Do I?

I'm not much of a TV viewer and don't have much interest at all in today's "reality shows", but one new show has managed to grab my attention.

Can you guess which one?

I'll tell you which one it's not...it's not one of those "ratchet" housewives shows. I simply can not stomach all of the hatred and mean-spiritedness that takes place on those.

No...the show that I've tuned into is all about LOVE...or love EVENTUALLY.

Somehow, I happened upon the new show "Married at First Sight." I've gotta tell you, my feelings were quite ambivalent. At first I thought, "They are making a mockery of marriage." Especially when I found out that although these 3 couples are getting legally married to an individual who they meet ON their wedding day, AT the alter, after 30 days they will get to decide if they want to STAY married.

That bothered me.

Marriage is not, and should not be a "trial run". Don't say, "Til death do us part" if you don't mean it.

As the show progressed, I found myself rooting for these couples. One, seemed to hit it off pretty well so I wasn't too worried about them. The other, was a bit apprehensive...at least on the wife's part. And the third couple...oh my goodness! The wife could not have been more visible about her disgust with the man she had just MARRIED. I found her to be quite rude. I mean really...SHE should have just NOT said "I do" at the alter.

Later in the show, as I watched the receptions, I started think that maybe this isn't such a bad thing. I mean afterall, the divorce rate today is what, 50% (or so)? And that's with individuals choosing for themselves who they will marry. Clearly, they're not choosing very well.

So maybe having an outside source choose one's spouse, based on questionnaires, personality matching and stuff like that...maybe, just maybe...THESE marriages stand a better chance. Who knows? We'll have to tune in next week to find out.

Let the DIALOGUE begin: Would YOU ever consider marrying someone at first sight?

Talk to me!

Til next time...