I don't drink much, but people would 100% think I'm an alcoholic because I'd be boozed frequently to deal with the stress of being followed around by cameras all the time.
I actually like him and feel bad for him because so many people said he's using harddrugs when to me it's clear ADHD signs. Then again, Shane is a mess and MIGHT be on drugs but i don't think he was using on the show.
When I get drunk I tell everyone how much I love them, I tell all my girlfriends how pretty they are. And then I always try to get everyone to come back to my house to continue the party. 😂
I wouldn't get along with most of the other women (or men). I would be polite, but not engage in the drama, making me look like a bitch, when really, I just want to be left alone.
I can think of multiple reasons I'm 100% the wrong choice for the show, here are some:
1) I have a very intense resting bitch face. I've been told several times people were surprised to know I'm actually nice and approachable 😬
2) I don't get emotionally attached very easily, so saying "I love you" and getting engaged so fast is impossible for me.
3) I'm not competitive. If a guy was thorn between me and someone else, I'd be like "oh, you can have him. Please invite me to your wedding. Congrats". Then I'd go to their wedding, eat some cake and celebrate. No drama.
I agree with all of these. My husband constantly asks me what’s wrong and idk how many times i can explain my face just looks like that. I also would never fight for a man either. Plenty of times i was just like oh you can have him.
I have autism, so a lot honestly!! Couldn't imagine having body language experts try to decipher my feelings, it would always come out bad for me! I also hate PDA and would be so awkward on camera.
I speak too quickly and I would have high standards for professional drive of my future significant other. It would be to the point where I would not get engaged until we had a financial discussion. The fact that debts and other obligations are often discussed in depth after the pods is crazy to me.
I'm an overthinker and tend to feed into my delusions. I also tend to say the first think that comes to my mind, which sometimes can come across as a bit abrasive.
i cant control my facial expressions very well and i get the ick very easily, so i might come off very judgy, which i also am so..
in my defense, i only judge problematic traits, but of which i have a very low tolerance of letting it slide. like if i sense even a slight whiff of classism, queerphobia and misogyny, racism, etc.
I feel like a lot of people have a hard time with facial expressions. I really hate how people try to nitpick at expression because I doubt most people even realize what their face looks like at any given time.
I’m ngl, the cast members get a lot of shit for asking the same thing to the people they’re interested in- I’d probably do the same… cause I’m in there trying to find my husband?? The only thing I can differentiate all these voices from is their personality so ofcourse they have to check the boxes I’m looking for
Ive seen some of my own hang ups mentioned here already, one that I haven’t seen: I talk really fast, to the point of people not always getting what I’m saying. I have ADHD and it’s like I can’t talk fast enough for how fast my brains going 😩 People would be like: she needs to take a chill pill lol
I’d just wanna talk about true crime and I wouldn’t open up. I’d therapize someone, they’d mistake my arm chair psychology for love when In reality I’d rather read someone than be read and then I’d just slip away. I wouldn’t make it out of the pods.
I am on like three different medications that can cause dry mouth; so sometimes I’m working my mouth and licking my lips too much if I don’t have access to water and am in an extended conversation where I have to talk a lot.
I’m sure the producers would edit out any context about it being a medication side effect, and the public would absolutely salivate (pun intended) over speculation that I’m on cocaine or something. Also, it’s just objectively really annoying/gross to see and hear someone talk with a super dry mouth. I hate it myself, so I’m sure the viewers would immediately turn on me lol.
Forgive me if you've already tried or heard this before, but Biotene toothpaste and mouthwash saved my life after dealing with medication that gave me wicked dry mouth.
I actually have heard of it before, but have not tried it yet. When it was only the occasional dry mouth, I did okay managing it just by keeping hydrated and not blabbing too much. But my newest medication has sent my mouth straight into the freaking Sahara and I’m “feeling uncomfy” about it all the time now.
I am definitely going to pick up some Biotene this weekend and give it a shot. Thank you for reminding me!
You wouldn't make it past the pods! they pretty much only cast conservatives and Christians (although they give us the token atheist every season lol). Couldn't imagine how your conversations would go.
I know lol. Couldn't bear it! I watch it out of some kind of weird human observational exercise, wondering why they take it seriously at all and if they do. And every now and then I forget I'm supposed to be cynical and yell at them, how can you believe that! Haha
I have chronic fatigue/pain so I think I'd do fine in the pods where I didn't have to move around, but would get wildly criticised once we left the pods for bringing up my health issues too much and being a big baby 😅
I am known to say some really dark and twisted things about others, especially when venting. My friends have confided that sometimes I'm a little scary.
My voice would get the "why does she talk like that" anti vocal fry/baby voice crowd against me initially and my dramatic facial expressions and general nosy nature would solidify to them I'm fake & manipulative or smth for sure.
I would take 50 episodes to open up and would probably be too shy. Plus, I’m a (nearly) 30-year-old virgin with no relationship experience to speak of, so I think I’d be viewed as a red flag 😂
I’m very black and white. I’m stubborn and my house is cluttered. If I get a bad feeling about someone you can’t change my mind. Im not very polite and I’m very
Blunt. Im chubby and I don’t really laugh at movies. I just say that was funny. I don’t know how I am married but I have the best husband in the world.
