Comments | coneycat: A discovery about myself and reality TV

coneycat

A discovery about myself and reality TV

Feb 10, 2012 14:40

I got cable last summer, after having been without for more than a dozen years. TV has changed a lot in that time. There are whole new genres of reality TV ( Read more... )

silliness, television

Comments 9

bogwitch64 February 11 2012, 04:53:09 UTC

What a great mom.

coneycat_fic February 11 2012, 14:54:52 UTC

Seriously. She was so cheerfully matter-of-fact about it: "This is my son, this is what he's like, and he's wonderful just as he is." (And she's right, the kid is precious, he'd be less precious if he seemed less happy with himself.)

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coneycat_fic February 11 2012, 14:56:59 UTC

Yes! Thank you! I couldn't remember his name, but that's it. And yeah, they were both just delightful. It warmed my cold little heart to see them.

meganbnl February 12 2012, 07:15:13 UTC

Have you fallen prey to 'Dance Moms'? I have....embarrassingly enough. :D

coneycat February 13 2012, 12:51:05 UTC

I don't think that one's on any channel I get, or I would certainly be addicted already just from the title!

loisarah March 12 2012, 08:53:58 UTC

I fall prey to Say Yes to the Dress too. I don't like weddings and I'm not the sappiest person, but that show!

I'm fascinated by the family dynamics, sometimes. Like, the sisters who are bitter and are nasty because they want to be the one who's engaged. I just feel so sad for the brides who LOVE a dress and then they come out to nastiness and snickering.

coneycat March 12 2012, 12:11:37 UTC

Some of the family dynamics are so bad I want the bride to turn on them and say, "You know what? I don't need your approval." But the ones where the bride walks out and everyone burst into tears? Yay! (The girl whose dad and brothers came along because her mother had died and they wanted to show support? And Dad picked a really pretty dress she nearly chose? LOVE!)

loisarah March 12 2012, 15:00:02 UTC

>>Some of the family dynamics are so bad I want the bride to turn on them and say, "You know what? I don't need your approval."

YES. This exactly.

The ones where the Dad is involved get to me more than when it's just Mom.

What about the one where the bride donated a kidney to her fiance? I liked that story.

coneycat March 12 2012, 18:09:39 UTC

I missed that one-- but the Atlanta one where the couple moved the wedding up because the groom had just been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease made me bawl.

Also, I love when Lori threatens to slap someone, or mutters that she needs a cosmopolitan.