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Christie Humphries: July 2009 ArchivesI'm not quite sure why ABC insists on doing this show every season. Is it really to show off the happy couple or is it actually to highlight all of the most painful moments in the other people's lives? Chris Harrison starts the show by bringing out Melissa, from the last season of The Bachelor, so that she can relive the moment that Jason dumped her on national television and told her that he wanted to be with Molly, as if we hadn't seen that enough. Then they talk about what a blessing it really was, because everything happens for a reason and apparently the reason was so that Melissa could go on Dancing With The Stars, get back together with her ex-boyfriend and get engaged. Awesome! Once they finished cheering for Melissa, they decided to bring Kiptyn out. Once again, they forced the poor guy to sit there and watch his almost proposal all over again and listen to Jillian tell him that she was in love with someone else. Then they bring Jillian out to give him one last chance to question her and try to get some closure. It's always awkward and difficult to watch as they sit there squirming as they ask, "What could I have done differently?"...."Is there anything that I could have said that would have changed the outcome?" And you know that the answer is no. They aren't going to do or say anything now that could potentially ruin the relationship they are in. They just say thank you and you mean so much to me and I wish you the best....but they don't...they secretly wish that you are miserable without them...we all do. No one wants to think that they are easy to get over. Reid certainly proved that Jillian was hard to get over. He was so convinced that the other guys weren't really competition for him that he "pulled a million strings", just to go back there and be humiliated again. He was so sure that she still had feelings for him, he bought a ring! To be honest, I think she did have more feelings for him than Kiptyn or at the very least she displayed a lot more emotion towards him in the finale and in the special. He got a little emotional watching his painful recap and even more so when he saw Jillian again. She teared up as well as she began to talk about how painful and "real" the experience is and how it's hard to deal with those emotions. You don't get a chance to let people down easy or check in on them over the following weeks to make sure they are okay. It's just over...that's it. Chris gave Reid one last chance to ask Jillian his questions, but he said that she looked happy and he didn't want to ruin it by asking her questions about the fantasy suite that would be "inappropriate now". Her face was in shock. I think she was really afraid he was going to spill the beans! But he was a gentleman and let it go. Then, Chris opened the questioning up to the audience. A very pretty and very nervous young woman approached the microphone giggling, "Hi Reid!" and asked, "Have you started dating again and if so, would you consider going out with me?" Chris Harrison handed him a rose off of the table as if to say...GO GET HER! But instead, Reid asked with a smile, "How old are you?" The audience filled with laughter. He finished by saying, "No, I'm sorry. I'm not ready for that yet." Finally they bring Ed and Jillian out as the happy couple. Ed revealed that he knew when they were in Spain that he wanted to marry Jillian and he reminded the crowd that he was the only guy to get to go back to the fantasy suite in Spain and assured them that they were not having any problems in the bedroom. They also shared with us that Jillian would be moving to Chicago to live with Ed in September and they were planning a wedding in the next 12 months...so you see folks...the key to true happiness is to love them, then leave them, then come back to them, then go to Hawaii and propose. It's as simple as that. ABC may have "Less To Love" with their size 2 Bachelorettes...but dammit we'll get a manufactured wedding out of it at least 1 out of every 5 times! See you next season.....CH OUT! What an emotional night...and a beautiful ending. I can't believe that all three guys were ready to propose! That is definitely one for the record books. Before I give away all the details, let's review the special moments that made this finale one of the best I think I have ever seen. The show began with Ed and his chest hair going to meet Jillian's parents...his potential in-laws as he called them. Jillian also invited her grandmother and cousin Tori to help her make this tough decision. I'm not going to go through the 66 questions that her mom asked the men, which is apparently 10 less than the number of questions she had for Jason, but I will say that it was a night of memorable speeches. The love story really began when Jillian asked Ed, "Do you want to tell everybody your story?" Now, Ed made a series of speeches throughout the evening that made me teary-eyed. This was one of them: "Me coming here was a huge deal, because I was married to my job. I was worried about being gone...potentially for eight weeks. I was scared and I let it get to me pretty badly and it started to affect everything. I knew that I liked her a ton, but I didn't want to sacrifice my career to be here. So I ended up leaving. I left and I went home. After the first week, I just could not stop thinking about this woman. It was driving me insane. