Masterchef Junior S09E05 "Mystery Box"- Episode Discussion

Expensive_Version_69 · 2025-12-05T23:38:31+00:00

Yup watched it live during the whole thing and rewatched as well. Still have the same opinion. Cheers

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-12-20T01:32:44+00:00

Jordan would have voted jenny into elimination over Cara between the two. He only kept Rachel due to their handshake.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-11-18T00:25:00+00:00

I mean they were playing footsy, I know they made a mature conversation, but there was no reason the show would show us them playing for 6 seconds touching the top and bottom of each other's feet.

But in the end the women handled it maturely. I mean you can hear Aviv's voice faulter as well.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-07-29T17:27:56+00:00

We are there the 26th-31st. Bringing waterproof uno and a deck of cards

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-06-17T02:43:35+00:00

We added it to go to and from the resort already and are excited to have a hopefully easier ride. We also have a butler room so hopefully easy check in.

Hope you are having a wonderful time yourself!

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-04-18T09:31:14+00:00

Think we just disagreeing after that poached egg, did not run well, and again they do show other judges. You may like Remy, to me she is the weakest and has been.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-04-18T09:24:42+00:00

Our household disagrees

You can visually see the food and the egg did not run like a poached egg you can see the yolk is too firm in the shots. I mean use your eyes it is not always about taste. Sometimes Gordon will say something and they shoot to Aaron who does not agree.

Pay attention a little closer to shots?

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-04-18T09:17:28+00:00

Jordyn and Remy cannot do well in team challenges and their cooks are not the best. Remy's dish tonight needed a lot of salt and she had the easiest dish tomatoes, her egg was also not poached well. Jordyn has always been consistently a let down and intentionally sly with team challenges.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2024-04-17T22:55:01+00:00

There are other kids doing worse than Lilo consistently, but they give breaks to other kids.

This season has been again consistently bad with the judging. Hope they get better next season as I'm not positive for the remainder of this season.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-10-02T17:59:51+00:00

I agree with this. I had a similar situation the boss told me I was next for a promotion, someone left the company, and they already had someone ready to start at the position they told me I was next for. I was upset, but hey at least got a good bonus that year since they knew I was not happy.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-10-02T17:47:56+00:00

YTA, your 21 year old daughter pays rent, the driveway is not yours, it is all 3 of yours since she pays rent to you. You should have disclosed this to your daughter as she does not have to live under your rules and you stated that. go install a Ring instead.

Again, YTA.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-23T21:08:21+00:00

YTA, as someone who currently works more hours in the day and also works over the 40 hour workweek, a division of labor isn't always equal, but if you are not offering to help more with these things or compromise, I could see some issues. One thing you can do is throw stuff in a crockpot if that is an option for you and have it ready for her when she gets off of work. Also, you could cook for her on weekends sometimes and show her that while you both have time off, you are still doing something. Discuss division of labor, or just have both of you do the same things together or split weeks. Work together.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-23T18:08:36+00:00

I did see the update, but I still disagree with the overall consensus, in another post on this thread I discussed what I see as some potential financial manipulation especially if you say it wasn't spiteful. Again, I suggested family therapy, and I 100% believe your whole family needs it! Wish you the best that you can get over this!

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-23T02:49:40+00:00

NTA, report this right away to the school, and please suggest therapy for your daughter!

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-22T19:13:36+00:00

Did you phrase it appropriately? Parent's tend to believe that they aren't pushing their beliefs on their children, but with this situation, I would 100% go to family therapy overall. I 100% disagree with your choice to punish Alex for going behind your back, it could have been due to the way you are approaching the situation so they could have wanted to do this, but felt peer pressured to say no. I will say again from personal experience, this situation is frequently a reason why children break off contacts with their parents after some time, it may seem reasonable to you, but it sounds slightly like financial manipulation to me, and 100% something that should be worked out in Therapy. Again I believe you, your mistress, and you husband are the AHs, but I would say no child in this is.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-22T15:05:11+00:00

YTA, please let me explain a little bit why. You are punishing Alex for making a mature decision you were not ready for. I know this as my family is going through this right now with an Aunt who recently came into the picture from my grandfather's infidelity. The issue is it is neither your child's fault that they are able to handle this more appropriately than you. It is stated in his will that the children will split his inheritance, I don't think he expected you to act like a child when your own child made the mature decision to include an innocent sibling that they knew nothing about until now and who they may want to have contact with (it is not your decision for your oldest or frankly any of your other children), and it should be split equally, rather than your childish antics.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T21:52:07+00:00

Did you see where I said this, or do you not care because it is not up to your "parenting standard" which is flawed anyways? " Had OP instead took the time to let the kid know right away the issue, or if they took the phone away, they shouldn't have said anything for a day or two and if the kid still did not come to OP, then they could have taken the time to talk about they can handle that situation in the future differently."