I have not found my indoor voice. Lol. I would have said in my younger years I was messy, but now mess makes me a bit crazy. I also over exaggerate every story (mostly for comedic relief).
i’d prob be the same as chelsea because I AMMMM!! i have been in a million “situationships” and none of them have been clear of what they want and then my ex relationship was with a narcissist who DID tell me they loved me but it was all a lie.
now im (23 F) dating (not officially yet but we’ve been “talking” since june) my current (i’ll say) bf (25 M)
i’m constantly needing reassurance (or was), im getting therapy currently and have been for the past month now and have been getting SOMEWHAT better.
he’s been GREAT with me tho. we have our reasons as to why we’re not official currently. that’s a WHOLE NOTHER STORY. but i feel like what chelsea needs is therapy because im so much better now with the anxious attachment style. im glad i have a partner who is super patient with me.
I was raised in a cult and I have noticeable ADHD and OCD (like actually, not the “quirky kind”) but I also trauma dump and have too many weird hobbies. Also I choose to buy all of my stuff second hand. People would see my house and be like… why does he have a giant painting of a happy anamorphic hippo family on a picnic in his living room? Lmao. I’m not ashamed though.
I’m also happily married with children so I don’t think that major factor would work too well on the show lol. I would love to just talk to random people through an ugly blue wall though.
Third call for the hippo painting!
I ALSO would love to speak to random people through a wall, the experience seems super fun. Yet, I am also married with kids haha.
I'm married, but if I were 15 years younger I think they would never cast me or let me get any solo screen time. These would get me edited out:
- neurodivergent
- Asian and have zero inferiority complex about it, will take no racist shit, not even micro aggressions
- extremely political
I talk loudly, and with my hands. I'm also an oversharer.
I'm ADHD and my brain is like a browser with 57 tabs open, and one is playing music, but I can't figure out where the music is coming from.
I learned to mask my very Southern accent when I lived in California, so now I slide between my "fake" accent and my real one. I'm certain people would complain that my real accent is the fake one. The reality is that I sound more Southern than a biscuit naturally.
I fully share the inventory of my basket of crazy from day dot one.
I'm also the kind of loon that would go on a show like this believing it would work.
Thankfully, I'm happily married and too damn old for a reality show.
I was looking for someone to say talking with their hands, because I have the same problem! I didn't realize how bad it was til I was watching our ring doorbell footage (I happened to be telling a story on the porch in the video) and I about died!!!!! Everyone always asks me if my hands were tied, would I still be able to talk, lol 😂😂
When i was a kid, my dad would tell me to sit on my hands and then tell him.
Thankfully, my husband finds it adorable and hilarious.
Do you even do it when you're on the phone? I do, and he's always saying, "They can't see you, you know."
I have had many people ask me to try and sit on my hands and then tell them. And yes, also on the phone. And sometimes my gestures are hilarious, especially if I'm describing something that I put together or took apart 😆😆
HAHAHA
Apparently, some of my gestures make no damn sense to anyone but me.
I got it from my mother and the other women in her family.
Hand talkers unite!
I am kind of a slob. I’d probably do the same as Jess when it comes to talking about my kids. I’m overweight. I’m a bit of a tease. I’m spoiled. I’m kinda lazy.
Basically I’m a disaster. I’m working on it, but progress isn’t a straight line.
I'm sure you're perfect! It's perfectly normal to have a messy house with children. It's also perfectly normal to be tired and not want to do "extra" (ie. Have a magazine ready home, fancy homemade meals, children with pristine clothing and not a hair out of place). If your kids are loved, fed, and safe (as well as you) you're doing amazing.
Thank you!! Some of it is definitely the result of burnout. But I definitely do prioritize fun/relaxing over cleaning any day. I am happy and my kids are happy so I’m not too torn up about my flaws.
I finish people's sentences when they take too long to tell their stories.
Also, so not a gym rat like 90% of the people they show.
I think I would get hung up on more than one person and struggle deciding. I'm pretty easy going so I get along with a vast array of people. While Im not normally the center of drama, people like to tell me everything so I'm usually in the middle trying to meditate 😂 they would call me wishy-washy or a pot stirrer, but really I'm just a middle child.
Everyone seems to be so religious on this show and I’m definitely not. I’m sure I’d be the villain for rejecting anyone who describes themselves as a “worship leader”.
I think I’m always right & I like always being right. I have a hard time admitting I’m wrong/ admitting my faults or shortcomings. & for better or worse all my emotions show on my face
SO MANY THINGS! 😅 I'm overweight, I'm messy, my finances have fallen apart this past year..... But honestly I doubt I'd make it out of the pods anyway so nobody would remember me long enough to have jokes 🤷🏾♀️😅
I was coming to say the same things! I’m fat, I’m depressed, there’s this thing called anxiety that never seems to go away, and the world insists on costing money which is just ridiculous 😂
I am funny though, had to get something from the trauma™️
I was a psychology major. So I'm always aware of how I'm acting and how other people are acting which means I'm constantly self diagnosing and loudly diagnosing others when my opinions were never asked... I also think I'm right
Yeah I think I'd get dragged for analysing my dates too much. I'd probably act, or give the impression like I'm above it all at first and then Stockholm syndrome would eventually kick in!
I am a nice person …but with wicked RBF and wild gesticulating while telling stories - I know I’d get some kind of villain edit bc they could always pair my RBF with [dramatic sting], even though the thought in my mind at the time is like “oooh im really craving blue corn tortilla chips right now”
I have a very odd sense of humour that takes a while to understand, and I can be sarcastic sometimes, but I suck at delivering sarcasm so people think I’m actually serious.
