WHY???  Why?  Why?  Why?  I lined up several things on my coffee table to throw at the screen, should DeAnna have chosen Jesse at final rose ceremony tonight.  I had my remote, a cup, a candle, and a magazine.  Yet, when she told The Bachelorette's Jason to get up off his knee and interrupted his proposal, I literally curled up into a ball on my couch and cried.  I didn't stop crying for a good 30 minutes.  You don't need to tell me - I got a little too invested this season.  I'm aware.  However, I know I'm not the only one that couldn't believe that DeAnna didn't choose Jason in the end.  She said that she came to find one thing, yet she left with something totally different.  Are people allowed to change their mind?  Sure.  Did she do to people what was done to her during her time on The Bachelor?  Perhaps.

Did I miss something this season?  Graham certainly thinks that I did.  In his ABC conference call, he said that The Bachelorette was not showing DeAnna accurately, especially when it came to her relationship with Jesse.  Did the show intentionally leave things out so that the finale would come across as more of a shocker?  Every time they cuddled, every time she called him "baby", every time she said "I love you" - I felt confused.  I felt like I missed something.  All season long, it seemed like her three strongest connections were with Jason, Jeremy, and Graham.  I never saw Jesse coming and never thought he'd make it to hometown dates, never mind win the whole thing.

All DeAnna said, all season long, was that she didn't want to lead anybody on.  She shocked Graham, Jeremy, and Jason in three eliminations in a row.  Graham cried when she told him that she was saying goodbye to the one person she was falling in love with.  Jeremy was shocked that she let him go after spending the night with him.  Jason was embarrassed and hurt that she let him believe that he was the one and that she let him get down on one knee before telling him no.

I don't know what I think about guys like Jason or Jeremy coming onto The Bachelorette, who have experienced such heartache and loss.  Jason's wife left him for another man and left him alone to raise their child.  Jeremy lost both parents at a young age and had to be the emotional rock for his family.  I think America really connected with both men and clearly, they have some fans.  Either one would make amazing Bachelors and either would give the show some serious ratings.

I wanted to finish this season of The Bachelorette feeling satisfied and happy.  Instead, I feel shocked and confused.  I wish there was a DVD with deleted scenes so that I could truly see the relationship that DeAnna and Jesse formed while on the show.  Here's an idea, ABC.  Make me the new Bachelorette.  I only want two guys on the show: Jason and Jeremy.  Brad picked none.  DeAnna picked one.  I'll take both!



- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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