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I dont know how this would work fully but like physical Asia the team challenges people were awarded points. Could people get points across first 3 challenges and then those who have below a certain threshold are eliminated?

We use Sports Village as our go to pool. Was wondering if there were any better ones. Ive tried Active swimming pool. Did not enjoy that.

Apparently its a clarification about episodes released today that made her look like an ass.

EDIT: Google translate version:

Our team was at a tricky point in the standings, and there was an exchange between me and my teammate Abu—hi, Abu. I just wanted to say something: the exchange is completely out of context because the lead-in is missing. He made a remark that—at that specific, heated moment—hit a raw nerve, and I snapped back a bit. But the actual remark he made was cut from the edit. I’m sorry it was edited that way because it makes it look like I’m blaming everything on him, whereas it was actually a response to something *he* said. Sure, my reply was a bit sharp, but it was a tense, spur-of-the-moment situation. It looks much worse than it actually was, and I regret that—especially since we *all* made mistakes during that challenge; the fault certainly wasn't just his. Anyway, I’ve said too much already. I just wanted to clarify this because I really believe in teamwork and working together toward a common goal, so I wanted to set the record straight. Basically, he made a generic comment—something like, "Oh well, but *they*..." I don't want to get into the details, but I replied, "No, no... *we* messed up—we did this, this, and this." That part got chopped up in the editing—"we messed up this, this, and this; if we hadn't messed up..." You know? In my career—and in my life in general—I’ve never been one to make excuses or lie. So, when someone very close to me does that in a situation like this, it really sets me off. Okay, bye! Enjoy *Fisico all'Italia* 101. Bye!

Anyone else?

1. Eliminations in the first round

2. Redemption challenge is done by the team leader on behalf of the team

3. Who wins the redemption challenge can only take 3/4 team members.

The redemption challenge was awesome because of who it put back on the map.

Sigh. I don't know what the rationale was. The initial 20 Eliminations only cut out 10 death matches.

Also why are the participants extra bitchy towards each other? Thats not why we're watching the show.

Looking at buying a house and wondered if anyone had any surveyors they recommended? Someone experienced and competent.

Lola Petticrew was the standout for me. Her acting as Jinny, Vanessa, Marta and Catherine was stellar. Her skill in reminding us that there was a broken child who had been robbed of her entire life. The way she delivered her lines was like a gut punch.

In the second episode when shes with Oliver I remember telling my husband doesn't she look quite childlike? This feels disturbing and then we were like oh okay we get it now.

Emily Rossum and her ability to emote with her face in 2026 is everything. No botox, no filler. Every emotion conveyed effortlessly. This was especially poignant in her relationship with Catherine. Through their conversations you could see their bond building because of those subtle expressions.

Nora had the best lines and her delivery was hilarious.

The sexism and corruption never felt shoehorned in. Especially with Marshall.

And man do I love an unsatisfying ending. That finale was great but there were absolutely people who got off who should have been in prison and I like when a piece of media plays on my mind because it didn't wrap up with justice for everyone.

Seeing the other posts here by survivors on how this show made them feel seen is heartbreaking and its amazing that this show was so cathartic.

Man I hope they don't ruin season 2.

I told husband to come sit next to me while watching tv. Had to ask him again because he dragged his feet. And then when we were cuddled he was fidgeting because he'd been slightly uncomfortable and didnt tell me.

I decided I didnt want to cuddle him for the rest of the night or talk to him. When he came playfully thinking I was joking around I burst into tears saying he didn't want to sit next to me.

Husband is top tier, most kindest useful husband lol and is always super affectionate. But this week my first trimester nausea has come back with a vengeance and I am just not enjoying pregnancy so yeah I cried because my husband didnt sit next to me when watching tv.

It is just as bad as the last. It is a long read full of delusion and deflecting but hes riding out his 15 mins of fame.

