Married At First Sight’s Dave Hand and Jamie Marinos are all but over.
During Tuesday’s Home Stays episode, Jamie refused to stay with Dave in her home, confessing the pair were currently ‘separated’.
They then met up with Jamie’s sister, Georgia, who grilled Dave on whether he was in love with Jamie.
Dave confessed again he is not – and even said he was struggling to have romantic feelings for her.
‘Those feelings are instant. You know if they’re a friend or if they’re more. You know instantly. You don’t have romantic feelings?’ Georgia quizzed.
‘I want to build on that. I do. I see the glimpses of the romantic things there’ Dave said, pleading his case.
Married At First Sight’s Dave Hand (pictured) and Jamie Marinos are all but over
During Tuesday’s Home Stays episode, Jamie (left) refused to stay with Dave in her home, confessing the pair were currently ‘separated’
Jamie despaired: ‘It’s very clear he doesn’t have those feelings right now but he’s optimistic they will grow. But that concerns me this far into the experiment.
‘And I feel like… but how are you going to develop feelings for me? How do you think you’re going to get there?’ she added.
Dave continued to argue that he was hoping to develop feelings, but it wasn’t enough for Georgia or Jamie.
‘I’ve fallen for someone who doesn’t even show up the romantic sense’ Jamie lamented.
‘I dunno, I don’t get it. Like, am I a sucker for punishment? ‘Cause this man doesn’t even have baseline romantic feelings for me yet’.
Viewers tuning into the episode shared their thoughts on X, with many telling Jamie it was time to give up as Dave just doesn’t want to be with her.
‘Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, nobody wants to be married to someone who ‘might fall in love if I work at it’. Time to set Dave free’ one person posted.
‘The first admission of him not being in to you, you should’ve listened Jamie. This is over’ someone else commented.
Viewers tuning into the episode shared their thoughts on X, with many telling Jamie it was time to give up as Dave just doesn’t want to be with her
‘He’s not going to develop feelings for you and he knows it Jamie’ yet another wrote.
‘Okay Jamie. Enough already. Dave is trying. You gotta come his way now. Exhausted’ said another.
‘Jamie and her ultimatums have bought Dave to…. No, he don’t love you’ someone else wrote.
Others urged Dave to cut the cord and tell Jamie that it’s over.
‘You don’t have to love someone just because they love you. But you do have to be honest about it and walk away rather than hurting the other person further with that nasty little emotion called hope. The best thing Dave can do is call it’ one said.
‘Dave tell her you want to be friends… You cannot build on what’s not there… He’s delaying the inevitable’ someone else posted.
Some were critical of how Jamie and her sister badgered Dave about his feelings.
‘Dave might’ve handled it badly but what’s this obsession of grilling him for NOT already being in love with Jamie?’ one said.
Dave argued that he was hoping to develop feelings, but it wasn’t enough for Georgia or Jamie
Georgia (pictured) grilled Dave on whether he had any romantic feelings for Jamie and he admitted that he didn’t
‘People don’t fall in love at the same pace. Don’t understand this reaction from Jamie and her sister’ they added.
The drama had also played out during Sunday’s episode, when Jamie confronted Dave for letting her down and not returning her feelings.
Instead of apologising or bringing her flowers, as Jamie had hoped, Dave instead blamed her for ‘coming at me’ and ‘making demands’.
Jamie was furious, and lashed out at her husband for his ‘bulls**t excuses’ and ‘casting his problems onto her’.
‘He should be ashamed of himself’ she raved amid a torrent of curse words that had to be bleeped.
‘I’m not writing ‘stay’ tonight. There is no chance’ she added of the upcoming Commitment Ceremony.
‘He’s an absolute liar. We don’t need that psycho’ she added.
Viewers were on Jamie’s side, with many calling Dave out for what they saw as gaslighting.
‘I’ve fallen for someone who doesn’t even show up the romantic sense’ Jamie lamented. ‘I dunno, I don’t get it. Like, am I a sucker for punishment? ‘Cause this man doesn’t even have baseline romantic feelings for me yet’
‘I want to build on that. I do. I see the glimpses of the romantic things there’ Dave said, pleading his case
‘Who is this Dave? Is he trying to take the title of playing the victim from the other men on this show’ one person wrote on X.
‘Hey btw Jamie, you really hurt me by saying that I hurt you – Dave, selfless empath’ joked another.
‘Jamie’s way is 0 to 100 but Dave’s gaslighting deserved a strong reaction’ another posted.
‘I’m sick of these people rewriting history and their righteous indignation when they’re called out for it’ they added.
‘People like Dave and Veronica are the worst pieces of trash on Earth. Liars, manipulators, gaslighters. I can’t believe how good of an actor Dave is, he should get into movies, because he is a brilliant liar’ one more wrote.
‘Dave flipping the script and trying to blame and justify his change of heart on Jamie – failed dismally’ one more said.
‘Dave is a gaslighting liar’ another person watching at home wrote.
During Sunday’s Commitment Ceremony, Jamie, 28, asked Dave, 36, to prove to her that they weren’t in a ‘fake relationship’.
The drama had also played out during Sunday’s episode, when Jamie confronted Dave for letting her down and not returning her feelings
‘I need to know how the hell you’re going to convince me this isn’t a fake relationship. Now would be a good start’ Jamie said – to silence from Dave.
Dave then went on to say that he wanted to continue trying in the relationship – and opted to stay in the experiment and work on their issues.
Jamie however was unmoved, insisting, ‘I don’t believe you at all right now.’
Despite her doubts, she opted to ‘humour him with another week’ – with both opting to stay.
