LOVE IS BLIND REUNION | If you like it, I love it | Girlfriends and Goals Podcast

[@ThinkB4uAct2]

I have a feeling that this is how Marissa acts for every break up. She comes across as a person who falls in love quickly. And takes it hard when the other person doesn't feel the same.

[@asiamwithraenetteleepodcast]

It’s giving anxiously attached and dismissive avoidant dynamic between her and Ramses

[@unapologeticallyromel7096]

Hey ladies ❤ I was going to watch the reunion but when I heard Ashley sticking beside Tyler I was done and no point of watching Lord help women and people like her.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Listen! No need to watch it. You know we got you covered😂

[@Kareyn2]

Feel the same. It sounds cringe!

[@JessicaRainer11]

Thank you Meiosha I agreed with ALOT of what you said especially about Ramses, he did what the process was meant to be period idk why everybody is mad

[@MoreVariousMoreBeautiful]

...maybe Alex didn't feel safe sharing the info about her dad. She may be used to dealing with the issues internally and not having a safe space to vent.

[@essenceoneessence]

First of all, I really value your reviews. TREMENDOUSLY! I’ve been dying to review this after watching last night but many KZbinrs that posted content just would not suffice and I couldn’t bare listening to their entire reviews. You ladies provide balanced, fair, thoughtful and sensible commentary that I enjoy even when I don’t always agree with all of it. It’s such a breath of fresh air listening to you. I’m having a proud big sister moment over here. Lol 😆. That being said, I appreciate your comments on Ramses and Marissa. I agree and felt more clear about Ramses’ reservations after seeing Marissa’s responses, especially in defense of the indefensible behavior of Hannah. Also it was weird that she broke out crying immediately like it’s all so fresh like she hasn’t done ANY self reflection or internalized too much of what he was saying as an outright rejection of her. It just seemed like she has a lot of maturing to do as far as how she hears feedback. I think Hannah is trash. Her parents don’t even seem like they want to be bothered so maybe it’s not all her fault but she’s not fit for people at this time if she’s not willing to work much harder on her projection behaviors. Calling podmates her “very best friend in the world” is weird as heck! I don’t buy any of that stuff they were trying to pen on Nick and it feels like this is a pattern with this franchise where the women become some hive mind during the reunion, zeroing in on certain targets. It’s gross watching it. I actually kept fast forwarding. I have a different take on Alex. Having not one but 2 chronically ill parents is incredibly overwhelming and it changes who you are and how you show up. When you’re constantly faced with medical emergencies that can be life-ending, other parts of your life take an extreme backseat. You’re basically just surviving moving through life trying to find whatever escape you can from the inevitable life altering events that can happen at any moment. Looking at Alex’s responses under that lens, it all makes sense to me. Her messy apartment, her seemingly indifference to Tim seeing it just screams to me that she’s someone who has to manage how she spends her physical and mental energy. It comes off as cold and aloof but it’s really just energy rationing. It will take a person who is very well adjusted, understanding and not needy to be with her. Tim is the opposite of all of that.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Ooh this is an interesting take on Alex!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@sdecastro_msquoted]

Thank you for sharing I agree with all your points, especially with Alex. I am in my 30s and have MS. I have two children and already see signs of how they approach my sickness. I'm a very active mom and to see my steady decline has been hard for them. So I resonated with Alex. Of course, we don't know her and its speculations. However, I agree that your perspective may be valid. She is probably taking on a lot and Tim is not a partner that appears to be a safe space. I stand on that the fact she handled that first argument horribly. And can understand why he did not want to be with her after that. However, she set boundaries that he felt entitled to ignore because he “loved heR.” secondly she did inform her it was something with her family and she reassured Tim it wasn't him. He confirmed it during the reunion. He said “I know it was a family thing but…” in another interview, she said that someone was talking about their dad at the party and that triggered her to get emotional. I believe they both need healing and need a different type of partner. Alex needs someone softer and well-adjusted like you said. I believe Tim is a child of the red pill and wants someone who will follow his lead, and give no pushback. I hope he grows. They were a complete mismatch.

[@moptop4355]

@@sdecastro_msquoted100% I find it how people have been bypassing how Tim has been distorting the truth and the series of events. Each and every time Alex corrects him, he stays silent and agrees. He never spoke up to clarify that she was not abusive and yet allowed the internet to believe otherwise. Only after she clarified he agreed. Even on the show he seemed to enjoy antagonizing her to get a rise out of her. His petty attitude towards his ex and the way he kept saying he wanted a someone who fights back. I watched Alex’s interviews and it checks out that she was overwhelmed, overworked, emotionally exhausted. She actually seems really level headed and soft in the interview. Everything she has said has always been consistent, which is why I’m not convinced on Tim.

