Hello, everyone. Well, we've reached the dramatic conclusion of Mel's journey to find love.

And in the end, one woman was left standing because the other woman self-eliminated. It happens.

Some guy in Austin and I discussed the reasoning behind this woman's departure and debate if Mel could have chosen her if she had just finished the game, I'm using air quotes,

and accompanied him to the fantasy suite. We also take a deep dive into Mel's fears, which include

dunebuggies, stingrays, non-hoka shoes, emotional conversations, and sentences that involve more than five words. Notice I didn't list

that he was afraid of commitment. Golden Mel never once thought about proposing. He's not

afraid of commitment. He's just not interested in it. And luckily, I don't think Peg is either.

Hey everyone, I'm Lindsay and welcome to the I Hate Green Beans podcast. During each episode, I'll be

discussing television, movies, music, and books with friends who love pop culture as much as I do.

For those of you wondering, yes, we will be talking about the Bachelor franchise.

And no, I do not want to try your grandmother's famous green bean cassero recipe.

But thanks for offering.

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

It's episode 397 of the I Hate Green Beans podcast.

I'm your host, Lindsay. I'm here with some guy in Austin. I think I should probably apologize at the beginning of this show just because it's been

a minute since the finale aired. And I'm just now getting to it because as you know, I was

celebrating 50 years on this earth a couple weeks ago.

And then last week, I just had to recover from the week I was gone.

And so it took me a minute to watch both of the Antigua dates and the finale and have so many thoughts and I'm excited to hear your thoughts because

I have some questions for you too about what went down. That's fantastic. I think that yeah,

I'm glad the season's over. I am too. I was, one thing that struck me in the finale,

and it's probably going to be something that you didn't think about,

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