Trashy Fridays: Virgin Territory and Married at First Sight

Welcome back to Trashy Fridays!!! For this edition, we are returning to MTV’s “Virgin Territory” and FYI’s “Married at First Sight.” Let us return to the lovely trashiness!

For this week’s episode of “Virgin Territory”, we continue the stories of David, Shelby and Anike. We are also introduced to the new girl, Marjorie.

Marjorie is an 18 year old virgin from Florida. She is part Brazilian and is going to be graduating from high school soon. While talking with her friend, she says that she is kinda into this guy named Hiago. She actually almost lost her virginity to him. Marjorie is interested in losing her virginity to someone special and is interested in how an orgasm and sex feel like. She decides to see if Hiago is interested in hooking up with her.  We first see him (and he’s not that special) at a hookah bar with Marjorie and her friends. Marjorie thinks that Hiago feels like he can win her over just because she liked him before. They have a one sided argument, which basically established that they would remain as friends only. Marjorie wouldn’t let Hiago talk at all and this had to be the most annoying thing about the episode. This girl irks me more than Anna ever did. Marjorie didn’t make any sense by telling Hiago that she wasn’t interested… She said that she wanted to see if they could hook up and she almost had sex with the guy. A person who just yells at someone in an argument and does not let them get their point across just irritates me. This is never a good way to argue! I’m not a fan of her... And I don’t look forward to seeing her next week.

Then we have David who is just plain awesome.  He invited Cairo over for another date and he cooked her dinner. After talking for a while, we find out that Cairo is interested in continuing her relationship with David. So yay, he wasn’t friend zoned! He makes chocolate covered strawberries and has some with her.  In his opinion, strawberries are very romantic and set a good mood.  While eating them, he tells Cairo that she is as sweet as a strawberry. (Which is cute.) David gets his first kiss from Cairo and he was ecstatic.  Then he got to talk about his date with Cairo to his frat brothers while skiing.  His brothers make a joke that he won’t be good in the bedroom because he hates to go fast… (Real mature guys…) Then David and the frat brothers give their versions of the bases system with girls. David thinks first is a kiss, second is a kiss with tongue, third is sex with a condom, and home is sex without a condom... (Hilarious!)  Cairo and David go on a laser tag date and they again share a chocolate dessert. But this time they smear it all over each other’s faces. David is my favorite person so far on the show and I can’t wait to see where this relationship takes him.

Next we have Shelby, who is still doing great with her new boobs. She has gained so much self-confidence and I’m really happy for her. Shelby hangs out with some frat boys, and meets a guy named Austin. Austin happens to be a friend of Savannah, who is a good friend of Shelby’s. Savannah’s hook up makes a comment about her boobs being fake, and this actually surprises Austin. Austin and Shelby have a good time together and Savannah offers to go on a double date with her hook up and Austin. For their date the couples go racing. Shelby and Austin have fun beating Savannah and her hook up. During the date, Shelby and Savannah do their unicorn thing and this makes Austin curious. Then before everyone goes home, Savannah suggests another double date at her ranch the next day. At the end of the night Austin tells Shelby that he had a great time with her and they share a kiss and a hug. The next day Shelby and Savannah see Savannah’s parents at the ranch. It was hilarious because her dad came out and said “Whooo, hot damn, look at them!” (In reference to the new boobies haha!) The girls and Savannah’s mom talk about sex and she insists that they keep their virginity for a long time. At the ranch, Austin, Shelby, Savannah’s hookup, and Savannah have a great time hanging out. Austin finds out that being a unicorn means that they are virgins and he is really cool with it. He finds out a way to get alone time with Shelby and tells her that he has really enjoyed his time with her. At the end of the episode, Shelby tells us that she is willing to wait to lose her virginity and wants to work on her body issues first before she jumps into bed with someone. I am so happy that Shelby made this decision because she needs to learn to accept herself and keep her newfound self-esteem up. This ends Shelby’s time on the show and I wish her the best of luck.

