People Magazine Exposes the True Farce Behind Popular Reality TV Romance Shows

So I recently thumbed through a People magazine "Collector's Special Edition" featuring a combined 25 seasons over 11 years of the ABC Reality TV romance series, "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette". How romantic! What I was especially curious about was just how "successful" these 25 winning couples were transforming their love and affection from Reality TV to "ACTUAL REAL LIFE"? 

One of the Bachelors chose not to pick a "suitor" or "significant other" at the end of his respective season of that show. Out of the other 24 seasons of the two productions: One couple is still together after 10 years, another couple has been together for almost five months, and another couple who recently got married have been together for nearly two years. All the other winning season couples are now split up. Two couples lasted over five years before they broke up, and the vast majority of the shows' winning couples split up within a year after the season was over.

Is this what "true love" is all about??? What type of effect do you suppose these shows have on teenagers and others who take this crap seriously? If a major league baseball player went through a streak of hitting just 3-for-25, that'd be referred to as a "slump" and worthy of sending that player back down to the minor leagues.

Two things that stick out like sore thumbs for me: First you've got a Bachelorette, for example, "courting" somewhere between 12-20 "suitors" for the potential "love of her life". If she's taking out 5-6 guys all on one date in an effort to "get to know them better" and then proceeds to "make out with one of the guys that she's especially attracted to", won't that have an adverse psychological effect on all the other guys on that date??? Even the suitor who receives "the Final Rose" in the season's finale, will probably feel some resentment, jealousy, and have thoughts of retaliation against that Bachelorette at some future point -- at least it would with me, as well as most individuals. I mean, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, the way I figure.

Secondly, what the heck's the point behind having a "reunion" show immediately following the season's end??? Are they trying to make the Bachelor or Bachelorette second guess their final decision? As if to say, "What if?" or "What could've been?", or how about, "the grass is always greener on the 'other side' of the fence". The actual success rate of these productions is already piss-poor enough without throwing this type of drama into the mix. If the winning couple wants to have a "follow-up show", why not broadcast their wedding ceremony? I mean, that's the ultimate objective that all these Bachelors and Bachelorettes are trying to convey, aren't they?

Or am I barking up the wrong tree here? As with WWE wrestling, is this all nothing but "entertainment" with a whole bunch of fakers and liars simply seeking their "15 minutes of fame" on the national TV spotlight?

Nobody with any dignity or self-respect would compromise their integrity and morals by officially marrying another individual for the sake of getting a little publicity on national TV.

"The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" are undoubtedly the most popular Reality romance shows in TV history. Truth be told is, the actual success rate of longevity for these couples AFTER the season is over absolutely sucks. If 50 percent of all married couples in America end up in divorce, that's still a heck of a lot better statistic than a Reality TV couple withstanding the test of time.

It'll be interesting to see if these two ABC productions can go another collective 25 seasons before the American viewing public finally figure out this is simply just, Fake TV.