Episode 3 - 6/10 - Bachelorette 9 - Discussion - Spoilers

DMBFan wrote:

Sprite wrote:The best part of this episode was the western date. Everyone seemed much more natural and actually seemed to be enjoying themselves....including Des.

The whole girlfriend drama seemed so fake and scripted I wanted to scream at them to at least get better actors. Des clearly couldn't have cared less about Brian so her reaction felt fake and over the top. CH couldn't have been more stilted with his faked shock and the girlfriend...seriously. If you want to break up with the guy, STOP SLEEPING WITH HIM!!!

Brandon needs some serious therapy and I felt bad for the guy. Glad Des followed him and told him it was better to let him go now than when he gets more invested.

I am liking Zack of the awesome abs more and more, but, clearly he is in the friend zone as she didn't even attempt to kiss him and vise versa. Same deal with Bryden. He likes her, but, I don't see him feeling her and hence why he probably pulls himself out.

We got even more sob stories this week...Restraining orders, nasty exes, dying fathers, more kids, unhappy families. Blah, blah, blah. It is just unhappiness overload.

Is it just me or do a lot of these guys have manly, muscular bodies and girly voices? Someone earlier wrote that one guy looked like Ken, but, sounded like Barbie. Their whining and crying isn't helping that impression.

Smarmy Ben. Can he leave already? and can the rest of them stop bitching about him?

I know we all know the spoilers here, but, I feel this season how I did with Emily's. I just don't see the connections some of you do. Yes she seems to be into Brooks, but, for me that is just because comparatively she is so not remotely into anyone else...and I don't care how many of them she kissed. It is as if she is kissing them in a desparate attempt to find someone she likes. I just don't foresee another cupcake ending even when we get the requisite engagement.

That's kind of the feeling I'm starting to get. I was hoping for another Ashley & JP. :Frown: We'll probably have to wait for Bachelorette 20 before we see another one of those and seriously, if this show makes it that long, I hope I've stopped watching long before that.

ImeldaMarcos wrote:I must be totally not interested I cannot remember the names of some of these men. There was one last night that looked so uncomfortable with kissing Des...I swear women are not his normal choice of partner. Not that it matters who one chooses but it just hit me strangely. Maybe it is just me, dunno.

canyonvue wrote:

ImeldaMarcos wrote:I must be totally not interested I cannot remember the names of some of these men. There was one last night that looked so uncomfortable with kissing Des...I swear women are not his normal choice of partner. Not that it matters who one chooses but it just hit me strangely. Maybe it is just me, dunno.

I'm afraid to ask.

Who kissed Des? Brooks, Chris, Brandon and Juan Pablo. Anyone else? Oh, Ben. Blah.

Brooks was groggy, Chris looked fine, Brandon acted like an adolescent and Juan Pablo was Juan Pablo. Ben is just slimy.

canyonvue wrote:

DMBFan wrote:

Sprite wrote:The best part of this episode was the western date. Everyone seemed much more natural and actually seemed to be enjoying themselves....including Des.

The whole girlfriend drama seemed so fake and scripted I wanted to scream at them to at least get better actors. Des clearly couldn't have cared less about Brian so her reaction felt fake and over the top. CH couldn't have been more stilted with his faked shock and the girlfriend...seriously. If you want to break up with the guy, STOP SLEEPING WITH HIM!!!

Brandon needs some serious therapy and I felt bad for the guy. Glad Des followed him and told him it was better to let him go now than when he gets more invested.

I am liking Zack of the awesome abs more and more, but, clearly he is in the friend zone as she didn't even attempt to kiss him and vise versa. Same deal with Bryden. He likes her, but, I don't see him feeling her and hence why he probably pulls himself out.

We got even more sob stories this week...Restraining orders, nasty exes, dying fathers, more kids, unhappy families. Blah, blah, blah. It is just unhappiness overload.

Is it just me or do a lot of these guys have manly, muscular bodies and girly voices? Someone earlier wrote that one guy looked like Ken, but, sounded like Barbie. Their whining and crying isn't helping that impression.

Smarmy Ben. Can he leave already? and can the rest of them stop bitching about him?

I know we all know the spoilers here, but, I feel this season how I did with Emily's. I just don't see the connections some of you do. Yes she seems to be into Brooks, but, for me that is just because comparatively she is so not remotely into anyone else...and I don't care how many of them she kissed. It is as if she is kissing them in a desparate attempt to find someone she likes. I just don't foresee another cupcake ending even when we get the requisite engagement.

That's kind of the feeling I'm starting to get. I was hoping for another Ashley & JP. :Frown: We'll probably have to wait for Bachelorette 20 before we see another one of those and seriously, if this show makes it that long, I hope I've stopped watching long before that.

It's often hard to see what the lead really feels and who she's into because she has to get to know all the guys and spread the wealth. It's hard for fans of certain contestants. But most people aren't spoiled and instead of feeling annoyed that she's not spending enough time with the F1, they're living in constant fear that that guy is going to leave. They don't have the same expectations.

Well, you may not think she's very into Brooks, but Brooks is definitely into her. He was even willing to show up at the party sweaty, with bouffant hair, slurred speech, glazed eyes and the only one in those funny short shorts, all for the nation to see, just to be sure he got to spend some time with her, and he didn't even care what we or Des thought of how he looked. So, he's into her, for sure.

canyonvue wrote:

ImeldaMarcos wrote:I must be totally not interested I cannot remember the names of some of these men. There was one last night that looked so uncomfortable with kissing Des...I swear women are not his normal choice of partner. Not that it matters who one chooses but it just hit me strangely. Maybe it is just me, dunno.

I'm afraid to ask.

Who kissed Des? Brooks, Chris, Brandon and Juan Pablo. Anyone else? Oh, Ben. Blah.

Brooks was groggy, Chris looked fine, Brandon acted like an adolescent and Juan Pablo was Juan Pablo. Ben is just slimy.

Columbia, MD wrote:Regardless of whether Brooks' return was his idea or TPTB, we will never know. But it did have the same "ring" as Ames returning from the hospital after the boxing match debacle in Thailand. Just sounds like singing some more of the same old song. JMHO.

meauxwalk wrote:Brooks kinda made a big deal over the whole broken finger thing though, IMO. I wonder if he has a problem seeing blood or something. Fractures hurt, but it seemed a little over the top to me. My hubby compound fractured his finger and his bone was sticking out of the skin. He pushed the bone back in, scrubbed it up, super glued the skin, wrapped the finger and went back to work. (Refused to go the ER over such a *little* thing, no matter my protests)