90 Day Fiance Season 9, Episode 6 took some dramatic shifts from earlier episodes of the season.
Following days of Bilal's weird head-games, Shaeeda found herself in hot water once again.
This time, however, Bilal was right, and this difference almost led to a relationship-breaking moment.
Biniyam wakes up for his first morning in America, but between his work goals and a day trip to New York, he and Ariela aren't seeing eye-to-eye.
Miona and Jibri's mom both think that the other is being "fake," while Jibri feels like his mom is "testing" Miona and taking things too far.
Guillermo and Kara's sit-down with friends reveals some mutual insecurities about each other and their relationship.
Patrick takes Thais home, and things go well until the next morning starts off with a disaster.
Finally, Yvette finds out the hard way that Mohamed has a surprise list of "rules" that he wants her to follow to make him feel "comfortable."
1. Bilal Hazziez and Shaeeda Sween
It's funny the little overlaps that show up between couples. These two begin the episode by discussing rules and coffee, two topics covered by other couples. Shaeeda and Bilal continue to misuse the term "OCD," which is a specific diagnosis, while describing his extremely strict ideas about how his home should look and who should do what, and where, in his house. In other words, it is a revelation to Shaeeda that she's even permitted to drink coffee outside of the kitchen.
2. Mostly, Shaeeda is just anxious
She is going to the Masjid with Bilal for Jum'ah, something that Bilal very clearly explains to the camera, aimed at a Christian (and culturally Christian) audience who might be unfamiliar. For Shaeeda, what's new about this is meeting people in Bilal's community, including his ex-wife.
3. He tells her to not be nervous
Bilal then gives her one of his "pranks" ... claiming that she has an unsightly mass of mucus visible in one of her nostrils. She does not have that, and she knows it, and it's not helping her anxiety.
4. Nooooo
Shaeeda reacts with a "tap" on the back of Bilal's head. There are two issues here -- the first being that this kind of contact, however gentle, is hitting, which is not something that you do to your partner (or anyone else) without their consent. Different people have different communication styles and some are fine with elbow-nudging and playful smacks, and others are not. The second issue is that Bilal is driving.
5. It goes from bad to worse
As calmly as possible, Bilal tells Shaeeda that what she's doing is not okay, which for some reason causes her to fragrantly violate the boundary that he has just set. He warns her that this is (obviously!) unsafe to do to a driver. Even if we imagine that literally everyone in Trinidad is totally okay with her hands-on behavior, cars work the same way where she's from.
6. He warns her to not do this again
Shaeeda responds ... by doing it again, "tapping" (as she calls it) Bilal on the back of his head right after he told her that, if she did it again, he would pull over to the side of the road and have her Uber the rest of the way there.
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