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Texannie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 09:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What was Trista's response to that, Seamonkey??

Did this Mark's comment was funny too.

Texannie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 09:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Did anyone see Amanda dissing Trista on Extra last night? Called her shallow and vein and that she just wanted attention and that's why she would pick Charlie.

Rslover

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 09:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Was everyone surprised that she picked Ryan? I actually thought she would pick Charlie. Well, I guess ABC leaked that bit of rumor on purpose. I know Ryan is a sweetheart but I really thought she might get bored with him. Can't really see her as a fireman's wife in Colorado. She picked Ryan (I think) because he said he loved her, whereas Charlie didn't. If you recall, Charlie said something about "hoping to fall in love". I kind of thought Ryan was in love with the idea of being in love. But, what do I know? It would be nice to see one of this reality couples make it to the altar. I do believe they are still together.

Yuhuru

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I gotta question:
Early in the show, did Ryan say that he never had a girlfriend before?

Curious1

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw on GMA today when Brooke from the last Bachelor called in and they set her up with Ryan's little brother. It was funny because the host asked the little brother if he wrote poetry too and he said "yes but not like Ryan's, mine's better" LOL he seems to have a great sense of humor. The host asked Brooke 'so Brooke would you like to go out with this man' and she said 'yes of course I would'. It was so cute because Ryan's response to that was "That was so much easier than what I just went through" meaning his brother was one lucky guy!

Realfan

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tex, was that Amanda from Bachelor 1?

Froggiegirl621

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Trista & Ryan are on the Caroline Rhea Show today...its on now here in PA. Hope you all catch it! They're very cute!!!

Ginger1218

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bastable, I am fainting, I cannot believe there is something we actually agree on. LOL :)

Denecee

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Realfan, we are thinking alike. I too am not liking Aaron. Did you ever notice his nose twitching? Ok, I will stop before I get started.

Nathalia

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bakery - on The View today with Gwen was "Heather from Texas" ,she still refers to herself in that manner! I actually thought they looked awful, but they didn't know they were going to be on tv either. I missed the whole part with Brooke on GMA this morning. I too turned the station after their interview. That's one thing I hate about GMA they start teasing from the beginning and make the guests stay there for the whole two hours. Regis and Kelly had no clue today about this show. Regis was actually saying Charlie was the one who wrote the poetry. They may show up on TRL today on MTV since they are in NY. Why did I think Ryan was an only child? You would have thought his brother would have been at the family meeting! Can't wait for tonight, the more promos they show the more I think Aaron is exactly like Alex Michel.

Mlt

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know if anyone has said this yet. But I think this one might qualify as 'the most shocking rose ceremony yet' and yet, not once, during the show did I hear them say that <g>.

Surealityjunkie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the heads up FroggieGirl... I was able to do a channel search and catch what I think was the end of their interview. I saw it from when she asked if he has a temper and if they have had a fight on through the game... The gifts were pretty cool. They really look happy. More so than Aaron and Helene did IMO.

Nathalia

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
One more thing about the show last night. That picture from the wedding they showed of Trista! Poor thing, although she had a great sense of humor about it all. Don't we all have that awkward pic from childhood we don't want anyone to see? Not to mention, millions of people seeing it!

Kmjm

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just couldn't understand why Trista picked Ryan, who seemed sweet but kind of dopey and boring. His 'poetry' would irritate the hell out of me. I'd rather be with someone exciting and challenging like Charlie than someone safe like Ryan. If I was Trista I'd get sick of him real fast- but who knows, maybe she won't and the two of them will spend the rest of their lives sitting in front of the fire staring adoringly into each other's eyes and talking baby talk.

Texannie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, Realfan.

Crazydog

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good for Ryan! I'm happy to see Charlie get his comeuppance. What a smug and arrogant !@#$. Didn't he say something about how he was "very certain exactly where he stood" with her? Talk about being overconfident. In the limo when he was talking about how "what happened tonight was ridiculous". Seemed to me like he was more pissed he "lost" the game to Ryan than losing Trista. It was all about pride.

Mygetaway

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The interview on Caroline was way more relaxed and fun than GMA. Caroline has such a different way of interviewing, but it worked good this time.
In the game one of the questions asked was what type of wedding they wanted. Trista said it used to be big and flashy, but now she wants small and simple. Ryan also said small and simple.
Trista said they had a couple "spats" on the phone, but Ryan said he didn't know they had ever fought.. It was cute. I think this might work. There is more but I can't remember right now. I'll review my tape later and post if it's important.

One thing I noticed!!! I don't think she kept the ring that Ryan picked. It looked like Ryan picked the pear shaped one, right? On Caroline she had the brillant cut, but I don't think it was the one Charlie picked, I think it was the first one she tried on in the Harry Winston store.. Let me know if anyone notices this..

