-Becca is the third date and, unlike the first two, she ran and jumped into his arms. Kendall did no running and no jumping. Tia didn’t run, and when she got to him, he had to pick her up. But Becca? She got the full pairs figure skating jump and lift. Because it was butt cold in Minnesota that day in October, their daily activity was to go apple picking. Ok, I have to ask this question. I need an answer so I can narrow down who in this world I never want to hear from again. Ready? Apples: red or green? Go! I’ve actually gone back and forth on this one over the years. Growing up as a kid, it was always red. Then I became obsessed with green in my high school where sour apple jolly ranchers became crack to me. And those most replicated green apples. But now I’m back to red. I don’t hate green, and those are usually the choice that come in any fruit side you get at a restaurant, but I’m back to being a red guy. So you can only imagine how much my mouth watered when watching Becca pick apples. I’m gonna go eat some apple jacks and rip the roof of my mouth off.
-We’re going to meet Becca’s mom Jill and her uncle Gary who’s a pastor. There’s like 10 other people in her house, but those are the only two we got names on, soooooo, I guess the others can just pipe down and take a seat. We won’t be needing your names tonight. Uncle Gary is up first and if I didn’t know any better, he basically was the first guy on this journey to lay down the ground work for Becca being the Bachelorette. I mean, you’ve known her story ever since I posted her as a contestant almost 6 months ago. But to the average viewer of this show who doesn’t follow any of that stuff, they got their first taste of it last night. They made sure he tugged at the heartstrings with the “this should be her dad talking to you” speech. He asks Arie, “Is she wasting her time or is Becca the real deal?” His answer: “She is.” Mmmmmm, could’ve given a better answer than that buddy. I think you needed to solidify that you weren’t here to waste anyone’s time.
-When mom talked to Becca, she laid down the f***in law. Becca told her the next time she sees her she could be an engaged woman and would she be ok with that, mom gave a short to-the-point answer: No. However her mom, and basically all the parents this episode, did something we’ve really never seen as much before. They all went to the same stock answer. We all know how utterly ridiculous it is for the parents to be meeting the lead for the first time that day and expected to give a blessing should they choose to propose. It’s happened countless times in the previous 21 “Bachelor” seasons. But this season, every family was skeptical, and the times that Arie did ask for permission, basically the parents responded with something to the effect of, “we respect our daughters decision.” Translation: Hell no I don’t give you a damn blessing. But I can’t say no on TV, so I’m basically chickening out and putting it on my daughter. It was fascinating watching every family squirm out of this uncomfortable situation.
-Mom asked Becca if she knew how Arie felt about her and she said, “Since the first date, he’s exceeded everything I thought.” Well I’d be interested to know how that happened considering we’ve barely seen any time he’s had with her since he showered her with a bunch of jewelry, shoes, and dresses he didn’t pay for. Do we know anything about their relationship up to this point? Sure, she was a front runner from the get go, but to the audience, she disappeared for the next 4 weeks after that until she had her 1-on-1 last week in Italy. So we don’t know much, and since Arie is such a simple man that just makes out when he has nothing to say to anyone after uninteresting two sentence conversations, it’s kinda hard to gauge anything with him at all. Becca is convinced though, so he must’ve done something to make her feel safe and secure that he was into her. Or, he just lied through his teeth like he’s done with numerous women in the past. I’ll go with the latter.
