...so are the Days of Our Lives.
This soap opera has been my guilty pleasure since I was in college. For some reason, the Brady gang from Salem (Salem where? Salem, Massachusetts? Salem, Oregon? I love how soaps leave out so many vital details) have completely engrossed in their always dramatic, never mundane stories.
Since I'd spent five years working for an NBC affiliate, I was able to watch "Days" every day at my desk, without ever needing to explain why to my superiors. Convenient, huh? When I left my job last October to stay at home with G, I took my guilty pleasure with me. And then G started to pick up on it...
Last week, I found myself trying to explain to her -- in G-rated terms -- what was going on in the show. My explanations are in regular font; what was actually happening on the show are in italics:
G: Mommy, why does that lady have a boo boo?
Me: Because she fell down. (In actuality, Ms. Chloe Lane -- a former opera singer turned hooker, had just been attacked in a deserted alley as she awaited the arrival of a 'John.')
G: But mommy, why did that lady fall?
Me: (trying to turn this into a life lesson) Because she was climbing on the furniture again. Her mommy told her not to, but she didn't listen, so she fell down and got hurt.
G: Mommy, why are those two people in bed?
Me: Because they are a mommy and daddy. You know that mommies and daddies share beds, right sweetheart? (In fact, the two individuals in bed -- Ms. Nicole Walker and Mr. Brady Black -- are not married; in true soap opera fashion, they have had an on-again, off-again relationship for roughly the last decade)
G: But Mommy, that mommy and daddy are sleeping without any clothes on. Why don't they have on any clothes, Mommy?
Me: Because they just took a shower, and now they're going to bed. (I don't think I need to explain what was actually going on in this scene...)
G: Oh, like that time Daddy took a shower before bedtime? (Eeeek, I was hoping she'd forgotten about that!!!)
Me: Ah, err, um... yeah, something like that.
Now that G is old enough to understand -- albeit in a very rudimentary way -- what is going on on TV, I guess I'm going to have to put my Days addiction on hold until she (and probably Baby C) are in school. Fortunately, that'll only be three weeks from now in soap opera time!
It is amazing what kids understand at every age and how they like to make us parents feel slightly uncomfortable from time to time
I use to watch days of our lives with my grandma when I was a little girl. I wonder what kind of questions I asked? Same characters I am assuming?
So you watch Days on Mon,Wed and Fridays. I find that when I watch it (every other Friday of a full moon and an odd number day of the month) I figure out what's going on pretty quick.
YIKES!! I have always loved watching Days of Our Lives...and even though I sometimes skip a month or two - I can go back and its almost like nothing has changed!
WM
This is classic... I was just telling Kim Zimmer on Sunday evening, as she was autographing my book after her appearence in Sunset Blvd at Red Barn Theatre in Augusta, MI...
I knew what red sequins & feather boa's were before I knew what red sequins & feather boa's were because of Reva Shayne Lewis
Yes! Sadly I had to put my House addiction on hold until after bedtime once Pete started asking questions during the show. There's always naptime, right?
Haha - hilarious! Ava is 20 months, so not quite as vocal as G (obviously), but I see her watching and imitating and I have had to make some changes to what I do and say.
That's so funny that she hasn't forgotten :)