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't work...I might as well have not even left, because I could not think about anything else. I called the producers and I was like you guys have to get me back there. I knew that I let her down and I let myself down. Because I knew that I had to get back there. I knew that I had to come back." You could tell that her family was moved by his speech, but I think his speech to Glen, Jillian's father, was what truly sealed the deal: "I don't know how to describe it Glen. I'm crazy about her. I'm in love with her and she's perfect for me. I mean I would love to be with her forever. I will do whatever it takes to make it work. I have no doubts at all....at the end of this, somebody could ask Jillian to marry them right? And I just want to get your thoughts... What would you think about me? If I were to ask her to marry me...how do you feel...what do you think?!" Glen back to Ed: "I think I'm readin ya the right way and I like what I see in ya and I think she's ready for this and if you are the fella that's gonna be proposing to Jill, I would be really quite happy to see that take place...I would be doing summersaults." I wrote all of this out, because I think it's important to compare what Ed said to what Kiptyn said. When you see them side by side, there is really no doubt as to who she should have chosen. Granted, Kiptyn does have an eight back and Ed has questionable fashion sense....but it's what's inside that matters and you can tell that Ed's heart is 100% Jillian's...I don't think you can really say the same of Kiptyn. For example...Kiptyn didn't come right out and express his feelings for Jillian on his MEET THE PARENTS date. Glen had to ask him, "Are you in love with Jill?" This was Kiptyn's answer: "I'm I'm I'm getting...I'm getting there a lot quicker than I thought I would. I've I've been... I've been thinking so much about this whole thing. She has this zest for life... this passion you know? She's full of life, full of energy and when I'm with her, we just connect. She makes me better and I hope to make her better and that's what you look for in a marriage. There is nothing I want more that to get married and start a family. I could see myself with Jill...with your daughter. I think I'd be a lucky man to be there. I think she is incredible and I could see myself with Jillian. I could see myself marrying her." Kiptyn was very nervous and I think that he was sincere and honest with her father, but the answer to his question was no. He was getting there, but he was not yet in love with Jillian. As Glen put it, "I thought Ed was actually DEEPER"...about his feelings anyway. It seemed that the ladies were kind of pushing for Kiptyn...but in the end...you could tell by the smile on Jillian's face when her father told her that Ed had asked him if he could marry her, that she was hooked. Don't get me wrong...I think eight weeks is a crazy short amount of time to fall in love with someone and Kiptyn was probably right to take things slow, but I think that in the end, that's probably what bit him in the butt. On Ed's last date with Jillian he said, "I've never been this in love in my life. There's just this chemistry there that I've never had with anybody else. Tonight is my last opportunity to show Jillian that I do want to be with her, that I want to seal the deal with her. I need to close all the loops with anything that she's concerned about. Tonight's got to be a success!" Flying over the big island and looking at the volcano, Ed found it difficult to focus on anything other than Jillian. The helicopter dropped them off in a secluded spot in middle of rain forest with a private lagoon. The rain was very romantic and gave Ed the perfect opportunity for another one of his speeches: "I think that I am an affectionate person and sometimes it's tough for me to show it and it takes a lot for me to open up. You could be one of my best guy friends, but you could also be the person I could be with for the rest of my life and that's a pretty amazing combination. You're beautiful. A genius...I'm mean I'm still here. You're perfect for me. I would never do it again...I would never leave you again". He gave her "so many positive reasons to think that he could be the one", but she still needed to know one more thing....was the passion really there? After a long day of swimming and making out in the lagoon, Ed asked Jillian to go back to his room, where they found the physical and "sexual" chemistry Jillian had been looking for. Apparently the second time was the charm. As if there was any doubt, Ed made it clear, "I hope you do decide that you want to be with me. I just want you to know, that I would like to be with you forever and I love you." It wasn't exactly the date that you would want to try to top, but Kiptyn did his best. Jillian took Kiptyn on a speed boat to a secluded beach where they paddled around on a surfboard and cuddled. There's usually a lot of giggling when Kiptyn is around and they are very happy and smiley together, but I didn't really see the passion. Back at the hotel, Kiptyn tried his best to get his feeling out and let Jillian know that he wanted a future with her too: "For the first time in the past week, I've been stressed out about all this stuff...I mean the end of it all. Which is so A-typical of our dynamic and our interaction. Everything has been so natural and easy and good and getting better and better and better. To feel stressed out at the end of this is just so weird. Tomorrow is the big day and you have to make a decision between people. I would be really hurt if I lost you. Losing you scares me a lot. For this past week, I've been stressing myself out because I've maybe moved slower than some of the people in this process and it did take a little while to get to where I am at, but that's what makes me feel so good about where I'm at right now. I really do see a future for us...not a month or two months...but years...a lifetime. And when I say a future, I think a marriage and family and kids. You know a lifetime. That's what I want. That's where I'm at now, because I'm falling in love with you. Without question, I can see a life with you. I want to do that once in my life. Right now, you and me, let's do this forever, so I can whole heartedly go to your father as a man and look him in the eyes and say I want to spend my life with your daughter....I think that you should come and live with me and I think that our worlds could be one world." I had to admit...that was pretty good...long...lots of words...but he got