Dating Reality Shows: Not Good for Relationships

For years now I have been flickering through channels on my television to find what? A new Dating Reality Show. Was this a bad thing for me? No it wasn't because I found these shows to be very entertaining. I couldn't wait for the next show at times and if I knew I would miss a show I would make sure it was recorded. While these dating reality shows were entertaining to watch in my opinion are they good for relationships? To me, no they are not good for relationships. Why not? They give a bad image to both men and women. Let us think. What types of things go on when looking at a Dating Reality Show? Most of the time you see both many women competing for one man or many men competing for one woman. Now many people don't have a problem with this but let us be real here. There are plenty of men and women to choose from out here but just because it's a television show and people want to be seen they will get on television attempting to find "true love". Smart? No.

The men and women participating in these shows sometimes go through desperate measures to please the person they are trying to get. They may think they are doing a good thing but in the eyes of the millions who watch these Dating Reality Shows they look bad. I also seen Dating Reality Shows where they reunite Ex lovers to see if they can with stand temptation (if any) then in the end choose between the Ex and the current lover. Is this very smart? NO! The two broke up for a reason and that is why that other person is the EX! Looking at this type of show opened my eyes a little. In most cases, the EX lovers had a spark or two left and wound up cheating on their current lovers. The cheaters may not have had knowledge that their significant other was around but they were caught in the act. These type of Dating Reality Shows shed a bad look on men and women also. It will have you thinking what if my husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend is rekindling a fire with their Ex when I am not around?

Dating Reality Shows are not good for finding relationships or for current relationships in good or bad standing. Finding a relationship on one of these shows requires a lot of patience and endurance for competition with a lot of other parties with the risk of elimination. In the end we can see with most of the Dating Reality Shows the relationship doesn't work out between the competition and the "Prize" because another season comes along with new people competing for the same person that previous season's winner thought they had. Was it worth it? Bringing a relationship in good or bad standing to one of these shows will do one of two things either make the good relationship go bad with a high possibility of failure or eliminate the bad relationship that may have had potential to be fixed. In the end, Dating Reality Shows are simply not good for relationships in my opinion.