Soap Operas vs. Soap Operas

I happen to have a favorite show, which happens to be the hit CW 11 show Gossip Girl. I love this show, it is so addictive. Its kinda like cocaine....well actually I have never done cocaine, but I can't stop watching this show. So this got me thinking, my obsession with Gossip Girl is like my moms obsession with Days of Our Lives. I hate that show, she makes me watch it with her. It is on everyday at 11am, which is when she is usually is at work, so she records it on our DVR. She freaks if she can't watch it. So I get it, because I always feel the same way about Gossip Girl. But the fact that she can't understand why I want to watch my show so bad, pisses me off!

I think it is funny that different generations will both watch what I would call 'soap operas', but then not watch each others. My mom thinks Gossip Girl is the

stupidest shit i have ever seen, I mean so stupid, how can you watch this shit!

And that is a direct quote, I literally wrote it down after she said it. What makes it funny to me is that it is the same way that I feel about her shows.

So it is just a little never ending circle. But the most ridiculous things happen on Days of Our Lives. I can't believe that Catherine is lead to think that she forgets things, and might have a mental illness. And that they can all just let things so stupid ruin their lives. But all in all this show is not as bad as Passions.

I don't know if you have ever seen this particular soap opera. But it is just absurd! I mean a little doll that is brought to life by a witch, then dies....how do dolls die? And then Charity is put under spells by Kay so that she won't love Miguel, because Kay loves Miguel. And Teressa is in love with Ethan but there are so many things that stop them from being together, it is frustrating to watch. Oh then Chad and Whitney are in love, but then find out they are brother and sister, after they have a baby together! Like what, their mom was a big old fluzy ack in the day! But she leaves her semi hott husband for Julien, an old rich guy, who talks with a snobby accent.

Anyways there is so much that goes into it, so many webs of deception, sex lies, and just ewwww. I can see how my mom wounldn't like my show, but I understand why she likes hers, even though I despise it. I am glad she stopped watching Passions, I couldn't take one more loveless romance, love triangle, random birth, or magic inccident. It was too much for me, and I am the most ridiculous person I know! Well that might have been a lie, or a half truth. But I mean really, watch it sometime I dare you! Let me know what you think about it.

Then there is my brothers. They are obsessed witht the OC...like really?!? What is up with that? I thought that was a total girl show, I don't even like that show. But my older brother has seen every episode, and my little brother records all the repeats off of soap net and watched them at 4 o'clock religously everyday.

I guess we all like soap operas and have different ideas of what is interesting enough to watch, and what just straight up BLOWS! And my family has no problem letting each other know that their so called favorite show is cir du soLAME!

My dad doesn't watch anything but Monday Night football and The News, which is a soap opera in its own way I would think, so he is in on it too. He just gets made fun of for other things, such as his dancing skills every night before dinner.