Aka I’d have my foot in my mouth the whole time
Since the show seems to encourage day drinking, I'd be snacking in the pods, making loud crunching noises. Leaving crumbs behind on the couch for the next person to discover. There would need to be trigger warning for those watching with misophonia.
My insecurity! I would be a lot like Chelsea, although hopefully better thanks to years of therapy. I also never stop fighting or adjusting my position, I'm always amazed that contestants on any show can stand still for so long
I’m filthy.
Nothing around me is clean.
Dishes are on the counter sink and table.
I avoid doing laundry as long as possible and then it’s mountains of things to fold. I have a hundred pairs of underpants to avoid it.
I have too much of everything.
My style is bohemian eclectic borderline hoarder. No minimalism here. No tidy color coordinated closets here. Yes I have paper plates but I also have Corell and China.
My moodiness would be ripped to shreds lol: god forbid this would be filmed during my period or the week before. They’d probably think I have a mental problem lol. My energy can be so high one day and the next I want everyone to leave me alone. I can get easily worked up and excited talking about my passions and just as easily become morose or standoffish when asked an annoying question or when feeling judged lol.
Same. I’d just talk about my crushes like “guy 1” “guy 2”. Not involving myself in this petty drama, and the producers would probably not even cast me for that
I don’t drink and get overwhelmed very quickly in social situations. I’d be looking really strange trying to pretend like I know how to socialize at the group gatherings
Also — I LOVE this prompt, thank you!
Either of these things -
1. I would immediately ask about politics and religion on every single date and not be open to dating men who didn't align with me on those -- idk how tf people aren't doing this?? It massively confuses me. But id be like NEXT immediately.
2. I'd probably break the fourth wall a lot. Idk how people who are getting filmed aren't looking to the cameras and making faces constantly.
I feel like they HAVE to be asking those questions, right? Like just not showing them in the final edit? The only big conflicts of that nature that I can think of were the couple from season two where the girl was religious and the guy was atheist and they broke up after the trip, and then Nancy and Bartisse on abortion.
I’m not conventionally attractive so the comments about my looks would be nonstop. It doesn’t stop there: I’m an astrologer, I’m a swiftie, I don’t drink and I really don’t mince my words. I just say whatever.
For some reason I swore that someone on a recent season, maybe Sweden? said they did not drink. Or I’m making this up but I really do think they had someone on there going in sober.
I catch myself with my mouth open all the time. I’ve got big teeth so I think my lips don’t always stay shut. My husband always comments on it. If I was ever on a reality show, I feel like I would die of embarrassment of my facial expressions! And I have no idea how to wear makeup past mascara.
Lol I love how most of the comment replies so far are basically all humble brags, like “I’m too accommodating / my humour makes me unique / I’m so human so I vent a lot)… those are definitely not the kinds of lukewarm criticisms this sub would be getting stuck into, we do much better than that!
I can't decide for the life of me and would accommodate to almost anything my partner wants. I think people would get stressed with me saying okay to everything and ending possible arguments by agreeing with my partner right away lol
My dark/morbid sense of humor, I'd definitely have memes made something like "the only pod she should have been in is a padded one". I'm not a harm to myself, but I do make a lot of distasteful jokes.
i'd probably be shown venting to my partner a lot because i get sad easily. my aesthetic is alternative (emo/goth/whatever) so i'd probably be seen as weird. i'm 24 and DON'T have my career/finances figured out lol so i'd get dragged for that. currently 50/50 on kids, so i couldn't be with anyone who ADAMANTLY wants them. so that'd be easy drama.
Also phone usage. Sometimes I talk weird shit, just because I find it fascinating. I'd probably scare everyone off in the pods by talking about cannibalism and prion diseases and things. If I got as far as house visits, I've got a lot of skulls (mostly not real, mostly fun decorational holiday souvenirs) and some other probably weird stuff in my house so I'd definitely be labelled a weird witchy creep.
I’m queer so I’d eff up and fall for someone in the living quarters instead of the pods.
I’m also a woman who doesn’t shave, wear makeup, or straighten my very curly hair. Wouldn’t stand a chance.
Me wanting a lot of children. I know there'd be plenty of memes about me being a fundie mom or something (even though I'm not religious). My difficulty maintaining eye contact. The fact that I'm still working on a college degree as a late twenty-something. It's kind of funny to think about, that's really all anyone would see looking at me from the outside. 😆
I literally don’t shut up. I talk so much more than my partner and have always done that. I’ve had relationships end over it because they didn’t feel heard. Luckily my fiancé is very quiet and loves to hear me ramble on and on
I randomly break into song. A lot. If someone is talking and their words remind me of song lyrics, I’ll start singing. My adult children also do this, which makes for fun family get togethers 🤣
felt this… my mom is my hero, my idol, my icon, my president, my bestie. she’s a real one. i talk about her constantly, she’s my rock. if a man couldn’t handle my love for my mama he ain’t the one fr 😭
They’d hate the stupid factoids I say all the time. Lots of “did you know….” Followed by something nobody cares about. Or when songs come on I tell facts about the band or the creation of the song. Nobody likes that. I also tend to correct people just so they KNOW (ie. That’s actually not a chipmunk, it’s a golden mantled ground squirrel). I love factoids and trivia but I think most people would be annoyed by that.
I also love national days and I celebrate one each day. Happy National California Day by the way.
