Mad Props Materials Account
You're guess about the title is as good as mine...

Somewhere in here it's very possible that I mentioned one of my favorite Kids in the Hall sketches, which I believe was called "Geralds." In it, Bruce and Mark (I'm assuming you know who I'm talking about, and if not, don't worry about it.) play a pair of lawyers who are meeting to discuss the proposals drawn up by their respective clients. Within moments, you realize that one of them represents a guy and the other a girl who are merely dating. However, it becomes apparent that nearly every phase of their relationship is debated over like the points in a business merger.

Perhaps needless to say, but it's a fantastic piece of comedy.

It's also, for this day-and-age, a high concept piece. Of course you may say that that's redundant after calling it classic. Well, Monty Python's café full of Vikings chanting "spam" is classic, but it's hardly high concept. (Though not to piss off any rabid geeks out there, I'm not saying that Python wasn't by-an-large high concept....but they were also frequently silly.)

Imagine, if life was really like that. Or even if it weren't lawyers, what if it was just some sort of mediator or moderator? Wouldn't that be incredible and/or ridiculous?

Everything broken down. Everything scheduled. Every move pre-negotiated.

Now, I think some people today are just driven enough or lazy enough to actually enjoy the sound of something like that. You meet, and immediately afterward some dating period paperwork is signed like a lease. Then every date is settled beforehand. Then when the lease is up, you could option to re-lease or perhaps upgrade.

You wouldn't really have to make any of the decisions. If it wasn't working you just wait for the lease to be up, or you force a break. If you don't want to have sex, then you just put that clause in the contract before the date. And so on. And so on.

I seriously think I know people who could dig on something like that.

Ultimately, while it sounds interesting, I don't think it would work in any traditional sense. If there's one thing I've read that keeps couples together, it's the mutual working together to make it work.

Think about it.