Rantings on the Seatle Native

Now... I do NOT usually go and talk about reality tv, but this series had me hooked from the Bachelorette. He was billed as this great guy, and then the spoilers started leaking out. http://www.realitysteve.com/ told me all the facts I needed to know... and at first I couldn't believe it... until I fast forwarded through my DVR and discovered that he was right all along. Jason dumps Melissa on national television... I think I can plainly say... what the heck? Couldn't this have been done over the phone? As Melissa said, B@$*@&

"How could you go from being engaged to someone, to kissing someone else on the couch?!"

I think Trista put that just about right in her statement to US Weekly... because it's exactly how I feel.

There's this whole theory that Jason and the producer got together to do this for ratings, and when I put the pieces together myself it only made sense. All I have to say is that I'm done with this show. And here's why...

I know TV isn't supposed to be real life, but this was. And out there is this great girl that got cheated out of love... love that she thought she had found, and love that her lover wasn't willing to fight for. This is the exact opposite of what I hold dear and cherish... love and hope.

It's the hope that one day you will find the person you are meant to be with that keeps you going on all those first dates, kissing all the frogs and love that says "yes" when he finally pulls that fist sized diamond out of his pocket and proposes (mine was not that big :). But why does love have to hurt? Why does our hope have to keep being deferred? And why... do we become so heart sick that we can only sit in front of the tv and watch re-runs of Friends and CSI?

Because we know how it's supposed to be. We know that the guy is supposed to find us, laugh with us, cry with us and be that stable rock (not diamond... stop it!) that we can count on when our life falls apart. That's what Melissa should have had... that's what we all should have... that's what I've found. Who I found. And that's what all of you should keep holding out hope for... your mate is out there... just don't give up on love and keep hanging your hat on the door of hope.