Reality TV = Divorce

It all started with Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. The idea of a reality show that invites cameras into your day to day life. The "Newlyweds" was a very cute show about a newly married couple and all of us fell in love with them. With this show came fame and money, but it also opened them up for judgment and public scrutiny.

As reality TV became popular, more and more families opened their homes to cameras. It is always interesting to me to watch these shows from their first season as they seem just like a normal family or couple, someone that I could relate to. I have watched:

Carmen and Dave (divorced)
Jon and Kate Plus 8 (divorcing)
The Kardashian's
The Bachelor and Bachelorette (Only one marriage out of 13 seasons)
Little People, Big World (couple growing apart as of the last show I watched)

After a couple of seasons you begin to see changes. All of a sudden, they have more money, probably earnings from the show. They begin to buy more extravagant things, take trips and then you begin to see changes in this once harmonious relationship.

I have had money and not love and happiness. After my divorce, I now have the love of my life and struggle financially to rebuild what I once had. I get frustrated, discouraged and always think to myself that if I just had a little more money, things would be easier and less stressful. It makes me angry to watch shows in which families are essentially given a gift of financial freedom and then what got them there in the first place, their family and love for one another is compromised.

Is it possible that you just cannot have both?
If offered a chance at financial stability would I take it if it meant that my relationship might not work out?

No, I would not.
My dream would be to "make it" together.
Build our family and finances together.