Blogging the Bach-26.the rest of the season

I got off to a good start blogging this season of the bachelor. I was watching with friends, watched a few episodes in the middle by myself (gave up on blogging), finished watching with friends and ended up working while watching. 

All season long we heard over and over how crazy the ending was. We also heard that there were no spoilers because no one knew how the season ended because it wasn’t over yet. 

There are so many things I could say, but are we all over it at this point? It feels like everyone talks about the end for a few days and then we all move on. True to the rumors, the season didn’t really end until the finale. 

The bottom line of the season is that really several people got a happy ending. Rachel and Gabby both get to be the bachelorette. Clayton and Suzie ended up together and seem really happy together. Never have we seen a season for the final 3 all end up in a happy situation. Getting there was a big mess, but in the end it all worked out. At the end of it all, I really just want happy endings for people. 

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Whenever I watch by myself at home, I don’t seem to get around to posting. It is much easier to focus and sit down and post when I watch with other people. I am happy to be back watching with friends. 

I was really hoping that once the Shanae drama was over that we would finally start to see more connections form. I have been waiting for Tedi to get a one on one. I don’t know if it was too late in the season or if Clayton just doesn’t know how to interact with the women or if he doesn’t know himself how he feels about everything. Whatever it is, the date was not what I thought it would be earlier on in the season. I definitely do not think. He picks Tedi. 

Once Shanae and her drama left, Mara had to take her place. The way she threw Sara completely under the bus was so weird. Sara fell apart and Clayton stepped away. He came back and gave her the rose. Clayton seems to have a really hard time thinking for himself. He listens to what other people say and runs with it. I am having a hard time believing he is going to end up with anyone. 

I got to Bonnie’s towards the end of Suzie’s date. They definitely have chemistry and I think they could be a good match. 

The group date starts out with a couples therapy session for each person on the date. It is weird-maybe one of the weirdest dates we have ever seen on this show. It is awkward especially for some of them. Most people accept the awkwardness and go with it. Genevieve doesn’t want to say anything. She is nervous and scared and doesn’t really say anything. They go talk and decide she should leave. 

Everyone has their turn. Sara is really confident going into her session. She tells everyone she loves therapy. After the sessions, the therapist thanks everyone for being vulnerable and then says someone was performative with their emotions. During the night after party, Rachel talks to Clayton about Sara. Clayton talks to Sara, and he calls her out on trying to fake cry. He tells her it is time to leave and walks her out. He comes back and tells the rest of the girls that he can’t give out the rose that night. 

His final one on one is with Serene. The day part is so short. I don’t even really know what happened and then it was the dinner. She says she is falling in love with him and I don’t know if I really believe her. I really like her, but I don’t really see it with Clayton for her. What do I know?!?

The rose ceremony was kind of awkward since only one person wouldn’t get a rose. It was pretty obvious it was going to be Teddie. I am sad for her and also excited to see her on the beach. 

Next week is hometowns. How are we already at hometown week???

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I don’t know what is going on with this season of the bachelor, but I am having a little bit of a hard time getting into it. I watched the first 2 episodes with friends, the next 2 episodes by myself and now I am back with Bonnie and Kendra. It is much easier to be into while watching it with other people. 

Episodes 3 and 4 are usually not that great. The drama really kicks up and kind of takes over the whole time. This season was no exception. I don’t even really know what happened besides the drama with Shanae and Elizabeth and mostly with Shanae. Women Tell All is going to be very interesting. 

Thankfully this episode starts out with a date rather than more extended drama with Shanae. Clayton and Sienna have a one on one-a fun one on one. We haven’t seen a lot of fun so far this season so it is nice to see some fun. The dinner part is more serious as usual. Hearing her talk about the loss in her family especially the loss of her cousin hits me so hard. 

We kind of forgot that we didn’t have a rose ceremony. The whole time was once again filled with the Shanae drama. She put on quite the show of apologizing and then reminded us in her interview that she was acting big time. She gets a rose and we know there will be more drama. 

The go to Canada and the one on one date with Gabbi is so cute and fun and goofy. She tells her story at the end and she gets a rose. 

We find out Shanae and Genevieve will have a two on one date and we can’t wait to see it. It would be really great if they both left because this drama is so annoying. Basically at this point I don’t really care what happens. I just want Shanae to be gone. 

