My husband ABHORS any type of reality show and being the COMPLETE POLAR opposites that we are, of course I am GAGA for them. I pour over their every detail, I get emotionally invested in their unreality and I speculate about their off camera lives.
It’s true I live for these shows. My husband, not so much. So this week I try to unmask his complete disdain for the newest Bachelor Colton and his quest for love aka On why my husband HATES the Bachelor.
On why my husband HATES the Bachelor
ME: So really honey why don’t you like this show?
The husband: It’s too fluffy, it’s an unreal situation that people think they can know a person in this situation. It’s a girly girl show.
ME: What do you mean by that?
The husband: That doesn’t need further explanation- you just know it when you see it. It’s not real life taking people to an island and going on a date is not real life. And why would I want to watch people on dates.
ME: But don’t you want to see people fall in love?
Husband: No.
ME: Why?
Husband: It doesn’t interest me. I’m sure it’s just women who are addicted to this-and I don’t have the same interests as young women. Trust me, men are not watching this show.
ME: But I like this show- don’t you want to have the same interests I have?
Husband: Why do I have to share your interests in a show that I don’t like- it’s like the Real Housewives. You like these kinds of shows I don’t like a reality/ dramedy. It’s very slow. These dates aren’t real life situations. It takes a long time to get to know someone. You need to see people in bad situations also- these are all island paradises.
ME: So marriage with me isn’t like living on an island paradise?
Husband: Real life has nothing to do with these dates.
ME: But we got engaged after four months.
Husband: We lived together for a year and a half after that before we got married so technically we could have backed out.
ME: What made you not back out?
Husband: I liked you, I liked our life together, you try .
HMM…so what can we glean from this blog post; my husband loves me because I try, to which I say, what am I the little freakin engine that could?! Reality shows are essentially for girly girls; real life doesn’t include a tropical island, after we got engaged he spent the next year and half with and I can back out of this if I need to safety net, apparently he’s seen me in ENOUGH bad situations to know that he can handle being married to me, and he STILL hates the Bachelor.
My husband hates it too! I used to watch it, but I can’t anymore. It’s just too much for me.
However, I do love the Real Housewives, and Tom hates those too. He’s always like, “Are you seriously watching this?” and I’m like, “Yes!”
This was a great post. An even though I love the Bachelor, I totally agree with everything your husband said about it. BUT yeah. I still love it…
LOL! I am kinda with your hubby on his opinion on the bachelor! I think it is just there for entertainment (and not the best at that lol). I have a lot of friends that LOVE the show too and watch it religiously!
I have to side with your husband on this one. I hate the Bachelor. I think it’s unrealistic and I’m not that into reality shows. On the other hand, my sister loves that show. It’s just not for me.
I use reality TV as entertainment, when needed. I love the word that your husband used that it’s too “fluffy”. He’s 100% right about that.
Not a fan of the show. I love some of the reality tv shows but I stopped watching The Bachelor many seasons ago.
We would have to be on your husbands side with this one. We just never cared for reality shows which we don’t think are really reality shows.
When it first came on I watched it a bit but I also didn’t like the shoe as it seems so unreal. Although I do like a few Reality Shows.
My husband says he doesn’t like that show, but I catch him watching when I’m watching. I haven’t watched this season yet… not sure if I will.
Haha, I think you either love or hate reality shows like the Bachelor! I actually never watched the show, but have heard so much about it over the years. I’m sure it is entertaining!
I have never watched the show so I will agree with the hubs on this one lol. I don’t watch tv a lot and could never get into this one.
I have a love/hate relationship with The Bachelor. It’s such fun entertainment but I have to be in a mood to watch it…LOL!!
Fortunately my husband and I like the same TV shows. So we still look the evening TV shows together! 🙂
Don’t worry, your husband is not alone. LOL. My husband hates it too. And I actually just watched one season of The Bachelor. 🙂
My husband doesn’t like it either. I use to watch it, but that was years ago. I don’t have cable anymore, but I’m sure if I did, I’d still be watching it.
My husband and I did something very similar to you in that we got engaged after 3 months. Then we lived together for a year before getting married!
Now this is a different type of post! Babushka is siding with your hubby on this one. Not into these “reality” shows, BB knows it takes a lot more in true life relationships.