With four boys left...it was the week we all love - HOMETOWN DATES!!!
First up, was Chris in Chicago. First of all, I loved Emily's red pants during this date. Anyone who knows me knows I love colored pants of any kind. I also loved all the tulips we saw planted around the sidewalks in the city. So pretty.
Ok, so back to Chris since this is his date. The theme of his date - Poland. This is the first time I realized that was his heritage. Maybe he talked about it before but I didn't remember. Either way, Chris is a first generation Polish American - which is very evident from his parents' strong accents. Chris says, "On a scale of 1 to Polish we are Polish." So Chris takes Emily to a Polish restaurant - during this scene Chris' eyes are like the prettiest blue ever! They talk a lot about how bad Chris reacted last week and how emotional he was. Emily says she feels bad for him. He feels bad for acting that way. Everybody just feels bad. What a great start the the date. Emily does point out something though that is a good quality of Chris - he did admit when he was wrong. However, the fact that he admitted he was wrong doesn't mean that he changes his actions -- that would be the real key to whether he really thought was wrong or not.
Then the two of them go and meet Chris' parents and his two sisters. Again, love his sister's green pants! Basically, his whole family does not want to see Chris heartbroken. His dad tells Emily that Chris would be there for both Emily and Ricky and would do his best at being a dad. His dad asks Emily if there is love in their relationship and Emily says there is, so that seems to make his dad super happy. Chris' mom tells Chris that he needs to fight for Emily if he really loves her. He did fight last week, but not sure he is going to win the war. Chris' dad also tells Chris that Emily told him that she is falling in love with him. Not her exact words, but it really got Chris excited because he thinks she is going to pick him in the end now. Uh oh. Their date ends with some Polish (I am assuming) band playing and a dance party.
Next came Jef's date in St. George, Utah. Apparently Jef's family has a lot of money since they own a ranch on a few hundred acres (looked a lot bigger than that though). The two of them go on a four wheel type mountain car down a dirt road. Emily says she didn't expect Jef to be so country because he is so trendy with his skinny jeans. Then they do some clay shooting. Emily says "who knew Jef in his skinny jeans had such a good shot." Emily says she is super nervous about looking ridiculous shooting a gun, but then she hits every target. Then she says she takes gun lessons at home. Umm..why would you be nervous then??? I think she was just trying to get Jef's attention with all that. Well it worked because Jef thinks she is super hot shooting a gun.
Emily then meets Jef's two brothers, two sisters, and his sister-in-law. His parents are there because they are doing some charity work in South Carolina. How lovely. So since the parents aren't there, Jef's older brother takes charge of being protective. (By the way, all the girls in Jef's family are wearing skinny jeans - Jef totally fits in!). So Jef's older brother Steve asks Emily why it didn't work with her and Brad and why it will work now. She says that she didn't ask a lot of the hard, fundamental questions last time, but she is doing that now. Ok. Wait a second. Either the show is not showing us any of these conversations (which is completely possible) or Emily really isn't asking any questions. Jef asked her a lot of fundamental questions last week, but she hasn't really asked any except for asking whether the guys are ready to be a dad - which I am pretty sure she asked Brad too. So I have no idea.
Jef's sisters are super skeptical at first and worry about Jef getting hurt. Emily says her biggest fear is getting her heart broken. They ask Emily if she would move to be with Jef and she says she would go wherever -- I thought she loved Charlotte and last season she wasn't too keen on moving to Texas with Brad - who knows.
So Emily wins the family over of course. Then her and Jef go off on their own and Jef reads her a letter he wrote of all the things he loves about her. He is super monotone reading this by the way and barely looks at her while reading which kind of makes it less romantic in my opinion. But Emily eats it up and loves it and she has tears in her eyes by the end of it. She says it was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to her. By the end of the date Emily says "it feels perfect inside my heart." So basically, we know that Jef will be safe this week.
