Ben Higgins - Lauren Bushnell - Bachelor 20 - Discussion - #6

Hmm if so, pretty ironic that both times she's gone to Honduras it was a separate flight from Ben. Maybe she's going with her friend Whitney again.

Cila51290 wrote:Hmm if so, pretty ironic that both times she's gone to Honduras it was a separate flight from Ben. Maybe she's going with her friend Whitney again.

I don't believe Whitney is going, based on her "I miss you guys" to Naz (and Riley) on her most recent pic.

Lennoxcolinrolland wrote:Looks like Lauren is leaving (Caila's IG story.) So she may be going to Honduras.. Her suitcase is quite big compared to Caila's So maybe..?

https://instagram.com/p/BQtM3rzFv9z/

That's probably a normal size suitcase for her for a 4 day trip. I don't think she's going to Honduras. JMO. If she was, why didn't she go with Ben? Why would she stay back a day just for girls night in?

I'm pretty positive that Lauren still gets her standby perks as she has mentioned Alaska airlines in her blog, has recorded their comemrcial and done various other pr things within the past year for them. Her sister also still works for them and family members of airline workers are often given standby privileges, buddy passes, etc. Ben was even photographed a couple of months ago with a flight attendant that captioned it "Ben's first time flying standby" This was several months after Lauren had quit being a flight attendant. They have quite often flown separately many times for this reason IMO. Also, IMO I don't think it is a big deal if Lauren went to Honduras or not. Ben, Naz, riley, and Brandon (who's wife also did not go) all work for Hope and Humanity. They are board members. Lauren is not. IMO, there is no reason that Lauren needs to accompany Ben when he has to go out of town for work. They are both adults and should be able to do their jobs without the other tagging along IMO.

I don't follow BenLo but Lauren has accompanied Ben only once to Honduras, right? (CMIIW) Maybe Ben wanted to show her what he was doing in Honduras. It's one thing to hear about it and it's another thing to see it. All JMO.

If I loved someone and didn't have a job, I would definitely go on a mission trip with them. Especially if I hadn't spent much time with them recently. IMO, they're only still together because they have to be.

Lauren doesn't have to go to Hondoras, but again, if she doesn't go that's just more time apart for these two. During this last week they've spent together after being apart so much, almost half of it was them being in LA filming for the ridiculous new show for the twins.

Maybe she will end up going and just had a different flight than Ben. It's their relationship, however, and as others have mentioned, if they're cool with spending a few days a month together, then they should do whatever makes them happy. It's very nice seeing how involved Ben is with this though. All JMO

Ash2214 wrote:Lauren doesn't have to go to Hondoras, but again, if she doesn't go that's just more time apart for these two. During this last week they've spent together after being apart so much, almost half of it was them being in LA filming for the ridiculous new show for the twins.

Maybe she will end up going and just had a different flight than Ben. It's their relationship, however, and as others have mentioned, if they're cool with spending a few days a month together, then they should do whatever makes them happy. It's very nice seeing how involved Ben is with this though. All JMO

I agree. Love that he's using his platform to help make a difference and not just shilling crap left and right to make a buck.

I think it's nice that Ben still goes out there and helps out with a good cause. I don't think Lauren has to go on every trip to Honduras. I don't think they'll ever be that couple who does everything together JMO. Esp not now while it's kinda obvious that they're going through some things.

They were together in Denver / LA for 10 straight days assuming he left LA for Hondurus sometime on the 17th (as he wasn't photographed hanging with all the other bachelor people that night). Only 2 of those 10 days we know were spent filming in LA. They arrived Wednesday night, filmed Thursday and then possibly Friday. Two days does not equate to almost half of their time.
Also IMO this does not appear to be a mission trip. It wasn't advertised on their charity page. For all we know, it is just business, which imo, the fact that only board members are there, gives proof to that. Their whole charity works off of donations, sponsors etc. just to attend one of the mission trips is $750 plus flight. If Lauren wasn't going to work, then she would be an unnecessary cost and take away from resources that could be used for their projects IMO.

^ They were together 10 straight days. While filming might have only been a couple of days in LA, they were in LA because they needed to film the show and Lauren at least hung out with fellow bachelor nation people. Spending four days in LA for filming purposes and hanging with bachelor nation people is almost half of their time together in a 10 day span, IMO.

They're going to do whatever works for them.

@Ash2214  Ben was back in Denver from NYC on the 7th. There is proof of this via him saying in NY that he would be home that afternoon and also tweeting about Lauren not being able to walk when he got home after her workout. Assuming he left LA on the 17th since he wasn't seen with the bachelor group partying, that was a total of 10 days together with 2 in LA since they arrived in LA the night of the 15th. again, 2 out of 10 does not equate to half imo.