Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Perils of PVR...(when living with 3 women)

As most of you all know I share a house with my beautiful wife Vanessa, my adorable daughter Ava (2), and my favorite cousin Patricia. We share a lot of laughs and good times, with very few squabbles. Herein lies my dilemma; we have a PVR and the current list of recording looks like this (# in brackets indicates number of recordings for that particular show):

Millionaire Matchmaker
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (7)
Thomas & Friends (5)
Oprah (2)**
WordWorld (2)
Young and the Restless (3)**
Sesame Street (2)
Criminal Minds*
The Middle*
Criminal Minds Suspect Behav. (2)*
Modern Family*
Castle (2)
Undercover Boss
Real Housewives of Orange County/Atlanta/NYC/Beverly Hills/New Jersey**
American Idol**
Survivor
Biggest Loser
Bethenny gets Married
Dr. Phil**
One Tree Hill**

Now granted, the ones with a * are shows I enjoy and will sit down and watch when I can. The girls will try to argue that I also enjoy the ones with ** but those shows and I have more of a "Stockholm Syndrome" relationship. You see I am subjected to them so much that I have no other choice to force myself to try to learn what is going on and who everyone is so I can try and understand what the attraction is. Much like a hostage who expresses adulation and has positive feelings towards their captors that can appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, essentially mistaking a lack of abuse from their captors as an act of kindness; hence the reference to Stockholm Syndrome.

All kidding aside, when I do express an interest to watch something I usually am granted the wish. I just hate asking for fear of the wrath of a woman scorned.

So, honey, that is why you often wake up at 3:00am on a Friday or Saturday night and I am not there anymore...I'm getting in some TV/PS3 time so we can all continue to get along and live in peace.

Love you girls...even you Patricia...just not the same way...you're my cousin...lol

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