The group date is fine. The girls are pretty funny and sometimes a little mean. We couldn’t decide who might get the group date rose but we definitely didn’t think it would be Rachel. The night ends, and it is time for the two on one. 

The two on one starts and then..TO BE CONTINUED…

Blogging the Bach 26.2

We are back for week 2 and more of Clayton. The girls are freaking out about moving into the mansion. Jesse Palmer comes in and makes sure to tell the girls that he is happily married. He gives them the date card and he’s out. 
The first group date is executing a child’s birthday party with Hillary Duff. Cassidy is very confident, but I am not as confident as she is. She doesn’t care what she has to do, and she does it. Clayton doesn’t seem that into it, but he also doesn’t say no either. The day date ends with another Cassidy make out sesh. Some other girls get some good attention during the night part, and it seems like maybe Cassidy isn’t going to get her way. Cassidy gets her way and we are worried about Clayton and his confidence and ability to be assertive. 
Susie gets the first one on one date. They do all the fancy bachelor things we haven’t seen in a while-helicopter..landing on a ship..with a hot tub. Clayton says he values someone who is humble and genuine. They have a good what you would expect for a first one on one date. It seems like Susie will be around for a while. 
The second group date is so good. A comedian who none of us know but probably all the rest of you know. They play never have I ever relationship edition and then play an obstacle course game that is hilarious. We loved it..except the milk chug. I almost got sick just watching it. Shanae proves that she is here for the competition and the drama. Sarah gets the group date rose. Clayton leaves and Elizabeth starts the drama all over again. 
The drama starts back up almost as soon as the cocktail party starts. Shanae and Elizabeth have another conversation. Shanae taunts Elizabeth about her ADHD and it is so awful. I can’t believe the stuff she says. You can’t say stuff like that. The drama doesn’t end there. Right before the end we find out Cassidy has a friends with benefits situation at home. TO BE CONTINUED…

Blogging the Bach 26.1

It has been a few seasons since I consistently posted about a bachelor show. I have watched them all, and as usual have plenty to say. I have gotten out of the habit probably for many reasons. I ended up watching the past few seasons more on my own, and for whatever reason that has made it more challenging to post. 

We’ve all known for months that Clayton is the next bachelor even though ABC didn’t want to make it official for some weird reason. Like most people I watched Michelle’s season trying to learn more about Clayton and trying to figure out why he is the next bachelor. We didn’t really learn much so I guess we will learn as we go.

We’re back at the mansion and that is exciting. We start the show with Clayton and his mom finding out he is the next bachelor. They both 

freak out. I can’t imagine my mom freaking out like that if I told her I was going on the bachelor. 

We see a few intro packages including Sally and hearing her story that she was supposed to get married that weekend. She goes through the whole casting process, makes it to LA, and then decides she needs to talk to Clayton before the night really starts. She comes and talks to Clayton for who knows why. He leaves and comes back with a rose (probably not a great idea). She doesn’t know what to do. Basically she is dumb if she accepts it and dumb if she doesn’t. Ultimately she says she can’t accept it and leaves. Who knows why she came in the first place. 

The limos start arriving and we can’t figure out how these girls are all so pretty. The rest of the girls come out and start talking to Clayton. Most of the girls are super excited, but after their conversation Claire claims she hates Clayton. She tells Clayton she doesn’t hate him, but he sends her home anyway. Teddi gets the first impression rose and no one is surprised. Then previews want to make us think they are showing us what is going to happen,b ut there is no way. Whatever happens it promises to be a dramatic season. 

Blogging the Bach 18.4-end

Does anyone ever really like episode 4? It kind of tends to be a bit of a dud episode. Going into it I am already worried that is what it is going to be. She got rid of pot stirrers Jamie and Peter last week. I am always happy to see the drama go, but the drama does add to the storyline. 

I started posting about Michelle’s season and dropped off. After faithfully blogging about the show for years and years, I am not longer in the habit of doing it. I want to be, but I just am not. 

