The World's Most Eligible Bachelor

Week 3: Mackinac Island

Eight o'clock in the morning found us lugging our suitcases out to the cars and doped up on coffee as we embarked on yet another adventure. We were in a private jet within half an hour, still yawning and trying to make groggy conversation at best. 

When we were in flight, the attendants came to take orders for breakfast and coffee or whatever else we needed. When they brought our drinks, we each received a little note card from Harry that said, "All my favorite conversation's always made in the AM." And then he wrote a little personal note to each of us. Then, during breakfast, Harry asked us to each tell about our most memorable family vacation from when we were young. Cameras were already rolling.

Surprisingly, Dove spoke up first. "When I was about five, my nanny packed a suitcase for me to go on a family vacation. When she wasn't looking, I took all of  my clothes out and put all of my Barbies and all their clothing inside instead. I figured they would want to come along for the vacation. My mom was furious when we got to Eleuthera and she had to buy all new clothes for me." That story made all of us laugh, and it warmed my heart up towards Dove just a little. It was through those very brief insights into her life that I began to think she was more normal than I had originally thought. She was definitely more normal than Demi.

"Okay, it's my turn!" I said, trying to hold back my laughter until I actually told the story. "When I was really little, my parents and I drove to San Diego to visit my aunt. My mom told me we would have to stay in a hotel because my aunt's house was too small. So, we drove up to the hotel and my dad went in to pay for our room. My mom didn't notice I had sneaked out of the car when he left, and the next thing she knew I had stripped to my underwear and I was playing in the fountain in the hotel lobby because I thought it was the pool.

Harry's face turned beet red laughing at that, and everyone else thought it was pretty funny too. That more than made up for the embarrassment of having my parents yell at me in front of everyone in the hotel all those years ago.

"Speaking of pool stories," Sara told us, "I was wearing a swim diaper while swimming in my grandma's pool when we visiting in the summer. Let's just say the swim diaper didn't do its job and the whole pool had to be pumped and sanitized. My grandparents were not happy with me!"

We were almost on the floor laughing so hard at Sara's story, we had to take several moments just to catch our breath. Harry, still chuckling, said, "Well, these aren't exactly the heartwarming stories I was thinking of, but please carry on." 

"I think that if you don't end up having some mishaps with your family and laughing along the way, then there won't be many good memories," I said. "It's all about your ability to weather the bad and the good, you know." I glanced at Harry and he nodded knowingly, giving me a look that I knew was just for me.

The rest of the ladies shared stories that were just as hilarious, including grandparents unknowingly making sexual innuendos, petty larceny, ripping jeans in front of members of the opposite sex, etc. My stomach has never hurt so much from laughing so hard.