It is true that this season’s Bachelor, the really silly romantic reality show that prompts people to fall in love and get engaged only to most likely end up on ABC’s Bachelor Pad anyway, was really mean. In fact, ABC advertises it as the most controversial season ever, but did they go too far? It …
Limerance is not a topic most people discuss. In fact, most people do not even know what limerance is. I didn’t, until I read Dorothy Tennov’s Love and Limerance. The research to come from the book is not only mind-blowing, it turns the notion of romantic attachments on its head. The “high” that people …
If you are watching The Bachelorette this season then you know who Bentley is, and you know why he is a factor. As usual, something unprecedented happened in the Bachelorette house. Yes, a contestant named Bentley Williams left the show mid-season with what he called a “dot dot dot.” That is, rather than telling Ashley …
I have been watching the Bachelor and Bachelorette shows for a few seasons. That a man or a woman could potentially find true love in this show is troubling, particularly because it is contrived. There is no magic or synchronicity. You go on the show. You fall in love. That is what happens. It kind of …