Episode 4 - 6/17 - Bachelorette 9 - Discussion - Spoilers

sydneylove wrote:I thought it was just me and I've been feeling this way about the show since Sean season. Was Sean a fav? No but Emily def. wasn't and I loved her season because her guys were so awesome. I still miss my Alex! They were different and unexpected. They also were a nice mix of jocks and hipster/artsy types. It was such a shock because of who Brad was that Emily chose who she chose. They were interesting guys with a fun dynamic. Ryan was hilarious, Jef and Arie were my faves and I loved their friendship and so glad it survived. I just loved the guys before the show and was a die hard Jem fan. Like loved them and must say them breaking up so quickly did dampen me on this show as a whole I think. Catherine is adorable but Sean season was edited so oddly I just never really fell though liked them well enough.

With Des its she picked all pretty boys (hey I married one, I get it) and they are a bit catty, no? I did like this episode because of how encouraging they were of each other. The friendships are coming through but the cattiness is a bit overdone. I like Brooks his voice throws me but he seems fun with the bits we see. And its obvious she likes him and its cute, I'm just not as into it. It took me until today to watch this show and it has been this way all season. At this point I blame Jem () but others seem to be as nonchalant as me. Hopefully things pick up as I am liking the show more as the episodes go on.

Positives:

Juan Paoblo is hot.
Brooks seems like fun. Cute on the runway:thumbs up:
The guy who came out in heels cracked up
Zak can sing!:Clap:
I liked James. Yeah he's so into himself but his relaxing in the tub just remind me of Ryan from Em season. Just made me giggle, too bad he wasn't self deprecating or witty about it. I think it did touch him with Des giving their date away....eventually. He didn't look too excited but I think in the end he loved she did it. I liked that he was honest about cheating.
The first date guy... It was the right thing to do. She tried real hard with him didn't she.
Good of Brydan to say how he really feels...he should have left though.

Negatives:
Mainly its a critique as a whole is her constant kissing of all the guys. I was taken a back when Emily did it. Now, I may get flamed for this but when the guys do it unless its their fans, they gets heat for it. I don't see why the girls should be any different. No I'm not a prude and I don't mean throw stones at them but to me it just takes away from the "love story" when she's kissing every guy at a moments notice. It was nice at least with Emily it was built up and the guys were nervous about the kiss. I always remember Jem first kiss or Arie and Em's. It was great build up to it and made you root for a guy to get that kiss. Heck, I liked when Ryan called her out on kissing other guys...wasn't cool at the time but I got it. Rant over/

ironcat wrote:

atem wrote:I don't think Brandon's or Kasey's kiss should even count!

In that case, neither should most of Ashley's (queen of the closed mouth kisses).  Not criticizing Des, but I think there's a big difference between a closed mouth smooch with a lot of different guys and playing serious tonsil hockey.  But more power to Des if it helps her weed through the "pickings".

Di_ATL wrote:

ironcat wrote:

atem wrote:I don't think Brandon's or Kasey's kiss should even count!

In that case, neither should most of Ashley's (queen of the closed mouth kisses).  Not criticizing Des, but I think there's a big difference between a closed mouth smooch with a lot of different guys and playing serious tonsil hockey.  But more power to Des if it helps her weed through the "pickings".

How many have we seen Des play serious tonsil hockey with as of right now, even though her and Brooks kissed, i wouldn't consider that serious tonsil hockey,yet. JMO

We have seen previews and screen caps of SERIOUS tonsil hockey with Drew only thus far. I would suspect that in the next couple weeks her kissing will become a little more serious, passionate et.
So really all though she has kissed several men, quite a few actually most all have been pecks or closed mouth kisses.

But I do agree, not all kisses are equal.