The Bachelor (February 28th 2011)

{The Bachelor (February 28^th 2011) Spoiler}

So they are in South Africa this week! Fantasy suite week has arrived!

{Dates}

Chantal was the first one to get a date this week. They went on a safari, can you say amazing date? I think that is way better than a helicopter ride! Next was a picnic (while being guarded from the animals by some guy with a gun). They had a little dinner, nothing fancy and then of course he invited her to the fantasy suite for the night. The fantasy suite turned out to be a tree house in the middle of nothing. It was a gorgeous setting!

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Next was Emily! They went on an elephant ride! It was so adorable; she said her dream was always to ride and elephant in Africa. He told her how much he liked Ricki and they talked about how he is ready to have kids, even a 5 year old. He told her that he knows she is a package deal and he loves that about her, aww, melt my heart!

Next came dinner and he gave her the fantasy suite card, she said that she wants to set a good example for her daughter but also wants to spend more time with him (meaning she doesn’t want to have any sexy time, good for her!). In the suite she finally told him that she is falling in love with him and it took him by complete surprise. He told her that he is falling in love with her too! He said that he can’t hear her say that and not tell her that he feels the same.

*Can I just say that the other girls have told him they are falling for him and he didn’t say a word back to them. Sparks are flying people!

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Ashley was the last girl to get a date this week, he was taking her up in a helicopter, the second she saw it she ran away from him and then started to tear up from fear. They went for a picnic and had an intense conversation about her future and her career, Brad mentioned that he and Ashley had never once meshed their lives together in a conversation.

Things got really complicated at dinner, he was telling her how confused he is about some of the things they have talked about and he again mentioned how they are constantly reassuring themselves instead of moving forward. She told him that it seems like they have sparks and chemistry but all he is looking for is a wife. She told him that he should do what’s best for him and not worry about her. He gave her the fantasy suite card and she said yes. You could see how awkward everything was, I think she closed herself off to him because of their dinner talk.

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Brad said in a private interview that he knows what he should do but he isn’t sure that he can, he needs to talk to Ashley before he can make a decision. He pulled her aside at the rose ceremony and told her he is sorry for backing her into a corner with questions, she said she wants him to ask her these things… then why did she shut down when he asked? He told her that he has to say goodbye to her; that he doesn’t want to make her stand through the rose ceremony and she stood up and said “ok” and then told him that she wasn’t going to beg him to change his mind. You could see how guarded she was and I think that had been the problem the whole time really, she was just waiting to get hurt.

{And the Rose Goes To}

Chantal and Emily

{The girl Who Went Home Was}

Ashley

Next time they get to meet Brad’s family, in Cape Town South Africa! But the next show is going to be the “Behind the Rose” ceremony and maybe this year it will be a good one, this show drives me nuts because it just keeps me from seeing who he proposes to.