My Thoughts on the Bachelor Finale

Okay, I know I'm going to catch some flack for even watching the show...but I don't watch TV for intellectual stimulation, that's what I come to Newsvine for. For me television is like brain junk food. Anyway I thought I'd share some thoughts on last nights finale of the Bachelor.

Before I get into the end thought, let me say that I don't think that people can find love on a dating show. I think its foolish for these women to put themselves in a situation where not only are they all dating the same man - openly - but they are paraded on television like so much eye candy. The crying about how they are all falling in love with him is a bunch of bull@!$%#. I will admit though that part of why I watch is to watch the hearts be broken and to see an eye candy of a different type.

I've followed the last few episodes of this season's bachelor (Brad) who has been nothing but predictable. Every time he made a cut, I was not surprised, nor was I surprised last night when he told both of the remaining women good-bye. Of course they were angry and hurt but let me just say that this is the first time I have seen one of these bachelors be completely honest with both himself and his perspective conquests.

Over and over Brad said that he was looking for the one he would marry and spend the rest of his life with; since I've already told you that I don't believe in finding love on reality TV I can also say that I knew he wouldn't find it before the season was over....Now before you go jumping down my throat, understand that I believe people can find love in all sorts of places with the right environment and elements in place - I do not consider a pageant type competition with 15-25 women living in the same house the right environment. In fact I think it's a recipe for love disaster - this has been demonstrated by the number of Bachelors who married and divorced soon after.

The funny thing is that I was routing for one of the women - Dianna - to win. I thought she was the best match of all for Brad. But I don't know Brad beyond what I had seen over the course of about six weeks, so I had no clue really if she was to be what he would consider "the one." In the end, he talked about how marriage is a one time only deal and he wanted to make sure that he married the woman he would spend forever with. He told both women that he cared for them but he was looking for something he had not found in either, and told them both good-bye.

Some will say he was a jerk but I think Brad was an honest straight shooter to the end. He could have dragged out relationships with either woman, hoping his feelings developed into something more than what they were. I'm just glad he knew himself enough to know that he would either hurt them now or hurt them later. Dianna and Jenny (the other finalist) may not understand, and they may even be feeling the sting of rejection but they can never really say that Brad was not completely honest with them to the brutal end.

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