Married at First Sight’s Lauren overshared with her husband Orion about recent intimacy she had, which turned Orion off. Can she stop oversharing?
Lauren, a Married at First Sight season 17 contestant, is ruining her marriage to Orion Martzloff by sharing too much, but there may still be time for her to change. Lauren, 30, and Orion, 26, bravely decided to wed a stranger who was personally chosen for them by the three experts of Married at First Sight. While Orion places great importance on his Native American culture, Lauren maintains strong ties to her Black ancestry. Everyone desired a mate with whom they could learn about and share their culture. For Lauren, this is her first romantic involvement with a person of a different race.
From their first meeting, Lauren and Orion have been drawn to one another, and this attraction has continued during their honeymoon. But because of Lauren’s actions, they have been tearing apart over a number of important problems. Viewers of Married at Sight have been following them while they are on their honeymoon in Mexico, where they are attempting to deepen their relationship while receiving encouragement from the other three couples. Lauren and Orion will move into a neutral apartment once their honeymoon ends and attempt to further integrate into their marriage, but they carry a lot of baggage from their honeymoon.
Lauren And Orion Have Had Friction
While everything between Lauren and Orion started well, they had a major disconnect once they dove into sensitive topics. Lauren asked Orion if he had ever used the N-word. He said he had ignorantly. Lauren admitted to using words she shouldn’t have in the past, and Orion threw out the term “red skin.” Lauren said she didn’t know what that meant before stopping herself and chuckling while saying, “Oh wait, I just looked at your face.” Orion was offended and schooled Lauren on why her “joke” wasn’t funny.
Lauren’s decision to prod her husband in that situation by posing a “joke” spoke to her ignorance and caused a rift between her and Orion. Since this tension started early, it has set the tone for Orion and viewers to be wary of Lauren’s need to get her point across at the expense of her husband. Lauren and Orion spent some time apart before hashing it out and coming to an agreement to move past the uncomfortable issue, but it did mark a precedent.
Lauren Overshared About Her Recent Sex Life
During the latest episode of Married at First Sight season 17, Lauren stuck her foot in her mouth again, creating another uncomfortable situation for her husband. Lauren brought up the topic of sex, which seemed to excite both her and Orion. They talked about what they were like as lovers before Lauren asked when the last time Orion had sex was. Orion said it had been a year and a half. Lauren laughed as she said it had only been two months for her. This obviously upset Orion, who said he doesn’t give himself sexually to people easily.
Lauren then stoked the flame and directly asked Orion if he had an issue with her sleeping with someone two months prior. Orion looked disheartened as he said it did and that sex was now off the table for him. Lauren clearly overshared in a moment where she should have read the room and paused to think if her reveal could be hurtful and have consequences.
Lauren Doesn’t Know When To Keep Things To Herself
Lauren demonstrated that she is unable or unaware of when to keep things to oneself in the two awkward situations that she sparked. It’s unclear if she is oversharing to show off her playful side or because she wants her husband to know the truth. However, given the repeated improper remarks and outbursts that she makes that harm fans’ opinions of her and her marriage, it is evident that her thinking is flawed. Their relationship would be far stronger if Lauren had refrained from telling Orion about her recent infidelity and kept her hurtful “joke” to herself.
Lauren Presses Issues Too Far
Also in both touchy situations, Lauren pressed the issue much farther than it needed to go, which added an extra layer of cringe to the already difficult occurrences. During the red skin incident, Lauren did not back down from asking Orion why he was “heated” and continued asking questions that annoyed Orion. If she had admitted to that being a bad thing to say instead of relentlessly trying to justify her ignorance and minimize the situation, the whole ordeal could have been dealt with more easily.
Moreover, Lauren did not need to dig her heels in and ask Orion whether her having sex two months ago bothered him. Her rhetoric in driving home the point Orion had a problem with was insensitive and not the proper way to deal with her overshare. Lauren was frustrated by Orion’s disappointment over her recent sexual encounter, which was not fair to Orion since she was the one to cause the problem.
Orion And Lauren Want To Be Married To Each Other
Lauren still has time and space to make changes in her marriage to Orion. She now has two different experiences to draw lessons from. Lauren has expressed her desire to comprehend her spouse, and it seems that both she and Orion are willing to put in the effort necessary to ensure their marriage succeeds. Outside of these two occurrences, Lauren and Orion have a lot in common and have developed a strong romantic relationship. Despite Lauren’s displays of immaturity, Orion’s ability to communicate and his patience may be two elements that may enable him and Lauren recover from these regrettable events.
Since Lauren has proclaimed that her and Orion’s relationship is “resolution-based,” it’s possible they can get past Lauren’s most recent overshare. However, that is unlikely, given the trailer for the Married at First Sight season and the trailer for the next episode. It looks like things will implode further for the couple as Orion talks to Married at First Sight expert Pastor Cal about how Lauren said he was lying about how things played out. Simultaneously, Lauren will confide in cast mate Clare Kerr about an argument she had with Orion in which she asked for a divorce.