[@PixieMermaid-fz9rt]

I feel like Tyler is an asset to Ashley. She wanted a husband and I think she can sense that Tyler needs her more than she'll ever need him. I think she believes that her bulldog energy to defend their relationship will be rewarded with him being loyal and faithful to her, and ya know maybe that will be the case. But her completely ignoring that she is now a step-mother to his children and that she's gone a year without even reaching out to get to know them shows her intention to be like "don't worry about those other kids Tyler, we'll make our own."

[@hannahroper5483]

Looking for a rational view on the whole situation! Thank you so much for viewing this logically! Appreciated this video!❤❤❤

[@chenni4127]

They’re so amazing ❤

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Thank you!!

[@sheilawalthour-walker9204]

Great show!

[@nomaswazinyawo5642]

I love you ladies, y'all are so calming ❤❤new subbie right here😊

[@chenni4127]

I swear I could live here, so calming fr

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Thank you so much! Welcome💕💕

[@Ima_Wake]

7:19 💯 We were rooting for you, we were all rooting for you! Yes, we wanted to celebrate for their love story😢

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

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[@AnneRichard-ot6jk]

Marissa lost points ganging up with Hannah. She can give Nick heat but not Ramses. Begging a guy to love you, getting back with you and still sleeping with him? Marissa stand up

[@essenceoneessence]

I agree with your entire take on Ashley and Tyler. It was fun listening to you cover all the thoughts running in my head, in a hilarious way. Lol 😂. You were sensitive to the matter while still truthful and funny as hell. “We actually like you Ashley” lol 😂. She took it all so wrong. Most of us were giving her the benefit of the doubt and sad about what we thought she was unknowingly signing up for. Now that she’s come out it just seems like regular smegular drama that exists even amongst the prettiest black women. Her relationship with her dad and other men in her life set her to be amenable to scraps. I truly want more for her but I’m very skeptical of Tyler and his family & all they have going on.

[@simk3626]

Marissa’s mom def was surprised when she said she was sleeping with Ramses after they broke up! Her face was like “girl what!”

[@h3tur]

i can’t believe she said that in front of her mom 😭 i don’t care how chill she is ion want my mama knowing that 😵‍💫

[@khai4202]

You guys, I agree with everything you said! That’s wild thank you for giving me peace 😂😅 this episode drove me nuts

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

This entire season was wild…can’t wait for the next one lol

[@jaydubya9265]

I think Ashley means I won’t find a love like this in a man that looks like this. She loves how they look together.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

You’re probably right!

[@teattime]

Im confused bc Ashley is BEAUTIFUL and I'm sure could get all types of men. What do you mean a man that looks like him? He's not even good looking...I mean average looking. Nothing special. He seemed shocked that he ended up with a woman that looked like that (that pretty) when they met for the first time.

[@chenni4127]

36:45 love y’all’s friendship 😊

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Thank you🥰

[@toyac.7523]

I definitely think Ramses is the villain. To say that Marissa drained him was so mean. The fact that Marissa wanted to stay in a relationship with him without the marriage or engagement and he said no, says alot. Especially, since she said he never expressed doubts before that night. I think he came on the show for fame, it went too far and he pulled the plug right before the wedding. Ramses isn't the only one. I think Nick wanted to stay on the show for fame as well, despite not being attracted to Hannah.

[@birdi3beez]

Bingo☝🏽He kept it going for as long as he could until he couldn’t. Got everything he wanted(cough🐱) then dipped.He wasn’t there for the right reasons and so were a couple other people( Nick, Stephen, Hannah).

[@Ima_Wake]

6:03 Myosia's Ashley impression has me wheezing 🤣 Now I'm 💀

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

😂😂😂

[@blythewinter7679]

I don’t see Ramses as a villian either. As a fellow quiet quitter, we’re not being malicious it’s often just building up the courage to voice our concerns. Someone like Marissa wasn’t going to be able to read his uncertainty and leave herself, she was in too deep. Her mom was right, he did her a mercy. He also sat and took his lashings. Tyler should have done the same for Ashley.

[@blythewinter7679]

I’m also glad that they clarified Nick and Hannah were equally disappointed at the reveal. I kept wondering why he had this vacant stare when she would berate him. It wasn’t saintly patience as they’re describing. This man was clocked out.

[@birdi3beez]

Normally, I would agree it isn’t malicious but in his case I don’t trust that. Lol. I think I don’t trust it b/c he kept kept being intimate with her. And yes that’s consensual. She probably enjoyed most of it but I don’t think she enjoyed the frequency with which they were having it. That man was wearing her out😭 He knew she was being accommodating towards him and his enormous sexual appetite😵‍💫. Ignoring her own desires and chronic illness to satisfy him. Idk, if I know someone is doing all this for me and I have doubts, I’m going to do the kindness of telling them as soon as I have the doubts. He was careless and that just wound up hurting her even more than had he been upfront. He’s too old to not know himself and what he can/can’t handle

[@joyprice209]

I said the same thing about Stephen. How did he NOT know he had black in him!? Lol

[@ask_why000]

Yup, Marrissa rounded the block and that’s on her.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

They both circled the block. That’s on both of them

[@chenni4127]

42:25 yes that makes sense !!!!

