Bachelor talk: great heights and deep lows
The moment I had been looking forward to was finally there: this week we would see who would be hitting Paul in his private parts. The men had arrived at the women's villa, where they announced like seasoned presenters who would get to go on a date: Rien wanted to go parasailing with Amber, and it was Yvonne who would get a boxing lesson from Paul.
Cheerful Yvonne is doing her utmost to turn the boxing lesson into a date. The good old trick (‘How do I turn my hip? Can you show me again?’) has little effect on our yeti. She tries again with a compliment about his strong arms, but to no avail. When Yvonne returns to the villa, the most important thing she has to tell the other women is that her nail is broken. So much for the sparks between Paul and Yvonne, I’m afraid.
Parasailing is a whole different story. It’s not the panoramic view over Zanzibar that Rien is enjoying, no, Rien is enjoying a very different view. It’s Amber's butt, hanging over the sea, that catches his attention. It’s clear that Rien is particularly focused on looks, although it seems that Amber is the first to manage to have a sincere and good conversation with Rien.
Because the women with vibes are not allowed to join, Oelinda spends a lot of time at home. So far, she has always received a rose, which makes her a bit forgotten. It feels like Oelinda is the hostess of the women's villa. She acts as a psychologist, turns into a yoga teacher, and seems to care little about the men. Meanwhile, Beate is the one who is worried. It turns out she has kept a whole administration of the men: Paul fits ‘on paper’ but she feels nothing for him. Rien does not fit ‘on paper’ but she finds him quite likable. But precisely the paper is, in her view, decisive, and therefore she has actually already decided before the rose ceremony that she wants to leave. When Beate is invited for a date with Rien, along with three other women, everyone bursts out laughing.
For the group dates, Rien has ‘selected’ three women to awkwardly stand in a row to play pétanque. Since Paul is more into deep conversations, he confesses to his dates that he is not looking for a good and caring girl at all. Has his favorite question ‘do you want a family?’ been a trick question all this time?
Through the conversation with Rowan, we finally see Paul’s vulnerability. He can act tough, but personally, I find this side of him so much more attractive. When you see him like this, don’t you just want to hug him? Fortunately, Rowan does that too. I am convinced that we have witnessed the first sincere connection between a bachelor and one of the women.
But then it’s already time for the moment of truth. Beate has come up with a nice plot twist for her exit: she decides to tell the men the truth only during the rose ceremony. Rien dutifully says that he will miss her, but Paul seems happy with her exit: ‘It’s not about Beate right now.’ Paul wants to move on quickly because he has decided that this is the moment to tell Eline that they will have beautiful children together.
I wonder if the sisterhood among the women will ultimately go under now that there is increasingly serious competition...
Image: Jasper Suyk
