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Ready to Love Season 11 Episode 8
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00:00No exes.
00:01Oh, OK.
00:03You like this?
00:04This is so freaking cute.
00:06Yeah.
00:07To get me a fur in front of the ex and his connection.
00:10Oh, wow.
00:11I got a kiss.
00:12Yeah, you get a kiss.
00:13Cardi, that's my dog.
00:15In the beginning, especially, you want that sexual connection.
00:19I feel like it is important to focus on other aspects,
00:23rather than, like, oh, letting Cardi know, like, oh, yeah, I would
00:26you.
00:27Like, that's not important.
00:28Oh, that is very important.
00:29Are you kidding me?
00:31How is your wine?
00:32How is your wine?
00:34Cardi could have most definitely stood up for me more,
00:37and that did not happen.
00:38Devon is really spreading himself around.
00:41I don't want you talking to nobody else.
00:44What came up a lot was the word insecure.
00:49So the guys decided that you are not ready to love.
00:53OK.
00:55I know it took me some time to get to the place that you
00:58wanted me to be.
01:00Oh.
01:02But now I'm ready.
01:04I'm ready.
01:06To love.
01:12Come on.
01:13Walking into the lounge, I'm a little anxious because I don't know what's going to happen
01:28or what we're going to have to do next.
01:30Hello, hello.
01:31Miss Shannon.
01:32How are you?
01:33Hello.
01:34Miss Dominique.
01:35All right, Bootsie.
01:36We've been doing a lot of different things, so it's a little overwhelming.
01:40I just want to know what's going to happen for the week.
01:44Welcome back, ladies.
01:45It is a sophisticated six.
01:47Or should I say the sexy sophisticated six?
01:50Can I say that?
01:51Yeah.
01:52Some alliteration.
01:53All right.
01:54Word on the street is meeting the men's exes turned out to be quite an adventure.
02:00And listen, when you're dating intentionally with the goal of finding someone to share the
02:05rest of your life with, it requires growth.
02:08Right?
02:09Right.
02:10Absolutely.
02:11Y'all doing the work?
02:12And since y'all in work mode, are you ready for this week's assignment?
02:16Absolutely.
02:17Yeah.
02:18Here we go.
02:19Last week, the gentleman took you into their past lives to meet their exes.
02:23This week, you're bringing them into your world to meet your best friends.
02:28Oh, God.
02:29Damn, I was hoping for the exes.
02:31My best friends are harder than my exes.
02:32You was hoping for your exes?
02:33My best friends are tough.
02:35Ain't nobody going to keep it real about a future partner like your closest friends.
02:39Absolutely.
02:40Whether you like it or not.
02:41Yeah.
02:42Secondly, you want to know that the person that you hope to be spending a lot of time
02:45with can also fit in and get along with your chosen family.
02:50Okay?
02:51Make sure your friends use this opportunity to ask your potential if he's a good fit for
02:57you.
02:58I am so nervous.
02:59How is it going to go, these guys meeting my friends?
03:01I know it's necessary, but I know we're going to really uncover some things.
03:05I'm freaking out.
03:06All right, at the end of the week, we're going to meet back here to see how everything
03:10went.
03:11And we will decide which of the men just aren't ready to love.
03:15Okay.
03:16All right.
03:17That's it.
03:18Y'all know what y'all got to do.
03:19Okay.
03:20All right, now.
03:21Go call your friends.
03:22I'm calling.
03:23Oh, Lord.
03:24I'm calling this mom Erica Badu.
03:25I need for this one.
03:26I'm going to call my mama.
03:27I need to talk.
03:29The women are in power this week.
03:43And my friends, Delonda and Kaya will be meeting the fellas today.
03:47Hey girl.
03:48Hey girl.
03:49Hey girl.
03:50I have been knowing both of them for decades.
03:53They about to let these men know that, hey, she's a unicorn.
03:56If you ain't coming correct, leave her alone.
03:58So dearly beloved.
03:59I have gathered y'all here today for the nourishment of my love life.
04:02So y'all are going to be meeting three of my top connections.
04:06Ask them whatever y'all want to ask them, but I need them in a hot seat.
04:08Hot it is.
04:09Okay.
04:10Oh.
04:11How you doing?
04:12This is Steve.
04:13Hey.
04:14Oh, Cardi.
04:15What up though?
04:16How you doing?
04:17I'm doing good.
04:18You joined us.
04:19Walking into this date, I'm happy that I'm here because we have a new connection.
04:24And the fact that she feels confident enough to introduce me to her friends means that she
04:29wants to explore the connection just as much as I do.
04:32Well, welcome to the party.
04:34What should I be doing?
04:35You can paint a picture that you feel inspired to paint when you look at me.
04:40But keep it cute.
04:41So I want to ask you, what are your intentions with my best friend?
04:46Really to get to know her more?
04:47I mean, our conversation has been awesome, but I think we have a lot in common actually.
04:51Like what?
04:52I think we both got the same sort of vision for the future.
04:55Do you have kids?
04:56No.
04:57No.
04:58Do you want kids?
04:59Yeah.
05:00Do you want marriage?
05:01Have you ever been married?
05:02No.
05:03How do you feel?
05:04Well, I want to know, have you made other connections in this process?
05:07I have met other women, but I've always vibed with Ashante.
05:10It's been cool, like, just to see her personality develop, to laugh, that she's funny as hell,
05:15which is really cool and something that I like a lot.
05:17How do you deal with conflict?
05:18If you and your girl are not seeing eye to eye.
05:21Tell them about our last argument.
05:23Are you talking about the ex-day?
05:24Mm-hmm.
05:25Mm-hmm.
05:26Okay, well, at the ex-day, there was a heated moment between Ashante and Day.
05:30And really, within that moment, though, too, it was a lot that was going on.
05:34How did you deal with it?
