90 Day Fiance couple Tim Clarkson and Melyza Zeta are making progress in their relationship following Tim's affair on Season 2 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, but did the couple stay together and work things out -- or have Tim and Melyza split and gone their separate ways?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoiler Warning: This report contains spoilers which reveal whether Tim and Melyza are still together or if the 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple has split.]
Tim, a 34-year-old from Dallas, TX, and Melyza, a 29-year-old from Colombia, met at a bar when Tim was enrolled in school at the University of Ohio.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? WHERE ARE THEY KNOW? (PHOTOS)
Tim thought Melyza was "absolutely gorgeous," and she liked that he had "no game" and seemed to be goofy, down to earth and funny.
Melyza was working as an au pair in Iowa and learning English when they met, and they apparently fell for each other quickly.
However, Melyza had to move to Boston a week after they met in order to take another job as an au pair, forcing the pair to make their relationship a long-distance one.
Melyza eventually moved back to Colombia to finish her studies, but she planned to live in the United States with Tim one day, get married and have kids.
However, Melyza found out Tim had cheated on her about a month prior to her arrival on a Tourist Visa.
Tim explained in a confessional, "Last year, the distance between me and Melyza at that time was very difficult. I felt lonely. And the girl that I ultimately cheated with was a co-worker. It just started off as casual conversation and it got to a point to where we did have a full-out, intimate sexual encounter."
Tim recalled that Melyza "had her suspicions" when she came to visit him in the United States.
"She noticed with my social media that something was up and prompted her to start digging, and she eventually confronted me about it," Tim told the cameras. "After that, we started arguing all the time."
Melyza was brokenhearted and felt betrayed, so Tim set out to prove to Melyza that he only wanted her for the rest of his life and his intentions were pure and genuine.
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RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW"I never in a million years thought that he's the kind of person who cheats -- ever," Melyza explained in a confessional.
"The pain I was going through completely consumed me. I was angry and upset, but I love him and have been with him for years now, so he kind of deserves a second chance."
Tim had to win back Melyza and her family because, because he said her parents not liking him would be "a death sentence."
While Melyza and Tim had a sweet and happy reunion in Colombia, it didn't take long for Melyza to bring up the past.
"You keep telling me to be open and honest with you, but then every time I am, you just break up with me. So that prevented me from being open and honest with you," Tim told his girlfriend.
Melyza complained Tim was being "selfish" and manipulative by trying to blame his mistakes on her.
"This conversation puts doubts in my mind. It's been over a year, and I thought we discussed this at nauseam. The fact that she still feels like she needs to know the same things, I don't know if we're ever going to get past that," Tim told the cameras.
To make matters worse, Tim spoke to Melyza's father man-to-man and confessed he had been with another woman -- and Melyza's father seemed horrified.
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Melyza's dad no longer viewed Tim as a good guy, and he advised his daughter to break up with Tim since love is based on trust and Melyza no longer trusted her boyfriend.
Tim tried to find a job through an employment agency to show Melyza he could provide for her, but he learned he needed a worker's permit in order to get a job, a visa, or a residency card. He discovered the easiest way to get a job would be to marry a woman who could obtain all the legal paperwork for him.
But Melyza said tying the knot was not on her mind "at all" at this point because Tim still had to regain her trust, and it made Tim worry she wasn't that committed to him after all.
Melyza later felt the need to reveal to Tim she had dated another man when they weren't together.
A friend had introduced Melyza to this man, and she told the cameras the romance "just happened" when she wasn't looking for anything and the relationship was "mostly sexual."
"We never discussed if we should be seeing other people or not [or] if we stopped being exclusive or not," Melyza said in a confessional.
Shortly after Melyza and Tim were finally intimate after quite awhile of no physical contact, Tim's world came crashing down when Melyza revealed her secret.
Melyza didn't want to tell Tim the fling was "a very passionate relationship" that ended about a month prior, and she dodged his specific questions, which made Tim feel like she was "playing games" with him.
