The Bachelor - Emily vs. Chantal

Emily vs. Chantal

Tonight is the finale of The Bachelor. CW has never watched the show, but I have watched the whole season (for some reason.) So we decided he should watch it for the first time tonight. That way our recap will have two very different sides.

I can't defend my desire to watch the Bachelor - I am fully aware that it is junk TV at it's finest, and of course I don't believe that TV is the best way to find love. The concept that a house full of 20+ women would all coincidentally want the same man before even meeting him is bogus but I still find it entertaining.

This is like a sport for girls (and some guys I know who shall remain nameless) - predicting who will make it in to the top eight, the final 4, and of course the "winner." Right before the season started, I heard a radio show interview with this season's bachelor, Brad Womack. The host said he'd heard that Brad had chosen Chantal - who is in the Final Two.

Chantal's competitor (I'm going to keep using sports terms to point out the ludicrousness of all of this) is sweet, perfect Emily, who as one girl said "is like Mother Theresa." The girl doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She may be too perfect for a clearly flawed Brad. I have a hard time imagining a relationship between them because when they're shown together, he spends most of his time just being ga-ga over her. They don't talk about much and don't seem to have true chemistry. Brad just realizes that this may be the most beautiful woman he'll ever have a chance to be with, and being a man, he can't help but go for it.

Marriage is the end goal here, though - not "find the prettiest woman and get her." If we're going to go with the best long-term person, Chantal may be the best bet. She is imperfect. She's divorced. She's pretty, but not model pretty. She's got a great bod - but she's definitely not a skinny minny. And to top it off she and Brad have obvious chemistry. She's the Every Woman, if there is such a thing in this scenario.

So, will it be Miss Perfect or the Every Woman? My money is still on Chantal. And I'll stop defending my desire to watch this show now and say that I will undoubtedly be in suspense until the last inconveniently timed commercial.