Am I officially old?
Let me start from the beginning...I am addicted to teenybopper TV. I loved Laguna Beach. I have never missed an episode of The Hills (but my girlfriend is Audrina's personal make-up artist...so I watch as much for that as anything). I watched 90210 growing up and was stoked to learn the new one was coming out, so now I am addicted to that. And even though it's not really teenybopper...I religiously DVR The City!
However, The Hills has been deleted from my DVR list. I watched the season premier but I was so turned off by Kristin and the drama that ensued that I turned it off. I cannot stand watching Heidi try and make Spencer "want" to have kids. She was just reported in Us Weekly as having said, she "needs a kid to mature Spencer." You both disgust me! I spent much of my life in LA going to school with child movie stars, celebrities' kids, trust fund babies, etc... and while many were snotty and felt rather entitled, many were the sweetest and most down to earth people I have ever known. So this show full of "wanna-be rich kids" is repulsive. But it never was before, so what gives?
This morning, before work, I was watching 90210. It is not nearly as good as the original, but things rarely are. But the fashions are fun to observe and in a sick way...I enjoy the show. However, today I caught myself thinking, "If I had high school or middle school kids, I would not let them watch this." I don't want my oneday kids to think sex in high school is ok, is normal or worse...is expected!
Now, my mom allowed me to watch 90210 and I didn't have sex in high school...heck, I didn't have sex until I was almost 21 and if I could take it back and wait I would because the guy was a total loser who dumped me 2 weeks later.
I am not naive in thinking I can shield my kid from all of the things that go on in the world. In fact, I think many kids that are protected end up worse than those who faced it and were equipped to handle it. But for the first time today, I saw this show from a mother's perspective and it was not what I had expected.
I know my 29th birthday is this month...is this a sign I am getting old?
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I am getting ready to delete the Hills from my DVR as well. I told Mr. Potts after the premier that I couldn't stand Kristen & didn't think I'd be watching it much now.
ReplyDeleteDo you watch the new Melrose Place too?
Hahah I would be watching those shows right along with you if I got the channel (I seriously need cable!!). But yuck on drama.
ReplyDeleteMy mom didn't let me watch 90210 but I'm a little bit younger than you. I don't think that thinking those things makes you old though. Maybe just repulsed by our society? I know I find myself repulsed more often than I'd care to admit!
no you are so not getting old. and i love 90210 too - but really? those girls need to EAT. that would scare me right there that my daughter would wnat to look like those pencil thin girls! not okay. i feel the same way about all the shows you metioned - i cant stand heidi and spencer either. puke!!! im 26 so NO you are NOT old!
ReplyDeleteSo maybe your "fun fact" should have been that you know Audrina's make-up artist, hahaha. I kid, I kid. I know what you mean about feeling like you're getting too old for some of the stuff and I absolutely agree that I would not let my kid watch any of the stuff I watch (most of which is targeted at teens). The Hills is out of hand and I watch mostly because I realize how fake it is but it entertains me anyway. I'm not nearly as devoted as I was back in the LC days but I could see myself phasing it out completely if it goes "too far." Thanks for making me think about it, friend.
ReplyDeleteI don't watch any of those shows but I am enough older than you I didn't catch the first wave of "teenybopper" tv, like the original 90210.
ReplyDeleteBut it doesn't sound like you're getting old; sounds like you're just gaining perspective!
Hhahahaha I am the SAME way!
ReplyDeleteno. you are not old, you clearly have a conscience. i also was obsessed with the hills, but i want to slap kristen and heidi. trying to convince spencer he needs a kid?! right.. cause that will make him quit being a loser freak. and i'm with you. i would NEVER let my kids watch the shows i watch. hmm... maybe i shouldn't be watching them!!
ReplyDeleteno it's a true sign that you can see things from a mother's prespective that you mentally preparing yourself to one day be a mom. It's hard to find anything acceptable for pre-teens and teens to watch on TV or the movies these days that doesn't include explicit sex and explosive violence. I wonder if it's easier to raise kids at amish... you don't have the tv/movie issues! but then again you dont' have electricity (hair dryers or curling irons!)
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