Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 23:33     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but I miss OG Real World, OG Road Rules, and the Jersey Shore.


I follow Judd Winick (SF) and Danny Roberts (New Orleans) on Instagram.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 23:23     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Lawyer, kids with challenges, my brain and emotional capacity are perpetually exhausted. I watch almost exclusively kdrama. Made an exception for Heated Rivalry. Not too good for reality tv, but it bores me somehow. So I watch a different variety of fluff.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 22:49     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:I’m a 45 yo woman and I’m the opposite. I can’t stand “reality tv” and mostly watch documentaries and dramas. Love reading lots of news and biographies and historical fiction. But I also like good romance novels and mysteries.l

Same. We can be friends
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 22:48     Subject: Re:I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:I hate all shows, movies, & music.. How weird is that?

Just out of curiosity... what do you like?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 15:53     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

I'm a research scientist and Project Runway keeps me calm and sane! Bring on the fluff shows/books!
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 15:18     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Yes, but I miss OG Real World, OG Road Rules, and the Jersey Shore.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 14:29     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:I’m right there with you, OP. I’m 50, have a stressful job, teens with their lives and parents with constant health issues.

All I want to do is watch TLC. I could talk to you about 90 day fiancé and the spin offs all day.

DH watches tv in a different room now, we are both okay with this.


"I could talk to you about 90 day fiancé and the spin offs all day." let's go!
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 14:27     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:I’m like this now. I love Downton Abbey and Virgin River and the great British Baking Show. And House Hunters. Things that are light and don’t leave me stressed or upset. Just pleasant and fun.


House hunters is fake though.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 14:27     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Yes the unrefined show is " don't act like your poop smells like roses" and the song is al yankovics gangsters paradise
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 14:27     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:I’m a 45 yo woman and I’m the opposite. I can’t stand “reality tv” and mostly watch documentaries and dramas. Love reading lots of news and biographies and historical fiction. But I also like good romance novels and mysteries.l


We can't be friends.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 14:09     Subject: Re:I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Yes. I am currently watching Love is Blind, Argentina. I am late but just discovered Role Model and am loving his fun Sally song. Am reading a murder mystery set in England.

The important news gets through - I don't need to seek it out. No need to know the details of the mass shooting in Canada that happened yesterday.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 13:59     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Me. 90 Day Fiancé is life. I just wish they would do away with the constant repeat of the has been cast, and instead of wasting money filling pillow talk they make another new show with new cast.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 12:59     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

This is an interesting topic that I’ve been trying to sort out whether it’s age, the times, both, or something else.

I’ve always liked mysteries and I’ve found myself trending towards British ones. Very little car chases or shoot-outs and more twisty plotlines. And I like things wrapped up in a nice bow at the end of the season.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 12:55     Subject: I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:The Hallmark movies in December are my jam.
Metoo. for some reason I cannot stand them the rest of the year, but about a week before Thanksgiving until New Years, I enjoy them.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 12:11     Subject: Re:I'm 44 and just want to watch and listen to unrefined things. Anyone else?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I like a mix, too, but I just wanted to say that I understand 100%! Do what makes you happy, OP! A nice thing about middle age is that you start to care less and less about being judged. Enjoy your shows in peace!


1000% this! My tastes differ from OP’s but more power to her! I often think of the title of an old country song “My give-a-d@mn’s busted!”

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jodeemessina/mygiveadamnsbusted.html


+1000! At our age, who cares. Do what makes you happy.