I was extremely dedicated to this show my freshman year of college and even got my saint of a roommate to indulge in trashy reality tv with me. I served a mission, and when I returned, this show was still a hot topic, but my interest in tv was lacking.
Fast forward to 2016 and this girl sees this ad and I couldn't help but smile. Because I secretly knew deep down inside, that I was about to turn back into the reality tv crazed fool I was before.
Why do we do this? Why do I do this? What is it about these tv shows that sucks us in and gets us quick like a fur trapper?
+the competition+
who doesn't love good competition? and not only do they trap us with the competitive nature of the show, but the things they are competing for is what hooks the rest of us, the hopeless romantics.
L-o-v-e. Love. Love. Love.
One thing we all want and hope to have a lifetime full of. We watch as 28 women fight to the {emotional} death in hopes to win over heart throb, Ben H. They live in what they believe is a reality full of extravagant dates, world travels, and romantic background music while they spend 9 weeks hoping and wishing Ben falls in love with them and only them.
In all honestly, it's unhealthy. Six of us sit around every Monday night and laugh and cry and scream to all that occurs in two hours of reality tv. We "oooo" and "ahhh" over dates, connections, and Ben's cute face and build up expectations for what we hope our courtship and marriage to be.
These shows take us away to a different place, far from our reality and causes us to wish and hope for similar things.
When in all reality, the realest thing about reality tv is that is the furthest thing from reality.