In summary, I really loved Michelle’s season a lot. She was a great lead, and she had really great guys. It was hard to watch on Tuesdays (or whatever day in the week I got around to watching it), and it was hard to coordinate watching with others (so I ended up watching the whole season on my own). I accidentally saw the winner way before the season even started. I thought maybe I would forget, but as soon as the season started it was hard not to remember Nayte. I don’t usually look for spoilers, but I often see them at some point in the season. I don’t know if I have ever known the full spoiler before it even starts. Although I still enjoy seeing how the story unfolds and what the edit is like, it made it hard to be as invested in the season. All that said, I really liked the season and I am excited for the next season where I can maybe remember how to consistently post. 

Blogging the Bach 18.2 and 3

I watched episode 2 at the cutest dinner and bachelorette viewing party for Brenna. We had quite the crowd and we were all pretty chatty while watching. I am sure we missed a lot, but the big takeaways were 

-Jamie started out really strong and went straight downhill fast

-Michelle really likes Joe and Nayte-they seem like front runners so far

-Michelle is in charge and she is putting up with no crap from these guys. She is confident and I like it. 

-Michelle looks like a million especially in that pink dress

Episode 3

-Is Peter serious? I am hide my face embarrassed for him and the way he is acting. Is he trying to be the villain? Does he actually think he is making good choices? I have so many questions about this dude?

-Rodney is the sweetest thing. I kind of love him. I am getting some friend zone vibes but things do seem to turn around a little. Also what is with all the recent nudity? Are we completely out of ideas on this show?

-Did Brandon just solidify his spot in the final 4? Has anyone ever gotten 2 group date roses in a row? That was very surprising but I’m not made about it.

-Jamie-ew ew ew. Goodbye. So glad you are gone. I was so uncomfortable with everything he said and did which made me feel even more awkward after hearing his story last week.

-Nayte continues to be a front runner. The end. 

Blogging the Bach..18.1

After years and years of blogging about the Bachelor and other shows, I took a bit of an unintentional break the past few seasons. I loved Bachelor in Paradise this summer and it made me ready to come back. 
I am excited for Michelle’s season. Night one has me excited for Michelle and to see what happens. There seem to be some really great guys and as usual a few that might be not so great. I am not sure how I feel about Ryan and his shenanigans but I like that she just kicked him out before he had a chance to cause too much drama. There were a surprising number of gimmicky entrances, but those do tend to be memorable. 
It is far too early to have favorites, but there are a few standouts. Nayte (first impression rose) definitely stands out as well as the entree guy-Rick?? There seem to be plenty of guys that will be great options. I can’t wait to see what happens. 

Blogging the Bach 17.4

I took a sharp hiatus from posting about the Bachelor last season. I thought I would pick it back up at the start of this season, and as we can see I did not. Here we are half way through week 4, and I am finally sitting down to get back to it.

I love Kaitlyn and Tayshia so I was and am so excited for them to be a part of this season. Now that we are a few weeks in, it makes sense that we don’t see them a ton. We never saw Chris Harrison a ton either. We always knew he was there, but he wasn’t on a lot. I want to see more of Kaitlyn and Tayshia. They are some of my favorites of the season so far.

At this point I am a little afraid Katie is going to pull a Clare and just go home with Greg. We haven’t seen who gets the group date rose yet, but if it is him, it feels like a done deal. 

There are some really good guys there. Of course there are some guys there that aren’t “there for the right reasons”, but that is to be expected. I am kind of over seeing and hearing about that. Let’s get to the other guys. Katie seems to appreciate it thought so we might be seeing more of it. 

Tayshia shows up to confess to Katie that one of her exes reached out about coming on the show. We have all heard and seen on the previews for the rest of the season that Blake shows up. He comes and we are all still waiting to see if she is going to keep him. Based on everything we have seen, it looks like he does. 

The Thomas (AKA Josh Murray the second) drama takes up most of the rest of the time. We do not care about him. Please get him off my TV screen. Katie tried to trick us for a minute but thankfully Thomas is gone and Blake stayed. 

Did we really just watch an entire episode that was one group date and one rose ceremony?? I think we did. Let’s get on with this thing. 

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Who’s watching: Most of our crowd had other stuff going on tonight so after a fun meet and greet with Tried and True Moms with Alicia and Celsey, Celsey and I were the only ones watching tonight. 

