And look at all they gave up by living normal lives? No reality shows. No shilling for abstinence groups. No cover stories on US magazine announcing their engagement. No embarrassing boyfriends. No excitement at all. Obviously their parents didn't raise them right. </sarcasm>
That said, the current spectacle is just that...a three ring circus and a truly sad public display of lifestyle choices that were once shameful but are now not just accepted but in this case celebrated as the "new normal'.