Okee...so I watched last season, and season 2 just started up yesterday. If you haven't seen it, basically the host is a matchmaker who takes a handful of hopeless women and puts them through "boot camp" to train them on how to approach men and dating in order to make a good impression and find the right guy. When I'm not at work, I'll see if I can find a youtube video... Most of the girls on it seem to be Feelers for sure.... >< Turn into watering cans at the slightest criticism.

It did get me to thinking about other reality shows. I'm sure ESFPs are highly represented....but do you think that certain reality tv programs draw in specific personality types? Like do you suppose love shows are more inclined to pull out F's? >.> And do you think SJs are underrepresented in most reality tv? I typically see ISTJs on Wife Swap if anywhere....just so they have someone to swap with/pair up for the week with the over-the-top E/INFP

I think we have to test that theory now Certainly I'd be willing to believe it

Okay, while I usually don't watch much television, I just watched ep1 s1 of Tough Love out of curiosity. Douchy Matchmaker Guy With No Wedding Ring (oh, the irony) encouraged these shallow women to be more shallow so they can attract shallow guys using shallow tactics which might possibly lead to a shallow relationship. Maybe a few will get lucky, build a shallow marriage, and then get a shallow divorce. Phonies.

That's enough "reality" for me-- I'm *not* going to watch Wife Swap.

TV romances are always like a sugar high - once the cameras are gone, they crash.

Wife Swap isn't too bad. I've only seen a couple of episodes. One of them had a Wiccan woman who was the "goddess" of the household swap with a very traditional woman from a strict male-headed household. I'm almost positive they were an ENFP and an ISTJ woman....about the most stereotypical versions of each too. The Wiccan house was messy and chaotic - they had a little faerie statue they expected to do all the chores -_-;;; And the children were home-schooled but not really learning anything. The traditional household basically had the wife doing EVERYTHING - their son didn't even have to do any chores or anything. The ISTJ was appalled and just thought the whole setup was ridiculous. The ENFP felt like a slave to the men...even to the point where she had to ask the ISTJ's husband for money to buy anything. The premise is that the wives have to abide by the family rules for the first day....then they get to change things to their way and the family has to go by their rules. I suppose beyond entertainment value watching these poor women thrust into a strange, very different household, they're meant to learn something....or teach something. By the end, the husband of the ISTJ....having been put to task with his son doing all of the work his wife did on a daily basis...conceded that it wouldn't hurt to help her out a bit. And the ENFP's husband decided that they did need a little bit more structure at their home, if only for the sake of the children.

I guess I kind of was watching it with more of an eye for the type interaction... lol It was that episode that did make me realize that ENFPs try to force understanding through empathy. >.> The ENFP woman made the husband of the ISTJ understand where she was coming from by putting him in his wife's place - to try to make what seemed normal and natural become subservient and cruel. However, the ISTJ woman simply went enforcer and took it upon herself to just change things.

So... I changed my mind and found that episode of Wife Swap (Thompson/Askon). It surpassed my expectations-- I loved the kids, especially the part where the videogame 6yr old finally gets a chance to build something with his Wicca daddy.

I was really amused by the good natured "traditional" husband too -- I thought he was an ESTP, not an ISTJ. I liked the way he tried to run out the clock on the Wicca wife via procrastinating to escape doing chores! An ISTJ parent looks more like this: (which reminds me of futile attempts to get valuable advice from my old man...)

BTW, why did you think the Wicca woman was an ENFP?

My bad my bad, you only said the traditional wife was ISTJ I need to find some ritalin someplace...

ISTJ is a likely possibility for the cleanaholic, though I wouldn't rule out ESTJ. Maybe she just seems more extraverted since she's a woman, though ISTJs tend to send signs of disapproval in more silent ways, like the evil eye, or the confused, frowning WTF look when they encounter something weird. They do hate disturbances in the force, and face them in an ornery spirit of "see what happens when we don't keep things the same?"

To elaborate with our ENFP suspect, I was just wondering if being choatic, messy, and weird is all it takes to join the club!

Nah...lots of types can be chaotic, messy and weird.... >.> But it's typically an NF that has the deep, emotional connection to spirits and mother earth. NFPs are usually the ones that get carried away with it....and ENFPs are more gung-ho about sharing their beliefs when they get the chance. INFPs tend to be more low-key unless you hit a value. ENFPs go straight for righteous indignation at the very scent of authoritarianism.