Married At First Sight - Season 2 - Sean Varricchio - Davina Kullar - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* #2

RoxyDoxy wrote:Hello Everyone! Have followed both MAFS seasons closely and discovered this wonderful board a couple of weeks ago.

OK--my thoughts on D and S. And keep in mind that I've been a nearly lifelong resident of New Jersey and the NY Metro area

1. Davinia is a typical Upper East Side, high-maintenance Manhattan girl. This is not a bash against her personality; I actually understand where she's coming from.  And she's pretty typical of the NY'ers I have encountered MANY TIMES in my life.  NYC is The World. Anything west of the Hudson River is backwater country. These people sniff at the "bridge and tunnel crowd" as if we are below them or something.

I cannot tell you how many times guys from Manhattan (as well as Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Westchester) would NOT date me because I lived in NJ. And ironically, the section of NJ where I grew up was right over the George Washington bridge. I could drive into Midtown Manhattan in less than a 1/2 hour.  The Bronx was 20 minutes away. I lived closer to Manhattan than a lot of people in the boroughs did.  But, for whatever reason, the thought of  "OMG I HAVE TO CROSS A BRIDGE TO GO OUT WITH YOU !!!!!!!! would designate me as a "Geographic Undesireable." Stupid, closeminded attitude but there you have it.

Point being, Davinia is your typical Manhattanite and you can see these types coming from a mile away.

Now, on to Sean.  Sean lives in Jackson, NJ which is NOT an easy commute to NYC, even on a good day. It's not very far from where I currently live.  Jackson has no commuter trains and few buses. It's very much an outlying southwestern suburb.  People live there because they don't have to or want to commute into NYC. So i can totally understand why Sean would be completely overwhelmed by the commute to Manhattan; it probably about a 2 hour drive each way.  If you are familiar with NYC area commuting (and since the experts are from the area they should be familiar with the trials and tribulations of commuting into Manhattan) they should have seen this coming as well.

My point: D & S were a poor match. On the NYE show, it was sooo obvious that Sean was out of his element and Davinia was completely in hers.  Davinia needs a fellow sophisticated Manhattan guy, w/money, who loves the NYC lifestyle as much as she does.  Sean...well, judging by the posts here--he Has Issues. But, he should stick to Jersey or Philly gals.

If I could see this coming from Episode 2, why couldn't the experts???

Ruqibabe wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUZ6nHaXiqs