There seems to be a trend on UK television at the moment for dating programmes , not like the old fashioned 'Blind Date' or the ultra tacky 'Take Me Out' but proper programmes where people are trying to find their true love.
The most successful of these is 'First Dates' where couples go on a blind date in a London restaurant , watched my the viewing public . They are matched according to their likes , dislikes etc and sometimes it works and sometimes it really , really doesn't .
Moving on from straight forward dating shows the next type is shows for people who don't necessarily find it that easy to find a date .The first one of these is 'The Undateables' where the participants have conditions ranging from Downs Syndrome to Aspergers , Tourette's to learning difficulties . They are matched with people , some of whom have similar conditions and some that don't . This is quite an innocent show , a lot of the people taking part have never had a date before and maybe without the help of the show they wouldn't have the courage to do so.
The third programme in the genre that I know of is one called 'Too Ugly For Love' the title itself an unsettling one. Nobody is 'too ugly' for love , every cup has a saucer as they say.
People in this show also have a condition that affects their confidence to be on the dating scene but to call them ugly is going way too far in my opinion.
The conditions range from alopecia , hirsutism , having a mastectomy , vitiligo, being an amputee and skin conditions.
Yes these conditions may make someone feel self conscious when first meeting a new person and therefore they find it hard to date but in no way do any of these things make them ugly.
I personally know people with some of these conditions and they would not put me off dating them at all but the programme kind of treats them like they are never going to find love because they are different , which is totally unfair.
I think it's time we started to embrace things that are different about people , get to know the person for who they are , not for what ailment or condition is hidden under makeup or clothing that they are scared to reveal X X
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