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These people are awful

posted 15 years ago by haydeecm
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I dont get what kind of a person would not show up for the final date. What is the advantage of not showing up? If you don't show up you hurt someones feeling and worse look incredibly shallow to the rest of America. How cold is walking out anyway vs confronting people. I dont understand the reasoning behind not showing, its not like you are signing up to marry them, you can very easily let them down during the date after.

Obviously if all people showed it wouldnt be very good TV, but I dont see the reasoning.

[–] palprincess 15 years ago

Maybe they don't want to lead the other person on in any way. Why bother with a first date just to let them down privately? If there's no physical attraction, then I see no point on going on another date.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAh__Tvkbwg RIP MJ from San Diego

[–] dastiuskrazitauc 15 years ago

Why bother? How about to honor the person you found so great before the lights came on? I think briefly "leading them on" would be better than humiliating them on national television. I found it cruel, but I guess that is the whole point of the show.

[–] palprincess 15 years ago

by - dastiuskrazitauc on Tue Aug 25 2009 05:14:16
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Why bother? How about to honor the person you found so great before the lights came on? I think briefly "leading them on" would be better than humiliating them on national television. I found it cruel, but I guess that is the whole point of the show.

To honor a date in the dark? What's the point? I think it's more cruel to lead them on and make them think that you're interested and then dump them after you've already said yes I'm interested. That is cruel to me.

They sign up for this show and know the rules. They signed up to be rejected and or humiliated in public. I am sure they'll be fine and have many many more dates after the show than they would have had without it. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAh__Tvkbwg RIP MJ from San Diego

[–] Neloretta 15 years ago

I think it would be much better to be let down privately than walked away from in front of the television viewers.

[–] tvashtar2919 15 years ago

Yes, I was wondering if anyone knows the ratio of male/female that has been left on the balcony. I get the impression it is almost always the guy left up there, while the girl is walking out the door. Not sure how representative this show is of real life, but there is some truth in how the superficial gender is actually women.

[–] jocurtis28 15 years ago

I would guess the production crew has something to say about it. It makes for better TV to see somebody being left alone on the balcony. I would guess some of the people that leave through the front door actually do date the person left on the balcony.

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[–] hurricane-haynes 15 years ago

I'd like to tell you that this is indicative of the real world but it's not. The real world is much worse than this. In reality when they diss a good man over a BS reason they often feel the need to lie and shame him to shift the blame. God forbid that people know how shallow she is.

[–] palprincess 15 years ago

by - Neloretta on Tue Aug 25 2009 08:42:14
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I think it would be much better to be let down privately than walked away from in front of the television viewers.

No it wouldn't be better because they sign up for this reality show and they know the rules. If you are not interested, then you must walk out the front door. That's why we watch. It's a show, not reality so the normal rules of privacy and dating don't apply here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAh__Tvkbwg RIP MJ from San Diego

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