A little vice...

So I have a this vice that I am not really proud of, but is a guilty pleasure. Now and then I like to watch the Real Housewives of...whatever. It is not like I watch religiously, I don't even know when they air, but sometimes on a Sat. afternoon if the kids are out with dad and Bravo is showing a marathon I get a little lost in these women's lives. I find it interesting how a lot of these women all know each other and because of their money run in the same circles even though they are so different. Although I am not so naive as to think that the show does not set up some "run-ins" to add drama.

Stuart is not crazy about this show of course, but he made an interesting comment the other day after I was retelling him one of the fights; "wow, I guess all women have the same problems, no matter what their financial status or where they live." And I am sad to say that I think he is right, we as women can be the best to each other, being a shoulder to lean on, someone to gossip and laugh with and someone that will understand you. But a woman can also ruin your self esteem, cut you down and make you hurt. When I watch these shows, sometimes I am relieved to see others going through these same problems as me. Why do we do this to each other? I really think that as women we really want to have friends, someone we can trust and depend on. Someone that will forgive you if you say or do something they may not agree with, and someone that will never feel indifferent towards your feelings.

I will never understand the emotion of indifference. I drive my husband crazy by asking him all the time why someone could do that towards another person. But when it comes from someone that you were friends with it really doesn't make sense. I learned very quickly in the Navy that there are a lot of people out there that are only looking out for themselves, and so I didn't make a ton of girlfriends while in. But being a few years older now I thought that would start to diminish. I feel like I have so much more to learn about life and other people, but that is all part of the journey right?

Although I would never emulate the lives of the women on this show, sometimes I do envy the confrontations they get to have with one another so they all know what cards everyone is holding. And every now and then they work it out and can be friends again, what a nice thought. It is such a silly thing to watch these shows and I promise I don't get too caught up in them, I just wish there wasn't a need to show how nasty we can be to each other, but them what would I watch on Saturday afternoon?