Married at First Sight star Miles Williams says choosing whether to stay married to Karen Landry or get divorced on "Decision Day" was definitely a tough decision.
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During the October 21 broadcast of Married at First Sight: Unfiltered, host and MAFS alum Jamie Otis asked Miles whether he felt confident in his marriage with "Decision Day" right around the corner.
"We've gone through a lot. We've gone through a lot, and I think that this decision is going to be a tough one," Miles admitted.
"I'm unsure of what my answer is right now."
"Really?" Jamie replied with her eyes opened wide. "I'm just so shocked to hear that! She's come so far! Don't break her heart, Miles!"
"I mean, we'll see what happens," Miles noted.
Miles best friend and fellow Married at First Sight co-star Woody Randall joined him on Unfiltered, along with Pastor Cal, who chimed in with his perspective.
"It's tough. It's tough. Look, it's not 'Decision Day' yet, and the quarantine has taken a toll," Pastor Cal acknowledged.
"[Miles and Woody] both have performed way above what I would have expected during this time, so I give them a lot of credit. And I believe they're going to find their way, whatever it is, but they're going to find their way."
Although Karen was nervous in the days leading up to "Decision Day," Miles shared on Unfiltered that he wasn't nervous at all.
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"Knowing Karen, Karen is pretty generally a nervous person anyway. Not in a bad way, but she is," Miles shared.
"So, like, I think she's trying to anticipate what my decision will be and I think she has a couple reasons to think why I wouldn't say 'yes.'"
On Season 11, Karen has struggled to express her feelings and compliment Miles. Nearly 16 weeks into marriage, Karen and Miles also lacked physical intimacy, resulting in Miles feeling unwanted and unattractive.
Despite the couple's obvious problems, Jamie asked Miles to reveal the reasons he considered saying "no" on "Decision Day."
"Just that it's long and it's hard. We've been through a lot together, and so for us to be able to be here at this day is a win. But does it mean that we need to stay married? No," Miles revealed.
Woody's marriage to Amani moved much faster than Miles and Karen's relationship during the Married at First Sight process.
Not only did Woody and Amani have a trusting and passionate relationship, but they also said "I love you" to each other.
"Woody, with 'Decision Day' around the corner, what are you weighing when it comes to your marriage with Amani?" Jamie asked.
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As expected, Jamie followed up and asked Woody to disclose those small things he disliked about Amani nearly four months into their marriage.
"Like, I don't know. I would be making up something if I tried to [come up with something]," Woody said, suggesting he and Amani really had no issues.
Miles and Pastor Cal laughed at how uncomfortable that question made Woody, before Pastor Cal advised Woody not to make up anything or else he could be in trouble.
In addition to Miles and Karen, Christina and Henry Rodriguez's relationship was also on the rocks when it became time for the couples to choose to stay married or get divorced.
However, Pastor Cal said he'd recommend a couple should look past "Decision Day" when deciding on their future together.
"Look, I've been married for years and it's like sometimes every day is 'Decision Day.' You know what I mean?" Pastor Cal explained.
"So true!" exclaimed Jamie, who starred on Season 1 of Married at First Sight and is still married with two children to her match, Doug Hehner.
"You wake up and decide," Pastor Cal began.
"Over and over again," Jamie interjected.
"[You say], 'You know what? I choose you again. I choose you again. Every day I'm choosing you,'" Pastor Cal elaborated.
"So I don't want them to get in the habit that this is 'D-Day' to make or break our marriage.' No! It's simply choose to stay and work it out because you're going to have to be doing that for the rest of your life."
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During quarantine, Karen explained to Pepper through videochat it seemed like Miles was building resentment towards her because he was suppressing his feelings and trying to be "Mr. Nice Guy" all the time.
"I'm a person who's open and talks about my feelings a lot. She thinks I'm overly emotional and that f-cking pisses me off!" Miles told a friend in last week's episode.
But Karen was able to open up and give more once she told Miles to be his genuine, authentic self and Miles in turn expressed his needs and desires that weren't being met in their marriage.
"On paper, she is everything that I asked for. She's smart, she's beautiful, she's driven, she's probably the best cook I've ever [met]. And the thing is, we don't love each other -- we like each other," Miles said.
Miles said there was a possibility he might turn Karen down on "Decision Day" because of her inability -- or lack of capacity -- to be more intimate physically. Karen even appeared to avoid holding hands and snuggling with Miles during the season.
"We could be compatible in all these ways and then not be compatible there," Miles reasoned in a recent episode.
"That could be a dealbreaker. I'm not here just to have sex, but I've also been married for four months. It's hard to say, 'I want to be with you forever,' and have not experienced that. And I feel that's important."
Miles subsequently questioned to the cameras, "Do you stick with something because it feels good and has potential or do you make a decision realizing, like, 'Yeah, there's potential there but what you've seen up to this point is or isn't what you want?'"
Meanwhile, Karen wished her husband would be more assertive and put her in her place sometimes. Karen had said from the beginning of the experiment she wanted to be matched with a very masculine man.
But during their last date night at home, Miles assured Karen he could take care of her and definitely be the man in their relationship -- as long as he felt confident that Karen wanted to be his girl and would stand by him.
Married at First Sight's "Decision Day" episode for Season 11 airs Wednesday, October 28 on Lifetime.
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