EXCLUSIVE: 90 Day Fiancé’s Tigerlily, 41, and Adnan, 22, have a lot to get used to as they take their relationship to the next level on Before The 90 Days. The two have been in an online relationship, but once they meet in person they’re set on getting married that day.
Getting married the day they meet is out there even by 90 Day Fiancé standards. This month, fellow TLC star Big Ed proposed to a woman he’d met 24 hours prior, so it seems the cast members are really following their hearts and opting for a life of spontaneity these days. Reality Tidbit caught up with licensed counselor Afton Turner of Fresh Pages Therapy this fall who exclusively gives her take on Adnan and Tigerlily’s romance.
Therapist ‘worries’ for Tigerlily and Adnan
Texas gal Tigerlily and Adnan, who hails from Jordan, are “excited” to get married and become physical in their relationship.
90 Day Fiancé viewers are privy to the lead-up to the moment Adnan loses his V to Tigerlily.
It’s safe to say marriage was a necessity for the two for their relationship to reach a new physical level.
Now, Tigerlily writes in her Instagram bio she’s a “forever queen to her king Adnan.”
Licensed therapist, Afton, exclusively tells Reality Tidbit her “worries” in regard to the two’s romance.
Afton tells us she “noticed many concerning dynamics,” after watching the couple’s wedding ceremony play out.
“Her [Tigerlily’s] previous expression that her last marriage ended because he was controlling… She now is in a new relationship that required her to marry within the day so they could get intimate (to put it plainly). I worry control patterns are repeating themselves for Tigerlily…”
‘Hope’ for 90 Day Fiancé star
Although 90 Day Fiancé fans are seeing Tigerlily and Adnan in good spirits during the show, Afton tells Reality Tidbit how there could be some big repercussions because of the way their romance is structured.
“Control in relationships can be masked as respect, tradition, or love. Tigerlily expressed that she is Adnan’s most prized possession, she follows this by saying it’s cute, flattered by the false pedestal she feels she is on.”
“Tigerlily is feeling confused about what Adnan does and doesn’t expect, he has a hidden rulebook she’s just starting to open,” explains Afton.
The therapist continues to explain how, as time goes on, things could progressively get worse: “The short timeframe of their relationship and his unknown rulebook creates a dangerous mix. It seems Tigerlily is repeating patterns she tried to escape.”
However, Afton adds how Tigerlily’s past could be something to predict a “hopeful” future for the TLC star.
“Tigerlily has broken out of these patterns in the past and is extremely capable of doing that now too.”
Afton doesn’t see things working out between the pair and acknowledges that “pressure” may be felt in relationships where intimacy has been abstained from before getting married.
“While this relationship likely won’t last it will hopefully be because Tigerlily again recognizes her worth. Purity culture, with its emphasis on abstaining from intimacy before marriage, often puts pressure on a couple to rush into marriage.”
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