I'll be the first to admit, I enjoy watching "The Bachelor." I watch every season and look forward to when the next one will come on. However, as much as I watch it, I can't help but to notice everything wrong with the show. Every little thing about the show goes against how any relationship should work and how love goes. The show can set some high expectations and bad examples to anybody watching it.
First things first, take a look at all the women on the show. Notice anything similar? All the women tend to be thin and average height. I curiously decided to look at the application for the show. One of the first questions asked: height and weight. Why is that such a big deal? Women of all shapes and sizes are looking for love, so why does every woman on the show look the same?
On the show, the women are all trying to find love with one man. Simply, they are competing with each other for the attention and love he has to offer. They go on group dates, meaning the time they are on a "date" is shared among many other women. On top of that, the bachelor himself is forming emotional and sexual relationships with each woman. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be too keen on the idea of my boyfriend dating twenty other girls besides me at once.
The show is only a certain amount of weeks long. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I don't understand how someone can know they are ready to get married after only spending a few short weeks of shared time with someone. You don't hear of many success stories from "The Bachelor." Congrats to those who did find love, but in the long run, that's been few and far between.
So basically, this isn't how love works. Love shouldn't be a competition against many other women all forming bonds with one man. Falling in love should be you and one other person, going on dates alone (not in groups), and getting to know each other over a span of time (not just a few weeks).
Is the show entertaining? Yes. Will I keep watching it? Yeah, I will. However, I watch it knowing it's pretty unrealistic and ridiculous.
