Michelle Young - Bachelorette 18 - Discussion

https://people.com/tv/michelle-young-nayte-olukoya-relationship-timeline/

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/bachelorette-michelle-young-and-nayte-olukoyas-relationship-timeline/june-2022/

Wonder what happens to the down payment on the house that ABC gifted them? Goes back to the same place as the Neil Lane rings?

I like that they were so supportive to each other in their break-up posts. Makes me admire them more as individuals. I hope Michelle doesn't use her break from teaching to become a BN spokesperson. Our national need for good teachers far outweighs that for social influencers. IMO

Michelle has already left teaching if she makes enough money as a influencer she will not go back to teaching jmo

Awww bummer. I had hopes for them oh well.

Crazy how the only (non-married) couples left are the 2 Bachelors who did not propose.

@Linds911 I think more couples might make it if the show did not pressure them to get engaged at the end. I think it put a lot of pressure on them to make it work no matter what. When in realty they do not really no each other

@timfan ITA it's pointless to propose when you hardly know the person. The contestant ends up later in life being proposed to a few times, like Becca K.

I don't get why they are so pushy with the engagement. A lot of the international shows do not end in a proposal and it's just as beautiful.

ITA! I've never liked the proposal/engagement at the end of the show. It's just not realistic and I think the few successes are in spite of the proposals instead of because of.

The Bachelor Happy Hour and Almost Famous podcasts are having 2 crossover episodes today (Episode Part 1 is the Almost Famous episode, Episode Part 2 is the Bachelor Happy Hour) and Michelle touches on the breakup on both episodes.

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/off-the-vine-with/michelle-young-life-love-yAcZrgGHY5q/

Michelle says she didn't travel as much as she wanted on both season's she was on. She has flashbacks a lot of the show, and plans to travel. She's watching this season. Being on BH and has really enjoyed speaking with the girls on and off the mic. Easier says it's easier for the men to be plain then women. They both agreed Zach handled situations well. She wants to surround herself with positive people and now she wants to use her voice to push for change.

Michelle went back to teaching after the show. Teaching kept her so busy with students that needed a lot of attention which she was grateful for because it didnt' give her time to think of the new life she had, but at the same time it led her to exhaustion which is why she took the leave. SM telling her what to do, she should be teaching, looking after her students, they were not teacher's and had no idea what it's like. They didn't affect her day, they were wasting their time. They talk about the silly comments SM make.

30 minutes in and they are still talking about trolls.

She's done a lot of reflection, determining what's healthy for her what's not. There's been a lot of growing pains. She's had a difficult time with anxiety. This was before she was on TB. She goes into detail how to control her thoughts to manage her anxiety. She wants to show people that she doesn't have it all together.

She recharges by being around people, relearning how to recharge. Reading a book didn't do it for her. Michelle goes on about how different her life is now.

It's good one to listen to those who need help in figuring out what you want and how to deal with change.

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/off-the-vine-with/grape-therapy-KnN1VTHZ6Cy/

https://www.bachandbachettefans.net/t3283p600-bachelor-franchise-random-sleuthing-discussion#1530352

Full article on the above page. Article title:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-04-04/the-bachelor-bachelorette-mike-fleiss-abc-warner-bros