[@birdi3beez]

32:40 Objection! Cause I’m part of the Marissa defense squad. Legal team of one lol. Currently looking for a second chair😂 Per her digital interview with glamour, they ceased communication after he broke things off in late Oct 2023. In Feb/March 2024 she was in DC and they ran into each . They started talking again. She asked if he wanted to give them another shot. He said no🌚 After that they stopped talking until the show started airing( Oct 2024). Her mom talked to him the day they broke up not six months later. And Marissa didn’t say she slept with him after the break up. She said in response to Hannah spinning the block with Nick, we all do foolish things we end up later regretting. For her, it was ever sleeping with Ramses. A light little jab lol😁 But I agree she should have let Hannah defend herself. And she should be selective in what she gives her energy to. But she’s a lawyer so I get it 😭 Anyway, Great, fair review as always. Even if I don’t agree with everything, I always end up gaining a new perspective.🙌🏽 Glad this season is over. It was exhausting and not that fun lol.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Omg this is the best comment😂😂🤣 you did that! Lol

[@birdi3beez]

@ Glad I could make y’all laugh😂 lol. Much love❤️

[@suzanneclaiborne3265]

I almost didn’t recognize Hannah LOL

[@kr5690]

Ashley can’t deny that once he revealed he was a donor, he had lied to her by omission in the pods. Also, considering the fact she really didn’t know him, although they were quickly engaged due to the show’s timeline, you’d think she would find the information about the donor situation bazaar enough to ask pointed questions. However, she only asked one question about the children and Tyler lied about that as well. With all of the information you can now obtain on the internet, it’s incredible that she didn’t look him up to get more information.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Right. But according to her, she knew everything and decided to get married and accept it all🤷🏾‍♀️ to each her own lol

[@crystalrubbie9383]

the way ashley was talking for him was sooo embarrassing... let him talk for himself.. and the reunion question was not it.. and they way he be crying doesnt make sense.. tyler u won ..the conartist wins again

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Thank you because I’ve never seen anybody get choked up that much over every small thing lol

[@EfraimNkengurutse]

02:18 i would desagree with that statement. a lot of men move for their partner, usually because they are less "connected" to people we also saw quite a few men move, in love is blind and married at first sight .

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Thanks for offering another perspective💕

[@Ima_Wake]

The social media detectives were on it!🕵️‍♀️ Definitely better insights on the court records, evictions, job history, insta posts, and interviews from those involved. They only thing they didnt get were tax records and credit report. The sleuths be sleuthing.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Listen, the FBI needs to hire some of these Tiktokers lol

[@xenialiashko]

Ramzes is a villain, he did everything to not look like one but he is one and he got the ick during the vacation and just continued with the process anyway.

[@ask_why000]

Last comment for this season: I do wonder If Tim had called Alex outside her name how many viewers would be so willing to try to defend him: “Oh, he was tired. He was misunderstood.” I bet not many.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Not sure about others but we would’ve said the same thing. To be fair, we’ve called both of them on their wrongs all season lol and there were many with these two

[@naimaaaa]

39:48 the grenade thing confused me too! look up grenade jersey shore, he basically called her big and ugly 😭

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Oooh! Thanks for clarifying. We were like idk what this is but it must be bad for them to keep harping on it lol

[@lazarusxartisttemple]

Unfortunately, people deserve what they choose and Ashley is a big girl. If she felt she could do better than Tyler, she would have. For her to be simple-minded enough to confuse the audience being supportive and concerned for her for messiness shows she is a committed player on Team Bird. They clearly are yoked in alot of the same low vibrational areas so best of luck to them, until Tyler decides to show out on her again, even bigger next time. He seems like the type to one up his major mistakes. 😂 #TeamMarissasMom

[@joyprice209]

I'm glad Alex got to clear her name. Tim is 👎🏾👎🏾. She dodged a bullet. He's a runner and seems generally angry and he does seem like a little B 😆

[@AnneRichard-ot6jk]

How is it possible that Hannah knows how to treat Nick's parents especially since she was mean to him how come Alex didn't treat his parents with warmth. The parents didn't do anything to her

[@kr5690]

Ashley is in trouble if she didn’t do a prenup or postnup. If she didn’t she could possibly be on the hook for his child support and debts.

