Sunday, August 21, 2011

Guilty Pleasure TV


Everyone has some form of guilty pleasure TV. 


Mine used to be The Hills. I won't even try to deny the fact that I loved Lauren Conrad and secretly envied her, having been the journalism major I would have killed to intern at Teen Vogue. 

Since then I really haven't had that guilty pleasure..... the show you sit glued in front of the TV to making sure you don't miss a minute of the action despite the fact your IQ may be dropping by the minute. 

Now let me tell you a bit about Marine. He's predictable. The TV will always be on Discovery Chanel, History Channel or on the occasional occurance he will flip over to A&E to watch Undercover Boss. 

So imagine my surprise a few Thursdays ago.... I stand in the bathroom, brushing my teeth getting ready for bed. The door is open and Marine comes bouncing out of the bedroom, down the hall, heading toward the living room practically skipping while singing "It's a Jersey Shore Party."

I watch in wonderment as he turns the corner. Was that my husband?

I rinse my mouth and head down the hall to peak my head around the corner.

Marine sits smack dab in the middle of the couch. Eyes glued to the TV.

"Whatcha watching?" I ask.

"It's a Jersey Shore Party!!" He practically sings again.

Oh my the Marine Corps. barracks has now come into my home. 

While in the Marine's Marine and his buddies would all gather in the barracks and watch Jersey Shore. 

Marine texts Roommate who is on the west coast to see if it's on there. 

It is and apparently he is glued to the TV also.

As I watch this I think of Vixen and myself texting back and forth during The Hills. 

Perhaps my big tuff Marine is a girl.......

I sit down beside him on the couch wondering what all the fuss was about.

I had never watched the show...... and perhaps afterward I understood why. Even though I have since found myself watching it with Marine every week. 

Maybe men and women really aren't so different. 

4 comments:

Unwritten said...

Wow!!! Some times I really think we are the same person, right down to the people we've fallen in love with. Firefighter has now got me hooked to Jersey Shore. At first I couldn't believe he would want to watch what I believed to be filth. I still think it's RIDICULOUS but now I turn in ever Thursday to see how the gang is doing in Florence. I don't know what happened!!! Don't get sucked in!!!

Date girl said...

Haha! I cannot imagine Marine skipping much less watching the train wreck jersey shore crew! Too funny!

Aurora said...

Oh, good God. I have to say, though, the Jersey Shore is addictive. I visited my college roommate recently, and we watched it. Now it's on my DVR.

As for trashy reality tv, I'm addicted to the Millionaire Matchmaker. I'm thinking I could use the lessons.

Russel Petter said...

Oh, good God. I have to say, though, the Jersey Shore is addictive. I visited my college roommate recently, and we watched it. Now it's on my DVR.

As for trashy reality tv, I'm addicted to the Millionaire Matchmaker. I'm thinking I could use the lessons.
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