S25.E04: Week 4

[JenE4]

Why do you need to “watch out for this girl” who dates wealthy men...unless YOU are also trying to date wealthy men? Chicago is a pretty big city. You shouldn’t need to send out an all-points bulletin about another single person on the prowl—paid or, um, pro bono.

[TheView]

When is Victoria gonna leave already? 

[nutty1]

Anna is coming off as a bitch. 

[GracieK]

4 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

This made me laugh so hard because Monday nights in this thread is the best thing in my life. So just imagine MY entertainment choices!

I wish I had started counting Matt's "I love thats." I'm already too far behind. I will next week, promise.

I mean I admitted to watching so many Lifetime movies upthread that I can’t keep them all straight so my husband is well aware of my poor choices 🤣

[tennisgurl]

Seriously, is there a smell that Anna can smell that no one else can smell? Why is her face doing that? 

I was really kind of hoping she would just be like "yeah I was an escort, what are you gonna do about it?" 

Edited January 26, 2021 by tennisgurl

[Adeejay]

So now, MJ and Anna are joining Victoria. Great.  

[TheFinalRose]

 

2 minutes ago, Stats Queen said:

  13 minutes ago, EllenB said:

Did they bring in Boring Ben to make Matt look more exciting in comparison?

 

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It’s a death match - who win win the title of most boring and lame?

The difference is that I doubt Matt James will be showing up on every Bachelor show in the foreseeable future to smile at the camera like Ben has/does.  

[tennisgurl]

Is there just, like, a newsletter going around the greater Chicago area that lists anyone dating wealthy men? Because I don't live too far from Chicago, and I don't think I'm on the mailing list. 

[saber5055]

What's wrong with these women that when someone insults them they just sit and cry. Why doesn't just ONE of them stand up and say STFU beyotch, what makes YOU so great ... and on and on. No one would be brave enough to say anything to me again after I got done roasting them. I'd make ALL of them cry, bunch of little whiny babies. When I get mad and wound up, all I have to do is open my mouth and newts and toads spew forth. Reagan!

I need to get on the next season.

[GracieK]

That whole escort conversation seemed so fake. Anna was laughing through it and so was Victoria when she was like uh duh you should just leave then. They are not good actresses so maybe my worlds have collided and this season actually IS a Lifetime movie. 

[Sepalma23]

Wow that Ms Puerto Rico is the spitting image of Ashley I

[TomGirl]

23 minutes ago, Mu Shu said:

 

37 minutes ago, DEL901 said:

I like Michelle.   She seems genuine.   

 

She’s just gorgeous. Girl next door type. 

 

I don’t usually try to guess the F1, especially this far out, but something about Michelle just makes me feel like she’s the one.

[TheView]

Just now, Sepalma23 said:

Wow that Ms Puerto Rico is the spitting image of Ashley I

She really is! 

[tennisgurl]

"Chris Harrison? Oh God no, we're gonna have to read selected passages of his book to each other!" 

[saber5055]

2 minutes ago, tennisgurl said:

Because I don't live too far from Chicago, and I don't think I'm on the mailing list. 

Same here! I need to get on that list, stat!

[DEL901]

That looks like so much fun.  And I like that she didn’t get all coy and reluctant.  

[Crashcourse]

Michelle gives me a Tayshia vibe.  Nice, but too excitable and grinny and willing to do dangerous shit just to show how much fun she is.  

[Quickbeam]

Oh, Matt looks goofy in a helmet.

[TheView]

1 minute ago, Crashcourse said:

Michelle gives me a Tayshia vibe.  Nice, but too excitable and grinny and willing to do dangerous shit just to show how much fun she is.  

Katie is kinda Tayshia-esque too 

[Lacy4u]

2 minutes ago, Dehumidifier said:

What time zone are you in? Newfoundland time?

LMAO! No, I guess it was a 'breaking news' being shown during the commercial that I mistook for the actual news. I'm watching the show now but I missed the pumpkin paddling portiom of the date & also Ben Higgins, which I'm definitely fine with. I noticed that Michelle's upper teeth have a lot of spacing in-between so she would do well with using invisalign or something similar. It kind of takes away from her appearance/beauty much like Anna's upper teeth seem to scrape her bottom lip while she talks. When Anna's mouth is closed she looks like she has the fake dracula teeth in her mouth. I keep waiting for her to throw her hands out & shout, "I vant to drink your blood!"

