If Victoria F possessed even the faintest bit of self awareness, she’d realize the irony in her words versus her actions and at least have tried not to walk away, if only to not prove Peter right. But what I think is so frustrating about this exchange is you can SEE her not taking in Peter’s words. It’s one thing to listen to criticism and genuinely disagree, but Victoria F has a habit of hearing criticism and not actually listening to it. She just hears something being pointed in her direction she doesn’t like, sees red, and disagrees immediately and automatically, regardless of what the criticism even is or how gently or reasonably it’s being expressed. As I said over at Flare, this is one of the most basic displays of immaturity, the inability to accept that you’re in the wrong and to even attempt to reflect or (god forbid) change. I swear my 10 year old niece is more self aware and introspective than this.

I’ve got to give Peter credit in the above clip; he held his ground and FINALLY didn’t let Victoria F off the hook when she got defensive. Frankly, this was the most attractive he’s been all season so far; clear-headed, articulate, patient yet firm. He was the only adult in the conversation. Unlike how he handled drama among the women earlier in the season, I felt he was well within his right to immediately confront Victoria F about his ex’s claims. As much as it might have been fabricated that his ex just so happened to appear on that Group Date, this ex is still a person from his past—her accusations carry more weight based on this fact alone. She had nothing to gain from this except to appear on TV, and considering she opted to have her face blurred, it’s safe to say that wasn’t even something she cared about. I thought Peter was right to be concerned about real life claims from a real life ex, and as I said over at Flare, the fact that Victoria F never even answered his original question IS the very answer he sought.

Finally, we see Victoria F win a hug from Peter by switching from anger over to her now predictable damsel in distress act…