Bachelor Jed’s brutal rejection proves men are more clingy than women

Bachie Jed McIntosh got rejected last night and his dramatic reaction proves that most Australian men suffer from the same syndrome.

OPINION

The Bachelor, sorry, I mean the The Bachelors, returned on Monday, revealing an uncomfortable truth about how men handle rejection. Spoiler: They don’t like it and I know why.

The premiere episode kicked off with all three Bachelors’ Felix Von Hofe, Thomas Malucelli and Jed McIntosh going on a series of speed dates to narrow down who they’d like to be competing for their hearts.

2023 Bachelors Felix Von Hofe, Thomas Malucelli and Jed McIntosh. Picture: Supplied

Melbourne drummer Jed McIntosh who looks like Machinegun Kelly if he had a complicated coffee order, was shocked when he was brutally rejected during one of the speed dates.

Psychology student, Caitlin Perry turned down his offer of a rose, which led to Jed being very unimpressed and very miffed. Has this man never been on Tinder?

Perry politely said: “I wish the best for you, and I hope that you meet someone!” She even threw in some line about wanting to be friends, which no one should believe for a second.

I’ve never once made a friend on a dating app, but I appreciated her attempt at being extra nice.

Jed looked like someone had just kicked him in the stomach and told him Blink 182 broke up again and replied, “Yep, good. Well, it was lovely meeting you. Cheers.”

Jed dealing with the pain of heartbreak. Image: Network 10

Jed going through all the stages of grief. Image: Network 10

He then told the camera the incident was a “bash to the ego,” and that it was “absolutely brutal!”

Sir, she was very nice to you, I once went out with a guy that rejected me because I talked like I was on a sitcom. Do you know what kind of soul-searching that obscure feedback can lead a person to do?

Perry politely declining a rose like a Queen. Image: Network 10

The edgy Bachelor launched into a rant and said: “I just thought I was the one making those decisions, but apparently not!” I guess Jed just realised that relationships involve two people liking each other, not just one.

Off-camera he then can be heard whispering to himself, “F*ck me.”

The message was clear, Jed was absolutely shocked that a woman would have the arrogance to reject him. Meanwhile, he spent the entire day rejecting multiple women, and none of them muttered “f*ck me.”

In fairness to Jed, he probably thought all of these women would be lined up to fall in love with him, so I guess he was feeling a bit gipped when two other blokes turned up. But as someone that has spent hours on dating apps, I can tell you that this kind of outburst of rejection isn’t unusual. Men don’t need a team of producers behind them to have a tantrum.

Jed being offended he was rejected. Photo: Network10

I’m going to tell you a secret. I reckon I know why Jed was so upset by the rejection, and sure there’s a bit of arrogance involved but it’s also because men are clingier. Yes, I know the lie we’ve always been told is that women are clingy, desperate and needy, and men are the hard to catch stallions.

Wrong, men are the clingy ones, and they are the ones desperately invested in relationships, and yes throwing tantrums when their chance at one gets dashed.

Why? Well, because women have fully fleshed out lives, typically, women have friends, social commitments and hobbies. Every woman I know is juggling a hectic social calendar sprinkled with heaps of brunch dates, and pretty much every man I know social life consists of meeting up for beers in some format or another.

When men pair up with women their lives improve suddenly they have a bustling social life and someone to do things with that doesn’t just revolve around drinking.

Jed seems like a catch, he comes across nice, warm and cool, I mean he is in a band cool. Although being in a band makes me nervous for his superannuation contributions, but that is the sensible woman in me. Still, being cool isn’t going to stop him from being clingy because it is a typical behaviour of most men! There, I said it, most men are needy and we need to start speaking about it.

Make no mistake Jed’s behaviour was the perfect example of how men are more clingy then woman.

Look at him, completely depressed that a woman he barely knows has rejected him, but honestly that makes sense because women make men’s lives better or at the very least give them a full social calender. And a firm understanding of how important brunch is.