Bachelorette contest Ryan Bowers puts his big proverbial foot in his mouth as he dares to tell Emily Maynard she’s like a trophy wife during their one-on-one date in Croatia in the upcoming episode of the ABC dating show on Monday (June 18)- sneak peek video below.

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“You can be a companion to me and I can be a companion to you,” Ryan explains on their date. “I’ve known that I want to have a good woman in my life so I’ve done my very best to be a great man.”

“You’re like a trophy wife,” he continues, drawing a laugh from Emily. “There’s that word again,” she replies.

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Are you freaking serious?

“Every man should believe his wife is a trophy,” he says.

“Trophies don’t talk back,” Emily counters. To which Ryan concedes: “You definitely would be the first of that kind.”

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Shut up, Ryan! Why does Emily put up with this guy? No matter how hot he is (or isn’t!). If you call Emily (or any other woman for that matter) a trophy, she should chew you up and spit you out before kicking your lame chauvinist a$$ to the curb.

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This “incident” becomes a big turning point in Ryan and Emily’s relationship. So what happens next? Will Ryan be able to turn this around and somehow win Emily’s heart? Or is Emily determined to send him home? Find out after the jump.

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