Elinor Dashwood
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Jef said very clearly when he turned down the Fantasy Suite that their "public" relationship unwittingly involved their families, too. And what they do reflects on them. So I can see him being more reserved in public.
I think so too. Jef isn't Arie with his hands all over her and trying to inhale her face with every kiss. Though there were one or two kisses with Jef that were passionate, I think he was careful and mindful of the cameras rolling and the families who'd be watching.
Their relationship has always progressed slower physically. If this was a real, off-camera courtship, and all paws Arie and the other guys weren't in the picture, it would have been a "normal" progression for these two. You even made the comment how disgusting Arie was being all over Emily all the time, the way the show was edited.
It has progressed slower. But it made it more real life. I thought it was strange and a bit much that Arie was all over her from day one. I'm trying to erase those smacking lip sounds from my memory whenever he kissed her.
As I recall, she actually said that she would go with him to the Fantasy Suite, as long as he & the viewers understood it was only to spend more time with Brad and that all they were going to do is TALK. Basically, she was going to leave the way she kicked out Sean & Jef.
That's how I remember it too.
I'm sure Emily would have liked it to progress a bit faster physically, but in the END, she did pick Jef. So she proved as much as she was more physically attracted to Arie, she went with her ultimate values than with her "pecker."

When one of the gossip magazine interviewed one of Brad's siblings, during their relationship, one of the BIG bones of contention was that Brad wanted Emily to pick everything up & move right away to live him TX with him. He was livid that she wouldn't just pick up Rikki and move there.
Didn't they say something about that too during the finale with Brad and Emily? I thought so. Maybe not? Remember too that he sent Ashley home packing when he realized she didn't mention moving to his hometown on the fantasy suite date.
Emily wanted to get her own apartment there and live separately. That was the most she would do. She wanted to progress slower, and travel back & forth until their relationship was on firmer ground, so as not to uproot Rikki during all of their turmoil.
Which turned out to be a very smart move. Emily isn't stupid, she's pretty astute and I think she knew that Brad wasn't going to compromise.
I always knew that whoever ended up with Emily would be the one to have to move to be near her.
I don't know, I got the impression that she'd be willing to make the move. However, it seems Jef is aware of how that might impact Ricki's life and sense of normalcy so he's making the move instead.
Nope. I just reiterated (above) what Callie said. That's why Emily was so furious when she realized Brad & Chantal spent the night together too, but they didn't just TALK like the two of them did.![]()
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Brad and Chantal were all over each other! I thought they were actually going to show them doing the nasty right on tv! Truthfully I thought he was going to pick her in the end, not Emily.