I feel like I have to blog about The Bachelor sometime this semester, so I might as well get it over with now. I only watched like twenty minutes of one episode on Saturday and maybe ten minutes last night but that was enough for me. My freshman year we RELIGIOUSLY watched The Bachelor with my Taylor 1200 girls, and I think it was a good bonding experience back then. But now that I'm all good and bonded with my friends/roommates I don't think that watching The Bachelor is a necessity in my life anymore. Although its super entertaining when Tierra tells you that she can't control the way her eyebrows move so expressively or when one girl sits with Sean on the beach and cries telling him about why her family is so important to her and then not ten seconds more into the show ANOTHER girl is snuggling up with Sean on the beach crying as well. It's all just a little too dramatic for me. Or maybe it just bothered me because tomorrow is Valentines day and the only boys I have in my life are ones that I wish would leave my life. But back to The Bachelor...
When I was younger, my mom never let me watch this show. Well actually I probably never asked but I think I just knew it wasn't really appropriate so I assumed it wasn't allowed. That's why I watched it my Freshman year...because my mom didn't need to know. Now that I have watched a season or two, I have realized that it's not really a bad show...it's just not a good show either. Watching it gives me a good laugh, it definitely doesn't influence me to go against 20 other girls to try to win a guy over (not to mention that the guy is most likely a tool)....It's just pure entertainment. But I wonder if it would have impacted me as a teenager. By the time I was "allowed" to watch it, I mostly had myself all figured out. I knew what I believe and what I would and would not do. But had I watched it as a teenager, maybe that would have been different.
So for now, I will just keep watching The Bachelor thirty minutes a week for a good laugh.
My roommates LOVED this show my freshman year too! I got kinda annoyed at how much they loved it because they completely overlooked how ridiculous it was. But I did get laugh out of it all. And I had never really thought about it influencing teens like you mentioned it might. It makes sense that it would and it's a little scary to consider how it could influence their identity at that time. Interesting post! :)
ReplyDeleteWe'll definitely talk about this show later on in the semester! Keep tuned!
ReplyDeleteI have a love-hate relationship with this show. I think its awful but its so addicting and entertaining! I think Sean is a pretty good guy though. I hear he's a virgin which is pretty impressive in today's world...but that could be totally bogus. I try to tell my husband that we're not watching this season but then he turns it on once and we're sucked in forever!!! It's terrible.
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