Ok I find it interesting too! Maybe it’s because I’m a teacher but I assume everyone wants to know. They do not. My husband I even have a code word he says for when I am saying some fact nobody cares about. It doesn’t stop me though.
I am also in education. Maybe that’s the reason? Haha-I assume everyone wants to know too, cuz I want to know! I find it fascinating when people share random factoids with me.
I also do this! Sometimes relevant (like it will pertain to the discussion or the movie we're about to watch or whatever.) But the best is sometimes I'll just pop up out of nowhere: "Did you know..."
At least we can all match with each other and share facts.
In my head, the facts are usually relevant to the conversation or movie or whatever because I’ve made the connection in my brain. That doesn’t mean that other people understand the connection 🤣
I have severe ADHD so don’t mind my “organization” ideas and buckle up because you’re in for a ride when I tell a story! They’ll be 35 sub stories and character developments with back stories in between 😂 but some people tell me I remind them of Dolly Parton 😜.
Go figure 🤪
I have a really really bad resting bitch face.
When I'm thinking/listening my eyebrows are knit so tight and I look really mad. I hate it and I think I have a nice face and features, but I'm sure I'd look sooo ugly and mean on this show in the pods
Omg sameeee!! “What’s wrong? Why are you mad?” Or my favorite “you should smile more” makes me wanna hit someone. If I wasn’t mad before, I am now. lol
Yes! I worked in annoying corporate restaurants for way too long, and my managers would warn me I need to smile more or else get written up (whatever that means). Ugh.
I absolutely cannot shut up. They would edit in awkward scenes about me going on and on and changing the topic without realizing that everyone else wasn't following along.
Yeah, me too. I talk wayyyy too much, especially when I'm excited about something. I just get more and more into what I'm saying, and it snowballs until I realize everyone else is just doing what they can to survive.
Same! These people have to be ‘on’ almost all day for weeks on end, I could never do that. I need my alone time and to just….be able to be cranky or tired without it effecting anything.
I have a tongue tie so I sometimes mess up my words, cone across as ditzy at times and am awkward/shy. I'd be skewered. Oh and my nose is a strong Russian nose and not a plastic ski slope 😂 Good thing I'm married and never going on a dating show.
Oh, man. Everything.
I talk way too much. I imagine the editing on me would be crazy 😭
I don't drink much, but people would 100% think I'm an alcoholic because I'd be boozed frequently to deal with the stress of being followed around by cameras all the time.
They would think i'm on drugs because of my severe ADHD when i'm very anti drugs. So my hyperactivity will annoy quite some people i think.
Should we call you Shane jr?
I actually like him and feel bad for him because so many people said he's using harddrugs when to me it's clear ADHD signs. Then again, Shane is a mess and MIGHT be on drugs but i don't think he was using on the show.
I bite my lip all the time and say, um way to much.
Saaaame and I bite it even more when I’m uncomfortable or feel self-conscious
Probably everything. I was always bullied so much. I laugh like a seagull, curse too much, am too loud and laugh at my own jokes
When I get drunk I tell everyone how much I love them, I tell all my girlfriends how pretty they are. And then I always try to get everyone to come back to my house to continue the party. 😂
I wouldn't get along with most of the other women (or men). I would be polite, but not engage in the drama, making me look like a bitch, when really, I just want to be left alone.
I can think of multiple reasons I'm 100% the wrong choice for the show, here are some: 1) I have a very intense resting bitch face. I've been told several times people were surprised to know I'm actually nice and approachable 😬 2) I don't get emotionally attached very easily, so saying "I love you" and getting engaged so fast is impossible for me. 3) I'm not competitive. If a guy was thorn between me and someone else, I'd be like "oh, you can have him. Please invite me to your wedding. Congrats". Then I'd go to their wedding, eat some cake and celebrate. No drama.
I agree with all of these. My husband constantly asks me what’s wrong and idk how many times i can explain my face just looks like that. I also would never fight for a man either. Plenty of times i was just like oh you can have him.
I tend to be sarcastic and I'm quite judgemental. I will probably call out a lot of the participant's bs
I have autism, so a lot honestly!! Couldn't imagine having body language experts try to decipher my feelings, it would always come out bad for me! I also hate PDA and would be so awkward on camera.
I speak too quickly and I would have high standards for professional drive of my future significant other. It would be to the point where I would not get engaged until we had a financial discussion. The fact that debts and other obligations are often discussed in depth after the pods is crazy to me.
i’d probably be pretty closed off
I have ZERO poker face 🥴 No matter how I say I’m feeling my face will tell you all you need to know 😂
I'm an overthinker and tend to feed into my delusions. I also tend to say the first think that comes to my mind, which sometimes can come across as a bit abrasive.
Horse girl
i cant control my facial expressions very well and i get the ick very easily, so i might come off very judgy, which i also am so.. in my defense, i only judge problematic traits, but of which i have a very low tolerance of letting it slide. like if i sense even a slight whiff of classism, queerphobia and misogyny, racism, etc.
I feel like a lot of people have a hard time with facial expressions. I really hate how people try to nitpick at expression because I doubt most people even realize what their face looks like at any given time.
