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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 03, 2021 - 7:32 pm 
I agree about the guy who went home to his child. This was not a job assignment but something he chose to do and he made a committment and was SO close to the end. I have to think he just panicked or feared she would not choose him and this was an easy way out.
As for the guy who left last night, tale as old as time, that someone on these shows reaches a point where they just cannot quite make it to the end after a point where they want the choosing person to throw aside the others for them or else. i didn't think she reacted badly; she simply was not able to give him the answer he wanted even though she had been very clear that she didn't want to tell multple guys the same thing but wanted to wait until the end.
He was giving an ultimatum and maybe she could have somehow promised not to let him propose if she knew at the time she would say no.
She had the deer in the headlights look when he gushed and then clearly expected her to say she loved him and he was the one, but they were not at that point in the process yet and she had been clear about that.
I think maybe she felt manipulated and on camera.
By the way, did they ever have fantasy suites? I feel like maybe I skipped a week or something.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, August 04, 2021 - 5:26 am
I think Greg has always been her choice. Hasn’t she told him as much?In my opinion he was being a diva. He knows what this show is all about and how it’s suppose to play out. And maybe that’s why the other guy went home so close to the end. He knew he wasn’t going to be The One so he might as well go home to his son.
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Bbpeach
Member
07-07-2005
| Wednesday, August 04, 2021 - 7:44 am
He seemed to change when he watched her & Blake on their date from the balcony. I think that made him insecure and got into his head. I don’t know what he expected Katie to say or do.
As for Michael, the kid was staying with the grandparents if I remember correctly. I’m wondering if maybe they said something to the kid like we’re going to see Daddy and since the kid couldn’t go is where he came up with that Daddy didn’t want to see him anymore. Anyway, I don’t blame him for leaving.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, August 04, 2021 - 11:53 am
I absolutely disagree about Mike. I truly think he was torn between Katie and his son, but his son has to be his first priority. As a parent, it would shatter my heart to hear my son say, "You don't want to see me anymore." That little boy was suffering. He's already lost his mom, and his dad is all he has left. A few weeks can be an eternity to a child. My parents left me with relatives when I was three to travel back east when my dad's father was dying. They took my baby brother with them, but left me. I still remember it to this day (over 60 years ago).
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, August 05, 2021 - 5:02 am
Listening to Greg was uncomfortable.
I think he would turn out to be controlling.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, August 05, 2021 - 3:35 pm
He did seem a bit that way. She didn't understand where he was coming from and he just shut down, rather than try to clearly communicate to Katie. I was confused by him also. Who wants to marry someone who goes into a pout for reasons that aren't even clear to you? It was pretty weird.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, August 06, 2021 - 11:41 am
Greg to Katie: "I said I had a hole in my heart, and you didn't say anything."
Greg is an actor. It sounds like he was playing a part and didn't get a good review from Katie.
It is all Katie's fault Greg. You gave a masterful performance and she didn't appreciate it.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2021 - 8:52 pm
Greg is an actor?! I'd buy a ticket to that movie! 
Fantasy suites would be this coming week. If that even happens. It's when it's final 3. Since we just have one episode left, I'm guessing we don't have a normal final 3 then final 2.
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Sampatsfan
Member
06-28-2010
| Saturday, August 07, 2021 - 1:04 pm
I am so disappointed with Greg. I think if he really cared for her he wouldn't have just thrown up his hands and left like that. His behavior was kind of ridiculous. My Aunt told me a few weeks ago that Greg was basically auditioning to be the next Bachelor. I loved him from night one and hoped they would end up together. Knowing how much I liked him she read that somewhere and told me. I so so wanted her to be wrong. But after his last "performance" it makes me think this was his plan all along and he had to do something because it was too close to the end! Boo Greg!!!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2021 - 11:21 am
I hope they don't make Greg the next Bachelor. I just don't like him after his temper tantrum with Katie. Katie and I were both confused about what he was talking about. One minute he's telling her how crazy he is about her, and the next he's shut down and not talking to her. Not a quality I'd look for in a partner. It was super childish.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 12:50 pm
Didn't anyone watch last night? I was rooting for Katie and happy about the engagement until she had her own tantrum on the after show and I lost a lot of respect for her. She just went on and on about Greg and seemed overly bitter and angry for a woman who is supposedly in love and "found her person". I wonder what Blake thought of it?! It looked clearly like a woman scorned and not over Greg one little bit. If Blake is her "person" she should have thanked Greg for his departure! Instead it seems like she still has deep, deep feelings for him. I'd be perfectly okay with Greg as the next Bach. He handled her tantrum as well as could be expected.
Bring on Bach in Paradise. Wells says it's a WILD season!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 2:55 pm
I just finished watching and I thought Katie did great!! I loved that she told Greg off for talking down to her (he did) and for gaslighting her and making her feel that she'd done something wrong (he did). I admired her for telling him off like that. He deserved everything she said. It did seem like he was looking for an escape, the way he just flipped a switch and was over her in an instant. She was absolutely right that she was still in a relationship with three men and she wasn't ready to tell him she loved him, even though she had feelings for him. I loved that she asked him, "Did you not know what show you were on? That's how it works." Go, Katie!!!!
I had so many guys do that to me when I was dating. So many guys seem to enjoy the chase, but when they catch you, they're all like, "Oh wait! I didn't mean for this to be a relationship! I thought we were just having fun here!" Had my heart broken that way quite a few times. I could so relate to Katie's tears and heartbreak.
I'm in agreement about BIP. I missed them last summer. I love Mexico and love watching them live on the beach and all the drama. Can't wait!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 3:11 pm
Brenda, I"m with you.. I thought her reaction was very over the top.
Not really a fan of Greg either, but yes, I can see that he was not interpreting her actions as being really "into" him, and he probably over-reacted to that too.
But that's this show... sets people up in impossible situations, and thrives on the drama it creates.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - 12:12 pm
Greg did an interview with Nick Viall, and he's now saying he regrets the way he ended things with Katie and that he "acted like an a$$." He also said that she didn't deserve that. I agree.
https://www.eonline.com/news/1298548/bachelorettes-greg-grippo-says-hes-ashamed-of-how-he-behaved-during-katie-thurston-breakup
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - 12:26 pm
Good for him. I believe in his sincerity now and when he was struggling with her odd, cold reaction to his pouring his fragile heart out to her. Being remorseful is what most people would do.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, August 12, 2021 - 2:07 pm
I didn't think she was odd or cold. She had a big smile on her face, but obviously she was struggling with what she could say to him, since she'd decided she wasn't going to tell anyone she loved them until there was only one left (ie. didn't want to pull a Ben). She may have handled it poorly, but I really believe she had deep feelings for him. He just kind of gave her an ultimatum, and she wasn't sure what to do. Then he reacted poorly when she didn't immediately return his feelings with her words. I thought he was totally in the wrong.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 12:28 pm
That was fast! https://www.today.com/popculture/bachelorette-stars-katie-thurston-blake-moynes-call-it-quits-t235954
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 2:27 pm
No surprise there!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 5:32 pm
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-18-2003
| Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 10:52 am
Katie has now broken up with John, her post Blake boyfriend. I think she has commitment issues.
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