05:35I let everybody pretty much talk.
05:37I tried, essentially, my best to make sure that I could try to switch up the situation a little bit.
05:42Because I'm also, when it comes to conflict, I have to deal with stuff like that on a regular basis.
05:46This is such a textbook answer.
05:47I mean, but that's honestly as to really, you know, really what's happening.
05:52Cardi, I'm not buying it, to be honest.
05:54I want a man who's gonna take up for me in a healthy way when it comes to conflict.
05:59Does any of you guys have any, like, family values or any cultural background that does not align with Ashante's?
06:07I am a practicing Muslim.
06:09Ashante's more on the spiritual side.
06:11Well, for you to get married, does she have to take a shahada to convert to Islam?
06:15No.
06:16So she gets to remain herself?
06:18Yeah, you're informed.
06:19Yeah, because she's...
06:20I'm Islam myself.
06:21You're Muslim.
06:22Yes.
06:23Mashallah.
06:24Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
06:26Wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
06:27Okay.
06:28So...
06:29I don't know what y'all saying.
06:31Being that Bello is a Muslim, I'm not opposed to that.
06:35Do what you gotta do to have that relationship with the Most High.
06:39I love that and commend him for that.
06:42I can only take his word for it and allow Tom to tell how our connection grows.
06:47Thank you so much for answering my questions.
06:49Now, what about your painting?
06:50Let's see it.
06:51Show us what you got.
06:52Boom.
06:53Okay.
06:54That's cute.
06:55That's a UFO and somebody's getting beamed up.
06:57God.
06:58Okay.
06:59You did a very good job.
07:00I think my picture turned out great.
07:01It definitely touches on things that Ashante likes.
07:04We talk a lot about aliens and things like that.
07:07He think I'm not from around here.
07:08I did the silhouette, so for the time that I was sitting down...
07:12That's what I did.
07:13That's very good, though.
07:14Her hair looking a little witchy.
07:16But...
07:17Do I need a brush bellow?
07:18You did a very good job.
07:19I did it quick.
07:20I was quick.
07:21This is a little inside joke.
07:23And we ghost chasing.
07:24It's a little something.
07:26What the hell is this?
07:27That's your shirt right now.
07:29Oh, God.
07:30That's your shirt right now.
07:31Oh.
07:34My picture came out great for Ashante.
07:36It's a little bit of an inside sort of joke that we got running.
07:39It's a Halloween costume of a ghost.
07:42But, uh, it's a good joke.
07:44I'll let her tell it.
07:45Take care.
07:46Be safe.
07:47All right.
07:49Okay, let's start with Steve.
07:50I like Steve.
07:51I think that Steve, he needs to work on his confidence.
07:54And if he can get that confidence, like, baby, you might have a winner with this chicken dinner.
07:59What?
08:00Steve, you gotta show me more romance and more vulnerability.
08:03But you gotta come up out of that.
08:04As a woman, you can help him with that.
08:06Now let's go to Cardi.
08:07Cardi's boring.
08:08He don't seem there.
08:09I wouldn't really use the term boring.
08:11I just think Cardi is very textbook.
08:13He's answering these questions like his job.
08:16And he gonna tell us what we want to hear.
08:18And I wasn't really feeling that.
08:19Bellow, he seems cool, but he's very, like, in control.
08:24You know how I feel about Islam, guys.
08:26He's gonna want you to convert, period.
08:28I feel like he's just saying that now.
08:29If y'all ever get serious, he's gonna want you to change over.
08:31And it's gonna be something totally different.
08:33I've studied a lot of religions, but now it's just like, I just wanna be a good person.
08:37That's it.
08:38Yeah, okay.
08:39If I had to rate them, I'm Steve, Bellow, Cardi.
08:44Steve, Cardi, Bellow.
08:46I knew y'all was gonna say exactly that.
08:49Mm-hmm.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Tommy's meet-the-friend assignment was right on time.
08:56They definitely confirmed everything I felt about these guys.
08:59But I got some sorting to do up here.
09:03Well, I trust you throughout this process, though.
09:05Do you, baby?
09:06All right.
09:07Well, I appreciate y'all coming.
09:08I love y'all so much.
09:09I love you, Laura.
09:10Pick your right one.
09:11Uh-oh.
09:12Bye-bye.
09:13Bye-bye.
09:14Bye-bye.
09:15Bye-bye.
09:16Bye-bye.
09:17Bye-bye.
09:18Bye-bye.
09:19Bye-bye.
09:20Bye-bye.
09:21Bye-bye.
09:22The women are in power this week, and I'm like, oh, snap.
09:26Let's get excited.
09:27Bye-bye.
09:28Bye-bye.
09:29Bye-bye.
09:30I know the perfect person to question and get to know these men.
09:34Shannon, I'm back again.
09:37One of my best friends, Mercedes, she's been through this experience of ready to love.
09:43If I was to knowingly get into a long-distance relationship without a solid foundation, I would
09:49be getting a boat without a sail.
09:52So today, I do have to choose myself.
09:55What does it feel like to be back again?
09:58It feels absolutely crazy, but I'm excited to help you out.
10:03I have questions of my own.
10:04Okay.
10:05Please ask away, because I know you're going to come with the heat.
10:08So do so.
10:11Hey, hey.
10:12How you doing?
10:13Hi, Darius.
10:14Erin.
10:15How are you?
10:16How are you?
10:17D'Var.
10:18How are you doing?
10:19I know that Mercedes will likely be hard on them, but she knows what important questions
10:24to ask.
10:25She knows what to look for.
10:27She can smell BS probably a mile away.
10:30So Shannon has three of you gentlemen here, which means that she has multiple connections.
10:35I'm going to start down here.
10:37Do you have multiple connections outside of Shannon?
10:39No, none.
10:40No, I'm just kidding.
