Do you watch soaps?

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I got hooked on General Hospital as a kid by my grandma. She called them her “stories” too, lol (wow, I had completely forgotten about that until now…man I miss her! 😦 ).

She watched “stories” all day too, but I only got hooked on GH. I stopped watching when I got older and then got hooked again about 8 years ago.

GH is about the only show on TV that I consistently watch. I call it my “escape from reality”. Sometimes a mom needs that.

I’m starting to lose interest, though. I could care less about the current story lines…
 
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I used to watch All My Children, but the recent story they have with a character Zarf/Zoey (a woman trapped in a man body but he/she is a lesbian):whacky: made me sick and I have not watch it since. This tall man dressed in womens clothes and makeup was just a little to much.
The character of Bianca (a lesbian) was somewhat (not much though) redeemed a bit when she choosed life when she became pregnant following her rape, although her on screen life is immoral, the bravery she shown in bringing her baby daughter into the world was refreshing. But when they brought this SICK story into the mix that was it for me NO MORE even if this “person” gets written off in the future (mystery illness, gunshot or the famous “Presumed Dead” :banghead: or whatever happens.
In a way I am thankful because it help me break a bad habit.😉
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I know what you mean. That story line turned me off to AMC, too.
 
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I got hooked on General Hospital as a kid by my grandma. She called them her “stories” too, lol (wow, I had completely forgotten about that until now…man I miss her! 😦 ).

She watched “stories” all day too, but I only got hooked on GH. I stopped watching when I got older and then got hooked again about 8 years ago.

GH is about the only show on TV that I consistently watch. I call it my “escape from reality”. Sometimes a mom needs that.

I’m starting to lose interest, though. I could care less about the current story lines…
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I’m a GH girl myself, grew up on it, I have a guilty pleasure crush on Nikolas, and kinda want Helena as my grandma.

However the soap took a turn when Carly can do no wrong and Jason and Sonny are considered heroes. While I don’t care if they are gangsters and are occasionally the heroes, THEY ARE STILL GANGSTERS.

I miss Lucy Coe.
 
I’ve been watching GH off and on since Frisco and Felicia got married–somewhere around 1985 probably.
However the soap took a turn when Carly can do no wrong and Jason and Sonny are considered heroes. While I don’t care if they are gangsters and are occasionally the heroes, THEY ARE STILL GANGSTERS.

I miss Lucy Coe.
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I so agree. I realize that this is a fantasy world, but when did gangsters become our moral touchstones? This is especially aggravating when Sonny is put forward as a great family man who can do no wrong. But the other bad guys, Sonny’s nothing like them.

Ahh for the good old days of Lucy Coe, the Nurses’ Ball, Anna and Robert… Today there’s often only one storyline that I care about. The good thing is that I have a Tivo so I can often watch an episode in 20 minutes.
 
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