Courtney from BACHELOR...I like Her! Am I Alone?

You might be alone :)
She's definitely "playing the game", IMO..
I hate that thing she does with her mouth/lips...

yep - you're alone. :)

I don't fault you for liking her - I just can't wrap my head around it.

I have heard the "women are jealous of me" excuse, and "I just don't have many female friends" excuse.

I never bought it. I've known a few pretty women (my wife is drop dead gorgeous, but this is about 'others'). And having friends of the same sex always came down to inner beauty. Could they BE a good friend?

Not a single woman who said those things made an effort to be real with another woman. They found they could manipulate men with their looks - and that just became a life strategy. They are too self-involved to have a friendship that is non-flirtatious and purely platonic. They didn't know the social cues, or even to ask questions about the other women.

Let me put it another way - When was the last time you said to yourself "She is TOO pretty, I do not want to be friends with her".

Never. She may be pretty AND self centered.
She may be pretty AND dismiss you.
She may be pretty AND two-faced.

But if none of us are putting out there - OMG, you're just so pretty I dislike you...then is seems a thinly veiled excuse for poor behavior.

And my wife and I are both pretty disappointed in Ben.

My daughter (17) and I watch the show. We cannot stand Courtney.

I would probably be ok with her if she wore the same face in front of Ben. However, it is like she has a split personality when in the groups with the girls.

There was no reason for her to intrude when he was talking to someone else, strip down in her bikini to make him look when he was with someone else and the constant "winning" comments made us sick. AIs for the skinny dipping, I am all for that and it is fun, HOWEVER, I would not be skinny dipping with a casual date.... kindof skanky in my book. When that happened my daughter immediately said "Mom, I can't believe she is being such a skank". The wedding dress photo op was staged so she could get more attention.

She is a media hound, wants all the attention to herself and scary passive aggressive behaviour that would make me run for the hills.

I am sure he will choose her and if so I wish them well but I don't see it lasting... I don't think they are together now.

I agree that the girls were very bad to Shawntel as well as some of the other girls participating. They all chose to be there and get the spotlight hoping for their 15 minutes of fame. Many of them should just be ashamed.

You did not deserve hate mail over it though... everyone has a right to their own opinion.

I don't think she's hot at all, :), not ugly either but no not pretty. One word comes to mind though....snake. ( sorry ) In my opinion the other women had no reason to be intimidated by her, she wasn't all that. I watched a few episodes ......only because of all the talk ...but she wasn't that interesting to watch really.

Thank you for asking this question. I think Courtney has a right to 'play the game'. He is playing and kissing and telling all the women that he feels something for them...

However, on the flip side--she is totally phoney with her little girl voice and sounds and with her lip injections too...

I don't watch the show but i read about it in US Weekly! To me, Courtney is playing the game. The Bachelor is, after all, basically a GAME show everyone is trying to win. Win exposure, win fame, perhaps get some love but we all know the odds of that are very poor. She's winning.

Every woman on this earth has an insecurity. No one is above anyone else. How you handle your weakness or insecurity varies, too.
Some women join the majority, just so they can belong, even if they don't even really believe the "cause." Some embrace it and joke about it and/or deal with it realistically. Some are very quiet and shy, making themselves invisible. Some women (*Courtney) are mean-spirited, rude, insensitive, selfish, devalue themselves (sleeping with a guy to win a contest), and arrogant. Then there are those who join the "bad girl" bandwagon so they can be perceived as unique and going against the grain. A couple of those categories "spread hate," to use your words. Which category sounds like you? Maybe we should all think about which category we fall under and make a change.

On the Women Tell All show she tried to excuse her behavior by saying she wasn't used to living with other women and that it was a stressful time, but that's when one's true colors come out. She showed that she really is a mean person who needs to put people down in order to make herself feel better.

I didn't see all of the episodes thus far but was able to see Courtney was very inconsistent and is there to "WIN". The contrast between when she was giving a solo interview, with other women and with Ben is so huge. To her, I believe it is business to further her modeling career. She wants people to talk about her....bad or good. I avoid that type of person because they come off as scary crazy, not because I am threatened.

Wow you were bashed for your views, kinda sounds like being on mamapedia with different views.

This is the first show I have watched in several years. A friend of mine begged me to watch it with her, it is pretty entertaining.

Courtney is pretty on the outside but ugly mean vindictive on the inside. I would feel the need to sleep with one eye open around her.

There was another "B", she had really blonde hair. Someone she was mean too said something like "maybe we can share a tampon". I did not like this blonde chick either.