10:41No, yeah, yeah, of course I do.
10:42Of course I do.
10:43How many?
10:44Uh...
10:45I don't know.
10:46I'm not sure.
10:47Oh, he can't even count.
10:48Okay.
10:49That's crazy.
10:50Relax.
10:51Relax.
10:52Um, I think I have four.
10:54Wow.
10:55You guys started with 10.
10:57So that...
10:58I can't do math that well, teacher.
10:59So how many are left?
11:00Six.
11:01Six.
11:02So you have four out of six.
11:03That's like 66%.
11:04Oh, okay.
11:05Okay.
11:06So you like 66% of what is on the buffet.
11:10Where does Shannon fall out of your four?
11:12You're putting me in a real tough position.
11:14Of this part?
11:15Bye, y'all.
11:16Be honest.
11:17Be honest.
11:18Um, I have probably two really, really strong connections, and Shannon is one of them.
11:23So you're going to put her in the top two?
11:25Yes, definitely.
11:26Okay, cool.
11:27Steven, where does Shannon fall?
11:29Top three right now.
11:30Top three.
11:31Yeah, 100%.
11:32All right.
11:33Living alone.
11:34I will say, out of my four connections, Shannon has climbed her way.
11:39It's one and two.
11:41All of the men really say the same thing.
11:44Like, top two, top three.
11:46And for me, that's a problem.
11:48So do you have children?
11:50Ever been married?
11:51I've never been married, actually.
11:52I do have two adults and two younger children.
11:55Okay, so we have four.
11:57Yeah, four all together.
11:58Who were you in the longest relationship with?
12:00The longest relationship, it was 11 years.
12:03So why didn't you all get married?
12:05You know when people pivot in different directions, sometimes your in-game goal doesn't align properly.
12:10Y'all growing different ways.
12:12Do you guys have children?
12:13Oh, no.
12:14I do not.
12:15Do you want kids?
12:16I do.
12:17Do you want kids?
12:18Yeah.
12:19Okay.
12:20Do you want kids to know by now what we're trying to do?
12:21I feel like at three months, you know if you want to continue this.
12:24Okay.
12:25It's reasonable.
12:26Six months, you know if you actually want to be with this person long term.
12:29I don't think six months is necessarily enough time to know whether or not you want to spend the rest of your life with someone.
12:34But I do think it's a good starting point.
12:36So how much time do you need to know that you're a person and you want to marry them?
12:40That's an impossible question to answer really.
12:42It's really not.
12:43I don't think.
12:44I would think for me about a year should let me know like, yo I think this is it.
12:49You should definitely know.
12:50Okay.
12:51Being that I'm 33, I want to have children.
12:54I want to be married.
12:56I'm not waiting past a year.
12:59For me, I'm looking forward to marriage.
13:01And that's what I am focused on.
13:03But she has to have all the qualities to assess marriage.
13:07I do pour into a person.
13:09And I would need someone to pour into me as well.
13:12Okay.
13:13Mercedes came in with a purpose.
13:16And it was to find out as much information about us as she could.
13:19Definitely felt like a grilling session.
13:21You look gorgeous by the way.
13:23I have no idea what Mercedes thought of me.
13:25I didn't think that I came off poorly or anything like that.
13:28But hopefully, Shannon got the information that she wanted.
13:32Wow, that was extremely evenful.
13:35I am very flabbergasted.
13:37What do you think about Steven?
13:39I think that fundamentally, you click on all the right things of like a resume checkbox.
13:45Like, I see why he was here.
13:47Okay.
13:48Out of the three, that definitely was my initial thought of like, okay.
13:53That's who you liked?
13:54But Shannon, I'm just going to be honest.
13:56I have major concerns.
13:58I didn't like that you were one out of three.
14:01So we don't know if that's number one, number two, or number three.
14:04100%.
14:05They couldn't tell me not only where I stood, but not even how they felt about me.
14:11I feel a little duped.
14:13So if you had to pick someone for me today, who might you pick?
14:18I think they have potential.
14:19Mm-hmm.
14:20But I wouldn't choose any of the three today.
14:21Okay.
14:22I appreciate your honesty because after today, I don't know if I would choose any of them
14:25either.
14:26Okay.
14:27I don't like dancing around things.
14:28I was looking for a direct answer because I'm a direct person.
14:29It's unfortunate that it didn't happen how it should have.
14:42I want you to be a black knight and shine, but they did not.
14:47Uh, we need another drink.
14:48Come on.
14:49Okay.
14:50Okay.
14:51Today, I'll be introducing two of my very best friends, Bianca and Lolo, to Bello, Steven,
15:11and Vince.
15:12I have made three really, really strong connections and you're actually going to meet them.
15:18Give me y'all's impressions.
15:20That's deep.
15:21These guys are the ones that I'm the most interested in.
15:25So I am looking forward to hearing what they have to say because I know they're going
15:30to give it to me straight.
15:31Hi.
15:32She always is on point.
15:34Oh.
15:35Lola and Bianca.
15:36Lola.
15:37How you doing, Bello?
15:38Okay.
15:39Give me a hug, man.
15:40This is Lola.
15:41This is Bianca.
15:42Bianca.
15:43Yes.
15:44Hi, Vince.
15:45Nice to meet you.
15:46I used to know a Vince.
15:48Well, you know another one now.
15:51Bianca, I love your name.
15:53My first name and last name is Bello.
15:55So it's Bello, Bello.
15:56So I've always wanted my children to have BB.
15:59I have a daughter.
16:00She's one years old.
16:01So Bianca was a name that I was like, would be amazing for a daughter.
16:04So what is it that attracted you to Lauren?
16:07Outside of physical.
16:10For real?
16:11Look at her.
16:12Not physical.
16:13We know that.
16:14We know that.
16:15Deeper than that.
