Rete

Last night TLC aired the next round of wanna be K-1 fiancées. Most definitely a motley crew of characters. One is an overweight 52 year grandma from the south who was approached unsolicited by a 30 year old male in Nigeria. They started talking and she is in love and has purchased an engagement ring for him (from the pawn shop) and is going to Nigeria to propose. Another is a 42 (hmmmm) year old woman from Middletown, CT with a 24 year old blonde male model from Amsterdam. The next one is a young mother, unmarried, who hooked up with a Brit. Unfortunately, he has numerous convictions and was turned down for a tourist visa to the US. He's a body builder. He does, however, send her money monthly to pay for childcare and she is saying things like "Sweetie, we are going to England to visit your daddy." No, he is not the biological father. They have never met. There are others and each is funnier and often sadder than the last. If you want to watch a train wreck this is the show for you. 90 Day Fiancee on TLC on Sunday nights.

Jack8602

Haha i ******* love trash TV. I watched this last night, the wife and i enjoy comparing how normal our marriage is compared to these.

Whilst watching it, i did hear about how the english guy apparently got turned down for a visa also. However, i do wonder if he just applied for an ESTA and got turned down for that as opposed to an actual visa. Having paid attention to immigration alot with my process, i find this show from previous seasons tends to dance around the terms loosely and they often aren't explained. My guess is his ESTA got declined and they thought it was a visa, we'll wait and see

The fact the woman from georgia had to put a $290 ring on layaway makes me wonder how in the hell she managed to afford a return flight to Nigeria in the first place.

Absolute belters.

RICH

It would be great if they followed a typical K1 couple. But not great TV.For example me. marriage lasted 4.5 years. Or Rene lives in Phoenix whilst her Iranian husband lives in LA "making carpets"Or Sultan with Irish tendencies hangs out in Landscaping business. Obvious front. There must be many more dodgy dealings amongst the membership!

Giantaxe

I watched a couple of seasons of this, but I'm done with it. Nearly every case is a train wreck one way or another, and there are only so many train wrecks I'm willing to spend my time watching.

ddsrph

zzrmark

​​Englishman working on roofs in Florida, sounds well iffy.
My missus went to school with the father of one of the 90 day wannabes, I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than suffer that kind of 'reality' tripe. It's only a short step from there to the Apprentice and look where that got us!

Noorah101

Wait, WHAT??!

Rene

Noorah101

I do watch the show and get a kick out of it, but the thing that bothers me most is that they keep saying the couples have 90 days to figure out if they want to get married. That's not the case. They are supposed to already know they want to get married, they have to sign affidavits stating so in order to even get the visa. Yes, things can change once they are together in the USA, if one finds out something about the other that calls off the wedding. But in general, that 90 days is not meant to get to know one another and decide to get married or not.

Rene

RICH

I'm just having fun. I watched the 1st season, but there is nothing realistic about it. The BE cases i mentioned, and others, are far more interesting and believable! I imagine it is hard for a TV company to find typical K1 applicants.

Nutmegger

Noorah101

Oh, whew! LOL. I agree, we have interesting cases right here!

I can relate to some of the issues the TV couples face, though. Mixing of two personalities is hard enough, and when you add the culture factor in, train wrecks can happen.

I love one of the earlier seasons couples...Kirlyan from Brazil, I think? They just had their first baby. No train wreck, they seem like a lovely couple!

Rene

RICH

That guy sounds Nuts And tough as. 90f in the shade right here. Breaking a sweat smoking a fag!

zzrmark

RICH

I know, right? Just wanted to slip it in!

Twinkle0927