Lauren Burnham - **Sleuthing Spoilers**

Mommyof2 wrote:Successful couples from the franchise (Bachelor/Bachelorette):

Married couples:
Trista/Ryan
Jason/Molly (not his original F1)
Ashley/JP
Sean/Catherine
Des/Chris

Engaged couples:
JoJo/Jordan
Kaitlyn/Shawn
Rachel/Bryan

Have I missed anyone? Not a great track record, but at least some couples have been successful.  Time will tell with Lauren and Arie.

Aria wrote:

pbmax wrote:Is backlash the end of someone's life, will they cease to exist because of it, will it kill them. No. I don't think Arie nor Lauren are sitting in a corner trembling in their boots. I would say if he's saying he's happy, Then no Im sure he knows that there will be those who won't like the outcome but that's their problem, tuff cookie.

Some people just don't care about what others say or think.

Sure, some people don't. Arie and Lauren certainly do. Arie himself has admitted it, when he did the AF podcast, and it can be seen through his social media activity such as shutting down his comments and remarking "it's a bloodbath in here" and responding when someone mocked his and Lauren's age gap. The guy cares. He's admitted it and he's shown it through his actions. Lauren also tweeted in response to the criticism about getting with Arie so soon after her broken engagement and she commented on IG about how she was editing in a way to hide her extroverted, go with the flow personality. These people *clearly* care. Are they going to sit in a corner trembling in their boots? Maybe. Probably not. But, when you have two people who do care about what others think and are getting this worked up about minor criticism, the h*ll that it coming their way is going to impact them. It just will. Ask any other couple who has been through this, even the ones that stay away from the fame like JP/Ashley and Des/Chris. They've all said it was really, really hard dealing with the criticism and backlash during and after their season. And, no one since Jason/Molly has gotten as bad as Arie/Lauren will. If they are strong enough, they will make it through it. But, you're dealing with a woman who has two broken engagements and a man who hasn't been in a committed relationship since he was in his 20s. Maybe it'll happen! But I wouldn't take those odds. IMO.

mizzoufan wrote:Even though they broke up Mary and Byron dated for what 5 years that a long time they should be consider a success

Mommyof2 wrote:

mizzoufan wrote:Even though they broke up Mary and Byron dated for what 5 years that a long time they should be consider a success

Wasn't she charged with domestic battery against Byron?