My Imaginary Fiancee Will Love This Ring!
Author: Stacy20 Nov
The Bachelor never ceases to amaze me, you know? This season reminded me of the Bob Guiney year, during which he was ABC’s It Guy (as opposed to ABC’s IT guy, who fixes your computer) - a moniker imposed on him because he was the fat, funny bachelor to Trista’s bachelorette and isn’t that fresh and new and different? Oh wait, that’s not why…this season reminded me of him because it reminded me, and forgive me single men in their 30s…but there’s a reason men that age aren’t married, and it generally has little to do with the availability of appropriate women.
As a long-time viewer of The Bachelor franchise, I get by this point that the show is less of a dating game and more of a sad social experiment. We all know the ladies are provided gallons and gallons of alcohol, and the bachelors are probably encouraged to hook up with as many of the ladies as possible. The bachelors do this, because that’s how you find your “soul mate” - by systematically making out with the ladies in descending order of hotness until they find one who can not only make their loins burn, but who also has a portable career which allows her to relocate to wherever the bachelors live.
But…really…Brad…you dumped both of them? I’m pretty sure I’ve used the Ralph Wiggum/Lisa Simpson reference before for this show, but you really can tell the exact second the bachelor breaks a woman’s heart. This time, it was both of them - and it was painful. Granted, Jenni wasn’t my favorite - but I did like Deanna. Brad’s dramatic lap around the pedestal while he contemplated how to dump her, which smacked of over-production by the way…well, that was when I knew something was up.
Like I said though, I get this isn’t real. Although if you think about it, the show’s success rate is about on par with real life - a little less than 50/50. Maybe I’m just a sucker for potential romance. Maybe I’m just hopeful enough that for every Snarkwife out there, there is a Capt. UberHusband. Maybe I’m just confused and upset because Weeds is over for the season and October Road is coming back next Monday.
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3 Responses for "My Imaginary Fiancee Will Love This Ring!"
So I watched it here and there and caught the end last night. WTF?! I can understand he did not want to get engaged right away, but he I cannot believe he didn’t want to date one of them and see how it went. Especially since he “cared” so much.
WHY I AM SINGLE!
I read something on EOnline that said he really liked another contestant but he dumped her after he met her family and realized that with her dad being such an a-hole, that it could never work between them. But, in all honesty, I give the guy credit for saying “no” to both if the feelings weren’t there. Didn’t Jen Schefft do the same thing?
Ah…that would have been the chick in DC - with the holier-than-thou professor father. He really looked down on Brad’s lack of a college degree, which I thought was pretty shallow.
I have no problem with him saying “no” to both of them…I have a problem with the fact that up until the rose ceremony, he was saying some pretty provocative things that wouldn’t signal to me that he didn’t even want to try to date me anymore. It’s one thing to tell both women you “have feelings” for them and then dump ‘em both…but a whole other thing when you actually tell them you could see each of them being your wife.
That’s why I didn’t have an issue with how Jen Schefft handled things…because I never expected her to pick anyone anyway!