We start out with the itty bitty but dramatic two on one that started last week. I really thought he might and probably should have sent them both home. Jessenia gets the rose, comes in with the rest of the girls, and they find out there is no cocktail party. The girls are no happy-specifically Serena C is mad at Katie. Girls are freaking out that they don’t get extra time, but Matt explains that he is confident in his decision and following his heart. 3 girls went home and we finally have a small enough number that we might actually be able to get to know these girls. 

Date #1-Pieper Tonight Will Be Worth the Wait

Before the date Serena C feels the need to talk it out with Katie. “I cannot reason with crazy”-Katie. Amen Katie. Amen. Serena C and Katie fight a little more and it seems like none of the other girls really understand what is going on. 

Meanwhile, Heather Martin pulls up in a minivan and can’t let Matt get engaged without meeting him. Chris tells her they are pretty far along and in quarantine and to go back to her hotel while they figure things out. 

Pieper and Matt go to a carnival. It’s a pretty cute date and they have a great time. Pieper tells Matt they don’t really talk about feelings in her family and she isn’t good about expressing love. She tells him she is falling in love with him. He tells her he will continue to be open with her (but didn’t say he is falling in love with her like he did with Rachael). It is yet another date that makes us all wonder how Matt is ever going to narrow this down to one girl. 

Date #2-group date

The date is at the bowling alley They get there and everyone is having a good time until Chris comes in and announces a competition. The blue team loses and they are pretty upset that they had to go home without any time. The pink team wins and starts talking to Matt when the blue teams finds out they actually get more time. At this point all of the girls are telling Matt that they are falling for him and getting frustrated that they aren’t getting more time. Serena P gets the rose. 

Date #3-Katie gets the one on one

Before the date, Matt sees Tyler C and they talk a little about how this is going. Katie shows up and they play a prank on Tyler. They have fun together and I am totally feeling friend zone. Matt says he wants to see if they can be romantic. We all doubt it. Our doubts come true when he picks up the rose but doesn’t give it to her. Why do they always pick it up when they aren’t actually going to give it? There was no chemistry, but I did love her on the show. She seemed shocked that he didn’t give her the rose, but the rest of us were not surprised at all. 

Heather is finally done with quarantine and hops in her minivan to drive over to Nemacolin. The girls come out for the cocktail party and everyone is generally really happy. Matt pulls Abigail aside and reassures her that he loves spending time with her. It does seem very genuine, but if he really means it he needs to start giving her a little more time. Fingers crossed she gets a one on one next week. Heather walks in and all the daggers come out. It looks like we are in for more drama next week, and once again I we are left with a to be continued...Will they please stop doing that!?!

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Who’s watching: Celsey, Alicia, and me-our watch party has dwindled this past couple of seasons

I somehow completely missed Chelsea’s conversation with Matt about her journey with her hair. I really love that the bachelor is encouraging and showing more real conversations like this. I heard her on a podcast and wanted to go back and watch their conversation. 

Cocktail Party/Rose Ceremony 

Before the cocktail party starts Victoria continues to stir the dramatic pot about the OGs vs the newbies. She is just nasty. I can’t decide if she knows how mean she is or if it is just so much her character. 

The cocktail party starts and Matt addresses the mean girl situation in the house. We have been waiting for him to stand up and put a stop to this. Brittany talks to him first and tells Matt what is going on. He is not happy at all. Meanwhile Anna is working up an act of what she is going to say/do to make him feel better. He pulls Anna aside to talk and she acts like she is so embarrassed for what she said when she was very purposeful about it all last week. She says it was about of character and Matt wasn’t having it. He walked her out and went back to deal with Queen Victoria. She tries to make excuses and he isn’t having that either. He ends the cocktail party and gets right to the rose ceremony. Victoria does not get a rose, and she is shocked and feels sorry for Matt for the choices he is making and the girls he is left with. 

One on One-Rachael

Rachael gets the shopping date. She is pretty cute about. Out of all the catty, bratty mean girls this season, Rachael is not one of. She loved the shopping date, and was adorable about it all. She came back and was so happy. The girls were trying to be happy but were all sad. She gets a delivery of a beautiful dress to wear to dinner. They talk at dinner about not being in love and having insecurities and falling in love with each other. It was the first date where I feel like maybe Matt might actually pick one of these people. 

