesian fella from the islands?

Haha!! She’s a nut job! Not in an appealing quirky, kooky kind of way either!