No, there were no monkeys jumping on the bed, just a couple of lovely women.  Of course, being the self-professed reality junky that I am, I watched the finale of The Bachelor last night.

 
It brought up a thought that has been rolling around in my little mind lately, who do we want to be, Tessa or Bevin -- not specifically, but personality-wise.
 
Throwing psychic ability aside, Bachelor Dude Andy performed just as I expected and picked the Tessa.  Wanna know why?  Let's take a look.
 
There was a dude I knew once, we'll call him Typical Dude, that had a beautiful vivacious woman that was madly in love with him. She would do anything for him.  She took the risk, and threw her whole self into this relationship.  Her life revolved around Typical Dude, and she waited for the day that he would commit to her.  Let's say her name is Susan.
 
Then he met Mary.  Mary liked Typical Dude, but she wouldn't give him her all.  She let Typical Dude chase her, come to her, travel great distances to get to her.  She did not live for him, and she did not wait for him.  He had to find her and catch up with her.
 
Guess who Typical Dude picked?  Yep.  He picked Mary.  It turned out in the long run, it was a foolish decision.  We all felt bad for Susan, thought he was a fool, but what could anyone do?  He won his prize, and that was Mary.
 
Of course Susan was devastated, and it took her what seemed like forever to get past Typical Dude.  Funny thing is, I think had he chosen Susan, Mary would have been just fine and gone on with her life in record time.  Why?  Because she hadn't fully invested herself or let her life revolve around Typical Dude.  She didn't have to rebuild her life because she already had one.
 
Just like Tessa and Bevin. Although I never particularly cared for Bevin from the beginning, as an empath, I certainly had a lot of sympathy for her.  It was rather odd to see her destroyed, watch Dr. Andy Dude shed a small tear, go to commercial and then watch him and Tessa live happily ever after.
 
But I'll tell you, it was almost surreal to watch Dr. Bachelor Dude go on his last dates, tell Bevin that he loved her, and that someone should pinch him (I volunteered for that task, but was ignored) so he knew it was real.  Any girl in Bevin's position would have felt she had Dr. Dude in the bag -- until he went on to recreate the exact same scene with Tessa, almost like it was a scene from Groundhog Day. 
 
I, for one, found it slightly disturbing and was left wondering if Dr. Gorgeous Dude had some dual personality disorder.  Watch out, Tessa, I'm thinking Dr. Bachelor Dude isn't as attached to his feelings as I would like him to be.
 
Ahhh, well, putting Dr. Gorgeous Bachelor Andy Dude aside,  as Tessa and his fabuloso abs stroll off into the sunset,  a couple of questions remain:
 
Who would you rather be, a Tessa or a Bevin; and, what reality show remains for your beloved psychic to watch as we head into summer repeats?