[@sumanaali]

I’m surprised that you don’t mention how Garrett promised up and down he will follow Taylor to San Diego but he didn’t end up doing it. At times it seemed like bc he was saying all these things like “I’ll follow her anywhere” and didn’t follow through on that promise. A lot of men would do the same and it’s disappointing to see another example of that.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

We touched on this a little. We had a discussion about how men seldom seem to move for their wives but society seems to expect a woman to move for her husband. And we ended by saying that hopefully some day Taylor gets her dream of moving back home

[@ask_why000]

Now Alex has all the "space" she ever needed, partially because she failed to communicate.

[@khai4202]

Agreed

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

I think she’s better off with that space! Staying with him would’ve been a nightmare😊

[@Darren.A19]

Ramses is a total bum. Love me some Marissa 😍😍

[@EfraimNkengurutse]

33:58 more demure

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

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[@dawncohen7806]

Hannah is a bully and thinks she is justified in everything she does. Just can't stand her! Nick was nice and then she still dumped on him!

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

Her attempt to make him look bad only made her look worse

[@AnneRichard-ot6jk]

Why didn't Tyler say all this in the beginning for some people this could be a deal breaker. What kind of low quality men was she dating where Tyler is the best one. I heard no talk about evictions, court cases filed, etc just heard about sperm babies. Hope the joke is not on you, Ashley but only time will tell.

[@serenityq26]

assuming a lot. three people were involved in that tyler situation. she chose to believe her husband just like you chose to believe bri. the ex wife has a different story from bri. only those involved know the true true and since they are humans they could be lying. tyler was clearly being vague and cagey on stage so we dont know his full side of the story or what he told ashley but whatever it was, it was sound enough for her to stand by her man so #grace #differentperspective unless they come back next season in the audience i personally dont see how i will get an update so good luck to all i guess.

[@jat9284]

Alex was wrong.

[@joyprice209]

Irony is Nick is "famous" only for enduring Hannah's nasty attitude with grace. Hannah looks great, but her attitude is still awful. Also crazy is how bad she talked about him on camera a lot but upset he said something off camera. Can dish it but can't take it like her brother said.🙄😒

[@AnneRichard-ot6jk]

Tim & Alex are just not compatible. Communication is key. Your 1st argument and you're using the b word? If someone sees you on the bathroom floor crying and wants to know what's wrong with you why not say I can't talk now, I'm overwhelmed but it's about my family not you. We'll talk later. Biting back didn't work for them.

[@ask_why000]

Ashley loves her husband, and her husband loves her back. Anyone mad at that should check themselves.

[@donnabohanon1570]

I agree with you about Ashley’s appearance at Reunion. Actually, the issue should never have been brought to the screen. Tyler was right to not want the discussion in front of the cameras - for the children’s sake. It was Ashley’s decision to do it this way and now she and he and the children and their moms have to live with the consequences.

[@SEOshogun]

This is absolute nonsense. If it was about the kids, the last time Tyler saw them wouldn't have been the day before he went on the show. Dont forget, we are just seeing the show, but it happened a year ago. He has not seen these kids he cares so much about since the day before the show! And then the next time he talks about them, he didn't think they knew what he looked like???? Tyler is lying!!! and trying to save face. Please do not give him a pass. Just consider the fact that he told Ashley he spent Christmas alone but the year before he was in matching onsies with his kids! You know... the ones who don't know what he looks like 🤬 gtfo

[@Ima_Wake]

​@@SEOshogun The not seeing them for a year is what has me stuck. Like, what?! Especially after fighting for and winning custody?! Absolute trash!

[@mekareactsandreviews3026]

​@@Ima_Wake I haven't actually seen any receipts or proof that any of that is true ..seems like ppl are just taking someone's word for it ..I'm going to respect Ashley's intelligence...And trust she knows way more about what's going on then ppl on the Internet whose already made up their minds.

[@donnabohanon1570]

@@SEOshoguntrue it may not have been about the kids. That would have been my sentiment (to protect the kids) and to keep all of it off camera because he knows it’s messy. Yes it definitely would have protected him and I believe that was part of his calculation. Ashley owned up to insisting it be on camera. I wish she had not done that because now everyone is discussing this very messy situation. He definitely is to blame for bad actions and judgement and she is covering him. So sad. I wish them all luck.

[@PixieMermaid-fz9rt]

I completely disagree that its not Ashley's responsibility to address Tyler's lack of relationship with his kids. When she said her "I do's" she is now legally his children's step-mother. They are her family and those kids have done nothing to deserve being abandoned by their father because he married Ashley. My mother told me that when she first met my dad that he did not have a relationship with his two kids from his first marriage. My mom reached out to his first wife and they gradually bonded and fostered a connection. Eventually my parents married and I have a good relationship with my half-siblings, but it may not have been that way were it not for my mother doing her part as a step-parent to my dad's kids.

[@GirlfriendsandGoalsPodcast]

We agree with you on this!