16:16She just lights up a room, man.
16:17Like, she's captivating.
16:18Conversation was great.
16:19Outside of that, God-fearing, traditional woman.
16:22And just the way she carries herself.
16:24Have you ever thought about being a politician?
16:26Nice.
16:27So you mentioned a one-year-old, right?
16:31That's pretty fresh.
16:32Mm-hmm.
16:33Out the oven.
16:34Two years out the oven.
16:35Out two years?
16:36Think about it.
16:37One-year-old, nine months inside the...
16:38You don't like that politician thing, right?
16:40What is it like?
16:41Was it like a hit it or quit it situation?
16:44In short, we had a very brief connection.
16:48We didn't pursue a relationship.
16:50Our co-parenting.
16:51So she would be okay with you...
16:52Absolutely.
16:53...moving on, marrying somebody?
16:54Absolutely.
16:55Absolutely.
16:56I've actually seen Lauren more times than...
17:01The mother of your daughter.
17:02The mother of my daughter.
17:04Sometimes unplanned events happen, and we need to shift.
17:07Mm-hmm.
17:08Right?
17:09And that's what I ended up doing.
17:11Kudos to you for stepping up.
17:13What do you like specifically about Lauren other than her looks?
17:17Well, the interaction being so natural and so flowing,
17:21that's what really made me say,
17:23Hey, this is good already.
17:24You know, it sounds like we enjoy similar things.
17:27What do you like to do?
17:28Hanging out with my children.
17:30How many kids do you have?
17:31Two.
17:32Two.
17:33Boy, 15.
17:34Girl, 17.
17:35You want to start over?
17:36Right.
17:37You want more kids?
17:38If the situation was right, I would definitely have more.
17:41I'm definitely okay with these two amazing children that I have, by the way.
17:46Okay.
17:47I like that answer.
17:48No, no, no.
17:49No, I am.
17:50Hello.
17:51How y'all doing?
17:52Hi.
17:53I'm Steve.
17:54Nice to meet you.
17:55Hi, Bianca.
17:56Nice to meet you too.
17:57I'm meeting Lauren and her friends for the first time.
17:59And I feel a little bit anxious because I know her friends are probably gonna drill me.
18:03I have to earn their trust, earn their love.
18:05But this is a date that needs to happen to see if we have a deeper connection, more than checking boxes.
18:12I'm not the lead, but this is great connecting with all of you.
18:16Yes.
18:17I hope that I answer your question adequately.
18:20Leaving this date, I don't feel like I knocked it out the park.
18:22I was answering questions, but they didn't seem like they were fulfilled with the answers.
18:26So I suspect that me and Lauren are gonna have a follow-up at some point.
18:30So your name is Steve?
18:31My name is Steve.
18:32I'm a school teacher.
18:33Okay.
18:34Yeah.
18:35What do you teach?
18:36I teach history.
18:37Social studies.
18:38Okay.
18:39What grade?
18:40Seventh grade, eighth grade, middle school.
18:41I slept to have taught for one year.
18:43Y'all are saints.
18:44Some kids, they destiny.
18:47They is rough.
18:48They can be.
18:49Once you find your little zone, though, everything's kinda cool.
18:52So, outside of teaching, who are you?
18:55I think I'm like a regular guy outside of teaching.
18:57Family man, and a lot of time with the nephews and the nieces.
19:01But no kids?
19:02No kids.
19:03You don't have your own.
19:04So is that something, like, down the line?
19:06She said she's gonna give me a girl.
19:08She said that out of her mouth?
19:09Yeah.
19:10Okay.
19:11Oh.
19:12Okay.
19:13She said she wants a girl or she's gonna give you a girl.
19:15She's gonna give you one.
19:16Those two different things.
19:17It would be me, right?
19:18It was a good conversation that night.
19:20Would you be okay with three boys?
19:22Yeah, they cool.
19:23I like that, too.
19:24Like, you be good with just one?
19:25Oh, yeah.
19:26I don't need, like, multiples.
19:28If it happened, dope.
19:29That's what God wants.
19:30But I'm also in the space of, like, let me get one.
19:33If I leave this earth and I'll be straight.
19:35Am I mad at that?
19:36Yeah.
19:37So how tall are you?
19:39I'm 6'2".
19:406'2".
19:41Is that a real 6'2", or a man 6'2"?
19:42You know, men, y'all add inches.
19:44I'm not understanding what's going on here.
19:47So did your doctor say that you were 6'2"?
19:49Or did he say 5'11"?
19:52So let's say I am 5'11".
19:54Okay.
19:55What are we talking about?
19:57We want to know your height.
19:59Just ask a question.
20:00Right.
20:01If it's 6'2", it's 6'2".
20:02I know, but I mean, I want to know, like, where we're going with this.
20:06Well, one, she's a taller woman.
20:09She is.
20:10Correct.
20:11Six feet.
20:12And so she also loves to wear heels.
20:13So now we're adding a few inches.
20:156'3", 6'4".
20:17Is that something that you know?
20:18Like, some men are weird about that.
20:19Oh, so your question is, is do I mind her height?
20:22No.
20:23Our question is, how tall are you?
20:26It's really light-hearted.
20:27We were just asking how tall you are.
20:29That's it.
20:30Okay.
20:31Well, it's the same answer.
20:32Okay.
20:33We're not mad at it.
20:34The energy during this exchange is horrible.
20:38I am literally so embarrassed.
20:41I have to get out of here.
20:43I really, really appreciate you guys' time.
20:46It was a pleasure.
20:47It was a pleasure.
20:48It was very colorful.
20:49Oh.
20:50Okay.
20:51I'm going to take it.
20:52I'm going to take that.
20:53I'm going to take that.
20:54Vince has to be able to fit in.
20:56You don't want to be walking on eggshells and,
20:59Don't say this around Vince.
