Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Ali Chooses Work Over Jake



My once a season post on The Bachelor is today. Aren't you excited? It must be the free breakfast I got at four different Denny's that is making me feel so hospitable to a bachelor post. Of course it could be carbohydrate lethargy too. Or the six Bloody Mary's. Anyway, last night Ali Fedotowsky told Jake Pavelka that she was leaving the show because her employer told her it was either the job or the show. When Jake wouldn't guarantee her the final rose she chose her job. You know what? This might not be the most romantic thing to say in the whole world, but I am glad she chose her job. I know the show is all about romance and love and having a future, but the sad reality about this reality show is that rarely do the couples that end the show together actually get married. So, even if she won I wouldn't give very high odds that it would work. Then she would have been forced to find another job, maybe in another city or rely on personal appearances to make a buck.

I'm a big believer in romance and I don't have any problems with a partner moving to another city for a person, but I'm not sure a reality show is the way to find the person to make that commitment. How much time are you actually spending with the person while the show is filming? And then after the show finishes taping you can't see the person for a few months so the secret can be kept and this is not a good recipe for success. If they are meant to be together, it will happen. The chances are the person Jake picks won't work out and then Jake and Ali can date conventionally after the breakup and see how things go.

25 comments:

slmc said...

"then Jake and Ali can date conventionally"? You are so a romantic, Enty!

amazonblue said...

I don't watch the Bachelor, but aren't the contestants paid?

Maybe she's afraid of losing her health insurance. That's becoming such a huge factor in keeping any job these days.

God Bless the USA

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jax said...

is anyone even watching this show?
i watch a season now and then..but this guy is like a 10gallon bucket of white paint,boring!!

Elle Kaye said...

I don't watch this show but if I had a teenage daughter I would look for the clip on youtube and show her an example of good decision making.

Einstein DeGeneres said...

You put up a SPOILER??????????
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

mooshki said...

She is clearly too smart for reality tv.

Sinjin said...

Smartest girl on reality tv.

LOL @ Jax's "10 gallon bucket of white paint".

penelope said...

Enty--

Is today your birthday? Or have you simply told the servers at Denny's that today is your birthday? Just wondering how you managed to get the free breakfast (maybe the free Birthday Grand Slam breakfast for all Americans that they advertised during the Super Bowl).

I am sure I am not the only CDAN groupie who is more interested in your breakfast story that in Ali's Bachelor story.

bflogurl said...

I watch. I know, I am a loser.

Last night's episode was some of THE worst acting, EVAH!! It was incredibly painful to watch and I actually broke out in laughter at a few parts :)

@Nickname: it was on last night, I would hardly call that a spoiler??!!

sunnyside1213 said...

Enty's birthday was listed on his website as Feb. 14. I thought he was a Sagittarius.

figgy said...

What's her job?

Good point @Amazonblue! Health insurance locks a lot of us into our jobs. :-(

Miss(pdx) said...

this reminds me of one of my favorite episodes of Family Guy where Brian goes on the reality dating show, falls for the girl, wins and when the film stops rolling she dumps him and he stalks her. Bad summary of a hilarious episode but if you'e seen it ya know what I am talking about.

Yellow Rose said...

My cousin (Robby D) was on the last season of the Bachelorette, & I still couldn't get into the show. But I have a mom & a lot of friends that LOVE it. I just keep up-to-date by reading Star, Us Weekly, & Robert's facebook page. :)

bflogurl said...

Too funny Robby D is your cousin!! He seemed like a likable guy!

ballyhoo. said...

enty, it's not over til 2pm (which has sadly already passed here) i got free breakfast AND free lunch!

mmmm, grand slaaaam.

Pookie said...

now i'm craving denny's, and i never crave denny's. ENTYYYYYYY.

awww...love it when you bring out the inner teddy bear tho!

Genesis said...

I had more fun cleaning my eye crust than reading this story lol

Keli Jackson said...

She will cash this in to be the next Bachelorette. You'll see.

Kristin said...

bflogirl, is Robby the one that was dropped off in the middle of Canada during winter while the rest of the cast road away on the train? I felt so bad for that person!

Kristin said...

Oops, that was meant for Yellow Rose.

Unknown said...

Maybe a ploy by ABC and she'll come back when it's down to two girls and say she made a mistake and really loves him.

Meg said...

I'm watching this show (I'm addicted by guilt from previous seasons). Jake seems like a nice guy. He has a nice "situation" but he also seems very DB-y.

Ali is the ONLY girl on the show that seems normal. When she was telling him she had to go b/c her job was on the line, I was screaming at my TV for her NOT to stay there for Jake. Especially since I know who he ends up picking! :)

Good for you Ali, for not choosing Jake over your job. You can do better than Mr. Jake, anyway.

Yellow Rose said...

Kristin: Yep, that was him! Can't believe they made it look like they just let him by the tracks in Canada, pretty silly. Fortunately he made it back to Houston in one piece. :)

Meg said...

@ Yellow Rose, I loved Robby D! He was very entertaining!

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