(Part 2) Top products from r/thebachelor

You could get a cookbook by Ottolenghi (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ottolenghi); he's a master of vegetable cookery. Jetpens is a super cool site with awesome stuff for artists and stationary enthusiasts (https://www.jetpens.com). Another option is a beautiful book of an artist's work. I'm also an artist and love impressionism, and Monet is my favorite artist. My boyfriend recently got me this beautiful book with pictures of Monet's gardens in Giverny (https://www.amazon.com/Claude-Monets-Gardens-at-Giverny/dp/1419709607/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1525149442&sr=8-5&keywords=giverny+book); he's also gotten me an Impressionist and Monet textbooks. So depending on what kind of art your friend enjoys, perhaps a book about it would be a good choice. Your friend sounds a lot like me, and I have loved all of these gifts. :)

I’ve been reading Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling and it is very interesting. I think people on this sub would like it since we all like snooping around and dissecting information haha. It’s almost like MTV’s Room Raiders but from a doctorate in psychology’s viewpoint. There’s subconscious meaning behind what types of pictures you hang on your walls and even which walls you hang said pictures on. He can go through someone’s room and paint a pretty accurate portrayal of their personality without ever meeting them. I would think it would be a good read if you’re dating around and want to get a better feel for someone haha. I’m only a few chapters in but it’s very interesting so far!!

I found out about Snoop because it was mentioned in another book I’ve been reading Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog. It’s a book on anthrozoology and talks about the history humans have had with animals, and some moral conundrums we have about them. Are we instinctually afraid of snakes or is it learned behavior? Do people really look like their dogs? (This one was interesting! Human couples that live together start to develop similar facial structures. That’s not true with dogs. We don’t start to look like our dogs but we may pick dogs that look like us. Women with shorter hair are more likely to adopt dogs with perky ears instead of floppy. And students were able to match humans with their dogs with a higher accuracy rate than they would by just random chance). Why do some cultures eat bugs but we think that’s gross, or why do some cultures eat animals that we keep as pets? They talk about the infamous trolly problem and replace it with animals and you can see your own morals start to shift and be questioned. With humans you’d think it’s better to pull the lever to save 5 lives instead of 1... but now replace that problem with 5 birds vs 1 dog and see if your answer is still the same. Very interesting.

Edit: oh oh! One more. And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling over Niagara. The author did an AMA on reddit which I found interesting so I bought the book and read it in a day. And the chapters are set up so you can just flip around and read what you’re interested in. My favorites include what happens if your window falls out of an airplane and you get sucked out, how many bees you’d have to get stung by at one time before you died (1,500 honeybees), and what happens if you’re in a free falling elevator (jumping won’t do anything. Lay down flat on the ground to disperse the impact... and because if you’re standing up once the elevator stops your intestines will continue to fall and impact themselves out your bottom. And then you die).

The Great Alone is a really great coming-of-age book set in remote Alaska! If you like memoirs, The Glass Castle and Educated are both really amazing stories and good reads.

And if you want a light, funny read, Hey Ladies is the story of best friends in the year leading up to one of their weddings, told through emails and texts. It's kind of a parody of being a bridesmaid and the craziness of wedding planning. I loved it!

Sure! I have [this bidet](Brondell S1000-EW Swash 1000 Advanced Bidet Elongated Toilet Seat, White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045UB9GK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nKg5AbXEH37J7). It’s a seat you can fit on any existing toilet. We had to add a power outlet to our bathroom to do it. But that was like $300 and I did a price watch on the bidet and got it for $400 so all in for $700 and it is LIFE CHANGING. It has two washers, one for the butt and one for the cooch, you can select the temp of the water and the air, and the seat is warmed. It amazing. I’m gonna go use it now.....

Target and Amazon sell these! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QK7HI8/ref=psdc_172665_t2_B00JC9J2NQ They're super-easy to set up. Just make sure you hang it from the top of the wall so you can get better signal. I have one and my parents do too and they've been great.

Yes! Their book The Magnolia Story is so sweet. They had such a humble beginning and reading about their success was incredibly inspiring. I think a few episodes of their show are available free online.

Sorry for the delay! I am traveling (and attempting the WiFi-only life). The book is by Nikol Lohr- “Literary Knits: 30 Patterns Inspired by Favorite Books”.

https://www.amazon.com/Literary-Knits-Patterns-Inspired-Favorite/dp/1118216067

Happy knitting!!

Ethically made clothing is expensive! I read a super interesting book on the topic called Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion for anyone interested.

UGH I've said this in other threads about him not changing diapers but TANNER ACTS EXACTLY LIKE MY EX-HUSBAND.


Jade, girl, just please read this book and consider whether this is really what you want.

I'm obviously getting to this quite late, but had it bookmarked for a while to check out. :)

I agree with the points you made here, OP, and I think it's so important to consider these factors and influences before we judge the women. Because of how we are socialized, I am someone who has been guilty of judging Hannah B way more than I have judged Caelynn. Caelynn's way of coping has been more similar to mine and is definitely the more "socially appropriate way" even in how she didn't bring it up until she was forced to address it because Hannah B brought it up. Add to this that Caelynn is more contained and more eloquent, and I naturally sided with her in the beginning. Reading your very insightful and well-written post made me call myself out on what I've been doing recently when I watch scenes with their feud. Hannah's reactions have made me uncomfortable, but I completely agree that their (often edited!) behavior shouldn't make us believe one over the other.

I highly recommend this book if you haven't read it yet- I think it's right up your alley! https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Anger-Changing-Patterns-Relationships/dp/0062319043/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476654196&sr=1-1&keywords=the+dance+of+anger

There are lots of online tests, but I've had the book What Color Is Your Aura?: Personality Spectrums for Understanding and Growth for years, and it is really insightful and always fun to do with new people.

Here's the amazon page if you want to read reviews lol. It's currently at 4.5/5

Here it is on good reads with a 3.5/5

Right? I have no need for it but I want that notebook

edit: so I thought it looked like it could be Pendleton and sure enough I’m guessing she picked it up while in Palm Springs

Chris B: rips up a contract/paper that says “retired”

JBJ: lounging in a speedo. Wells brings him Nuggets on a silver platter

Blake: sliding into DMs

Haley: putting on sunglasses because she is being blinded by a light that is...

Mike: smile that is blinding Haley

Dean: paging through this book

Clay: benching one of the guys

Nicole: sobbing and eating Halo Top

Amy Kaufman! She's a film writer for the LA Times. Amazon link here: https://www.amazon.com/Bachelor-Nation-Americas-Favorite-Pleasure/dp/1101985909?tag=nypost-20?tag=nypost-20

There was an excerpt out earlier this week... https://nypost.com/2018/02/27/the-std-that-keeps-most-contestants-from-competing-on-the-bachelor/

That is not a stupid question. I had a lot of the same questions and this book was really insightful.

I believe Holly Durst Julian was the first one in BN to write a children's book! Chocolate Socks

link for book

Ask and you shall receive ;P