Group Date

Everyone is disappointed they are on the group date this week. Everyone wants a one on one, but there are still so many girls there. Obviously the majority of them aren’t going to get a one on one. The first part of the date is on the farm. We were busy getting snacks so we missed that part. During the evening Matt had a few good conversations and then MJ got cut off. She came back to the girls and asked who talked to Matt about her. Jessinia admitted she said something. MJ leads by example and claims to be a source of peace in the house. She claims the JV/Varsity thing is a joke. Does she remember how she acted a few days ago when all the new girls came in. She didn’t seem to be joking then. 

One on One with Kit

The date card comes and Kit gets choked up about the possibility of a cooking date with Matt. She goes to his place and they make chocolate chip cookies. She tells him she is falling in love with him and he gives her the rose. 

The girls are sitting around waiting around for the rose ceremony when a date card comes for MJ and Jessinia to meet before the cocktail party. They get ready and come out like they are ready to kill a person. They get in a ridiculous fight, Matt comes, and we are left hanging again. 

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Who’s watching: Celsey, Alicia, and me

The episode starts and we are a little confused. All we remember is the Sarah show from last week. Apparently we left off in the middle of a group date. Chelsea gets the rose, and this is basically the first we have seen from her. I really hope we see more of the girls that we haven’t seen yet. 

While the girls are finishing their group date, Victoria has a talking to with Katie. It is all a little ridiculous. The group date ends. The cocktail party starts. Victoria is adamant that she gets time with Matt. She starts talking to him, and Chris Harrison comes in to interrupt. More girls are coming because there was so much interest in being on the season. Needless to say, the girls are not happy. You kind of can’t blame the girls. There are a ton of them there already. Bringing in several more is definitely not fun. 

MJ, Pieper, Bri, Magi, Michelle, Mari, Ryan, Kit, Serena C, Abigail, Katie, Victoria, Lauren, Brittany, Jessenia, Anna, Catalina all get roses. Chelsea, Rachael, Serena P all have roses have dates. 

Group date-Fall in Love Fest

Ben Higgins comes to chat with Matt and participate in the date. Matt says he knows it was awkward and there was tension. He hopes the ladies are focused. I am pretty sure they are focused. They couldn’t probably be a little less focused. They’re kayaking through the pond in a pumpkin. Well after the race is over, one poor girl is still stuck in the pumpkin. Anna starts stirring up drama in the night portion about Brittany potentially being an escort. We haven’t seen much from Bri lately so it was nice to see some conversation with them, and she gets the rose. Matt leaves and Anna brings up the escort issue with Brittany. 

One on One-Michelle-Let’s Make up for Lost Time

Chris Harrison took over the planning, and they’re going on an extreme scavenger date. They end up in a hot air balloon and the girls are all watching with binoculars. They had a really good date and then some serious conversations at night. They talked about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter and her students. It is nice to see these conversations on this show. 

Group Date #2

They start out boxing in the woods and moved to a full on boxing competition with the others girls watching. Wells is back to be a commentator. The boxing is intense. Girls are getting punched in the throat and the nose. That ends and they get to the night portion. Matt has some good conversations. Katie came to talk to Matt and tells him the drama in the house and some of the things being talked about could ruin this girls life. Matt is not happy to hear that and says he needs to get to the bottom of this, and then the show ends. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

Why do they keep doing this to us?

Blogging the Bach 25.2 and 25.3

Episode 2 also known as queen Victoria or as she wants it to be known as queen Victoria. 

Celsey and I are watching together like old times. It is fun to watch with the crowd, but it is also kind of fun to go back to the original days when we watched in their basement apartment. 

We are still at the point in the season where we don’t really know who anyone is. We are trying to figure out who is who, but when there are so many people it is tricky. I am pretty sure there are girls we haven’t heard a word from, and there are other girls that we have heard way too much from. The show seems to be better adjusted to filming in COVID times and has really figured out how to make this work. 

Date #1-The first one on one with Bri was no surprise. She got a decent amount of attention last week in the media about her so I was excited to see more of her. Matt obviously likes her, and she obviously likes him. The ATV crash was a little scary, but it quickly seemed like everything was fine. 

