We're Not Worthy
I'm not a “reality show” kind of guy (even though there will always be a place in my heart for the first few episodes of American Idol - when the talentless twits are still in the running). Joe Millionaire. Jake and I agree: this is either going to be really good or really stupid. I know that women say that money isn't important, but I've been married for the better part of three four years and let me tell you - it's important. It's very important. If you don't have money, you don't eat. Having millions of dollars on hand would be great, but billions of us are going to live well below that line.
When Gretchen and I met, I was already knee-deep in student loans and well on my way to becoming a high school teacher. Fate intervened, and I'm now a business owner, magazine columnist, and television show host. Had I attained such titles before the initiation of our relationship, I might never have trusted her true intentions. I do, implicitly (for what it's worth). Would she have given me a second look? Would have you? It's a question with which I never care to wrestle. When I walk into a computer superstore, they don't know who I am or what I do - and I don't mind. When you peel away all the layers, I'm just a geek with a bad sense of humor.
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8 Comments
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 9:53pm
We watched that tonight and it was like a bad train wreck. Could. not. look. away. I blogged it myself — but I don't know what was sadder. The women throwing themselves at him because he was a millionaire (”a prince…my fairy tale come true”). Or his repeated attempts to find the one who was looking for him and not the money. Hello. They wouldn't have shown up for a $19K/year construction worker. Doesn't mean they wouldn't have got to know him and liked him eventually under different circumstances. But not in that setting. And it's certainly not why they were there to begin with.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 10:40pm
Bah Humbug. Never watched that **** never will. It was a good idea though. But still, unless im watching something funny, or tech tv, i dont want tv at all. Its all so *** and money driven these days. It seems whenever you dont see something creative, or new, then there is a naked girl standing next to it. Dont get me wrong i love naked girls. BUt i also like to watch quality tv shows, or listen to original music. Like that Christina Agulsomething chick. New dirty album sold more than any other album she made, and shes half naked in the video and on the cover. Point being. I didnt watch that tv filth.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 10:54pm
I just can't wait to see the look on the winner's face when she finds out Mr. “Joe Millionaire” is really just a 19k a year nobody. :P
Anonymous
January 7th, 2003
at 10:11am
I hadn't heard about this show until I read the stories that The Smoking Gun had released on Mr. Millionaire. Apparently, he cannot afford highway toll (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ewmarriott1.html), and he's modeled underwear for $1k (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/marriott1.html).
Anonymous
January 7th, 2003
at 12:49pm
Awwww… wuv you, honey. *hugs*
Anonymous
January 7th, 2003
at 5:38pm
Let's be careful not to confuse money with the glamour of fame. People prostitute themselves for both.
Anonymous
January 7th, 2003
at 10:26pm
I have been married for the better part of 24 years, and I agree wholeheartedly that money matters. Our worst arguments have been over money. But really, why are we forced to watch this tripe? Network TV has been sliding down the side of thw toilet bowl for a number of years now and this show is KY to speed up the slide.
Anonymous
January 8th, 2003
at 2:04am
I only heard women who says money doesn't matter, from those who have it…