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Bachelor Week 7

Shanny

It’s the week before Hometowns BBs, and tensions are HIGH!!! The ladies are all emotional and jealousy is a big theme this week. Buckle up Buttercup!

There are 6 women left as we head to Jasper in Alberta, Canada. Daisy get’s this week’s first 1-1. Joey and Daisy go horseback riding through the woods and by a gorgeous lake. Seriously some of the best views I’ve seen this season. Then they hop in the hot tub that just so happens to appear in the middle of the Canadian wilderness! That night over Fake Dinner, Daisy admits she’s not in love yet. She says she really, really likes Joey but just isn’t there yet. Joey doesn’t seem to mind and gives Daisy the rose. She gets V V excited!!! Then they go ice skating in a hockey rink and make out.

Group Date

The ladies join Joey and a professional Lumber Jill who teaches the women how to be a lumber Jill. Then the ladies compete against each other in axe throwing, log rolling, log flipping, and the like. Maria is NOT having it. She’s fresh off a 1-1 from last week and is not having a good time back in a group setting. Get over it girl, this is what you signed up for! Then, when Joey is filming 1-1 with production, Jenn spies an opportunity and makes out with Joey. Maria sees this and is fuming. That night at the after party, Maria, in a V V high slit (like to her hip bone high), tells Joey she doesn’t think she can do this anymore and wants to go home. She’s super jealous and doesn’t like seeing him with other women. And I ask, Have you not seen the show??? It’s a group dating show!!! Anyway, Maria walks away from Joey for a bit and cries. She then returns to Joey and tells him never mind, I do want to stay. Oooookay.

Joey goes back to the group of ladies and tells them he is not handing out the Group Date rose tonight, that he needs more time. The ladies are NOT happy about this.

1-1 Kelsey A

Kelsey and Joey tour around the town of Jasper then decide to do the Polar Plunge! They change into their swimwear and plunge into the frigid lake with a bunch of other brave souls. Then they make out in a sauna. That night Kelsey explains who all Joey would meet if he comes to meet her family. She gets the rose.

The next night all the ladies are anticipating getting some time to speak with Joey that night, then Jesse comes in and tells them that there will be no cocktail party tonight. They are going straight to the Rose Ceremony. Again, the ladies are NOT happy.

Before Joey hands out his first rose, he asks to speak with Maria privately. He asks Maria if she still wants to stay and she says yes, that she just let her jealously get the best of here because it’s so hard seeing him with other girls. They walk back out to join the group. There are only 2 roses on the table. Rachel and Maria get the roses. Going home: Kelsey T and Jenn. This is the hard part for me! I love Jenn and Kelsey T! But they’ll find love in Paradise maybe!

Next week is one of my favorite episodes, Hometowns! But next week looks ROUGH for poor Joey!!! Until then BBs!!! xo 🌹

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Bachelor Week 5

Shanny

BBs, this week we’re picking right back up with the Rose Ceremony from last week. Maria is still emotional over Lea being mean. Lea gets the last rose.

Going home: Edwina (😢) and Allison.

Now we move on to Andalusia, Spain!!!

All the remaining girls are seated at an outdoor table when Joey rides up on a Vespa scooter. He sits with them for a beat then takes Kelsey A. for a 1-1 date. This makes Kelsey T. emotional and a bit jealous. Kelsey A and Joey ride the Vespa for a while around the city then do some walking and have a picnic. It’s gorgeous there! All cliffs and arched bridges and cool architecture. That night, over Fake Dinner, Kelsey A tells Joey all about her mom. Mom was really impressive. A military policewoman who developed breast cancer that metastasized to her bones and then quickly claimed her life. So very sad. Kelsey A gets the rose and Joey tells the camera he is smitten!

Group Date

The next date is a group date. Lea is complaining about having to go on a group date with Maria. Ugh. Let it go! The group arrives at a villa where they are instructed to express their feelings for Joey in a quote and a painting. Jess wins 1-1 time with Joey, where they change into swimsuits then paint a large canvas with their bodies (and make out). At the After Party, Maria tells Joey all about her upbringing. She was raised by her dad because her mother couldn’t be the parent she needed to be. When Maria was a baby she and her mom were in a horrific car accident where a cement truck crushed their car. Mom broke just about every bone in her body and Maria was pronounced dead at the scene!!! Terrible!!! Maria gets the group date rose and Lea says “My heart is in my ass.” Poetic.

