Average Joe

Just came from watching Average Joe with HBOTW and Jiayun... and man was it a bummer.

The simple, straightforward summary is, the girl chose the good looking guy over the charming guy.

Hey, don't ask me why. The producers obviously had full control over what material to show us, so there's no objective way to judge how good the guys are in real life. I mean, the viewers did get to see the charming one as rich, sociable, sincere, though less than perfect physically. And all they saw of the other guy (who won) was this unaccomplished, struggling student/waiter who had questionable intentions.

Kind of reminded me of the joke where a guy's in a dilemma because he cannot choose between two girls - both are intelligent, accomplished, good-looking. After much deliberation over their relative strengths and weakenesses, he ends up choosing the girl with the more ample bosom...

Maybe our hardwired instincts aren't meant to lead us to long term relationships.

Maybe we are so subconsciously attracted to the good lookers (in the assumption that our offspring will be equally vibrant) that the heart overrules logic, which is vital in the selection of the ideal mate. So then we procreate with the most well-endowed people, and since after the children are born our instincts are sated, we wake up to find ourselves in a mess of a relationship.

Bleah. Average Joe has so put me off that I'm declaring a two day ban on relationship issues on this blog. In the meantime... we'll talk about Proboscis Monkeys and Limin! =)