When Melyza finally confessed she had sex with this man multiple times, Tim seemed absolutely crushed because he and Melyza never had an official breakup in his mind.
"I wish she told me before I moved here [to Colombia] because it's making me second guess whether she's actually serious about us," Tim lamented in a confessional. "It's tough."
Melyza assured Tim that her fling didn't mean anything to her and she was focused on rebuilding their relationship and trust between them, but Tim told his girlfriend that he needed some space and time to think about things.
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Tim said the news left him feeling "devastated" and "lost" and he didn't really know what to think.
Meanwhile, Melyza also had "mixed feelings" about her relationship with Tim and wasn't happy or thriving.
"I don't think you're as in love anymore. I don't see it. Seriously," Melyza's mother said when the women got together one evening.
Melyza insisted she still felt love for Tim but didn't feel ready or prepared to express those feelings. Melyza had stopped telling Tim that she loved him after the cheating scandal.
Melyza broke down into tears, saying she still hadn't completely processed what Tim had done to her. Melyza wasn't convinced Tim would be faithful to her going forward, adding that all trust had been lost.
Melyza acknowledged that she needed to forgive Tim -- both for him and herself -- and move on in order to get to a healthy point in her relationship, but she said that was going to be very hard to do.
Tim's mother Robin, who allegedly once threatened to call the police on Melyza when Melyza and Tim got into a screaming match over his affair, then visited Colombia along with Tim's aunt Karmyn.
Melyza said that moment involving the police made her lose respect for Robin, and Tim realized Robin being around could actually be bad for his relationship.
Tim's mother also apparently once said Melyza wasn't good for her son and they shouldn't be together, so Melyza didn't anticipate the smoothest reunion.
However, once Tim's mother and aunt arrived at the airport, Melyza joyfully embraced the women.
It was a happy reunion until Melyza revealed she'd be staying at her parents' place while they were in town. Tim said it got things off on the wrong foot and sent mixed signals to his mom, and he predicted their next gathering might be uncomfortable.
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Tim, Melyza and Robin later went to a local market for food and shopping, and Robin tried to clear the air with Melyza and fix their dynamic.
Neither woman said sorry, and Tim believed it was because each prideful woman didn't want to take blame for what had happened in their relationship or admit to being wrong.
Robin assured Melyza that she still loved and respected her, and that made Melyza feel a little better even though Tim's mother wouldn't apologize for saying hurtful things in the past.
Tim admitted to his mother that he was scared Melyza only viewed him as a friend since he had done so much damage to their relationship. Tim wasn't sure Melyza could view him as a lover and romantic partner again.
Tim was also worried about his savings running out, not finding a job, and Melyza's parents getting in their daughter's ear. Tim feared Melyza might "give up" on their relationship once times got tough, but Robin was sure Melyza loved Tim and would stand by him.
"I'm feeling wracked with uncertainty because I don't have a job and marriage is not on the table right now. I'm going to have to move back to the States, and I'm extremely worried about how that's going to affect Melyza and I's relationship," Tim explained.
Tim and Melyza later met with a couples' counselor in order to work on the emotional aspect of their relationship as well as the logistics of how they'd start a life together in Colombia.
Melyza said she wanted to forgive Tim for cheating on her and they were "making progress."
Tim was worried about finances and putting the couple "in a hole," and so he told the counselor he was thinking about returning to the United States so he could make money again, and Melyza appeared surprised and disappointed.
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"I think it's kind of going to be a breaking point for everything we've accomplished so far," Melyza shared. "I don't know. I still don't trust [him]. Not at all."
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Melyza admitted the idea of Tim moving to the United States made her "nervous and uncomfortable," but Tim insisted the only reason for him going back would be to put themselves in a more stable financial position long-term.
Are Tim and Melyza still a couple working on things or has the 90 Day Fiance couple split?
Tim and Melyza have commented on each other's Instagram photos a couple of times in the last few weeks.Tim, for instance, posted a promo picture of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, and Melyza commented, "I remember that day," along with emojis of two eyes wide open. Tim then replied, "Me too."
