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The Bachelorette

Just catching up on this weeks shows now.

My two cents worth on Wednesdays show

- that was a tough gig for Tony, Davey just took over the date, and he struggled to shine in that scenario. She obviously didn't feel anything for him so she probably made the right call but I felt for him.
- Michael's Story was lame!
- Just cos Dave struggled with that party I agree with others in here I don't see it as a true indication of how he would be as a dad. Sometimes you just miss the mark with an activity.
- Michael did not looked chuffed with toasted sandwiches - actually as someone mentioned it he doesn't have a very expression filled face! She reckons he wasn't phased by her burning it... I sensed underlying judgments happening! (but maybe I am reading into that)
-She seems very keen on Michael though. I have seen more connection with him than any of the others so far.
- the gherkin dress is memorable but not in a good way
- I think the women on the bachie are better able to compartmentalize the scenario they are in with multiple people chasing 1 than some of the men are
- There is something about sasha that give me weird vibes (nothing to do with the daily fail stories). He gave one of the last two a death stare.
- Kayne is like the Rachel 1 - seemed nice would have liked to have seen more.
On to watch thursdays show
 
Ok Views on Thursdays show:
- I'm with Alex - the clowns woulda put me off too! Bloody Stephen king has a lot to answer for!
- The chemistry doesn't seem to be there with dave the way it is with some others
- Richie seems genuine, funny witty and intelligent. I hope Sam keeps him round!
- The kiss I think surprised richie, but she does indeed seem smitten
- man some of these guys are intense in their grilling after a date
- Davey never had a shot before that conversation started. As someone pointed out though the lipstick colour change was telling around some chops in the timeline. When she took him away from the boys there was one colour lipstick, but by the time they are seated it was another
- my guesses for home dates are Richie, Michael, Sasha and Alex.
 
Heather Maltman recaps The Bachelorette: Davey, I feel your pain

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Square peg, round hole ...

Does anyone else feel like this show is going at break neck speed? Or is it just me because I remember feeling like I was in a whirlwind while in the house? We see the boys having a nice casual game of chess, which makes me nostalgic, as we girls played that same board. (PS: Nina and I are still to this day reigning champions of cranium in the house!)

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In comes Uncle Osher with a date card to stir things up for their lazy morning of board games and washing towels.

So this week, FroFro is going to single out our Richie for a single date (get off that bench Rich) and the rest of her fine fellows will go on a group date for a bit of fun at a circus. Needless to say, I was jealous of the guys getting to hit the thing with the sledgehammer of Thor to do the stuff …

Like most group dates it’s off to a weird start cause you’re all there to date the same human. It’s like, you try to be respectful of the others and just be mates, but you also need to be like fighting for the love and affections of the chosen one. (Love me, validate me, tell me I’m good!) Now, if you’re naturally a fun, cray person who wants everyone to feel included, these group dates can totally work against you.

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Personally, I found group dates very hard because I hate making people feel like they don’t belong. My natural reaction to this situation was to include everyone and unfortunately … Issue is, I can see Davey falling into the same trap of jumping through hoops to make sure everyone is having fun. I think he is a funny, vivacious guy who just wants a girl to like him, but he’s giving off all the wrong vibes to FroFro.

It’s such a crazy experience of self-exploration as well as finding a human to date n stuff. I love that FroFro is having an amazing time, and I can see her really letting herself open up to these men, and I have to say, I don’t know how she is doing it.

We women know what we want pretty early on, and for that reason I would find it very hard to be in that situation. I’d be at the first cocktail party after doing the red carpet and be all “Oh, that one!” and that would be it. Uncle Osher would have to walk into the very first rose ceremony and do the “Guys as you know there is only one rose being given out. Tonight … 21 of you will be going home!” DONE! Hahahaha … Yeah!

Anyway, I know I could gush about the sparks between Richard and Samantha at 50. I could rave on about how stoked I am that Richie finally touched her mouth with his. There could even be a discussion about that fact that I am so hard core #TeamRichie that my OWN manfriend may start to worry …

(You know what you mean to me, sweet cheeks!)

