After reading this recent Reuters article by James Hibberd, I must say I’m a bit confused, thanks to the upcoming TV shenanigans of CBS.

Hibberd says CBS’ latest upcoming project, is a reality show/documentary tentatively titled “Arranged Marriage”.

The show follows four adults, ages 25-45, whose spouses are selected for them by friends and family. The couples legally marry and cameras are right there, as they begin to live their new lives, for our viewing pleasure.

Though arranged marriages are common in many Eastern cultures, I don’t know how this is going to fly in America, land-of-the-inalienable-rights-have-it-your-way-Whopper.

For me the series raises the question, what is marriage really about?

Hibberd says CBS claims the show is about “finding true love”.

But I’m not sold just yet.

It might be about reinforcing the stereotype that your life is not complete until you’re married.

It might be about giving people the illusion that a legal document binding you to one person, moonlights as a one-way ticket on the Happy Times Express.

Even in the case of arranged marriages, I’d be interested to know how many husbands and wives actually would have chosen their partner, if given the opportunity.

I personally, think arranged marriages work because marriage – the legal instution – is not about love; it’s a business.

It’s a contractual agreement that binds and merges finances, credit, assets . . . DNA.

So it’d be interesting to see what CBS turns up when you remove love from the initial equation. And sure, if you start a business, it helps if you remotely LIKE your business partner, but you don’t have to, if you’re both equally committed to the end goal of making the business successful, it can still work.

Do the couples in this show really believe that they’ll find “true love”, or are they just desperate to build their own marriage business for the sake of having it. Because all their friends got one. Because their parents want grand-businesses.

I don’t say this to be cynical, but rather to challenge you to ask yourself the hows and whys of your approach or re-approach to marriage, if you’re at that stage in your life.

Is it about having a fulfilling relationship with that one person you believe that you can’t live without (at least right now)?

Or is it just about having someone?