to the point eventually and I think she was really touched. However, it may have been just a little too late. He should have tried to express himself a little more throughout the process and worn less clothing. If he had distracted her with the eight pack more often, maybe she wouldn't have fallen for someone else. The next morning, they showed Jillian waking up in her hotel room. She looked like she had been crying all night. It was hard to watch. I can't imagine what it must be like to know that you're about to have one of the hardest days of your life and potentially one of the greatest. Both guys were very nervous as they went inside to pick out their engagement rings, but both seemed convinced they were ready to make the plunge. Little did they know, they weren't the only guys planning a proposal to Jillian that day. The first limo pulled up and it was..... Kiptyn. As he walked across the bridge over the pool, he told Jillian how beautiful she looked and she asked him how he was doing. He explained that he was excited, but nervous and told her that he had a sleepless night. He summarized their time together and all of their wonderful dates and tried to make it clear to her that he wanted kids and a marriage and saw those things with her, but from the second she started talking, I think he knew...she was not going to pick him. He took it like a man. He said that he wanted her to be happy and that she was an incredible woman and Ed was a lucky man. As he walked across the bridge with his head down, you could see him reach inside his pocket and touch the ring box. Then he put his hand over his heart. That stung a little. When she walked him out to the car, there was no long embrace or goodbye kiss on the cheek. Kiptyn just opened the car door and hopped in. Once the car pulled away, he reached inside his pocket, took out the ring, and sat it on the seat next to him. He explained that he didn't pull out the ring because he thought she was going to say something back to him about what he had said and then he would continue on with what he needed her to know, but he didn't get the chance. He didn't realize those would be the last words he said to her. The next shot we see is of Ed in the limo, and Jillian saying that it's weird to think that Ed could be walking down that path in a few short minutes, and I could be engaged. But instead of Ed, Reid pulls up in a red minivan! He reveals that on his plane ride back to Philadelphia, he was thinking, "What did I just do?" So, he pulled a bunch of strings to get back there. He said, "Where am I going to find a girl like her?" He decided he had to do something about it. He said that there was no doubt in his mind that they were perfect for each other and he was finally ready to tell her. The minute she saw him, she bit her lip, her head tilted and her shoulders dropped as her hand went to her heart. They hugged for a moment before he said, "I know this is crazy and insane and I had to pull a million strings to do it...Every second was painful without you... I was an idiot. I knew that you felt what I felt and I thought that was enough, but I was an idiot, so I came back to tell you that I love you and hopefully you feel the same way". They talked back and forth for a minute and then Reid hugged her and said that he didn't see her with either of those guys. She asked him if he knew what was going on there and he said, "What is going on, without me here, is all wrong." Then, he got down on one knee and opened up a box with a ring inside. "Jillian" he said, "I love you and you're someone I could spend the rest of my life with." She grabs him and lifts him up and says, "You need to come here for a second. I don't know... I need to think about this." I was actually a little pissed at this point. I'm glad that she didn't kiss him or anything, but I was a little frustrated with her for all the long embraces and making him wait as she went inside to contemplate what to do. Seriously?! At this point, you gotta know. Luckily, Chris Harrison came along to knock some sense into her. "How am I supposed to make a decision?" she asked. Chris said, "It's still up to you. If you're in love with Ed, then you can stand by your convictions, but are you in love with Reid?" "How is someone supposed to make a decision like this?" she asked again. Chris replied, "Because you know ...Are you excited about the prospect of Ed showing up, getting down on one knee, and proposing to you today?" " YES!" "You're in love with this guy?" "Yes!" "You want him to be your husband deep down in your heart?" " YES!" "Then there is no question about what you need to do." Jillian goes back outside to explain to Reid that they did have a connection and it was hard to let him go, but that didn't mean that she didn't have that same connection with someone else. She explained that she had fallen in love with someone and she just couldn't let that person go. Reid's departure was certainly more emotional than the one we saw with Kiptyn. A little shockingly so, but she did eventually walk him out. He too hung his head and dragged his feet. He even grabbed her hand, lifted it to his lips, and kissed her. As he drove away, he said "I don't have any regrets...flying back here and giving this one last chance to get Jillian...although I'm not happy with the outcome. I felt like we had such a deep connection that it would just work out. It just doesn't make sense. I just guess it was a little too late. It's a shame. ..It just wasn't right." Watching Reid drive away was absolutely heartbreaking, but walking back to that podium, knowing that Ed was right around the corner, she knew 110% that Ed was the right guy for her. With her hands on her hips, shaking her head with a slight grin on her face, Jillian said, "Ed better not F@*king disappoint me!" I like that girl...Jillian. After a long commercial break and an up close shot of the final rose, Jillian stood on the podium waiting for the third time to be the charm. Ed arrived, nervous and scared