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Even about the current season of Temptation Island

By Wieke Veenboer | #!31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:000231#31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:00-5Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202331 16pm31pm-31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:005Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam2023312023Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200155155pmTuesday=9#!31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam5#05-16-2023#!31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:000231#/31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:00-5Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202331#!31Tue, 16 May 2023 17:15:02 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam5#

It hurts me to write this, but it can't be helped. I have to get it off my chest. Is this how it feels when youthful loves eventually grow apart? That everything you once found so charming about someone suddenly starts to annoy you? That it even makes you irritated or angry?

That's a bit how I feel about the current season of Temptation Island. The love that was once so strong is no more. And just like in any healthy relationship, I do what any logical person would do: not looking for the problem within myself. Because I haven't changed, you have changed, Temptation. You used to be so fun, authentic, and addictive. And now? Now I've fallen asleep and I don't even remember everyone's name on that island. How the tables have turned.

We are now at episode eight and I still have so much to catch up on, but I just can't seem to muster the motivation. So maybe it's necessary to just state what's going wrong here: Temptation Island is boring this season. Nothing to it. At times even sleep-inducing. Yes, Miriam was a bit of a weirdo and made some strange statements, but that was about it for this season.

By now, I'm at the point where I would actually prefer to just watch twelve episodes of Monica and Kaj in Mexico, or wherever this season is being filmed. Two besties on a work trip seems genuinely more entertaining to watch than this. Maybe we've reached the point where everyone participating is really only thinking about Instagram followers? That they're already manifesting their barter deals while they're supposedly there for love?

So here is my plea, because I also have the toxic trait of giving my ex way too many chances. I'm doing the same with you, Temptation. This can still turn out well, but you really need to do better next season. Because it’s not me, it’s you. I'm still the same girl who can watch mindless TV for hours, so really: it's not me. But it's not over between us yet, I'm just taking a break. Until next season. I have every confidence that you will have pulled yourself together by then.

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