Wednesday, November 2, 2016

B&L Recap "Welcome to the Real World"

  Hey guys! Welcome to a little mini-post edition of my blog. I’ve got a lot going on this week from tests to a debate tournament this weekend so I don’t have as much time to devote to this recap. However, I know many of you read this instead of actually watching the show so I still wanted to provide you with a basic outline of what happened. Especially since game 6 was on last night, if you watched this show live I would be surprised. That’s my job to do for your benefit.

Alright, so with that being said, we can break down the episode into three parts.
1.)    The house hunt
2.)    The struggle over future careers
3.)    Lauren’s blog launch party


  Ben and Lauren decide that they want to look for a new, larger place to raise their family in. Since the  houses” in a segment more scripted than an HGTV show. Look it up, those shows are all scripted. Basically, she goes from showing them a disaster property that’s worth 200k and then right after shows them a dream home worth 900,000 that’s “only a little past your budget”. If the other house you showed them was 200K, the 900K isn’t only “a little” past budget. Ben wants the fixer upper because money. Lauren wants the dream home because she wants to settle in the home she will live in for the rest of her life. Here’s a brief newsflash for her, most people do not live in one house their entire life. There’s no need for you to buy a perfect 4 bedroom when you aren’t even married yet. The couple splits the difference and decide to postpone house hunting.

  Then Lauren starts to struggle with the idea that she no longer has a job. She used to be a flight attendant, which are awesome by the way, shout out to my aunt! I digress. Lauren had to stop working because she kept getting recognized and in interfered with her doing her job. I sympathize for her, that could not have been easy. However, her logic on the show for finding a new job was either really stupid or scripted. She decides that because she loves to “cuddle” with animals, she should be a zookeeper. Because, we all know that’s all zookeepers have to do. It took one minute of her shuffling poop before she realized it wasn’t the job for her.

  Finally, Lauren settles on the fact that she wants to start a lifestyle blog. It will focus on beauty tips, her life, fashion, etc. While I admire her trying to find a job, let’s be honest, her blog being successful doesn’t really have much to do with her work on it. If she hadn’t gone on The Bachelor, no one would give a crap. None of those industry professionals would’ve shown up at her party because she has no relevant experience. Also, is there really anything new she can add with a beauty blog? There are thousands of them on the web already and I doubt there are that many unique tips that she could share. This blog, if it makes her money, will solely be because people want to read about Ben’s fiancé. Eventually, she’ll be last week’s news though so she needs to find another career at some point in her life.  The launch party goes well enough with her receiving only positive feedback (as if anyone on camera would’ve said anything negative). Lauren starts to worry that Ben won’t show up, but instead he surprises her with her brother and her mother coming to the party. She’s thrilled and all is forgiven. It’s a sweet gesture. Hopefully, Lauren holds on to that to help her deal with the fact that Ben is starting to question the wedding because Lauren didn’t know he was allergic to coconut. Okay, it had more to deal with what that meant and not the actual coconut allergy, but this a blog and sensationalism works best.

  You know what else works best? You watching game 7 of the World Series tonight. However, don’t worry about missing Survivor. If CBS foolishly decides to air it, I will cover it in a recap tomorrow. It might be shorter than usual because I have to pack for my debate tournament. We will be driving all the way to Kentucky. Let me know if you want me to do a post about how the tournament goes. What I write is all up to you.



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