Outspoken bride Lauren and stubborn groom Eliot had all the hallmarks of being a complete car crash on Married At First Sight, and while the experts hoped that their shared views on gender roles in a marriage would see them walk away from the experiment with a successful relationship, it’s now not looking likely.
Waking up on the first day of their honeymoon on Queensland’s K’Gari Island, Eliot was quick to shut down Lauren’s attempts to get to know him, doubting their compatibility.
Speaking with producers, Eliot told producers that he feared his new bride didn’t match up with his extensive list of non-negotiables.
“I did say that I wanted someone younger than me. Probably someone under 30.”
“In some ways, you could say there’s some superficiality there. I don’t want to use the term red flag, but I want someone who is not really a career person,” he added.
“I don’t want to compromise on my values. I’m not willing to.”

Despite being told by expert John Aiken that MAFS isn’t a “box-ticking exercise” – it seems Eliot did exactly that.
At a tense dinner on night one of their honeymoon, the duo butted heads over their family plans, with Eliot criticising Lauren for being materialistic and superficial.
“Eliot is actually being a bit mean. He’s making generalisations about me. He thinks that I care about materialistic things, but he hasn’t actually asked me what I do value,” a frustrated Lauren told producers in an on-camera confessional.
The following morning, a heartbroken Lauren was left alone on their honeymoon as Eliot packed his stuff and left.
“You are the most inflexible man that I’ve ever met. It’s not an attractive trait,” she told him as he prepared to storm out.
“It’s actually fascinating to watch a grown man have a tantrum because he didn’t get exactly what he wanted. It’s a huge cop-out and very disappointing,” she later told producers.
“He’s robbing me of this experience. Eliot isn’t what I would normally choose but I was still willing to try.”
“He didn’t have all of the qualities that I asked for but I was still open and willing to learn. But Eliot thinks he knows better than the experts.”
“I don’t really feel rejected,” she added, “I just feel sorry for him. I think it’s just such a wasted opportunity.”

Before her wedding, Lauren tells her fellow soon-to-be brides at their shared Hens party that she believes a woman’s role in a marriage is to serve their husband, tending to them and their needs.
While many of her fellow brides disagreed vehemently with her, she remained steadfast in her desire to be a housewife.
“My role is to serve my husband. I want to serve him in every way possible,” she later shares in an on-camera confessional.

On the other side of town, Eliot tells his fellow Bucks his long list of non-negotiables when it comes to his future wife, going so far as to say that if he isn’t attracted to his match “at first sight” he would quit the experiment!
“If I feel nothing on my wedding day, I wouldn’t even finish the ceremony.”
While the 35-year-old is one of the most uncompromising grooms in MAFS history, he was instantly attracted to his wife Lauren when she walked down the aisle on their big day.
While her brashness and slightly judgemental nature do irk him, after some colourful conversation, the duo quickly realised they are both seeking the same things in a relationship.
After exchanging nearly identical vows where Eliot tells Lauren that he can be set in his ways “always thinking men should be men, and women should be women,” and Lauren tells her soon-to-be husband that she doesn’t want him cleaning up after dinner or helping with the laundry, it was clear that sparks were flying between the pair.

But drama at their reception with Lauren’s sister Tamara made it difficult for the newlyweds to get to know each other.
In fact, after flirting with the best man, yelling at the waiters for bringing out the wrong meal, cat-calling Lauren, and telling her she is “frigid” during her first dance with Eliot, the bride has enough, telling her sister that she is “unhinged.”
This followed a difficult morning for the sisters, with Tamara earlier calling Lauren a “bridezilla” and “psycho”, and telling her that she “hopes she trips over her wedding dress.”
Despite the drama, however, the lovebirds remained united by the end of the reception, but by the following morning, Eliot had had a huge change of heart, quitting the experiment.
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