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Seeing Davey go home this week made me (surprisingly) very emotional. #GetAGripMaltman. When Jacinda left The Bachelor without a rose ceremony it was really hard because she had always confided in me numerous times about feeling like she was being faced with insecurities. To go on to watch Davey try to recover from the silly things he said to Frofro when they first met because he was so nervous, it was like watching a square peg in a round hole. I found myself a little short of breath for ol’ Davey.

Once you’ve been pegged it’s very hard to get outside of that hole. It’s even harder to recover when you’re in a situation where the person who’s pegged you has been so brutally hurt previously they cannot take a risk on you. I don’t know if anyone else could see it, but I could actually see how genuinely heart broken Davey was that Sam thought he was trying to deceive her.

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FroFro, your job here is only going to get harder. You’re doing so well, just remember it’s OK to be scared, but beware the person who talks the loudest as he will carry a big stick with no real knowledge of what to do with it. The man who is quiet is usually humble and knows ninja moves … FYI *WINK*

(PS: Davey, I will say the same thing to you as I did to Cin. With the right person there will be no fear on either end. You will be you and they will be them. The best part about this is you’ll be able to do your thing and she’ll want to like make out with you so hard!)
 
somebimbo said:
can someone on twitter spell it out in capitals what a rope technician does? THEY ACCESS HARD TO REACH PLACES VIA ROPES. it surely cant be that hard to grasp that concept, but at the start of EVERY show someone asks.
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If only someone could explain sleep technician...
 
Melore said:
I just figured he worked in one of those places where they run sleep tests for people with insomnia and to test for sleep apnea. Seems reasonable to me.
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Yeah that does seem reasonable actually. I guess it's one of those job titles where (to me at least) it's not abundantly clear what they do, like consultant or analyst or anyone who works in IT. Definitely sleep technician is less abstract sounding at least.
 
jessy_girl said:
Yeah that does seem reasonable actually. I guess it's one of those job titles where (to me at least) it's not abundantly clear what they do, like consultant or analyst or anyone who works in IT. Definitely sleep technician is less abstract sounding at least.
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I've been in for a night of sleep tests at what was called the repatriation centre in SA. A whole bunch of people checked on me and monitored the stats during the night, but I must admit I just thought of them as "nurses" rather than "sleep technicians", it does seem a pretty specific niche to specialise in.

I would never have guessed what a rope technician does, it would make more sense to me if he was studying ropes under a miscroscope
 
Meglos said:
I've been in for a night of sleep tests at what was called the repatriation centre in SA. A whole bunch of people checked on me and monitored the stats during the night, but I must admit I just thought of them as "nurses" rather than "sleep technicians", it does seem a pretty specific niche to specialise in.

I would never have guessed what a rope technician does, it would make more sense to me if he was studying ropes under a miscroscope
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Oh I need a sleep technician bad. I wonder what the training is, are they medical or what? Rope technician sounds vague too, anything technician is a bit of a blanket term to me for a practical component of a job.
 
Usually when they have vague-sounding names it's just the program's way of boofing their job description up - especially with the women. So many managers! No-one ever comes onto the Bach with a strip under their face with their name and age on it, and 'Unemployed'. Rachel, ex-air hostie, was a 'Food Blogger' or somesuch, despite having very few posts online. But in the men's cases, they do all seem to have actual real world jobs.

So maybe Drew handles the bedpans... or maybe he's the guy checking the readouts and attaching the nodules. Or both. Or maybe he's really technical! The sleep lab version of a radiographer.

Richie's job description is 'pro abseiler' in some places, and I guess 'rope technician' in others? I don't recall seeing the latter. But he uses his abseiling skills in an industrial setting. Cool bananas!
 
Melore said:
Usually when they have vague-sounding names it's just the program's way of boofing their job description up - especially with the women. So many managers! No-one ever comes onto the Bach with a strip under their face with their name and age on it, and 'Unemployed'. Rachel, ex-air hostie, was a 'Food Blogger' or somesuch, despite having very few posts online. But in the men's cases, they do all seem to have actual real world jobs.

So maybe Drew handles the bedpans... or maybe he's the guy checking the readouts and attaching the nodules. Or both. Or maybe he's really technical! The sleep lab version of a radiographer.

