Okay, I brought my all my snark with me from TWoP, so here goes: Eric really pissed me off. I know I shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but I've been on the train to hell for a long time. First of all, nothing is more boring than being spoke at by a world traveller who will never let you forget that he's a world traveller. He really was pretty humorless and not a great conversationalist. And then when he told his story about Syria, I went from annoyed to enraged. There's healthy risk-taking and then there's just plain stupid. Going into a country ravaged by civil war so that you can check a country off your list is absolutely ridiculous. Even worse was posing as a journalist to get out of a quagmire of your own making. That's an insult to all the fine war correspondents who risk their lives for an actual purpose other than to feed their own egos. Jackass. RIP.
Note to all contestants: you're not a hero for "not settling" when you're in your twenties and thirties and all shiny and unjaded. Nobody plans to settle, but when you get tired of drama and you want to have children, regular worry-free sex, etc. sometimes you're stuck with whoever's left standing. Not everyone in this world finds their perfect soulmate [/sarcasm], but people still want to partner up for other reasons. And I can't believe this 42-year-old singleton non-settler is now defending the settlers. This show is not good for my mental health, obviously.
So far, I'm really liking Andi. She's a good conversationalist and I can overlook all the y'alls and stops for now. Good call on ditching the drunk, too. As a seasoned dater, I can tell you that anyone who gets that drunk early on when they're trying to impress you probably has a drinking problem and is testing the boundaries to see what you'll put up with.