1. Shawn is a romantic and wanted to get married young. He had a repressed childhood and when he became romantic in his late 20s he was toxic. Then he joined mens groips in his 30s it was about accountability and healing. He thought he had recovered in time for mafs.

2. For him marriage is saying commitment is stronger than feeling.

3. Shawn dream girl was Lisa Leslie. But nikki didnt look like that but as long as it was a black woman it was fine.

4. Shawn is a true sapiosexual and hasnt prioritised looks. Never sees worth in a relationship as based on looks.

5. His personality is a superpower. He can connect with everyone because he is a nerd and has creative brilliance.

6. He thought it was hurtful and almost intentionally disrespectful that Nikki didnt recognise him as her groom. He says he didnt actually hear her say that on the say. He only saw it on the reunion. Said nikki had such a disdain for him that he was oblivious to.

7. Hed be sitting minding his business and nikki always had a problem with him and he was confused.

8. He gave her 3 opportunities to leave, she didnt. He didnt leave because hes committed and she would perform like she wws interested in him but telling everyone she wasnt attracted to him.

9. Says its never okay to pressure someone to move faster in a relationship than they want. After the wedding they told production they wanted to sleep. Production said no, talk. Talk about sexual expectato

Ions. So he made a joke. If there was attraction, that joke would have been funny. He just had 0 clue that she wasnt attracted.

11. She asked when did shawn realise nikki wasnt attracted. He said the honeymoon they were both so excited and happy and playful and feeding each other food that he wonders if she was just playing along because he was in. He was committed.

12. 4 days into honeymoon theyre on the couch and nikki says whatever intimacy we do off screen can you not share it on screen. He finds it odd and then next scene is her saying shes not atteacted to him by the hot tub. And hes like hmm thats interesting but theres a lot of kissing going on so why would you do that? Dont play with my heart.

13. He picked up on moments of rejection from nikki. Denying kisses. Not laughing at naked jokes. He saw it as okay this will be a slow burn not an instant spark. We got some work to do.

14. Shawn was asked if hed known nikki wasnt attracted to him from the start would he have still continued? He said he didnt know. It would have changed his decision making especially since she told everyone except for him (she told him honeymoon day 4) and he thinks it was inauthentic of her. Like why come on the show?

15. There was intimacy off camera but then on camera nikki would bring uo topics that shocked him. Off camera there was a growing physical connection indicating a connection. But there was also a lot of conflict.

16. Off camera, nikki told him she felt he was unauthentic because he kept bringing her coffee in the morning even after a fight. He said that is what commitment is. I show up for you the same everyday. Week 3/4 is when he started planning surprise dates. This was to show her thst no matter how much they fight he is committed. He is a hard worker. Doesnt know if her lack of attraction was so deep that all the good moments were performative on her side.

17. He thinks the reason why there was a turnaround from nikki was because he was constantly showing uo with good energy regardless of what was coming from the other side.

18. He wishes shed accepted his offer to leave. He was never going to quit himself because he signed up for commitment.

19. Reminder that his tell all is coming out in a few weeks. He had a dream that this marriage would contain behaviour from child wounds from both people.

20. The house boujee comment he apologises for and says he takes accountabikity but it was production who asked him, is this the boujiest house youve ever seen but he admired her house and job and life.

21. He supports black women and wants to champion black women. When he had a consulting company he paid the women more than men because he wanted to show them how much he valued them bexause everything in life comes from a black woman.

22. Wifely duty comments: context is looking back he realises he was hurting a lot. And hed lost awareness of cameras being everywhere recording everything. Also married coiples have convos about sexual needs. Thats healthy. Also production cut out a clip or him telling nikki youre right lets go at your pace but production skipped to him saying okay done. So when nikki brought it up later he was thinking he already told her hed never ever pressure her and theyll go at her pace

23. The first 3 weeks is his partner saying im not attracted to you, im gonna embarass you, i dont want you but then showing him different things which is why hes like okay lets take it to the next level but then she says shes not ready for the next level so its this mind game that hes trying to navigate.

