Rachel & Bryan Abasolo - Bachelorette 13 - Discussion - #3

bleuberry wrote:Personally I don't believe Rachel minds all that much how he makes a living. Slightly embarrassed? Perhaps. But I still get the feeling that she wants to marry him but struggles with prioritizing her career over marriage. She still gushes about him, despite spending more and more time away from him. It doesn't make sense why she'd fake it some more if she doesn't plan to follow through with a wedding next year?

This. She's pretty far removed from her season airing so I don't see what she gets from faking the relationship. I feel like she would still have the business opportunities she has with or without Bryan.

Cocoasneeze wrote:I'm clearly missing something here, what has Bryan done to become a scam artist and asshat?

It has to do with Bryan being part of some stupid MLM scam (Axio/LifeVantage) and dragging Rachel down with him. If you dive back deep enough on his Instagram, you'll see that he's been peddling this crap for years. The worst part about it is that he's taking advantage of innocent fans and scamming them out of their money.  

A little while back he talked Rachel into starring in an IG story with her holding up an Axio shake and talking about it. If you look at her face, you could tell that she was embarrassed and didn't really want to do it. A couple of months ago, he staged this fake contest on his website: "Showcase your workout and dancing skills using Axio products and compete for a trip to visit RnB in Dallas!" See step 1 for the contest- "buy a box of Axio Natural Energy below." This is a gross way to interact with fans. Really, it's a combination of things that he's done over the past year and half that's making me and everyone else side eye him now.


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@flojo031 someone posted on Reddit that he took down all traces of this contest, so fans likely bought into this junk and presumably nobody won? That's pretty shady. Actually that's a straight up scam (if true). JMO.

Her daddy, the federal judge, must be so proud.  

Biggest tell is how little time they spend together. If you love someone and will genuinely get married, you put in the time. The end.

I'm curious but has any couple from this show that's pushed back the wedding date ever gotten married?

bluwavz wrote:I'm curious but has any couple from this show that's pushed back the wedding date ever gotten married?

Not that I remember, but on the other hand, when I see sleuthers here begin questioning the end of a relationship...

bluwavz wrote:I'm curious but has any couple from this show that's pushed back the wedding date ever gotten married?

No. Every couple from this franchise that's gotten married (I'm counting BP and BIP as well) did it within two years or less. All managed to set dates, book venues, hire various vendors, etc. and plan beautiful weddings (whether they were televised or not) in spite of their busy lives. So I'm not buying the whole I've been too busy with work excuse. If she really wanted to marry him, it would have happened by now. I think it's hard for her to admit, but deep down she may be having doubts. Rachel and Bryan are rapidly approaching the 20 month mark. I'm sure that at some point in the future there will be a couple that beats the odds (in other words, make it down the aisle after the two year mark). But it's definitely not going to be Rachel and Bryan though.

@Sprite @flojo031 Thanks. I didn't think so but wasn't sure. The speculation is reminding me a lot like K&S and BenLo.

bluwavz wrote:@Sprite @flojo031 Thanks. I didn't think so but wasn't sure. The speculation is reminding me a lot like K&S and BenLo.

….Andi/Josh, Ali/Roberto, Amanda/Josh, Emily/Jeff....

bluwavz wrote:@Sprite @flojo031 Thanks. I didn't think so but wasn't sure. The speculation is reminding me a lot like K&S and BenLo.

Yep, I totally agree. If a couple is on the verge of a potential break-up, we can usually see it coming from a mile away (both here on the forum and Reddit).

Sprite wrote:

bluwavz wrote:@Sprite @flojo031 Thanks. I didn't think so but wasn't sure. The speculation is reminding me a lot like K&S and BenLo.

….Andi/Josh, Ali/Roberto, Amanda/Josh, Emily/Jeff....

Point taken about Ali/Roberto. I had temporarily forgotten about them. I remember that they were knee deep in wedding planning and then called it off at the last minute. From what I can recall, I don't think Andi/Josh, Amanda/Josh or Jeff/Emily even made it that far in the process, so you can't really count any of them.

Cocoasneeze wrote:I'm clearly missing something here, what has Bryan done to become a scam artist and asshat?

I was talking about him being sanctioned twice by tptb in Florida for doing unnecessary medical procedures in order to overcharge patients. One of those patients was a 3 year old.