The Bachelor 20 - Ben Higgins - F1 to F4 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

I can see them wanting Amanda for bachelorette after the whole Juelia debacle when it was so obvious no guy on that island wanted her. I think Amanda will be a lot more likable/desriable than Juelia.

nothatgirl wrote:I agree that the kids probably won't even remember Ben - ty was also 3, I believe, and Jason/Molly said that he doesn't remember any of the bachelorette and bachelor filming he was part of. I still kind of think it's unnecessary, considering you can tell that Amanda isn't a real contender and Ben has seemingly already made up his mind. I think that bringing emily or Becca to f4 would have made more sense. I think that this is probably a producer thing b/c they love having the lead meet contestant's children and then dumping them soon after. If I were Amanda, I honestly would have left voluntarily knowing that I have an 18-month old at home, but I guess everyone has different prioroties or views in life! Jmo.

Other than Juan Pablo a single parent himself so NBD which other lead took a single mom to HTs just to dump them for drama? J
Ella and Stephanie's kidsnwere brought on the show because "they" were being nice and not so late in the game. Who r we missing here?
Exactly the same reasons were being thrown up during Brads season.nhe really like Emily so he took her to HTs.

If the producers were looking for drama they would have it it way more with either Emily because herbtwin was also dating Ben at a point or Becca because of her existing fan base/detractors.
I'm possibly one of the only ones to notice his connection with her whereas everyone has point blank written her off.


I've said this before but Ben seems to be a good guy who is figuring it out and will send her back to her kids as soon as he does figure it out not for the drama. IMO JMO.

Amanda could still be in the running for next lead at f4 not necessarily f3 or even f2.

nd4reality wrote:

nothatgirl wrote:I agree that the kids probably won't even remember Ben - ty was also 3, I believe, and Jason/Molly said that he doesn't remember any of the bachelorette and bachelor filming he was part of. I still kind of think it's unnecessary, considering you can tell that Amanda isn't a real contender and Ben has seemingly already made up his mind. I think that bringing emily or Becca to f4 would have made more sense. I think that this is probably a producer thing b/c they love having the lead meet contestant's children and then dumping them soon after. If I were Amanda, I honestly would have left voluntarily knowing that I have an 18-month old at home, but I guess everyone has different prioroties or views in life! Jmo.

Other than Juan Pablo a single parent himself so NBD which other lead took a single mom to HTs just to dump them for drama? J
Ella and Stephanie's kidsnwere brought on the show because "they"  were being nice and not so late in the game. Who r we missing here?
Exactly the same reasons were being thrown up during Brads season.nhe really like Emily so he took her to HTs.

If the producers were looking for drama they would have it it way more with either Emily  because herbtwin was also dating Ben at a point or Becca because of her existing fan base/detractors.
I'm possibly one of the only ones to notice his connection with her whereas everyone has point blank written her off.


I've said this before but Ben seems to be a good guy who is figuring it out and will send her back to her kids  as soon as he does figure it out not for the drama. IMO JMO.

I guess I was thinking mostly about Renee, who was dumped right after JP met her son, and Jason, after Deanna met Ty. I know Jason ended up making it to F2, but Deanna and Jason have both said that he was supposed to be dumped at F4, but, of course, then Graham left and Jeremy's HTD didn't go as planned.

I honestly don't know how much of this is up to Ben. For example, I doubt that he wanted to introduce Emily to his parents right before he dumped her. I'm sure that Ben respects and likes Amanda as a friend, but I really don't think that he ever considered her as a wife. Maybe I'll change my mind after watching the show, but that's the feeling I get now. JMO.

Rolly wrote:I think the most difficult thing for the kids is seeing their mom only to have her leave again. I don't really understand either how she could have left them to begin with.

Maybe they'll let her see her kids with a handler while waiting for the next RC? She's in LA already, so I don't see why they couldn't do that for her kids, if not her. One can hope. Otherwise it's stupid if she's away from them for another week and then Ben sends her home.

If I'm Ben I'm judging her the minute she tells him how young her children are. He is supposed to be using the time on the show to make a decision of who will make the best wife and mother to his future children. As soon as he knows that she is a mother to very young children and she chose to go on a reality tv show that requires you to be away from your very young children for over a month possibly two, is the very moment you shake your head on the credibility of her being a good mother and what man who wants children doesn't want someone first and foremost who will be a good mother to his kids?! Jmo

IMO it is not such a bad thing that he met them, they are really to young to understand and remember.
If he takes her to f2 he will be crucified and imo he is aware of the support for single mothers. If not before he got a solid reminder of it being present on the day he was on After Paradise with Juelia and saw the social media support in that show first hand.

Imo again he will do the right thing.

He is not in the scenario like Deanna and JaunP who had their line up changed via exits of graham and sharlene.

He gave her the safety rose which means he always intended to meet her family unlike the default positions of others. Almost like Emily had a rose in hand before her HT.

They always cast young single parents, its part of their quota. Maybe there really is more to Amanda's "character" on this show than just being a mother.

There is more to everyone's character who is cast on the show.
 Unfortunately, it's not the shows job to highlight them in any way other than how they determine.

do we know if Lauren has a one on one before episode 7?

Diana wrote:do we know if Lauren has a one on one before episode 7?

There's nothing confirmed. But it seems obvious that she would. Same happened with JoJo, getting a date epsiode 4 then epsiode 7.

That may be true and then it may not be. Nothing is proven yet.