As I am sure you know, the show the ABC
show, The Bachelor, is a hot topic among college age girls. We watch for months
and months as the bachelor searches to find his suitor through the most exotic
dates in the most beautiful, foreign places. With every season, there are the
psycho girls, the sweet girls, and of course, the ones who “fall in love” after
date #1 (that’s superiority theory for ya!). It is safe to say that this show
would qualify as smut TV and the guilty pleasure we are all ashamed of loving;
however, once you become invested in the contestants, it is so hard to turn
away. The ratio of contestants who actually stay with the person they pick is
very slim, but when it does work out, it feels like a win for all of the
viewers. One couple in particular, Sean and Catherine, were the sweethearts of
all the seasons to date. They fell in love, abided by traditional moral
standards, and truly reflect a couple with their acts together. Over a year
ago, Sean proposed to Catherine after having selected her from a group of 25
beautiful women. Because their journey for love was televised, they chose to
also televise their wedding. The wedding aired live, and it was one of the most
special, intimate ceremonies I had ever seen. Their vows were personal and as
touching and memorable as possible. Now, here’s where the fun starts. So, my
best friend, Nikki, came home for spring break! I was so excited to get to
watch the Bachelor wedding with her. We have been following their love story
via social media sense the day the show was complete. I think I should start by
saying that, in our lives, it has been wedding central. Suddenly, everyone we
know has been getting engaged or married. I don’t exactly know what has
happened, but the wedding bug is biting all of our friends and family. With
that prefaced, Nikki and I sat down to watch the wedding with my mom. All
curled up with a homemade dinner in our laps, the three of us hopeless
romantics oooed and ahhhed at all of the wedding bliss. As they begin to
exchange their personal vows, I suddenly heard sniffling next to me. The
sniffling then turned to full on sobs. Before I knew it, Nikki was erupted in
tears! Now, this wasn’t your everyday “oh that’s so sweet” tears. This was as
though she was just delivered the most absurdly saddening news of her life. I finally
said, “What in the world is going on?” Trying to pull herself together, she
explained how happy she was that everyone she knows is finding the person that
they are meant to be with. Here we all are on the couch, Nikki is bawling, my
mom is frustrated at the TV, and I am trying to balance the two. I have never
in my life seen so many emotions in one room. All of the sudden we realized how
ridiculous it was, and everyone was erupting into laughter. Things got even
funnier as Nikki tried to balance her tears with her laughter. It was like a
real life relief theory happening before my eyes. Naturally, my mom and I reach
instantly for our cameras to try to capture Nikki’s current state on camera.
This was too good to pass up. It’s not often that you see someone bawling their
eyes out, while explaining how happy they are. Nikki was so emotional because and
it finally hit home how special this time is for so many people that we love. We
had just watched the finale of the current season, and we were all fuming mad at
the result. Then, to follow it up with the wedding of one of our favorite
bachelor couples was apparently just too much for our household to handle. It
truly does show how emotions can get the best of you but provide some serious
comic relief when things tend to get sappy. All this resulted from an ABC
special. After settling all of this extreme laughter and coming back to reality,
we all admitted that we would never forget how funny that moment was. Reality
TV, sentimental feelings, anger, and happiness sure do result in some
unforgettable moments.
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