Gia
Ali
Vienna
Today I did feel a little guilty that I watched The Bachelor during the day with my kids. I never watch my tivo’ed shows until at night when the kids are asleep but it was today when I suddenly realized The Bachelor was on on Monday and it had been sitting in my Tivo for 2 days without me even realizing! I told myself I would watch it tonight since Jay had paintball too but I just couldn’t resist! I LOVE LOVE that show!!! I just love watching two people fall in love and being there from the first time they meet to their first kiss, falling in love, watching the sparkles in their eyes, seeing them get butterflies, haha I’m such a nerd I know and a hopeless romantic at that. It makes me so happy to see other people be in love like Jay and I are because it’s the greatest thing ever and I want everybody to feel it! I think that’s why I love attempting to set people up and try to play cupid(notice the words attempt and try. yeah it hasn’t worked yet. π and Jay always laughs at it but oh man it’ll be like my dream come true to have two people I set up actually get married!!!
Anywho I think Tenley will be the last one standing, I can just see the spark between them and feel the chemistry they have for each other. At first I liked Ali the best but she’s always talking about how much she hates Vienna and it made me lose a little respect for her because if she’s so caught up with that, it shows a lot about her character. I think Gia is the prettiest but I just don’t feel like they’ll be a good match. But I think she is so gorgeous. Was anyone else shocked that he let two women go at the rose ceremony? And that Vienna received the last rose? No one likes Vienna and I haven’t really seen any reasons to not like her but if what all the other women were saying were true, then yeah she must be a spoiled, ungrateful, selfish brat. I guess her dad spoils her a ton with materialistic things and things are just given to her and no wonder why she’s the way she is!
I feel very very strongly about raising kids in the right way and not spoiling them. Every single person I admire and respect have been raised by parents who aren’t rich and just gives their kids a brand new car or other fancy things. I always admire in awe whenever I hear about parents who are really rich but makes sure their kids learn to work really hard, to earn what they want, and to be humble and grateful. Like we just had a couple over for dinner the other day and the guy gives basketball lessons to the sons of the owner of Nu Skin, Blake Roney. And he said while their cousins are really spoiled and bratty, these kids are so humble and never brags about how rich they are. They own their own Island(yeah it’s very common I know) and when our friend asked the daughter about it, I guess she wasn’t boastful at all but actually a little embarrassed and shy to tell him about it and it took him a few tries to actually get her to tell him it was their own Island. How respectful is that? I once met a lady with a 4 yr. old girl and she told me, “My little girl has gotten every single thing she’s ever wanted. I make sure to buy her everything she wants because I never want her to feel what it’s like to not get what you want.” ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME? I really don’t understand these people, anybody with some logic and wisdom knows it’s not good to give them everything they want. You’re not doing your kids any good, you’re making them into a horrible person! What’s going to happen when the little girl is older and goes into the real world and people don’t cater to her every want and need?That’s just a recipe for a selfish, spoiled, materialistic, a pain in the butt brat. I just feel bad for her and the other people that will have to deal with her because she’ll grow up not getting along with them because of her self-centeredness and selfishness. No matter how rich I get and even if I can afford to buy my daughters everything they want, I’m going to make sure to say no even if they’ll get really mad and sad, and to raise them with good work ethic and let them know money doesn’t measure the person’s worth or value by any means but their inner qualities instead. I’ve already told Jay that I will never buy our kids a brand new car, but a used car AFTER they work for a little bit and save some money for the car(just like $500, I know how hard it is to save when you’re 16.) like a year after they turn 16. I also want to do the 50/50 thing that my parents did where if I want to buy something, I had to earn half of it. These things I feel so strongly about because I’m going to make sure our daughters turn out to be a respectful, humble, selfless, giving, caring, sensitive, compassionate, grateful, and hard working women so they can be an asset to every person they associate with.
Wow, what a tangent right? π
Mary says
ha ha! love the tangent – but AMEN!! i couldn't agree more
Sarah says
Im so glad you agree! your daughters will grow up to be nice and not a brat! π