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Originally posted by dtb
Nah -- it's more of an eye-rolling when he would see me watching it, along with a snide comment about how dumb the show was. It wasn't dumb. It was reflective of a demographic that a lot of women could relate to. It obviously struck a chord with many women, and I attribute that chord-striking to the relative "reality" that their conversations reflected. (In the wrap-up show, the writers revealed that many of the plot lines and silly happenings were based upon real-life events that had happened to the writers themselves or their friends -- for example, being broken-up with on a post-it.)
So again, I don't know why the visceral reaction to it -- because "it's dumb" doesn't seem like enough of a reason to get apoplectic about its success. Why get so angry about reflecting genuine (albeit "Hollywood-ized") conversations (however banal -- newsflash -- when chicks get together, they often talk about pedestrian subjects in between the regular deep thoughts and discussions about literature and philosophy) among a group of women friends? It just doesn't add up.
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Maybe I'm just fighting the hypo here, but "eye-rolling" doesn't sound particularly "visceral," "apoplectic," or "angry" to me.
I don't understand why you feel compelled to find some "secret reason" why your husband or anyone else thought the show was dumb. People can honestly disagree; that doesn't mean that he was "threatened" any more than it means that your fondness from the show stemmed from regrets about being married with kids.
