Awhina is not a victim

Look, I agree that Adrian sucks in many ways as a partner for Awhina.

He isn’t caring. He picks himself over and over. He has no interest in her child. He doesn’t want to move for her. He didn’t defend her when his family ganged up on her. He admitted he’s not in love with her. He chose a promo over her. He doesn’t show up for her. He has no interest in meeting her or making her life easier in any way.

BUT

She can see this and chooses to stay every week. Adrian is the most transparent bad boyfriend in the universe. He consistently shows and tells her that she’s not important to him. What more information does she need to leave him? I don’t even think there was a love bombing phase with Adrian because he was the same from the beginning.

It’s really challenging for me to see Awhina as a victim here even though she deserves better. I would understand if they were together for a long time or they had kids and he started off really good and then changed and they developed a trauma bond. But this is a several week experiment and he was bad from the start. There is no way they’re trauma bonded. They don’t have enough history to be that invested to not walk away. It’s in front of her eyes that he doesn’t care about her. There is no wool that Adrian is pulling over. When is she gonna make the right decision for herself and her son to walk away?