Married at First Sight UK - Anyone finished it yet?

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I enjoyed it but it was very short.

Love Owen and Michelle. I had a good feeling about them from the beginning.

David and Shareen both annoyed the hell out of me. He was odd with his various bags packed for emergencies. She claimed to be open but barely spoke.

Hopefully there will be another series next year.

First time I've watched this programme and I ended up watching them all over 2 days, not like me at all.

I loved Michelle and Owen. I think they were really well matched and balanced each other out. If you can survive 3 months lock down you have both put some effort into getting to know each other. Moving into his Mam's bigger house with a hot tub was a great ideal.

I think moving to Sheffield was the right move, otherwise her sister would have been far too involved in their relationship. She wanted a say in their decisions, good on Michelle for standing up for herself. Where they in the house he'd already bought for the update or somewhere else, I couldn't tell?

Shareen and David. Watching her was surreal. A constant list of new criteria and a very selective memory plus an amazing ability to be deeply offended and then go silent over trivial things. I hope he finds someone nice.

I really liked Owen, he seemed like a great chap. However I’m sure there was more to it than was let on in the show but I was confused that he apparently bought that house late on which would be a daft thing to do if he was unsure what was happening with Michelle. Sure he said at the beginning he could possibly move to Brighton. As a teacher meanwhile relocating takes a while doesn’t it? Because you have to give at least a term’s notice to move. Also want to know where Michelle lived because it evidently wasn’t that tiny flat they were briefly in. Am too over invested!

But yes Shareen wasn’t open minded at all and her reaction to the bag which was OTT killed off any potential. Not my type but he was a nice guy and I hope he finds someone more suitable. Shareen will find it difficult!

I think moving to Sheffield was the right move, otherwise her sister would have been far too involved in their relationship. She wanted a say in their decisions, good on Michelle for standing up for herself. Where they in the house he'd already bought for the update or somewhere else, I couldn't tell?

Oh yes the sister was very annoying. Seeming to expect they should be running their plans past her! People move all the time, a strong family bond won't be affected by that.
However I did think they didn't really show them weighing up the options. Why exactly was it easier for her to move up north?

And as for David and Shereen, it was definitely more her fault. Why couldn't she shrug the prepping thing off as a quirk? Its not my thing but being prepared could equally be viewed as being responsible and caring if she chose to view it that way. The experts certainly seemed to view it as being her problem more than his.

Shereen and that fecking bag 🤦‍♀️, how many times was that mentioned!! Poor David didn’t stand a chance. And she kept banging on about being open and communicating and she did neither very well at all!! I think she was very unkind and has got a lot of ishoos. The team disliked her!

I agree Owen and Michelle would be better off well away from the demanding sister!

Her and that bloody bag!! Was someone who called herself so open she was anything but.

Loved Michelle and Owen and agree there must be things off camera as to why Michelle has to move to Sheffield rather than other way round. Her sister was annoying!

I think Shareen and David were matched pretty much just on the basis that they both like the outdoors.

She was totally closed-off and lacking in self-awareness but in her defence, I couldn’t live with a guy who kept gallons of water in his house in case of emergency - it’s just too weird and fearmongering.

I doubt the young couple will last long after the experiment. I think he’ll dump her for being too needy or she will get too homesick and leave.

I think Owen is someone who shows love by actions. Someone who is insecure can be very happy in a relationship with someone like that. Well, I am anyway. If this is how you like to be loved it makes you feel secure because you see constant affirmation of your worth to them.

I couldn’t watch on sky so I watched online. Owen didn’t seem particularly bothered on screen, a bit detached perhaps. He seemed to be quite introvert and I find it a weird show to go on if you can’t show your feelings. Michelle’s sister was so irritating, a lot of men would have told her she was the bloody reason they weren’t going to live near her.
David seemed so bewildered by her. He was respectful of her ‘spirituality’ but she didn’t give the same back. Yes, I’d be baffled over the prepper bag too. The bumper box of condoms because he liked to be prepared
Shareen seemed so uptight. She just didn’t fancy him and the bag was the nail in the coffin.
Was I the only one puzzled over one daughter having a strong welsh accent but the other daughters of a similar age speaking in an English accent. Overthought it all tbh

Shareen got the ick! It was so obvious and he was way too affectionate, seemed to completely lack awareness.

Shareen was awful, so judgemental about a bloody bag, if she can't handle that then she hasn't got a chance at a long term relationship.

He didn't get put off by her crystals and the fact that she is clearly a robot/Gwyneth Paltrow clone.

