Rules the contestants on The Bachelor have to follow

Since its debut in 2002, ABC's reality show, The Bachelor, has evolved into a global phenomenon, with several equally popular offshoots (including The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise) and international versions. Taking the franchise's many seasons into consideration, it can seem like the world contains an endless supply of men and women who are looking for true love (and who are also simultaneously willing to sign up to be filmed for two months under what could kindly be called extreme situations).

Despite the raucous antics and epic, extreme behavior that has garnered the show so much attention, the contestants' lives are actually rather regimented, as a result of the many rules and regulations they're forced to follow in order to participate on the show. Luckily for us, many of the show's cast members have since spilled the tea on what their time in the house was like. Read on to find out what contestants have to agree to in order to nab that chance at finding their Mr. or Ms. Right.