Emt911

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought he picked the pear shape also, and today it looked like the brilliant cut. I think you are right about that.
Personally, I don't like the pear shape as much as 'symmetrical' shapes, myself, so I would probably have wanted to exchange it, too. Although a friend has a .60 carat pear that looks like a much bigger carat weight - almost the size of my 1 carat princess cut.
One of the rings she was shown was 3/4 carat, according to the woman showing it to Trista - but because it was a Harry Winston ring, it was probably very, very expensive. I would love to have known what it cost!

Emt911

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My mom has said Ryan from the start, but I picked Charlie hoping to get points! I should have stuck with my hope for Ryan to be picked. From what I have seen here and on the internet on things written by different newspapers, etc, Charlie seemed like a shoe-in. Remember all the 'sightings' of Trista and Charlie? LOL
The only thing I didn't like about the morning program with Trista and Ryan was when Trista said she wished could be two Tristas, so Charlie could have one. I think she should have used the (way)'past tense' and said that 'at the time' she had to make a definite choice, that would have made it easier. It almost sounded as if she meant it now!
Ryan seems so human. He was so upset seeing Charlie on last night's show, being told he hadn't been chosen, he couldn't eat his pizza!

Texannie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From ABC.com
Trista's diary (call me a fool, but I choked up all over again!!! LOL)

Charlie…

I didn't realize how hard it was going to hit me, having to tell Charlie that he wasn't the one I was choosing, until I was holding hands with him and had to actually look him in the eyes. He is such a great person and I probably would have formed a relationship with him had I met him outside of this whole scenario. It was also difficult because I had been in his shoes before. I've been the one who had to go home after forming a great connection with someone.

I think that Charlie wanted me to pick him in the end. I think that he knew that we could have a great relationship together, and I think we could too. It's just that comparing him to Ryan and the feelings that I have for Ryan, there is no comparison.

I was shaking after I said goodbye to Charlie. I think that I am a compassionate person. It gets me to the core of who I am when I am having to turn someone away and cause someone pain. It's not my nature. I think that Charlie will bounce back. He's a great all around person. He's a great package and some woman is going to be lucky to find him. He's the type of person that, even though he may be hurt, he will jump right back in and find someone even though he has been hurt in the past.

Ryan…

As I was waiting for Ryan to get to the podium it was torture. I was dying about what I was going to say. I wanted to make sure that I got the right words out. I wanted everything to be perfect. I could tell when he was walking towards me that he was nervous. He is so endearing. It was so cute because all along he has been that way. He has no idea the effect that he has on people. I love that about him. He is the opposite of conceited.

When Ryan got up to the podium all of my cares disappeared. I knew that everything was right with the universe. A smile overtook my face. Just seeing him made me so happy.

I am having trouble remembering Ryan getting down on one knee. Everything is such a blur. It has been a dream of mine every since I was a little kid and to have someone finally do it, and to think about our future, and to think that he's somebody that I know will make me happy is just a dream come true. I am on cloud nine. I couldn't be happier right now. I don't think I've been this happy in a long time.

When I think about Ryan and I together it's like we are two pieces of the perfect puzzle. He makes me a better person and I think that I inspire the same in him. I'm kind of the extroverted crazy woman who is very social and outgoing, and he's kind of a more gentle nurturing soul who can kind of balance me and calm me down when I am with him.

I don't think that I could have imagined a better ending to this fairy tale story. My kids are going to know that mommy and daddy met on a television show, and even though it sounds crazy, it was meant to be. It was our destiny and we have it all on tape.

Texannie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
go here
http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/bachelorette/index.html

click on the "It's Ryan" link and watch their interview

Texannie

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ABC poll results


Did Trista find true love?

78.02% Yes!
8.46% No...
13.51% Maybe

Hippyt

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Texannie,I think they may just work out together!

Grannyg

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 02:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Texannie, the video was great!!

Snoopsmom

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Further down on the abcnews page there is a Final Thoughts interview with Charlie. He said that he and Trista never developed a sexual relationship.

Grannyg

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope Ryan sees that "Final thought" so he can be at ease about Trista and Charlie!!

Sbw

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/20/bachelorette.ap/index.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- No, Trista isn't pregnant. No, she never went joy-riding with Charlie.

Dispelling false rumors was on the agenda Thursday when "Bachelorette" Babe Trista Rehn and her man, Ryan Sutter, took questions from reporters as part of a publicity blitz.

The night before, on the finale of ABC's dating-game series "The Bachelorette," Trista had surprised most oddsmakers by choosing Ryan, a poetry-writing firefighter from Vail, Colorado, over the more dashing finalist Charlie Maher, a financier from Los Angeles, where Trista also lives.