[dizzyd]

I ❤️ Michelle!

[saber5055]

Eh, that balloon is on a tether. Big deal. I've crewed for hot-hair balloon races and going up a few feet on a tether is NOT ballooning.

But I guess it still beats all of Tayshia's non-dates.

[CraftyHazel]

Anna is almost as homely as Victoria, inside and out.  I don’t care if they’re playing a part, they’re despicable.

I really loathe the dentists who give people those Chiclet smiles.  It. Does. Not. Look. Good!!!  

[Mu Shu]

12 minutes ago, Stats Queen said:

It’s a death match - who win win the title of most boring and lame?

Boring guy Thunderdome. Two boring guys enter. Only the most boring guy comes out. 

[Crashcourse]

I'm already exhausted watching Michelle.  She might very well be F1 but I don't care because Matt's a doofus and I guess they'd work well together.

[nutty1]

Michele seems pretty nice. 

[Mu Shu]

2 minutes ago, dizzyd said:

I ❤️ Michelle!

She’s just so gorgeous. 

[tennisgurl]

Just now, Mu Shu said:

Boring guy Thunderdome. Two boring guys enter. Only the most boring guy comes out. 

Come on guys, cant we just get beyond Thunderdome? 🙂 

[FlyingEgret]

I also ❤ Michelle.  But I am worried she broke her contract when she (a) didn't require Matt's encouragement to zip line and/or (b) say zip lining was the perfect way to "fall in love"

[tennisgurl]

Michelle seems nice so far, but I will have to see her interacting with the other women before I decide if I'm rooting for her or not. Lots of people are great with their Bachelor/Ette then show a really mean side when they're with the other contestants. 

[DEL901]

3 minutes ago, Mu Shu said:

Boring guy Thunderdome. Two boring guys enter. Only the most boring guy comes out. 

Remember The Fly when Jeff Goldblum merged with the fly?  Too bad they couldn’t have merged Matt and Ben and maybe ended up with a guy with 1 whole personality.  

Edited January 26, 2021 by DEL901

[Adeejay]

I just saw that Victoria will be appearing on Good Morning America tomorrow.  Talk about rewarding bad behavior.  This is going to open a flood gate for deplorables.  

[JenE4]

Just now, DEL901 said:

Remember The Fly when Jeff Goldblum npmerged with the fly?  Too bad they couldn’t have merged Matt and Ben and maybe ended up with a guy with 1 whole personality.  

Too dangerous! What if they got THE most boring aspects of each?

[tennisgurl]

All the women are so freaking pretty, its kind of amazing. They look amazing even in their PJs. 

It almost makes me feel bad for Victoria, who is clearly being styled horribly and looks like the ugly duckling in a sea of swans. Or I would, if she wasn't also The Worst. 

[TheFinalRose]

Ben has a book coming out, which is probably why he was game to come on the show. Here is the title of his book, and I am not making this up: Alone in Plain Sight: Searching for Connection When You're Seen But Not Known.  

Or, in other words:  How to Keep Talking About Yourself Constantly But Saying Nothing Of Importance Whatsoever But No One Has The Guts To Tell You To Go To Intensive Therapy Instead of Constantly Reappearing On The Bachelor Franchise to Feel Relevant.  

 

[stefinny]

1 minute ago, DEL901 said:

 

I

1 minute ago, DEL901 said:

Remember The Fly when Jeff Goldblum npmerged with the fly?  Too bad they couldn’t have merged Matt and Ben and maybe ended up with a guy with 1 whole personality.  

I don't think zero + zero = 1

[Crashcourse]

Michelle looks like a rapper but I can't think of his name.  

[saber5055]

Matt has dead fish eyes.

[tennisgurl]

Oh man, everyone wants to talk about Real Shit. Sometimes it goes well, but it often looks like the Bachelor/ette ends up with a serious deer in headlights look. 

[nutty1]

How do you get time off from teaching to come on The Bachelor??

