New 90 Day Fiancé star Patrick Mendes and his first wife’s wedding photos recently surfaced online, but there’s more to the season 9 cast member’s relationship before Thaís Ramone. 32-year-old Patrick from Austin met 25-year-old Thais when he planned a trip to Brazil to reconnect with his Brazilian father who had retired there. Patrick decided to put his location on a dating app and he and Thaís swiped right. Patrick felt like Thaís wasn’t “real” but he remembered himself screaming out “Yeah” when he rolled up to pick her up for their first date.
Patrick’s night with the “hottest girl” he’d ever met felt just right and after he booked one trip after another to Brazil, Thaís showed him the affection he never felt with his ex-wife. Patrick proposed to Thaís 11 months after they first met and fans are watching their journey since her arrival in the U.S. Patrick may have painted a rosy picture, but his relationship with Thaís was full of red flags. Thaís was tracking his location, had not told her father about her going to America to get married to Patrick, and took offense at Patrick’s brother John staying with them.
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Meanwhile, Patrick himself had cheated on Thaís, refused to tell her how much money he makes at his job, and turned down her spontaneous request to get married at a chapel in Las Vegas. Patrick claimed only “strippers” get married like that, which hurt Thaís’ feelings. But it could have been because Patrick already had one unsuccessful wedding when he married his ex-wife in Las Vegas where he is originally from. Reddit user u/ericaworthyyy revealed they were looking for wedding vendors in Las Vegas when they found pictures from the new 90
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