MAFSUK7 - ready for the dinner party? Are you fuccchhhhhhhh. No spoilers, hints or veiled threats of same please. Punishment for that is pecky kissies.

[SheldonesqueTheBstard]

Has everyone got their knives and forks? Then we shall begin…

That's like picking between BoJo or Trump. How do you even pick?

Thomas over April. Can't quite believe I'm typing that.

I think there is a sweet side to Thomas, I just think he's very hard work and I can easily see him being bitchy...but I could imagine him owning it.
April however seems snakey

Yes I think being Thomas must be exhausting without adding lies into the mix. Though everything is open to interpretation and ‘own truths’

Tom over April. Tom might fly off the handle but he'd never snog someone else on day one of his honeymoon

I am watching Thomas cooking 😱couldn't he have called Deliveroo?

He also wouldn't force them to do something that they are petrified of.

Team Thomas! I know he's hard work and I would not last two minutes being married to him but I feel his heart is in the right place. April's heart is in a cauldron somewhere. George is deluded and his vibe makes me really uncomfortable. He's the sort you'd always feel unstable with - there's too much below the surface.
Captain Curtain's answer was one of the best. It almost made me forgive him the singing interlude in yes week.
With the honesty boxes, do the couples write the question for their own partner? Also, do the experts not get to watch the footage in between the dinner parties? I don't remember them being constantly surprised in the old days.
I laughed when Jenna said she hadn't been asked about being vegan. Those marriage vows didn't include letting you bore on about your vegan epiphany. Suck it up, butternut squash cup.

Team Thomas here. He at least shows glimmers of self-awareness and maturity in between all the drama and yelling.

I'm no fan of George but he was right to shut down the accusations whilst April wasn't there to speak for herself.
Tom is exhausting and Adrian deserves a medal! Understanding T's insecurities wouldn't be enough to compensate for the drama for me.
I was screeming at PJay to stop being a door mat. I was disappointed that the ixperts focused on how hard it was for Jess to say what she did rather than how hard it was for pjay to hear it (although he was too busy falling over himself to suck up to Jess!).

Just caught up.
I actually felt for Thomas tonight. And he did walk away each time it started getting shouty. Then others kept coming over to talk to him more about it, so I think it's unfair to say he caused all the drama again. Captain Curtains really does come across so well. He's got such a well balanced attitude and knows there's clearly a reason for outbursts like Thomas's.

Kasia, her speech was (I think?) supposed to imply that it wasn't all KwaMe's decision to not have sex. But the emphasis on her saying that they'd have had sex if she had wanted to actually sounds sinister more than anything else.
I KNOW he's not into her, but I hate that he's not sleeping with her and the implication is that's a negative thing. It's all really weird. As a PP said, if a guy had been basically forcing himself onto a woman, and saying "if I had wanted to have sex, we would have done", it would be viewed very differently.

I remember her in the Bachelor UK with Gavin Henson about 10 years ago. Her USP was that she was the shyest lady in shy-town. No one was ever as shy as April and the thought of even speaking to Gavin sent her into her introverted shell of a woman.

Well she’s changed a bit hasn’t she

Kasia's speech was so odd. I think she was responding to KwaMeMe's implication that basically there are two types of women - Madonnas or whores. Since she's been telling everyone that she wants to sleep with him, it put her in the whore box. She tried to take herself out of it by saying it wasn't just his choice not to have sex. And even though she was writhing around the kitchen, technically none of us know for sure that she would have slept with him --she would have-- because they never got anywhere near being intimate.

It really rankled with me that Lionel assumed Lara's knowledge came from other men. As though a woman couldn't or wouldn't know what worked for her unless another man had shown her.

Yep. And also the fact that there's also an implication there about her sexual history

I am totally team tom tonight! There was no way they could get through the evening without addressing the atmosphere. He was walking away from anything escalating but people were following him and carrying it on. I think April knew full well what she was doing and purposely stayed away. She is a shit stirrer and loves the drama. George is blind. Thomas has shot himself in the foot with the theatrics and silliness but I think he’s being genuine and honest here.

I think I may have figured out who Adrian looks like.

Like all the original members of Take That rolled into one

also Richie is a walking red flag. Bye 👋🏼

OMG 😂😂😂

Just caught up and naturally feel compelled to commit my rambling monologue to paper (well, screen)…

What in the name of god does PJ see in Jess that is so special? Does she have nipples made of gold or something?! He keeps banging on about how incredible and amazing she is despite her basically binning him off at every turn. Have some pride man! He could do a lot better imo.

Richie, I can’t even muster any coherent thoughts - he’s got serious ishoos. I thought Lara was the one with baggage but Richie is just far too much like hard work. And the football pitch karma sutra routine was nauseating.

i think chanita’s ‘golden couple’ persona is slipping a bit. She does strike me as someone with a bitchy side. Resting bitch face or something.

Agree with George constantly looking pained. His face just looks permanently creased and earnest. And the whole ‘I will defend my woman!’ was a tad cringe.

I’m enjoying Thomas now. He’s completely batshit but he definitely livens things up.

Jenna gets on my tits. She’s far too navel gazing and virtuous for Zoe.

Incidentally, does anyone else think ixpert Paul is bloody beautiful? 😍irritating, but beautiful

Argh how could I forget Kasia and kwaMe?

I actually feel a bit sorry for both of them. He’s clearly not remotely attracted to her and is digging ever deeper holes in endless attempts to come up with some bullshit reason why he won’t sleep with her. But it must be tough for Kasia being knocked back, and to top it off him basically telling everyone that he could get someone as ‘easy’ as her any day of the week and he wants a different kind of woman 🙄

Kasia’s dramatic ‘boss bitch’ spiel, complete with dominatrix ensemble, was just painful to watch though …

I would leave my entire family for Paul.

Jenna is unhinged. Her entire spiel is about her veganism, and she doesn't stop banging on at every opportunity and making Zoe feel uncomfortable about it all. Then Zoe mentions it during the honesty box, and Jenna flips at her, saying not everything is about her being a vegan. Then, without taking a breath says Zoe doesn't ask her about her veganism?!?! They're all so exhausting!

How sweet was Adrian’s honesty box answer! Thomas is a lucky guy

Im finding Richie a bit creepy now after the way he kept staring at Lara.

Kasia really can’t handle Kwames rejection of her and so she’s putting on this front where she’s making out it was her choice too not to have sex which we can see is complete rubbish!

I don’t know what PJ sees in Jess.

I wonder if April suggested the activity to get back at George for telling others at the dinner party about the hot tub incident. It's sad to see things not working out for people.

It's a shame it only seems to be working out for one couple so far. Hope they all find what they're looking for.