Letter to Becca & Garrett

Dearest Becca & Garrett,

A little about me as a fan of the show, I wasn’t fast to watch the series from the beginning.  In fact I didn’t watch for several seasons.  It wasn’t until I met my girlfriend three years ago that I started realizing the following of the show.  A real phenomenon I’d say.  A process that I am still trying to wrap my head around. Simply put, you show up, meet almost 30 people to pick through over several weeks to find that needle in a haystack to spend the rest of your life with......hmmm.  I personally would have no idea how I could operate in that environment.  After watching several seasons of the Bachelor and Bachelorette, I see the process working more than not.  I like to watch the stories of the individuals unfold and the interaction grow and finally blossom.  So I’m hooked....lol

Becca, after watching a few Bachlorettes over the last three years, I had to write something about you.  I’ve never felt this urge before your season, by the way.  As I watched the heartbreak that you experienced my own heart was hurting for what you were going through.  Then your season started.
You had both ends of the spectrum in your choices.  You had amazing men, and you had some that just weren’t.  I was so impressed how you moved through the time you had with all of these men.  You were straight and upfront, always open and listening, grace and maturity are not foreign to you at all.  You are an amazing woman!

As for your choice as I watched the final rose tonight, I was sad for Blake.  It’s hard as you know to be in those shoes.  You were right about Jason too.  What a dynamic individual.  However, just like you, I liked Garrett from the start.  I liked how real he was, the minivan, the genuine smile and little sparkle in his eyes.  I like how you and Blake were, but I liked your times with Garrett more.  It just always seemed like you had the most fun and laughs when you were with him.  I especially liked what he told you on that last date. That if it wasn’t him, he would understand, his main focus was your happiness.  I hoped and hoped he would be your choice for all of these reasons.

I wish you two the very best!  Garrett, you know the woman you have in your life and what her worth is.  Just know that Becca knows the man that you are and the potential you two possess as a couple has no limit!  Not that it matters, but you have the total support of one old man in Newport Beach!  I Love You Guys and how you are with each other.  Thank you both for sharing your lives with us.

Michael