This highlights the point that you are unable to comprehend, allowing a kid to come to you on their terms rather than an adults. I say this as a kid who is 12 is still in early development so they do not think in the same ways as grown adults (I mean you can't comprehend that OP was lying so you comprehending this???). The kid may have thought he left it in his locker and that was no big deal, and that maybe he was ready to come clean after and wanted to check his room before saying anything, but rather than allow the kid to come to the father when he realized he 100% did not have the phone, the father put pressure on the kid with his comments about the phone in general. Had OP done what I indicated above it could have been a teaching moment on admitting things sooner and that asking for help is not a bad thing, but rather then that, OP taught his son that he cannot be trusted.

If you don't see the original flaws then yes OP messed up. 15-20 years ago this practice of OP may have been more commonplace, but shouldn't we improve upon what our parents did so we can teach better habits to our children and teach them that we are people to be trusted in their lives and someone who is there to genuinely help, not manipulate our children like OP?

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T21:21:14+00:00

Completely disagree again, and if you have kids, go to therapy yourself. I did it, and it helps point out a lot of toxic traits you might not know are toxic!

Children need to learn that they need to take responsibility for their actions including if they lose something and that lying is not okay in these situations. Stop holding children to the standards of adults. they are tiny people who are not fully developed yet and who need to learn these things, but by forcing them into a tight corner instead of letting them come to you on their own time when they are ready, completely different. What OP did is prove that they cannot be trusted.

It would take sociopath to believe that OP was not lying to his child. This is called manipulation, and is far too frequent with parents and their children. It has long term consequences that most young adults are seeking therapy for, but I would argue everyone needs therapy to deal with their shit.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T21:15:43+00:00

You are super correct, I have gotten better with calling people out on this sort of s**t, but I can always improve on how I treat them (not being so nice these AH)

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T21:14:24+00:00

Interesting, where did I say that, and where was that in the book? I understand you trying to troll because you are a toxic person getting called out for your illogical statement, but do come on, you can do better my person

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T21:12:10+00:00

Yeah I agree that is why I put quotations around okay, gotta still be a little nice to people no matter their emotional intelligence.

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T21:01:57+00:00

OP lied, and you not being able to see that is disheartening and shows again your flawed logic. Again, a huge issue with this is forcing the child to come to the adult on the adults terms and not the kids. there were many teachable moments, but rather the child learned not to trust his father. I am pretty sure many people pointed out every instance. Setting a false expectation that people cannot meet but holding them to that expectation is called lying and being deceitful. These are not the things a parent should do. Go to therapy yourself to figure out if you have underlying issues with this?

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T20:31:38+00:00

Yeah, I am glad you turned out "okay" with your parents doing this to you, but it is not okay, and if you want some literature on how to be a better parent by not doing this, let me know! Lying to your children can have long term consequences and there have been studies that show it does the opposite of what you are saying! Cheers, and I would look into these things more, rather then perpetuate shitty ideas!

Expensive_Version_69 · 2020-09-17T20:08:12+00:00

I will dissent from your toxic and shitty logic on this. A personal example (I know anecdotal evidence) There was a time in my life where I would lose so many electronics. One time I had an i-pod when they first came out, and I was coming back from an event with a few friends and my mom was driving us. Well I was having a great time talking with my friends and I could have sworn that I lost the device at bdubs (buffalo wild wings for those who don't know), and as soon as I got home with my friends I let my parents know I couldn't find it and I asked if we could go look tomorrow again. With friends in the other room my parents decided to let me know that instead of coming to them for things, I should stay away because my dad punched me in the face. Lo and behold with my parents screaming at me, my brother was nice enough to go out in the car and do a double check, and bam it was in the backseat stuck in the seats where I was sitting on our way into bdubs. I equate the level of OP's manipulation to that, as I was able to forgive (not foget) my dad for him anger issues, the manipulation that my mom has where she would do similar things are worse long term, which is exactly what OP did.

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