90 Day Fiancé

Four seasons in, I just became aware of this show's existence. After watching two episodes, I think it is mostly sad.

The concept is that individuals from the U.S., who have a long-distance relationship with people they may not have met, get engaged. When their fiancees come to the U.S. on K-1 visas, they have 90 days to get married--or they have to leave the country, by law.

The trend in dating-for-marriage shows seems to be speeding up the process. "The Bachelor" gives its participants mere weeks to make a life-long connection. "Spouse House" requires participants to become engaged or risk being evicted from the house/show. "90-day Fiancé" uses immigration law to accelerate the ticking clock for its five couples.

What really makes this concept perilous for participants is the real and obvious risk of "catfishing". It is very much like offering someone money if they get married to a person they know very little about. Yes, there are declarations of love, but viewers can clearly see that some relationships are very suspect.

In the end, viewers get train wrecks or love stories, both of which are interesting viewing. There is also plenty of drama, based on the anxieties of the participants, which viewers feel vicariously.

There are several interesting things about this show. Finding out the motives of the people involved keeps you watching. Is the foreigner in it for the money, or is there true love involved? Seeing the different way people live is always interesting and this show has a lot of different characters. The entire process of getting a K-1 Visa is covered in 90 Day Fiance'.

75% of these couples don't even last, I can't even count how many times the non-american literally states they're doing it to live in america, it's painfully obvious in a lot of the couples yet these americans are too stupid to realize it. Luckily it's not ALL the couples, but most. This show can be pretty entertaining but it's infuriating to see a lot of these americans being completely used, but sometimes they need to be to wake up and realize some sexy foreigner that's half their age doesn't ACTUALLY want to be with them. Don't let this discourage you however, as obviously there are still quite a few couples that aren't using each other in some way and end up lasting at least a couple years.

As much as I watch it and at times enjoy it, it's still amazing how Americans travel across the world for love which is fine and all, but OMG can you all PLEASE LEARN ABOUT THE CUSTOMS AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY. Going away so far away for love is beautiful, but it's trouble some that the majority of them knows absolutely nothing about the country, which makes it so hard to communicate and understand each other. This is something that annoys me, because yes I am from a different country dating an American and at times I am amazed on how much he's so lost about my country and customs SMH. Word of advice please do your homework before you buy your ticket.

People wanting an ideal with not understanding much about their partner they met briefly, and not knowing themselves either