24. The interviewer goes out of her way to make a nasty observation of nikki saying that when they did get intimate it was some bs from nikki for her to say that they were sexually compatible but still clarify that you 2 never had sex. And how that makes no sense. How can you say sexually compatible but state you didnt have sex. Thats some bs right there apparently.

25. Shawn didnt like that the edit portrayed him as being the one wanting intimacy from nikki and waiting for her to decide. There were things she wanted to do that shawn said no to because he needed to know first that she was fully in. But hes not a guy to kiss and tell but if you want to know you can find out in his tell all coming out soon.

26. If nikki had been open from the start they would have been the powerhouse of all of seattle.

27. 7 in New York comment. Hes disappointed he put someone down. Week 4. They hadnt been intimate. Hed asked 3 times to meet Nikkis mum. Shawns family fully involved. He tells nikki, he hasnt met her fam, theres no intimacy (we did see them making out on the couch with his hands on her ass) and she is talking shit anout him every group dinner (he said they were 10/10 in group therapy at this point.) He says lets go hot tub and get it all out. We can make it a roast. Go. She grabs his belly look at you you think this is what i wanted? So hes hurt and says oh so you think youre all that. Well in harlem theres plenty of beautiful women so youd be a 7. And hes hurt. Shawn says imagine if the genders were reversed? Can shawn express his feelings without being called gay/misogynistic? He was hurting. They got intimate same night of the roast.

28. Interviewers asks why hed want to be intimate after nikki did that. He says well its hard to body shame someone with high self esteem.

29. When shawn says lets call production tomorrow and call it quits. Nikki says she doesnt want to and theyre making progress. Hes like well i need to talk to your mum. She says ill set it up tomorrow. He says what about intimacy? He says its okay im feeling more attracted to you.

30. He thinks nikki is the type of person to look at someones body and say youre not good enough for me.

31. Nikki was so unpredictable that he couldnt even be surprised on decision day.

32. Doesnt know where her reunion energy came from. He was going to just be kind and calm. If someones angry its something internal theyre dealing with.

33. He was asked about Courtney and caitlin and declined to answer. Said they tried hard to be vilnerable and had their own experiences.

And then motivational word salad at the end about what he learnt.

And nurseries and anything and everything related to babies? Any clubs or anything?

I love fruit. Nothing better than a crisp cold watermelon on a sunny day. Or a satisfying pink lady apple. Or a wonderful clementine in winter time.

But what are we doing when we buy a pear and its chalky mushy? Or a canteloupe that tastes like water? Or a watermelon and its mushy and not very sweet.

Theres probably stuff Ive missed out. They interviewed Nikki first and then Shawn. Shawns Interview had a lot more meat.

Nikkis Interview

-She was very PR trained. Didn't insult Shawn. Said that looking back she thinks she could have been less heated during the reunion.

-She wasnt happy with the way Shawn spoke to her mother because she didnt want her mum to be subjected to any of the gaslighting she was.

-She said the edit was mostly accurate. She said they missed out a lot of positive moments. But also a lot more smaller gaslighting moments.

-They hadnt spoken since decision day. He reached out the day before he posted his apology with a voicenote apologising.

-She did lean in to bring out a aofter side of Shawn which did work but his jabs still continued and made her feel like she was abandoning herself.

Otherwise she's good. Has no regrets.

Shawns Interview

The main point he made was the belly comment. It happened before the mutual masturbation. He said lets go hot tub. In the hot tub he told nikki gloves off tell me what you think. What are the issues? Nikki grabs his belly, and says look at you. Look at this. Shawn says hes from new york and grew up in a family of roasters and he is a pro at roasting people. So he was like okay let ke give it back to Nikki. Shawn says well youre not all that either. In new york youd be a 7. Shawn insists it was a friendly roast to get everything off their chest. They were laughing and enjoying the jabs. When its over Shawn says he will call the producers tomorrow and tell them theyre quitting. Nikki says why? He says well everything you said means were incompatible. She says no I dont want to quit. And then that night they get intimate.

