In the past dozen years on ABC, which just made us feel really old writing that, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette have aired some crazy eliminations.
There are certainly enough opportunities, considering the setup.
After all, we're going on 30 seasons of the two shows combined, and 24 people (or even more in recent years) get booted for every final rose recipient winner!
Here's a look at 25 of the most shocking through the years ...
The one that started it all: Brad Womack rejected Jenni Croft on his season finale, and looked poised to propose to fan favorite DeAnna Pappas ... who he ALSO rejected!
DeAnna Pappas became The Bachelorette, and threw fans for a loop by rejecting beloved single father Jason Mesnick, who was so smitten with her, in favor of Jesse Csincsak ... who she stayed engaged to for like two weeks.
Jason Mesnick upped the ante on both Brad and DeAnna in the finale night shocker department. After getting engaged to Melissa Rycroft on his season finale, he dumped her ... on the After the Final Rose special, in favor of runner-up Molly Malaney! At least this one had a happy ending, though: Jason and Molly are happily married, and have a beautiful daughter.
Reid Rosenthal left The Bachelorette during the final three, then returned to propose to Jillian Harris on the finale after a change of heart ... only by then she had chosen Ed Swiderski.
Ed too left The Bachelorette, only to return and WIN Jillian Harris' season. His cheating ways soon caught up with him, though. She decided to List It, Not Love It ... see what we did there?!
In Season 14, starring Jake Pavelka, Rozlyn Papa got the boot at a rose ceremony ... after getting a rose! Say what? Yes, she allegedly had a fling with one of The Bachelor staff members.
Ali Fedotowsky also left Jake's season by her own accord, after being told she'd lose her job if she did not do so. Many later felt this was BS as she signed on to star as The Bachelorette right after.
Though he vowed to guard and protect her heart, Kasey Kahl got straight up ditched on a glacier by Ali in a hilarious one-on-one date denial for the ages.
Who could forget Bentley, probably the biggest douchebag in the history of a franchise filled with douchebags. He got the boot from Ashley Hebert, who he was disappointed to see as the Bachelorette (he preferred Emily Maynard) and openly said was a girl he would hook up with but would never date, as she wasn't even that hot. She eventually got wind of his shadiness, and not a moment too soon.
Ben Flajnik's stunned, bitter reaction to being rejected by Ashley Hebert after he got down on one knee was the most memorable moment of her season. He became The Bachelor; she wed winner J.P. Rosenbaum.
Casey Shteamer got the boot from Ben Flajnik when he felt she was there for the wrong reasons, and his lack of sugar-coating her departure led to some memorable waterworks displays.
It's water under the bridge now for a happily married Sean Lowe (who wed Bachelor winner Catherine Giudici after his season), but his final three dismissal by Emily Maynard - who split from Jef Holm soon after - was a stunner.
Frontrunner Brooks Forester dumped Desiree Hartsock on The Bachelorette's penultimate episode. Somewhat incredibly, a then-clear second choice Chris Siegfried ended up being The One.
Eric Hill's exit from The Bachelorette was all the more shocking considering that he left on less than stellar terms with Andi Dorfman, only to tragically pass away weeks later.
Nick Viall thought he had Andi Dorfman's heart all to himself. He was shocked to learn before he got to the final rose ceremony that she was cutting him loose, and didn't take it well to say the least.
Arie Luyendyk Jr. was eliminated by Emily Maynard on the finale of her season, but what was even more surprising was that he was reportedly told he was The Bachelor in 2015 before producers went with Chris Soules at the last minute.
Britt Nilsson made a great first impression on Chris Soules, and was a major contender until she self-destructed late in the season ... only to be somehow named co-Bachelorette just a few weeks later. That was even more shocking.
Both Jade Roper and Kaitlyn Bristowe could ride unlikely, emotional eliminations by Chris Soules into a gig as The Bachelorette. Kaitlyn surprisingly got the heave-ho after an overnight date in Bali, leaving Becca Tilley and Whitney Bischoff to fight for the final rose.
Each season brings new drama, in one way or the next.
There are always 1-2 exits that are true stunners, especially when contenders are dispatched - or even excuse themselves - outside of a rose ceremony.
On Chris Soules' just-completed "journey" that ended with the farmer getting engaged to Whitney Bischoff, it wasn't his final decision that surprised fans.
No, runner-up Becca Tilley actually took the rejection well.
Heck, part of us thinks she was relieved when Chris Soules chose Whitney Bischoff. It was by far the easiest final rose ceremony ever for both sides.
Kaitlyn Bristowe was pretty blindsided, however, as were viewers who believed the fun fan favorite should have been in the finale up against Whitney.
Then there was Britt Nilsson, who started this winter as one of the heavy favorites, only to utterly self-destruct ... and be named co-Bachelorette with Kaitlyn.
That last part may have been most shocking of all.
In any case, Chris' quest and its romantic casualties were hardly unique. As Bon Jovi once crooned, it's all the same ... only the names will change.
From head-scratching rose ceremony choices to epic meltdowns, girlfriends back home and myriad peeps not "there for the right reasons," we've seen it all.
So click through the 25 most stunning Bachelor and Bachelorette exits above and see which ones stand out as the most awkward, sad, or heartbreaking.
Then start the countdown until summer, when The Bachelorette Season 11 will see 24 men AND either Britt Nilsson or Kaitlyn Bristowe exit stage left.
Chris Soules and Whitney Bischoff just got engaged on The Bachelor season finale in March 2015. It seems like they are still together, as happy as ever and built to last ... but stay tuned.
Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney got engaged, and married, and had a kid! After he dumped his final rose recipient Melissa Rycroft and chose Molly instead ... close enough.
Travis Stork and Sarah Stone broke up before The Bachelor finale and After the Final Rose special even aired. Now that takes decidation to not making it work.
Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter have been together so long, we forget that she was ever not Mrs. Ryan Sutter. They have been married for a decade and have two kids!
Juan Pablo's now-infamous non-proposal made him persona non grata for many fans, but he and winner Nikki Ferrell were together for a good six months before she finally got sick of his crap.
Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray split up after just six months together. Amazingly, they appeared happily together and in love just days before they called it off.