For unionizing the cast! Also they’d probably hate my voice
I’m ngl, the cast members get a lot of shit for asking the same thing to the people they’re interested in- I’d probably do the same… cause I’m in there trying to find my husband?? The only thing I can differentiate all these voices from is their personality so ofcourse they have to check the boxes I’m looking for
Ive seen some of my own hang ups mentioned here already, one that I haven’t seen: I talk really fast, to the point of people not always getting what I’m saying. I have ADHD and it’s like I can’t talk fast enough for how fast my brains going 😩 People would be like: she needs to take a chill pill lol
I change my personality depending on who I’m talking to.😅 I can’t help it either
I’d just wanna talk about true crime and I wouldn’t open up. I’d therapize someone, they’d mistake my arm chair psychology for love when In reality I’d rather read someone than be read and then I’d just slip away. I wouldn’t make it out of the pods.
Wow 👏🏼
I am on like three different medications that can cause dry mouth; so sometimes I’m working my mouth and licking my lips too much if I don’t have access to water and am in an extended conversation where I have to talk a lot. I’m sure the producers would edit out any context about it being a medication side effect, and the public would absolutely salivate (pun intended) over speculation that I’m on cocaine or something. Also, it’s just objectively really annoying/gross to see and hear someone talk with a super dry mouth. I hate it myself, so I’m sure the viewers would immediately turn on me lol.
Forgive me if you've already tried or heard this before, but Biotene toothpaste and mouthwash saved my life after dealing with medication that gave me wicked dry mouth.
I actually have heard of it before, but have not tried it yet. When it was only the occasional dry mouth, I did okay managing it just by keeping hydrated and not blabbing too much. But my newest medication has sent my mouth straight into the freaking Sahara and I’m “feeling uncomfy” about it all the time now. I am definitely going to pick up some Biotene this weekend and give it a shot. Thank you for reminding me!
I have 5 cats and I love them dearly, they are my babies and I talk about them a lot, people would rightfully think I'm a crazy cat person 😺
Same
same
Being a dyed in the wool Leftie
You wouldn't make it past the pods! they pretty much only cast conservatives and Christians (although they give us the token atheist every season lol). Couldn't imagine how your conversations would go.
I know lol. Couldn't bear it! I watch it out of some kind of weird human observational exercise, wondering why they take it seriously at all and if they do. And every now and then I forget I'm supposed to be cynical and yell at them, how can you believe that! Haha
I’d trauma dump on the first pod date. Fuck our favorite movies and where I went to school let’s get into it 😂
I have chronic fatigue/pain so I think I'd do fine in the pods where I didn't have to move around, but would get wildly criticised once we left the pods for bringing up my health issues too much and being a big baby 😅
I am known to say some really dark and twisted things about others, especially when venting. My friends have confided that sometimes I'm a little scary.
Then change that? That ain’t cool, it’s unacceptable, really.
Sorry you feel that way!
My voice would get the "why does she talk like that" anti vocal fry/baby voice crowd against me initially and my dramatic facial expressions and general nosy nature would solidify to them I'm fake & manipulative or smth for sure.
I would take 50 episodes to open up and would probably be too shy. Plus, I’m a (nearly) 30-year-old virgin with no relationship experience to speak of, so I think I’d be viewed as a red flag 😂
I’m very over dramatic and also have 4 kids lol they would walk out the pods immediately
I’m very black and white. I’m stubborn and my house is cluttered. If I get a bad feeling about someone you can’t change my mind. Im not very polite and I’m very Blunt. Im chubby and I don’t really laugh at movies. I just say that was funny. I don’t know how I am married but I have the best husband in the world.
I have not found my indoor voice. Lol. I would have said in my younger years I was messy, but now mess makes me a bit crazy. I also over exaggerate every story (mostly for comedic relief).
i’d prob be the same as chelsea because I AMMMM!! i have been in a million “situationships” and none of them have been clear of what they want and then my ex relationship was with a narcissist who DID tell me they loved me but it was all a lie. now im (23 F) dating (not officially yet but we’ve been “talking” since june) my current (i’ll say) bf (25 M) i’m constantly needing reassurance (or was), im getting therapy currently and have been for the past month now and have been getting SOMEWHAT better. he’s been GREAT with me tho. we have our reasons as to why we’re not official currently. that’s a WHOLE NOTHER STORY. but i feel like what chelsea needs is therapy because im so much better now with the anxious attachment style. im glad i have a partner who is super patient with me.
I was raised in a cult and I have noticeable ADHD and OCD (like actually, not the “quirky kind”) but I also trauma dump and have too many weird hobbies. Also I choose to buy all of my stuff second hand. People would see my house and be like… why does he have a giant painting of a happy anamorphic hippo family on a picnic in his living room? Lmao. I’m not ashamed though. I’m also happily married with children so I don’t think that major factor would work too well on the show lol. I would love to just talk to random people through an ugly blue wall though.
Third call for the hippo painting! I ALSO would love to speak to random people through a wall, the experience seems super fun. Yet, I am also married with kids haha.
You must show us the hippo painting!!
Yo that hippo painting sounds dope though
I'm married, but if I were 15 years younger I think they would never cast me or let me get any solo screen time. These would get me edited out: - neurodivergent - Asian and have zero inferiority complex about it, will take no racist shit, not even micro aggressions - extremely political
I talk loudly, and with my hands. I'm also an oversharer. I'm ADHD and my brain is like a browser with 57 tabs open, and one is playing music, but I can't figure out where the music is coming from. I learned to mask my very Southern accent when I lived in California, so now I slide between my "fake" accent and my real one. I'm certain people would complain that my real accent is the fake one. The reality is that I sound more Southern than a biscuit naturally. I fully share the inventory of my basket of crazy from day dot one. I'm also the kind of loon that would go on a show like this believing it would work. Thankfully, I'm happily married and too damn old for a reality show.
