Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Who Wants to Date a Millionaire?

Patti Stanger from Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker is part Yenta, part Heidi Fleiss. And you definitely have to pay to play.


Watching her show is like getting a crash course on evoluationary biology at its finest. The men must be millionaires and the women must be hot, perfect 10's--beauty, brains, and sweet as a midwesterner fresh off the bus.

But apparently, money isn't enough. The guys ALSO have to be good-looking and young enough to get the women at the top of their wishlist. It's fascinating to see the trade-offs that inevitably play out match after match.

If he's older than 46, he can't get a girl younger than 32. If he's only average looking, he can't get the 9 and 10 girls. If he likes to party (and owns an adult online store), he's not going to get the nice girl that wants to settle down.

It's hilarious watching Patti mercilessly cut a guy down to size and give him the "tough love" straight-up truth to deflate his outsize expectations and make a realistic match. She doesn't mince words and gets right down to business, using the p-word so much that most guys start to blush.

But she's dead on. She knows how the social darwinian game is played and she knows exactly what you can and can't get with the limited resources you have.

But what about beauty and the beast? Where's the love that doesn't care about outward trappings and just looks at person's "heart"? It's a fairytale people.

The reality is the law of the jungle--survival of the hottest and richest, with a dash of decency.

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