Spilling the tea…

Bachelor Nation is getting to know Cindy as she looks for love with Mel Owens on Season 2 of “The Golden Bachelor.” 

Cindy was chosen as one of Mel’s final three women, and next week he’ll get to meet her family as they head to Hometowns.  

But for now, Cindy is dishing all about her relationship with Mel on “Bachelor Happy Hour” and sharing a sneak peek into what we can expect from her Hometown visit. 

Sharing more about her connection with the Golden Bachelor, Cindy revealed, “Mel and I would start a conversation and within a breath would be covering 10 topics. Our relationship is absolutely effortless. When he was named as the Golden Bachelor, my oldest daughter was the first one to discover it and she texted me immediately and called me and said, ‘Mom, I think they picked him for you.’”

Cindy went on, saying, “Mel is uniquely designed to be in a relationship with me and so I was not surprised with this, and I leaned into it. And early on, I knew enough about him and I needed to explore the chemistry. Check, check. Now we’re looking at compatibility; it’s going very well…There’s no question that he and I are aligned and had easy, effortless, deep conversations.”

“He was very intentional with our time together and every little moment,” Cindy stated before sharing why meeting her family is so important for her.

She said, “Sometimes I believe that my family for sure and my friends are the best mirror for me. And knowing that he would have a chance to see where I live, to see why I live here, this was a big, bold change in my life. And it’s important that the man that I find myself with understands that I’m fully capable of making big, bold moves. And seeing and meeting my family. Because everybody says your kids are special and they are, but my family is unique and my son-in-laws tell me it’s a lot. And so I needed them to meet Mel and to help me be my mirror. And to look at him and reflect him into our lives. And then I also needed Mel to see my family and where I live and my lifestyle, so it was an important next step… My kids haven’t met a man in years.”

Cindy also confessed that being with Mel “feels like a combination of home and vacation,” and gave a sneak peek into what viewers can expect from her Hometown visit. 

“Having Mel in Austin, it’s very exciting,” she teased. “Let’s just say, the chemistry continues and he does have some great interactions with my most treasured people. And he finds a couple party favors along the way. A little bit of drama. Just remember, it’s super important that my family falls in love with him too… There is no other option. Mel has to ask permission. He will have to ask permission to marry me by these people that he doesn’t know. And it is surreal because they haven’t spent the hours with him that I have… So they’re going in with blind faith and it should be an episode for sure that everybody wants to see.”

Hear the rest of Cindy’s interview in the full episode of “Bachelor Happy Hour” below!