Try It: Hard Stuff

My girlfriends and I are obsessed with The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Each Monday, six of us (seven if you count our hostess' husband) band together over yummy pastries to gawk at the dating show train wreck.

Certain phrases get overused by the contestants. Phrases like:
"I don't think so-and-so is here for the right reasons."
Or "I see myself having strong feelings for so-and-so."

And, my favorite: "This is the hardest thing I've had to do." Usually in reference to the decision to stop dating someone they've known for less than two months.

Really? REALLY? You guys are in your late twenties to early thirties. You've never:
1. Experienced the death or deterioration of a loved one or even a pet
2. Lost your job
3. Moved away from your family for college

Even if you haven't, you've been alive long enough to:
1. Suffer through 9/11 and its aftermath
2. See the financial decline of this nation manifesting in the loss of jobs and homes for family, friends and neighbors

Even accomplishments like:
1. Quitting smoking
2. Losing weight

These must all be harder than dating a complete stranger on national television and then not dating them anymore.

If not, I recommend stepping up your life.