They are in Croatia.
I know this city is old. I know it has history. I just don’t
see it as romantic. Maybe it’s just me.
Emily is in a mood. No more playing. Step up or be stepped
on. She wants a husband! Her one-on-one dates this time around are for real …
and the first guy on the chopping block is sweet, funny Travis. They go
“exploring” Croatia. They get ice cream. Emily picks pistachio … ahhh, I should
have known. They have a silly, horrible date. And, Travis gets sent packing. He
cries because it hurts. Don’t cry, dude. He was in the “friend zone,” but he is
a good guy … there is a girl for him … lots of girls out there now.
On the group date … it’s John, Doug, Sean, Jef, Chris and
Arie, and they go so the children’s movie Brave
… there’s never been a more shameless plug except maybe Diet Coke or Ford on American Idol. I know this is NOT the
movie these guys would have picked.
Then they play the “highland games” and they all get to wear
kilts. “You know what the difference is between a skirt and a kilt,” says Sean.
“Nothing.”
Chris sucks at all the events. Has bad form when shooting
the bow and arrow. Goes first at the “log toss” but can’t throw it. And
challenges his bigger and badder rival, Doug, to the “pull” thing and loses.
All as a good sport.
Sean, however, is an athlete and shows his stuff. Emily
thinks he’s hot.
Chris, however, wins the “bravery cup” for putting it all on
the line and laughing it off.
During the evening group date, Emily spends time alone with
each guy and ….
- Basically tells Sean to “hang in there” as if there’s something we all don’t know.\
- Makes out with Arie.
- Gets a word-lashing from Jef with “we could have the kind of love that people write novels about” or some such nonsense. And then Emily wonders out loud to Jen what took him so long to kiss her. She wants aggressive, in-your-face men. That’s why she likes Arie.
- But Chris, one of my faves, gets the group date rose. Take that, Arie, you kissin’ freak!
Then, the next one-on-one date is with the charmer, Ryan.
They have chemistry. They have a fun day. They laugh. She smiles showing off
her beautiful (capped?) teeth. They have
easy conversations. Ryan wonders if she is the woman God has chosen for him.
But, he blows it at the dinner. He reads her a list of all
the things he wants in a wife after dinner, probably thinking she fits the
bill. It includes stuff like … loyalty, confident, faithful, unselfish,
encourager, assertive … all things that benefit him. However, it doesn’t include
the one thing that would be at the top of Emily’s list “a loving family.” Ah
oh, Ryan.
She likes him but she doesn’t give him the rose.
Surprisingly, he almost … but not quite … makes her rethink it. She stands her
ground. Wow. She’s tougher than I thought.
He handles it better than I thought. Takes the blow fairly
gracefully, and he’s gone.
Then, later … Arie, the snake … makes a trip to Emily’s
hotel to tell her she made the right decision (nice work, Arie, warning her AFTER Ryan has left the building),
kiss her a few dozen times, and sit on her bed. Yuck! I really do not like this
guy.
At the rose ceremony, John and Doug are on the bubble. John
wins her over by pulling out the big guns … funeral cards of his grandparents
that he keeps in his wallet. He was just waiting for the right moment …
And, Doug, he’s so awkward, but I like him. He’s just so so
nervous around her, but I think she wants a very, or somewhat aggressive, guy.
He’s not the one.
However, both of their heads are saved from chopping block
as everyone gets a rose.
More next week.
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