I have no idea why I decided to get into reality TV last year, but here we are and I'm watching s4 of this show. Anyone else watching? The red flags in the first episode that I'm currently watching are hilarious. Zack and Kwame, dear god. Also what is with all this trauma dumping the guys seem to find so easy to make up?
Edit to add: These guys seem so desperate for a woman to come along and be all empathetic to their sob stories. What's happened to men nowadays? I don't get that they actually say this stuff out loud. Empathy from women seems to be the one thing they want most but I don't see that on display in return.
Ugh Kwame saying “I was going to come in as Alex because racism” 🙄 so you’d lie to ensure you match with a white woman? Because someone from your background wouldn’t mind…
Kwame just keeps getting worse and worse! I can’t stand him. Also I found zach to be manipulative. Hope both end up alone.
It’s really messy. a lot of the women seem to have very low self esteem (Chelsea and Bliss definitely) and it’s sad how they are accepting this treatment. I’m not even getting into the LV mean girls on this season because whew..
I’m watching and honestly, I don’t see any of the couples lasting.
I don’t trust any of the guys although Brett seems alright.
I won’t say more so I don’t ruin it for anyone who’s yet to watch or just starting the show!
Marshall is a hidden nightmare. I think Jackie needs to work on herself a lot but good for her for recognising that this possibly can't be healthy. Marshall is the type of man I fear the most, as in the past, I've been the most vulnerable to fall for that type of bs.
I've yet to watch but I heard this season is gearing up to be messier than the last lol
Guys, I'm back! I can't hold back so sorry because some things I'll say are spoilers for those who haven't watched it yet.
I've just started episode 7 and my thoughts are as follows:
Zack: He's acted like the typical guy. He had Bliss and Irina. Bliss is who he should've gone for fro m the outset and Irina is who he should've stayed away from and like the typical guy, he picked the girl he knew was problematic! He said it himself: she's immature, likes to play games and can be "vicious" while Bliss is sweet, caring, funny, thinks like him, has so many things in common with him, remembered his birthday and baked cupcakes for him while Irina forgot and wanted to borrow a single candle from Bliss. She only remembered it was his birthday when she saw Bliss baking cupcakes for him.
When things fell apart with Irina, Zach ran back to Bliss. Now, I'm never for a woman giving a guy who dumped her a second chance but I really can't deny how he and Bliss get along. A part of me feels like he really felt that he made a mistake by choosing Irina but only time will tell, how he and Bliss go on to be. I don't blame Bliss for having her guard up and feeling second best to Irina after he returned to tell her how he wants her back. If I was her, I'd feel the same way.
I wonder if Zack's insecurities caused him to choose Irina. I think he still feels inferior about having a mother that was a stripper so he feels that Bliss, who he feels is established and grounded, which consciously or subconsciously intimidates him, would secretly look down on him and want a better man in time, which is why he chose Irina who he sees as more problematic, and a person he may consciously or subconsciously not see as threatening, wouldn't mind being with him and wouldn't leave him. That's my theory.
Irina: She's very problematic. She's not a girl's girl and not someone you can trust. Imagine her flirting with her so-called "bestie's" fiancé (i.e. Paul)? Micah better cut her off as a friend. She's very immature and full of insecurities. Girl needs therapy. ASAP.
Micah: Problematic too. How her and Irina laughed at the other ladies said a lot about them. You only behave that way when you're not secure in yourself. But you see, Irina showed her true character when they were bitching about people together. Irina showed that she wasn't a person that could be trusted and Micah came to see that for herself. That's why it's important to watch how people treat others; eventually you'll get that same treatment shown to you. Imagine Irina going from Zack to Paul and telling Micah. It made me laugh how Micah told Irina that Paul wasn't interested in her.
Tiffany: Love her! She's super sweet and deserves a quality man.
Jackie: She seems all over the place. I think she's having breakdowns partly because she's struggling to like Marshall. She seems to like bad boys and is thinking about being Joe. I feel that she's struggling between being with the guy she should be with (Marshall) vs the man she wants to be with (Joe). I can see her self-destructing further.
Chelsea: Love her too! I don't know what she's doing with Kwame. He needs to be tossed in the bin.
Bliss: Love her also. She's very caring, sweet and deserves so much more. I like her with Zach a lot but she deserved to be somebody's number one and only one. I really don't know if her and Zach will last. Only time will tell.
Paul: I like him but I don't like the fact that he comes across as a bit emotionally detached. He's aware of this and talked about it with Zack so I hope he can work on this. I didn't think him and Micah would last because I felt that Micah didn't find him attractive when they saw each other in person and because they're so different. They actually get along well and are actually cute together.
Kwame: Problematic! He has a thing for Micah no matter how much he tries to reassure Chelsea that he doesn't. He's the typical guy in the sense that he's craving the woman that rejected him and is not the right match for him, despite having a gem in Chelsea. Why Chelsea is into him is beyond me. He doesn't deserve her. His apartment - ooh Lord! The mess!
Marshall: The more I watched him, the more I liked him. He seems genuine, loving, funny and understanding of Jackie's mood swings. I did get a sense of him having a dark side to him. I feel this way because sadly, so many men like him seem to be HV, only for it to be a facade. Secondly, despite him talking about how he hated the verbal abuse he and his sister suffered at the hands of their father, I have a feeling that that behaviour crept into him and he could be the same way. So many men cry about things that were done to them and talk about how they hated what happened..........only to do the same things to women that they date/marry. I may be wrong and may be wary of him because he presents himself as being understanding and loving which tends to be an act with most men. I hope I'm wrong though.
Brett: He seems too good to be true too but again. He's very calm which in one breath seems genuine but a part of me feels that he may also be emotionally detached. Again, I hope I'm wrong. Men have shown me that they're not trustworthy so when I see guys that seemingly have HV traits, I'm always very wary of them. I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Josh: We, the viewers, didn't see a lot of him but he's bad news. He's the typical player who's on the show for fame and a bit of fun with the woman he picks. His mindset is clear - he seems the show as a competition. Remember him in either episode 1 or 2 talking about how he's "here to win" when he was referring to him getting Jackie and beating Marshall? Jackie is a prize to be won, not a person he wants an actual relationship with. If Jackie picks him in the end, it will end in tears.
Last of all and unrelated to this: I love FDS because I love getting everyone's opinions when I sometimes don't have people, in person, to talk about these things with! I appreciate you all!! 💚