I have to admit that I did watch ABC’s The Bachelor when it first came out. There was a certain innocence about dating shows like The Bachelor that was appealing to both me and my wife. The Bachelor also gave us the opportunity to talk about our own relationship and what we could do to improve upon it.

That was then and this is now:

Dating shows are defined now by the characters (or lack there of) on them. Their back stories and scandals titillate like no others. We watch not to see love blossom but to see scandals erupt.

I now feel a little dirty watching these shows and don’t know what to think.

What do you think?

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Great quote here from a financial blog I like to read called The Daily Reckoning.

“What is wrong with these New York Times columnists? David Brooks is a smarter version of Thomas Friedman…which is to say, he is more thoughtful. But his thoughts seem to run into similar dead ends. He notes that more men in America are finding it difficult to be the breadwinners of their families. Women now get more college degrees than men. And women typically work in industries that are not suffering as much as construction and manufacturing, where men work. Result: men are out of work and out of money. And who wants to marry a man with no work and no money? So, men end up being lonely too.

Naturally, Brooks has a solution: “we need to redefine masculinity, creating an image that encourages teenage boys to stay in school and older men to pursue service jobs.”

Do we need to redefine masculinity?

Should we then go further and redefine dating, love and marriage?

What do you think?

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The open relationship is nothing more than a man’s way of having sex with more women, plain and simple. Whether dating or not, this situation is not a long term solution no matter how you look at it.

Get over it!

Dating under these conditions will tend to be harsh, so why put up with them? You have the choice so make the one that best suits YOU. There is no dating law on the books saying you have to let the guy ride his fantasies out. Why not just move on and get about dating someone else?

I’d love to hear what you think.

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