Rachel 1-1

Joey and Rachel walk up to a Flamenco show. They watch for a bit then get a lesson from the dancers. Joey is wearing shorts and they make him put on high heeled booties to dance in. SO FUNNY!!! After the lesson, Rachel and Joey change into traditional flamenco costumes and perform with the dancers. They are really good! Especially Rachel! It looks so fun! Later that night Rachel shares with Joey that while she was born and raised in Hawai’i, she moved to the mainland to study nursing and get a job as a nurse. She warns it can be hard to date a nurse. Joey gives her the rose.

Cocktail Party

Maria (who has a rose) interrupts Katelyn when K and Joey are chatting. Maria then gets time with Joey. This does not sit well with Jess who hasn’t spoken with Joey yet tonight. Jess gets V upset. Maria rejoins the group and she and Jess start arguing about how Jess didn’t get time and Maria didn’t need time because she has a rose. Voices are raised and Jess calls Maria a bitch then storms off with Lea at her heels.

Rose Ceremony

Jess gets the last rose. Going home: Madina and Autumn.

Lea promises that the drama is just getting started. Ugh. This whole mean girl aesthetic is not a good look Lea!!! 

Until next week BBs!!! xo 🌹

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Bachelor Week 4

Shanny

BBs! We’ve gone international!!! This week we’re in Malta! It’s so beautiful!!!

Lexi 1-1

Lexi and Joey walk around the city of Valletta in Malta doing all the touristy things you do. They visit a gorgeous church and speak with a priest. That night over Fake Dinner, Lexi explains to Joey that she has stage 5 endometriosis and may not be able to bear children. Joey is so supportive and shares that there are many different ways to build a family, like adoption. Way to go Joey!!! Lexi gets the rose.

Back at the hotel Sydney is still stirring up drama!!! She says the whole Maria sitch is affecting her health! That she’s exhausted, lethargic, and is breaking out. BAHAHAHA!!!! Ok, so never mind that they’ve all just flown from California to half way across the world Malta! You’re jet lagged Woman!!! What a drama queen!!!

Group Date

This is the biggest group date they’ve had so far. It’s ALL of the remaining women, save Lexi, Maria, and Sydney. They all go to Fort Manoel where they filmed scenes for Game of Thrones. The ladies and Joey change into knight costumes and Joey calls himself “the fun size Bachelor” which cracks me up!!! I love a man who can laugh at himself!!! There are a few “challenges” the women have to go through to “fight for Joey”. The best one is the sausage wheel. It’s this tall spinning wheel with sausages hanging from it on strings. The women have to catch a sausage in their mouths without using their hands. Nothing like getting smacked in the face by a juicy sausage flying by!!! Ha! Most of the women cheat and use their hands but Autumn is a TROOPER and follows the rules. Autumn wins 1-1 time with Joey and they go look out at the water and make out. At the after party that night, Kelsey T is worried about her lack of time with Joey. Jess tells Joey she is falling for him. Kelsey T gets the group date rose.

Next is a 2-1 date with Maria and Sydney. Syd says it’s literal torture being near Maria because she feels Maria doesn’t respect her and who knows when Maria will attack!? I swear, I’ve never seen such made up dramatics! They put Syd and Maria on a yacht to cruise out to meet Joey. Stoney silence between the two ladies. Joey joins them and they take a smaller boat to go look at some caves on the water. It’s super awkward. They park the boat and go chat. Joey takes Syd to chat first. Syd tells Joey that Maria told Lea to “shut the F&$% up!”. Joey then chats with Maria who denies this ever happened. Later the two women are sitting on a bench. Sydney tells Maria to stop “doing this to all of us” in the house. 

That night Joey joins them and while they are all three together he asks each woman if she sees a future with him. He’s decided he won’t be able to figure out the truth so he wants to make a decision on who to keep based on their chances for a connection. They both answer to the affirmative and Joey takes the rose and explains his reasoning behind giving it out. He says “Sydney…” and her face LIGHTS up “I can’t give you this rose”. Joey walks Syd out. He comes back to Maria and gives her the rose. They make out while an opera singer belts out Ave Maria (natch). I don’t think he ever kissed Syd. Oh well. Girl, BYE.

Cocktail Party

Lea pulls Madina aside to chat. Lea criticizes Madina for being nice to Maria. Lea says Madina was Team Sydney and is now being all fake. Madina says she’s just trying to navigate her time here with all these women. Maria gets frustrated that this drama is still following her and starts crying. Lea says “I’m glad she’s crying! Maria is a drama queen cry baby!” OMG WHO KNEW Lea was so mean??? The episode ends with Lea sitting down to chat with Joey. Uh oh.

