Yes, and he was upset when she referred to both Ben and him as her "relationships." She is so clueless, she doesn't even notice his responses.
I actually think it's the other way around. With Ben, she has less uncomfortability with him. With J.P., he is her fantasy guy, but she keeps hammering him EVERY time they are together, as to how he can be sure he would stay with her.
This is exactly how it will be if they are together. Every day wondering what he was doing and with whom and if/when he will leave. She will need CONSTANT reassurance from him all the time.
She also doesn't look into his eyes much when she's talking to him. She's either looking down or eating, or in the case of Bentley, using J.P. as her comfort cushion. She's still testing J.P. in a lot of ways. "Will you be there for me if I do this. . .?" "Will you be there for me when I tell you about Bentley? . . . When I tell you how Ryan was here?"
Have you notice the way she just blurts it out, very thoughtlessly, NOT in any way that is sensitive to how J.P. would feel hearing the news? All her uncomfortability is in how comfortable SHE feels at having to tell him. She is NEVER looking in his eyes to register how his eyes change.
J.P. is so readable, but Ashley is not registering any of it.
Whether she picks him or not, she is so wrong for HIM.
She is too emotionally immature, insecure and self-involved. The process of the show always
makes the Bachelor(ette) even more self-involved & narcissistic by the end of the show.
And even though J.P. said he's not there for the competition, to beat the other guy - he is. It's down to the final two, and he wants to know if she will pick him. But, I think he already knows, nothing would last between them. He's already received too many red flags as to how she is. How she wouldn't be there for him.
I still thinks it's a toss up as to which one she will pick. She
wants J.P. to be the one. But, her insecurities may get in the way. She may not think he will last, when, just as she did with Brad on their overnite date, she will do something to sabotage their relationship. She might, in that pea bran of hers, know that SHE doesn't have what it takes to make a relationship last between them.
With Ben, she doesn't have that. He just opened up to her, saying
finally, he is open enough to really commit to someone & have a relationship. That's very appealing to her. It fills her insecurities. Ben actually has more of what it takes to last with her. He's more open & available to her. Whereas, J.P. is still guarded and she KNOWS it. That's one of the reasons she keeps hammering away at him, asking how he KNOWS he will stay. He doesn't know it. Not when she keeps blurping things like, "I preferred Bentley over you." If she wants more of a sure thing, she's better off picking Ben.
Although, I don't think
either relationship will last.
I wonder if all the commercial sponsors have jumped ship? 
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The only thing good about that is seeing a few good looking men again. And of course....villain music... BENTLEY....
Honey, I think ALL the guys except for the F1 are breathing a collective sigh of relief! Seriously.
