Red flags everywhere! From every guy! The men on this show are so horrible! As I'm writing this post, I'm tempted to give a couple of them the benefit of the doubt and say they might not be low value, but then I remember the only reason I'm considering this is because the others (Sergio 🤢) are so horrible that a standard LVM seems high value compared to them.
I didn't see anyone post about this yet, so here are my thoughts on the men/couples in case anyone would like to discuss. I'm on episode 6 :)
Rasmus- ew immediate scrote vibes when he's trying to smooth talk all the women, using the same lines on different girls and then lying about it. He also made sure to mention his height to everyone. I hated also how much he talked about how superficial he was, and how important looks are. This show doesn't cast ugly women, and he was one of the least attractive guys in a pretty unattractive male cast. I like Krisse-Ly, though she has some pickme tendencies, and I'll be really sad for her if she follows through on the wedding. This guy would cheat on his pregant/postpartum wife with a younger woman because "he's just not attracted to her anymore"
Johan - I know he's not in a couple but this guy freaks me out. The way he only made a choice to go after Meira once he realized he was competing for her with someone else, and then PROPOSED to Kimia 15 mins after crying about Meira dumping him! His conversations seemed very surface-level, and I hated how he insisted on explaining that he likes to eat different meats mixed together because he wants to know that at least two animals died for his meal. It's one thing to say you eat a lot of meat and wouldn't date a vegan, it's another to joke about the cruelty of it all.
Sergio makes me want to throw up every time I see him on my screen. It disgusts me to know that such slimy little rats of men exist on this planet. It is our duty as women to raise our standards so that men like this die out of the gene pool. I feel nothing but contempt for him and one reason I like Krisse-Ly is that I think she sees what a pathetic worm he is. Unfortunately as of the episode I just watched, the other pickmes convinced her to brush off the massive red flags as not a huge deal. I hope Amanda wakes up, and she was so close to dumping him in the pods when he lied about being exclusive with her, but then the pickmes in the house told her it's not a big deal and she let him gaslight her into continuing to date him. After that the red flags just got more and more egregious but it seems like Amanda is feeling the sunk cost more and more and isn't going to break it off. He is a liar, a manipulator, an idiot, greasy, ugly and giving big controlling abuser vibes.
I can't believe this guy had the AUDACITY to get upset that Amanda wasn't wearing his gross 25 cent bracelet at their proposal, along with her fine jewelry. Then when I saw that she was wearing it at the next party I lost all hope. She was wearing a nice outfit, pretty dress and necklace, and this crusty tacky bracelet that this guy bought from a guy sitting on the sidewalk next to a beach in some country where he probably traveled as a sex tourist. I could record an hour long roast a scrote about him.
Cristofer- very few red flags but I can't ignore his weird-ass gift of a fan that matches his scarf???? Also he insists on communicating through his own love language (compliments) when clearly that doesn't feel natural for Catja and she doesn't like receiving so many and being obligated to return them. Also, when they talked about kids, he was interpreting her "I don't know if I will want kids" as "I don't want kids yet" which are pretty different since he said he'd like kids someday. Them agreeing on not having kids right now is not enough of a foundation to get married on. And then at some point he said nice guys finish last.. cringe.
There were some green flags, too: he was disgusted by and called out Sergio, he seems to take on a lot of domestic responsibility of his own initiative, he's patient with Catja and accepting of her setting the pace for their relationship. Still low value though, for the red flags above.
Lukas - I think it's disgusting that he slept with his partner when he knew he wasn't very attracted to her and then was so thirsty with the blonde girl at the party the next day.
Oh, you haven’t even seen the worst of it yet! Wait until the reunion. Trash! Trash everywhere!
I'm devouring it rn 🙊 Thank you for bringing this to my attention! ETA: Love your analysis!
I want to add that Johan really encapsulates what most Baltic and Baltic-Slavic men are like in my neck of the woods. Passive, confused, cowardly, shaking when they talk to you 😅 Hhh, our men are broken.
The thing about Christopher that gave me pause was that he’s “self-employed” and a DJ, and seemingly very eager to move into Catja’s apartment. Umm, hobosexual alert?
I’m really confused by Sergio and Amanda’s relationship. The only explanation that makes sense to me, is that Amanda has a history of dating dudes like this (she did hint at that) and is still unrecovered from this unfortunate pattern.
To me, the absolute worst was Lucas. There’s so much to say, but the thing I hate the most is that he knew he was harming Emilia and shredding her sense of worth, but he just kept on breadcrumbing and future-faking till the bitter end. Trash 😡
On a more positive note, Oskar seemed reasonably well adjusted. I definitely saw some HVM potential. I hope that’s the case, fingers crossed for him and Meira!