In 2002, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC for short) thought they'd bring a new show into the mix. When it comes to reality shows, most think of the Kardashian family, while "The Bachelor" is a household name for a different reason. "The Bachelor" is the literal OG of airing relationships for the entertainment of others.

To society's ear, the idea of finding your happily ever after through exciting challenges and adventures sounds great! Also, for businessmen and women, it's a great opportunity to get their name out into the world-- after all, the first things you find out about a contestant are their name, age, residence, and occupation!

I'll admit, the fairytale-loving dreamer in me used to adore tuning in every week to see who the gorgeous bachelor or bachelorette would kiss next and which contestants would get a rose at the end of the week.

As I grew older and schoolwork escalated into piles per week, I fell behind in my "bachelor" knowledge. I would either come to school not having a clue what my friends were giggling about or the episode I had yet to watch would be spoiled before 3:30 p.m. The last season I even made an effort to keep up with was in 2015 when Chris Soules took the persona of the bachelor.

My family has always joked about the fact that my sister used to want a cowboy for a husband, so season 19 seemed like the perfect "sister entertainment" to us. We stuck around until the very end when Chris proposed to Whitney and turned the TV off with dreamy, silly faces. Or at least my sister did, I was rooting for Becca Tilley (but it's okay because her current BF is more attractive).

Fast-forward six months and the pair called off their engagement. As of this past summer, Whitney is now engaged to a man named Ricky Angel and Chris is still, unfortunately single, at least to the public eye. Since then, Ben Higgins & Lauren Bushnell and Kaitlyn Bristowe & Shawn Booth seem to have found their happy endings on the matchmaking show.

While a handful of couples produced from the television show have gone on to get married and have children, the number that break-up months after the finale still nags at me.

How can people find true love that quick? Why propose to someone you don't really love just to get married? Are they paid less if the show ends without an engagement?

My pessimistic tendencies come into play when I look at these couples that are made to compete for each other's attention, let alone each other's love! And we wonder why so many couples today never last long.

Sure, they sign up (for whatever reason) and WANT to do the show, but it makes me cringe that society cheers them on! That I used to! If all is as it's marketed to be, each contestant would go into the competition looking solely for love, but we know that doesn't happen.

And what happens once the real show begins? Catfights, fistfights and drunken entertainment ensue! The only season I found remotely wholesome was when Sean Lowe was the bachelor because he said he wouldn't have sex with any of the girls before marriage.

What happened between marriage being this wonderful, personal journey with one spouse and now, when TV networks can offer something that doesn't even resemble love for the whole country to obsess over.

So much value used to be placed on an engagement, and still is for the most part, but if Chris can offer the "final rose" and ring to a woman he didn't want because the other wasn't ready for marriage, what the heck are we doing?

I may only be a teenager who hasn't even come close to marriage, but COME ON PEOPLE! What is "The Bachelor" teaching my generation?! That it's okay to sleep with multiple men or women? That it's okay to jump into a relationship, into a marriage, even though you're not ready?

I'm sure "The Bachelor" was created with somewhat good intentions, but you only need to watch it from the beginning to see how distorted and repulsive the image of "love" and "marriage" has become in society's standards. How many failed engagements must we witness until "The Bachelor" and ABC understand what they're currently advertising is absurd?