Lauren Burnham - **Sleuthing Spoilers**

Lucas15 wrote:

Kashathediva wrote:I kind of think this is just the simple solution to production's problem, especially since cameras were involved in a break up and reconciliation.  TPTB fabricate situations to make a couple stick together all the time. There is plenty of TB history that points to that. Plenty. Almost every single breakup.

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When production is involved - as certainly seems to be the case here - IMO they will craft a storyline for their own benefit - and there's plenty of things I've heard where they've done just that. IMO we will see / hear what they want us to see / hear - which may or may not be the real story. IMO it's likely they told Arie that if he was interested in Lauren he had to do something NOW - before they picked her to be the next Bachelorette lead - which is exactly what they told Jason about Molly. It doesn't really matter if that was true or not - I think that's what they might well have told Arie so to him - it was true - even if it really wasn't.

Arie wrote:That was also the night where Lauren B. and I really deepened our relationship. We finally got past some of the basics and started connecting on a deeper level.

Maddy wrote:Is that Lauren with Arie?
by Giphy

Sharleen wrote:I dug the time shown between Lauren B and Arie and wanted to capture a bit of it. Their conversation really feels easy to me (I love that it's rarely about their "connection" and that they seem to make an effort to make it as natural in that getting-to-know-you way as possible)...

First, as I've been pointing out over the last few weeks, I see this as another light-hearted, subtle example of how self-deprecating and not ego-fueled Arie seems.

As for Lauren B, I get a sense that maybe she's the one sizing Arie up, leveling out the playing field, and like she's appropriately cautious, all of which I like. I also appreciate her general way of being. She's very NOT performer-y and just seems low-key and very herself, possibly even a little closed off due to the cameras. I for one WAY prefer this (and can relate), versus someone who's remotely too into the cameras, so yeah, I like Lauren B a lot.