but ready to take the plunge. His final speech went like this: "Jillian" "Yes Ed." "You may not know how much you have impacted me. How you've changed me as a man and helped me reprioritize my life. You're everything that I could ever ask for in a woman. You're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're funny, you're confident and you make me smile when I look into your eyes. I know that I love you, but before we go any further I need to know that you love me." Jillian smiles and pauses for a moment before saying with a grin, "There is no doubt in my mind that I am madly in love with you. I love you so much....I've been waiting to tell you I love you for so long." He whispers, "There's one last thing"...he gets down on one knee and pops open his box to reveal a rather huge ring inside and says, "I want to be with you forever. I want a family with you. I want you to give me a hard time when we are 80 years old. Jillian, will you marry me?" "Absolutely!" She jumps up and wraps her legs around him. "Do you have any idea how much fun we are going to have!" The show ends with a Jillian and Ed montage that no season finale can be complete without, followed by Jillian offering Ed the final rose. They shared a big kiss and a piggy back ride across the bridge finish off the sequence. They finish with a little one on one interview with the couple, where Ed reveals that he was pretty confident but a little nervous until he saw her and he said, "I could tell when I looked at her that she wanted me to be there for her." He was practically petting her...almost too sweet. Ahhh Ed.... you complete me....I mean my blog. The Men Tell All special helped to clarify the MAN CODE, which according to David is the unspoken list of rules that men follow, but don't have to talk about....that is actually the definition of unspoken David, but thank you for clarifying. The number one rule...according to David...is that everyone has a girl back home...which is usually an old girlfriend that you still have feelings for...and as a rule, none of your friends are allowed to sleep with her. This was apparently David's explanation for Wes' girl back home and the reason he was so upset at Jake and Tanner for dogging him out. I was glad to hear Chris Harrison stick up for Jillian when he said, "If the man code is looking out for the guys....where does looking out for Jillian come into play?" Most of the guys did not support Tanner and Jake tattling on Wes. They felt like she was a smart girl with a good head on her shoulders and she would have figured it out eventually. But there were others, like Robbie, who wished they had just told her who it was from the start, because he missed out on a lot of time with Jillian thanks to that fiasco. The second rule...or at least that's what I'm calling it, is never pull a "Mesnick", which is the full on boo hoo crying over the balcony or railing. As the other Tanner put it, if Jason was a 10 on the Mesnick scale, Jake was right up there with him. David, not surprisingly, had to chime in on this subject too, because of course he thinks it is against the man code to cry. I personally find it very unattractive to see that kind of a display over someone they barely know. But in a normal, healthy relationship lasting longer than say 6 months or so, a little emotion is typically needed for someone to believe you are genuine. Do you need to fall all over yourself in a gut aching display of agony and tears...NO, but some red eyes or tightening of the throat at least shows us you care...more than Wes, who couldn't wait to get home and have some sex. Number three..Don't be fake. Don't pretend like you are one of the boys, when you're not and don't pretend like you like to drink and take shots when you don't. It is apparently important that you announce that at the beginning to everyone and be straight forward about your unwillingness to rush the little fraternity of alcoholic farters. Had Juan known the rules, maybe they wouldn't have hated him so much. Maybe David wouldn't have asked him to go drown himself...which is apparently another rule in and of itself. Number four...when a guy says that they want you to go drown yourself or that they want to punch you in the face...they don't really mean that they want you to die or cause you bodily harm, they just don't like you and they want you gone. Number five...after a month of psuedo dating a girl, it is perfectly acceptable to tell her that she has a nice ass, try to adjust her shirt because you think her boob is falling out and lean in to kiss her without any signal from the girl at all...oh wait...David said that Jillian was giving him signals...she just pulled them back at the last second. I actually don't mind it when someone tells me that I have a nice ass, but apparently the crowd disagreed. The consensus was that you should never tell a girl that she has a nice ass or act inappropriate and drunk. I do agree with the latter. Number six...don't be perfect, act perfect or tell people you're perfect...it's just not the manly thing to do. Mark (the pizza guy) decided to take it upon himself to give Jake some advice: A. No one in America thinks that someone is a black sheep, if they are an airline pilot and the rest of their family is doctors. B. The next time someone tells you to untuck your shirt at a rose ceremony, don't make it take three hours for them to convince you. C. Go watch a Rated R movie and come onto the same level as the rest of us. Once you've done all that, you'll be less "perfect" and more manly and illiterate like the rest of them. The women, however, seem to love Jake. One of the audience members even asked him if he'd consider being the next bachelor...which he said he thought would be "an honor". It kind of reminded me of last season's Tell All when they mentioned it to Jillian. The producers may actually be testing the waters with Jake to see if he would be interested. There were some classic lines on the show and I prefer to list them out of order and out