Study Shows Watching TV Together Strengthens Marriages

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I'm gonna shoot you straight. There was no study done on this subject, whatsoever. 

Well, I take that back.

There might have been, but I didn't read it. Because studies are boring, and I'm not in school anymore. So when people start giving me statistics and percentages and random inane facts, my brain goes to sleep like a computer that has been inactive for too long.

It's like my brain has a screensaver.

You'd never know. I look like I'm awake and I'm listening to you, but I'm totally wondering what it would look like if a dolphin ever tried to rob a convenience store, using an 80's slap bracelet and a rubik's cube.

Anyway.

I've never read any studies about the impact watching TV with your spouse has on your marriage. What I have done is I have watched TV with my wife.

It's something we do on a fairly regular basis. Some people go on hikes. Some couples cook together. All that is fine and good, but I think those people are failing to recognize the awesomeness of television.

Kim and I have no problem appreciating this fact.

What are our favorite shows to watch together?

I'm glad you asked.

Three Things That Embarrass Me

I gotta be honest with you guys. I do some really dumb stuff. I try to be cool, but sometimes, I fail miserably.

Today, I'm sharing three things that embarrass me right into the "facepalm" position. Hopefully, it will be good for group healing. If nothing else, you can make fun of me and the world will be better for it.

So here goes nothin':

1) I recently started watching The Bachelorette. I didn't want to. I've avoided those shows for years. But after seeing Knox McCoy's tweets and recaps, I got lured in. I watched the first two episodes on Hulu, then watched the last two episodes, Live, on TV. I'm sucked in. I just can't help it. When you put that amount of dumb and douchey people together, I'm held hostage with no other choice but to watch. Seriously, you guys.

2) I bite my nails. It's terrible. I bite them until they're down to cuticles, and then I bite some more. They bleed occasionally, and the whole process annoys the heck out of my wife. I just do it all the time and don't even think about it. I know it's awful. It is what it is.

3) I've gotten massively out of shape over the past year. Within the past twelve months, I've gained about 20 pounds, and am athletically incapable of just about everything. Today, I got back on a workout routine and it KICKED...MY...BUTT. I didn't even do that much, but compared to the "nothing" I'd been doing, it was a big upgrade. I'm committing to this. It's got to become part of my life again.


What are three things that embarrass you right now?