21:00He might flip out.
21:01We want to be comfortable and cool and not worried.
21:05Where is Lauren?
21:06Like, is she number one?
21:09Lauren is my girl.
21:12Okay.
21:13That's a politically correct answer.
21:15Lauren is my girl.
21:17Like your home girl?
21:18No, no.
21:19She is more than a home girl, for sure.
21:20Okay.
21:21Oh, that's for sure.
21:22Like a best friend.
21:23Lauren is romance for show.
21:25Okay.
21:26Okay.
21:27Romance for show.
21:28Like, she is not somebody I'm just like,
21:29I'm looking at as a friend.
21:30I thoroughly enjoy speaking to her.
21:32Mm-hmm.
21:33Haven't got a chance to see her as often,
21:35but I enjoy all those things about her.
21:37And like, I'm looking, I'm forward to like,
21:39exploring that somehow, you know?
21:42Okay.
21:43All right.
21:44So, I do have to go.
21:46It was a pleasure meeting both of you.
21:47You too.
21:48Absolutely.
21:49I had an awesome time.
21:50Okay.
21:51Kissy, kissy.
21:52Okay.
21:53It was good to meet you.
21:54It was great.
21:55It was great.
21:56I like Vince.
21:58I don't dislike him.
21:59I like him.
22:00I love you.
22:01So, Vince, I'm like, literally,
22:03I've never met somebody where literally,
22:04every time I see him, I go through a rollercoaster of,
22:07Oh, I like him.
22:08What the hell?
22:09Oh, my God.
22:10Like, you know he will protect you,
22:11but do I need protection from you?
22:13I like what he stands for.
22:16Yes.
22:17I like that as his woman, you will not have to guess
22:19what your place is.
22:20Yeah.
22:21You know how he feels about you.
22:23But I think you need a strong personality,
22:25and he's the strongest personality that we have met thus far.
22:29Yes.
22:30I was like, I forgot to tell y'all he could have looked.
22:32I mean, he got passionate.
22:33He doesn't like the height.
22:34He's not 6'2", he's 60.
22:36Oh, my goodness.
22:38So, considering all gentlemen, how would you rank them?
22:43Definitely Vince is number one.
22:44Vince is number one?
22:45Yes.
22:46Yes.
22:47So shocked to hear that.
22:48Okay.
22:49I got Stevie at number two.
22:50Why not Stevie number one?
22:51He's not assertive enough.
22:52Mm-hmm.
22:53Fellow is third place.
22:54He is a slick talker.
22:55Yeah.
22:56He can answer straight questions.
22:57No.
22:58Save his life.
22:59Vince has, he has kids.
23:01Yes.
23:02He doesn't, not looking to have more kids.
23:05He seems pretty stable in his life, and his kids are older.
23:08Overall, I think that you guys could really grow together.
23:12Yeah.
23:13And build a life together.
23:14My friends thought Vince would have been the best fit.
23:18I'm, like, shocked because Fellow is my strongest connection.
23:22I wish he would have got a little deeper about why he liked me,
23:25and then I feel like my friends would have been sold on him a little more.
23:28I have a lot to think about.
23:30Yes, a lot.
23:31Cheers to finding the best guy, right?
23:44Baby, I ain't got the time to try to be the perfect size,
23:46so what you see is what you're gonna get.
23:49This week, my long-term friend, Brianna,
23:52is meeting Darius and Cardi.
23:54Hey, girl.
23:55Yes.
23:56She's been friends with me for years.
23:58Our Mother's Day hair together, she's like a cousin.
24:00I love her dearly, and I know that she knows me best,
24:03and she will read these guys.
24:04Oh, my God.
24:05I honestly can't wait.
24:06I brought you here because I've been making connections
24:09with a couple guys.
24:10OK.
24:11And I just wanted you to just dig deep with these guys to see, like,
24:15okay, is he really fresh?
24:16So, like, what do you do?
24:17Or is he here playing games?
24:18Yes.
24:19You know I'm gonna keep it all the way 1,000.
24:22Mm-hmm.
24:23Hello.
24:24Welcome.
24:25Hi.
24:26Hey.
24:27How you doing?
24:28My friend Brianna.
24:29This is Cardi.
24:30Looking great, looking great.
24:31I got a rose for you.
24:32Oh, thank you.
24:35Cardi was definitely one of my connections
24:38because of how smart he is.
24:41I appreciate you.
24:42Not to cut you off for just complimenting my intelligence,
24:44but you are very smart.
24:46Very to yourself.
24:47And that's one thing that I want more of us to talk more.
24:50Mm-hmm.
24:51In this and out of the experience.
24:52And that's what I told you with him.
24:53We have surface conversations.
24:54We've never really gotten deep.
24:56But I can do a lot better, though, too.
24:58You know, as well.
24:59Okay.
25:00So would you say going into those deep conversations,
25:03would you say that's a problem getting deeper?
25:05You know, really through this process,
25:07it was hard to go as deep as you would want to.
25:09Right.
25:10With the amount of time and stuff.
25:11So I welcome that with Ashley.
25:12But can you get deep in the relationship?
25:15Right.
25:16Romantically.
25:17I believe I can.
25:18Okay.
25:19You know, I think that you gotta know what you like,
25:21what you love, you know, what makes you smile,
25:23how you like to be touched, you know?
25:24When Brie calls me out for not opening up to Ashley more,
25:27I can definitely acknowledge that fact
25:29based off of communication.
25:30I want to be more intentional in calling Ashley
25:33and texting Ashley,
25:34but I need to make sure that it's reciprocated.
25:36Then I know for sure.
25:37Like, it's real.
25:38But you know that representative,
25:39it'll leave in about six months.
25:41So I like for people to be themselves.
25:44Be yourself around me.
25:45You know, you don't have to...
25:46Put up, up, up.