of context, since that's kind of how the show's producers do it anyway... Ed's description of Wes - There's a country singing turd on the roof Michael's description of Robbie - What up I'm drunk! Everyone's description of Jake - He is a little strange...awkward...straight laced...clean cut... All American guy. He has probably never stepped on an ant. He's probably had the same haircut since he was six. Tanner - J-Lo's Butt equals Jillian's feet Jillian - Wes was the country singer with tattoos who wants a family and wants to sit by the fire and drink a beer...that's exactly what I'm looking for. Yes, I fell for his song. I always thought I would marry a honky tonk cowboy. Jason Mesnick of his relationship with Molly and break up with Melissa - If people have to point the finger at me and it caused happiness in the end...I'll take the blame. Ed drunk trying to speak to Jillian - There are so many words you are throwing at me right now. Globetrotter Special K's advice to Jillian - Kiptyn is not the one for you...He cheated at basketball, he'll cheat in real life. Pizza boy was not a good team player...a marriage is a team. Michael has great hair...see if he's willing to cut it for you. Juan is a good guy, but this is a competition to get guys out of the house and he just invited all of us over to the house. And finally Jillian of Tanner - If the worst thing I ever had to deal with is a guy sucking on my toes...I'd be happy. Tune in next week to see which guy will propose...Kiptyn, Ed...or Reid! The preview shows all three men holding rings and a very emotional Jillian wishing she had a GIRL CODE to tell her what to do. When I think of my dream vacation in Maui, it doesn't exactly include climbing telephone poles, but that's how Jillian began this week's adventure as she attempted to decide which two guys would make it to the Finale. Kiptyn had the unfortunate luck of drawing the adventure card or at least that's what I like to call it. Every season on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, one of the finalists gets stuck with the adventure date, where they have to climb something or zipline or do something really physical and the others get to swim and relax or go on some romantic cruise. Kiptyn, on the other hand, had to climb telephone poles and walk across high wires to prove he was willing to take "a leap of faith" with Jillian. I think she was actually more afraid than he was. I can't say that I saw a lot of romance on their date, but she certainly learned to take directions from Kiptyn and I think she kind of liked being told what to do. After a long day of walking the tight rope, Kiptyn and Jillian finally got some time to relax over a nice dinner and intimate conversation. It doesn't take long for Jillian to whip out the fantasy suite card and this time, she's not going to miss out on her second opportunity to spend a night alone with Kiptyn. From day one she's wanted to see him naked...I mean get to know him better in an intimate setting. We didn't really get to see what went on in the bedroom, just that they had a ton of candles burning. I hope the romance didn't go up in flames. After a long night and hopefully a shower, Jillian set out to meet up with Reid for her second dream date. This time, she brings a prop. Nothing says I love you like a beach ball and kissing under the palm trees. The entire sequence was a little strange. They were just standing out in a field next to some trailers. Then, out of nowhere, a helicopter arrives to whisk them away. As Reid said, "it was like being in heaven". The best part was the pilot's plug for his aerial weddings. Apparently he's an ordained pastor/pilot and can legally conduct weddings in the air. I think Reid was a little frightened by how willing Jillian was to go for it. He was ready to get his feet back on the ground. They landed at the Hana-Maui Resort for a little picnic by the beach. Reid tried really hard to express to Jillian how he was feeling. He said he felt like a four year old. He stretched his arms out to his sides and said, "I like you this much!" It was actually very sweet and honest...but I don't think it was enough for Jillian. I think that she really wanted to hear that he loved her and could see himself proposing at the end of this adventure. He simply wasn't ready to go there. The best he could do was tell her that he really didn't like seeing her with other guys. Maybe he should have passed her a note that said, "Do you want to be with me? Check Yes or No." Their romantic dinner on the beach didn't seem to answer her questions either. "It was giggly and fun"...but Reid still had a hard time expressing his feelings. Nothing brings out the seriousness in a conversation like drinking alcohol out of a pineapple with umbrellas in it, but none the less they tried. Reid's number one question was...where are we going to live? As much as Jillian loves Canada, she admitted that she would be willing to move to Philadelphia for Reid, if he wanted to pursue a relationship with her, but she just could not stop grilling him about the proposal issue. Not satisfied with the answers she was getting, she pulled out the fantasy suite card. Maybe she thought that by luring him with the possibility of sex, he would take down those walls he'd built around his heart and take a chance on love and a proposal. Reid was visibly nervous. As he put it, he got denied the last time. Now he's scared. Jillian was actually the first to chime in with, "I think we should take Chris' offer". Like Chris Harrison is a genie in a bottle, who only grants wishes for fantasy suites with rose pedals leading to the bed and/or the bath tub. Apparently, she was ready to get it on. As soon as they made it into the suite and sat down on the couch, she was unbuttoning his shirt. She was trying so hard to get him to say the "L" word. Jillian decided to reward him for almost opening up with a little skinny dip in the tub. I wrote a little song about it. It may sound vaguely familiar..."Up in da