Ty couldn’t bring himself to choose either Megan or Melody. Instead, he decided to end the season single: “I knew that neither one of them was my forever person,” he said. “And I had to be real with myself.”
Ty said there was “such an attraction” to Melody early on, but he wasn’t confident that she was 100 percent committed.
“After the family visits and experience and you in New York, it’s brought up a lot of questions, concerns of you being part of the city. Could you 100 percent fully commit yourself to being here?” Ty told her. “I want somebody that just fully wants to live and be in this place and that falls completely in love with it. For us to move forward, I shouldn’t have any concerns.”
Melody said she “was not expecting that at all” and that she was “sad” about this outcome, but admitted that they’re “from completely different worlds,” which made her more OK with his choice.
As for Megan, Ty said they had something “different than any other connection” but that what he feels for her is “friendship.” In a confessional later on, Ty admitted that the “friendship” label wasn’t really how he felt.
Ty, who already has one daughter, started the season “open” to more children, but realized by the end that he’s not fully committed to that idea. If they were to be together, Megan said she would want more children. Because of this, Ty didn’t see a future together.
“Through this, there’s part of me that thought coming into this, I was open to children. But for me, to be honest, I’ve learned through it that I’m not 100 percent there. For me, knowing that I don’t want to have kids, I don’t think I should be in a place where I should keep you from having them,” Ty told Megan. “Also, it’s something with that connection that we’ve got and for me, it’s such a strong connection that it’s been a that it’s a friendship connection. I’m just not 100 percent there that you’re my forever person.”
When host Jennifer Nettles asked Ty if he was open to finding love again. “Of course. I would never throw that emotion away. That’s something that I definitely want,” he said.