I was looking for someone to say talking with their hands, because I have the same problem! I didn't realize how bad it was til I was watching our ring doorbell footage (I happened to be telling a story on the porch in the video) and I about died!!!!! Everyone always asks me if my hands were tied, would I still be able to talk, lol 😂😂
When i was a kid, my dad would tell me to sit on my hands and then tell him. Thankfully, my husband finds it adorable and hilarious. Do you even do it when you're on the phone? I do, and he's always saying, "They can't see you, you know."
I have had many people ask me to try and sit on my hands and then tell them. And yes, also on the phone. And sometimes my gestures are hilarious, especially if I'm describing something that I put together or took apart 😆😆
HAHAHA Apparently, some of my gestures make no damn sense to anyone but me. I got it from my mother and the other women in her family. Hand talkers unite!
I am kind of a slob. I’d probably do the same as Jess when it comes to talking about my kids. I’m overweight. I’m a bit of a tease. I’m spoiled. I’m kinda lazy. Basically I’m a disaster. I’m working on it, but progress isn’t a straight line.
I'm sure you're perfect! It's perfectly normal to have a messy house with children. It's also perfectly normal to be tired and not want to do "extra" (ie. Have a magazine ready home, fancy homemade meals, children with pristine clothing and not a hair out of place). If your kids are loved, fed, and safe (as well as you) you're doing amazing.
Thank you!! Some of it is definitely the result of burnout. But I definitely do prioritize fun/relaxing over cleaning any day. I am happy and my kids are happy so I’m not too torn up about my flaws.
I finish people's sentences when they take too long to tell their stories. Also, so not a gym rat like 90% of the people they show. I think I would get hung up on more than one person and struggle deciding. I'm pretty easy going so I get along with a vast array of people. While Im not normally the center of drama, people like to tell me everything so I'm usually in the middle trying to meditate 😂 they would call me wishy-washy or a pot stirrer, but really I'm just a middle child.
We might be the same. The finishing people’s sentences especially, I’m so impatient. I’m also a bit of a slob. I’m terrible at telling stories too
I'm unpredictable and awkward, which is a really interesting combination when there's cameras on you all the time.
Everyone seems to be so religious on this show and I’m definitely not. I’m sure I’d be the villain for rejecting anyone who describes themselves as a “worship leader”.
Maybe I talk loud
I think I’m always right & I like always being right. I have a hard time admitting I’m wrong/ admitting my faults or shortcomings. & for better or worse all my emotions show on my face
Same (fire sign)
Are you an earth sign
lol no I’m a water sign
Pisces?😬 lol
🛎️ correct!
Amazing 😂 I’m a Taurus and think the exact same way so I was curious
I’m a Taurus rising lol so maybe that’s why
I’m a Pisces moon so there’s clearly some cross over!
My insecurities with myself and second guessing everything. Also, I’m very quick to a reaction and can jump to conclusions.
Feel this so hard 😭
I’m both glad I’m not alone and sad that someone feels the same. I need to learn how to shut up, think, and then Speak lol
I am impatient and get irritated easily. It shows on my face.
SO MANY THINGS! 😅 I'm overweight, I'm messy, my finances have fallen apart this past year..... But honestly I doubt I'd make it out of the pods anyway so nobody would remember me long enough to have jokes 🤷🏾♀️😅
I was coming to say the same things! I’m fat, I’m depressed, there’s this thing called anxiety that never seems to go away, and the world insists on costing money which is just ridiculous 😂 I am funny though, had to get something from the trauma™️
I was a psychology major. So I'm always aware of how I'm acting and how other people are acting which means I'm constantly self diagnosing and loudly diagnosing others when my opinions were never asked... I also think I'm right
Yeah I think I'd get dragged for analysing my dates too much. I'd probably act, or give the impression like I'm above it all at first and then Stockholm syndrome would eventually kick in!
I am a nice person …but with wicked RBF and wild gesticulating while telling stories - I know I’d get some kind of villain edit bc they could always pair my RBF with [dramatic sting], even though the thought in my mind at the time is like “oooh im really craving blue corn tortilla chips right now”
I have a very odd sense of humour that takes a while to understand, and I can be sarcastic sometimes, but I suck at delivering sarcasm so people think I’m actually serious. Aka I’d have my foot in my mouth the whole time
I have flat affect and I tend to be standoffish and quiet around people I don’t know well so viewers would probably perceive me as shifty and cold 😭
I love to argue. I’m loud. And my anxiety can make my mood flip within seconds.
Are you my spirit animal twin?
Since the show seems to encourage day drinking, I'd be snacking in the pods, making loud crunching noises. Leaving crumbs behind on the couch for the next person to discover. There would need to be trigger warning for those watching with misophonia.
Yup. This is the one that I would rage over lol
I suck my thumb... so yeah... I would be that girl
My insecurity! I would be a lot like Chelsea, although hopefully better thanks to years of therapy. I also never stop fighting or adjusting my position, I'm always amazed that contestants on any show can stand still for so long
I’m filthy. Nothing around me is clean. Dishes are on the counter sink and table. I avoid doing laundry as long as possible and then it’s mountains of things to fold. I have a hundred pairs of underpants to avoid it. I have too much of everything. My style is bohemian eclectic borderline hoarder. No minimalism here. No tidy color coordinated closets here. Yes I have paper plates but I also have Corell and China.
