The monkey says "Yes!"

You know the part in the movie The Wedding Singer when Adam Sandler is sitting on his front step after getting left at the alter, and Linda walks up to talk to him, and then his nephew comes running out and says, "Hey Linda....youw a b****!" Well, when I have been in a "mood", Jim thinks it is funny to just simply say to me, "Hey Linda" and I pretty much get what he's trying to tell me. Linda, aka biotch, is the closest thing to a nickname that Jim has ever given me. Romantic, no?

Matt Grant calling Shayne "Monkey" might just be the cutest nickname ever. I know I am a total sap for liking that, but how can you deny how freaking hot it was when he said, "Monkey, will you marry me?" And she was sort of a monkey in the way she wrapped herself around him. Here is a confession...I have always envisioned some steamy scene of having a guy pick you up as you wrap your legs around him....but umm, let's do a reality check. Since Jim weighs, oh I don't know, 10 lbs. less than me at any given time, that steamy scene is pretty much never going to happen for me. I remember at my wedding, the photographer made us take a picture of Jim holding me. I remember smiling, trying to look pretty, but knowing Jim and i weighed the exact same amount basically, I was really thinking, "Just take the damn picture already so he can put me down!" Ha ha...but honestly, if Jim jumped into my arms I would crumble! So you can guess for the sake of not wanting to absolutely destroy my self esteem, I will never attempt the hold-me-while-i-wrap-my-legs-around-you manuever.



I know there are actually some gals out there who are NOT Shayne fans. In fact, I have a friend who is a die hard fan of all things Bachelor, but once Amanda was out, she boycotted the rest of the show. She had no interest in seeing who ended up with Matt. But for whatever reason, I tried to dislike Shayne. I did, I was looking for things to criticize her for. She did things that normally I might find retarded, yet when she did them, I just thought they were hilarious...i.e.busting out make-up on the ski slopes, stammering to admit she was high maintenance, having several "blonde" moments. But I liked her--she did things that I really liked. Like calling out Robin when she was super competitive, trying to break up the fight between Marshana and Chelsea, giving Matt that cute photo--which I thought was a really cute idea and a perfectly appropriate gift for their situation. And I thought it was hilarious when she told Matt that she would marry him if he would stop looking at other girls because he had already looked at WAAAY too many. So despite my attempts not to be, I am a Shayne fan. BUT with that being said, do I think they will last? Probably not but who cares--last night's proposal was ridiculously romantic!!

And ps. why do the girls who have all these emotional issues make it so far? It just makes it that much more painful to watch them leave! i got a little tired of hearing Chelsea go on and on about hard it was to open up to someone and be so vulnerable...blah blah. I feel so bad for Chelsea though. How can Matt tell her he is falling in love with her the night before he proposes to someone else? If you think about it, this show is pretty jacked up. I mean, honestly, how can you not feel so led on and deceived? And how does Shayne watch all that sentiment, emotion, and action between Matt and Chelsea and NOT have issues with Matt?? I guess all I can say is that these girls sign up for the show knowing what they're getting themselves into. And I was a little weary to see no After the Rose Ceremony episode next week....in the past that usually happens because the couple isn't even together anymore.

Anyway, I'm excited to watch Deanna now. She is so pretty. I like the Bachelorette, but get ready for this sexist remark, I hate watching guys get their feelings hurt. All the girls crying and cat fighting--it is sort of expected. But watching guys have to grovel and assert themselves when they're not really in charge, is just sort of awkward. Like the Bachelor does all the kissing, and the girls (for the most part anyway) sort of wait til he initiates it. But it is reversed when a girl is in charge--it's awkward because you want to see the man sort of sweep her off her feet, but yet she is in the driver's seat. Anyone else know what I'm talking about? But who cares....it's still quality entertainment any way you look at it.

So anyway, here's to Shayne and Matt....may the next six months be the best of your lives! :) (is it possible to be a cynical romantic??)