My Words, My Way: The Final Rose

Ben's journey to find love has come to an end... and even though he picked the wrong girl, it's ok. I will be ok. It just means that Ben got LoLo and we get more JoJo! So in the end, it's really a win win.

Gone are the sleepless nights worrying Caila may be the next Bachelorette... replaced with the excitement and anticipation of JoJo's journey to find love.

Here is how it all went down.

The final two meet with Ben's parents.

LoLo is first up to meet Ben's folks, she immediately gets down to a first name basis. Mike and Dolly (this may not be their actual names, but for the sake of my not remembering, they are now), well Mike and Dolly both like LoLo, calling her "polished". Not a bad thing, mind you, but I just got the feeling they both pushed for JoJo after meeting her. Dolly "felt" something different between Ben and JoJo. And that's about all the help his parents offered. So... no help really.

Then Ben admitted to Dolly he's in love with both ladies.

That face says it all - good luck with that one Benny-boy.

Final dates take place and Ben drops the L Bomb all over the place. Apparently it doesn't matter who he says it to or how often, the man is in love with saying he's in love. And the women are loving telling everyone Ben's saying he's in love with them. And Chris Harrison is just along for the ride pretending to not know anything when really he knows all.

Ben keeps saying that with Lauren it all seems too good to be true. Well... you know what they say...

And with JoJo he feels that they have become best friends and she gets him like no one else. She calms him and makes him at ease. That seems like a good thing to me... no?

He is honest with JoJo and pulls no punches, admitting to her he's in love with Lauren as well. She deals with it well and still holds out hope because he's giving her every reason to.

At this point I was totally convinced LoLo was going home. I was blindsided, much like my gal JoJo. The minute she stepped out of the limo first I cringed knowing she was going home.

End of the day, it's a blessing in disguise that Ben broke JoJo's heart because it means we get more of her, as the Bachelorette. And selfishly, that works for me.

After ripping JoJo's heart out Ben does something that wins me over ... again.

Oh, no, not that... I just enjoy Ben shirtless.

No, Ben picks up the phone and calls Mr. Bushnell - Lauren's dad, to ask his permission to propose. Swoon. Those abs, that gesture... amazing on all fronts. Especially that one... Up there... shirtless.

Dad gives his blessing and JoJo is all but forgotten. Ben "whoohoo's" with jubilation and LoLo heads down to meet him.

That was one amazing proposal. He said all the things every woman hopes to hear in that moment. I just hated that she looked kinda smug through parts of it.