Melissa Rycroft, the Bachelor contestant whom Jason Mesnick proposed to and then dumped in favor of the runner-up, Molly Malaney, on national television back in March, got the last laugh on Jason by walking down the aisle over the weekend. On Saturday, Melissa married her on-and-off boyfriend, Tye Strickland, whom she dated before going on The Bachelor and then reunited with after Mesnick perpetrated his incredibly embarrassing public bout of indecision.

After The Bachelor, Melissa went on to compete on Dancing With the Stars, proving the title is less a literal description of what happens on the show … Read More

If you're like me, your affection for the The Bachelor has waned over the years. You probably skipped a few seasons here and there (There have been 14 Bachelors and Bachlorettes. Fourteen!), but you most likely caught some snippet of the notorious Jason Mesnick. You know, the single dad. Dating A Single Dad: What It's Really Like

He's the one who chose Melissa Rycroft, skipped off happily, then realized he should have chosen Molly Malaney. Oops. And he also chose an unusual way to break the news to Melissa: via national television. He broke up with her on … Read More

Melissa Rycroft, who was so memorably proposed to and then dumped on national television by Bachelor Jason Mesnick and then twirled her infamy into a stint on Dancing With the Stars, is engaged, Us Weekly reports. She reunited with insurance agent Tye Strickland in March after her stint on The Bachelor—they'd been on and off for two years.

"Sometimes the stars align and the clouds part and everything works out the way it should," Melissa gushed on Good Morning America today, where she has a new running gig. Which, wow. Honey, he didn't cure cancer. He put a … Read More

You know what's a hard-core drag? Being dumped on national TV*. You know what's even more of a drag? Being dumped on a contrived, network dating show in favor of someone you understood to be out of the picture.

But after being left on the trash heap of broken hearts that is post-rose ceremony The Bachelor, Melissa Rycroft has rebounded. She's not thinking about boob Jason Mesnick and she sure as hey-hey isn't thinking about Molly Malaney. (By the way, isn't it painfully obvious that this was contrived?). She's moved on, she got her hair did, she … Read More

It was only a week ago that Melissa Rycroft, the 25-year-old Dallas native who won the heart and hand of Bachelor Jason Mesnick, saw her dignity and dreams of matrimony battered on national television.Jason, having experienced a major change of heart between the season finale of the Bachelor and the After The Rose special (which were filmed a few weeks apart, but aired back to back), confessed that he couldn't stop thinking of Molly Malaney, the second choice girl he jilted in favor of Melissa. The "chemistry is completely different" outside the mansion he told host Chris Harrison. … Read More

The Bachelor's "shocking" finale has become a never-ending story.

Jason Mesnick, divorced dad of a young son, came off as such a likeable, genuine guy on the show. He'd had his heart broken during the last season of The Bachelorette, which placed him in high favor with the show's viewers. This season, he wasn't afraid to shed tears and tell women how "amazing" they were.

He led us into the final rose ceremony with two sweet, lovely twentysomethings, Molly Malaney and Melissa Rycroft. And then he broke both of their hearts. First, he gave Molly the boot, choosing Melissa as … Read More

Does anyone else have whiplash after last night's finale of ABC’s The Bachelor? We're still trying to process everything. For those of you who didn’t watch it (and for those who are chatting it up around the water cooler this morning), let’s recap. On last night's finale Jason Mesnick, this season's single dad Bachelor and a fan favorite, is down to his final two women: former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Rycroft and Molly Malaney. With a surprise (not really) visit from former Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas who claims to have made a mistake by picking her now ex-fiancee Jesse … Read More

For all of its ridiculous moments*, last night's episode of The Bachelor made us realize one thing: the single parent experience is growing increasingly mainstream. Jason, the bachelor and single dad in question, has 10 remaining women on the show; two of them are single mothers, and all of them are crazy for his divorced self.

The latest US census showed single parent homes have held steady at around 9 percent of all households for the past fifteen years. Meanwhile, the increase in popularity of online dating and the prevalance of divorce have made dating with … Read More

Besides the fact that never has a racial minority appeared as the Bachelor or Bachelorette on ABC's long-running reality show, we continued to be surprised by contestant Jason Mesnick's choices on last night's episode. Things that would make us sweat (not in a good way)—like being prepared to move cross-country for someone you've known for 48 hours—seem to make this guy smile. Here, a list of things this Seattle-based single dad likes in a lady:

1. I Want You To Want Me. In episode two, Jason admits he's all about the women who want him and aren't afraid to show it—even … Read More