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Joey Graziadei<\/strong><\/a> has been eliminating women all season long on The Bachelor<\/em><\/a> but he was on the receiving end of a breakup during the Monday, February 19, episode. The tennis instructor was left in tears after Lexi Young<\/strong><\/a> told him that she was ending their relationship and leaving the show.<\/p>\n Lexi, 30, decided to leave The Bachelor<\/em> because she and Joey, 28, had different visions about what they wanted from the future. She wanted marriage and kids as soon as possible, while Joey had a longer timeline in mind.<\/p>\n When Lexi broached the subject with Joey on the group date, he was honest where he stood. \u201cI won\u2019t say that it can\u2019t be changed in any way, it\u2019s just how I currently envision it,\u201d he shared. \u201cIn my head, it\u2019s a two to three year engagement, somewhere in that sense. I did always imagine having a couple of years of marriage before I thought of settling down with kids. I also want to enjoy the marriage before we bring someone else into it and really try to make that final foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n Lexi was grateful that Joey was taking the process seriously and told him she \u201cappreciated\u201d that he took the time to have this heavy talk with her. However, she left the date unsure of what she wanted to do. \u201cWith Joey, the connection is there,\u201d she explained. \u201cI can feel it when I\u2019m sitting with him. But it\u2019s that time in between where he wants to wait to have children and explore a marriage. I think I need to sit and think on it and process the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n Before Lexi\u2019s departure, she and Joey went on a one-on-one date in Malta during week four. It aired during the show\u2019s February 12 episode. On the date, Lexi got extremely vulnerable with Joey and opened up to him about how she may not be able to have kids because she was diagnosed with endometriosis.<\/p>\n He was extremely supportive and promised her that \u201cthings happen for a reason\u201d and \u201cthere are a lot of other ways to be able to create a family.\u201d After the episode aired, Lexi revealed that she froze her eggs right before leaving to film The Bachelor in 2023.<\/p>\n After the group date in Montreal, Lexi was in tears as she contemplated what she wanted to do. She visited Joey in his hotel room so she could explain how she was feeling. It was then that she told him that she was leaving.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that you want more of a long engagement and you want, after this, to take some time before kids,\u201d she told him. \u201cThat\u2019s just not something that I have the privilege to do right now with my health situation. I look back onto our one-on-one in Malta and I can sincerely say I felt so heard and respected and you made me feel like a whole person. I\u2019ve never felt that way in a relationship before. I hadn\u2019t opened up to anyone else about my health and what having a family could look like to me. I will forever remember that conversation. But as someone who has infertility, I have to take that seriously as I date, knowing I\u2019m in my 30s now. That\u2019s just something that\u2019s going to have to happen at a little bit of a faster pace for me. I think it\u2019d be unfair to keep me here when I\u2019m just on a different timeline.\u201d<\/p>\nWhy Did Lexi Young Leave \u2018The Bachelor\u2019?<\/h2>\n
When Did Lexi Young Leave \u2018The Bachelor\u2019?<\/h2>\n