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

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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 ) if we ran out of the other (whoops did it again!)

@roboticaw

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?

Those are mysteries on a par with what happened on the Marie Celeste, who stole the Lindburgh baby and what justification Carol Vorderman has for thinking she's God's gift.

We all probably never know the answers.

Who said leading someone on meant you had to kiss them because you owe them? Some have made a big jump to that. But she definitely led him on and made him believe at the start she really liked him. Then she was really horrible to him. I think she was similar to Jonathan because he became really offended with her after she said she didn't fancy him. Why the experts made out he was so bad for texting Scarlett when his relationship with Cheryl was dead in the water and she was busy flirting with Andrew to boot is beyond me.

I don't know why she tried to "have it out" with Scarlett, though - unless the production company suggested it.

It was a bit strange. Definitely a production team set up.

Scarlet was dreadful though. Her full on flirting with Abandrew was painful. Even he looked a bit baffled at times! Her sour expression returned when he started chatting to the other girls.
She’s definitely a hook the men in kind of girl. I think she left because her quest to attach herself to Abandrew (or any available man for that matter) failed.

@SpanishFly

Both threads have been peaceful for the most part with lots of bonding and agreement.. that couldn’t last forever, lol

It’s s sad state when other women on here say Cheryl led him on because she didn’t want to kiss him?!? She was still getting to know him and she said she wanted to take it slow.

If desperate dan came in to kiss me, he’d be getting a slap. Liking him or him writing me a dodgy song and embarrassing me in public with it, doesn’t mean he is automatically entitled to a sloppy kiss. I hate kissing at the best of times so I’m with Cheryl in this one, doesn’t mean I don’t like the person just because I do not want to tongue you, besides he may have had shite smelling breath and she was trying to be polite about it.

They all had to kiss their other half for photos at the wedding so I put the Cheryl Andrews kiss on same basis. Something they have all done with a stranger earlier in the show.
So Australia show they are not legally wed? USA and uk they are, so a bit different then.

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.

Without a doubt!

I found it interesting that Alene and Simon the two who appeared to be the least confident initially were actually the most grounded. They had an inner confidence and maturity the others didn’t have at all.

Maybe include Susan and Sean in that.

The outwardly extrovert, glamorous, ‘on trend’ contestants (participants?) were all riddled with insecurities or issues.

You’ll all be delighted to know, next series starts on Monday!!!

@burnoutbabe

Nadia wasn’t going in for more than a peck at her wedding and even that was too much for her. Most of them other than the ones that obviously liked each other were more pecks or lips close but not kissing.

I think a peck is fine but Andrew was looking for a full on snog, he wouldn’t have been content with a quick peck on the lips.

Disorganised

Both Abandrew and Jonathan are the type of men who expect quite a bit after only knowing someone for a short time.
Maybe they’re sex on the first date kind of people.🤮
Their delicate egos couldn’t take the perceived rejection.

You’ll all be delighted to know, next series starts on Monday!!!
I’m a bit worried about starting another one!
MAFSA has stolen my evenings for weeks! 😂

On the usa show, most couples (they only have 3) seem to have had sex by the end of the honeymoon (one week in) and usually one couple had sex on their wedding night.
Maybe as they are legally wed they decide to commit much more fully to it?
Maybe the USA experts are better at actually matching people!

I think a peck is fine but Andrew was looking for a full on snog, he wouldn’t have been content with a quick peck on the lips

I know it’s mean of me but I find his whole mouth incredibly unappealing 🤮😂

@WhattheHhashappened

It’s not mean.. I agree. Even in the early days when I thought he was a nice gentleman, I didn't like his mouth area, I didn’t think he was attractive BUT he came across as a nice respectful man. How wrong was I!

The kissing/intimacy point is interesting. I think the Australian participants view the entire programme as a blind date experiment with a daily stipend, free holiday and nice flat thrown in. Most people don't kiss on a blind date or first meeting (unless they're teens and drunk in a club ) and when you take into account all the filming time, the meals, commitment ceremonies, etc, the couples don't get a lot of alone time to get to know each other.

The Australian one was silly from the distance point of view. The USA ones does it by cities though of course places like New York are massive so someone could be 2 hours away from you. But Australia is so massive that pairing people from different states makes no sense.

I found it interesting that Alene and Simon the two who appeared to be the least confident initially were actually the most grounded. They had an inner confidence and maturity the others didn’t have at all.

Maybe include Susan and Sean in that.

The outwardly extrovert, glamorous, ‘on trend’ contestants (participants?) were all riddled with insecurities or issues

That's a good point, Happened.

Both Abandrew and Jonathan are the type of men who expect quite a bit after only knowing someone for a short time.
Maybe they’re sex on the first date kind of people.🤮
Their delicate egos couldn’t take the perceived rejection

Agree with this, too - I also think that WankTHony expected Nadia to melt intones areas as well - you know, what with him being a media star and a "dominant alpha male" and everything.

*Into his arms - not "intones areas"

FFS autocarrot - can you not behave yoursef for 2 minutes?

Also this "I'd be prepared to move for love" thing.

It's one thing to move for love - it's another to move 4,000 to a completely different lifestyle to the one that you are used to and enjoy for possible love.

Had (say) Sean and Susan had similar interests (other than unbridled sexual experimentation)it may have been different - she may have said "Oooh! I love your horsies and this remote farm miles from any civilised conversation and could tolerate your mad fruit bat of a mother throwing pasta on the lawn on a nightly basis" - or he could have said - "This is heart, going out for a nice meal and drinkies with pals 3 times a week - I could live with the traffic and the lawn sprinklers.

But they didn't just have people separated by distance - they were separated by lifestyle and ambitions, too.

It was just silly!

*great, not "heart"

You are on your last warning, autocarrot.

Sadly I think there was to it for Susan. She has quite a good standard of living in a lovely city.
If Sean had owned some amazing ranch and a beautiful home a million miles away I guess she would have moved.
His scruffy farm (sorry) was in the middle of nowhere. The nearest town was a distance away and also a bit shabby. I think she was a bit too upmarket for him sadly 🙁

‘MORE’ to it for Susan.

Looking at the number of posts I’ve made on here I’m obviously way over invested!!
😂😂😂😅

So I just had a conversation with Mr Eau, asking if he would watch the next MAFS. He said yes, he would commit to this experiment" So it sounds like he's a) got my back b) listened to his gut c) making a journey d) giving it his all and e) doing it from day dot. Excellent.

@Eaumyword

So I just had a conversation with Mr Eau, asking if he would watch the next MAFS. He said yes, he would commit to this experiment" So it sounds like he's a) got my back b) listened to his gut c) making a journey d) giving it his all and e) doing it from day dot. Excellent.

That sounds great, I hope you approach it with an open heart and don't have to make too many biggest decisions of your life while you're travelling along with the next series!

Ah yes, travelling along on 'the journey'! With a panel of experts pointing out the obvious along the way.