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irvinehomeowner said:
I wonder if the couples that aren't feeling a match are looking at other couples for a possible connection.

What does that mean? Do they create alliances on this show? Or by connection do you mean a romantic connection like dating a different person if one of the other couples breaks up.
 
Romantic.

I think there have been seasons where members of a non-dating team have flirted with members of another non-dating team (like a 2-female, 2-male, sister-brother, father-son team).
 
Btw, I don't know if anyone saw the last episode of Catfish, but it was THE MOST shocking thing I have probably ever seen on TV in my life!! I still can not believe it! If anybody saw it, I'm talking about "getting my 20". I'd rather somebody else explain it because it is so vulgar that I don't even know how to explain what happened on that episode! I have to go to some appointments right now but will be back on later tonight... got a pic w/ caption and links to post. Shocking, I tell you. Shocking!!
 
SoCal said:
Btw, I don't know if anyone saw the last episode of Catfish, but it was THE MOST shocking thing I have probably ever seen on TV in my life!! I still can not believe it! If anybody saw it, I'm talking about "getting my 20". I'd rather somebody else explain it because it is so vulgar that I don't even know how to explain what happened on that episode! I have to go to some appointments right now but will be back on later tonight... got a pic w/ caption and links to post. Shocking, I tell you. Shocking!!

Hahaha, I must be super jaded because I wasn't even shocked. I felt sorry for that girl. She seemed so desperate and sad. I felt sorry for the guy too, because he seemed nice. But COME ON. There was no way the girl in that pic was a school janitor. School janitors are not hot young girls who look like models. The janitor at my son's school, for example, looks like a mutant. Like seriously, living-in-the-hills-of-West Virginia-inbred. I don't know how these people fall for this stuff...unless it's all fake.

I think that so far, this season isn't as good as previous seasons. Bring back Max!!!! We need Max!
 
For anybody who wants to know what Trace and I are talking about, this is Harold:

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He fell in love with Armani on the internet. They have been talking for 4 years. HE HAS ONLY SEEN 1 PIC OF HER. She would never Skype with him.

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It turns out Armani is really Tamila!

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The conversation went something like this:

Tamila: Surprise! I'm dark-skinned. You're still my bae, right?!?

Harold: Nope.

Tamila: I do love you.

Harold: You lied.

Tamila: Ok I did lie. I didn't think I could keep you unless I was light skinned. Let's work things out.

Harold: I'm not doing this.

Tamila: Well, can I have my 20?

Viewers at home: Did she just ask him for $20? For what??

Harold: No. No 20. I'm leaving.

... Gets in the car with Nev...

Nev: What's with the 20?

Harold: She made a bet. She said if the Heats win (the basketball game), I have to orally pleasure her for 20 minutes. And if they lose, she'll blow me for 20 minutes.

Nev: WHAAAAAAT?!!!  :o So, she just offered to blow you?

Harold: Yup.

Viewers (me): WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!  :o ??? :-[ :(

THE END



Pretty desperate and SAD for her to think that is the ONLY way she can get a man's attention. At first, I gave the dude credit for turning down the 20. A lesser man might have accepted it THEN rejected her. However, as someone online points out, he probably only walked away because the cameras were rolling. O_O
 
Correction: The bet was over a basketball game, whether The Heats win or lose, and not on looks. My bad. I fixed it.
 
traceimage said:
There was no way the girl in that pic was a school janitor. School janitors are not hot young girls who look like models. The janitor at my son's school, for example, looks like a mutant. Like seriously, living-in-the-hills-of-West Virginia-inbred. I don't know how these people fall for this stuff...unless it's all fake

Is your school janitor, by any chance, named Pete?  ;D
 
traceimage said:
Hahaha, I must be super jaded because I wasn't even shocked. I felt sorry for that girl.

I don't know if I'm more shocked that she sexually propositioned him in such a cheap manner after he already rejected her OR that she made the offer on INTERNATIONAL T.V. for everyone in the world to see.  O_O
 
Any "Vikings" watchers? Wondering where this season is headed. Sure, I could run and find spoilers, but would prefer to hear what TI viewers are thinking.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Romantic.

I think there have been seasons where members of a non-dating team have flirted with members of another non-dating team (like a 2-female, 2-male, sister-brother, father-son team).

Okay, I watched the most recent episode.

What a bummer to hit play and see this vaguely-familiar looking gay guy, only for it to sink in 20 minutes later that it was Jonathan Knight!!  :o :( I had posters of him on my wall in my childhood bedroom (but mainly his brother, Jordan.) Way back in the 80's and 90's when he was performing, there were rumors that he was gay. But I thought they were just that -- rumors. Wow. What a kick in the face that was.

Anyway, I don't see how there is any time for flirting with other team members. They are either extremely rushed and stressed out, or the editing with quick splicing makes it seem that way.

There are too many people for me to keep track of since it's the first one I've seen but that one blond lady on the blind date is very annoying. "HURRY UP! ARGH!"... next scene, he's doing what she said... "WAIT FOR ME! ARGH!" She always talks to him like he's an idiot. Poor guy. Well the good thing about this kind of "dating" is they immediately know what their date is going to act like under stress and that is a good thing to find out if you plan to have a serious or long-term relationship. Especially if you want to get married!
 
Btw, what is the prize for winning The Amazing Race? And is there any money-management involved between the couples? I never saw them pay for anything they were doing like airfare, catching a ride, etc.
 
