Thoughts on Bachelor Paris

I have not watched this show consistently. How can I? I’m too busy keeping up with the Olympics, Project Runway and Skating With Celebrities (I think Kristy Swanson is a homewrecker – and I hope she loses). But I’ve seen maybe 2 or 3 episodes over the last season and I am now DEEPLY ENGROSSED in the 2-hour finale.

Travis. Who will he choose? Sarah? Or Mouana? Or however the hell you spell her name.

Sarah: Nashville girl. Travis is from Nashville. She’s a kindergarden teacher. She’s BORN to be a wife. But … sorry … I don’t feel a SPARK between the two of them. He touches her like a sister, or a good friend. He’s not MOVED to touch her.

Mouana: An emotional headcase, although somehow appealing. Travis’ parents interview her, and in the middle of it she breaks down into hysterical tears talking about how she has never met “another person on this planet” who she has reacted to in this way. Now if you feel like you would NEVER “lose it” like that – then you might roll your eyes at poor Mouana. But I would SO do that … especially now, at this stage in my life. EVERYTHING is intense. I can’t ‘date’. I can’t be casual. I’m not 25. I need someone who will be okay with intensity because it’s too late for me to tone that shit down. It was too late when I was FIVE. You date me you’re gonna deal with my intensity. That’s the deal. However – to watch the emotional trainwreck of Mouana is … frankly … disturbing and yet … VERY entertaining.

I think Travis and Mouana have a secret little world of chemistry together that nobody understands … and … er … nobody CAN understand it because they cannot explain it.

I think Mouana has literally felt like she found her “soul” in this man – and sorry. But that’s truly dangerous. Uhm, Mouana? Your soul is in YOU. Already. It’s not in him. NOTHING that you want is IN HIM. Definitely not your soul!! Don’t give THAT UP!! IT’S YOURS!

I fear that she may have to go on a serious psychotropic drug cocktail after this final rose ceremony if he does not choose her.

But … but … Sarah? Does he want to be with a buddy? Does he want to be with her just because she’s from Nashville? I think she only likes him cause he’s from Nashville and it would be so ‘perfect’ to “go back to Nashville” with him. (Let’s count how many times she has said “go back to Nashville” in this one episode alone.)

WHO WILL HE CHOOSE????

I guess I’m thinking he will go with Sarah. That’s my sense. But … it’s not quite “right”, know what I mean?

But I don’t think Travis is the brightest bulb on the tree. Doctor schmoctor, he’s just not that sharp.

SO WHO KNOWS???

Okay. Gotta go. Rose ceremony coming up.

UPDATE:

Mouana’s out. Okay, that’s kind of devastating. She had this kind of frozen ‘brave’ look on her face that I know has been on my face. I know that feeling. The cold hard THUD within. The death of a dream.

She said to him, “You will always have a piece of me that I can never get back.”

See?? Danger. I only say that because there’s a man out there who has a piece of me that I can never get back.

Poor Mouana. I relate to the headcases of the world. I am one myself.

I, however, was lucky (or smart) enough to not go through MY experience on a stupid REALITY TV SHOW.

Thought: Is it possible for him to choose no one? Cause I don’t think either of those chicks were prizes.

UPDATE: The “acceptance” scene of Sarah went really flat. God. They have no chemistry. He had to ask her for a kiss. Like … there’s no ease between them. Bah. Not doin’ it for me. “I’m so happy,” she says … Ahh, that’s just words. It’s not real. Look at how they’re hugging. There’s no heat. I know heat EVENTUALLY dies and you can’t have ONLY heat … but Jeez, you should have at least SOME at the beginning. “How lucky am I?” he rhapsodizes falsely at the camera. Uhm … I should give you some acting lessons, Travis, is my real response there.

They don’t have any spark.

Am I missing something here? They smile at each other with big tight phony smiles.

I give it a month.

He just knew he needed to get rid of “I found my soul in you” Mouana – because no good could come from going down THAT road. So he chose the safe one … and he’ll blow her off once the show is over. There’s nothing THERE. So what – you both come from Nashville? That’ll last you thru 40 years of marriage?

Ah well.

I have no life.

Good luck to the couple. Watching them chastely kiss and say stuff at each other like, “I feel so lucky” and “I’m so happy” made me thank God that I’m not either one of them.

MORE THOUGHTS ON THIS:

From City Wendy. Very very funny post.

Will it be Sarah, the big bore from Nashville, or Moana, the emotionally unstable chick from LA?? And will Travis propose marriage, or just give one of those dorky promise rings or such and suggest “getting to know each other better”?

“the big bore from Nashville” – hahahahahaha

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12 Responses to Thoughts on Bachelor Paris

  1. PatrickP says:

    I need someone who will be okay with intensity because it’s too late for me to tone that shit down.

    Word.

  2. red says:

    hahahaha Word indeed!

  3. Sue says:

    Its seems to me that something seriously must have happened to Moana, which explains why she’s so emotional.

    Other than that, he wasnt that great to begin with…

  4. PatrickP says:

    Sue, let me asure you that Moana is not just intense. I think she’s totally jacked. One look at her and I could tell. You can see it in the edges of her mouth and her eyes.

  5. PatrickP says:

    I humbly retract my last statement.

  6. RightThinkingGirl says:

    I watched it all. I slurped up every minute from the first episode, and my feeling was that Mouana was faking it. I don’t think she’s that emotional at all. I think she decided she was going to prove to the world how totally easy it is to fall for the “romance” of the show, but how you can never really know somebody’s soul. Did you notice how when she cried, there were never any tears in her eyes? Not a single glistening tear.

    Fake. Er.

    You’re right about Sarah – born to be a wife. Just not Travis’s wife. It’ll last a month, they’ll get in Us Weekly and it’ll be over like a bad case of mono. Our palates will be sufficiently cleansed so that next time the Bachelor comes on, we’ll forget what total dorks we are for watching and enjoying the farce.

  7. JFH says:

    So Sarah can be the next Bachelorette… Easy solution. After all the only relationship that has worked is Trista’s (Yes, I know she came in second, but then again Sarah SHOULD have come in second).

    BTW, I’m sure I’m not alone in saying, “We miss you, ‘Right Thinking Girl'”. Hope you life is going well!

  8. red says:

    RTG – yeah, I missed the beginning of the season when all the “house drama” happened – I know Mouana was NOT liked by pretty much everybody – I mean, those girls seemed vicious about her. Like the chick from Winnipeg – member? She could NOT LET the hatred of Mouana go and had to grill Travis on her date about it.

    And the chick who went home last week? Can’t remember her name – but she was definitely pretending to have feelings. She just wants to be in the movies. And her PARENTS even said so!!

    So entertaining.

  9. Iain says:

    Thought: Is it possible for him to choose no one? Cause I don’t think either of those chicks were prizes.

    If memory serves me right, this actually happened on “Le Bachelor” on French TV – he ended up choosing neither of the finalists.

  10. rbit says:

    I heard on the radio today that it’s over. She is dating someone else. Did anyone notice that the last part of the show wasn’t their normal ending? They usually have the happy couple and the scorned runner up on at the end. Not this time. Interesting!!!!!!!!!!

  11. Angie says:

    I heard the same thing today on the radio, that the two were no more. They had no chemistry. I don’t think any of those women (except for maybe Sarah from Canada) were right for him. He needs to find somebody who is fairly intelligent, is fun to be with, down to earth and will keep him grounded (doctors tend to get big heads), and has a spark with. Didn’t see too much of that on this show…..too bad Travis, you will just have to find a woman the old fashon way! Because we all know how hard it is for a young hot DOCTOR to find somebody to date, man life is hard!

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