I wonder if Shareen will watch the series and see what many people have seen which is a woman who is closed off, uncompromising and virtually impossible to please?
Something tells me she will still focus on all of David’s supposed ‘faults’ and tell herself she was right all along.

It may have been the editing. But I found it frustrating that for all her claims to be open Shareen was anything but. I felt very sorry for David, I'm not sure he'd have been my cup of tea either but he never stood a chance, she was absolutely not prepared to listen to him at all. in episode three she was blaming him for it being a failure so I was glad in episode four that they outed the fact it was her who had put no effort in and I was quite pleased the matchmaker lady have her a bit of a tough time.

Also agree re Michelle's sister, again could be editing but Michelle would really have regretted making a decision on her sister's say so. I think Owen's just not a showy emotional person. I reckon they will make it through a year at least

Yep Shareen got the ick, but instead of just being respectful and honest she sought to blame everyone from David to the match makers for not finding her soulmate!

Totally agree that Shareen got the ick. I wish she would have just said there was no physical attraction there instead of focussing on the bag. I agree that she kept saying constantly about how open minded she was but was anything but. She seemed to have no self awareness and just blamed David for everything when actually she just wasn’t attracted to him. After the bag incident she just didn’t even try anymore and to say he wasn’t a complete man was really cruel. She seemed very uptight for someone who constantly went on about her spirituality. They didn’t have any chit chat or fun together. It came down to the fact she just didn’t fancy him and that’s something the ‘experts’ can never predict but she really didn’t try and build any sort of friendship with him either. I bet if he had looked like Brad Pitt she wouldn’t have given the bag or tattoos a second thought!

Shereen definitely go the ick. If tattoos are a dealbreaker for her, why didn't the matchmakers know that?

I haven't seen all the episodes yet, but felt sorry for her at the end of episode 2. She just doesn't fancy him - to be honest he gave me the ick too! 🤣

I bet if he had looked like Brad Pitt she wouldn’t have given the bag or tattoos a second thought!

He looks way younger than 57 though, she was just a self absorbed trippy hippy gaslighter.

I thought he was decent looking, I mean she was really lovely looking but her personality made her less attractive in my opinion.

Yes he definitely looked good for his age but she just wasnt attracted to him. It’s a shame she couldn’t have been honest about that instead of pulling him apart and being so astounded they were matched together when he seemed a perfectly nice man. I agree her personality made her less attractive as she came across as very serious and standoffish.

I saw on twitter that there was another match that never made it to the wedding because of lockdown but they are still together anyway! twitter.com/TheRealToddy88/status/1315975523256995841?s=19

Shareen just seemed desperate to be married and be able to call herself a wife. She just came across as sad to me.

I thought this series might be better with different matchmakers but it is not really. As another poster said did they ask about tattoos and, if so, why match someone who doesn't like them with someone who has them? I seem to remember they matched someone who really disliked smoking/smokers with someone who smoked previously.

I really dislike tattoos and could not imagine ever being attracted to a man who had any no matter how goodlooking he was or what a great personality he had

I thought he was decent looking

I didn't like him at all. I thought he was really scruffy and he came across as very needy.

I think Shereen has been given a hard time. I watched it again today and she did try; he was just not her type at all. The prepper bag was just weird, the condom box was cringe and he kept on calling her 'the wife' which is just awful.

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I thought he was decent looking

I didn't like him at all. I thought he was really scruffy and he came across as very needy.

I think Shereen has been given a hard time. I watched it again today and she did try; he was just not her type at all. The prepper bag was just weird, the condom box was cringe and he kept on calling her 'the wife' which is just awful.

Ok, let's pretend that she did 'try'.

David also tried.

If they were incompatible - fine. Disappointing, but it happens.

How can you consider it defensible that 'I'm such a positive, spiritual person' Shareen savaged David's personality to Michelle and Owen? That's not just a difference of opinion or not fancying someone, it's actively and quite viciously attacking them for not meeting your standards.

David's prep bag for her was an act of care - by giving that, he was effectively saying 'I do this to keep me safe, I want you to be safe too'. Fine if it's not your thing, but if you claim to be spiritual, you should be able to recognise that that's quite a caring and proactive person you have there.

Her spirit seems rotten to me.

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A spiritual bypass or spiritual bypassing is a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks"
Sounds like Shareen to me

I didn't particularly take to David at first, but I felt so sorry for him by the end! He and Shareen seemed such a poor match I don't know what the organisers were thinking. Whilst I hated the way that Shareen was so unnecessarily horrible to David, I think it came from having unrealistic expectations of the process and her crushing disappointment when he was so far from being her ideal partner. She seemed really angry at how things had turned out.