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Jenhavins

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 07:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Merry, I am teasin' you! I am thinking tonight Ken might not be a keeper. I like his brawn and brain, but I think he might be a weeeee self absorbed. I do think he is a tall drink of water, but I already have a glass of my own! I dunno, but he kinda skeeved me out tonight. I thought maybe he would come up with something better than what he did. What he did come up with was extremely disappointing. I wouldn't turn him down for a date, but I am not so sure about marraige material.

I am kind of rooting for Evan. Something about Hank just isn't setting right with me. And Robert, okay, America is just toying with her now! He is creepy.

Spot

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay - NOW this show has gotten my attention!! The look on the girls' faces when they saw the bottom three (more significantly - who was not in the bottom three) was priceless!!

I've always had a big problem with the idea of letting strangers choose your future mate. Heck - I don't even like letting friends or relatives doing the choosing. And now, God bless the USA, the viewers are steering good ol' all-American Lisa into the arms of (sinister music here...) Robert!! And here I was, just last week, still hoping for love and marriage and everlasting happiness for Lisa and the stranger of her choice. No more. I'm voting Robert!! After all - this show exists for the entertainment of US - the VIEWERS - right??!! And I want to be entertained. And tonight was entertaining!

Robert and Lisa sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Okay - Robert kissing, Lisa desperately trying to hide her lips.

Ladybug58

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
People are voting for Robert...because Lisa deserves for him to win. Marriage is something you should decide for yourself.

I don't vote...this is just how I feel.

Personally I think he's a little creepy.

Maryk

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I usually vote each week for Hank and Dominic but I threw in a few votes for Robert! I think its very entertaining watching their faces if Robert makes it through very far. And they are here to entertain us, right?!

Ladybug58

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This show is like a train wreck, you want to look away but you just can't.

Maryk LOL...you're evil.

Bluie

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 10:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG I finally get it this week, my gorgeous Robert has issues, lol. But you gotta love the guy for entertainment value. Really I can't take this show too seriously. I mean who would really let other people pick who they are going to marry.

Ken's time with the kids was so much more weird than Robert's IMO. It was so painfully obvious that he needs to go next week. And yes Robert will still be there for awhile, without him the show is a bust. I really don't think he's that pathetic in real life ( or is he, lol ). He's just not really looking for a wife right now, that's obvious to me after this week. And he doesn't seem to have much experience interacting with kids, that's all too obvious, lol. And yes I will concede to the fact that maybe he is just there to promote his career, but I do think he likes Lisa a little bit, JMO.

Renda is very sweet for a friend. He is zero on the romance scale. Actually for as nice as he is, he's starting to drive me nuts. He just has to be so PC all the time and seems to have a little too high opinion of himself at brief moments about all his good works .

Evan is the guy for Lisa. He was great with the kids, he's funny, good looking, charming ahemmm, swoooon. I think he's really serious about marrying her if he wins. I'm liking him more and more every week.

Joe is becoming annoying to me. Yes, he has a cute smile, etc... But he has a bit of the show off in him that is kind of cheesy and I really didn't like his date idea with the kids. I personally thought it was kind of creepy when he handed that kid the wad of money.

Hank is showing his true colors. What a dult, IMO. He's hypnotizing everybody with that flashy smile of his. He's so boring and blah and I just can't even focus to write about him anymore he's that dull. ugh!!!

Dominic needs to go after Ken. The guy is still a kid, he's not anywhere near ready to get married. Plus I don't think he would be faithful in a relationship long term. He's much more the player than Evan .

I am still hanging on to the delusion that Robert might actually have a normal date with Lisa, lol.

Bluie

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 10:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Spot , voting for Robert is voting for more entertainment for us the viewers.

Sia

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved it when the host said to Laura, "Hey, you don't have to be a be@tch every time you open your mouth to speak!" It was hard to hear the end of his sentence, as other people began talking over the host. Did anyone else catch this priceless moment? Laura is MEAN, MEAN, MEAN!!!

My husband says the reality-show genre will come to a screeching halt when hurt feelings result in a murder or a suicide. Laura and Kimberly are pushing poor Austrian-Robert incredibly close to his breaking-point. Several times tonight he looked simply heartsick at some of the things that were said to him. Even Lisa, who is normally diplomatic, said some cutting things to him. I felt sorry for the guy. He really seems sincere--even though he is the wrong guy for Lisa. He should self-select out of the game, imo and save himself further humiliation. There is no way in the world those three women are going to give him another chance.

Luvtrash

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There is always a problem with the public voting for such things. After seeing who they are keeping (there is obviously no point in keeping Robert) and that the ones she seems most attracted to received the least votes, it makes me wonder if people are deliberately trying to match her with the least desireable. There are people who would think that is very funny. Anyone know anything about the voting?

