According to the ABC Bachelorette website,

Ali Fedotowsky is back and this time, love not work, is number one on her agenda. “I definitely have a lot of regret,” she says of her decision to leave Jake Pavelka to return to her job — one she’s now quit! “I’m ready to move forward,” she swears. “Bring on those boys. I’m excited.” She’s hoping her journey will end “with tears in my eyes and I’m looking at man down on one knee, asking me to be his wife.”

After meeting all the guys and going through the usual corny attempts to make  good first impression, Ali gives the first impression rose to Roberto. Ali tells Roberto he is “so handsome.” He tells her she is beautiful and teaches her a some salsa moves. “I am really, really digging Roberto,” she says.

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Then it was time for the guys to vote for who they thought was there for the wrong reasons. The unlucky winner was Justin (pro wrestler, a.k.a. “Rated R”.) Ali had the option of sending him home on the spot, however, she decided to give him a rose instead, and keep him.

Tonight’s roses went to:

Chris H. Age: 27 Occupation: Real Estate Developer

Chris L. Age: 33 Occupation: Landscaper

Chris N. Age: 29 Occupation: Entrepreneur

Craig M. Age: 34 Occupation: Dental Sales

Craig R. Age: 27 Occupation: Lawyer

Frank Age: 31 Occupation: Retail Manager

Hunter Age: 28 Occupation: Internet Account Executive

Jonathan Age: 30 Occupation: Weatherman

John C. Age: 32 Occupation: Hotel Business Development

Justin Age: 26 Occupation: Entertainment Wrestler

Jesse Age: 24 Occupation: General Contractor

Kasey Age: 27 Occupation: Advertising Account Executive

Roberto Age: 26 Occupation: Insurance Agent

Steve Age: 28 Occupation: Sales Representative

Kirk Age: 27 Occupation: Sales Consultant

Ty Age: 31 Occupation: Medical Sales

Tyler V. Age: 25 Occupation: Online Advertising ------- Which means that Derek, Derrick, Jason, Jay, John N., Kyle, Phil, and Tyler M. are going home.

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I am having a great debate within myself.  The intellectual, grown-up side of me (quit laughing, Liz) is telling me to be strong and resist temptation.  The frivolous, immature side of me is telling to just give in. It’s just once a week. What will it hurt, after all?

What is the cause of this worrisome dilemma? Well, it’s the start of a new season of The Bachelorette, of course. I know. I know. Don’t even say it.

The commercials always begin a few weeks before the first episode. At my first glimpse of the commercial, I roll my eyes and say out loud  to whom ever is within earshot (in my best disgusted voice),”Oh geez. Not again! Another season of the stupid Bachelor/Bachelorette show! I hate how last season’s show ended. I vow to never watch it again!” And at that moment, I actually mean it.  At the next viewing of the promo commercial, I may just sneak a glance at who the “lucky”, and I use that term loosely,  bachelor/bachelorette is. By the next airing, I’m thinking about how it won’t do any harm really, to just get a peak at who the guys/girls are. That doesn’t actually mean I’m going to watch the show.

And then it happens. All of the sudden, I actually start to toy with the idea of giving the  show just one more shot. I know I shouldn’t do it. I’m fully aware that the show is ridiculous. I realize that we, as the audience, are much better at picking the right girl/guy than the actual bachelor/bachelorette is. I know that screaming “NO!” at the TV during the final proposal episode every year has absolutely no effect on the outcome of the show.

And yet, here I sit at my computer on a Monday afternoon in May, just hours away from the premier of the new season of “The Bachelorette”, still debating whether to watch it, or not. It’s a matter I must weigh carefully because I know…I KNOW…that if I dare to watch the first episode, I will once again be irrevocably, and forever-more,  sucked into the drama for yet another season.

Look at her, though! It’s Ali.

Ali Fedotowsky

Age:25

Occupation: Advertising Account Manager

Hometown: Williamstown, MA

Resides in: San Francisco, CA

The bachelorette is cute little Ali, who I picked to win the heart of Jake last season on The Bachelor. Ali who tearfully told Jake that she had to leave the show or she would be fired from her job. Ali who then realized the error of her decision, and asked Jake to take her back and give them one more try. Ali who got told no by Jake, who then went on to pick Vienna! What! Vienna?!?! I’m still reeling over that one!