"There was an unspoken chemistry that Ryan and I had that told me he was the one," Trista explained. "We complement each other very nicely."

Of course, they've been complementing each other mostly over the phone since shooting on the series wrapped about three months ago. Maintaining suspense for the audience was a paramount concern.

Even so, "I like to think of my relationship as being a relationship, and not just a relationship on television, even though that's how you guys see it," Trista told reporters.

"The Bachelorette" premiered January 8 with Ryan and 24 other suitors vying for roses from Trista, a 30-year-old physical therapist and former Miami Heat cheerleader. Though it scored healthy ratings, the series suffered in comparison to Fox's similar "Joe Millionaire," which premiered the same week and concluded Monday by drawing an enormous 34.6 million viewers.

The two-hour "Bachelorette" finale attracted 20.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen, against strong competition including 90 minutes of "American Idol" on Fox that averaged 18 million viewers.

That didn't keep Ryan from marveling at the phenomenon "The Bachelorette" became. "I didn't expect it to be quite so big," the 27-year-old said. His explanation for the show's success: "Real people with real feelings and real emotions."

"The Bachelorette" was a spin-off of ABC's "The Bachelor," on which Trista was the runner-up a year ago.

Asked their plans, the lovebirds were vague. Where will they live? "It's all up in the air," said Trista.

But they were much more definitive when asked whether Ryan would continue writing her love poems.

Trista: "He better!"

Ryan: "Of course!"

Sbw

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The poll today on CNN... looks like a majority to me. :)

Are the romances on reality TV shows real?
Yes -- they seem sincere 12% 14590 votes
No -- it's pure showbiz 88% 110612 votes

Cricket

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 07:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for posting Trista's diary, Texannie. I too caught Amanda's snide comments about her and couldn't believe my ears. Amanda's just jealous because Trista got a better choice of men.

Trista seems very sincere. I pictured her and Charlie together, but if she truly loves Ryan, I hope it lasts. I think he is a little emotionally younger than her, so I don't know how that will pan out, but wish them both the best.

What amazed me last night was the total difference the two men brought to the table (literally) at Trista's home. While everyone was irreverant and joking with Charlie; the mood was totally different with Ryan. Very interesting.

Nathalia

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 07:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anybody catch Trista and Ryan on TRL this afternoon? They were cute. They gave them a test of compatibility. The same test was given to Helene and Aaron, they got 4 out of 6 questions right, but we all know now how that turned out! Trista and Ryan got 5 out of 6 right. Ryan didn't know what her shampoo of choice was but she did have 3 listed on the card. And one question was what color toothbrush did Ryan have and I think the only reason Trista got it right was because Ryan inadvertently held up his card! Poor Ryan his luggage got lost on his trip out to NY!

Texannie

Friday, February 21, 2003 - 06:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ya'll are welcome! Had a sick child at home yesterday so alot of time to surf! ;)

What ever happened with Amanda and her guy? Are they together?

Mlt

Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I really didn't think Ryan even had a shot. Even when Charlie stepped out of the limo first, I didn't falter. I knew she was going to choose Charlie. When she said the word 'unfortunately', I thought I must have misheard her. I think I was stunned as Charlie seemed to be.

But now that it has set in, I realize that my opinion of Trista has risen considerably with her decision. Charlie would have been so much better for her career. I think she honestly went for love.

And I think Ryan really is exactly what she needs. As Charlie's family pointed out, she's probably high maintanance. She even said that she needed someone who can make her feel charished the way Ryan did for the rest of her life. And although we all know the feelings of 'falling in love' don't last forever, I think Ryan is capable of charishing Trista the way she needs.

I also find it interesting that ABC has received hundreds of emails warning Trista not to hurt Ryan. Yet no one seems to worry about Ryan hurting Trista. I think that's because none of us believe that Ryan is capable of hurting Trista. And I think Trista knows that, too. I suspect that with Ryan she will be able to let down her walls and just be in love - feeling completely safe in that love. I'm not sure she would have been able to do that with Charlie.

So I think she did good.

Brenda1966

Friday, February 21, 2003 - 08:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought those of you annoyed by Trista's baby voice would be interested to know that Charlie was asked about it on Good Morning America. By his answer, he obviously wasn't thrilled with it. LOL! He said something like "none of us are perfect, we all have things that..." and basically was cut off by the laughter.

Every show I've seen him on since the finale he has been very gracious and seems so sincere in wishing Trista and Ryan happiness. I like him even more now.

Cyn

Monday, February 24, 2003 - 06:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would run in a second if someone said to me that they loved the stock market too. I think, Trista chose the right person. Ryan is nice and sweet and I wish them a real chance at happiness.