Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 10:37     Subject: The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gerry: "I only want to say ‘I love you’ to one more person in my lifetime."

Also Gerry: "I love you" to all three women.

*eyeroll*



He only said that to two, not three.



They voice-overed the third, convo with producers where he said he was in love with Theresa. True he didn't say it to her face.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 08:03     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. Too hard for the kids!


Oh pluhleez!

It's not like the kids are attached to Gerry. They're just having fun asking him the questions they were told to ask. They won't even care whether they see Gerry again or not.

Chill.


Disagree.

This teaches small kids this dysfunctional style of dating (that you could be close to marriage, but still dating around).


Their parents disagree with you. I think they are in a better position to judge how much the kids can handle.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 08:01     Subject: The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:Gerry: "I only want to say ‘I love you’ to one more person in my lifetime."

Also Gerry: "I love you" to all three women.

*eyeroll*



He only said that to two, not three.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:59     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I doubt he’s in love with anyone at this point. He feels love for all three. He’s excited about Faith and Leslie because they’re young and hot and different, and he’s getting carried away. He’s not as effusive about Theresa because he doesn’t have to be. But I believe that he feels about the same amount of affection for all of them.
Faith doesn’t want to move so he obviously needs to let her go. The “drama” is just because it hurts him to have to do that to someone he cares for.
Ultimately he’ll choose Theresa after his family meets them both and he realizes that he and Leslie are too different.

He probably won’t marry Theresa, but maybe they’ll be together for awhile. Who knows, it might last till one of them dies.

Leslie will make a good Bachelorette. Drop the minimum age to 45 for her suitors. It’ll be fun.


I think you called it. Makes sense!


Agree.

After seeing last night -- where Gerry told Leslie and Faith he's in love with them, and not Theresa -- I suspect even more that in the end, it's Theresa.

The more the producers make someone look less likely to win -- the more likely it is that that person wins! The producers have every reason to want to throw the audience off track so that it creates more of a surprise. So, surely they want it to look like Theresa isn't the winner.

Faith put her stake in the ground and essentially said she was staying with her horses and sons, and that's how it's going to be. Leslie could make a good Bachelorette.

Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:58     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. Too hard for the kids!


Oh pluhleez!

It's not like the kids are attached to Gerry. They're just having fun asking him the questions they were told to ask. They won't even care whether they see Gerry again or not.

Chill.


Disagree.

This teaches small kids this dysfunctional style of dating (that you could be close to marriage, but still dating around).


NO ONE on this show is "close to marriage." They are getting closer to ENGAGEMENT (maybe). The kids are spending about 1-2 hrs in the same house as this guy. Kids don't care that much -- they are not invested or emotionally attached anymore than Ellen's grandkids are. The kids will be mad for a day when they see their grandma dumped... and then they'll move on. It's not the same thing as a single mother bringing her boyfriend into the home for months, the kids get used to eating dinner with the boyfriend, playing with the boyfriend, getting tucked in by the boyfriend -- and then he's all of a sudden out of their lives. This is a nice man playing catch with them for 15 min. in the backyard. The kids are just having fun.

Maybe you are projecting your own history on this show????



The kids don't care at all. It's just a game to them. PP taking this far too seriously.

How cute were Leslie's grandkids, my gosh.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:52     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. Too hard for the kids!


Oh pluhleez!

It's not like the kids are attached to Gerry. They're just having fun asking him the questions they were told to ask. They won't even care whether they see Gerry again or not.

Chill.


Disagree.

This teaches small kids this dysfunctional style of dating (that you could be close to marriage, but still dating around).


NO ONE on this show is "close to marriage." They are getting closer to ENGAGEMENT (maybe). The kids are spending about 1-2 hrs in the same house as this guy. Kids don't care that much -- they are not invested or emotionally attached anymore than Ellen's grandkids are. The kids will be mad for a day when they see their grandma dumped... and then they'll move on. It's not the same thing as a single mother bringing her boyfriend into the home for months, the kids get used to eating dinner with the boyfriend, playing with the boyfriend, getting tucked in by the boyfriend -- and then he's all of a sudden out of their lives. This is a nice man playing catch with them for 15 min. in the backyard. The kids are just having fun.

Maybe you are projecting your own history on this show????
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:44     Subject: The Golden Bachelor
^^I don't know if religion will also be a factor, but Theresa is the best match there too. I read Faith is Mormon, no thanks. I've known plenty of happy blended Jewish-Christian households, but I don't have a sense of how traditional Gerry is.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:43     Subject: The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought he would go for Teresa when I watched his date with Teresa; now I see him with Faith and he seems more invested in her, and guess what? I’m sure it will be edited to make it look like he’s a goner for Leslie. I think bringing the little kids into this is sick.


