Amanda Stanton - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

Kinsley (the oldest) will be 4 in April. Charlie (the youngest) will be 2 in January, I believe.

rhondam wrote:I haven't seen enough seasons yet to be acclimatized to parents of young kids being ok with being away from their children by choice for as long as could be possible. Jmo.

ETA: re-read and think this may be coming off as snarky but not intending it to, I just don't know how else to say that the thought of a mom of an 18 mo old and 3 1/2 yr old choosing to go on A TV SHOW!! for as long as she is just makes my jaw drop IMO.

The more I think of it the more Contestants that I can think of that were single parents on the show in each season. It's not just a small handful either totally.
There were actually 3 Leads that were single parents. Then there were contestants not only of the Bachelor / Bachelorette but on the spin offs as well. In 1 case - multiple times .

The only season I can't remember a single parent is Seans and AshleyHs. I'm sure someone will provide us a name on these but I cannot for the life of me remember.

Wasn't bentley and the masked guy on Ashley's a single father? And, I know Sean had at least a single mothers b/c he talked about not remembering the kids names on jimmy kimmel, but I think she was a night one eliminee. Jmo.

Yeah Bentley has a daughter. Sean actually one single mom (Diana) that I remember. She was eliminated episode 2.

nothatgirl wrote:Wasn't bentley and the masked guy on Ashley's single fathers? And, I know Sean had at least a single mothers b/c he talked about not remembering the kids names on jimmy kimmel, but I think she was a night one eliminee. Jmo.

Wow - did not remember that. Can't blame me as both were

Sorry, I don't think mask guy (Jeff) was a single father. I don't know why I thought he was!

I personally can't imagine how mom leaves 2 young ones.  I felt nearly heartbroken to leave them to work 9-5at that age even though I was returning each night.  It does baffle me that she's on the show.

But I also think Amanda is so pretty and nice looking I'm trying keep an open mind.  I do look forward to her on the show and there must be a reason she is top4 being either Ben or TPTB or both really like her a lot. So I'm excited to see why.

There have been plenty of single parents, but not many had kids as young as hers, except Juelia , and not many have made it this far. Usually they're cut pretty early.

Maybe she's thinking she is providing for her kids by getting SM famous so she can promote products or whatever. Seems like these days that's the "career" path for everyone who made it at least half-way through the season. I'm just praying to TPTB that they're not considering making her the next lead. That I will refuse to watch.

Emily's daughter was older but she did not even have a father for her kids. Yet she left her with grand parents etc. Once as a contestant and the other time as a Lead.

I have been on various boards and this one for quite a while now but this is the first time there has been so much reaction to a single parent on. Yet each season we have had at least one contestant or more, a single parent on that season. Just because they got eliminated earlier is immaterial. They went on the show and some stayed. Like F4 Renee (wasn't she a widow also ?) and F1 Emily.


Color me surprised at the reaction this season. Really.

I personally could never leave my children especially that young to film a tv show but like I've always said, I don't judge others for their choices. She seems like a lovely woman.

nd4reality wrote:Emily's daughter was older but she did not even have a father for her kids. Yet she left her with grand parents etc. Once as a contestant and the other time as a Lead.

I have been on various boards and this one for quite  a while now but this is the first time there has been so much reaction to a single parent on. Yet each season we have had at least one contestant or more, a single parent on that season. Just because they got eliminated earlier is immaterial. They went on the show and some stayed. Like F4 Renee (wasn't she a widow also ?) and  F1 Emily.


Color me surprised at the reaction this season. Really.

Per the bolded: 
I think it's subjective as to how to gauge reaction. Both Emily and Juelia got slammed. MEanna got slammed for taking Jason to the F2. Slamming is as slamming does. Whats slam might be to me might be ham to another.      

She may be a lovely woman ....I'm anxious to hear her story. I don't go back that far watching the show but it seems contestants with kids is not common. Maybe it has seemed less of a big deal because they don't always make it this far. Maybe it hits me closer to home because the ages of her children are exactly the ages of my Grandchildren.... two little ones three years and younger. That's pretty young for a mom to be gone from her kids to go on a reality show for two months. JMOThey may not remember it but even so I have a hard time understanding her decision to do it. Clearly she thought it was the right thing to do. I'll be interested to hear what she has to say.

I judge people all the time on this show (and in my life) because of what they say and their actions. I find some people attractive or not (inside and out) by decisions they make, how they treat people, their sense of humor, their honesty and the list goes on. All of these things together leave me with an impression of the kind of person they are. Amanda I'm hoping will show us many aspects to her personality. Ben has chosen her to be in his top four so he certainly sees something there..... I'm pretty sure we will too. Assuming TPTB give her a decent edit.