The Bachelor

Sean Lowe, The Bachelor star, showing off his athletic frame, to say the least.

Two posts in one day. I'm really neglecting my ethics essay.

But The Bachelor finale is on, so it's not like I would be working on it anyway.

I figured while I sat here eating microwave macaroni and cheese and lusting over the lush of Thailand, I may as well express my feelings about the show.

I'm not usually the jealous type, but if the guy I was having a "relationship" with was openly dating other girls at the same time. I would go absolutely ballistic. And if I had to live with them, I would go mental.

They really don't spend that much time together between all the different girls he's seeing. I don't understand how you "fall in love with someone" after a few dates. However the exotic settings probably play a part.

I'm pretty sure I'd be pretty smitten too if I were going on extravagant dates all over the world with some hunky guy. But some of us aren't that lucky.

It really bothers me how they have so many "deep talks" about their emotions and what they want out of life on these dates. They're so "happy and excited" and they all "want the same things". Then the bachelor, whoever the stud muffin may be, will go pick out a hefty rock and propose to the "woman of his dreams" shortly after breaking up with the other woman he loves. How sweet.

(I'm using a lot of these terms loosely)

I don't follow the show, but I'll watch it if there is nothing else on. I solely watch the finale to mock it and follow along some of the tweets on my timeline. I also made a bet with my step-dad about who he would choose.

Watching Catherine and Lindsay meet Sean's family and each of the girls having an uncomfortably in-depth conversation with his parents made me feel, well... uncomfortable. If you watch the show, you know what I'm talking about. If not, imagine explaining to your respective girlfriend/boyfriend's parents how much you love their son/daughter and how amazing they are etc. It's not natural, or maybe I'm just socially awkward.

What I really want to emphasize here is that only three out of the twenty four couples that resulted from The Bachelor or The Bachelorette are still together. If you want to read more in depth about that statistic, you can read Wet Paint's article here.

That isn't a promising number of around 12%, and these beautiful people probably have a better chance of finding the love of their life like everyone else does. Once you take away the glamour of the setting, the creative dates, and the "romantic idea" of possibly being "the one," these people just don't mesh in reality. They mesh in ABC's romantic fantasy land. Too bad they have to live in reality.

I believe in love and romance, don't get me wrong, but The Bachelor takes it to another - slightly ridiculous - level.

I just don't understand why they can't just go get a Big Mac and fall in love. These women should learn to appreciate the little things, you're just setting them up for disappointment when you can't take them out on gondola rides anymore. It just isn't realistic.

Remember what they say Sean. Happy wife, happy life.

Good luck buddy.