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Aabeepbeep
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01-27-2006

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 10:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aabeepbeep a private message Print Post    
I was just wondering about our families understanding our... umm.....obsession. In another thread someone was going to someone elses (mamapors?) house to watch the premiere and it hit me I have noone to watch with :-(
my family watches some with me, but only to placate me, lol. They support me, but they don't understand. They know I am going to stay up til 4 or 5 am for 3 months, I am an avid feed watcher and what little I miss I read in the lfps (I love you guys), and quite frankly, they probably think I am a little nuts
What I wouldn't give to have one of y'all to watch, live and in person, with me!
What about your family/friends?

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I have a "Law and Order" and "Nascar" fan in my house, and I am a fan of neither. If you add up the hours Law and Order is on (including re-runs on secondary channels) plus the hours Nascar is on, I would say we are about even in hours on garbage we don't share an interest in..LOL It all evens out :-)

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 1:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I had corrupted and then addicted my dear family during BB1.

Even though they didnt have a computer back then they would be glued to my 'slide show' live feeds when they visited.

Finally they couldnt take it anymore!! they asked me to buy a pc for them so they could go online too.

I'd say that was half the fun, watching live feeds and having my family chatting about it at the same time.

(and of course, reading TVCH posts)

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 1:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Nope. My bf is the only one who "knows", and e truly knows the extent of the addiction too. Last year, he bought me the live feeds as "a gift", not realizing what he was getting me into. I had never had them before (not counting BB1's free feeds). I seriously wasted my whole summer glued to my computer, but I also made SO MANY good friends here in the process. It's a good sharing experience.

I'm kind of hoping he'll buy the feeds for me again this year....

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I have only my brother and he's not a feed watcher and such but they do watch BB, so at least they have opinions about people and while at times they differ because they only see the tv show, often we do agree. They also watch TAR and Survivor.

Rainlvr
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05-28-2004

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rainlvr a private message Print Post    
My mom thinks I'm nuts, my kids think I'm nuts. My husband...well, he KNOWS I'm nuts but he likes BB too. He just doesn't get into the feeds though, he relies on me to fill him in on the good stuff. He watches the shows with me but doesn't read the boards or anything. It's funny getting his impressions about what's going to happen just from watching the show and then letting him in on what's REALLY going on! LOL

Lainee
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07-19-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lainee a private message Print Post    
Like some of you, I have no one to watch and share BB or Survivor with. Hubby just doesn't like reality shows...period! So, I come to TVCH to spend time with like-minded people who do understand and share the same likes as me. I don't get the live feeds but I do attempt to keep up with them between work and now school.

Erinbear
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08-05-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Erinbear a private message Print Post    
my extended family already think I am nuts regardless of my Big brother habits becuase I am an all around reality tv junkie, so I don't really tell them or show them the extent to which I am addicted, although I have been known to decline invites to BBQ's and such if it interferes with Big Brother... as for those family members that actually live with me well.....my kids will watch the shows and the older one will watch the feeds, they both watch the show with me and its kind of a nutural thing of Big Brother late night feed watching to be part of summer....Last year though my younger daughter decided she liked the friendship <GASP> and I have to be honest I felt I had failed her someway as a mother that she would find such <100> people enjoyable!! My older daughter tried to join TVCH last year so she could post replies to the craziness she was reading and enjouing but was declined....so now she just reads and posts whats she is thinking verbally to me....

so all in all, where my girls are concerned it a mother/daughter shared activity..

Lainee
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07-19-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lainee a private message Print Post    
Erin...kudo's to you on being able to share it with your children. All my children are grown and out of the home and when they call on BB night or during BB and I tell them I will get back with them the next day or later in the week they will literally sneer at me and say *Ewwwwwwww!* LOL

Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 5:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Needmylifeback a private message Print Post    
My husband just shakes his head.. my son is old enough now to do his own thing.. and I have been practicing for a couple of months - not making dinner so they get in the habit of cooking for themselves and I won't have to bother! (LOL!) .. I still have to stock up on Cheeto's

Rubberducky
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09-02-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 5:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rubberducky a private message Print Post    
My sister is the only one who understands & that is b/c she is the same way. We have to call & discuss every commercial!

Rosem4243
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06-27-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 5:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosem4243 a private message Print Post    
Erinbear wrote: "Last year though my younger daughter decided she liked the friendship <GASP> and I have to be honest I felt I had failed her someway as a mother that she would find such people enjoyable!!"

Oh, I can SO relate to this. My sister never understood my BB addiction until we bought a house together and she was exposed to the feeds for herself. She too liked the "Friendship" and we argued all summer! We are already disagreeing on who should come back into the house. This should be another..ummm...challenging summer!

