Episode 8 (HTD's) - 2/18 - Bachelor 17 - Discussion - Spoilers

Barbarossa wrote:

umngirl wrote:Seems some great discussion happened while I was at the gym, lots of great thoughts everyone. To add more to why several of my friends think Sean is F1, they saw Sean acts different around her than the others. The lone male of the group said Sean worrying about Catherine friend-zoning him was a big sign that there was more there than we were shown. They also noted how Sean comforted her compared to others who have told him sad stories or cried. The difference on the last group date between him being there for her compared to how he was with Des was something they all noticed, the male especially. I've been thinking maybe age and experience with this show affects people's opinions. My friends range in age from 21 to 26, and besides the male who gets conned into watching by his girlfriend they have all watched this show for years.

That could be true. The women in my group are between 35 and 55 so that could definitely ge a factor

For me, in the interests of full disclosure, I am nutty about Eurasian women, so Catherine would have stood out to me spoiled or not. But without that, I would have been scratching my head at this point.

But like you said, younger people may see it differently. I'm 49 and married, so perhaps the clues are generational. Of course this does not account for only one date and never giving her a group rose. Perhaps he was daffy for her and they commanded the rose to others, but my understanding has always been that the lead is free to do as he wants with roses. If I were Sean, and I was crazy about her, I would have seen she got a few.

The group rose is the only time a contestant should feel in direct competition with her peers. How many of us could sit there while others kept getting roses and not question if the guy doesn't like them better than us?

ninu wrote:

bronniegrace wrote:Anyone got a good live stream?

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happy2bme wrote:While some think Ashlee may be a bit to "old" for Sean...I'm wondering how Sean's family will react to Catherine's pierced nose? I know it's a little thing, but I see Sean's family as straight laced. Do you think they may be turned off by the piercing?

umngirl wrote:My roommates are laughing at his reactions to AshLee. The reactions definitely are weird if you ask me.

veg_out wrote:

happy2bme wrote:While some think Ashlee may be a bit to "old" for Sean...I'm wondering how Sean's family will react to Catherine's pierced nose? I know it's a little thing, but I see Sean's family as straight laced. Do you think they may be turned off by the piercing?

Sean seems interested in non-traditional types despite being über-conservative. I'm guessing though that the fam might prefer Linds over Cat, adding another obstacle for them to overcome.