Ben Higgins - Lauren Bushnell - Bachelor 20 - Discussion - #4

hae1001 wrote:@Ash2214 Lauren said they were hopefully heading home today, she didn't say it was definite. I really enjoyed the video, I thought they both looked very happy. Both were very well spoken.

That still doesn't make sense. Why would she say they were hopefully heading home? Doesn't make much sense since only Ben did, unless this was a spur of the moment thing and decided to stay in LA

This should take you right to the video. It works for me at least.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154950440321180&id=106843036179

hae1001 wrote:@Ash2214 Lauren said they were hopefully heading home today, she didn't say it was definite. I really enjoyed the video, I thought they both looked very happy. Both were very well spoken.

I thought it was odd that she said "hopefully" heading home, but maybe she is still getting privileges from Alaska and has to fly standby. Just a guess.

Lauren and Ben also spoke to the interviewer for the last 8 minutes of the video.

They seemed "whatever" to me in the video. Not angry/upset/weird, but not sh*tting rainbows either. There was still talk about their future, dog, wedding, etc. so...? Idk

@wizzymom that would make the most sense to me. They have frequently flown at different times because of this.

Ppl, watch the video pls, tell us your inner feelings! At the 20:00 mark, 30:00 mark, and the last 8 minutes of the video are when Ben and Lauren show up (separately and together.)

Lennoxcolinrolland wrote:They seemed "whatever" to me in the video. Not angry/upset/weird, but not sh*tting rainbows either. There was still talk about their future, dog, wedding, etc. so...? Idk

LOL - I don' think sh*tting rainbows is in their repertoire!

wizzymom wrote:

Lennoxcolinrolland wrote:They seemed "whatever" to me in the video. Not angry/upset/weird, but not sh*tting rainbows either. There was still talk about their future, dog, wedding, etc. so...? Idk

LOL - I don' think sh*tting rainbows is in their repertoire!

Haha. No, but it's the highest of happy happy happy, no?

Lennoxcolinrolland wrote:

wizzymom wrote:

Lennoxcolinrolland wrote:They seemed "whatever" to me in the video. Not angry/upset/weird, but not sh*tting rainbows either. There was still talk about their future, dog, wedding, etc. so...? Idk

LOL - I don' think sh*tting rainbows is in their repertoire!

Haha. No, but it's the highest of happy happy happy, no?

Uh I guess that depends on who is doing the chitting and how big that rainbow is.
Seriously, everyone expresses themselves differently. I was thinking about this just yesterday. When I get joyous, I cry. They are tears of joy literally. I tend to tear up easily and often, but very rarely when watching a movie or reading a book. It's real life issues of pure joy or utter sadness.
Most of the time I am fairly happy, but I don't think my facial expression reflects that, so I try to smile more often. (it's supposed to burn more calories, too!)

I thought they seemed really relaxed and happy. Lauren said now that the holidays are over they will start to talk wedding again. Ben said now their heads are getting clearer and they are in better head space so the sooner the better for actual planning. Ben acknowledged doing the show was hard on them, watching it back was even harder on them and while it has good and bad points, they put on display certain things that should stay between them as a couple. And that's hard. So maybe that right there explains a little of their oddness on SM. Why they took a break over Christmas. They are real people, with real life couple issues and they are figuring it out. I actually admire that they are real with their issues. They don't pretend to be perfect. Ben said they've been focusing on each other and family, they are in a good headspace and just enjoying each other and continuing to grow. He honestly joked around about the dog without any weirdness or hesitation. Yay Ben, progress! I feel better about both of them, individually and as a couple. I think our little BenLo might just end up right as rain after all. We shall see.

It was nice to hear Ben say something along the lines that they've realized they've done things in the past that didn't really focus on them as a couple. In the spring they appeared to be on the right track with so much time spent with friends and family including their private engagement party then the HEA show happened where it clearly took a toll on them. Now it's time for them to be a normal couple. Normal couples are not in the honeymoon phase 24/7 especially after almost a year of living together. They don't need to be shouting love declarations or shoving PDA in our faces for me to see the love and committment between these two. Normal couples don't do that on a regular basis unless they are putting on an act. JMO