What they really should have said is, "When they signed me up for this, they promised me I would meet someone wealthy, intelligent, and handsome. You don't appear to be these things. I am done wasting my time. You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
(Wait...I just got confused between stupid TV shows. Sorry.)
The Bachelor is an exercise in female degradation, and no, making a corresponding Bachelorette show will not make me feel better. The show trivializes the importance of establishing a respectful, caring bond between two people, and turns one of the most important relationships in your life into an "R" rated game show. And for the nutty dolts who actually like this fellow, I feel sorry that they have to watch him have other girls on his lap (amongst other things). But that's not what you have to put up with to find a husband. (Well, unless your husband-to-be is in a band, but I both generalize and digress.)
Falling in love should be moments of trust coupled with moments of uncertainty, racing pulses and instant ease. It should excite you like a roller coaster and feel as comfortable as your favorite T-shirt. It's wishes and dreams, gambles and sure things, putting your heart out and hoping he or she handles it gently. It will make you laugh and cry in the same day, it will make you stop dead in your tracks when you actualize what is happening. Truly falling in love is overwhelming.
Something so awesome shouldn't happen in the company of competitors, and certainly shouldn't be arranged by network TV.
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Article comments
1 - Anne
If I had a relative or friend who wanted to be on the show, I'd want to take her by the shoulders (figuratively, anyway) and ask "What are you thinking? Do you have any self-respect?" What really annoyed me was when someone from National Review Online praised the show for its emphasis on dating and getting to know someone before rushing into a marriage. Please...the show fails this test miserably. Glad I'm not alone on this view!
2 - Jo
Anne-
Thanks for backing me up on this one. National Review may have their opinion, but I can't say I'd go looking to those guys for relationship advice!
3 - Josh
Finally, someone who is not obsessed with the show, memorizing everybody's names and making it a ritual to watch, then afterwards going to the message boards and freaking out over the bachelor's choice. Thank you!
4 - Psycho
Hey Josh why would a guy watch the
the bacheler.
Now i now why you dont like rap. Cuzz
rappers are all homophobic
5 - Ms T
Dont they have any bachelors of color? any color.
6 - Cye
Great article. I was very glad to hear that a woman feels that way about the show. I watched it for the first (and last) time the other night. By the way, The "men" on the Bachelorette? A disgrace to the male gender. Psycho? they watched it to learn how to spell the word.
7 - kim
This show is beyond embaraasing & beyond scripted. I just saw a trailer of the german Bachelor and they also had girls fooling around with each other...haha... so many shows are just the same in every country. Other than that, I never watched this show, but am watching the first episode of last season right now...I'm 10 min. in and really found a show which contains everything I hate in this world. Shallowness,calculating wanna be perfect plastic women/ good on paper- in reality totally fake psychos... What I can see straight away is that most of these women don't come for the guy, they just come to be the prettiest and win. When women go out at night and doll up, they do it for the competition, 2nd for the men. People must be really desperate if they think that they'll find love on TV. It's all about the Benjamins...that's all.