Evan Bass & Carly Waddell - BIP 3 - Updates - Discussion

Agree with all of you. Go Cavan!

This might sound weird, but one reason I like them, is because with him Carly had to face her meanish girl tendencies and maybe realise how her words can hurt people. And he took her apology, accepted, and they seem really happy and well suited.

That's a good point @Cocoasneeze, she said some nasty things about him. Watching herself just might have made her realize how awful that was. I think Carly just tried to hard at times to be funny, or be part of the  "in crowd". She's funny, I laughed at some of the things she'd say but other times she was a little strange like not going to her brothers wedding.

She seems to be very happy especially with her instant family and those handsome young men. That's not an easy situation and yet she seems to blend right in.

They are such an unexpected couple, and yet so very sweet together.

Carly Waddell ‏@carlywaddell  Nov 22
Paradise all day every day

But she's not even captioning #momlife. How serious can it be???

As someone who was one of the first (if not the first) passenger on their train, I'm not at all surprised that Carvan is the only couple still standing from BIP. So what if she wasn't attracted to him from day one? That kind of infatuation (not love) usually doesn't last and definitely isn't enough to sustain a relationship; also, it often blinds and inhibits the couple from openly communicating and actually finding out whether or not they are truly, deeply compatible enough to work out (for fear that they'll find out they aren't, and cut the fantasy short?), which is clearly what went wrong with the other two pairings. It also helps, IMO, that this couple is a little older/more stable/more mature, and seemed more ready and understanding of what's important in making a relationship thrive.

I wish them all the best, and hope they have a beautiful and PRIVATE wedding. Apparently Evan can afford it.

yana_bach wrote:But she's not even captioning #momlife. How serious can it be???

She shows the boys on her IG and Snapchat. The youngest seems to really like her just by what I've seen.

Here's to Carvan!!

I liked the slow burn of their relationship. Whereas most people deal with the non-appealing aspects of their partner's personalities much later on, these two navigated through it even before their relationship truly began. That IMO is what makes a strong partnership where you truly accept the other person flaws and all.

IMO The fact that Carly doesn't try to take the mom's place in Evan's kids life and by that shows respect to their mom endears her to me more unlike a certain someone who was all #dadlife.

I truly hope these two make it!

I think another thing on their side in this whole thing is the fact that they both lived in the same town before they got to paradise. They actually had that in common and neither one of them had to uproot their life to move to the other. Early conversations between them could have actually been about the life they lived and the places they frequented that the other person just might frequent themselves. They could have actually found out that they did have a lot of things in common.

Actually, even if they hadn't gotten engaged on the show, I could have seen them hanging out after the show as friends... and that could have actually have led to something as well.

And, I still love that they stay off of SM and actually live their lives. The little glimpses they do share on SM are the "real deal" and not staged liked another couple.

@coolangel wrote:I liked the slow burn of their relationship. Whereas most people deal with the non-appealing aspects of their partner's personalities much later on, these two navigated through it even before their relationship truly began. That IMO is what makes a strong partnership where you truly accept the other person flaws and all.

IMO The fact that Carly doesn't try to take the mom's place in Evan's kids life and by that shows respect to their mom endears her to me more unlike a certain someone who was all #dadlife.

I truly hope these two make it!

It feels like she's had a really good effect on Evan - I was reading this article from Evan's ex-wife clarifying that FB post she had up in the summer, saying that Evan didn't really call his kids while he was on the Bachelorette and didn't hang out with them afterwards, which is why she got really angry and impulsively posted that. Now, he completely fulfills his 50/50 custody agreement and is really a involved and present father. It feels like some of that must be because of Carly's influence, because she talked about how Evan being a father was one of her favorite things about him. They've both just really pleasantly surprised me and I'm really rooting for them!

IMO.

I'm Twitter stalking and Evan is pretty funny! I love their interactions. Also Home Alone at the symphony?! So fun.

Carly Waddell ‏@carlywaddell 4h4 hours ago

Celebrating @ebassclinics December birthday in a sundress. I may stay forever       @TheCoveAtlantis #atlantiscelebrations #partner

That's a cute pic!