Married at first sight. C4

[Mikebentley]

You should watch the Australian one, there’s some right loons on it.

[67Dino]

Thought David was a saint. He never once blamed Shareen, instead saying he just couldn’t fathom why the match hadn’t worked.

I thought I could: I suspect what she put on her questionnaire was inaccurate. Seems to me they based the match on her being the generous, open minded person she says (and no doubt believes) she is. Problem is that she doesn’t actually seem to be that person at all, being instead rather fixed and judgemental.

Such a shame for her that her lack of self-insight meant that she ended up with the wrong person. Shame for David too. Glad the other couple got on well though, albeit somewhat amazed that matching people like this without meeting would actually ever work.

[NuckyThompson]

I think that shereen is going to have a hard time finding mr right as any bloke watching will run a mile. Plenty of women watching would see david as a catch though.

I asked my Mrs about the survival bag thing and she jus said she'd have laughed, ripped the piss a bit and then just seen it as harmless and probably a bonus when she cuts her finger and i break out the plasters haha.

Mind you David did bring a jumbo 36 pack of condoms to the 3 day honeymoon with the woman he'd only met the day before so he was fairly confident! fair play

[Driver101]

abzmike said:

Driver101 said:

I thought the guidance councillor got it right last night when she told the SA woman that she wasn't open minded as she claimed.

I caught a couple of episodes and it was dull this year. Only having two couple didn't help.

I think they were rather sytmied by Covid in the weeks both before and after the weddings.. Didn't help the format. But there was never a chance for Davif and Shareen with her attitude... I don't think anything would have pleased her. She should have been filtered out in the selection process, but that seemed very brief compared to previously.

I was trying to work out when it was filmed. The last update was 6 months after the wedding. It must have started before or right at the start of Covid.

As someone else pointed out the Australian version was much better.

[NuckyThompson]

Just found this out https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8850195/M...

I guess that kind of justifies why he carries that survival pack everywhere, i do wonder if he asked for this to be omitted from the show or they chose to as surely he would have mentioned it to his new wife at some point. I did notice during the show that he had scars on his neck. If she did know then her persistence in mentioning his survival pack as a deal breaker is even poorer from sheereen

[zedx19]

67Dino said:

Thought David was a saint. He never once blamed Shareen, instead saying he just couldn’t fathom why the match hadn’t worked.

I thought I could: I suspect what she put on her questionnaire was inaccurate. Seems to me they based the match on her being the generous, open minded person she says (and no doubt believes) she is. Problem is that she doesn’t actually seem to be that person at all, being instead rather fixed and judgemental.

Such a shame for her that her lack of self-insight meant that she ended up with the wrong person. Shame for David too. Glad the other couple got on well though, albeit somewhat amazed that matching people like this without meeting would actually ever work.

Me and Mrs Z said the same thing last night, Shereen either lied during the application process or sees herself very different to how she actually is. She basically wrote David off because of his survival bag!!! I was laughing out loud when she kept going on about the bag, whenever she was questioned about why it didn't work she just kept going on about the bag. Poor David, nice bloke, fully committed but realised that Shereen was very set in her ways and unwilling to make any adjustments in her life at all, for anyone. Also laughed when Shereen claimed she was open minded, then in the next breath said she couldn't be with someone who has a survival bag and doesn't live for the moment.

The interview with the matchmaker before the catch up was interesting, the matchmaker was clearly frustrated with Shereen and you can almost see the moment when she realises Shereen isn't at all what she claimed to be.

Other couple seemed to get on well, would like to see a recap in 12 months time on how they're doing.

[Driver101]

Michelle and Owen did look like a good match. I though she was really nice.

Her heart sank when they went to look at the property he had bought in Sheffield. It did look a rough area and I thought she would change her mind.

The recap showed them in a much nicer house.

[Kev_Mk3]

Driver101 said:

Michelle and Owen did look like a good match. I though she was really nice.

Her heart sank when they went to look at the property he had bought in Sheffield. It did look a rough area and I thought she would change her mind.

The recap showed them in a much nicer house.

What I don't get is why he bought somewhere while going through the process. Ok its early days and a new relationship but wouldn't you stay put or rent together for a bit then move / buy something together once your happy. Not just buy a house and tell her "this is our home" sort of thing. So many explanations i guess but to me feels odd.

I felt sorry for David. The woman was so ungrateful, narrow minded and a bellend. She said after day 2 it was over so why carry on messing with him. She will never be happy she wants to control someone

[Hub]

Driver101 said:

I was trying to work out when it was filmed. The last update was 6 months after the wedding. It must have started before or right at the start of Covid.

The two weddings were in March just before the lockdown.

They actually matched two other couples but couldn't get the weddings in before lockdown - they did put them in contact with each other though and apparently those two couples are both together!

[Mikebentley]

Just followed the link to the article where David reveals how he got the scars. I had said to my wife he had likely been through something (from seeing the scars) which had made him carry survivalist stuff. He seemingly “dominated the stairs” that night and should be given PH honary membership.

