Who Do You Lo-ove, Prince Lorenzo?

Who Do You Lo-ove, Prince Lorenzo? by Roxanne McDonald

After much apparent vacillating, Lorenzo chose his princess. But the question on many minds is will it last?

Prince Lorenzo was adorable in his indecision on the final episode of The Bachelor: Rome. He told the cameras (and the viewers) that he had no idea what he was going to do, then that he was pretty confident he was choosing the “right” one, then that when he woke up on the morning of the Final Rose Ceremony that he was once again stumped and that he “…decided about two hours before the final Rose Ceremony” between Jen, the twenty-four year old school teacher from Pembroke Pines, Florida and Sadie, the twenty-three year old publicist from Carlsbad, California.

It was, he said to reporters later (according to Steve Rogers of Reality TV World),

a “difficult decision because I had strong feelings for both Jen and Sadie…I felt a little stronger with Jen just because I thought we had more chemistry. I was trying to find faults with both of them and it was almost impossible but I knew I had to make a decision and it was just that I felt a little closer to Jen and that’s why I went with what I was feeling at the time.”

Again, all the bachelors on all seasons are depicted as being mentally and emotionally (and maybe even spiritually) torn—for that makes for “good” TV, but Lorenzo was particularly adorable, having that kind of dumbfounded look and jamming his hands into his pants’ pockets and meandering on the grounds and fretting and all….

But also, Lorenzo did not technically propose to Jen. He started out with the delivery of his professions of love (he loves “everything” about her), then presented the ring with the slow and deliberate words, “This…is…a…ring….” He continued when he got his bearings, of course, explaining how his mother helped design it, etc…but also clarified the meaning of the ring not as an engagement ring but as a “family ring” that evidently Jen still wore on her engagement ring finger….

Also according to Rogers, the prince offered a good, simple explanation for that, saying “I didn’t have a necklace on me or a string but I mean it is a ring so you should put it on a finger and so I decided to put it on Jen’s finger, and obviously before I did I wanted her to understand why I was putting it on her finger and what it meant but she’s got it on her finger right now and I think that’s what you do with a ring.”

He sure does have a tactful way with words. Hmmmm.

So will the loving everything about her translate into long-lasting coupledom?

If you consider the stats for such a reality show, it is understandable that a ten-week process of courting, being courted, and choosing the finality of marriage may not work out for the best

(as, say, it did with Ryan and Trish, on The Bachelorette): as Senior Writer for Buddy TV, Oscar Dahl, notes, “There are rumors all over the internet that Lorenzo and Jennifer have already called it quits, which would make The Bachelor 0-9 in their match-making attempts.”

Which would make The Bachelor: Rome yet another just very entertaining “reality” TV.

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