Richie's job description is 'pro abseiler' in some places, and I guess 'rope technician' in others? I don't recall seeing the latter. But he uses his abseiling skills in an industrial setting. Cool bananas!
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Here is the article where it explains Richie's rope technician job for the mines: http://nwonline.com.au/the-bachelorettes-richie-strahan-didnt-always-look-like-this/

As far as sleep technician goes, I think they deal with sleeping disorders. I have heard of them before (funnily enough!).

On the American version of the show for a while they all seemed to be pharmaceutical salesmen.
 
Insomniac said:
On the American version of the show for a while they all seemed to be pharmaceutical salesmen.
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Yes! I noticed that too. Hordes of them! Part of the fun of watching the early episodes of the US Bach series is seeing the job descriptions and figuring out what it could possibly mean in real-world terms. Oil Rig Technician or similar... Turned out he worked on an oil rig. (He was sweet. Weird orange tan.)
 
How many times did we hear that Sam Wood owned and ran a kid's fitness thing, and yet I have no freaking clue if Sam Frost even has a job. I assume that she does but has it ever been mentioned?
 
jessy_girl said:
How many times did we hear that Sam Wood owned and ran a kid's fitness thing, and yet I have no freaking clue if Sam Frost even has a job. I assume that she does but has it ever been mentioned?
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She went from financial consultant to automotive financing assistant during the Bachelor, packed that in, moved to Sydney and appointed a manager for her modelling career...maybe she just gets paid directly by DM.
 
so the Daily Fail is saying Michael's going after Laura Brant (she's from Hi-5 and allegedly had an affair with Beau Ryan from the Footy Show?) and that Alex is dating Ash Pollard (ex My Kitchen Rules and Dancing with the Stars)

AND reporting that there was almost fisticuffs between Michael and Sash after cameras stopped rolling and Sam was very upset ... sort of hinted it was after carnival/side show date ... pointed out that on SM both are posting photos with others but not with each other



re the "sleep technician" thing - I always thought it was a joke answer to Occupation (sort of thing you'd right on customs questionaire on holiday) ... didn't he say in pre-show interviews he spent too much time on his bike and his father had a huge issue with it and wanted him to get serious about life? Maybe he didn't have a job at that point ...

oh - looked it up ...

Drew
Age: 31
Occupation: Sleep Technician
State: QLD
After leaving school to pursue a career as an entrepreneur, Drew decided to change his ambitious focus from money and concentrate on the right things in life. Now a keen cyclist, Drew is attempting to break the world record and ride across Australia for 45 days straight. Competitive and loving, this upfront and honest Bachelor is ready to win the race and find love.

What made you want to be part of The Bachelorette Australia?
Truth be told my dad gave me a talking-to about six months ago, telling me that I couldn’t just ride bikes, that I need to think about what I want in life. He was worried that for the past three years all I have done was focus on cycling. I was up late one night channel surfing and saw the ad for The Bachelorette Australia and thought why not?


there was also this

DREW, SLEEP TECHNICIAN, 31:

“I’ve cycled some big rides in my lifetime, but one of the biggest I’ve done was from Surfers Paradise to St Kilda in 11 days — 2000kms down the coast time. I remember getting there and feeling so self-accomplished. I didn’t tell anyone about it, just jumped on a plane and went home.”


didn't tell anyone? so did it actually happen?
 
Witty Banter said:
She went from financial consultant to automotive financing assistant during the Bachelor, packed that in, moved to Sydney and appointed a manager for her modelling career...maybe she just gets paid directly by DM.
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She does seem to be slipping into the Instagram celebrity gravy train territory most of us can only dream of. DM spokesperson seems pretty lucrative for some.
 
Witty Banter said:
She went from financial consultant to automotive financing assistant during the Bachelor, packed that in, moved to Sydney and appointed a manager for her modelling career...maybe she just gets paid directly by DM.
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She said I think it was on twitter the other day that she was tired of people assuming she didn't have a job and that she did the accounts for someone (I can't remember the name and can't find the tweet) and also assisted on their marketing campaigns. So I guess yeah she does have a job as much as any of these other people swanning around attending the opening of an envelope.
 
Everyone's a bloody consultant!

(I'm a Bad Wig Consultant, or Hair Replacement Technician, myself. Not really...)

No-one's ever a shop assistant on this show, either, they're all 'retail managers'.
 
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