Ocean_Islands

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 03:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw this show last night. It is good television in the sense that all the people seem earnest, while it's the viewers who are wolves (perhaps I should say voters).

My guess is that they are wanting to see just how far Lisa will go to get 1,000,000. I would guess that she is not going to go very far; but the public clearly does not believe this as they are keeping around the guys she doesn't like.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am sorry the voters are not taking this seriously. Robert is a train wreck and is there because of entertainment. I find him creepy, though I think he is being treated terribly.

If Dominick, Ken and Robert are not in the final three next week, this show will not air again. Lisa and her friends clearly said these three are not contenders. I would hope Lisa would walk off and refuse to marry any of them if they make it to the finals.

It could be that the viewers are not voting for some they think will get enough votes. That can happen on AI as well. You think the "good" ones are safe so you throw a few sympathy votes and it backfires.

Ladybug007

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
(I voted for Robert 19x!! HA HA If he isnt on I wont watch...she deserves for him to win because its a slap in the face to these reality shows and her firends are so rude to him that he deserves to win and them not get married and no dowry for Lisa......I would not want to be one of the guys...its totally degrading.)

Kittystj

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm rooting for Robert and I'll tell you why.
My feelings are that 'birds of a feather flock together' and behind the scenes Lisa is probably just as vicious and mean as her two friends. Look how easy is for them to insult and put these men down with no regards to the families who might be viewing the show. Any person who allows her two closest friends to act this way towards others doesn't deserve a million dollars. So wake up America vote out Lisa's favorites, penalize her bad behave. I really don't like Lisa!

Fruitbat

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am a romantic and alway root for love.

Ladytex

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
NOOOO, the way I see it, the females are not voting for the good ones so the hunks will be eliminated and the voters can win a date with them on match.com ... LOL .... lol

Fruitbat

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! Well, there is that!

Bluie

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Even though Robert is a model/actor trying to promote himself a little. I think he does sincerely like Lisa. Also, I don't think she has zero chemistry with Robert like she does with Ken. She is attracted to Robert in a very basic way just a smidge. ( which maybe embarrasses her a bit )

Laura is becoming a caricature of herself as each week goes on. She is truly not funny anymore ( and really never was IMO ). Kimberly isn't so bad really and she seems to be the better friend to Lisa.

I don't want Robert to win, unless there is a huge turnaround in his dates with Lisa. He needs to be there close to the end though, to keep this show interesting. And also personally I still think he's just shy and his accent and cultural differences are making him appear alot more odd then he truly is. In RL I'm sure he's not a stalker or a card carrying psycho, lol.

Evan should be the winner!! I think Hank has some hidden character traits we don't know about. The guys alluded to the fact that he'd be wrong for Lisa, and I've always felt that from the beginning. I think Hank might be in it for the money and knows how to hide behind a great smile.

If she ends up with Evan I'd say the show and the viewers served her well and if Robert stays we'll never be bored.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like Evan too and definately sat up and took notice when the men all came down on Hank. That did not come out of nowhere. He is her favorite and that could play a part though.

I dont think she likes Robert at all. In fact I think she is repelled.

And you are right, if Robert stands alone in the end this show will entertaining as we watch her friends collapse into spastic fits week after week.

Warrenn

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Can someone post what happened in the first 5 minutes of the show? When I turned it on, Hank was standing in the kitchen(?) and I heard just a few words and then it switched to the live show where they revealed the voting. What was going on with Hank at the beginning?

Sweetbabygirl

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Warren, what was going on with Hank is what I'm been feeling from him all along....that beneath that sh!t-eating grin and "Gee-willikers!" demeanor is a man that Lisa should run, not walk from.

Anyone remember the movie The Stepfather? Terry O'Quinn played a guy straight out of the 50's...Father Knows Best type of guy, yadda, yadda. Anyway, he had an pesky habit of marrying into families with stepkids, and if the kids/mother pissed him off, he'd kill them. Add to the fact that he was very chilly and passionless when it came to sex. Hank SO reminds me of this character, only minus the killing. The men obviously see the REAL Hank when they are living in the house, it's too bad America can't see him in the same way.

That said, my observations....

Evan - LOVED him! He was great with the kids, but knew when to be serious....the kids seemed to love him too. I no longer hold his putting Laura in his lap against him now, he's a keeper.

Joe - Okay, ya'll know how much I loves my Joey, so you may want to clutch the pearls at what I'm about to say....I was in agreement with the wad of money incident. It came off as flashy and sleazy. Other than that, I'm still rooting for him.