I have a love/hate relationship with this show.

I realize that by the time you read this, my decision will have already been made. Either I will have succumbed to the pull of Ali finding her true love in front of all of America, or I will have remained a strong, intelligent and sensible woman, who found the strength to finally resist the urge to watch this silly show. I guess you’ll just have to stop back by Coffee Break tomorrow to see if I’ve written a “This week on the Bachelorette” update in the featured section, OR…if I have not!

~Kate

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Check out the updates from all of the episodes of this season’s, The Bachelor!

At the end of every season of the Bachelor(and the Bachelorette) I swear I will never again watch another season. So what could have possibly lured me into another round of this ridiculous show? Answer: Jake. You remember, the sweet handsome pilot from last season who got kicked off because he was too nice! Really? Too nice? How is that even possible?

Anyway, Jake, a 31 year old pilot from Denton, Tx., is back and as sweet and handsome as ever. He’ll be spending the next several weeks narrowing the field of 25 girls down to one. In tonight’s episode, Jake  selected 15 girls  to receive roses in this first, of many, rose ceremonies to come. Here are the 15 still in the running. Tenley was the lucky girl who got the first impression rose.

(Here’s a quick little FYI from Kate. It’s early to make predictions here, but I see one nut case sure to provide us with lots of drama, Michelle, who has already cried too many times to count, and it’s only the fisrt episode, sheesh! And my fav so far is cuter than cute, Ali, who unfortunately is terrified to fly! Yikes! He’s a pilot.)

Gia - 26, Swimsuit Model, NY

Jessie - 25, Cosmetics, Ontario Canada

Kathryn - 25, Flight Attendant, Lexington, KY

Michelle - 26, Office Mgr., Anaheim

Rozlyn - 28, Model, Richmond, VA.

Tenley - 25, College Admissions, Newberg, OR.

Valishia - 32, Homemaker, San Bernadino

Vienna - 23, Marketing, Geneva, FL.

Ali - 25, Advertising Williamstown, MA

Ashleigh - 25, Account Mgr., North Potomac, MD

Ashley - 29, Teacher, Pittsburgh, VA.

Christina - 25, Restaurant Mgr, San Diego

Corrie - 23, Wardrobe Consultant, Kissimmee, FL.

Elizabeth - 29, Nanny, Imperial, NE.

Ella - 30, Hair Stylist, Lafollette, TN.

See who got roses in

Week 2 of The Bachelor

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New Season of the Bachelor. Jake returns! See which 15 girls made Jake’s first cut. Click here.

Here’s a Bachelorette update on Jillian Harris and fiance Ed Swiderski. Since the cameras on The Bachelorette stopped running, this relationship has been swamped with controversy. It seems that Jillian is standing by her man, Ed, even though accusations of Ed’s unfaithfulness are now surfacing. Two women have come forward claiming they were carrying on relationship with Swiderski while he was trying to win Jillian’s heart during the filming of the reality show.

Ed Swiderski and Bethany Steffen

Bethany Steffen, 25, a Chicago marketing developer, claims Swiderski sent her this racy text  “Bring beer and condoms,” on June 3, after he was already engaged to Jillian. When Ed left the show on April 15 due to “work reasons” she says he spent the night with her on April 23.  Steffen says,”Ed just has this way of making people believe what he wants them to believe.”

Ed Swiderski and Lindsey Johnson

Also claiming to have a relationship with Swiderski is Lindsay Johnson, 29, a litigation technology consultant.  Other bachelors on the show say that Ed was exempt from the show’s standard cellphone and laptop ban because he said it was imperative he have access for work. Johnson claims he stayed in contact with her during the taping of the show and said he was only on the show or fun and that he was not attracted to Jillian. “I miss you dearly.  I love you…Hopefully they’ll get me home tomorrow.” he emailed Johnson three days before he told Jillian he had to leave for work.  Johnson also claims that while Ed was briefly off the show (he later went back and was chosen by Jillian to be her fiance) he spent the night with her on April 15 and went to a wedding with her on April 23.  Johnson says, “He was cheating on Jillian…  He was deceiving me the entire time.”

Jillian dismisses these claims as lies and says they are nonsense and inaccurate.  She says, “We really plan on trying to get out of the limelight and trying to get on with our lives.”  Swiderski also denies the two women’s claims.

~Kate

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