The Bachelor 17 - Speculation/Spoilers - Discussion

hawkku wrote:

Alanna wrote:Hawk, he just posted a few mins ago.

Thanks. Wow, he must be pretty confident. Im just confused with the majority of BG sources saying it was Arie and all the tweets and such seems like it was heading that way. I wonder if RS knows for sure why it wouldn't be Arie (maybe he has always said no but seems like he's been interested recently or if he thinks its because of his racing or they just don't want to goo with him). Im just ready to get on with out already.

kdubs_ca wrote:

Honestly, RS does not do subtlety. He's got two settings.

eightfifteen wrote:Thanks Dr Hottie for posting the tweets for me. I'm confused by it all.

tigertiz wrote:

NCGalBecca wrote:Perhaps a decision has been made but I don't think there would be a lot of upside to announcing right now..politics, hurricane, holiday weekend..are occupying the media. It's a crowded news space going into a lull..dead space for 3 days with the holiday.

I totally agree. They have made their decision. They arent going to decide next Tuesday and then make sure the guy signs the contract without changing it so they can announce it on Wednesday.

chasingpavements wrote:Hmmmm...what was interesting about RS's blog post this time was that he said "...the three candidates this season – Roberto, Sean, and Arie – all have them. So they can’t really go wrong with any of them. But you can cross Arie off the list.". If, in his opinion, Arie would make just as good a lead as Roberto and Sean and he is STILL saying that it is 100% NOT Arie makes me think it's not Arie. It just seems like he knows something that we don't.

Honestly, at this point, I just want to know!!! We have gotten "1000% Roberto, signed, sealed and delivered", BG's confirmations about Sean and Arie...which have all been retracted since (and I think they all knew what they were talking about when they made the statement). Has there ever been such confusion and split confirmations/retractions?

gurlbrit wrote:

chasingpavements wrote:Hmmmm...what was interesting about RS's blog post this time was that he said "...the three candidates this season – Roberto, Sean, and Arie – all have them. So they can’t really go wrong with any of them. But you can cross Arie off the list.". If, in his opinion, Arie would make just as good a lead as Roberto and Sean and he is STILL saying that it is 100% NOT Arie makes me think it's not Arie. It just seems like he knows something that we don't.

Honestly, at this point, I just want to know!!! We have gotten "1000% Roberto, signed, sealed and delivered", BG's confirmations about Sean and Arie...which have all been retracted since (and I think they all knew what they were talking about when they made the statement). Has there ever been such confusion and split confirmations/retractions?

I'm thinking that Fleiss wants it this way; he's fed up with info getting out thru RS and is making sure that this time the lead's name gets released when he wants it released and not before.

MiaHawk wrote:

goodgal wrote:

MiaHawk wrote:As far as who will be the next Bachelor....I am still in "the crash position" awaiting the official announcement.

As far as this Board is concerned...it has gone from such a fun place to a graveyard, and that is really depressing. I fear that it won't even be here by the time the next season rolls around. What a loss!

I honestly do not understand what occured to get us to this point of lockdown. I realize that the Mods work hard to maintain this site and they were deluged with PMs/complaints. I am not questioning the Mods' judgement. I am questioning the judgement and behaviors of my fellow ADULT board members. Is it really that difficult to tolerate differences of opinions and styles of personal expression? This isn't any ONE person's or ONE faction's personal oasis. This is a public forum for a general population of people to gather. As such, we are a diverse group. Is diversity THAT threatening to some? Hopefully, this "time out" will only be temporary and the Mods will be able to reopen the threads. If, however, they feel it is not worth their time and aggrevation (and who can blame them for feeling that way?), I would like to thank them and everyone else here for allowing me to express myself and have a great deal of fun throughout this past season. It has been my pleasure to have shared so much with so many of you. Unfortunately, I am feeling very disheartened about the future of this board and any future partication I may have in it. If this board or myself are not here by next season, and if Arie is the Bachelor, just know that I will be cheering him on with full gusto. I wish him the brightest and happiest future possible.

Miahawk has probably got me in her foe list but I will respond..I think in real life some of us wouldn't dream of responding to posts the way they have on this board. I know I have hit the send button when I shouldn't have and if I offended anyone I am sorry. I get we all have opinions and are entitled to give them but some opinions are cruel for lack of a better word. In real life there will always be followers and leaders and those who can be easily manipulated as well as the know it all. I think this board has hit a wall! I appreciate and have enjoyed my friendship with Love_me and San. They have busy lives so miss alot of the nonsense. Anyway to all who can see my post :Racecar: :Drinkwater:

I do not have a foe list. I have never foed a single person. I fundamentally disagree with the idea of foeing anyone. Speaking only for myself, I feel that if I cannot tolerate reading posts from all people, including those of differing opinions, styles, standards, then I feel that I have personally allowed myself to go too far in my own reactions to posts. I am not saying that to use the foe button is not the right choice for somebody else, but as for myself I do not use it. I sadly feel the need to defend myself here, because, for me personally, the suggestion that I have foed anyone is 100% false and goes against what I believe in.

officeRules wrote:

MiaHawk wrote:

goodgal wrote:

MiaHawk wrote:As far as who will be the next Bachelor....I am still in "the crash position" awaiting the official announcement.

As far as this Board is concerned...it has gone from such a fun place to a graveyard, and that is really depressing. I fear that it won't even be here by the time the next season rolls around. What a loss!

I honestly do not understand what occured to get us to this point of lockdown. I realize that the Mods work hard to maintain this site and they were deluged with PMs/complaints. I am not questioning the Mods' judgement. I am questioning the judgement and behaviors of my fellow ADULT board members. Is it really that difficult to tolerate differences of opinions and styles of personal expression? This isn't any ONE person's or ONE faction's personal oasis. This is a public forum for a general population of people to gather. As such, we are a diverse group. Is diversity THAT threatening to some? Hopefully, this "time out" will only be temporary and the Mods will be able to reopen the threads. If, however, they feel it is not worth their time and aggrevation (and who can blame them for feeling that way?), I would like to thank them and everyone else here for allowing me to express myself and have a great deal of fun throughout this past season. It has been my pleasure to have shared so much with so many of you. Unfortunately, I am feeling very disheartened about the future of this board and any future partication I may have in it. If this board or myself are not here by next season, and if Arie is the Bachelor, just know that I will be cheering him on with full gusto. I wish him the brightest and happiest future possible.

Miahawk has probably got me in her foe list but I will respond..I think in real life some of us wouldn't dream of responding to posts the way they have on this board. I know I have hit the send button when I shouldn't have and if I offended anyone I am sorry. I get we all have opinions and are entitled to give them but some opinions are cruel for lack of a better word. In real life there will always be followers and leaders and those who can be easily manipulated as well as the know it all. I think this board has hit a wall! I appreciate and have enjoyed my friendship with Love_me and San. They have busy lives so miss alot of the nonsense. Anyway to all who can see my post :Racecar: :Drinkwater:

I do not have a foe list. I have never foed a single person. I fundamentally disagree with the idea of foeing anyone. Speaking only for myself, I feel that if I cannot tolerate reading posts from all people, including those of differing opinions, styles, standards, then I feel that I have personally allowed myself to go too far in my own reactions to posts. I am not saying that to use the foe button is not the right choice for somebody else, but as for myself I do not use it. I sadly feel the need to defend myself here, because, for me personally, the suggestion that I have foed anyone is 100% false and goes against what I believe in.

Hi all,

I have more of an observation than a question. While this is a good discussion and probably much-needed, we dont have a thread to discuss it in. This thread is a different topic.

So i do suppose my question is this: Is there a thread where this can be discussed?