I never got around to finishing the blog last week. We can pretty much just say that Queen Victoria was the main focus on the episode. No one is really taking her seriously, but she sure is getting a lot of air time. It is pretty uncomfortable to watch, and I am looking forward to the time that she is off of my TV. Can someone explain the huge discrepancy between her appearance on the show and her social media. She doesn’t even look like the same person. 

The group date was the Victoria and her black bra show. Sarah had the other one on one. Jury is still out on that. The show ends at the rose ceremony and Sarah is passing out as the show ends. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

Who’s watching: Celsey and I are watching together again. We miss our friends, but it really is fun to watch like old times. 

We start out back at the rose ceremony. Sarah fainted. Matt comforts her. She seems ok and the rose ceremony resumes. It seems like a lot of girls did not get a rose. Does anyone else wonder why Matt gave Marylynn the orchid and then sent her home? I don’t even know who else did not get a rose, but I am glad the Marylynn vs Victoria drama is over. 

Chris Harrison comes in and tells the girls that he and Matt have agreed that he has a hard time feeling uncomfortable so he is going to plan some of the dates to help Matt get out of his comfort zone. 

Group date #1-Today is a surprise for everyone

The girls and Matt meet Ashley I and they’re going to writing a love/sex story. We were pretty distracted for a good part of the date which was totally fine with us. The date was pretty uncomfortable to watch and seemed pretty weird for someone who started the whole season with a prayer. Meanwhile Sarah is losing her mind. I thought she was on the date, but apparently she wasn’t. She comes in and interrupts Katie’s time. She talks and talks. Katie is mad. Rachael gets the rose. Who even knows what else happens because now everyone is super mad at Sarah. Matt is very into her, and has no problem giving her more time. 

Date #2-Serena P-Let Love Lead the Way

Serena and Matt ride horses out to the middle of nowhere. They see animals, have a picnic, get surprised by donkeys, have dinner, and then hit the hot tub. They are cute together, but she is 22. That seems a little unlikely. Why do they even cast girls that young? Matt really might be getting himself into a mess. He seems like he is falling for every girl he talks to. 

While Matt is falling for Serena and the girls are waiting for the date card, Sarah comes down and a complete storm blows up. Sarah tries to talk. She definitely has not acted the best, but the rest of the girls were pretty terrible too. They all ganged up on her. They wouldn’t let her talk at all and just attacked her. She ran away, decided to leave, and then Katie came and talked to her. That was the most mature conversation we have seen so far. They bond over their dads, and Sarah says she really needs to go. She talks to Matt and leaves. I feel like there is a good chance she might come back. If not, see you in paradise Sarah. 

It felt like we barely got anything from that episode. We saw 2 dates and a whole lot of Sarah drama. It looks like next week is going to continue to be more drama...

Blogging the Bach 25.1

I dropped off blogging about the bachelorette. I watched most of the season by myself which is far less fun and I tend to multi-task a lot more. I am sad I didn’t blog the rest of the season. I loved that season so much-more than any other recent season. The show did a great job dealing with being stuck in the same location the whole time. It seemed like most of the guys had never seen the show and for sure weren’t there for instagram followers. Tayshia was fun to watch, and I loved seeing more real conversation instead of a bunch of crazy drama. I was spoiler free for the first time in a really long time. I don’t usually seek out the spoilers, but I usually see them somewhere. Somehow it didn’t happen this time, and it was kind of fun to watch spoiler free and try an analyze the editing without knowing. I loved the proposal, and I am kind of in love with Zac and Tayshia together. 

Onto Matt’s season..

Time to meet the girls..

Bri-green dress, here to get to know Matt

Rachael-graphic designer, so nervous, have a lot of fun together, Matt thought she was beautiful 

Sarah-sparkly blue dress, feeling a little homesick

Jessenia-royal blue-looking for a partner to be her rock

Chelsea-runway model, make history together

Mari-sparkly, love makes the world go round/journey 

Magi-from Ethiopia

Carolyn-lavender

Sydney-hottest things she has ever met

Kristen-verdict is in-guilty of being so fine

Anna-stress ball, red flag

Khaylah-truck

Serena-tripped walking up the stairs

Serena P-step stool

Alicia-ballerina

Saneh-goat shoes

Alana-kissing noodle

Kaili-no dress

Abigail-reading lips

Corrine-red dres

Marylynne

Emani 

Lauren-attorney

____James-keep last name of James

MJ-pizza car

Katie-brought something from home

Amber-bike

Kimberly-fish

Cassandra-jersey 

Illiana-meatball

Kit-own car, feathery dress

Victoria-like the queen 

Matt was definitely very nervous. We hope he warms up quickly and we start to see a little more personality. 