That’s the problem with anything on TV sometimes the truth lies within the edit.

I happened to recognise where it showed he lived now so seemingly a dramatic lifestyle shift in recent years.

[MC Bodge]

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

[zedx19]

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Yes, people really get legally married for the show.

Why - watch the show, people have their own reasons, ultimately though, to trust in matchmakers to find them a lifelong partner.

[Mikebentley]

zedx19 said:

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Yes, people really get legally married for the show.

Why - watch the show, people have their own reasons, ultimately though, to trust in matchmakers to find them a lifelong partner.

I don’t think the initial service is legally binding. They usually have a follow up service.

[MC Bodge]

zedx19 said:

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Yes, people really get legally married for the show.

Why - watch the show, people have their own reasons, ultimately though, to trust in matchmakers to find them a lifelong partner.

Thanks.

I won't be bothering to watch the show (I don't watch much TV), I was just intrigued and saw that there was a thread on here.

[anonymous-user]

Mikebentley said:

You should watch the Australian one, there’s some right loons on it.

We've watched a couple of the Aussie ones, its almost a different show, very amusing at times

[Frank7]

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Colour me cynical, but do they get some kind of financial incentive?
I was always “adventurous” in my attitude toward pursuing the opposite sex, but I think that I’d have drawn the line at turning up at a registry office, (or registrar’s office?), to get weighed on with a woman I’d never seen before.
It’s one thing to turn up on a blind date, good or bad, you have the option to never see the woman again, a bit different if you’ve both just said, “I do.”
I had to smile at my wife’s take on it, she said, “I don’t think that I could just leave the reception, go to a hotel, and jump in the sack with someone I’d never met before!”
I said, “Fair enough, but that’s you, there are plenty of women who do it every weekend, plus if you recall, we met on a Saturday night, and within three weeks we were booking into a hotel in Madrid.”

Edited by Frank7 on Thursday 29th October 18:01

[PositronicRay]

Frank7 said:

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Colour me cynical, but do they get some kind of financial incentive?
I was always “adventurous” in my attitude toward pursuing the opposite sex, but I think that I’d have drawn the line at turning up a registry office, (or registrar’s office?), to get weighed on with a woman I’d never seen before.
It’s one thing to turn up on a blind date, good or bad, you have the option to never see the woman again, a bit different if you’ve both just said, “I do.”
I had to smile at my wife’s take on it, she said, “I don’t think that I could just leave the reception, go to a hotel, and jump in the sack with someone I’d never met before!”
I said, “Fair enough, but that’s you, there are plenty of women who do it every weekend, plus if you recall, we met on a Saturday night, and within three weeks we were booking into a hotel in Madrid.”

The protocol seems to be the third date from what I remember.

(Unless it's a drunken party thing)

[Mikebentley]

PositronicRay said:

Frank7 said:

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Colour me cynical, but do they get some kind of financial incentive?
I was always “adventurous” in my attitude toward pursuing the opposite sex, but I think that I’d have drawn the line at turning up a registry office, (or registrar’s office?), to get weighed on with a woman I’d never seen before.
It’s one thing to turn up on a blind date, good or bad, you have the option to never see the woman again, a bit different if you’ve both just said, “I do.”
I had to smile at my wife’s take on it, she said, “I don’t think that I could just leave the reception, go to a hotel, and jump in the sack with someone I’d never met before!”
I said, “Fair enough, but that’s you, there are plenty of women who do it every weekend, plus if you recall, we met on a Saturday night, and within three weeks we were booking into a hotel in Madrid.”

The protocol seems to be the third date from what I remember.

(Unless it's a drunken party thing)

I didn’t know you knew Mrs Frank 7. Fair enough though.

[PositronicRay]

Mikebentley said:

PositronicRay said:

Frank7 said:

MC Bodge said:

I briefly saw this on yesterday when the kids had left the TV on after bake off.

Do people really get legally married for the show?

Why?

Colour me cynical, but do they get some kind of financial incentive?
I was always “adventurous” in my attitude toward pursuing the opposite sex, but I think that I’d have drawn the line at turning up a registry office, (or registrar’s office?), to get weighed on with a woman I’d never seen before.
It’s one thing to turn up on a blind date, good or bad, you have the option to never see the woman again, a bit different if you’ve both just said, “I do.”
I had to smile at my wife’s take on it, she said, “I don’t think that I could just leave the reception, go to a hotel, and jump in the sack with someone I’d never met before!”
I said, “Fair enough, but that’s you, there are plenty of women who do it every weekend, plus if you recall, we met on a Saturday night, and within three weeks we were booking into a hotel in Madrid.”

The protocol seems to be the third date from what I remember.

(Unless it's a drunken party thing)

I didn’t know you knew Mrs Frank 7. Fair enough though.

Since Frank 7's been on the scene she's totally loved up, swans round with her head in cloud 9, none can compete.

(I knew her somewhere between Frank 5 and Frank 6)

[Mikebentley]

Were they Uber drivers too? I often wonder if he is in someway connected to management in that corporation due to his Germanic links and their name.