Arie Jr & Lauren Luyendyk - Bachelor 22 - Discussion #5

Larie wrote:He loves. Lauren. By the way Lauren is from a well-to-do family. Her dad was high up in the Navy after having graduated from the Naval academy with an engineering degree. After retiring, He started a multi million dollar company, called CAVU International (check it out), specializing among other things , in off shore drilling risk management, and have contracts worldwide from Norway to TX, where ever there is off shore drilling. Her mother is a Register’s nurse with an MS in nursing, and owns related businesses. Lauren is not a gold digger. In fact she brings plenty to the table. She is an asset not a liability to any man IMHO
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Larie wrote:Being very traditional and conservative family, core family values including not leaving any family member behind is a virture, as witn her grand father who was .a friend to President George H Bush in Maine . Going back in time, being educated aka going to college, does not determine how successful a person is going to be, e.g Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark  Zuckerburg, and many more, have changed the world for the better, from high tech to arts to fashion, etc. Majority of entrepreneurs are not college educated. Education is probably something to fall back on when necessary. Most college graduates don’t even work in their fields of study. Arie seems to be doing pretty well.
Arie is one of a few polished bachelors to ever be on the show, probably from his European background. Not only that, he is one of the kindest and caring person one will ever meet. Again this is probably from his background as a Dutchman.  The Govt of the Netherlands is the most generous Govt. I know this because I worked at the World Bank for more than 15 years and handled development projects financed by trust funds from that Govt, year in year out, the Govt of the Netherlands  gives millions of dollars for development worldwide. Arie embodies that caring and generous spirit. As for Lauren, she has done more in her short life than most. She was an EMT and drove ambulances to save lives, all while in college. She owned a house staging business with her mother. She recently announced that she will be starting a new business after the wedding, using her savin
The couple is a perfect fit and this is obvious for objective people with open minds. All just my opinion

Larie wrote:As for me, I am keeping an open mind. I believe the constitution guarantees the couple the right to be out and about, they have every right to do whatever they want to do under the law. I wish I can live off of anybody,s name. Not sure if that is even  realistic. He works hard racing and in real estate, last year he closed a total real estate transactions in excess of $13 million, even on a commission of 3%, that is a decent income for one year, don’t know his commission %, could be more than 3%, in which case, the income wasn’t bad at all.JMO