I’ve been following Ashley and Manuel’s journey on the show, and I can’t shake off the concerns I have. Manuel’s secretive nature and reluctance to share much about his personal life, coupled with his expectation for Ashley to financially support his family, have me seriously worried. Manuel’s habit of frequently running off on Ashley is sending up some major red flags. It’s got me thinking that Ashley might be better off cutting her losses sooner rather than later.
Doesn’t he need to speak english for some test ? He’s not even tryin …
They’re just not a good match at all, but they’ll get married & then he’ll take off.
She even said this. She said the only time they are in sync is when they are having sex and the rest of the time they are on opposite sides.
When she said that, I thought to myself, “She’s a smart woman, smart enough to know what the deal with Manuel is and that he’s using her. But she’ll still go ahead and marry him.” I’m guessing she has low self-esteem or is afraid to be alone. Sex can only take you so far in a relationship.
As someone who’s had a weakness for Latin American guys, I would never go for a guy like Maniuel.
What is it about Manuel that is most troubling to you or a major turn off?
It’s hard to pick just one. He’s shown himself to be sexist, disrespectful, and racist towards Ashley. He comes across like a man-child. Ashley seems like someone who has ambition, while Manuel doesn’t. I can never understand women finding petulant, immature men who leech off of them attractive. They’re a nahor turnoff to me.
I agree. Men who leech is a definite no. If a man could not afford anything, then he couldn’t afford me. But she did say he has been cooking a lot. That is on the plus side. I would love for my husband to cook a whole meal for me. Maybe to Ashley, his cooking a lot and the great sex is worth all the other negatives she has to deal with.
She’s just as bad as him. She’s selfish and immature. She cries constantly and talks down to him. She was well aware he wouldn’t be able to work for a period of time and has kids. How dare she be mad that he’s expected to send them money. She’s disgusting for wanting him to abandon his kids.
I don’t think he’s in this relationship for the right reason but if he did love her at some point she bullied the love out of him! She’s beyond immature … calling her friend to cry while he’s in the car next to her… grow the F up These two fight for control and are horrible to each other. Rico sauve deserves better than either of them.
They def don’t make sense as a couple, but I did think it was cool how she called her friends while he was in the car and told their business knowing he can’t understand her
Rude and troublesome,plus immature…she wants the sex and absolute control…he’s a man with responsibility to his family back home,many many foreigners do this…do these people speak about these very serious facts before they leap into another country and life?
My Thots suspects he has a wife back home and I never even considered that but it does make sense.
That makes all the sense in the world.
Or a wife in the US
She’ll do anything but leave him. I don’t feel sorry for her. He’s clearly let her know multiple times what it is and she still thinks she can change him.
Accept it or be single
I think he’s married or something
She’s very aware of his behaviour but keeps going forward with him. He must be extraordinary in the sack….ick
I’m wondering why he even opted to do the show in the first place if he’s this secretive
Now, I don’t think he’s great at communicating, and that could be a cultural thing, or how he was raised, we don’t know. I can’t attest for Ecuador but I can tell you in some Hispanic cultures, the man is the man. He works, pays the bills, and makes the rules, and everyone in the household respects him and does what he says. The woman’s place is at home, cooking and cleaning, and taking care of her man. Now I’m not saying this is a right or wrong way to do things, but it could be a reason he is the way he is. He CAN’T work right now, so he has to depend on her. Her nagging and constantly talking down on him can’t make him feel that great. He left everything behind and he just wants to be in contact with his family (which is typically also huge in historic culture) but she yelled at him for his family calling too much on her phone, after she told him he’d have to use her phone since his didn’t come in yet. She needs to make up her mind. IMO, coming from a DV relationship, Ashley is abusive. Yelling at him, belittling him, controlling him. Last week when they had that chat at the restaurant, the way she looked at him and spoke through her teeth at him gave me chills, because that’s exactly what my ex did to me. Abuse isn’t always physical. It can be emotional, mental, etc. She also seems like now that she’s got him here she’s trying to isolate him from his family, and wants to “supervise” communication with them, which is also a form of abuse. I hope he goes back to his family and escapes her before it gets worse, honestly.
Dude is trying to manage multiple relationships at once. He’s got his wife and family back home. He’s got his sugar mamma ticket to USA Ashley here. He’s trying to figure out how to make this hustle work.
I really don’t like him. He seems to complain about everything. I honestly think he’s trying to get her not to like him or something.
A heard a theory he has a wife and kids back home and is here to send money aid to support them. I wouldn’t put it past him.
he’s married back home! it’s so obvious!
i think the cultural difference is just too much and neither of them are willing to give it a second thought. its obvious theyre attracted to each other but it seems like they never got close enough to be engaged/married for the right reasons.
she never even told him that shes a witch before he came to live with her? as someone from europe, the way shes SO serious about “being a witch” is just as ridiculous to me as to manuel. on the other hand, i could accept it and respect it seeing how she comes from a completely different background and environment.
shes very emancipated and wants an equal partner but hes macho and its obvious that to him, a wife is just a means to have a family, no big deal not keeping her in the loop. i do find this behavior disgusting myself but its as it has been for most men for most of history and still is in most parts of the world…
they jumped the gun without considering the actual ramifications and now they feel they cant back out.