Apparently, having a short conversation and an even shorter dance with someone will reveal all there is to know about a person. If you watch Joe Millionaire, that certainly seems the case. Last night, David, this year’s faux millionaire, held a “Grand Ball” to meet the 14 European beauties vying for his hand. Each one was introduced to him by Paul, the butler. Unless a lot was edited out, he spoke to each woman for a few seconds, offered her a drink, danced with each, then left to deliberate over which three to send home.
I don’t know about you, but I thought the women sent home last night, Johanna, Yassamin and Jerusha, got the boot prematurely and unfairly. Each woman started the night off on equal footing. There wasn’t any contest in the formal sense and he didn’t seem overly offended by anyone, so how is it he was able to select those three from the eleven others?
Even the girls themselves thought this was a little fast. Linda and Karolina both remarked how quickly the elimination seemed to be happening. I wonder; did he pull names from a hat? Throw darts? Could they not have gone out on a group date first? At least then he would have gotten to know each of them a little more before making his decision.
When you go to a job interview, you are typically given an hour to make a case for why you should be selected for the particular job. This makes sense, given that companies like to employ people they feel will be around for a long time (unless it’s a temporary position, but I’m using a long term, career position as my example). If David plans on marrying, or at least having a long term relationship, with the person he selects, shouldn’t he take more than a few minutes to get to know all of the contenders?
At the selection ceremony, for want of a better word, David says he selected one woman because she was pretty or another because “our eyes connected when we were dancing.” He selected one because she was the only one who said “thank you” to him. I know this certainly makes it clear to me why relationships formed on reality shows often don’t work. Sorry, but “eyes connecting briefly as we dance” wasn’t on my list of criteria for selecting a mate.
And we know that he’s already worried about some of his selections, particularly Lina, who he thought upon first impression was a gold digger. At the end of the night, he told Paul he got a bad vibe from her and wonders if he will regret selecting her. I personally think his decision not to give Johanna a necklace was a good one because when she walked in, she seemed bored and completely unimpressed. Jerusha and Yassamin, however, might have made a better companion than Lina, and he may have selected one of them had he spent a little more time with each.
I’m certainly not saying that he should get to know each woman intimately before making a decision; after all, the show has a limited number of episodes and the selection at the end of each one is, perhaps, one of the reasons many watch. I think a group date where he was able to spend a little more alone time with all of them would have enabled him to make a more informed decision.
Yes, our David certainly seems to be on an ambitious fastrack to find a mate. And that fastrack is going to reveal the truth if he’s not careful. He already made a mistake, in my opinion, telling the women that he flew his horse from America to Italy. Johanna certainly wasn’t fooled and I would guess some of the others weren’t either. We’ve seen a snippet of tonight’s show and it’s clear his story is beginning to unravel, and fast. I just hope he can pull it together.
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