It's Only a Game... (Right?)
Did anyone else watch The Moment of Truth the other night?
I don't want to place judgment on the contestants because I realize that "desperate times lead to desperate measures," and I don't know their financial situations. But I just can't imagine that they'll look back and say their winnings were worth what they lost.
Just to set up the premise for those of you who didn't watch (the show airs again tonight on Fox if you want to tune in): The contestants are asked questions before the show while hooked up to a lie detector test. But they're not told whether the test registered their answers as truthful. They're then asked the questions again during the show taping... while friends, family members and—most notably—wives and girlfriends look on from a few feet away. Only then does the voice come over the loud speaker to announce whether they're being honest or lying. Every time the contestants' answers match the lie detector's answers, they make money (up to $100,000).
Sounds fun, right? Well, it is for at-home viewers—if not a bit unsettling—but it definitely isn't fun for the wives and girlfriends.
The host asked one contestant, who had already admitted to a gambling addiction, if he was hiding a bank account from his girlfriend. He said no, and the lie detector confirmed that to be true.
Phew!
But not all exchanges went quite so smoothly. The host asked another contestant if he's done anything during his 2.5-year marriage that would make his wife lose his trust. He said yes, as his wife responded that she had no idea what he might be referring to. Later the same contestant was asked if he's delayed having children with her because he doesn't think she'll be his "lifelong partner." Again, he said yes. At that point, her friend turned to her and whispered, "Is it worth $100,000 to learn that?"
And that's what I want to ask you: Would it be worth $100,000 to find out information about your partner that you might not want to know? Comment below.




I started to watch it but it left me feeling unsettled and I had to turn it off. It was like watching a car accident...you didn't want to look but had trouble turning away.
Sounds like they have those contestants in a real hot seat! I guess I could get over a lot of things for $100,000 ... but really, there are some things that are better left unknown!