At this point Nick Viall is confused. Was it a friendly roast? If it was why did shawn decide to call the producers to quit. Then it wasnt friendly. They went round in a circle on this point.

Other points include:

1. He still doesnt get why Nikki got so heated about her mum. "One minute shes telling me to apologise and im trying to clarify what for and then shes telling me not to talk to the person she wanted me to apologise to."

2. He has a tell all coming soon. Won't state where or when or which platform. But he and nikki agreed to keep off camera moments off camera and so when she brought up the 7 in new york comment he felt betrayed.

3. Hes from Harlem. Everyone's blunt and direct about what they want. People took his directness as being combative but hes just from Harlem.

4. When asked about the mutual masturbation Shawn asked nick if his wife was pregnant would he ask her about sexual needs and what to do? He said although the way he went about it was wrong married couples were messaging him saying these are the conversations married couples have.

5. There was a weird circular conversation about if Shawn felt misrepresented or misunderstood. Shawn insists everyone's perception is correct and he will never invalidate anyone's perception.

6. They told Shawn it often felt like in his interactions with nikki that he was in competition with her. He insist no. Hes just from Harlem. He is direct. Thats all. Said hes dated boss babes before.

7. Nick asked what else was said in the roast, he said it will be in the tell all.

Shawn says goodbye and Nick his wife and other lady debrief and say they found Shawn frustrating. He was evasive with answers and condescending and it feels like he uses his self growth as ammunition to put others down.

Thats all I remember. Let me know if I missed anything.

I have a sweet tooth and adhd and I get hungry hungry. As much as I would love to reduce sugar I struggle with figuring out what I can eat that would fill me up and taste decent.

I'm not talking bending down or turning to your other side in your sleep.

For me it is flossing. Oh my god. With the pregnancy nausea still going strong at 25 weeks I have to rush my back teeth so that I don't gag. I miss flossing without nausea.

And you know what else. I had proportional boobs. Not small not big. I am now part of the big titty crowd and the boob sweat???? How do the big boobied women deal with it on a daily basis. I can no longer get away with not wearing a bra.

It is not fun.

After seeing reddit gushing nonstop about this pillow, I bought it. I have always been a front sleeper and occasional side sleeper and every week it gets more and more difficult but being able to place the pillow under my stomach when I side sleep and then lift my knee up and then adjust the thickness has been a godsend. I didnt even realise how great this pillow was until I had to sleep one night without it.

He has thought constantly about cheating on Tori. Everyday. But he cares about her and cried twice for her. Also he wants to go into politics.

Is anyone shocked?

Years ago a gynaecologist diagnosed me with genital warts. I went to a sexual health clinic to get them lasered off. The sexual health nurse looked at me and asked if her superior could examine me. Her superior confirmed there were no warts. That was my vaginal anatomy.

I saw a gynaecologist the week after who confirmed they were defo not warts. Some women just have elevated texture around the entrance. I saw 2 more senior consultant gynaecologists, one who specialises in hpv who said it is not warts. It is vestibular papillomatosis.

Now ive gone to see gynaecologist for burning during sex. She examines me, says its warts. I say no ive done this before its not warts. She invites a dermatologist next door to examine. She says no its defo warts. Its only on one side. I say no its on both sides equally.

She says oh yes it is on both sides. But it looks like warts. I say no warts generally spreads and doesnt stay contained to one area. My texture there has never ever spread. It has stayed as is for years.

They say oh well there can be unusual cases. But since your pregnant we cant do anything anyway.

So...what about the burning? We cant examine you sorry.

Wtf???

Looks like Nikki finally has a backbone to call Shawn out. Someone is trash at pickleball. And someone else wanted to sleep with other people.

I just hope they address Shawns predatory comments and false perception of Nikki that he kept trying to put forward.

And I hope Nick gets a backbone too. And Belljolie. And I hope Devin is indifferent to Caitlin.