My three eldest children have cajoled us into allowing them to stay up to watch American idol.

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This would be fine if they would sit quietly and watch it.  But they want to have  conversation…they want snacks… Tea even.  And they constantly ask questions throughout each performance.

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‘Is that the guy you like, Dad?’

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‘Did Simon mean that as an insult?’

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‘Is she good, Mom?’

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‘Is that her real hair?’

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So we end up missing most of each performance.  It’s annoying to say the least.  I don’t mind if they stay up to watch it, I just don’t want them to talk to me. I warn them not to.  Is that so wrong?  Evening is supposed to be adult time at our house, and they are infringing on it…

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It’s almost as bad as trying to watch ‘The Bachelor’ finale (or any chick flick) with my hubby present.  He comes in and out of the room, asking what just happened, who said what, what are they doing, where are they?  I flash him my pissy face and tell him to ‘shhhhhht!’  He pauses for a moment or two and then makes his next comment, with a grin.

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Then he starts in on the criticisms.  Noting that he cannot believe that I find this entertaining, that this show is ridiculous, that the bachelor only likes Vienna over Tenley because she is the slutty one.

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Why does he feel the need to tell me that the bachelor is favoring the slutty girl?  Men are not such complicated creatures that I need help figuring that out for myself, you know?

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This is why I prefer reading, it’s a solo activity and there is really not much of that in my life…and TV at my house is overrated anyway.