BBs, it doesn’t look like the drama is ending any time soon!!! Until tomorrow!!! xo 🌹

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Bachelor Week 3

Shanny

It’s week 3 BBs and we are neck deep in drama!!! But we’ll get to that later!

First up is a Group Date. It’s the Mrs. Right Pageant! (WHY does ABC constantly feel the need to have the contestants of these shows parade around on these pageant type “dates”??? It’s not like Joey and the girls get to know each other during them!) I digress. April, Susan, Kathy, and Nancy from the Golden Bachelor help with the pageant. There’s a fashion show element, a Q&A, and a talent portion. Edwina wrote a song for Joey that she sings a cappella, and she sounds great! Sydney, who’s been boasting about how she’s been in pageants before, does a cheerleading routine and there are CRICKETS afterward! Whomp whomp Syd! Lexi’s talent is … kissing. So she spends her talent segment making out with Joey. She must be pretty good though because Lexi wins the pageant!

At the After Party later, Maria makes a remark about how the pageant was a kissing contest when she’s chatting with Joey. Maria also says she’s an introvert! Could have fooled me! Then Joey asks Madina if there’s anything going on in the house that she’d like to talk about to him. She tells Joey she’s feeling bullied, but won’t say by who. Kelsey A. gets the group date rose. Then Joey addresses the group about the alleged bullying. Joey then leaves and Maria and Madina start talking about the situation. Sydney jumps in with “I’m feeling bullied too!” Sydney then states that Maria is catty but can’t provide examples. Syd says she needs to remove herself from this toxic situation and is going back to the house if anyone wants to join her. Again, CRICKETS! It’s hilarious! The next day everyone at the house is talking about the bullying situation. It’s all a non-situation though because this whole thing stems from last week when Madina made a comment about her age (31) and being the oldest in the house. Maria said “she’s not old”. That’s it. That’s all that happened. But Sydney doesn’t like Maria for some reason so Syd has latched on to this and is squeezing every drop of drama she can out of it!

Jenn 1-1

Jenn is so cute! Joey and Jenn go to a surf store and pick out wetsuits and surf boards. Then they spend the day at the beach having a wee picnic, making out, and surfing. That night over Fake Dinner, Jenn shares that her parents’ relationship was v v tumultuous and there was tons of fighting. Jenn didn’t feel like her father loved her and she felt very unwanted by him. He is no longer in her life. Afterward, Jenn and Joey go outside and there’s a super cool drone display that writes in the sky “Jenn will you accept this rose?” It’s v sweet!

The next Group Date is a tennis date- the Bachelor Open. But it’s not just regular tennis. All of the girls have to wear ridiculous costumes while playing. Think hotdog and bun, lobster and giant stick of butter, etc. It’s pretty funny and the girls are all great sports about it! That night at the after party, Rachel’s earring gets caught in Joey’s sweater when they hug. Daisy shows Joey her cochlear implant and let’s him touch it. He has a few questions about it and remains respectful and supportive while asking them. Daisy says “I know, it makes me different”. Joey says “NO. It makes you special.” OMG can we PLEASE just skip to their wedding already??? They are so cute I can hardly barely stand it!!! Katelyn gets the group date rose.

The next day Jesse announces that there will not be a cocktail party that night, that instead, Joey is coming over for a pool party sponsored by KFC. So all the girls run outside and chow down on some chicken while they wait for Joey to arrive. Sydney pulls Joey aside and tells him that Maria has been verbally attacking her. Joey pulls Maria aside to chat about the allegation and Maria gets v emotional talking about how she was bullied growing up and how she would never do that. Meanwhile Syd is running around the house talking to whoever will listen about what a Mean Girl Maria is and how Syd hates the drama and just wants a peaceful journey. Joey leaves the house and all the girls are gathered together. Every time Maria speaks Sydney tells everyone not to be manipulated by Maria, gaslighting everyone. Syd keeps saying “I’m trying to squash the drama.” and “let’s get the drama out of here”. GIRL!!! YOU are the drama!!!

Rose Ceremony

Sydney gets the last rose (which you KNOW Joey only gave it to her because the producers made him)! Going home tonight: Evalin, Chrissa, and Starr (who I swear I’ve never seen before in my life!!!). 

Just in case y’all couldn’t predict it with all the drama, it looks like next week is a 2-1 date with Maria and Sydney! Eeeek! Gird your loins!!!

Until then BBs! xo 🌹