MAFS bride Emma Barnes has confessed to feeling isolated in her marriage to Caspar Todd, amid an atmosphere of wedded bliss among the other contestants.
In last night’s episode, other newlyweds were detailing their romantic gestures to one another over a group dinner, as Emma came to terms with an overwhelming feeling of emptiness.
MAFS bride was in tears on last nights show of the lack of intimacy in their relationship[/caption]
Emma is coming to terms with the fact that her marriage to Caspar is doomed[/caption]
In a tearful piece to the camera she said: “We’re over half way now and everyone’s at the point where the love is starting to come out, people have got the real thing and it could have been so different.”
But the couple’s marriage was doomed from the start, as Caspar admitted just before their wedding day that he was not physically attracted to Emma. TV viewers were left incensed when he said: “I’ve rarely gone for the curvier person.”
Since then, the pair have struggled with issues of intimacy as they clashed over their personal expectations at the group dinner.
In a heated conversation, Casper said: “you said you’ll never like me enough to be emotionally vulnerable with me.”
To which Emma replies: “I thought we might be able to explore something. We see intimacy very differently.”
She then said: “I’ve had some quite confusing messages this week, because you said to me that you want to practice the relationship advice that Charlene has given us because you want to learn about being in a relationship with other people.”
The camera then cut away from the dinner to the expert analysis as relationship coach Mel Schilling said: “To say that is essentially to say to Emma, “You are replaceable.”
The camera then cut back to the rowing couple with Emma saying: “ You said you wanted to learn about intimacy, well f*** hell I am not a test.”
Caspar then snapped back, “Well you wanted to test out having sex with me to see if it feels like it, so its alright for me to be a test.’
The camerathen panned back around to the experts who are now taking a dim view of their relationship.
Mel Schilling said: “It’s clear that they’ve both been hurt and now they’re getting into this point scoring mode, they’re not malicious people, they’re not trying to be nasty, but they’re coming from a place of pain.
Then intimacy coach and relationship expert Charlene Douglas added: “There’s a lot of powerful nonverbal communication that we’re seeing here. These are two people who are just not happy together anymore.”
Which Mafs 2024 couples are still together?
Still together:
Polly and Adam
Caspar and Emma
Kristina and Kieran
Alex and Holly
Nathan and Lacey
Ross and Sacha
Luke and Amy
Split up:
Ryan and Sionainn
Hannah and Stephen
Eve and Charlie
Richelle and Orson
The couple appear fed up with one another and the lack of chemistry is obvious[/caption]
Emma on her wedding day, looking every inch the definitive bride[/caption]
Caspar certainly turned on the charm for his wedding day[/caption]
But early on Caspar had admitted that he didn’t like Emma’s curvy body[/caption]
