Thumbface and the Numbfaces - Have you sneak-peeked? "Just the one, I can resist, I am strong.” NO! DON'T LOOK, ETHEL! Too late . . . 10 hours later your eyelids are begging for mercy

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Thanks to MissMarplesHandbag for the "Just the one . . . "inspiration for the thread title, and to whichever wonderful soul suggested "The Numbfaces" as a description for his harem.

Telv was so cute with his stepdad. I’ve always liked him, wasn’t sure about Sarah at first but she’s massively grown on me and they’re lovely together. Charlene and Patrick at the grave was lovely too.

Ok I’m only just watching on catchup now but Justin saying “it’s nice to show her who I am as a business person”?! THAT IS LITERALLY ALL SHE HAS SEEN, JUSTIN, YOU HAVE NO OTHER INTERESTS OR PERSONALITY TRAITS

Another cracking episode!
I can't believe how Ryan has grown on me. Something to do with his nice parents, dogs and standing up to that rotten cow he was paired with! She just goes for the fake cry in an attempt to win people over. Doesn't work.
Sean was cruel to Blair. If he didn't feel anything for her, why set her up by asking her first? Should have been honest but kind. Something weird about him.
Speaking of weird, what's with Nasser and sex? Apart from the obvious big gay glitter ball in the room of course. I wonder if his issue is related to OCD cleanliness and sex feeling 'dirty'? Coming all over Freudian here but he constantly cleans...
Also speaking of weird, wtf is Justin on? The portakabin, the yacht that isn't his, the trip to Milan without Carly (but it's like the ice cream Oscars so it's crucial, innit.) An utter asexual, pastrami faced oddball.
From asexuality to the Yorkshire Terrier desperate to hump your leg - Troy gave more interesting cuisine tonight! He and Ashley are both nice people, just utterly polar opposites and wrongly matched. He needs a 'mummy type' who will find him endearing and boss him around gently, showing him how to do a relationship properly!
Loved Sarah and Telv tonight. He was so sweet tearing up at his parents being proud of him.♥️

she's mistaking it for weakness

Exactly - she thinks that being an rsehle is being "manly", and that being gentle and kind is being weak.

SHe's horrible.

Sean was cruel to Blair. If he didn't feel anything for her, why set her up by asking her first? Should have been honest but kind. Something weird about him.

There's something very, very strange about Sean. Strange and unpleasant.

the Yorkshire Terrier desperate to hump your leg - Troy gave more interesting cuisine tonight! He and Ashley are both nice people, just utterly polar opposites and wrongly matched. He needs a 'mummy type' who will find him endearing and boss him around gently, showing him how to do a relationship properly!

I agree - a nice bossy "Home Counties" type, a little bit older than him - but sadly she's unlikely to be a "Barbie" - more an "Audrey Forbes-Hamilton".

And Nasser . . .

Is it just me or is John actually in really good shape given his age and described lifestyle? Like he’s in his 50s, lives alone, smokes, drinks and gambles, am gonna make a wild assumption that his diet doesn’t consist of many salads, but he looks pretty trim and fit.

Good grief Ashley is hard work!

Another corking episode. I love Ryan and how he’s dealing with that bitch. A quick glimpse of Blair and Sean, wasn’t nice to watch. She’s better off without him.

Patrick and Charlene seem all good and Telv and Sarah, I have high hopes for them. However, after Susan and Sean didn’t work out who knows?

What about Nassar? Is he gay? I think he could well be.

I’ve had enough of Troy and Ash now, enough!

Who will be left after the next commitment ceremony
It's seriously going from bad to worse...

I did feel sorry for Blair but wasn't convinced that the tears were genuine. But maybe that was because I struggle to believe that she could develop feelings for Sean, what a dick.
I think Troy and Ash are just getting on my nerves now - call it quits and move on.
Loved Telv and Sarah's dinner with his parents. His stepdad's comments and his reaction to them made me feel quite emotional. Also loved Ryan sticking to his guns - I am finding him more attractive the more he dislikes Davina.

I think the reason for Sean’s coldness and the random bursting into tears at the commitment ceremony..... ‘my previous life was so destructive, I had to sleep with 200 women to make myself feel better’ ....is that he’s probably been affected by heavy cocaine use. I really do think he’s showing ‘coke bloat’ in his face, the puffy, saggy skin, droopy mouth. He has very twitchy facial muscles.
I’m a paramedic and notice this a lot in patient’s I am called out to.....oh you can’t sleep and have no appetite you say?

Just finished! Very excited for next week, the dinner parties are the best bit.

After seeing the next dinner party preview and Sean the Thumb being an arse to Ryan. I SO, SO hope they show the clips of him meeting Davina and their texts.

I also hope he has googled himself and been directed to these threads

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I think the reason for Sean’s coldness and the random bursting into tears at the commitment ceremony..... ‘my previous life was so destructive, I had to sleep with 200 women to make myself feel better’ ....is that he’s probably been affected by heavy cocaine use. I really do think he’s showing ‘coke bloat’ in his face, the puffy, saggy skin, droopy mouth. He has very twitchy facial muscles. I’m a paramedic and notice this a lot in patient’s I am called out to.....oh you can’t sleep and have no appetite you say?

Ah - that's interesting.

I've never heard of "coke bloat" but you'll recognise it if you are familiar with the symptoms. (Same as I looked at Matt and thought "alcoholic" - it was written all over him).

I feel sorry for Gabrielle. I find Nasser really insincere. Dean is a knob - but Davina is actually worse this week.

Does anyone else feel 🤢 at the phrase "being intimate"?

What age is Patrick? His dad was born in 1930. It also said there was a deceased son called Paul 😔

I have finally caught up with you all! After following all of the s4 and 5 threads lots of episodes behind I can now join in! These threads make MAFS even better and I’m so glad so many of you have noticed the same things I have...

@SchadenfreudePersonified yeah it’s strange, you become so familiar with seeing these little signs.
When you said about Matt, I initially thought he was lovely at the wedding, talking to Alycia’s brother (obviously a lot of booze flowing)....but after a couple of days I thought -oh my god yeah Schaden is right!

@SpanishFly yeah, I find it really bizarre they’re being asked by everyone! Mind your own!! Glad no one asks me and my husband, I’d say it must have been when the old king died!

@Lookatthat these threads are the best aren’t they!

@SpanishFly

What age is Patrick? His dad was born in 1930. It also said there was a deceased son called Paul 😔

I think he's mid-30's Spanish.

I wondered if he and his sisters were part of a second family - like you, I noticed that his dad had died recently but at an advanced age - 84.

[quote ExtraPaddingForFallingOver]@SchadenfreudePersonified yeah it’s strange, you become so familiar with seeing these little signs.
When you said about Matt, I initially thought he was lovely at the wedding, talking to Alycia’s brother (obviously a lot of booze flowing)....but after a couple of days I thought -oh my god yeah Schaden is right![/quote]
It's often hard to put your finger on what it is, too - because you just internalise the signs and respond to them instinctively.

I cannot see how Davina and Ryan can continue, rightly so. I am so glad Ryan is being firm. She has tried to make him look a fool and instead made herself look a fool.

I cannot see how Gabrielle and Nasser can continue.

I cannot see how Blair and Sean can continue. He has slept with her and then said he is not interested. How callous.

I cannot see how Carly and Justin can continue when his main interest is work (why ever did he volunteer for the programme?)

I cannot see how Ashley and Troy can continue, when she is not really attracted to him and finds him so annoying (I cannot see why they were matched).

Who does that leave? Dean and Tracey, Sarah and Telv (who are lovely), Charlene and Patrick (I am really hoping they are going to make it) and John and Mel.