SoCal said:
Btw, what is the prize for winning The Amazing Race? And is there any money-management involved between the couples? I never saw them pay for anything they were doing like airfare, catching a ride, etc.

The prize is $1 million for the winning team.

The airfare is paid for by  the Amazing Race. They are typically given a certain amount of money before each leg for taxis, transportation, etc.

There was one season finale where the team in the lead didn't have enough money to pay the cab fare and had to plead with the cabbie to accept what money they had. They couldn't get to the finish line until he agreed. It was probably edited to make it look very dramatic but he agreed and they made it first to the finish.
 
I haven't watched in a while but airfare is usually covered by the show, although they had to put in rules for economy only.

Back when I used to watch, at the start of each leg, they would give you money that you could use for cab fare, public transportation etc and punishment for finishing last in a non elimination leg would be that you would get no money (or even get your things taken away). This led to a lot of begging and I think they phased that out of the competition.

As for when they can fraternize, usually this happens during the pit stops between legs where they'll share meals and the same venue to sleep at overnight... or during layovers at the airports or even in-flight since those are very long flights. I believe one team with 2 models used their flirt power to coax an Express Pass (basically a shortcut so they don't have to do the challenge) out of a brother team.

And if the blind date couple you are talking about is the doctor/nurse one (#TeamRX)... yes... I do feel sorry for the guy.
 
Vinster said:
SoCal said:
Btw, what is the prize for winning The Amazing Race? And is there any money-management involved between the couples? I never saw them pay for anything they were doing like airfare, catching a ride, etc.

The prize is $1 million for the winning team.

The airfare is paid for by  the Amazing Race. They are typically given a certain amount of money before each leg for taxis, transportation, etc.

There was one season finale where the team in the lead didn't have enough money to pay the cab fare and had to plead with the cabbie to accept what money they had. They couldn't get to the finish line until he agreed. It was probably edited to make it look very dramatic but he agreed and they made it first to the finish.

I remember that and that was an awesome episode (Amazing Race 7, final). 
 
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"I only date white guys. Anything else is a deal breaker."

- Davina on "Married At First Sight" premiere 3/17


WOW. Did anyone else watch last night? I was shocked.
 
Background info: Davina felt like an outsider while growing up, being an Indian in a neighborhood of whites. She claims the other kids taunted her. FFW to her adult life -- rather than this experience turning her off from whites, she ONLY seeks the attention of whites, rejecting even her own men. WTH? I'm going to play armchair psychologist here and say the reason she wants so badly to fit in with whites is that this must be her way of dealing with what happened to her in the past. I don't know if she sees the connection, though, as I haven't finished watching the whole 2-hour episode.

So, so, SO many different layers to this one. But at the end of the day, I think it's her loss. By severely restricting the pool of candidates and not even giving anybody else a chance, she may be missing out on a great match. It looks like the experts in charge of this did pair her up with a white husband, as demanded. We'll see how this goes.
 
SoCal said:
Background info: Davina felt like an outsider while growing up, being an Indian in a neighborhood of whites. She claims the other kids taunted her. FFW to her adult life -- rather than this experience turning her off from whites, she ONLY seeks the attention of whites, rejecting even her own men. WTH? I'm going to play armchair psychologist here and say the reason she wants so badly to fit in with whites is that this must be her way of dealing with what happened to her in the past. I don't know if she sees the connection, though, as I haven't finished watching the whole 2-hour episode.

So, so, SO many different layers to this one. But at the end of the day, I think it's her loss. By severely restricting the pool of candidates and not even giving anybody else a chance, she may be missing out on a great match. It looks like the experts in charge of this did pair her up with a white husband, as demanded. We'll see how this goes.
A friend of mine of East Indian decent has this rule for his children:

Son can marry any race other than white and black
Daughter to marry pref White but not East Indian/Asian, Black.
Now, now don't shoot me, I am just saying my friend's rule.  Funny thing is I pointed out that if his wife's parents followed the same rule then he wouldn't be married to his wife.  But then he argued since they were both brought up in India it was OK but adamant that for girls growing up in USA an Indian husband  will not work  ;D
 
Irvine Dream said:
SoCal said:
Background info: Davina felt like an outsider while growing up, being an Indian in a neighborhood of whites. She claims the other kids taunted her. FFW to her adult life -- rather than this experience turning her off from whites, she ONLY seeks the attention of whites, rejecting even her own men. WTH? I'm going to play armchair psychologist here and say the reason she wants so badly to fit in with whites is that this must be her way of dealing with what happened to her in the past. I don't know if she sees the connection, though, as I haven't finished watching the whole 2-hour episode.

So, so, SO many different layers to this one. But at the end of the day, I think it's her loss. By severely restricting the pool of candidates and not even giving anybody else a chance, she may be missing out on a great match. It looks like the experts in charge of this did pair her up with a white husband, as demanded. We'll see how this goes.
A friend of mine of East Indian decent has this rule for his children:

Son can marry any race other than white and black
Daughter to marry pref White but not East Indian/Asian, Black.
Now, now don't shoot me, I am just saying my friend's rule.  Funny thing is I pointed out that if his wife's parents followed the same rule then he wouldn't be married to his wife.  But then he argued since they were both brought up in India it was OK but adamant that for girls growing up in USA an Indian husband  will not work  ;D

why wouldnt you want the son to marry a white girl? my first wife was white - to show that i had made it :-)
 
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