Third up comes Arie's date in Scottsdale, Arizona. Of course, we start at the racetrack watching Arie drive his Indy car around. Emily loves it and thinks he looks "stupid hot." Then Emily jumps in his car and lets him drive her around the track after she puts on her own racing outfit which Arie loves. Then they have a picnic and Arie starts talking about how he is nervous about Emily getting along with his parents because she is all American and his parents are very European. But then he says don't be nervous. Seriously??? After you just said you are super concerned about how it will go you tell the girl to not be nervous. Yeah right.
So then Emily meets Arie's parents, his sister, and his twin brothers. One of the twin brothers immediately says how much he loves Emily's southern accent -- I think this kid wants Emily to be his girl. Then this next part annoyed me. His mom starts talking all in Dutch and Arie starts responding in Dutch and then the whole family joins in -- all in front of Emily. Poor girl is just sitting there not knowing what they are saying or what is going on or what she should do. I wanted to slap Arie right then. But then he says they need to stop because he doesn't want her to feel left out....umm she already does.
Emily and Arie's mom then have a talk and his mom's accent is super thick and Emily can't always understand what she is saying. His mom asks (just like others) what happened with Emily and Brad and Emily gives the same answer about not asking the right questions last time. Emily asks whether Arie is in a good place to balance a family and a racing career. His mom says it is difficult (and she knows because his dad did the same racing gig) but that she has been married 31 years so that is proof that it can work. Yeah, basically Emily would need to get used to being alone a bunch while he travels -- so basically she will have the same life she has now with a part time husband. But hey, Emily said she was okay with that earlier in the season because she likes her alone time. His mom says she can't wait for Emily to choose Arie -- she is very confident.
Arie tells his dad that he is ready to propose to Emily now. His dad says that Emily is pretty and really nice and likes her accent. Yes dad, those are the important qualities in a girl. Arie then says it has been like a dream because everything has worked out so well -- it is a dream because this is not real life - wait until the show is over and see if life is like a dream then.
Emily's last date is with Sean and I am really hoping she picks him in the end. He is just such a sweetheart and a good guy. I love Emily's dress on this date - all red, white, blue, and flowly in the wind. Sean brings his two dogs, Lola and Ellie, with him on the first part of the date. Love it! I wanted to name one of our dogs Lola but the hubby nixed that idea unfortunately. They just hang out at the park with the dogs which Emily likes because it is every day life and she could see Ricky enjoying this.
Sean then brings Emily to his parents' house to meet his parents, sister, brother in law, niece, and nephew. First of all -- HUGE HOUSE!!! The niece even has her own playhouse in the backyard that is big enough for me to live in -- just need some plumbing and electricity and I would be good to go.
I love the practical joke Sean plays on Emily by telling her that he still lives with his parents and showing her "his room" that is a mess and full of stuffed animals. Emily tries to stay all polite and souther and like it is no big deal when in her mind she is walking out the door. Emily says in her interview "he is a mess and he likes stuffed animals. what?" Yeah. Good thing that was a joke. And Emily is such a liar because she says she wouldn't have cared anyways and that she would move in there too. What a liar. Sean's dad says how he sees how much Sean has opened up since meeting Emily and he loves it. Sean's mom tells Sean that he needs to be serious because Emily is seriously looking for a husband and father -- she is really looking out for Emily here.
This date didn't seem super long because when Emily left it was still light out and most of the other dates end at night time. Maybe it started earlier? Who knows? But I loved Sean and his family and I think Emily and Ricky would fit the best with them because they are super all American just like her. I also love that Sean is always chasing her in the street calling her name because he chased her car down to give her one last kiss. Sean didn't tell her that he loved her on this date - he said she knows how he feels. I think he is going to have to say it next week to stay in on this relationship compared to the other guys who have said it a bunch.
So the guy going home this week...Chris. Poor Chris. Doesn't know what went wrong. Doesn't understand why Emily doesn't love him. Having himself another pitty party. I think although him and Emily are closer in age, Emily is super mature - I mean she has a six year old. Chris just needs to calm down some and grow up some.
Out of three guys left, Sean is definitely my number 1 pick for Emily. Jef is my second pick. And I hope Arie goes home next week.
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