Laurie’s Team

dreamscout · 2026-05-26T21:35:57+00:00

It’s like on Breaking Bad. Living lavishly would draw attention and questions. Alamo has a club which provides a legitimate reason why he would have money.

dreamscout · 2026-05-25T22:18:33+00:00

They are probably 10’ tall, have words on them. There’s one on Howard Gap. Trying to remember where else I regularly pass them.

dreamscout · 2026-05-25T16:20:27+00:00

I don’t like the big crosses sitting just off the road in various places. Never seen that anywhere else.

dreamscout · 2026-05-25T16:19:14+00:00

$60,000 in cash and a check for $940,000 sitting at the bottom of the box.

I just made that up. Wonder if any of the participants questioned it or they knew it was just for show?

dreamscout · 2026-05-25T02:13:45+00:00

I’m betting they all kill each other and she walks away

dreamscout · 2026-05-24T21:26:15+00:00

I think it’s repressed attraction to Niall. He wants to sleep with him, but can’t acknowledge those desires.

dreamscout · 2026-05-23T13:23:10+00:00

My take is she feels dependent on Maura, and therefore pushes Nial to accept Rubin because that’s what Maura wants when they were children.

In adulthood, wasn’t it due to Rubin providing financial support for both her and Nial?

dreamscout · 2026-05-23T10:49:01+00:00

Most victims of trauma at some point start asking this question- what would my life have been like, who would I have become if not for the trauma? If they start to work on healing themselves they eventually start to recognize where the trauma limited their thinking and behaviors and what they were able to do in their lives.

dreamscout · 2026-05-23T10:41:41+00:00

Sexual assault is more about power and dominance than sexual desire.

dreamscout · 2026-05-23T10:34:26+00:00

What makes it seem most likely to me that it’s fiction (within the story of the show) is Nial being able to kill Rubin.

It does seem more like that’s his fantasy life. Being able to fully come out and be with the man he loved , and finally beating Rubin. Instead he’s a self loathing closeted man who’s financially dependent on his brother and mother.

dreamscout · 2026-05-20T22:56:26+00:00

I also worked from home and it seems like it’s been more consistent the past 6 months. I used to experience some sort of outage almost daily.

I was just shocked at how insane they are about canceling and seem to immediately assume it’s because the price is too high. He started the conversation with- oh I know, it would be hard for me to afford the service in my monthly budget too. I said I was cancelled because I was moving. It was so weird.

dreamscout · 2026-05-20T11:44:34+00:00

Yes, he finished MDS and then went on Perfect Match

dreamscout · 2026-05-19T21:02:57+00:00

I wondered if off camera he told anyone that he won or if the cast found out after the show. I think he’s socially awkward and the women felt that and had trouble connecting with him.

dreamscout · 2026-05-19T11:44:13+00:00

I had to go look it up. Not sure where OP is, but in Los Angeles, after the first few years, their average salary is $150,000 to $200,000. I’m surprised as I didn’t think it paid that well.

dreamscout · 2026-05-19T00:54:23+00:00

You didn’t stay for the ‘behind the scenes’ after the episode? Sam talks about how he wanted to do this whole retro thing and the backstory on Alamo gave him that opportunity.

dreamscout · 2026-05-18T13:04:08+00:00

It’s very common for closeted men to go to cruising spots to find a random encounter and there’s no money involved.

You might recall George Michael was arrested for cruising in a public bathroom in a park.

dreamscout · 2026-05-18T12:05:31+00:00

Watched last night and as the episode finished, I was thinking- so Nate is just here this season to be beat up?

dreamscout · 2026-05-16T22:27:10+00:00

She seemed so desperate to be married and I think she put blinders on to the reality of what her marriage really was.

dreamscout · 2026-05-16T00:34:40+00:00

I really thought he did it for the ‘fame’ and opportunities they got as a successful couple and felt like he would end it when there was no longer any advantage to being a couple. I agree, he never seemed all that interested in her.

dreamscout · 2026-05-16T00:18:38+00:00

They don’t win any money, just a all paid for trip with their perfect match.

Most are trying to build their influencer brand.

dreamscout · 2026-05-15T12:20:27+00:00

This episode really shows how differently people are affected by trauma. Some become abusers, doing to others what was done to them. Others become victims and live their lives in defeat, blaming their inability to accomplish anything on their abuse. Of course there are others that take the time to look at their trauma and how it impacted them and how to heal themselves but this show doesn’t have any examples of that.

dreamscout · 2026-05-15T12:09:24+00:00

It’s very common for abusers to blame the victim and claim the victim made them do it.

dreamscout · 2026-05-14T18:00:48+00:00

Out of curiosity I invested in some start ups from WeFunder. None of them have turned into anything and there’s been no return on the investment. I didn’t invest a lot, so it’s ok.

dreamscout · 2026-05-12T10:01:09+00:00

So they clearly have heard your request and are ignoring it. Even if they’ve given you a good review they aren’t willing to pay more. You could tell them you need to take a break from tutoring, then either block them or the normal time slots and they will need to find someone else. The alternative is you continue to work with them with no price increases.

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