I missed the finale of The Bachelor last night because the TV stations in our area chose to broadcast Monday Night Football instead of Dancing With The Stars and The Bachelor. What a bummer. There are few things I dislike watching more than Monday Night Football. However, I DID watch The Bachelor: After the Final Rose program tonight.
Now, I’ve never much cared for Brad Womack, the current Bachelor. He sounds like a robot whenever he talks - very mechanical and expressionless. The whole premise of the show is so bogus. All the women are expected to be open and honest - while the bachelor has to lie like a rug in order to keep them stringing along.
So at the finale last night, Brad gave both the women the boot. Everybody talks about how shocking it was, but it’s not shocking - really. Brad never seemed like he was on the show “for the right reasons” anyway. He was the most boring bachelor yet. Then tonight, he was simply a jerk to DeAnna. Once she gets over the emotional turmoi of being rejected, I hope that she will realize that she is much better off without a robot for a boyfriend/husband.
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November 21st, 2007 (3 weeks ago) at 1:51 am
THE BACHELOR SPOILERS!
Find out why Brad didnt choose either of the women!!..
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http://www.realitytvspoiler.com/
November 21st, 2007 (3 weeks ago) at 2:15 am
I think it was awfully wise of Brad to declare that he didn’t feel enough of ‘the right stuff’ for either woman. Marriage is WORK and if one doesn’t feel completely convinced that they have found the right match, then they owe it to themselves and the other person to cut their losses and continue their search.
Good call, Brad!
TMS: Of course he did the right thing in not leading anyone on. I probably know better than most anyone else that marriage is work and that NO one wants to be married to someone who isn’t in love with them. However, Brad talked with DeAnna in a very robotic and jerk-like way last night. Sensitivity and kindness are definitely NOT his strong suit. Good riddance to him. Both women deserve much better.
November 21st, 2007 (3 weeks ago) at 9:40 am
Let me start by saying I was hoping that Brad would pick DeAnna. I really thought she was the best one for him. However as we all know he didn’t pick anyone. I watched the “After the Final Rose” episonde and still don’t understand why Brad did what he did. No one said he had to get engaged but if he still misses DeAnna and she was everything he wanted in a woman why not give it a chance. All he had to say was “look this was a 6 week journey and I do like you and have feelings for you but we need to spend some time in a normal environment and date like normal people. Lets take it slow and see where it goes. You can’t keep telling someone they are what you want but I don’t want to hurt you. Brad needs to grow up and realize that you have to work at a relationship. It doesn’t matter how in love you are with each other you still have to work at the relationship. Brad has this idea that he will fall head over heels in love with someone and that’s it. Everything will be prefect. He won’t have to do a thing. It doesn’t work that way.
I really think he is going to realize down the road that he made the biggest mistake of his life letting DeAnna go. It will be to late for him though. I truly hope she moves on and finds someone will will want to take a chance on love because apparently Brad really didn’t want to take that chance. I think he should never have been picked for the show. I think ABC blew it big time.
November 21st, 2007 (3 weeks ago) at 12:12 pm
Speaking from the vantage point of a 20+ year marriage to a man who told me he wasn’t romantically in love with me I want to say that these ladies should consider themselves very lucky that Brad tossed them both aside. It is no fun living with a person you are “IN LOVE” with who doesn’t return that feeling…after a while you loose all sense of self worth, feel humiliated, emotionally devestated and stuck!Even if a man is really nice, handsome, supportive, caring and basically a good husband if the romantic love isn’t there life gets really gray and dismal! There is no way to explain how it feels to live life with someone who thinks that a peck on the cheek in the morning and in the evening when he comes home is “enough” affection! Try being married 18 years and having the ability to count the number of times you have had sex with the man you love on eight fingers!! Both ladies should move on, trust me there is someone for both of them somewhere on this earth and when they find a man that returns their love in kind they will know what I mean!
November 21st, 2007 (3 weeks ago) at 12:41 pm
I almost married a man I wasn’t totally in love with because I really like him, cared about him and enjoyed a life with him….I kept waiting for the butterflies and after several years, they just never happened. While I realize it made for emotionally horrible TV to watch, truth is, we can’t force ourselves to feel something like real love. I have tried….and I am glad I didn’t marry for the wrong reasons too. Deanna and Jennie are better off, even though they’re hurting now.
TMS:You are 100% correct, Carrie. I married a man a few years ago that I liked. I had not had success with the men I’d had butterflies with - that I’d been in love with. So I figured a marriage based on “like” was the right thing to do. It was horrible, and I knew it was over before it hardly had a chance to begin. The feelings have to be reciprocal. Brad did the right thing - without a doubt - he just had zero finesse and kindness in how he did it.
November 21st, 2007 (3 weeks ago) at 12:47 pm
I never watch these types of shows but my husband and i tuned in this season because the two finalists were nice looking women (according to my husband) Brad knew what he was getting into and he did the show and all of the women a dis-service by agreeing to go on. What a joke. I wish these women understood that he did them a favor. Another, emotionally unstable and dis-functional man. Probably has erectile disfunction. He is not that attractive and there is a whole group of women in my San Francisco office who would not touch him with a ten foot pole. I hate to call a spade a spade, but this guy is a LOSER
TMS: I like your thinking, Sallie. I agree completely. It was a false situation, and the women fell into the same trap that dozens have done on the show in previous seasons. This guy was a bozo - and definitely not worth their adoration.
November 22nd, 2007 (2 weeks ago) at 10:46 pm
Brad broke a lot more than 25 hearts. He might consider spending some time alone. All the women in the world may make him do that anyway. He should then consider his decisions. Most of us have screwed up relationships, and then realized “wow, I really cared for that person more than I thought I did. I shouldn’t have taken him/her for granted.” Perhaps he’s not looking for anyone.
“The Bachelor” has always given me hope. Not hope that I’ll find Mr. Perfect, but a feeling that there are a few lucky people out there, who may have been blessed a little more than the rest of us.
Brad may have to wait that “life time” to find what he’s looking for, and unfortunately he’s going to find out that it doesn’t really exist.
I’m not saying he made the wrong decision, but why would you take the relationships (apparently all three) to an intimate level if you wouldn’t consider dating them in the future. Did he suddenly notice that one was fat? Uneducated? Ugly? Annoying? I’d have a lot more respect for him if he said what things were present that he couldn’t live with in the long run. Maybe he didn’t like the tatoo. I’ll admit that one of them had an annoying manner, another had an annoying family, a few were complete sexpots that were seemingly lacking in the brains department, And yes, maybe he’s looking for a talented porn star, and they weren’t professionally trained. He should have laid it no the line during the wrap up show, “her ass was flabby, her tits hung down to her waist, and my visit down there was more reminiscent of my trip to the Grand Canyon. She sucked, but she wouldn’t suck me. No wait, I’d prefer to do the sucking.”
Bottom line, I fell for him too, and none of us would be good enough for him. He sure seems like a snob. Maybe ABC needs to adjust the show, and have a few bachelors available. That way, if one’s thinking “wow, they’re all double baggers,” we could move on to someone with more depth.
November 22nd, 2007 (2 weeks ago) at 10:57 pm
Jennifer was a little harsh, but right on. Brad, it’s okay if you decide you’re gay. We’re all going to love you anyway. Don’t give into the pressure. I knew all along that you were picking the ones you were least attracted to. You gave it a try. You can’t pick out a woman like a car. If you need a maid, get one, but leave your love needs to a real man.