A Man's Perspective - Week 6

A few random thoughts from week 6's "no doubt who is going home, so we are going to try to add drama for future episodes and show really cool scenery" episode.

- I just put repelling down a waterfall in Costa Rica on my bucket list. Unfortunately, I have a deal with my high school girlfriend that I can only repel with her…
- If Chantal wins, I predict the first thing she does is repel with Brad and send Michelle a copy of her doing it. Speaking of…
- Catfight! Meow!! Here is how the typical Bachelor catfight plays out. Crazy girl is jealous, tries but is unsuccessful in engaging frontrunner and is eliminated by Bachelor after 2-3 episodes of mildly entertaining drama. This is an interesting catfight though, as we have Crazy girl (obviously played by Michelle) successfully engaging possible frontrunner Chantal (more on that later). On second though, I'm not even sure who is engaging who. But the biggest question is, why is Michelle so threatened by Chantal and vice versa? I'd be more concerned with Emily and Shawntel at this point...
- Frontrunners - Emily and Shawntel; Potential - Chantal and Ashley; Dark Horse - Brit; Ratings Novelty - Michelle
- Is it possible for the cave to be 40 million years old? Wikipedia to the rescue! A: The age of the Earth is 4.54 billion years. This age is based on evidence from radiometric age dating of meteorite material and is consistent with the ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples. What did people do before "the internet"?

Quote of the Week - Week 6

Michelle: "If he can't make a decision, I'll be forced to take matters into my own hands."

Is anyone surprised that Michelle again wins the quote of the week? When she said it, I know what everyone was thinking...Will she murder everyone? Will she steal all the roses but one? No. Instead, she sneaks into Brad's room and annoys him to death for 30 minutes.

Advice for the Bachelorettes

Britt - You have a pretty face, good personality and you looked good in your cocktail dress and matching earrings, but I just can't get over your skinny arms.

Michelle - Get another move besides the awkward kiss! On a positive note, when you were crying during the cocktail hour, it seemed like your first real moment of the season.

Shawntel - Can Brad continue to say that he has fun with you? Yes and this makes you a frontrunner. You are playful with an engaging laugh. This might seem like an unimportant quality, but I believe if you polled married men for the top 10 reasons why they chose their wife, this would be on the top 10 list.

Emily - I'm going to connect with my inner Adam Sandler and say, "Soooooo…hot. Want to touch the heiney". I love the princess lea look. I still don't think Emily is going to win. She just isn't charismatic enough. It is hard to get any emotions out of her which makes for a boring life, but there is no denying she is beautiful. Lesson to be learned: If you make a stupid statement that could potentially scare a guy, step away and talk about it another day. When you bring it back up, don't make it into more drama and don't make it a serious discussion. Just joke about it and say "that was such a stupid thing to say", then explain yourself succinctly and move on from the topic.

Chantal or should we call you "Rain(Wo)man" - What lessons did we learn from Chantal this week? 1) What not to do...If a guy is trying to talk, let him. Stop cutting him off. (2) What you should do...Make the most of the unexpected. That is real life. Things don't always go your way, but if you can have fun in those unexpected less ideal times, that is attractive (3) What you shouldn't do...Leopard print = okay for hidden clothing. Not good on the outside. (4) Being the first one to throw out the Love card...results TBD, although I like her strategy in telling him now after she already has a rose.

A few words for our parting Bachelorettes

Jackie - I'm confused. I've been watching the Bachelor for six weeks now and I don't remember you. Were you on the previous episodes? Oh yea. You were the girl that looks good one minute and then another minute looks like Buckwild from the Flavor Flav show. Your exit interview was okay, but did you really say that you loved Brad? That was weird.

Alli: I think it is safe to say that you are afraid of bugs. This dinner conversation was as hard to watch as the Jon Favreau telephone message scene in Swingers. Lesson to be learned - If a guy asks you about your prior relationship, stop and ask yourself the question, Is this date going well and is it at the potential relationship stage? If you can answer yes, then feel free to speak freely and honestly. If the answer is, no we are just making small talk, then avoid conversations about your prior relationships! Nothing good can come from that conversation. Congratulations to Alli for holding it together pretty well during her exit. She was embarrassed and crying a little bit, but she made the nice comment about wanting the best for Brad. She made a nice comment about Brad setting a high standard for future relationships. This should help her future relationships and I think she did a decent job of making up for her attack on Emily last week.

Pool Update - There are 6 Bachelorettes left and there are still 7 participants left with their top three rated girls. Based on the pool votes, next to get booted are...

Brit (1 second place vote)
Chantal (3 first place votes)
Michelle (4 second place votes and 2 third place votes)
Ashley H (1 first place vote, 2 second place votes, 3 third place votes)
Shawntel (1 first place vote, 2 second place votes, 3 third place votes)
Leaving Emily as our winner (7 first place votes, 3 second place votes, 3 third place votes)