tub tub...Reid spoke up...sayin all the wrong things. Decided to dip dip...now he's gonna trip trip...cause two other brother's are making out with me. If ya like it then you need to put a ring on it!". Okay admittedly lame...but still kind of funny. Ed gets the boat date and a chance to show off his hot girlie man shorts and tank top. Nobody really wants their man to wear shorts so short that you can see their thighs, especially when they have surprisingly have less hair on them than his chest. However, Ed manages to distract her by letting Jillian know that he has flown both of his parents to Hawaii to meet her. All tasteless fashion statements, now forgotten. Now come here and let me stick your face in my hairy chest...Jillian was so excited, she didn't even notice. He has shown that he listens to her and is willing to prove that he is the right guy for her. Their alone time was cut short in order to make time for Jillian to meet Ed's parents. While Jillian spoke to Ed's mother, Ed's father asked, "What the hell are we doing here?" Ed quickly explained to his father that he was able to salvage his job and now it was important for him to try to salvage his relationship with Jillian. As he said, " I swear that I would get engaged if she picked me". His dad seemed really touched. He took Jillian aside, to let her know that he really wanted to get to know her and he really hoped that she and Ed could make each other happy. After getting to know Ed's parents, Jillian decided it was time to get know Ed a little better in the fantasy suite. She was looking for some "intimate, cozy, sexy time". Unfortunately, all she got was some cozy sleepy time. After slipping into a sexy little shirt and rubbing each other down with massage oil, Ed decided he was more interested in taking a nap. This of course sends Jillian into a panic, wondering if there is enough passion in their relationship for the long haul...not taking into consideration the fact that they had an incredibly emotionally and physically draining day. Let's face it, we're not all 22 anymore. Sometimes you need a nap before sexy time. Confused and probably exhausted from her three overnight dates, Jillian had to face a tough decision...who created the best video message. Kiptyn...What an amazing ride this has been. I'm excited because as we come to the end of this, it feels like it could be the beginning of an amazing relationship. Every day you continue to impress me. You are the kind of person that I could see myself spending a lifetime with and it's no surprise that I can see myself falling in love with you. You know me and I think that now you know what it would be like to be with me and if that's something that you want to pursue...let's do this. Let's light this world on fire. Reid...Spending the night with you in the fantasy was definitely one of the best nights of my life. It's definitely given me some real insight into my emotions and feelings for you. I know you have been asking me some tough questions about our relationship and where it's headed. I've either avoided the questions unfairly or reversed the questions back on you. It's not because I don't know how I feel, it's that my feelings have grown so strong so quickly. It's a bit scary... although exciting at the same time. I remember the first night at the mansion, when our eyes met and you smiled, I knew we had something then. I really hope you keep your honey bear around so we can see where our relationship is headed and how far we can take it. When Jillian walks up to the rose ceremony, she asks herself...why is Ed dressed like Jerry Lewis? No, that's actually what I was asking myself. Actually, she explains that she is falling in love with all of them and decides to ask Ed if she can have a moment to talk to him. As she and Ed walk away, Reid and Kiptyn stand there awkwardly looking at one another. It must be difficult to make small talk. They must be thinking...so did you guys do it? But instead Kiptyn just says something like...it must be really tough...I can only imagine what it must be like to be in her shoes. Once out of sight, Jillian asks Ed about their lack of chemistry the other night. "I feel like our last date was incredible and there was a lot of pressure and it didn't feel like we expected it to feel." Ed returns with, "I'm absolutely attached to you, but there are too many other factors affecting how I've been behaving, but just trust me that you have nothing to be worried about. I am absolutely crazy about you and you shouldn't have any doubts." Confident that she got the answers she needed, they walk back to the rose ceremony hand in hand. Kiptyn and Reid must have know that was not good for one of them. The first rose went to Kiptyn and the second rose went to Ed. Reid dropped his head as Chris Harrison told him to "take a moment to say your goodbyes". He walks away with Jillian and questioned her about whether she made the right decision. She simply told him that she wasn't sure, but she didn't feel like they were at the same place in their lives and she was afraid of taking chances. In the limo he admitted that he should have opened up sooner. He didn't give her all of the signs that she needed to have. He wondered if it would have changed anything. He said, "Oh man...I wish I had told her. I can definitely say that I was falling in love with her...I don't think she even knows that. I really think the whole thing was my fault. It's tough...really tough." Too little....too late I'm afraid. Laurel swears that she's not Wes' girlfriend. For those of you who would like to read more, click on the link below: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/07/laurel-kagay-wes-hayden-ex-girlfriend/ Special thanks to my blog fan, Bubba, for forwarding the link. I think this is just her way of getting some publicity for herself. They may not be together, but no guy talks about a girl that much if they don't have feelings for them that go beyond friendship. Most guys don't even talk that much about