Dominic - He's been on my list since last week, when he swiped his hand at Kimberly just because she dared to say that he should go next. Dude, Kimberly is Lisa's best friend....if you marry her, then she's coming with the package, so you may want to watch what you do and say. The "saying the same things three weeks in a row" comment to the ants should be a wakeup call to Lisa. That said, he seemed impatient with the kids, even though his idea was good.

Renda - Cute date, but I'm with Laura on the financial stability aspect....invite him as a friend to the wedding, Lise.

Ken - Stick a fork in him, he's done, the next to go. Although I personally liked the date, Lisa was clearly bored and uneasy. If he knew anything about her at all, that scenario would have never taken place.

Robert - Is it me, or does he always seem to project a "Why is everybody always pickin' on me?" face whenever the camera is on him? Get the frickin' hint, sweety....not only do Laura and Kimberly hate your guts, but Lisa is very uncomfortable around you - deal with it and move on!

Note to wardrobe person - Please, STOP dressing Brian McFayden in clothes that make him look like a boy trying to wear men's clothing!!

Brenda1966

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think I agree with most everything Bluie wrote! (Except about Robert -- he's always creeped me out and I think he's there to further his career and is probably acting more "off" that he really is just to get attention.)

I didn't vote at all last week because I figured my favorites (Evan) would get enough votes. Wrong! I'll be voting for now on.

Some reality TV viewers have a sick sense of humor (which is great) so Robert will stick around for a while, but he won't win. Taste will win in the end. We just have to vote so that some good guys are left.

Ken's behavior with the kids was disturbing. Joe's "wad" of cash furthers my opinion of him as being a show off. Evan is my pick.

Eliz87

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Alright, I haven't posted any comments on all the guys yet because before now there were too many names for me to remember! But, here's my take:

Hank - Love him, love him, love him. I'm not getting the bad vibe that others on the board are getting. If he seems stiff, maybe it's because the cameras are on them on their dates.

Evan - If Hank doesn't win, Evan should. Lisa seems to be most attracted to him. He is cute, but I'm not too sure yet about substance. I thought it was funny how he said he didn't have any talents the other night. (Funny in an endearing kind of way.)

Robert - I like Robert, but I think he just doesn't have a clue. I did think it was inappropriate for him to stage a kiss in front of the kids. I think he's probably used to women falling all over him because of his looks, and maybe Lisa is confusing him a bit. Therefore, he doesn't know how to behave with her. (I don't think he's ever had to "work for it.")

Dominic - Very cute. Too young.

Joe - I don't like this guy at all. He is waaaay too concerned with money. Who takes a date on a tour of million-dollar homes? hmmm Seems like he's in it for the dowry. Don't like him. Don't trust him.

Renda - Nice, nice guy, but I agree he's just not ready. Would be great to have for a friend.

Ken - I don't know. Seems a little boring, and having the kids beat on him was odd. Maybe he's just that unimaginative.

Okay, I think that's it!

As far as Lisa goes, I think she conducts herself really well on the dates and does try to be tactful with her comments.

I still love Laura. For all her meanness, I do think she's really just looking out for her friend, and Kimberly seems great too.

Realfan

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I want ROBERT to win!! I loved tonight. What a train wreck.

I want Robert to win because Laura annoys me with her criticisms of the men, now of the American viewer (treating us like we're dumb.)

I want Robert to win because Lisa should have to WORK for her half a million bucks. Or do the right thing and NOT MARRY a virtual stranger for ratings on national TV.

I want Robert for Lisa because, dear, that's what you get when you ask strangers to select your mate (just to get your face in front of the cameras--and, oh yes, win big bucks).

I want Robert to win because it's obviously not about love, but about being famous for Lisa (like THAT girl, at age 25, would have trouble marrying--hah!).

I want Robert to win because if Laura is such a close friend of Lisa's, Lisa has terrible taste anyway.

I want Robert to win because last night was the most entertaining show yet--watching the host struggle to keep tempers in check, watching the friends freaking out, watching Lisa look all crushed (and yes, dear, you really didn't make yourself clear--you said good things about every guy). Can you imagine if it comes down to Robert being the final guy?!?!

Mostly, I want Robert to win to prove to the producers that we recognize what an unromantic travesty this show really is. Anytime you throw money into the mix, love flies out the window.

By the way, I don't think I have a sick sense of humor, and I'm a total romantic in real life. But this show is so jaded (as witnessed by how nasty the women were in the first two episodes), we deserve to see ROBERT for Lisa.

Realfan

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops, double post.

Dahli

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Standing up clapping wildly for Realfan - BRAVO!