Matt comes in and opens the season with a prayer. We definitely haven’t seen that before. After the prayer, the girls start scrambling for their time with Matt. Abigail gets the first impression rose after opening up to Matt and having a quick make out sesh even though several other girls thought they were getting a rose. 

Abigail

Bri

Rachael

Chelsea 

Sarah

MJ

Serena P

Khaylah

Kristin

Kit

Magi

Pieper

Mari

Illeana 

Jessenia 

Kaili

Marylynn 

Serena C

Lauren

Sydney 

Alana

Katie

Anna

Victoria 

All get roses. The previews show a whole lot of crying and Matt saying he doesn’t know where we go from here. I am pretty sure we hear that line every season. I have high hopes for the season and we all really hope Matt finds love. 

Blogging the Bach season 17

This season has for better or worse been interesting. I have had a lot of commentary, but most of it hasn’t been written down anywhere. I watched the first couple of episodes with Celsey, went to Brenna’s birthday party for the 3rd episode and watched the next couple by myself on HULU. 

The whole Clare situation was unlike nothing we have ever seen. I am happy she found love. I wish her all the best, and I am happy to be done with her part of the season. So far I really like Tayshia, and it’s been fun to have a whole new storyline. 

Brenna planned the cutest most fun birthday cocktail party. We all dressed up for the first time in forever and enjoyed delicious food, yummy drinks, Brenna trivia, and watched Bachelorette together. Every detail was perfect and it was so much fun. 

With the birthday girl 

Jemaica, Brenna, Natasha, Jenny

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After the previews at the end of last episode, I am really ready to see what happens. 

Date 1-Group date I’m looking for a guy who speaks to my heart. 

We forgot they are stuck inside the resort the whole time. They follow actual hearts on the ground to make it to Clare. The date is all about love languages. The date starts out with all of the guys giving Clare words of affirmation. She was emotional and said it feels good. We thought it felt awkward. The night part, quality time, got off to a really rough start. Clare got upset pretty quickly that she didn’t feel like the guys were giving her enough attention. It was weird. Maybe there was a lot more time than it seemed on the show, but her meltdown seemed a little premature.  Dale pulled her away and suddenly everything was fine. A few more guys have time with Clare, and Riley get the rose.  

Date 2-Jason Love Will Set us Free

Jason and Clare write letters and their flaws and throw them away. Jason opens up about his past and mistakes he made. Clare isn’t scared and totally understands all he says. They kiss. He gets the rose and they burn her bachelor finale dress. The whole state of California is on fire and they are burning a dress. I am a little confused. 

Date 3-Group Date

Dodgeball starts and Clare decides to make it strip. The blue team loses every round and they all had to walk back totally naked. It was a bit much. We also discussed how this date could never happen in reverse. The red team gets to stay for the night. Eazy pulls her aside to talk-good thing after the last group date. He rubs her feet..with her heels on. Blake M is not ok with not getting time with her and decides to show up. The guys are really mad. She talks to him for one half of a second and then send him back. Chases gets the rose. 

Cocktail Party/Rose Ceremony

We thought the rose ceremony was going to happen but instead it was just the cocktail party. Clare is still very into Dale. The whole thing is kind of intense. Give those 2 a room. 

To be continued...

Blogging the Bach 17.1

This might be one of the most anticipated seasons of any of the bachelor shows. It feels like forever since Clare was announced as the bachelorette, and with all of the other rumors about the show we have really been looking forward to the start of this season. 

Our schedules are all messed up since it is on Tuesday this season. We are going to continue with our Monday night dinners and watching on Tuesdays for whoever wants to except for this week. Celsey and I are watching and can’t wait to get this thing going. 

The show starts with hearing all about COVID and how it delayed things-Umm they know we all know about COVID right?! Next up they show us how the guys reacted to COVID and what they did during their quarantine. 