25:47You don't have to do that with me.
25:48Because I know when somebody's being fake to me.
25:50If you just, yeah, go ahead.
25:51Also, sorry to cut you off.
25:52I need to work on that.
25:53All of those things I think are important,
25:55and they come in time,
25:56and they come through deep conversation.
25:58Okay.
25:59You know?
26:00So with Cardi, it's very flat-lined with us.
26:02I feel like with Cardi,
26:03I have to just be in his face to get to know him.
26:06So, Darius, I need to know what you see in my girl.
26:10Why are you here?
26:11Ashley, first of all, is a very, very beautiful
26:14and amazing woman, I will say.
26:16I just want to let you know that.
26:18What do you expect out of Ashley?
26:20Do you feel like it's things that she needs to work on?
26:23As far as some of the changes that she could probably work on,
26:27I don't quite understand or know yet.
26:30But what she's saying is,
26:31what do you expect out of me in a relationship?
26:33Pretty much, I want you to be just real at all times
26:36on what you want.
26:38And from what we're speaking so far,
26:40we do align in a lot of different areas.
26:42And I just want to see and make sure
26:44that our end-game goal is the same.
26:47So you don't see any shaping or molding when it comes to Ashley?
26:51I don't see any shaping or mold,
26:52but I say that we all have to pivot.
26:54Mm-hmm.
26:55You know, I'm willing to pivot, too,
26:56because, like, Ashley would not be able to date me
26:59how she dated the last person.
27:00Okay.
27:01That didn't work out.
27:02Right.
27:03So I want to learn every variation of you.
27:05You know, how you think, the way you sleep,
27:08the breaths you take.
27:10How much do you snow in your sleep?
27:12I think that Darius likes me a lot,
27:15and I like him, too.
27:16I just think that he is still putting on
27:19a representative just a little bit.
27:21I want to see the vulnerable side of him,
27:22not the flashy, charismatic flirter.
27:25I want to see, like, are you really nurturing
27:27and catering to your woman?
27:29It was definitely a pleasure out of me, Trude.
27:30I'm gonna get up and give you a hug.
27:32I feel that we all change
27:35when we deal with somebody
27:36that we're not used to dealing with.
27:38As far as somebody changing Ashley,
27:41no, that should not happen.
27:43Seriously.
27:44A little tap?
27:45Mm.
27:46But as far as her changing
27:47to be a better version of herself,
27:49she naturally will.
27:51Girl.
27:53Okay, let's start with Cardi.
27:54Cardi is cool.
27:55Like you said, very intelligent.
27:57Mm-hmm.
27:58The surface thing, I'm gonna have a red tag on that alone,
28:01you know?
28:02How you feel about Darius?
28:03Darius?
28:04He was my top connection.
28:05Y'all have a real strong connection.
28:07I can see that.
28:08He was on you.
28:09That tell me he know what he want.
28:11Mm-hmm.
28:12He's really interested in you with an open heart.
28:15And that's a turn on.
28:16That's a good thing.
28:17Mm-hmm.
28:18I like him for you.
28:19I ain't gonna lie.
28:20Okay.
28:21I'm gonna ask the perfect questions,
28:22but now it's time to start cracking down.
28:24Cardi was kind of closed, and I wanted Darius
28:27to explain to her more.
28:29What can honestly make me a wife for you?
28:31Let's get up out of here, girl.
28:33Mm-hmm.
28:36I got it.
28:41Here we go.
28:46Okay, ladies.
28:47As y'all know, I am on my journey to find love,
28:50and I've made a few connections.
28:52I'm just gonna kind of stay out of it.
28:53Let y'all talk.
28:54Okay.
28:55When I start to like someone,
28:57I tend to ignore the red flags.
28:59My friends are not going to ignore those flags
29:02because they don't have any investment
29:04in these particular men.
29:05They're going to ask important questions,
29:07and they're gonna be honest with me.
29:09Oh.
29:10Hello.
29:11Hello.
29:12How are you?
29:13I'm good.
29:14Stop blushing.
29:17No, I didn't.
29:18I didn't see the front of you
29:20until I saw the front of you.
29:22Hi.
29:23Hi.
29:24I'm excited to meet Donna's friends.
29:26I don't care about a lot of stuff,
29:27but I do care if they like me or not.
29:29And I think her friends will like me.
29:31This should be interesting.
29:33Are you nervous?
29:34Always.
29:36I personally want to talk about
29:38what it is you like about Donna.
29:40Yeah, me too.
29:41You all like to just jump right in.
29:43You don't want to like...
29:44I mean, that's...
29:45Yeah.
29:46Okay, okay.
29:47This ranking is in no particular order,
29:49but I love how smart Donna is.
29:52Of course Donna's beautiful.
29:54I'm like a seven.
29:56She brings me up to like an 8.5.
29:58If you see me with her, you know, like...
30:01Upgradual.
30:02You know.
30:04When are you ready for?
30:05Are you ready for like marriage?
30:07Um, I wouldn't say that I'm dating for marriage.
30:10What would you say?
30:11I would say I'm dating to get to know someone
30:13and get to know if we could take it to that next step.
30:16Dating with intention?
30:18Well, the intention is to get to know them.
30:20Do you want to be married?
30:24Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
30:26You think long? You think wrong?
30:28Whoa.
30:29I want to be married,
30:30but I'm definitely not going to force to be married.
30:34No, and I don't think you should.
30:35So...
30:36My hesitation is this.
30:37Donna does want to have kids.
30:38I mean, you can't really put a timeline on it,
30:40but it's kind of a timeline.
30:43I don't mind having more children.
30:46You don't mind having more children?
30:47No, I don't mind.
30:48I could not have them as well, and it wouldn't bother me.
30:51Okay.
30:52And that's a very honest answer.
30:53Yeah.
