Charting The Life Span Of A “Bachelor” Relationship
Posted by: Kate Torgovnick
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1:30PM, Wednesday March 4th 2009
This week’s season finale of “The Bachelor” may have been exciting, but really, when you think about it, the results were pretty typical of past seasons. Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa squealed as Papa/Poo-Poo Bach slipped a ring on her finger. The episode ended with the two of them jumping in a pool for a smoochfest. Then, two seconds later, came the “After the Final Rose” special. And a teary eyed Jason proceeded to dump Melissa because “the chemistry had changed” and he was totes hung up on Molly, the girl he’d sent packing.
Shocker? Sure. But “The Bachelor” hardly has a track record for couples staying together for longer than their 15 minutes of fame. Currently, Poo-Poo and Sloppy are still together, but the likelihood of that lasting doesn’t look good. After the jump, exactly how long the “Bachelor” couples have stuck it out. Any woman thinking of responding to their next casting call, beware.
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cattgirl813
wrote on March 4 2009 @ 02:15 pm: [report]
I’m not sure why everyone has their knickers in a twist over this “shocking” development on this show. “The Bachelor” has never been about people finding a life long love with another person. It’s been (and will continue to be) about people using the “soulmate” concept to find life long love with fame and instant celebrity. The one being matched gets a bonus because he or she gets to fool around with multiple partners at once. It may be good TV, but there’s no love in any of these shows. Clearly it’s a working concept - we’re still talking about it, and the buzz for the rejected woman to land the next season proves we’re ready to fall in love with this formula all over again.