Episode 20

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Here's the Update for Trash Bags, ep 20 on the Trash Train that is Married At First Sight Australia

Okay, so I was looking forward to writing the recap tonight, but my sense of humour seems to have done a runner. To poke fun at the Calamity of Douche Canoes after the Paul and Carina incident just felt incredibly wrong.

For those who don't know what happened, here it is.

The show opened with Carina and Paul waking up in separate apartments, as Paul had punched a "hole in the bedroom door" the night before. As in, this grown arsed man punched a hole in a door because he lost his temper.

Carina mentioned she'd slept with a rapper in front of Jeff and Rhi, so Paul felt "disrespected." Okay, so first things first: everyone has a past, and I'm pretty sure Paul didn't think he was marrying a virgin on MAFS so…

Arriving home, Paul was upset and needed space, while Carina wanted to "resolve the situation straight away and go to bed at peace”. This “obviously” made Paul "even more angry" as he "needed hella space." Apparently, Carina "wouldn't let him," so he "lost control" and punched a hole in the bedroom door.

I can hear some of you saying, "It was JUST a door, stop overreacting, Fi, for fcks sake!" Well, think about this: after JUST a month of knowing each other, Paul clearly demonstrated that he could lose control enough to resort to physical aggression.

It was just a door.

Until it’s not.

The insinuation that Carina was at fault for trying to resolve things, making him "even more angry," also really pissed me off. Ummmmm, no mate, we don't blame someone else for resorting to violence.

Paul cried and was incredibly remorseful—as he bloody well should be. I'm not saying his behaviour tonight was a definitive guarantee of a future domestic violence situation, but it gave me pause. Maybe it was a one-off and this guy will never lose control again.

It was ‘just a door’

But I tell you, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

Just a door, my arse.

I'll come back to the recaps on Sunday night, folks; I should have found my personality by then.

And that was all she wrote.

Fi xx