Lastly we have Anike, and today is a special day for her and Julian! It’s their one-year anniversary and it’s the day that she will lose her virginity. Julian plans a special dinner for her and then they go to Anike’s place to get ready. Julian puts rose petals on her bed in the shape of a heart and says that he loves her, and she feels really happy and ready to do it… But Anike’s mom was awake and right downstairs.  Anike feels bad but she has to send Julian away. The next day she tells her friends about her special night and is feeling really anxious about losing her virginity. Julian decides to book a hotel room that night so that they can be alone. Julian picks her up and Anike tells him some ground rules during the drive over to the hotel. The place that he got was so beautiful!  Anike and Julian have sex and she says that it felt amazing. (In fact she wanted to plan on doing it again in a few days!) She was happy that things between them didn’t change and he told her that he would never get bored of her. Finally Julian gave her a pretty promise ring and assured her that they would have a future with each other. Julian and Anike are a great couple and I am glad that their relationship has worked so well. I will miss both Anike and Shelby because they were great. Again, there wasn’t a preview for next week’s episode but they did show that 4 more people will be joining the show. I’m hopeful that we will be gaining good people for this show. 

Married at First Sight: Conflict and Resolution

For the start of the episode, Jamie shows Doug where she used to live and it causes her to be very emotional because her childhood was rough. Jamie knows that she will need to tell Doug about her past to make their marriage work, but she’s afraid to let him in. But, she is starting to be able to trust him a bit more because he went there and was very supportive with her. Jamie feels as though she will be able to open up to him eventually.

Jason doesn’t want to introduce Cortney to his mom yet, because she is so ill and he wants her to get a bit better first. Not meeting his mom has bothered Cortney. Jason has a problem opening up when things get bad, so he tends to go into a dark state in his own head.  He doesn’t want Cortney to feel bad for him. Cortney is learning that she can talk to him and just has to be more patient with his feelings. Doug lied to Jamie about having a cigarette, because apparently he quit. This really bothers her because she just started to trust him and she feels like she can’t anymore. Jamie won’t accept Doug’s apology and she feels like he isn’t ready for marriage. She also feels like he puts his needs over someone else’s and she doesn’t want to be stuck in a relationship with lies and be left with a kid. I feel like Jamie is so annoying! I understand the issue but be the better person and forgive… That’s how marriage works! I know he lied, but mistakes will happen and you just have to move on. She also just can’t believe that he will continue to lie, because that is not fair. Jason fears that as his schedule gets busier when he goes to the fire academy, Cortney may not be willing to be on his side. Cortney is wondering if Jason will quit on her if the marriage is rocky, but Jason says he is in for life. Monet and Vaughn have been building a stronger relationship and they seem to care about each other a lot. They both talk with Vaughn’s mom about their marriage and she gives them unbiased advice. (They both love her advice and I think that she is awesome!) Vaughn wants a woman to take care of him, like cook dinner and such, but Monet doesn’t agree. They have a disagreement! Monet doesn’t believe in the housewife role and Vaughn wants her to do more nice things for him like he does for her.

Everyone sees the psychologist. He helps Jamie and Doug get over the fact that he lied and he made Doug promise to not do it again.  Jamie just relates the lie to abuse and I do not think that will be the case. She must overcome her past in order for her relationship to work. Jason and Cortney discuss when he goes to the academy. The psychologist instructs them to make a list of how to start difficult conversations to help improve their marriage. They both are afraid that their relationship will change after the experiment is over. Jason talks about his childhood and he wants Cortney to know about it. He believes that if she doesn’t know that part of him, she won’t know him at all. Cortney is willing to hear it but will not pressure him into telling her about it. Monet and Vaughn tell the psychologist how they feel about their argument. Monet feels like she is being undermined by Vaughn. Vaughn feels like he has to keep doing nice things and won’t receive anything back. The psychologist makes Monet give Vaughn a compliment and she says he has potential. This really doesn’t help because he feels like he has to be something more.  The psychologist told them to write apology letters to each other. Monet isn’t too thrilled about this because she doesn’t think that she is wrong.

After watching this show, I feel like they gave a more in-depth view of how to work out marriage conflicts.  But this show can be slow and I feel like some of the issues are sooo small that they shouldn’t really matter.  I really am not a total fan of the show, but I do want to watch next week because it’s the big decision day! It will be interesting to see.

(BTW, we’ve been live tweeting Virgin Territory on Wednesday nights!  Follow us on Twitter to join the fun!!!)

~ Katrina