Edited January 26, 2021 by nutty1

[Stats Queen]

8 minutes ago, GracieK said:

I mean I admitted to watching so many Lifetime movies upthread that I can’t keep them all straight so my husband is well aware of my poor choices 🤣

My husband gave up years ago (in 2005 to be specific). He wisely separated my TV viewing choices from my other choices and our relationship in general.

It started when I was grad school and was pushing so hard to finish my dissertation I was totally brain dead at night and the miracle of America’s Next Top Model aired. It was the antidote to turn my brain off and help me sleep. He just now wisely leaves the room. 

I had wrist surgery last June and started rewatching all the Real Housewives franchises, because of quarantine and inability to do much of anything).  One day my husband came in the room and said “I remember this episode” 🤣🤣🤣

However, even I question my decision to watch the last few seasons of the bachelor franchise because nothing is natural or organic anymore, it is all producer driven (as are my other reality show addiction, the real housewives). 

Matt is neither interesting or intelligent.

 

 

[Crashcourse]

2 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Matt has dead fish eyes.

And Michelle has big eyes with bags underneath.  They'd make a great couple. 

[Laurie4H]

So she knows dirt on Brittany because they are both from Chicago?  Chicago is a huge city not some small town where you know them just because they are from the same area.  

[DEL901]

The more we see of Matt, the more he reinforces the reason that you NEED to recycle leads, so they get field tested before trying to carry a show they don’t even watch.  

[EllenB]

4 minutes ago, TheFinalRose said:

Ben has a book coming out, which is probably why he was game to come on the show. Here is the title of his book, and I am not making this up: Alone in Plain Sight: Searching for Connection When You're Seen But Not Known.  

Or, in other words:  How to Keep Talking About Yourself Constantly But Saying Nothing Of Importance Whatsoever But No One Has The Guts To Tell You To Go To Intensive Therapy Instead of Constantly Reappearing On The Bachelor Franchise to Feel Relevant.  

 

Guaranteed to cure insomnia if it reflects the author's lack of personality.

[bosawks]

1 minute ago, nutty1 said:

How do you get time off from teaching to come in The Bachelor??

I can just envision a principal watching this and going, “Wait, I thought she was in fucking quarantine!”

[JenE4]

I like Matt and Michelle together. Her “sob story” is just wanting the best for the kids she teaches. They’re bonding over their aim to help children. How refreshing compared to the typical dead, divorced, or absentee parent stories. Up until this point, no favorites have jumped out to me. But I’m now officially rooting for Michelle. So long, mean girl OGs. I’m on Team New Girls!

[GracieK]

1 minute ago, Stats Queen said:

My husband gave up years ago (in 2005 to be specific). He wisely separated my TV viewing choices from my other choices and our relationship in general.

It started when I was grad school and was pushing so hard to finish my dissertation I was totally brain dead at night and the miracle of America’s Next Top Model aired. It was the antidote to turn my brain off and help me sleep. He just now wisely leaves the room. 

I had wrist surgery last June and started rewatching all the Real Housewives franchises, because of quarantine and inability to do much of anything).  One day my husband came in the room and said “I remember this episode” 🤣🤣🤣

However, even I question my decision to watch the last few seasons of the bachelor franchise because nothing is natural or organic anymore, it is all producer driven (as are my other reality show addiction, the real housewives). 

Matt is neither interesting or intelligent.

 

 

Omg yes I can relate so much!! My job requires my brain to be “on” all the time for hours on end and with tons of stress and deadlines - so all I want to do when I come home is watch something that doesn’t require thinking! And also all the destroying people do to each other both on Lifetime and this franchise may be a bit of my vicarious acting out to blow off steam 🤭

[Mu Shu]

7 minutes ago, JenE4 said:

Too dangerous! What if they got THE most boring aspects of each?

It always goes wrong. They would end up as really boring Siamese twins with tails. 

[saber5055]

1 minute ago, JenE4 said:

But I’m now officially rooting for Michelle.

You mean you pick her to "win" getting married to carp-mouth dead-fish-eye Mr. No Personality Matt James? You're cruel!

I want Victoria to win that prize. Everyone else deserves better.