Ben Higgins - Lauren Bushnell - Bachelor 20 - Discussion - #8

Oh yes I forgot about Christmas and how it's not important to them ohhh lawlz.

umngirl wrote:Christmas and her birthday were pretty much when the death knell of their relationship sounded. At least to me.

"It's Lauren's Birthday today. Happy Birthday, Lauren!" I could just feel the love!!

Lauren went to Indiana for a couple days before Christmas. Dec 23 is when she left for Portland. Ben came to Portland Dec 26 and they spent new years with her family. They were in Portland until the day of Nick's premiere event. They said months before that's how they were going to do Christmas last year. It was only a couple of days! Not a huge deal

Lauren's little brother was liking comments under a fan account. Only positive ones directed at Ben and Lauren both. Aw, I think he really liked Ben.

Cila51290 wrote:I think its a bigger adjustment for Lauren to miss her 3 siblings on xmas. I think Ben should've been a big boy & spent their 1st xmas together with Lauren's family. JMO

Question:
Did the Higgins ever end up going to Portland?? I can't remember

I actually think it would be a bigger adjustment for Ben's family to have him away at Christmas since he's an only child. Lauren sees her family extremely regularly. And there are 3 other siblings to celebrate with her parents. He was with them for Thanskgiving (and Easter), so yeah, Lauren could have sucked it up for Christmas. She probably would have if things were well.

Well when it's not right, it's not right. I wish them both the best.

^ Also I believe Ben was in Denver for Christmas 2015

"They just wanted different things. They had been struggling for a while...It was a mutual break up for the most part," a source close to Bushnell told E! News. "I think Ben would have kept wanting to make it work, though. It's really sad. They're both such great people, honestly."

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kinda confirms Lauren ended things IMO

ReneeM wrote:

"They just wanted different things. They had been struggling for a while...It was a mutual break up for the most part," a source close to Bushnell told E! News. "I think Ben would have kept wanting to make it work, though. It's really sad. They're both such great people, honestly."

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kinda confirms Lauren ended things IMO

Good on Lauren, IMO. They weren't happy, IMO, why drag it on? Until they both can't stand each other, and it'd be a dirrrrty break up. Best to end it when it's just not working, but you still respect and like each other. Jmo.

Lauren probably realized there was no growth in that relationship. Ben wouldn't even let her get a damn dog, complained about paint colours, her taking 45? minutes to get ready, her attempting to create a nice house for them, literally everything. Like, sorry but I wouldn't have even lasted 3 months with the guy.. He's all about image so ofcourse he would have dragged it out, IMO

Now she can move back to LA and party like a rock star!

If it was meant to be, Lauren would find peace in Denver. If it was meant to be, Ben would move heaven and earth, would have married her when they had the free/splashy chance in January... and def would be willing to move to LA if that made her happy. He couldn't compromise, so she couldn't find peace, and at the end of the day it just means it wasn't meant to be.

But seriously though. What about the garden????!!!! Who gets to keep all their furniture? A shame Ben's garage headboard prob got dumped.