Ben Higgins - Lauren Bushnell - Bachelor 20 - Discussion - #3

You can be happy and still not be over something your partner did in the past. Especially when the public won't let you forget it. It hasn't even been a year. JMO.

umngirl wrote:I'm not talking about the negative ones. I'm talking about the fan accounts that exist solely to repost everything Ben/Lauren/their family/friends post. It's ridiculous and annoying when they just seem to take over IG search results. I like to actually look for things on IG and seeing 10 on the same picture is just dumb. JMO

I know I wasn't referencing your post. But yeah, fans will be fans, I guess...? Overly involved maybe? HAH.

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umngirl wrote:I'm not talking about the negative ones. I'm talking about the fan accounts that exist solely to repost everything Ben/Lauren/their family/friends post. It's ridiculous and annoying when they just seem to take over IG search results. I like to actually look for things on IG and seeing 10 on the same picture is just dumb. JMO

I don't have an Instagram and I cannot imagine the sheer amount of time they would have to put into this. I will say that it seems like these fan accounts get a lot of followers, thousands, so maybe that is the draw?

The public stopped talking about JoJo/Ben fairly quickly in the summer. But then it started up A LOT when Ben and Lauren were at ATFR. And then I saw countless tweets saying things like "Ben f'ed up and now JoJo f'ed up.. So let's get them together! That's the way it should of been!" So it did them no favors going there.. Ironically though, I find it funny that Lauren pretty much says in the new sneak peek on the show something along the lines of "you made this decision for us (by being at ATFR) and I didn't want to come and blah bla blah" when TPTB made the decision for them and they were gonna end up going no matter what. So in conclusion, this constant mentioning of Ben and JoJo is TPTB's fault. The end IMO.

casjacknick wrote:

Lennoxcolinrolland wrote:

umngirl wrote:I'm not talking about the negative ones. I'm talking about the fan accounts that exist solely to repost everything Ben/Lauren/their family/friends post. It's ridiculous and annoying when they just seem to take over IG search results. I like to actually look for things on IG and seeing 10 on the same picture is just dumb. JMO

I don't have an Instagram and I cannot imagine the sheer amount of time they would have to put into this. I will say that it seems like these fan accounts get a lot of followers, thousands, so maybe that is the draw?

There are only 3/4 Ben and Lauren accounts. One of them @LaurenBenHiggi posts literally everything about them. They're amazingggg. They have almost 20,000 followers. The other 3 accounts have like 1-2,000 each. It's really just how much Ben and Lauren have going on right now, that's taking up all the IG search, not the number of accounts. Most of them just repost from one another anyway.

Alanna wrote:

casjacknick wrote:

Alanna wrote:
It's actually ironic (to me) how upset the general vibe was that she brought it up, meanwhile, it obviously was pretty cool with B+L because it's a driving storyline for their show and relationship. Imo.

Totally. I think that is what we're saying. If Jojo can mention how hurt and blind sided she was in the situation, why can't Lauren? Or I guess why is it real when Jojo does it but fake when Lauren does?

Of course she can. Bringing up this topic is worth putting her relationship in jeopardy (imo) says a ton about her and them to me. And nothing good. But then I see nothing more than another Twin/Duh when I see her. Imo.

I'm truly confused why Lauren bringing up the topic to discuss her hurt, how seeking counseling to get a better/more solid foundation because of the odd/traumatic beginnings of their relationship is putting their relationship at risk? I'd say suppressing her feelings and putting up walls and NOT discussing it with her partner would put her relationship in danger FAR more than hashing it out. Communication is key. And sometimes even publicly talking about trauma/hurt like she's doing here, that can be very freeing and therapeutic.

The good thing is they are on board to over share their personal life to public through their reality show and knew and aware the past reality stars who had their own reality show . I agreed that nothing is wrong to over share the truthful of their relationship to see people how they are . But too bad seeing behind the scenes of their reality show . How scripted it is. It just take away what they said on their interviews . But again welcome to reality show . Jmo .

https://www.mediavillage.com//article/ben-higgins-and-lauren-bushnell-reveal-life-after-the-bachelor-on-new-freeform-series/

^ Possibly because it's now gonna allow for more JoJo talk and/or critisism..? Idk. That's just a educated guess IMO.

I personally love LaurenBenHiggi IG account! It's like one stop shop, takes 3 seconds of my time and I get all the updates without weeding through and dealing with everything individually. I think it's a pretty young, 21-ish year old girl who runs the account. That takes dedication! She has a lot of followers.

BlackHalo wrote:You can be happy and still not be over something your partner did in the past. Especially when the public won't let you forget it. It hasn't even been a year. JMO.

I fail to see why Lauren should be criticized for saying that the situation with Jojo made her uncomfortable in the relationship then. I don't think it's really fair to say that it's been almost a year and she still has it on her mind, everybody is different and deals with things differently. I think it's because now that they have to do some press release because of the show and get asked about it, Lauren just honestly said what she said. She had no reason to talk about it publicly until now. It could also just be reflecting back on that time and I appreciate her for saying this rather than some white lies.

With a lot of people being mean on social media, I bet she still reads everyday on her insta/twitter/whatever how Ben should have picked Jojo, regardless the fact that she's happy with Jordan. all jmo

sosleepy wrote:I personally love LaurenBenHiggi IG account! It's like one stop shop, takes 3 seconds of my time and I get all the updates without weeding through and dealing with everything individually. I think it's a pretty young, 21-ish year old girl who runs the account. That takes dedication! She has a lot of followers.

Yep, Megan! She's awesome. She also runs a JoJo/Jordan account and a Josh/Amanda account. AND a fanpage Twitter! She's always reallyyyyyyy busy.

limoncello wrote:

BlackHalo wrote:You can be happy and still not be over something your partner did in the past. Especially when the public won't let you forget it. It hasn't even been a year. JMO.

I fail to see why Lauren should be criticized for saying that the situation with Jojo made her uncomfortable in the relationship then. I don't think it's really fair to say that it's been almost a year and she still has it on her mind, everybody is different and deals with things differently. I think it's because now that they have to do some press release because of the show and get asked about it, Lauren just honestly said what she said. She had no reason to talk about it publicly until now. It could also just be reflecting back on that time and I appreciate her for saying this rather than some white lies.

With a lot of people being mean on social media, I bet she still reads everyday on her insta/twitter/whatever how Ben should have picked Jojo, regardless the fact that she's happy with Jordan. all jmo

That just makes it so much more obnoxious. Those people are crazy.