Wedding Forum - New TV show - strangers marrying...

I just wondered what everyones thoughts are about the new TV show being advertised where people are matched sort of like how a dating site does it and then agree to get married but the first time they meet is at the alter.

Is this not cheapening marriage for the sake of a TV show?

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It has to just be some sort of gimmick though, surely, because they'd need to give notice however many weeks before and do all the legal rubbish that comes with getting married? x

I've not seen anything advertised for it, but then I've not been watching a huge amount of TV.

I watched the first episode (M@rried at First Sight its called) and I won't explain the science behind it because Rebecca has it covered ;)

But I thought it was also very interesting and pretty good to watch. There is a lot of work that goes into ensuring the couples are compatible and if they couples choose to stop at any time they can drop out of the arrangement. One woman dropped out because her family wasn't happy with the idea which is fair enough.

The couples themselves have tried the dating the scene without success or have just waited till later in life and don't feel confident in the dating process and the time it takes to develope the relationship necessary to achieve marriage.

They do get to find out little tidbits of into about them especially when they submit their intent to marry at the registrars but they are forbidden from any visual contact or communication. The most they ever get to know is the name and DOB of the person. After the wedding they then obviously go forward as man and wife so if they wish to "do the deed" they can and then they go off on honeymoon and move in together... after a while if they find they're not happy they divorce but I have a feeling the TV show pays for that side of things.

Kinda puts me in mind of the origins of Handfasting being that you were in effect a married couple for a year and a day and could go your seperate ways after if you wanted to. Will be interesting to see where this goes considering this use to be very common even in British history within the aristocracy.

I have now watched it and you're right it was interesting. I was surprised to see that one of the panel was a vicar. I'm curious to see how it all works out.

I enjoyed it too, they brought some science into which made it particularly interesting for me. However it is essentially a backwards dating programme!

Ive recorded it and look forward to seeing it now xx

I'm looking forward to seeing this now.. I saw the first part of it last night at midnight but I was sleepy.. will get it on catch up I think.

i think it seems interesting to see if they will actually like each other etc, so glad ive found my Mr right :D

Im watching it now anyone else?

Emma doesn't seem too keen does she? Looking forward to see how they get on living together.

I'm still not sure how I feel about the whole thing but I can't stop watching it!

Im looking forward to the next episode too! dying to see what happens xx

I must admit, I was very annoyed with Jason because when he should be making it work with Kate or at least trying, what does she find, that he'd been on T1nder. I really thought these two would work and Emma and James would be the ones that would fizzle out but I was wrong and think they are both very sweet together now :) The way they are now living apart and making it fun, slowly building up their relationship is wonderful and so far, it seems to be working for them so go Emma and James!

Jason was a k**b, he didn't seem to want to try! I was also chuffed that James and Emma stayed together, he was really sweet :)

I haven't watched it, but the concept really worried me. I do definitely feel that marriage cannot be entered into lightly, and divorce should not be considered as the safety net in case you get it wrong, it should be the last resort when the unexpected happens and it falls apart. You should only go into marriage if you're 100% sure, not as part of an experiment. As a Christian in particular I find it really difficult to get my head around what seems to be saying it's not really a sacred lifelong union, if it goes wrong you can bail. I'm not saying that the concept of matching people scientifically is wrong. I would rather that they had paired people up to start a relationship, and followed the developing relationship to see what happened. Maybe send them off on holiday together to allow them to spend a decent amount of time together. Then revisit after a year to see if they stay together and decide to get married.