MAFS star reveals surprising dinner party secret: 'Take notice'

It’s Intimacy Week! This is one of my fave weeks of the experiment, purely just because I love Alessandra and we always get to see more of her during these tasks which are usually meant to bring the couples closer together. However, I didn’t feel that after this week.

We saw the introduction of the genital cupping challenge and I'm still wrapping my head around how this is supposed to build intimacy. It just feels so awkward and uncomfortable but I won’t knock it until I’ve tried it I guess... Now, this challenge wasn’t completely new - a few couples on our season had this task too but for whatever reason it was never aired.

Thankfully, Ollie and I didn’t have any super awkward tasks thrown at us. We had the 5-minute hug which was great and also did the 'yes, no, maybe' task which I thought was a valuable exercise to get on the same page about what we liked sexually.

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I would have hated doing the 5-minute make-out session - but probably not as much as Jack who quickly leapt off the bed once he and Tori were finished kissing (although I think I was more annoyed that he was wearing shoes on the bed). But I digress. I find it quite interesting that 3 weeks into the experiment we haven’t seen them be intimate yet after how much Jack has expressed sex being a huge part of relationships for him. I do want to respect that people work to their own timelines of comfortability when it comes to this, but I feel living with someone 24/7 for 3 weeks is quite a long period to build that emotional intimacy and also sexual chemistry. I’m very intrigued to see how this plays out for Jack and Tori moving forward.

One of the Intimacy Week tasks from my season that never aired was a tantric sex workshop that Ollie and. did. It was such an interesting experience and I'm honestly glad it wasn’t shown because it was also a bit embarrassing. The workshop was centred around connecting with your partner's energy and I remember at one point having to lay down on a fur rug whilst Ollie hovered his hands across my body. I couldn’t relax and embrace the experience fully because I was just thinking oh god my parents are going to watch this.

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I was hoping Intimacy Week would be a great opportunity to bring Lucinda and Timothy closer together but sadly this wasn’t the case. It’s very clear Lucinda is trying to work on building on things with Timothy but it feels he just has his walls up and is fighting to bring these down. I was quite taken aback by their conversation about boobies. Even in a heated discussion, Lucinda has the calmest energy and honestly, I’m all about #freethenipple so if Timothy is comfortable sleeping topless, Lucinda should be able to as well.

We then go into the second dinner party and it’s of course going to be a bit of drama.

I just have to give a special mention to Lucinda’s iconic entrance with the maracas, her outfit, her vibe, everything is just immaculate.

Here’s a fun fact about the dinner parties, so we never got to choose where we sat. When we walked to the table our seats were assigned for us with name cards. If you take notice of who is placed in the middle of the table, you’ll get an idea of who will be at the centre of the drama that night. Ollie and I were never put in the middle, we always had seats at the end of the table which was great to stay out of the drama but annoying when we couldn’t hear what was going on.

I didn’t expect Timothy to be one of the people to start drama at the dinner party. I find it quite interesting that he’s coming for Tori and Jack about their connection but is making no effort with Lucinda. I feel the producers may have got in his ear and told him to be more vocal with his opinions. Usually, when someone is speaking up about other couples it’s likely they have had a discussion with producers and have been egged on to involve themselves. I’m still dying at the “suck it up princess” comment from Timothy, I honestly need that on a t-shirt immediately.

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The main drama for the night is the argument between Sara and Tim. This was a hard watch and there are quite a few things to unpack here. The discussion centred around Sara bailing on Tim’s three planned dates over the last few weeks. Just to paint a picture of how our filming schedules work: We would film everything Monday to Friday and have the weekends off. One of the rules was that we weren’t allowed to hang out with anyone else from the experiment but our partner (off camera). Your partner was the only person you could spend time with without producers and cameras there. On top of that, we weren’t allowed to hang out with friends and family unless we had been given permission - this makes it fairer for all the participants who aren’t from Sydney and don’t have friends and family in the same state.

From my interpretation of the situation, I’m assuming the dates Tim planned for Sara were on their days off and she chose to hang out with her friends instead. You signed up for MAFS to dedicate all your time to the experiment, so if you’re prioritising hanging out with your friends instead of building on your connection with your partner it does make me wonder why you are there.

We then see a pretty heated discussion at the dinner table between Sara and Tim which ends in yelling at each other. Although I don’t agree with raising your voice at anyone, it was pretty confronting to see how much Sara was talking over Tim and not allowing him to say his piece. You could see he was at breaking point and regretting how he handled himself in that situation.

I was also surprised to see Cassandra step in and share her thoughts on the situation, which I completely agreed with. We haven’t seen Cassandra say too much so it was a nice surprise to see how strong of an opinion she had and jumping in when she felt the need to.

Bring on the intruder weddings!

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