Date #12: Alisha

Alisha W.: We're not sure if we like this girl more or less because of her connection to Mormon Bachelorette Aubrey*. There's all sorts of pressure there that we're not sure if we're cool with.



Date Recap: Is this our first Sunday date? Yippee! This girl has the most unfortunate, unfortunate predicament of having the cameraman/woman present for the entire date, making for some major awkwardness. And if the awkwardness really wasn't there in person, it was big time for the viewers (at least for me) because in case you didn't catch on, this date is at Aubrey* Messick's house! Yikes! So maybe the second time around at this house will be successful? Aubrey* introduces Alisha before Bachelor Rick's arrival and holy smokes, is it just me or is Aubrey's* hair getting loooong? Bachelor Rick finally arrives and at least you can tell from the get go that Bachelor Rick thinks this girl is cute. And she is! But something about her also reminds me of one of those ladies from The Real Housewives series. I'm not sure what. Anyway, so Bachelor Rick and Alisha make breakfast together. Alisha pulls out the Bisquick and I cringe. Call me a breakfast snob, but on a date couldn't she have at least made an effort and made the waffles from scratch? Okay, that is a bit snobby of me and since Bachelor Rick has admitted he doesn't make food for himself, we know Bisquick is probably a real treat for him. Sorry for jumping the gun there, Aubrey*. Oh shoot, I mean Alisha. Do you think Bachelor Rick made that same mistake on the date? Do you think Bachelor Rick is looking around the house for Aubrey* the whole time? Do you think he wants Aubrey* to regret not choosing him? Do you think he's trying hard to impress Aubrey* in this date to make her regret not choosing him? Do you think he's not going to choose Alisha just to shove it in Aubrey's* face? Do you think . . . okay, we'll stop. He clearly has some initial interest in Alisha and we like that. We know since it's on Sunday and church is forthcoming that this date isn't as long as some of the others, but that's okay because quantity doesn't necessarily equal quality, does it? And this date seemed quality. Especially when they bust out the M-A-S-H. Is Alisha the first date to bring up the hypothetical marriage situation with the Bachelor? Props for that Alisha! Now you've got the wheels spinning in Rickster's head and all because of M-A-S-H. Well done, well done! And how sweet, he gives Alisha a ride to church! I wonder if he offered Aubrey* a ride, too? Now that she's engaged is she too cool to go to the same single's ward? Just when we were starting to think there just wasn't enough time for Bachelor Rick to get in the hand holding, he shows us how wrong we were for thinking that. He holds her hand for about 3.5 seconds from the door of his car to the church door. I wonder if he held her hand during church? Did he even sit by her? Were some of the other ladies from his date there watching? Oh to be a fly on the wall in that single's ward!

First Impression: This girl seems cute and successful, seeing as she has a job in Arizona and all. And that's cool she works for General Mills. Does that mean friends and family get free cereal? Since Rick doesn't cook, that would probably be a major appeal.

Surprises: This girl is totally cute and a good dresser. We like her. Of course a lot of our intial thoughts are superficial, of course, since we can't be there to talk to her firsthand, but do you think Aubrey* showed Alisha a picture of Rick beforehand? This girl seems California girl cute, meaning it seems like her type would be surfer boy, brunette or sun-bleached blonde and super bronzed. Like I said, this is all superficial thinking to lead me into thinking if you think he's her type?

Second date potential: Oh yeah. Bachelor Rick doesn't want to risk offending Bachelorette Aubrey*. And Bachelor Rick is totally digging this girl, so of course we will see a second date.

Creativity: Maybe not totally creative so I'll give her a 3. Ok, maybe a 4...come on, they played M-A-S-H and that is worth at least a point on its own. The only thing taking her down here is that she used Bisquick. Then again, she does work for General Mills, so despite her best efforts of advertising for them, it still wasn't that creative. Apparently this girl didn't have a lot to work with time wise if they could only make a Sunday morning date work. Was she only in town for Sunday morning? We aren't privy to this information or for any date scheduling info for any of these ladies, for that matter. That would be interesting to know.

Final thoughts: Can Arizona Alisha and California Bachelor Rick make long-distance work? Of course they can. Arizona and California aren't that far apart, really.

So, are we dead on or dead wrong on this one?

*Of course we're kidding about that stuff. But some people don't know, I guess.