Did any of you "peek in" and watch this to see what it was about? I did .. curiousity got the best of me and I tuned in ... STUPID MISTAKE. That was by far the most far fetched thing I have ever seen. Couples are already fighting ... and the news this morning is that one of the couples has a CHILD and will be kicked off the show in the 3rd episode when they actually find out. I hear that FOX is also going to have a show (later) called "I want a Divorce" ... they are pushing it, huh? <BR>Don't you all agree that IF these people were commited to a relationship they wouldn't need to be "tested"? I think this is fake ... another Jerry Springer thing.

I was absolutely mortified at this "new" show... oh my gosh.. if these people only knew the real pain and loss of a best friend, lover, soul mate... they wouldn't be so callous as to trying out "temptation". Makes me very sick....i cannot even watch soaps anymore with all the baloney that occurs on them...<P>Just another opinion.....LOL... <BR>Mercy<p>[This message has been edited by m_ercy (edited January 11, 2001).]

Controversy=Ratings=$$$ <BR>Way it's always been. Sad thing is that I may have actually tuned into that sucker a couple of times if the entire A hadn't popped up in my life. <P>Sometimes you're just dulled out to that kinda pain until it happens to you or someone close to you.

And on a positive note:<P>Don't you think that while it's a stupid show and if it is real, these people just put themselves thru hell--that even if all that is true, it serves as a public service announcement of some kind!<P>It starts out glorifying A's (granted, they aren't married or even close to committed) then the reality of what A's does to a person's mind and relationship--it proves how unglamourous A's really are. It shows how much they HURT. It shows how senseless and unnecessary they are. <P>It proves that A's are ALWAYS a bad mistake.<P>There IS no good reason to have an A.<P>Unless you're masochistic. <P>Am I crazy?<P>L

LOL You sound sane to me

Thanx for the vote of confidence, Mid.<P>Funny thing was, beforehand I had decided there was no way that I was going to tune in either. I told a friend--"Been there, done that!" why set myself up for triggers...<P>But my girlfriend ended up at my house when it was about to come one and she didn't want to miss it. So, we started watching it. Then our H's came into the house and started watching it. It brought out alot of honest discussion. <P>And we all agree those people are idiots! <P>Unlike Jerry Springer's show, these people made a choice BEFORE going in that they were going to have affairs. We're seeing on video the biography of (I believe) actual affairs.<P>Jokingly I asked my girlfriend which girl she would have "blocked" from her H. She said, predictably, "All!". Then she asked me which one I would have blocked--and my H, God bless him!--stood up and said "WE wouldn't even go to that stupid island in the first place!"<P>That was really validating. <P>So far, I think it's required watching for every couple...But I have no way to know if this validation will continue on in future episodes. Hopefully it will show that A's are meaningless and they can't erase the destruction they have caused.<P>But it IS on t.v. so maybe you are too right that until it happens to a person, they are ignorant and dulled to the horror.

Yeah problem is that they don't check in and see how these ppl are doing a year or so down the road...now that would add some meaningless to the A thing. <BR>Then again I can probably talk the least of that being around 2 weeks from D-Day, but I know what I read, eh?<BR>

Well I did not watch the show, but I have about had it with ALL the networks. Everytime I turn on the TV there are one of two things happening...either someone is involved in an affair or it is a doctor show and some little kid ends up dying. Now I know that bad things do happen, but everynight I do not need to be reminded of it.<P>About the only thing good that I can say is that with all the affairs on TV it just goes to show how 'commmon' they are and how destructive (as someone always seems to get killed because of it.)<P>Isn't there anything with a good message on these days?

Didn't watch, don't plan to...<P>I think if you haven't been through an affair this show would likely be just vicarious entertainment. Soap operas & evening dramas have shown the misery of affairs for what, 40 years? And I doubt many people relate it to how it would affect them, kind of like gossip of a troubled marriage. "Well that won't ever happen to me..."<P>JMHO