The Amazing Race vs Boundaries
Recently I’ve been re-reading Boundaries Before Marriage in order to get it all through my head again. At the same time I’ve been watching The Amazing Race warning spoilers!and you’d be surprised how the two things complement each other. The Amazing race pits couples, or friends in teams of two, against each other in some exotic locations. Along the way there is heaps of pressure and inevitably someone in the couple will make a mistake. I look upon all of this as a sort of case study in working out conflict when relating as a couple.
I already think I can see some couples whose relationship will not survive the series and some that I’m dubious about. I think my least favorite is Jonathon who is so disrespectful of Victoria that it is a clear case of chapter 15 in boundaries. Then Adam’s girlfriend threatens to leave him and his reaction is to threaten to throw himself on the railway tracks. After that he changes briefly and she lets him get away with it. GET A GRIP GIRL AND SET SOME BOUNDARIES! Man this show has so many relational case studies.
