The Family Man or the Bachelor?

[The Scarred One]

After watching the Tough Enough finale last night, one thing really captivated me about Luke and Andy being the final two.

That being that they were polar opposites with Andy being the devoted family man and Luke being the party animal bachelor. That was made apparent when they showed Andy helping his wife in changing diapers and washing dishes while Luke drank and partied with chicks in bikinis on a boat.

But in regards to the family man and the bachelor (this could also be implied to family women and bachelorettes as well, not to sound sexist), whose going to be the one who goes further?

With the family man, they have something other than themselves to fight for. Back home, they have a family to support, so they may be willing to go the extra mile for their sake. By putting his family first, he wants to make sure they have a roof over their heads, food in their stomaches and clothes on their backs. At the same time, they may need to take a leave of absence once in a while for family reasons, whether the wife is going into labor or their kid is in the hospital. So they may not be reliable in that sense, especially if they're in line for a major push.

With the bachelor, they don't have anything back home to really, for lack of a better word, hold them back. They can stay on the road for as long as they want because they don't have to go rushing home when they have time off. They would also be reliable when it comes to major pushes and storylines. But at the same time, they don't have anything, other than themselves, to really give that extra effort. They can spend the money they earn on themselves, whether it means several expensive cars, jewelry and tailor-made clothes, huge houses or other unecessary luxuries. But all that could mean nothing if they were to get fired.

So in summary, whose more likely to be more succesful? The family man, whose hungrier because he has something to fight for, or the bachelor, because he has no attachments slowing him down?

 

[Iversen]

It very much depends on the person. Some family men are going to spend there time hungering for home and their kids etc which obviously your bachelor doesn't have to. He's free to do what he wants. However some family men will also take it as motivation, they do it to make their kids proud etc and to provide for them their less likely to turn up to a taping hungover and not in the mood because they're fighting for someone else and not just themselves.

It kind of depends on the relationship in the family. A lot of my friends dads growing up worked on oil rigs and for some families it seems like they enjoy getting out of each others hair and having time apart and they continue happily while others of course miss each other and struggle with it.

So yea I guess I don't know the answer haha.

 

[Swamp D.]

Luke wasn't even partying with hot chics??? Very disappointing.

As you can tell from the show Andy didn't whine and cry about his family. He only whined and cried when he thought he was letting them down in the ring. He didn't say I miss my family and want to go home so I think he will be well off in the WWE. Plus his wife seems to be doing an awesome job training him so maybe the WWE can hire her as well. Seems like she could get wrestlers in shape the natural way without steroids. He's a beast and WWE needs a young NASH!