**SPOILER ALERT**… Rachel sent Dean home on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette.

Her decision has upset many fans on social media…

 

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In a blog written for People, Rachel Lindsay opens up about the emotional episode and sending Dean home.

If you’ve been watching the show, you’ll know that Dean was concerned about Rachel meeting his family, and she spoke about that, “Dean made it clear he wasn’t introducing me to his family to show me the people he loves the most, he wanted to show me the dysfunction that he had been avoiding. Luckily, on the way to the family home we were able to have a couple drinks with his friends whom he considers family and I was able to see Dean light up and flash that smile that would make any girl melt.

I think Dean expected me to be shocked and uncomfortable walking into his father Pararoomp’s home and finding the entire family sitting Indian-style and shoeless on the floor. He was way off, I found it totally welcoming and comforting. I’ve said it before that I’m a free spirit and environments like this I find hospitable. From the gong cleansing ceremony to the homemade daal, I felt well within my comfort zone.”

 

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One moment that upset fans (and Dean) was Rachel telling Dean that she loved him at the end of the night…

 

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“In comforting Dean after at the end of the night, we ended up sharing our love for each other. In the moment, it was honestly how much I cared for him and that made the rose ceremony in Dallas that much more difficult.”

Rachel continued to explain how difficult a decision it was for her to send Dean home, “I cried on the entire flight to Dallas, and I cried all day leading up to it. I didn’t want to make a decision, I wanted to run and just go home and never have to break another heart again. But when my tears dried I realized that, while I do feel a love for Dean, I’m just not sure he’s in a place in his life where he’s ready to settle down and start a family in the near future.

“Through this journey, Dean learned a lot about himself and a lot about love … and he learned those things through our relationship. I still think he’s figuring himself and his feelings out. It was a tough goodbye — he was defensive, confused and a bit angry. I know that sometimes at first being angry is easier to stomach than allowing yourself to be sad. I prayed that night the he wasn’t leaving this relationship believing I judged him based on meeting his family. I only judged him on if he was ready for the same things I am.”

Since Monday night’s episode, fans have been calling for Dean to be named the next Bachelor.

 

https://twitter.com/OutoftheLimo/status/887129335030796288

 

Rachel is now down to three bachelors, Bryan, Eric and Peter.

 

ABC / The Bachelorette
ABC / The Bachelorette

 

Check out the next episode of The Bachelorette this Monday on City.

Also, read Rachel’s full blog HERE.

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