'The Bachelor': Ben Higgins Stands Up to Family Pressure on Emotional Hometown Week Visits

It was Hometown Week on The Bachelor, and while Ben Higgins put up with intense questioning from the fathers of his four remaining suitors, he decided that he wasn't ready to be a stepfather himself, sending single mom Amanda home after meeting her two young daughters.

"I saw you with your daughters this week, and I was more impressed with you than I ever could have imagined," Ben told Amanda following the rose ceremony. "You're one of the most genuine, authentic and caring people that I know, and I really do wish nothing but great things for you."


The two spent quality time together in Amanda's hometown of Laguna Beach, California, where Ben met her daughters, Kinsley and Charlie, as well as her protective parents.

"He seems like he'd be a great dad," her mom observed. "But is he ready to be an instant dad?"

While Ben and Amanda had an obvious connection, the Bachelor was candid with her parents, assuring that he wasn't going to "step in" to the lives of their daughter and granddaughters unless he was certain about the relationship. Ultimately, he decided that his heart wasn't in it like it was with remaining bachelorettes, JoJo, Caila and Lauren B.