DWI

Well, lets hope its a start. You're right, GF4 is quite attactive. Hopefully she'll be given a name. If Martina stays in the apartment after Alberto moves on, things could get interesting. And if the apartment does get interesting, RLC vieweship will skyrocket again and Martina will once again get top billing. Now comes the suspense...will the soap opera ressurrect?

Good points and I do think Sam might have moved her into some sexual behavior she was not comfortable with at first. I honestly feel that in the end she discovered her bisexual tendencies. There were several occassions where she clearly enjoyed the ffm threesomes with Sam but enjoyed several with her lesbian tryts without Sam. I think right now the question is... is she still bisexual even though she's married to Mat? People change in their sexual preferences over time...but sometimes they don't.

She looks as young as she did in the good old Russian apartment days... still a really, really pretty woman. And I still love her hair after all these years!

Of course, that begs the question why did they leave Bali and rejoin RLC at Sasha and Dasha's place? Seems a whole more than a vacation...is there a visa issue involved due to the fact they're Russians?

Sure, that might work.

Hi Alladino, I agree with your idea of moving Eva and Mat into Angie's apartment as a couple. As long as they're in Sasha and Dasha's apartment, Eva and Mat are stiffled in terms of behavior and having their own guests come over to Sasha and Dasha's place would be uncomfortable for them. Sasha and Dasha have obviously changed their sexual activity since leaving Rome and that's ok of course. Eva and Mat had a pretty exciting sexual track record when they were in Barca...clearly they enjoyed sexual freedom and interaction with other women especially. Now I suppose Eva could have changed her bisexual tendencies, like Dasha once had, but I'd be surprised about that. If Eva and Mat have kept their open relationship since leaving Barca I don't think it hard to imagine them finding new friends with maybe similiar sexual tastes...I don't know, maybe that's no more than wishful thinking on my part. I used to love Eva's lesbian trysts in Russia. And I was always disappointed that she never met Martina while in Barca...that could been interesting to witness...but alas, sheer fantasy I suppose. Anyway, I think Eva and Mat seem a bit out of place right now and would like to see them given a chance to "spread their wings" so to speak. Anyway, thanks for the idea Alladino.

What? Definitely missing some English translation here...hard to understand.

Martina and Sara...what great idea!

Hi JYBRD, Well, I think the reason Martina never really socialized with Alberto's alleged friends is that he probably didn't have many. I have watched Martina and Alberto since their very beginning on RLC with a subscription and can only remember a handful of times over 10 years when a friend of Alberto's ever showed up at the apartment...excluding "fat boy". Secondly, if Alberto did understand and could speak English as you noticed, that's even more damning of a reason for him not to take part in RLC parties and activities. To my mind, that elimintes the "language barrier" excuse as there have been many, many Russians and Ukrainians who could understand and speak English...some quite fluently. If what you say is true, Alberto could have easily held a conversation with many of them...but he chose not to even attemp that.

Hi bobknob, You make a great point about Alberto's anti-social behavior. It is a subject often overlooked in the discussion of the eventual decline of the Martina/Alberto relationship. There were many, many RLC parties that Alberto refused to go to over the years. Some would say it was his percieved language barrier but in fact, to me, that's an unacceptible explanation. At these RLC parties there were almost always some Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Russian and Ukrainian participants. These Russians/Ukrainians were people who knew that to fit in with the Barcelona community they should learn some conversational Spanish and English. Martina took the initiatve herself to learn both English and some Russian...the Russian probably due to her relationship with Nelly. Alberto easily could have spent a few months learning some English and basic Russian, especially as he was not working at the time. I can see how over time, Martina could have been agitated and highly disappointed over his refusal to socialize with the RLC Barcelona community. I feel that if you're in a relationship you should want to share in the social interaction with your partner and her friends, but not so with Alberto...and it may have cost him dearly in the end. It is only supposition on my part, but maybe Alberto suffers from an inferiority complex resulting in anti-social behavior...or just sheer laziness on his part. Either way, it was quite selfish and could be a contributing factor in the dissolution of the relationship after all these years. Martina is a very social person and requires a lot of personal interaction with friends and a lot of love and attention...Alberto never fully understood that and eventually let her slip away. Thanks for your insight on this.

Where's Eva?

My memory of Angie betrays me but did she know Eva in St. Petersburg?

Now you're talking!

I think you're correct. Can you give us a translation of the conversations that help us out?

Good point. Not being able see the balcony cam probably kept us from seeing a fond farewell on Sunday or instead tense goodbyes.

So, I want to broach a subject concerning the past weekend with Marta and her boyfriend. It seemed that something was going on during Saturday that led to some very clear friction between all four of them. The boyfriend not only was arguing with Marta about something but he deliberately only whispered to Marta although he was clearly agitated about something. Later, at the dining table he took on Martina and was definitely animated to the point of argument with her. But it seemed Martina stood her ground. The translation graciously given to us by emnv was profoundly eye-opening and I salute him. By the end of the day on Sunday it seemed almost like a ruined weekend visit...the tension could be clearly felt. So, does anyone else have any input or translations of the serious conversations Saturday and Sunday. I hope whatever was going on does not cause a rift between Martina and her longtime friend Marta.

Does anyone have an idea why Alberto seems to be acting a little antisocial tonight?

I agree with you Jen. Like Neil Young sang..."Better to burn out than to fade away". Martina has given us so much visual pleasure over the years and it would be great if she could rekindle that fire that made her famous...for just a litttle bit of time before she leaves RLC, which I suspect will be sooner than later. Thanks for the post Jen.

Perfectly said.

I totally agree with you here. The biggest single ommission from the current cast is a lack of real sensual seduction between couples. Either the current lineup is made up of fake swingers who just do teasing clickbait swinger stuff or the "swinging" is so fake its embarrassing. I'd also add Jane and Dick. Like Eva/Sam and Mashs/Sasha, the swinging always felt authentic and real wirh great sex. And most of the time those sessions were slow and highly erotic and lasted a while.

If there was ever a perfect time for RLC to skyrocket their viewership it would be now with Martina inviting her girlfriend lover over to Martina's apartment. But of course with the new secrecy being employed by Martina (or the new girlfriend) it just doesn't seem likely. Oh for the good old days between Martina and Nelly.

i wish for that too, but without Nelly there I don't think its in the cards. She's showing off her lesbian haircut so I suspect she's going out with the new girlfriend.

Unfortunatly, Bogdan and Nelly, in my opinion, were responsible for teaching B4 how to hide off-camera qnd then did the same thing when they moved to B7. Sad.

I totally agree with you here. The whole "hiding" thing has gotten out of control. Not being able to understand what most tennants are talking about is bad enough but then for RLC's failure to control the hiding is like saying "fuck you" to the subscribers. With Martina herself playing the off-camera game, I'm acttually thinking of cancelling in a couple of days...I think the glory days of the Russian apartments have no chance of coming back. I can't ever remember any "hiding" during those days...ever!

Any idea what Martina wrapped around her lower right leg?