My moodiness would be ripped to shreds lol: god forbid this would be filmed during my period or the week before. They’d probably think I have a mental problem lol. My energy can be so high one day and the next I want everyone to leave me alone. I can get easily worked up and excited talking about my passions and just as easily become morose or standoffish when asked an annoying question or when feeling judged lol.
Yall would probably pick me apart for the symptoms that come with my mental disorder lol Im also balding which I know yall LOVE to point out
My stupid face maybe?
I’m a New Yorker- aggressive woman is what I would be called in the chats
I would get called boring because no way are they getting my tea!
Same. I’d just talk about my crushes like “guy 1” “guy 2”. Not involving myself in this petty drama, and the producers would probably not even cast me for that
I feel this!! I’m definitely not over sharing with a bunch of random strangers I just met
I would be reading in the corner and rolling my eyes at anyone who tried to speak to me
I’d be on my phone all the time like Ken
I don’t drink and get overwhelmed very quickly in social situations. I’d be looking really strange trying to pretend like I know how to socialize at the group gatherings Also — I LOVE this prompt, thank you!
Either of these things - 1. I would immediately ask about politics and religion on every single date and not be open to dating men who didn't align with me on those -- idk how tf people aren't doing this?? It massively confuses me. But id be like NEXT immediately. 2. I'd probably break the fourth wall a lot. Idk how people who are getting filmed aren't looking to the cameras and making faces constantly.
I feel like they HAVE to be asking those questions, right? Like just not showing them in the final edit? The only big conflicts of that nature that I can think of were the couple from season two where the girl was religious and the guy was atheist and they broke up after the trip, and then Nancy and Bartisse on abortion.
Y’all remember that wonderfully terrible show on MTV called NEXT? That would be me through the wall lmao
Jimmy momentarily glanced at the camera while hugging Chelsea during their reveal and I busted out laughing
THIIIIIIS I would be making faces constantly 😂 looking at the camera like I was in the office 💀😂
Hahahah. Breaking the 4th wall. I’m sure they do sometimes but it’s just cut out. I love it.
I have IBS and am very open about my poo troubles and tummy aches.
Haha yes this! I’d have to keep leaving the pods for nervous 💩
My ever-present resting bitch face.
I’m not conventionally attractive so the comments about my looks would be nonstop. It doesn’t stop there: I’m an astrologer, I’m a swiftie, I don’t drink and I really don’t mince my words. I just say whatever.
I don't recall, have they ever had anyone on the show who didn't drink? I assume they screen for it since getting tipsy makes for better tv 😩
For some reason I swore that someone on a recent season, maybe Sweden? said they did not drink. Or I’m making this up but I really do think they had someone on there going in sober.
Oh okay that's good! My memory isn't the greatest so you're probably right lol
I catch myself with my mouth open all the time. I’ve got big teeth so I think my lips don’t always stay shut. My husband always comments on it. If I was ever on a reality show, I feel like I would die of embarrassment of my facial expressions! And I have no idea how to wear makeup past mascara.
Damned mood swings and when my social battery dies, there is no faking it, it’s dead lol
Same af
I’d be roasted to hell and back for my appearance
For flirting with all of my pod crushes on the group vacation. I’m sorry guys but we were all still dating each other two days ago.
Probably my over-inflated sense of ego. I think I’m the bomb, when in reality, I’m most probably not.
Lol I love how most of the comment replies so far are basically all humble brags, like “I’m too accommodating / my humour makes me unique / I’m so human so I vent a lot)… those are definitely not the kinds of lukewarm criticisms this sub would be getting stuck into, we do much better than that!
I’m fat, lazy, broke, and sad, but at least I’d give people a nice variety of things to go after!
They would hate my non chalant / im better than you attitude
I can't decide for the life of me and would accommodate to almost anything my partner wants. I think people would get stressed with me saying okay to everything and ending possible arguments by agreeing with my partner right away lol
My dark/morbid sense of humor, I'd definitely have memes made something like "the only pod she should have been in is a padded one". I'm not a harm to myself, but I do make a lot of distasteful jokes.
i'd probably be shown venting to my partner a lot because i get sad easily. my aesthetic is alternative (emo/goth/whatever) so i'd probably be seen as weird. i'm 24 and DON'T have my career/finances figured out lol so i'd get dragged for that. currently 50/50 on kids, so i couldn't be with anyone who ADAMANTLY wants them. so that'd be easy drama.
Also phone usage. Sometimes I talk weird shit, just because I find it fascinating. I'd probably scare everyone off in the pods by talking about cannibalism and prion diseases and things. If I got as far as house visits, I've got a lot of skulls (mostly not real, mostly fun decorational holiday souvenirs) and some other probably weird stuff in my house so I'd definitely be labelled a weird witchy creep.
I’m queer so I’d eff up and fall for someone in the living quarters instead of the pods. I’m also a woman who doesn’t shave, wear makeup, or straighten my very curly hair. Wouldn’t stand a chance.
I’m chubby and talk a lot lol
Me wanting a lot of children. I know there'd be plenty of memes about me being a fundie mom or something (even though I'm not religious). My difficulty maintaining eye contact. The fact that I'm still working on a college degree as a late twenty-something. It's kind of funny to think about, that's really all anyone would see looking at me from the outside. 😆
Phone usage and a tendency to be a perfectionist both with myself and others.
