Bachelor 23 - Colton Underwood - Episode Jan 7th - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Sharleen wrote:I went into this Bachelor season with fairly low expectations and, last night, I’m sorry to say those expectations were met. I’ll be straight up with you: I wasn’t 100% on the Colton train for Bachelor. I was quietly rooting for Jason, whose upstate New York edge, legit career, and famous knee-buckling kisses I think make a great catch and would have made for an entertaining season. I think it says a lot that I have several beautiful, intelligent girlfriends who confessed to having mini-crushes on Jason. One such friend actually began the application process for season 23, in case Jason were to be crowned Bachelor!
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and I want to bring up this:
OF COURSE Colton’s virginity was whacked over our heads repeatedly.
That is what I was dreading about this season: endless reminders and the obvious exploitation of Colton’s virginity. Instead of feeling like a personal decision of Colton’s that could be respected and tastefully addressed later on, perhaps during a deep 1-on-1 date conversation, it felt like a tired old lifeboat, desperately clung to and squeezed for all it was worth. (And for the record, I don’t blame Colton for this; he has explained his reasons before.) It was obvious that every woman was asked specifically about Colton’s virginity during their intro video ITMs. There were way too many virginity-related limo exit gimmicks to be coincidental, and I would bet money that women with concerns were encouraged to voice them to Colton directly during their FIRST (and possibly last) conversation with him. I completely understand a woman’s reservations about his virginity from a dating perspective, and in terms of television programming, I can respect that this is a unique and interesting facet to Colton. But, as Nicole said in an ITM, I think it’s a personal decision and not exactly Night One material. If this is only the start, I can’t imagine how much of it we’ll be force-fed later on, especially come Fantasy Suite week. If production doesn’t start showing a bit of restraint over their excitement that Colton HAS NEVER HAD SEX (you don’t say!), this is gonna be one loooong season.

gurlbrit wrote:What in the holy heck was that wasted hour at the beginning?  Sheesh.  Looks like not too many people were watching here either, only 11 pages.

Norcalgal wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:Colton kept one of Cassie's butterflies and tucked it in his pocket. I'm sure we'll see it again.

Uep - thought if the spoilers are true, he'll bring it to her when he goes to get her to date him! The elusive butterfly who cannot be captured.

Doats wrote:

gurlbrit wrote:What in the holy heck was that wasted hour at the beginning?  Sheesh.  Looks like not too many people were watching here either, only 11 pages.

gurlbrit, I was here and it was VERY quiet with only a few people online. Was it the choice of Colton as the Bachelor? Would it have been different with Jason or Blake? Is it that the franchise is winding down in popularity? Something else? No matter the underlying reason, it was way too quiet for my taste.

And I completely agree with you on that wasted hour at the beginning. I believe TPTB were trying to create a buzz with all the "watch parties" but it didn't do it for me. Instead, it almost felt desperate, like a last minute attempt to create interest and buy in. I'm feeling kinda sad...