MAFSUK thread #2. Is Dean barking up the wrong tree?

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Dean is childlike, there’s no other way to describe him! I can’t think many (any) adult women would look at him in a sexual way, for that reason.
It’s not his looks, he reminds me of the actor who plays Pablo Escobar in Narcos - it’s definitely his personality!

I wonder if Grace is autistic. She looked like she was having a meltdown about the kissing. She'd built herself up to an expectation that it was going to be instantly brilliant and when it wasn't she wasn't able to process it.

The obsession with feminism might be an autistic obsession as well. Though I am not going to criticise her for wanting equality.

And I wonder if they've made her out to be more harsh and miserable than she really is in the edit.

I am an ardent feminist - but there was something off about the way Grace and her friends - especially the one with the fringe who said ‘you have learnt something today’ - shoe horned it in to the reception that didn’t feel quite authentic, almost like it was a new discovery of theirs and they wanted to stamp it on everyone whilst not realising feminism has been around for a tad longer. It felt very off and strange.

I’m putting money on Sarah trying it on with the tatted PT who is marrying the woman in the black dress tomorrow. He’s “her type” and based on tomorrow’s previews, they don’t appear to hit it off.

I think she is most likely neurodivergent. Her manner is a bit unusual. Seems like they are the match set up to instantly hate each other to make viewing more exciting.

Jenna and Zoe—yes, they still post on Insta together.

There’s something about Steven that feels a bit off to me. Nelly seems really into him, but I get the vibe he’s just going along with her for the ride, and the momento on the last night of the honeymoon was for the cameras. He’s giving “just here to boost my social media followers” vibes.

catching up

I would agree with this, I was the same in my late teens early 20s 🥺🙈, very obsessed with feminism and socialism

So embarrassed tbh

The thing I clocked was the Ixperts said "He has told us he has never cheated"
He told Nelly this too.
I feel we will hear from the mother of his child something wildly different.

I would agree, hot as he is

See I'm not sure that this isn't all edit too - she is reacting like this because he is saying so many weird things, yes she could let some slide but I think she seems hyper-sensitive about the topic for whatever reasons we may find out later. She wouldn't be able to talk about it if he was not being so touchy feeling and saying things like Trad Values, Washerwoman and Barbie within a day of meeting her.

I think its a mix of both - yeah he is definitely weird and she is responding to that

But her response is too ott, you'd just eyeroll and pull him up on the few comments once, not react to every single thing like she has, ime

Yes I agree, she should be letting some slide but I guess being on camera she doesn't want to look like an idiot dating a caveman.

But she's going so far she's looking like a nutter dating a caveman. There's a happy medium of expressing your dissatisfaction without behaving quite as oddly as she is. I think he's panicking and opening his mouth without thinking. Although I do agree he genuinely does think some of that stuff, but might not phrase it so badly if he wasn't completely unsure of how to react to her.

As ever, very bad pairing. I'm not sure she's stable enough to be on the show, but then you have to be bonkers to apply, so....

And they're making out it's every conversation every day. They are not showing her as the happy, funny, overexcited person she was in the run-up videos.

Leah and Leigh are giving me Amanda Holden and Princess Andre vibes !

Leah and Leigh are virtually a re run of Charlie and Eve from last year

Sarah and her face pulling is grating on me so bad. No wonder Dean is awkwardly trying to make jokes because all she seems to do is pull faces all the time. I get he’s a bit unusual but I actually think he’s sweet and the aloe vera joke did make me laugh 😂 the “get some tattoos and lose some weight” comment was vile and I think she needs to just have some more respect for Dean. She might find him annoying but he’s not done anything wrong or been hurtful, he seems patient and willing to try unlike her

He reminds me of Mr Tumble in civvies.

Another potential look-a-like for Grace - Holly Ramsay (Gordon’s daughter).

Ive only just started watching episode 1 but looking forward to the discussions, the threads are always the highlight of any MAFS series! Could someone please link to the first thread, I've searched for it but can't seem to find it.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5400921-save-the-date-new-series-of-mafs-uk-150925-no-spoilers?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Thank you!

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