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If you dont know who these two people are, why are you reading this?
shut the tab and go watch C-SPAN or whatever people who arent active members of Bachelor Nation do.
Ashley became immediately smitten with Jared, but her overzealous romantic style both attracted him and scared him.
They didnt end up together that season, or the next season ofBachelor in Paradise.
There are cell-phone videos of Ashley I. and dramatic readings of text messages and three-page handwritten letters.
It isa lot.It is44 minutes.I cannot stress that enough.
But I had also learned a few other more significant things.
Shall we go through them all?
And why on earth did it take so long?
The answer to both is the same: Jared had a lot of feelings.
Both Ashley I. and Jared knew their story wasnt over, as they both had feelings for each other.
Jared knows that he was acting like an asshole.
But did he ever stop being an asshole?
Did he ever acknowledge his confusing behavior?
Kinda, I guess.
A formative moment in their courtship is when Jared told Ashley to watchSupermanstarring Christopher Reeve.
Ashley describes going to see Hanson as her yearly worship.
Im just gonna put that right there and keep walking.
Neither of them popped in a Beyonce CD or watchedLove & Basketball?Nope?
Its all grand gestures and waiting until the last possible moment to confess true love.
The problem with that?
Grand gestures and declarations of true love dont make a relationship.
Whats the problem with seeing your life as a romantic comedy?
Or theyre two people manipulating each other and scheming their way into a relationship.
The stuff of true love!
