last weekend, 90 Day Engagement: Another Way return. Season 4 has introduced many new couples, and some have become fan favorites.
During the scene, Isabel discusses her intimate life, opening up about her relationship with Gabriel.
Being the person she loves and trusts, she even shares some NSFW details about her sex life.
Gabe is transgender. Isabel admits that the results of the lower surgery exceeded all her expectations. He has a few question about how the body works.
Gabriel Paboga and Isabel Posada are quickly rising to fan favorite status. Why? Because they are deeply likeable.
It is unusual for a couple with such sincere love for each other and no obvious red flags – no suspicious agenda, no eyebrow-raising age gap, no obvious personality disorder – to receive this much attention. We are accustomed to the worst of the bunch hogging the spotlight every week.
Mostly, it’s because they’re a favorite couple. The audience is curious to see how it all turns out. But another aspect is that humans are curious creatures. Equal curious about Gabriel and about this relationship.
During Season 4, Episode 3, Isabel visits a well-decorated LGBTQ+ establishment to sit with two friends.
Gabriel is not in Colombia yet. But his friends, Samuel and Mateo, are always the same. It was Sam who introduced the couple, setting into motion a series of beautiful events.
Before the conversation started, Chiquita’s gorgeous decor had already set the mood. It’s really amazing.
Anyway, Isabel has explained on camera that she always has gay friends. Around him, he can be himself and he feels safe discussing various topics.
One such topic is sex and intimacy. Many people want to discuss their love affairs with close friends, and Isabel is no different.
(Plus, let’s be honest – the producers probably nudged Isabel and Sam and Mateo to “not continue” and delve into this matter on camera. It’s all part of the project)
Things start out easy, with Mateo giving colorful advice on how Isabel can use her lingerie to welcome Gabriel home.
Then, they discuss sex. Isabel and Gabe have spent a lot of time kissing after they met. There is immediate attraction.
But after knowing that he is trans – Gabriel told him, but he has actually snooped on social media (like all of us) and seen educational posts on the topic himself – Isabel does not know what sex with someone will be like.
Isabel told Sam and Mateo that she felt a degree of intimidation before first hooking up with Gabriel.
“I don’t know what I will find in the physical sense,” he admitted. That makes sense. After all, not all trans people are the same. One person may not be looking for or want bottom surgery. Others may want it but can’t afford it.
Even for people who can receive health care and want genital surgery, there is more than one type of surgery that a trans person like Gabe can have.
“I don’t even know what the surgery is,” Isabel told her friends.
“For me, it was incredible, and it still is,” he said happily. “Clinically, medically, it’s absolutely perfect.”
Isabel elaborated: “He can be stimulated. I touch him and he feels it.
“Baby, in orgasm, it’s the same,” Isabel then gushed about that kind of life.
“He has sensitivity and everything,” she said.
“So for me it was like, wow,” Isabel said.
But enjoying sex with Gabriel doesn’t mean he knows everything that’s going on. Medically.
“I don’t know if the orgasm is the same as mine, or I don’t know,” he admitted to the confessional camera. “That’s a really crazy question, but I never asked him.”
That’s a good question! Awkward, but good. As we discussed earlier, the genitals grow from the same basic tissue no matter what a person has. This is very apparent in some intersex people, and often in some (especially in the transmasc community) who have been on HRT for years.
Isabel also discussed telling her family. Sara, his young daughter, already knew. Their son, Miguel, is a tween, and doesn’t know yet that Gabe is trans.
“He’s not going to be a surprised kid,” Isabel told her friends.
They tend to agree, and praise him for raising people with good values. Unfortunately, he did not raise his own parents.
“My father is very strict,” Isabel worried. “And they might say we’re ‘sinners’.”
But… “I don’t know what will happen, if he will stop talking to me. I don’t want to break the bonds in the house that are so strong.
We all know that Isabel’s parents and their reactions will be important to this season and their relationship. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.