Who's crying from the Bachlorette?

[Beauty]

Yep I bawled but things like that make me bawl. When he told her that he had known from the beginning that she was the one it made me think well okay maybe he is just TERRIFIED.

You know I'm actually mad at Meredith for leading Matthew on like that and I feel sorry for Ian when he has to see her ask Matthew for a ring. She was wrong.

I do hope for the best for IAN though.....I think he is really a good person, Matthew just oh whats the word maybe Expresses himself better.

 

[sydally9367]

am still tearing up thinking about it. You don't let a guy go who says he is blessed just for knowing you. You just don't

COMPLETELY agree with you Miss Jasmine!! She even said to Matthew " I love everything about you" then came the big BUT *grr* I just don't understand how she could tell Matthew " I would be honored to get a ring" and she also said "He is just for me a guy that comes along once in a lifetime" HELLOOOO..and that didn't tell you anything?

 

[hockeymom7691]

I remember her saying that she always goes for the wild ones so I figured this time if she truly wanted to settle down she with go for Matthew. Darn, darn, darn!

I think I have to go to bed now! Goodnight all!

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

I think Ian is the sort of bad boy type that her brother referred to at the parent's home. He was a challenge, he told her he feels no sense of responsibility at the moment. He told Chris he didn't know he was going to propose when he first saw her. What's up with that! Meredith will be sorry!

Lori

 

[spb999]

Thanks for this thread ..... I had tears in my eyes too and was wondering "why am I crying ??" The thing that got me was when Matthew said in the limo "My heart wants someone who doesn't want me" (or something similar) and I could totally relate ......... and "well, will you?" - that's a proposal

 

[Duchie]

I was thrilled that she chose Ian. I know, he's risky and doesn't show emotion but then again neither did she at first. But they fit... can't explain it, they just do.

I was shocked (and soooooo excited) that he chose to give her the ring. OK, so he sort of fumbled through it, said not all the perfect things, but then again the guy was NERVOUS. I mean, how many times in your life have you proposed (or been proposed to)?

Having said all that, I was so incredibly impressed with Matthew. Trust me, he won't be single for long after what he said and how he took the news. I always liked him (but like Meridith, just liked Ian a little more) but tonight he REALLY impressed me.

Can't wait to see tomorrow's show. I also hope the best for these two and think they might have a chance at making it. But then again, I thought Jen and Andrew were a sure things, so it shows what I know....

And yes, I was crying - a LOT. But then again, I've been a little emotional lately and tend to cry at Hallmark commercials.

'Night all!

 

[phisigprincess]

Shocked. Totally shocked.

 

[accomp]

I absolutely loved it!!! She made the right choice for her. Her mother knew it. She knew it. I was so happy for Meredith and Ian. DH was loving it, too. I just don't think that Matthew and she were a match. Matt would make a great Bachelor sometime in the future. I think that someday he will find the right girl for him. I just don't think that Meredith was the one. Just like Bob wasn't the one for Meredith. Come to think of it, I don't think that Bob is right for anyone.

 

[DocRafiki]

I was crying, and this was the first time I've seen the show!

Not having seen the rest of the show, it looked like she followed her heart. I don't think she knew who she would pick until the end, so I don't think she led Matthew on.

The way she felt about Ian, she would never have been happy. If she needs excitement, she'd wind up depressed or divorced with/to Matthew.

Now where's MY Ian? Watching that show is making me hate being single!

 

[disykat]

I was surprised - but only because I thought since it was so obvious to me that she was in love with Ian that I was probably wrong. It got progressively more obvious as the night went on. When she started crying after Matthew left because she felt so terrible I started to feel more confident that she really would pick Ian, but still wondered if they were leading us on.

Matthew is obviously a wonderful guy and a great catch - but she was is in love with Ian. Ian reminds me of my husband - who didn't manage the words "I love you" or " will you marry me" while proposing, but somehow got his point across! He was so nervous and so afraid he was being sent packing - I thought he was adorable.

 

[susy]

I think she made the right decision. I don't know how anyone could doubt it after watching them together after they were allowed to show how they really felt (without holding back). About Matthew, I don't know about him. There he was-no mystery-at all. I knew that Meredith was not in love with him. "Can the soul really be satisfied with such 'polite' affections? To love is to burn, to be on fire"- from Sense and Sensibility.

 

[GailT]

I fell asleep after the first and last single date with Ian, Geeeeze, then I woke up at 11:30 and I got to see Coonan, OUCH, I wish it was a repeat but I got the jist of it, Ian gave her a ring. I will watch tonights show, I'll sit up for that LOL

 

[Robinrs]

Originally posted by susy
"Can the soul really be satisfied with such 'polite' affections? To love is to burn, to be on fire"- from Sense and Sensibility.

Sorry, that sounds more like LUST to me....

I think LUST is about all you can muster up in a few weeks, loves takes time. I don't blame her for being in lust with Ian, shoot I WAS IN LUST WITH IAN! I loved the way he just possessed her with his eyes and the way he whispered to her... yum...

But the ADULT in me loved Matthew. What a guy.... now that's the kind of guy you marry.

I liked them both but in the long run it was Meredith who saw more than the edited hours we saw every week.

BTW, I think Matthew would make the ULTIMATE Bachelor! Can you imagine the women after him NOW?????

 

[Serena]

I didn't watch it, but from an interview with Meredith, she had no choice. She was in love with Ian.

I'm happy for Mathew that she didn't pick him. She wouldn't have been happy, and she would have made him miserable.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

When I was watching last night's episode I kept thinking that she is going to pick Ian -- so I thought I had to be wrong. LOL I was watching her face with both of them and she had a different expression on her face whenever she was with Ian.

But I thought Matthew was so wonderful! I would have picked him myself!

 

[CJK]

I guess I'm in the minority in that I thought she should pick Ian. The chemistry between them is unmistakable. I'm not convinced they'll make it, but she had to follow her heart. Matthew is a class act and I know he'll be just fine!

Did anyone else melt when Ian let out that yell while hugging Meredith right at the end of the show?? Talk about dreamy!

 

[WendyZ]

Add me to that list. I can't believe she let Matthew go. What a mistake!! I feel soooooo bad for him. I hope he finds happiness.

I hope she's happy to, but I don't think it will last.

 

[kamgen]

I didn't see this thread so I posted a new one! sorry!!!

I CRIED so hard for Matthew. He is AMAZING! And Meredith DID pick the wrong man. How can you not love someone like Matthew....and Ian never appreciated her. I am crushed....
Matthew had such class last night.....even though he was lead on and lied to. Good for him.......Meredith is the one who will live with this regret.......

 

[Jeafl]

Well, I for one, an angry at the way Meredith led Matthew on. I realize they are supposed to make it look like they can't decide, but she is quite the actress. I have seen three different interviews where she said she knew it would be Ian from the very beginning, and the hometown dates with the others were "excrutiating" because she wanted to be with Ian. Why on earth would she tell Matthew she wanted a ring from him then? And if she were so in love with Ian how could she kiss Matthew like that. If you notice, she initiated nearly every kiss. I don't blame Matthew for thinking he had it locked up, she definitely led him to believe that.

After watching her on Good Morning AMerica on Tuesday morning where she said she knew exactly who she was going to pick from the beginning, what was with all the dramatic "I Can't Choose" tears last night? She seems really fake to me now.

 

[gymnasticsmom68]

I don't know about anybody else, but if I was soooooo 'in love' with Ian I wouldn't have been laying all over Matt, making out with him and basically telling him that I would love to get a ring from him. Just another person making a mockery of the word love.