The men start arriving and some of them are major dorks or at least acting like it. Dale comes out. Her smile is huge. Their interaction seemed totally normal, and she said she thinks she just met her husband. The guys are all there and everyone starts having their one on one time with Clare. The next thing we know the drama starts. Things are better with some of the other guys, and it seems like there might be some decent guys here. I am excited to see how this all unfolds. 

Blogging the Bach...Greatest Seasons of All Time 4

Who’s watching: Amanda, Alicia, Alicia’s niece

We loved JoJo’s season the first time around, and we’re so excited to watch. Amanda was and maybe still is obsessed with Luke. 

Getting through the limo exits in less than 5 minutes is pretty perfect. There are so many guys we love and forgot about. 

Daniel is so funny. Can we bring him back?

Wells and Sarah are the cutest. It is fun to have them going through the whole episode. Wells was kind of the dork of the season but so cute at the same time. Poor Wells on the fire date was just sad. 

I don’t know if anyone really wants to re-visit Chad on this season, but here we are. Chad did not appreciate Evan’s stand up routine. The 2 on 1 date per usual is intense. Bye bye Chad. 

Besides saying goodbye to Chad that we were all happy about, the goodbyes on this season were brutal including the final goodbye with Robbie. 

Chase is really cute and we can’t remember what happened to him. I looked it up and he looks happily in love. Everything worked out for him. 

The proposal was great. JoJo and Jordan are so cute. We loved this season!

Blogging the Bach..Greatest Seasons of All Time 3

Who’s watching: Celsey, Amanda, Alexis

The limo exits were the best. We all forgot JoJo wore a unicorn head and the horse entrance. It’s fun to re-live all of these memories. 

Swimming with the pigs was the funniest thing of the season. Amanda had some funny stories about swimming with pigs. 

Olivia was definitely the villain of the season. Her interview was so good. She talked about her experience with the show and her growth since then. They brought Ben on to chat with her. It was good to see where she was and where she is now, and she looks amazing. 

We talked our way through the recap of Caila’s relationship, breakup, and interview. 

We can’t figure out why they choose to interview the people that have noting to do with the season, but we were excited for the Dean and Caelynn interview. They finally addressed the rings they wear. They don’t feel the need to get the government involved to be committed to each other. 

Ben falls in love with two women and tells them both and we got to watch it all over again including the breakup with JoJo, proposal, etc. That as probably not so fun for him or them. We get to catch up with Ben and his other fiancée. As awkward as it probably is to see this replayed, it is fun for us to watch it back. 

Blogging the Bach-Greatest Seasons of All Time 1 and 2

I have been blogging about the bachelor for years and years. I love the show and all of the spin off shows and all the people and all of the things. I initially wasn’t positive if our Monday night crowd planned to watch, and even then I didn’t know if I would lost about it. I was happy to find out several people did want to watch. We all know it is more fun to watch with friends, and I always prefer to watch with them than watch alone. 

Celsey and I (and Amanda for a little bit of the show) watched episode 1-Sean Lowe’s season. We watched the whole season together the first time. We loved the season, all the girls, and everything about it. It was so fun to watch it again. We loved the interviews with everyone and especially loved seeing Sean and Catherines relationship develop. Even though I follow them on social media, it was still fun to catch up with their lives now with the interview with Chris Harrison. We forgot about some of our favorite things and loved reminiscing on the season. 

We had more of a crowd for week 2 for Kaitlyn’s season. Celsey, Amanda, Megan, and Alicia and Adam for a while watched this week. Her season was one of the best and she had such great guys on her season. I was wondering how they would do this season since Kaitlyn and Shawn aren’t together anymore. I loved the way they did it. They showed a lot of the season-the funny parts, the embarrassing parts, and everything in between. They showed the relationship with Nick and the final rose with him, but they didn’t show the final rose with Shawn. That was a really tasteful way to show the season. They interviewed a few people from the season and a few other from the franchise and ended with an interview with Kaitlyn and Jason. They teased a surprise the whole time and it ended up that Chris Harrison asked Kaitlyn to be on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. I am so excited for her to be on the show. She is such a good dancer and has wanted it for so long. It was a really fun ending to the show this week. 

I am excited for Ben Higgins next week. I love him and I’m excited to watch.