The Bachelorette - Why James? If It's Not There, It's Not There...
Around Australia last Wednesday, gasps, pear clutches and the sound of broken hearts reverberated through the air, as Sophie denied James a rose on The Bachelorette. Stoically, but a lot crushed, he left the mansion and jumped in the big black car back to Manly town and financial advising.
Soph copped it big time from Australia, like a huge social media thrashing about her making a big mistake, HUGE. Because I so furiously follow the bachelorette, the Facebook algorithms have gone mental and now just fill my feed with pure bach business, I heard Soph crying about James and Australia's reaction. She needn't have had to explain herself so furiously, simply stating "James is perfect, but he is not perfect for me" should have been enough, but alas it is not.
From the moment he walked up the red carpet, big ol' smile and nerves so rampant that he couldn't even find the front door to the mansion, he stole our hearts. Dressing as Friar Tuck, the least sexy character ever created, carrying on like a true trickster while Sam ogled Soph's cans, to shocking us all with his ability to build IKEA furniture, we all swooned at his likeability. Soph gave him plenty of chances, he continued to smile like a gosh darned angel and generally be a top bloke, hell, even the guys in the house were hearting on James, fondly named Jimmy now, he surely was a top 3 contender.
It was on the busking date that the horrible truth dawned on me… Soph had friend zoned James. He had become the loveable guy you just wanna love but can't imagine jumping the bones of, like Kevin Connolly in every show / movie he makes. Now before you all start filming "leave Brittany alone!" type videos and sending them to me, hear me out.
There is nothing more devastating than meeting someone like James, going on great dates, having good conversation, but just not feeling that spark. We've all been there. It would be so easy to just like the good guy, ending up with someone we know is decent and kind, but if the chemistry is not there and you keep on slogging through regardless, it's a recipe for disaster.
It's the ultimate dating slap in the face, cheers thanks cupid for sending me this dimpled, clever guy with a knack for numbers, that I so desperately want to love but can only like. It's sh*t but unfortunately it's a thing. James' somebody for sure is out there, you only have to follow him on Instagram (jimmys.paradise, you're welcome) to see that 49.5K people like Jimmy, I'm totally guessing at least half are bachey watchers, and that he will be the perfect guy for someone, but it's not SM.
It's like when you introduce a guy be it friend or beau to your mum and then you break up with them or tell mum that he's just your friend, and she's all like "but why?! He is so nice, you could do much worse!" people sometimes just don't get your why and that's totally cool. They don't need to. They are not going to be the ones that spend day after day with that person, trying to find that spark, only for it to end in heartbreak anyway because it simply wasn't meant to be.
My point is, you don't want a Blake. Can I digress on him for a moment here because seriously, what a bag of d's. I found it extraordinary that he had such outrageous expectations of women being well kept, and well, just perfect frankly, when his mum and sister carried on like complete pork chops on national TV, while he remained squarely in Blake land think sh*t was going great. Then his outrage at Sophie's explanation for him leaving, to paraphrase, she definitely thought he was hot, but he is a douche, the opposite way she felt for Jimmy really. Back to my point, you don't want all chemistry and all douche bag, but you most definitely want that spark.
So Sophie, I applaud you for giving it a red hot go with Jimmy, trying to find that spark and trying to explore where it could go, but ultimately knowing in your own heart it wasn't meant to be. To those of you out there in the dating land, give the Jimmy's a go, but just don't let people tell you what is right for your heart.
Next week is finale week, I am sure with Blake gone the love fern Jarrod has planted will grow with gusto. Apollo will flip the ovaries of every woman in the world and Stu will try and find the biggest wine glass imaginable to help soph embrace and or forget his SNIPpet from the meet the folks ep *clenched teeth emoji*.
I look forward to debriefing the winner or loser or any other glorious things that may occur during the finale!