Faith: so I want to be close to my kids, and I buried my horse here...so if you aren't gonna move to my home, this isn't gonna work.

Gerry: not sure how we can reconcile that (b/c I like my daughters too).

As I said about 30 pages back: the logistics are the elephant in the room.


Yeah, he really likes Faith but he knows it’s a dealbreaker. She’s done.



I agree. She made a mistake showing no flexibility. He likes her a lot but not enough to keep her over the other two given that. Also she's been the most reserved of the three, doesn't gush the way the other two do.

So, it will come down to does he want to feel young and have lots of adventures and heat with Leslie or does he want more traditional "safety and security" I think were his words, with Theresa. He seems far more attracted to Leslie and she's also more conveniently located, so my guess is Leslie. But I also wouldn't be at all surprised if he picks Theresa. Though it doesn't seem like a major love match to me, just more comfortable. I agree with a PP it will be interesting to see how his family weighs in.



Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:37     Subject: The Golden Bachelor
Gerry: "I only want to say ‘I love you’ to one more person in my lifetime."

Also Gerry: "I love you" to all three women.

*eyeroll*

Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 07:29     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Didn't Theresa or her daughter also say something to the effect that her life is there, with her family?

There were so many great women in the original group. I wonder if some of the earlier eliminations might have been a better match for him because I still feel like Faith and Leslie are really too different from him. Despite him saying he's "in love" with them and Theresa, I still wonder.

Yes, I know it's all ridiculous
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 01:55     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed that Gerry wholeheartedly told two women that he loved them! I expect that of the younger bachelors, but I thought Gerry would be different. Plus these women aren't a bunch of wanna-be influencers in their 20s like you usually see on this franchise. Each of these women has endured a lot of heartbreak and is sincerely looking for love.

Gerry knows full well he's going to break hearts, and he should've been way more careful.


I am pretty sure bachelorettes have also told more than one person they love them. It seems like it is pushed by producers to be part of the show to build suspense.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 00:49     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
It’s also a pretty common theme that the final 2 is The Comfortable choice who he’s always liked but kind of took for granted vs. The Girl he’s infatuated with who isn’t his usual type. I think after he goes home, talks to his daughters and thinks about the life he might share with these women, he’ll choose the former, ie Theresa.
Gerry is enjoying this whole thing but he’s still a midwestern Aw shucks kind of guy.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 00:34     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
Anonymous wrote:I doubt he’s in love with anyone at this point. He feels love for all three. He’s excited about Faith and Leslie because they’re young and hot and different, and he’s getting carried away. He’s not as effusive about Theresa because he doesn’t have to be. But I believe that he feels about the same amount of affection for all of them.
Faith doesn’t want to move so he obviously needs to let her go. The “drama” is just because it hurts him to have to do that to someone he cares for.
Ultimately he’ll choose Theresa after his family meets them both and he realizes that he and Leslie are too different.

He probably won’t marry Theresa, but maybe they’ll be together for awhile. Who knows, it might last till one of them dies.

Leslie will make a good Bachelorette. Drop the minimum age to 45 for her suitors. It’ll be fun.


I think you called it. Makes sense!
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2023 00:23     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
I doubt he’s in love with anyone at this point. He feels love for all three. He’s excited about Faith and Leslie because they’re young and hot and different, and he’s getting carried away. He’s not as effusive about Theresa because he doesn’t have to be. But I believe that he feels about the same amount of affection for all of them.
Faith doesn’t want to move so he obviously needs to let her go. The “drama” is just because it hurts him to have to do that to someone he cares for.
Ultimately he’ll choose Theresa after his family meets them both and he realizes that he and Leslie are too different.

He probably won’t marry Theresa, but maybe they’ll be together for awhile. Who knows, it might last till one of them dies.

Leslie will make a good Bachelorette. Drop the minimum age to 45 for her suitors. It’ll be fun.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2023 23:46     Subject: Re:The Golden Bachelor
I'm disappointed that Gerry wholeheartedly told two women that he loved them! I expect that of the younger bachelors, but I thought Gerry would be different. Plus these women aren't a bunch of wanna-be influencers in their 20s like you usually see on this franchise. Each of these women has endured a lot of heartbreak and is sincerely looking for love.

Gerry knows full well he's going to break hearts, and he should've been way more careful.