New week, new episode so let’s jump right in 😁.
Mom Laila, Shekeb, and Emily: this week might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for all involved. Laila decides to test Emily yet again by bringing Yusura to dinner to show that Emily will react badly and Shekeb will finally break up with her. And Yusura goes along with this ridiculous plot (SMH) which negates any good will I was going to extend to her. And Emily takes the bait once again 🙄. To be fair, she was expecting Shekeb’s father and neither of them were told he wasn’t coming, but that Yusura was Laila’s plus one instead. So, Emily was blindsided by the woman his mom has chosen for him at a dinner meant to build bridges with his parents. It was wrong and it was rude. It devolves into a huge argument, with Emily responding poorly to the whole situation, Shekeb blaming Emily for the entire mess and him leaving to go home to mama 🤯🤯. He claims that Emily disrespected his mom by talking about sex, which is taboo in his culture. But glazes over the fact that his mom was undermining Emily and disrespecting her. Now, I don’t think that Emily should have reacted as poorly as she did, but I understand it. If she had held it together better, she would have proven Laila wrong and won the night. Unfortunately, her poor anger management skills got the best of her. I don’t think these two are good together, but I wish Laila had given her a fair shot.
Mom Esther, Ethan, and Leyna: Leyna finally has a sit down with Ethan about setting boundaries with his mom again. And she isn’t being unreasonable: tone down the sexual comments towards his mom (it’s really creepy 🫣) and lay off the constant compliments of Esther esp. when he doesn’t complement her (he does go over the top with his mom). To his credit Ethan agrees and says he loves her and wants to make her happy. And then he fesses up to a huge mistake he made. When he went dress shopping with his mom, he encouraged her to get a “second look” for the night. He now realizes that would upstage Leyna on their wedding day as she is preparing to change into another look for the wedding and should be the only one doing so. This is on Ethan but it looks like Leyna will be the one to have to tell Esther that’s not happening. Next we find ourselves at a pool party at Esther’s house with family and friends where Esther and Ethan start acting weird again. So much so that some voice is heard yelling get a room 🤢. Even Ethan’s childhood friend comments on how over the top and uncomfortable it is. And now they are playing “baby, baby” in the pool talking to him like an infant, something she’s done since he was two (she does it with all her children but I’m not sure it makes it less weird 🤔). He’s 31 😬. Again, this weird dynamic has been going on so long that Ethan doesn’t think it’s weird despite all the people side-eyeing him. Leyna is all the way over their behavior at this point. It’s sad that Esther doesn’t understand that she is ruining his relationship with Leyna, who loves like a mom. I’m not sure if Leyna is going to make it down the aisle if something doesn’t change.
Mom Kelly, Matt and a mystery woman: Matt was so pissed that Brittany “ambushed” him with her friend/manager that he blocked her everywhere, like any mature adult would do 🙄. He acts like such a child. But the real reason for his outlandish response becomes clear in this episode – he was seeing someone else while telling Brittany they were exclusive. Such a tool 😡!!! Brittany knew something was wrong and it explains his explosive behavior at the lunch. At least Kelly has empathy for Brittany and advises he apologize, which will be hard to do since he blocked her on everything 😜. And she I hope she tells him to go to hell 👿. I personally wonder if Matt was using Brittany to make his mom more amenable to the woman he is really dating, even though he proclaims the mystery woman – Devin is the one and it doesn’t matter what anyone, including his mom thinks, so there! Interestingly enough they met in 2019, while he was with Kim and if not for the pandemic, would Kim and Matt have broken up sooner? Turns out Devin is older with 2 teenage sons and mama ain’t happy about that. But Matts sticking to his guns on this. I wonder if she’ll make an appearance or not this season. Either way, I’d be glad to get rid of him for next season. On the other side of the story tonight is Brittany, who discovered Matt’s mystery woman and she’s pissed. And I am team Brittany on this one esp. because I don’t think she would have slept with him if she weren’t sure she was in a committed relationship. It looks like there is going to be a showdown between the two, but we’ll have to wait and see…
Mom Lorinda, Tre, and Abbey: Looks like Tre (who is 29 btw) is trying to get more people on his side in the whole boundaries issue Abbey has with his mom. He fails miserably 😆😆. He keeps saying he needs his mama and in the end they tell him “You can’t marry you’re mama” (I am DEAD 😵 🤪). I’m sorry to say but Lorinda has failed him by not teaching him how to be an adult. And at 29, when you consistently put your relationship with your mom ahead of your partner, something is going to have to give. And this week it does – Abbey moves out! Tre comes home to find her packing and they sit down for the on-camera conversation about breaking up. I say this because they were too calm during this whole talk, so I suspect that they had the crying break-up off camera. Abbey was so generous to say that she wants to co-parent with him and maintain a great relationship for their son, which he agrees with. I think this is the most mature he has been in this relationship. And I don’t dislike Tre, I think he is a good person. He just doesn’t have his priorities straight. I feel sad for Abbey, but it really is the best thing for her since he refuses to have a grown-up relationship with her.
To recap: Team Abbey, Leyna, and Brittany. I want to root for Emily but she just makes it so damn hard.
Until next week…
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