And on Melyza's Instagram, she posted a photo showing off her red hair and red lips, and Tim commented with a red, sweating emoticon with its tongue out.
The pair clearly still have some type of relationship, whether it's romantic or just a friendship.
Melyza, however, hinted her relationship with Tim might be over in a series of comments she wrote on a mid-November Instagram photo of herself with her two fluffy white dogs. In the photo, Melyza was flashing a big smile.
One of Melyza's followers commented, "Hmm she's smiling, must have left Tim."
And Melyza responded, "I like your rationale," along with two crying-laughing emoticons.
"I think you hate Tim," wrote another fan.
"Maybe," Melyza replied.
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Melyza also shared more details on Tim's affair when an Instagram user accused her of a double standard since she had hooked up with a guy when she and Tim were on a break.
"He started an alternate relationship before I moved there and continued it while I was living with him and we were planning to get engaged. After months of trying, going to counseling and so on, I moved back home and we broke up, we weren't in each other's life's when I started seeing another person," Melyza explained.
"After months of not communicating, we got in touch, and he decided to move here, in a matter of days. I owed him no explanation of my life as a single woman yet thought that it was fair if he knew so we could have a fresh start."
She added, "Don't overthink it too much, this is a show and you have no idea how/what went on before, during and after filming."
In October when teasing an episode of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season, Melyza shared a clip of Tim accusing her of "playing games," and Melyza captioned the video, "Not a player..."
There is also no sign of Melyza on Tim's Instagram account except for a post on February 25, when he shared a photo of the pair standing in front of an "I [Heart] Medellin" sculpture, as well as very old photos dating back to 2017.
But Tim hinted he still had some type of relationship with Melyza in late June when he shared how they were bracing themselves for their TLC debut on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season.
"Tonight is the night. Our first episode," Tim captioned a video. "Melyza and I are feeling nervous and excited that tonight is our first episode that we will FINALLY appear @melyzazeta."
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When a fan wrote she was "rooting" for Tim and Melyza to be together, another one of Tim's followers asked, "Why?"
Tim replied, "Bc she recognizes that I messed up and I am a dork BUT even dorks deserve redemption."
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Meanwhile, Melyza hasn't posted a photo with Tim on her Instagram account since July 2017.
"You're committed, incredibly annoying, THE cutest, and definitely my favorite person in the world," she wrote alongside the photo at the time.
On July 26, Melyza threw some shade at Tim when she shared a video of Tim recalling his affair. However, that post has since been deleted.
"My eyes are light-sensitive, [which] makes me blink a lot. But, no worries, I can still see through the BS," Melyza wrote in the now-deleted caption.
Tim told the Dallas Observer in June that he wasn't looking for a serious relationship when he met Melyza.
"When I laid eyes on her for the first time it was obviously someone who was very gorgeous, but she also had this kind of aura to her. I knew I had to try," Tim noted, although Melyza lived in Colombia.
"The Catch-22 is that you might be pursuing something for longer than you would have otherwise because you've invested more in the long-distance relationship."
When choosing to sign up for the 90 Day Fiance spinoff, Tim admitted, "We didn't know how it would affect our relationship. We knew the audience would be able to see us for better or for worse... I never saw myself as being on TV, especially reality TV, because of the negative stereotypes."
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Tim also teased during his interview fans would see a lot of "growth" come from Tim and Melyza separately as well as a couple.
"I think [the viewers] start out with preconceived notions and I think how it progresses will make them think differently," Tim shared. "Not just from the perspective of our story, but also from the self-reflection that they'll have."
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"It really kind of made us analyze and examine our relationship in a much more positive fashion than I thought we would have been able to do," Tim said.
He added, "One of the things I do like about this is that there are people out there who can find similarities to my story or her [Melyza's] story... I was 100% myself."
Tim concluded his interview by saying the couple's story is "all true" and "valid."
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