It is clearly cultural and also the arrangement Manuel had with his family back in Ecuador. HOWEVER, he did not communicate this expectation beforehand, and MOREOVER, takes great offense to her financial priorities. He clearly would rather be sending more of her money to his family, which would make me hella uncomfortable if I were Ashley! I’d say the culture and ego divide between these two is too great.

That said, it feels awfully shady to me when people prioritize sending money to their family back home right away. It feels like “that was the plan all along.”

His “apology” was so lackluster, and he was like, I said I was sorry so you gotta forgive me. It was so manipulative and boring. She deserves so much better. That rose, his bad outfit, lack of real apology, demanding she get over it immediately, ugh ugh UGH.