their wives and girlfriends even when they are in a relationship. Frankly, I don't care if he has a girlfriend or not, he's still a jerk and I don't care how much you "edit" what he said, he still said everything we saw, whether it was taken out of context or not. Good luck to him and his career. He's going to need it. Barcelona, once home to the 1992 Summer Games, now home of the D-Bag Olympics. Please congratulate Gold Medal Winner Wes for being the biggest douche on the planet. I'm sorry it took me so long to post my blog, but I was ordering a Massengill t-shirt on the internet for Wes. I was also looking for a trophy to send Laurel to congratulate her on spending six years with biggest ass I know. It's hard for me to even talk about anything else, but I feel like I owe the other guys at least a paragraph or two, before going over Wes and Jillian's "date". Jillian's first date was actually with Kiptyn in Madrid, Spain. Jillian needed Kiptyn to open up and show her that he cared, but instead, Kiptyn opened up by letting her know that he thinks that a proposal is "far off". He doesn't think that it is realistic to expect a proposal this soon. Pointers for Kiptyn...Don't start by telling the girl that there is no hope for a proposal. If you don't think it's realistic to get engaged in such a short amount of time, I think that is fine, I think most people would agree with you, but you probably don't need to tell her that just yet. Wait until it's down to the final two. Then take a look at the free diamond rings and then ask yourself, "Do I want to keep dating this girl for another year and pay for the ring out of my pocket or take one of these rocks for free?" You can always have a long engagement...and let's face it, no one's ever going to top your TV proposal story. You may even get the wedding paid for! I'm not really that shallow, but then again, I would never go on a show like this anyway, but if I did publically embarrass myself, you can bet I'd get me a Tacori diamond out of it! Pointer number two...Don't wear the tight pants and go Flamenco dancing if A...you suck...and B...you don't have a nice package...because neither the pants or the dancing are going to win you any bonus points. "Don't hurt the boys" as Jillian put it. Pointer number three...Don't wreck your scooter with your date on the back, even with your protective head gear. Pointer number four...Don't eat snails on your date. Slugs and romance don't really go together. Their date was a little strange, but I did like one of the questions she asked him, "If I asked three of your ex-girlfriends one thing that they would have changed about you, what would that be?" Kiptyn's answer...They'd want me to have a twin brother...smooth! Jillian asked if he was too much of a "softy"...like any guy is going to admit that. She also said something along the lines of...you remind me of my dad...and my mom wears the pants in the family and I don't want someone who lets me walk all over them. It was kind of a mild insult in my opinion. Why would a guy want to be with a girl who thinks he's a pansy? He tried to pretend like he was disappointed that she didn't want to spend the night in the fantasy suite, but I honestly didn't see too much passion between them. Maybe he should have taken off his shirt. The abs alone would have been enough for me to forgo my separate room. When she met up with Reid in Sevilla, Spain she had an instant "perma-grin". She said she was crazy about him, but needed to know more. I think they are really cute together, walking through the market, trying to find something to eat for their picnic. You know it's love when a guy makes you want to "pee" yourself, not because he got you so drunk you couldn't hold it, but because he made you laugh so hard. While enjoying their picnic in the park, Reid let Jillian know how much his family loved her and how worried he was about the other hometown dates. I think his actions definitely told her that he was falling for her, but Jillian was trying really hard to light a fire under his butt to hurry him down the "I love you" tunnel. I think the best she got was, "You smell good"...what all women want to hear. I'm kind of shocked that the guys don't seem to know about the fantasy suite card. Do they really not know? Have they never watched the show? Or are they just faking it, so they seem like gentleman. The one thing that is for sure is that their faces all drop when she says that she doesn't want to use it, because she's not ready yet. Instead, Reid gives her a piggy back ride and tells the camera crew in Spanish, "she has my heart". Now why couldn't you just say that to her?! Starting over with Ed in Sevilla, Spain was pretty hard. He already broke her heart a little bit, so not only did he have to catch up to the other guys, he also had to fix the damage he'd already done. I actually think they kind of look alike and would be perfect together. Ed admitted that he's not the kind of guy who would push all the other guys out of the way to get her, but when he went back home for two weeks, he could not get her out of his head and he knew that he needed to find a way to come back and try to do whatever it would take to win his way back into her heart. I think he did a really good job of "putting it all out there". I think that he felt like he had to, but I also think that he was sincere. He kind of said everything that every girl wants to hear...I mean who doesn't like to have someone say, "I could not get you off my mind" ? She grilled him a little bit about what their hometown date would have been like, but more than anything, she just wanted to make out with him. In the restaurant, on the sidewalk, on the stairs, in the fountain...it was a makeout montage! Everyone needs a montage right?! I don't know if she learned anything more about him that afternoon, but she now knows how he tastes! Their evening together was very special. He was the only one who really talked in depth about their future together...even kids! "Who