So, I'm late to the party. Because I haven't watched the show in its entirety... well, for ages now, really. However, I do read the summaries, and the comments. And I appreciate everyone's point of view, even if I don't always agree.
So after reading everything (or pretty much), I decided to watch parts of the show. And again, I may be alone on this, but I found Rafe trying to get everyone's blessing kind of cute. It was thoughtful, a nice touch, a way to honour Bo's memory and the super couple that used to be he and Hope.
Now, do I appreciate the tent and everything ? No... It's not entertaining. But so are so many other things on this show right now.
All this to say, alas, I feel no matter what Hope and Rafe do, people are going to find fault with it, because they are not popular, apparently. And I'm disappointed in that. The both of them started out as great friends and slowly grew into lovers. Now they are going to get married (or so I hope), so good for them. And frankly, after a raving lunatic like Sami, Rafe deserves to be happy with Hope. Though she is not perfect, she is far from the horrible mess of a person Sami was. And probably still is.