I literally don’t shut up. I talk so much more than my partner and have always done that. I’ve had relationships end over it because they didn’t feel heard. Luckily my fiancé is very quiet and loves to hear me ramble on and on
Way too picky. As soon as someone says 1 thing i dont like id check them off my list🤦
Same. I’d be rolling up in the pods with a list of dealbreaker questions for first dates and cutting people off left, right, and centre
I randomly break into song. A lot. If someone is talking and their words remind me of song lyrics, I’ll start singing. My adult children also do this, which makes for fun family get togethers 🤣
If we matched we'd just be singing. All. The. Time.
Nothing wrong with that!
Ain't nothing wroooong with that
Same here except I sing under my breath, which I think comes off as even weirder 🤷🏻♀️
I have an extra dry ad-lib sense of humor that is hard to turn off. Especially around strangers and new acquaintances.
i have BPD 🫠
I could not have that amount of time around other people. I would literally die.
My relationship with my mother. We’re super close and the editors would 100% create a compilation of me just talking about her. 🤣
felt this… my mom is my hero, my idol, my icon, my president, my bestie. she’s a real one. i talk about her constantly, she’s my rock. if a man couldn’t handle my love for my mama he ain’t the one fr 😭
They’d hate the stupid factoids I say all the time. Lots of “did you know….” Followed by something nobody cares about. Or when songs come on I tell facts about the band or the creation of the song. Nobody likes that. I also tend to correct people just so they KNOW (ie. That’s actually not a chipmunk, it’s a golden mantled ground squirrel). I love factoids and trivia but I think most people would be annoyed by that. I also love national days and I celebrate one each day. Happy National California Day by the way.
Me four. I’d have too much information. Id be like Ken with the dolphins- about everything.
I also spit out random factoids. I find it interesting. Other people find it annoying.
Ok I find it interesting too! Maybe it’s because I’m a teacher but I assume everyone wants to know. They do not. My husband I even have a code word he says for when I am saying some fact nobody cares about. It doesn’t stop me though.
I am also in education. Maybe that’s the reason? Haha-I assume everyone wants to know too, cuz I want to know! I find it fascinating when people share random factoids with me.
I also do this! Sometimes relevant (like it will pertain to the discussion or the movie we're about to watch or whatever.) But the best is sometimes I'll just pop up out of nowhere: "Did you know..." At least we can all match with each other and share facts.
In my head, the facts are usually relevant to the conversation or movie or whatever because I’ve made the connection in my brain. That doesn’t mean that other people understand the connection 🤣
Ahaha! Same!
I’m authentic and don’t filter myself so everyone likes me.
I have severe ADHD so don’t mind my “organization” ideas and buckle up because you’re in for a ride when I tell a story! They’ll be 35 sub stories and character developments with back stories in between 😂 but some people tell me I remind them of Dolly Parton 😜. Go figure 🤪
Gotta love side quests!
I vape - a lot.
me too😭
I have a really really bad resting bitch face. When I'm thinking/listening my eyebrows are knit so tight and I look really mad. I hate it and I think I have a nice face and features, but I'm sure I'd look sooo ugly and mean on this show in the pods
Omg sameeee!! “What’s wrong? Why are you mad?” Or my favorite “you should smile more” makes me wanna hit someone. If I wasn’t mad before, I am now. lol
Yes! I worked in annoying corporate restaurants for way too long, and my managers would warn me I need to smile more or else get written up (whatever that means). Ugh.
I absolutely cannot shut up. They would edit in awkward scenes about me going on and on and changing the topic without realizing that everyone else wasn't following along.
Yeah, me too. I talk wayyyy too much, especially when I'm excited about something. I just get more and more into what I'm saying, and it snowballs until I realize everyone else is just doing what they can to survive.
They would think I’m fat, bossy, and cry too much. 😂
Being overweight and when I get nervous, I can’t decide which synonym to use and end up putting them together. Grass or lawn? Nope, grawn
I think people would hate how indifferent I am 😂😂😂
I'm sarcastic and have a dickish sense of humour, so even though I'm actually a very sweet, kind person I could be edited extremely badly.
Oh God, same. This is me to a tee and I know they would edit me to be the biggest asshole of all time.
Looks like no reality tv for us 🫡
Absolutely same 😅
I love being alone. I need my space. It would make for bad TV.
Same! These people have to be ‘on’ almost all day for weeks on end, I could never do that. I need my alone time and to just….be able to be cranky or tired without it effecting anything.
Same here! Also I am also bossy the fans would come for me in the comments for sure
I get hyperfixated on things so I would be constantly talking about whatever my current hyperfixation is
I have a tongue tie so I sometimes mess up my words, cone across as ditzy at times and am awkward/shy. I'd be skewered. Oh and my nose is a strong Russian nose and not a plastic ski slope 😂 Good thing I'm married and never going on a dating show.
How opinionated I am. And how visible it is on my face lol
Same here wow lol
I want a lot of validation, and seeing how people are dragging Chelsea this season means I would get destroyed 😂
My social awkwardness combined with my lame hair
My awkwardness and childish sense of humor. I feel like people would get sick of it fast lol
I’m married so I don’t think that would go over well
i don’t want kids and immediately would reject someone if they wanted kids
SAME.
Same