With some added knowledge about the MAFS season 18 participants, including what their backgrounds were like and what they were hoping to get out of the show, it was disappointing within the first episodes to see some cast members walking back their open attitudes. Despite knowing that the Married At First Sight experts, comprised of Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Dr. Pia Holec, and Pastor Cal Roberson, can only use the information they’re given to match people up, the cast has been having a hard time. While this is typical for MAFS cast members, this cast is finding it tougher than usual.
While the participants are always hopeful that they’ll instantly connect with their partners on the show, it’s rarely what happens.
Many Of MAFS Season 18’s Participants Aren’t Happy With Their Matches
They’re Judging Their MAFS Spouses Quickly
Although Married At First Sight season 18 is just getting started, it’s clear that several of the MAFS couples aren’t interested in their matches after their weddings. Primarily, this attitude appears to be coming from Michelle Tomblin, who’s having a hard time with her MAFS husband David Trimble’s living situation. Michelle, a fiercely independent woman who’s worked her way up in her career, isn’t happy that David seems to have a lower level of ambition and lives with his parents.
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Although Michelle and David seem to have the worst case of remorse in the cast, there are other MAFS season 18 cast members who don’t seem pleased with their matches. Both Camille Parsons and Karla Jarez have seemed to struggle in connecting with their matches post-wedding, while Madison Myers has been contradicting herself consistently throughout the MAFS process. Though it may be some nerves pushing the MAFS brides to be remorseful, their dissatisfaction is difficult to watch.
The MAFS Experts Can Only Match The Participants With The Information They’re Given
They Can’t Read The Cast Members’ Minds
Custom Image By César García Although the participants may be struggling to find themselves suddenly married to a stranger, the MAFS experts worked hard to match them with people they can align with and connect to. While the participants are always hopeful that they’ll instantly connect with their partners on the show, it’s rarely what happens, and further, it can’t happen if they’re not honest about themselves with the experts. The snap judgments and remorse from the participants come from dissatisfaction surrounding things they haven’t shared with the experts up front. The show’s experts can only use the information they’re given to make MAFS matches.
MAFS Participants Need To Be Open To Trying Something New
They Have To Be Willing To Connect
For Married At First Sight or any reality TV dating show to work, the participants involved need to be open to trying something new. Many MAFS participants join the series because they feel that the day-to-day style of dating they’ve been trying isn’t working out in finding them a long-term partner. This means they have to be open to trying something different, and potentially winding up with someone they wouldn’t have expected. The MAFS season 18 cast members need to open themselves up to connect with their partners, or the experiment will never work for them in the long run.
Married At First Sight airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EDT on Lifetime.
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Based on the Danish version of the series, Married at First Sight is a reality show/social experiment that gives singles a chance to find a lifelong partnership with one particular caveat: they must agree to marry a stranger arranged the moment they meet. Experts provide counseling and guidance as they help couples navigate their new marriage with their unknown partner and highlight the journey of the newlyweds from wedding to honeymoon to beginning their new lives together. At the end of eight weeks, couples will decide to stay married or divorce.
Cast Pepper Schwartz , Calvin Roberson , Viviana Coles , Jessica Griffin , John Aiken , Mel Schilling , Alessandra Rampolla , Logan Levkoff , Joseph Cilona , Greg Epstein , Rachel DeAlto , DeVon Franklin , Pia Holec
Release Date July 8, 2014
Seasons 17
Writers Lotte Offenberg Bergqvist , Razor Rizzotti
Directors Charlie Mysak , Michael Fitzpatrick Lawrence Jr. , Nick Petrie
Showrunner Sam Dean
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