But, saying all of that, this is when I find the show takes a turning point, for the better. The drama has drastically dwindled and we know a lot more about, and are a lot more invested in the four girls that are remaining. We get to see them in their hometowns with their families, and it’s always fun to watch how the Bachelor fits into that piece of their world.
Raven’s hometown date was up first, and hers was one of my favourites to watch. The first part of their date seemed so fun, and dirty!!! Did anyone else notice Raven and Nick’s clothes at the beginning when they were about to climb those….what are those things called? They were full of mud, even before we got to see them biking through the mud. Something tells me those two parts of the date were switched in the editing room. You can thank Sharleen Joynt for making me take notice of all those sneaky editing changes!! She’s the master of detectives at them!
Raven is definitely someone that I continue to like more and more with every episode. She seems so fun and so genuine and honest too. I also really like her and Nick together, although I do wish at this point they had a little more chemistry (you wouldn’t say it though from the image I shared above). I’m just not completely sold on the two of them yet, although I still am rooting to see it!
Rachel had the next hometown date. As much as I love Rachel, and Rachel and Nick as a couple, I found it hard to watch her hometown date with the same interest as the other girls knowing there’s no possibility they’ll end up together. Again, why oh why did they announce her as the next Bachelorette already? I wish they would have waited at least until after the episode she gets eliminated. I am curious to see how that part goes down, though. Do you think Nick lets her go next, or do you think she leaves herself?
Vanessa’s hometown date took place in Montreal and, of course out of the four hometowns, it would be raining during the one in Canada. #Typical. Seeing her students get so emotional when they saw her again made me pretty emotional too. I absolutely loved how she brought Nick there for the beginning part of the date because you could tell how much she loved her job and her students and it was really great to see.
Here’s the part I wish I could find out – is the lead required to ask each of the girls fathers (or mothers) for their blessing to get engaged to their daughters? Is it just pushed by the producers or is it actually part of the contract? Obviously there wouldn’t be much of an interesting show left after this point if we saw them only ask one of the parents, but I’m really curious to find out what the rules actually are! I honestly felt so bad watching Vanessa after she was told by her dad that Nick also asked the other girls parents.
As we all know at this point, I’m definitely a Vanessa fan (the girl can speak three languages for pete’s sake, but not Spanish, Nick!) and I’m still predicting she’s going to be the last girl left standing! Since I have been thinking that for a while, I did find it a bit strange when Nick said to her family that he and Vanessa haven’t talked much about the future and where they would be living and such. Maybe he’s just avoiding the discussion of having to move Canada! #AlsoTypical. Even though we have seen Nick shed quite a few tears so far, it has to be a good sign if he teared up when talking to Vanessa’s sister about not wanting her to get hurt.
What did you guys think of the hometown dates? I’d love to hear!
I found this fascinating because…I have NEVER seen The Bachelor…I know! Crazy, right? But that's what these updates are for!