wouldn't want another me?" he said jokingly. They even seem to be on the same timeline. They always say that relationships are all about timing. I think Ed and Jillian would be good together and I think Jillian knows it, which is why she kind of caved on the fantasy suite card. I think she knew that she needed the extra time with Ed and I think she wanted to make out with him a little more. Ed definitely worked the sympathy card. He made it clear that he is a commitment person and if she gave him a shot, she would see that he was worth it. He totally won me over though, when he said, "You're my favorite part of Spain". My heart melted a little. I like that Ed guy. They may have agreed to sleep in their clothes...but I'm pretty sure there was some dry humping going on that night. Now that we have covered the three Amigos, let's move on to "numero uno" Wes, more like a pile of numero deuce. He's fired up to be in Barcelona, Spain because he "feels at home living around Spanish people"...somehow I doubt they feel the same. He couldn't help himself, he had to give his music another plug, by letting everyone know...again...that he had a number one record in Chihuahua, Mexico....which is just like Barcelona, Spain...in Wes' world. You could hear my eyes rolling when he started talking. Wes' date with Jillian began with a series of mild insults and self-absorbed comments.... Jillian says, "I missed you!" Wes says, "Yeah whatever, you say that to all the boys." Jillian says, "I thought we could go on a bike ride." Wes says, "I hope your bike riding skills are better than your cross country skiing." Jillian says, "You look cute on a bike." Wes says, "Yeah I know. Tell me how sexy I look baby...feed my ego." I wished we had all missed his theory on relationships... "Relationships are all about bending. Nothing's going to break if it can bend." Apparently he only expects one person to bend and that's the person he's in the relationship with. He makes it pretty clear to Jillian that he has no intention of leaving Austin. When she tries to push farther he makes it blatantly obvious that he has checked out of the conversation when he answers her question by saying, "That bird has no foot...God what's wrong with me?" and spills his drink on himself. Jillian goes from trying to light a fire under Reid's ass to having to wipe up the mess under Wes'. Jillian decides to save the rest of her questions for later and take time to reflect and ask herself why Wes is always having to defend himself...Answer... because he's always guilty! Wes shows up for dinner in his best Western shirt, which seems to be all the man owns. The "gentleman" pulls out the chair for her and their date starts something like this... WES - Today was a blast! I would like to clear the table...I mean clear the air...whatever. JILLIAN - You are that bad boy that I'm always attracted to. There have been a lot of red flags and I have to bring it up again even though I know you don't like talking about it. I have to know everything so I can defend myself. WES - I honestly haven't told any of those guys that I have a girlfriend. JILLIAN - You didn't even kiss me all day. WES - When you tell me I'm the one then I'll show you. I mean I'm not here to hurt you, but I'm going to be true to myself, because "numero uno" is most important here. JILLIAN - I think that this person Laurel is very important to you and I want to know why. WES - I spent six years with that person and she's one of my best friends. JILLIAN - What broke you up? WES - Our differences broke us up. JILLIAN - What did you tell Jake? WES - My girlfriend... I mean ex-girlfriend.... And there it was...you could see it on Jillian's face, she knew he was hiding something. He didn't even finish. The craziest part is that when the date card arrived, Wes actually read it out loud...looked at Jillian...and said, "I think we should...actually?" Even Jillian had to be thinking...Seriously? You haven't even kissed me all day and you think I want to go back to the fantasy suite and hook up with you now? She told him she thought they should "skip it". FINAL ANSWER! Thank God! It really wasn't a dramatic rose ceremony. All the guys were looking sharp in their suits...all but Wes, who stood there in his jeans and his blazer talking about how it was going to be for him going home and letting them know that he'd be having lots of sex! What a jerk! The guys looked visibly uncomfortable with his comment. He looked like an ass, he acted like an ass, and she should have hit him in the ass with the limo door on his way out. She picked Ed, then Reid, then Kiptyn. It was more exciting for Wes to say goodbye to the guys. He waved all sweetly as he drove away, then grabbed a beer to congratulate himself for "being the first guy to make it to the top four with a girlfriend". And sat there with that stupid grin on his face, joking about how long it would take him to get back on his feet after being shot down...as if to say...not long! Then he rambled on making himself look like an even bigger jerk..."My acting days are over...I have done everything I needed to do. I'm going back home...got my dog waiting and my band. We're pushing a new single right now. I've got a radio tour I've got to do ASAP. And tonight I'm going out! I'm cutting off the chains. How did I lose to Reid? You gotta be kidding me...those three boys wouldn't even get so much as a nibble back in Texas. It's on like a pot of neck bones. I'm in Spain...everybody's gonna know my name!" I actually threw up a little. The limo driver should have jumped out and let him ride off a cliff. Jillian walked back to the final three to let them know that she knew she needed to do that...HELL you needed to do that a long damn time ago! Now they are off to the Hawaii...will they finally see the inside of the fantasy suite? Will Jillian give them a nibble after all? One thing is for sure...Wes ain't coming back and no one gives a crap what his name is! |
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