Lori
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04-18-2003

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lori a private message Print Post    
My whole family thinks I'm bonkers. That's why I'm on this board with all the other BB addicts!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 6:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Turns out my mom and younger sister are BB watchers also, but probably not as devoted as most of us here on the Board. Still, I can speak unashamedly with them regarding the shenanigans from episode to episode. Colossus tolerates it, but he sees it more as a TVCH Board participation event than prime-time viewing. Which is probably where I am with it too, except I'm looking forward to what the all-stars get up to this year. Also, I pay the price when BB and/or Survivor are not on - I let him watch every Pink Panther, James Bond, John Wayne, Sherlock Holmes and Bruce Willis movie that come to pass. We've seen Silverado and Tombstone about 5000 times in the past year. I finally couldn't take it no more last weekend and made him watch Funny Girl. I'm still being punished for that one LOL. So basically we've struck a deal - I watch BB whenever it's on and he watches whatever he wants the rest of the time. Works for us.

L1zz1e
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01-29-2006

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send L1zz1e a private message Print Post    
No. My son used to watch with me; but even he thinks I'm weird now.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Yes, they watch the show with me. They don't post here, but they love to discuss the HG's!! They didn't like it at first, but I talked about it and got them interested..LOL I share all the gossip with them when I read it.

Vickyfla
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06-29-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vickyfla a private message Print Post    
All my kids have moved out except one. He will be 20 soon. The others are early 20s. They never cared nor does my hubby. I must admit, It is much easier to watch the feeds now.

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
My family does with the exception of my son, and they also know not to call me during BB. My son HATES reality TV LOL. I have all ready pre warned my Hubby that when I get home from vacation and BB starts he looses putter time once the house is awake LOL. It's not to bad for him as he is only home on weekends as he drives Truck. He was hoping to get some time on the putter from now till BB started as he is on vacation the week I get home but :-( he got home Friday and found our internet is down and they can't get out to fix it till Wed. I get home Monday so will only have a few days to wait LOL.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
DH watches some shows with me, especially the live eviction show. He doesn't come here, though, so it's funny when I'm pretty sure who is going, and he thinks it's someone else (because of the editing, of course...lol)
As far as my obsession with it, he's used to my obsessions. During hockey season, he doesn't see me much. One or more games a night + talking about them on another board, and I'm basically gone from Sept-May. That said, he gets to watch as much Lifetime movies as he wants without me making fun of him (I told him once if he didn't stop watching Lifetime he'd start menstruating...lol)

Joely
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09-24-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Joely a private message Print Post    
needmylife ~ I think I just peed a little. That was hilarious! "and I have been practicing for a couple of months - not making dinner so they get in the habit of cooking for themselves" rof

Well, it's hard to get 2 and 4 year olds into a reality tv show, but they LOVE the competitions! :-) This last season of Survivor I had to replay many of the muddy competitions "again" and "again!" for Kaden. So, this year in the BB house should be fun!

My mom and Aunt watch BB also, so at least we have something in common! lol

... the boys dad's biggest complaint before he left was that I watched too much reality tv and that I was on the computer all the time and that was pre tvch! For cryin' out loud, I was building my website! I can say now thought that he regrets his decision 100%! What an ARS!

Castleexplorer
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08-10-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Castleexplorer a private message Print Post    
My teenage daughter and I used to watch it together, but she missed last year. The year before, my dad visited and stayed for a week and we all tried to watch it together. (My dad had never watched it.) He kept making remarks like "Yeah, right" and "Bullsh*t" when my favorites were on, so it made me mad and I just had to record the rest of the week and watch when he went golfing, it about killed me!! lol This year, if my daughter doesn't watch, I'll go to my best friend's house 3x per week and watch it and shout/swear at the television.

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
My DH watches the BB show and doesn't have a problem with my BB addiction....he really has no choice. I got my DD hooked on the live feeds last year, so I have accomplished to ruin her summers now too. No one else in my family watches, but they know that I'm glued to my computer during the summer and that if there is a family gathering, it has to be during the day...preferably, morning. lol

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
My husband hates reality tv...we're even I hate sports except for world cup soccer...I watch by myself <<sniff>>. I'm in the BB closet when it comes to my extended family...they just don't understand.

Betzee4
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06-23-2006

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Betzee4 a private message Print Post    
Like many of you, I have no one to watch with...my DH watches about 5 minutes at a time, shakes his head at me and wanders out of the room.

So, I've found this forum, and I signed up, so now I'm a newbie and I hope I'll have you all to chat with about the show! Then, I'll have all of you to share my obsession with, yay!

You guys seem like so much fun...I can't wait for it to begin!

Babyboo
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06-16-2003

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyboo a private message Print Post    
I love Bigbrother like anyone else, i never miss an episode but i really don't understand or even know how anyone would pay for live feeds let alone stay up all hours of the morning to watch them in the house, doesn't that interfere with your daily life?..I mean to each his own but i would never do that.