30:54I can't help that I met Donna at this time.
30:56I wish that it was a different time, but it's not.
30:59It's today.
31:00I can't fast-forward or move quicker in what I think that I need
31:05because of what her timeline is.
31:07It doesn't work like that.
31:08My pace is my pace, no matter who I'm speaking with.
31:11I'm Steve.
31:12Nice to meet you.
31:13Nice to meet you.
31:14Nice to meet you.
31:15Join the party.
31:16Join the party.
31:17Join the party.
31:18I feel like me and Donna have a very good connection,
31:21and I think hanging with her friends
31:23might help me move up the ranks a little bit,
31:26but I don't want to share a day with Vince.
31:28Vince is competition.
31:30Like, man, this is not the vibe.
31:32I got to get out of here.
31:34Oh, this is perfect time.
31:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:36It was really, really nice meeting you guys.
31:39Nice to meet you.
31:40Nice to meet you.
31:42Get yourself over here.
31:44There we go.
31:45So I want to know a little bit more about you.
31:47We know you're a teacher.
31:48Do you have any children?
31:49No.
31:50Do you want children?
31:53I do want kids, at least one.
31:56Do you have, like, a timeline in your head as to, you know,
31:59when you see yourself having children,
32:01when you see yourself having a wife?
32:03As a man, I feel like if I'm in a relationship,
32:08I think within maybe two years,
32:10because now I think I've learned enough.
32:12The goal is to be married.
32:14Yeah.
32:15She knows that.
32:16I knows that.
32:17And if we don't see that with each other after a certain time,
32:18like, all right, cool, like, no beef.
32:21So that is a safe feeling for me that I think in a relationship
32:24she would be very similar where she kind of probably understands
32:27who she's dating, her husband at some point.
32:29Like, I'm beyond just a, like, surface level.
32:33That's kind of how I define love.
32:34Like, I want all of that for her because she is love.
32:37Yeah.
32:38Ooh.
32:39As far as I'm concerned.
32:40I'm going to change your name on the phone to love.
32:42Period.
32:43Donna Love.
32:44That's right.
32:46I didn't say Donna Banks in that bag.
32:47Uh-oh.
32:48That's your last name?
32:49That's my last name.
32:50Donna Banks.
32:51That's my last name.
32:52Okay.
32:53Donna Banks. I can see it.
32:54I like it.
32:55Is that Louie?
32:56BB.
32:57BB.
32:58I see that.
32:59Unfortunately.
33:00You're leaving us?
33:01I have to actually go home and grade some papers.
33:03It was so nice to meet you, Steve.
33:05It was awesome meeting you.
33:06Tommy's assignment helped me and Donna grow stronger
33:09and understand a little more about what we expect.
33:12But I thought it went really well and I was excited.
33:15So, I like both of them.
33:18But I did not like how Vince ran away from the timeline.
33:25It was sketchy.
33:26He was running from the answer.
33:28Yeah.
33:29And to me, that's a red flag.
33:31Like, is he ready?
33:32Whereas Steven, he said wife a lot.
33:34He said two years.
33:35I am a little surprised that my friends chose Steven over Vince.
33:39Mainly because he has been my top connection and they know that
33:43because we talk all the time.
33:45Should I be pivoting my time?
33:48I don't know that you should neglect Vince.
33:51I just think you should give more energy.
33:54Mmm.
33:55To Steven.
33:56I don't know if I'm going to take my friend's advice.
33:59We have quite a bit left of the process and I have plenty of time to ask more questions.
34:04I really need to start digging a little deeper so I can really see where the best matches.
34:09Do with that what you will.
34:12Um.
34:13What's up ladies?
34:14I love you.
34:15I love you.
34:16So the two friends that I think these connections of mine need to me is Sharonda and I love you.
34:30I love you.
34:31I love you.
34:32I love you.
34:33I love you.
34:34I love you.
34:35So the two friends that I think these connections of mine need to me is Sharonda and Alaino.
34:41Bitch I'm so happy to see you.
34:43Bitch you look bomb right now.
34:44Okay.
34:45Shoot them what we're working with.
34:46Period.
34:47Okay.
34:48I see you.
34:49All away baby.
34:50I've been working with these two ladies.
34:51They know what I like.
34:52They know what I need.
34:53And they're going to get to the nitty gritty.
34:56So I wanted y'all to come here because you guys are my people and I'm dating these guys.
35:03It was a process.
35:04Multiple men.
35:05I want you guys to ask some questions.
35:06It's ready to love.
35:07Okay.
35:08We need to know are they ready to love.
35:09Right.
35:10Because I know you're ready.
35:11I'm ready.
35:12You have a lot of love to love.
35:13And at this point actually may the best man win.
35:15What up dude?
35:16Hey.
35:17Ladies how y'all doing?
35:18How you doing?
35:19How you doing?
35:20Looking amazing.
35:21Very good.
35:22I'm excited.
35:23Dom is always such a good time.
35:25And I know her friends are going to be bringing lights, camera, actions to the party.
35:29What do you think is incredible about her?
35:31I think that her personality and how deep she is.
35:34You know, she's very intellectual like emotionally.
35:37When you first met her, what was the first thing you noticed about her?
35:40I noticed her poise and then her style.
35:43Are you single?
35:44I am.
35:45Obviously.
35:46I mean.
35:47I do have to make sure.
35:48Maybe.
35:49Maybe.
35:50What?
35:51This is a good question.
35:52Well hello everyone.
35:53What up dude?
35:54How you doing?
35:55Another gentleman.
35:56What's happening?
35:57Oh I like this.
35:58My last date didn't go well with Shannon's friends.
36:01But Dominique is my top connection and I have a strong connection with her.
36:05So I'm a little anxious like I always am before these dates.
36:09So these are two of my best friends.
36:11Anytime I'm around these women, I am in good hands.
