What solidly won me over with Danielle L was hearing her parents' divorce story. We seem to have a "divorce contestant" every season and of course that tidbit is always exploited, but as someone whose parents are still together, I found Danielle's story in particular to be really informative and thought-provoking. She distinctly remembered her parents being loving and affectionate with each other—not hating and fighting with each other—yet they ultimately got divorced. Call me dumb, but I never totally understood the impact divorce could have on the children's dating lives because in my imagination, their parents were probably always fighting and the divorce was an obviously good thing. But to hear that things were good and probably were for awhile... I can see how that'd be really scary. Danielle L said she harbors "a fear of not finding the right person” and it makes complete sense. If things can go from so good to so bad, you’d have to wonder how you know.

On a superficial note, YAY for Danielle’s ponytail!

Nick takes Danielle L to participate in a "bucket list thing" which is dancing and making out onstage in front of an audience (sound familiar?) and I'm scratching my head as to how this is a bucket list thing other than that, because Chris Lane is a country singer, this is probably something of a Bachelor rite of passage...