So, should I....

[callmepatsy]

1.) Wait until Christmas and hope I get enough gift cards to some DVD retailer to cover the Doctor Who Season 4 box set , or...

2.) Just come out of the geek closet and ask for the Doctor Who Season 4 box set , which will spark an inevitable "You want WHAT?" from my parents.

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[_thirty2flavors]

I went with #2 myself, despite knowing my mom would go "what?" and my dad would make fun of me even though he''s a Trekkie and has no room to talk, anyway. In the relatively unlikely event I don't actually get it for Christmas, I am going to be fiscally irresponsible and purchase them myself, soooo...

LIRL High-five.

[callmepatsy]

I have considered being fiscally irresponsible and purchasing it myself, but...my financial situation at the moment is such that that could result in my not paying rent, so...

I know both my parents will go "what?" and the making fun will commence once one of them thinks to google it and realizes what it is...

[_thirty2flavors]

...yeahhh not such a good idea then. BUT DUDE, WHY ARE THEY SO EXPENSIVE? so uncool.

My mom really has no idea what it is, though she was in the room the other day when Forest of the Dead was on, while DOnna was scream/crying over her fake children, and she made some remark about how loud it was or something. But her TV shows include Two and a Half Men, CSI and Grey's, so she has no room to judge.

And my dad's watched a couple episodes with me... kind of... and done the *silently thinks it's riiduclous* thing. Though apparently he gets a kick out of Tennant's eyes, he's mentioned them like, three times. I presume because half the time they are wide and crazy. I just kind of laugh and refrain from mentioning how stupidly attracted I am to that man.

[callmepatsy]

That sounds rather like my mother's viewing habits and my dad doesn't watch much TV at all, so I'm pretty sure they'll see "sci-fi" and their brains will go directly to star trek and "omg our daughter is so lame!" My mom might appreciate Tennant, hard to say, he's not really her type, but then he's not really my type either and I'm in love with him, so maybe the universal attractiveness factor would work on her.

[_thirty2flavors]

My parents watch notoriously bad TV. I don't know why I placed all the blame with my mom, she watches stuff like Grey's and "Little People Big World" (DEAR GOD WHY) but my dad watches, like, Deal or No Deal, so he's not much better. He's a bit of a Trekkie, and his like, BFF -- who is a huge Trekkie and basicall the embodiment of every sci-fi geek stereotype you can think of -- is apparently the only other person he knows who watches Doctor Who, so.

Either way, my parents laugh scornfully at The Office and HIMYM and my dad laughs scornfully at Doctor Who, and I just ignore it because come on they like Two and a Half Men so I would actually take it asa bad sign if they did like something I watch.