36:14They gonna take care of me.
36:15They gonna nurture me.
36:16They gonna love me.
36:17If that's something you can see yourself doing with Dominique.
36:20Ooh.
36:21Well there we have it.
36:22So it's other women you are connecting with too, right?
36:24Do you have in mind that this is the one?
36:26I would say we're trying to decide who's right for us.
36:29Oh.
36:30So do you have an idea right now who's right for you?
36:33Um.
36:34You're still trying to figure it out.
36:35We're, I think we're all still trying to figure it out.
36:36Not we or you.
36:37You.
36:38Yes.
36:39But I am trying to, yes.
36:40I am trying to figure that out.
36:41Okay.
36:42So you don't know yet.
36:43You're still trying to figure it out.
36:44That's what the process is.
36:45Hello.
36:46How you doing?
36:47Well howdy.
36:53This is so fun.
36:55I walk in and the tension was so thick.
36:58I don't know what I walked into.
37:00You handsome and all.
37:01You know, you smell good.
37:02I'm gonna know about you.
37:03Okay.
37:04I can say confidently that there's a big difference between attraction and chemistry.
37:09You can look at somebody and appreciate them.
37:12And then you look at somebody and you're drawn to them.
37:15Right?
37:16And that's how I feel about Dominique.
37:17You're drawn to her.
37:18But you're attracted to some more women that's on the show as well.
37:21And that's, I made that distinction for a reason.
37:23Because of the other ladies, I don't have that spark as I do with Dominique.
37:28Okay.
37:29Okay, dude.
37:30All right.
37:31I feel it's kind of like piggyback on what he's saying.
37:33Dominique and I have always had like a strong connection.
37:35Really since day one.
37:36I was really kind of curious, like what more is it to her?
37:40And sitting down and then laughing, it's just like, oh, you know.
37:44I am very pleased with Cardi and Bello.
37:47Because if you become my man, then you're gonna be around my friends.
37:50And I need to know that you can fit in.
37:52What more would you want to know about Dominique?
37:55Is she the type of woman you're looking for?
37:57Yeah.
37:58Okay.
38:01Dominique is the type of woman that most men are looking for.
38:04Are you talking about you?
38:05Uh, yeah.
38:06Yeah, yes, yes.
38:07She is the type of woman that I'm looking for.
38:09She's grounded.
38:10She's mature.
38:11It sounds like he knows the qualities that he wants.
38:14But like, how do you find that?
38:15Are you really listening to him?
38:16No, it sounds like he really knows what he wants.
38:19Dominique came in like a gray cloud.
38:22He came in gloomy.
38:23And my friends, they like beasts.
38:26They can smell the meat.
38:27They can smell the blood.
38:28And he came in there with open wounds.
38:30And they attacked instantly.
38:32If anything, I feel like this setup is throwing me off.
38:35Because Cardi's over there with my girl.
38:37And I'm like, how do I take this?
38:39Okay, so now you say Cardi's over here sitting with your girl, right?
38:42But two minutes ago, it gave me a little bit of...
38:45Gave you a little bit of what?
38:46I need a person who gonna love me out loud.
38:49I understand the process.
38:50But speak how you speak about me, how you talk to me.
38:54I need somebody to stand on business about me.
38:56Because I'm gonna stand on business about you.
38:58I feel like, listen, I need to reset for a second.
39:00Because the energy is really weird that I'm getting right now.
39:03I don't feel bad for Divine.
39:05I knew that there was going to be questions
39:07and there was going to be intent based on how they were wearing their jackets.
39:11It's like they had their hands outside of the sleeves.
39:14And the confidence seemed to be lacking just a skosh.
39:17I don't want you to feel uncomfortable.
39:19But that's the part about this.
39:20I want to see who can stand in the heat with the uncomfortable.
39:23Well, I can stand in the heat.
39:24But what's the insinuation that I don't love you out loud?
39:28Sitting here with the people who matter the most to me, they want to know.
39:31If you like me like that, then say you like me like that.
39:34I need to know.
39:35I need that.
39:36You know how much I like you.
39:38But I'm going to say that.
39:39Tell them.
39:40I was very annoyed at the energy that was coming across the table.
39:44Going home was a strong possibility given my performance here.
39:48And I didn't feel good about the date at all.
39:50I hope I can recover from that, honestly.
39:52Apparently she don't know it.
39:54We don't know it.
39:55That's why we sitting here.
39:56Because guess what?
39:57My decision is what's going to matter.
39:59I'm her soulmate.
40:01Um...
40:04Yeah.
40:05Baby, you got to come in that room a little bit more confident.
40:08My friends are sitting right here.
40:09So if you going to be confused about how you feel about me right now, then it's time for you to go.
40:20Next time on Ready to Love.
40:22I'm glad y'all was able to get that outside perspective from your friends.
40:26Mm-hmm.
40:27With that extra perspective in mind, I want a few of you to take these men out and let them know if they are not ready to love.
40:34Oh, my God.
40:35Welcome to your luxury getaway.
40:39Nothing like a romantic getaway to deepen bonds and really get to know somebody.
40:45I thought I could change the young lady.
40:47She was in adult entertainment.
40:49What's that?
40:50Stripper.
40:52You were with a stripper?
40:54Yes.
40:55That don't sound good.
40:56With Shannon, I feel like she's judging me.
40:59I don't want no part of it.
41:00My issue is with you because I felt so uncomfortable.
41:04And I was like, dang, this is not a good first impression right now.
41:07For you to say your friends had zero accountability for what happened, that was completely unfair.
41:15I disagree.
41:16OK.
41:17Drs.
41:18Drs.
41:31Thank you非常 much.
41:33But I doubted it and watching the race.
41:35That's really it.
41:36Thank you very much.
41:38It's okay.
41:39It's so valid.
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