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At least Ali Fedotowsky is finally admitting she was never in love with Jake Pavelka on The Bachelor Season 14. In her Ladies’ Home Journal blog on The Bachelor Season 16, Episode 8, Ali wonders if Lindzi Cox is really in love with Ben Flajnik or just in Bachelor love.

“I can promise you that 95 percent of the people who go on this show really don’t believe they can fall in love while on the show, so it’s surprising when they do,” Ali writes. “However, sometimes that love is a little exaggerated in your mind because you’re in this fantasy world where all you do is talk about and think about the bachelor. Looking back, I can confidently say that I was never in love with Jake. I thought he was a nice person, but I was so in love with the idea of falling in love on the show that I made myself believe that I loved him. I remember going home after the show and feeling like I never even really knew Jake because he never felt like a part of my life. It was almost like it was all a dream; it’s hard to explain.” Makes sense from here!

Here are more highlights from Ali’s blog on the hometown dates:

Why was Kacie Boguskie  dumped? “So at this point we all know that Kacie B. went home, and I was pretty shocked. I saw so much chemistry between them, but this just goes to show that what we see on TV really doesn’t tell the whole story. Even though we want Ben and Kacie to end up together, it’s not necessarily what’s best for them. I think there’s a really good chance that Kacie’s parents affected Ben’s decision to keep her longer. If they were more accepting, I bet that Kacie might have continued on to the next episode, at least. But I don’t feel that she and Ben would have ended up together, and I know Ben wouldn’t send her home just because of her parents. Obviously, something was missing for him. [...] I really thought Ben and Kacie had something, but if I had to guess why Ben sent Kacie home, I’d say it might have been the marching band and baton twirling that sealed her fate. Love you Kacie, but I think it’s time to retire the baton ;-).”

Why Nicki Sterling is not the one: “It didn’t seem like there was much chemistry between Nikki and Ben on their date either. I could tell from the first two minutes of her hometown date that she’s not going to be the girl for Ben in the end. He said ‘Our relationship has been slow to start’ about Nikki, and that’s exactly what I used to say about the guys I wasn’t sure about yet. You say the relationship is ‘moving slowly’ because it’s a nicer way of saying ‘this relationship isn’t moving forward.’”

Why Courtney Robertson is Ben’s best bet: “After watching Courtney and Ben tonight I really do feel like they’re the best match for each other. Ben said it best—they’re both a little ‘weird’ (I mean that in a good way) and they seem really comfortable together. And did you hear his ‘vows’? I definitely think he’s in love with her because he’s never said anything like that to the other girls. I can’t say for sure whether they end up together in the end, but I’d be willing to bet money on it at this point.”

That’s a big change from last week when Ali said she didn’t think Courtney would be the last one standing. Read Ali’s full hometown dates blog for more.

Source: Ladies’ Home Journal

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