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notreallyme10 (notreallyme10) wrote,
@ 2009-01-08 10:38:00

I ruined QAF
I've read many stories on my f-list about introducing the show to people who have never seen it before and spreading teh love.

Just about five years ago, my husband and I were wandering around Blockbuster one night wondering what to rent when we stumbled on to QAF. I had heard good things about it so we figured we would give it a try. I fell in love right away and my husband, who can be slower to warm to things, did after a few episodes. We watched the first three seasons, decided we were too broke to get showtime, waited for season four to come out on DVD, sucked it up and got showtime for season five and then watched religiously as it aired.

It would be wrong to say that he ever liked the show as much as me. But he isn't easily impressed by TV and he really did love QAF.

The he listened to me talk endlessly about the end of the series, my discovery of this weird phenomenon called fandom and even helped me brainstorm ideas when I started writing (specifically for I Quit which he helped me come up with the idea for).

But over the years it seems I may have talked about the show just a little too much... He still occasionally gets sucked in when I'm watching an episode, but for the most part he'd be happy to never hear about it again. He's happy for me that I have something I enjoy, just as long as he doesn't have to hear about it. I start talking and his eyes glaze over. Occasionally I take advantage of the situation when I have him trapped, like long car trips, and force him to listen for awhile. But that's mostly just to torture him :) because really it's no fun now that he is sick of it.

So I'm curious, am I the only one whose ruined QAF for someone?

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	xie_xie_xie 2009-01-08 10:38 am UTC (link)
	In the beginning I was embarrassed so I didn't talk about it to anyone, and then I discovered fandom and got it all out of my system here. So I've never actually talked about the show except to other fans, other than in a very academic way in which I pretend I feel about it like I feel about any other show I like. ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-08 10:46 am UTC (link)
	Everyone knows I love QAF, but my husband is the only one who knows the extent of my obsession. In the beginning he was a fan... but I talked it out of him. LOL! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fun_demented 2009-01-08 10:45 am UTC (link)
	Not with this show. I've learned my lesson! When I was a kid I LOVED Duran Duran and proceeded to get everyone of my friends to like Duran Duran and then eventually to hate them. LOL! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-08 10:48 am UTC (link)
	LOL! The sounds just like me :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	selenebj 2009-01-08 01:55 pm UTC (link)
	My sister... She just rolls her eyes when I start talking about QaF. I ruined QaF for her lol XD (Reply to this) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-08 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	LOL! Our poor family members! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	happier_bunny 2009-01-08 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	My sister enjoyed the show...not nearly as much as even your husband, but I am familiar with the glaze over look when I start talking about it. For a while she was supportive and listened but after several years, she couldn't be bothered. However, every now and then, she'll make a reference from the show...cuz she loves me. lol (Reply to this) (Thread)

	not_yet_defined 2009-01-08 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	that sounds about like my sister. hee. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	happier_bunny 2009-01-08 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	glomps you What are you up to? I'm trying to reply to a million comments everywhere. ACK! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	selenebj 2009-01-08 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	We have the most awesome sisters in the world! XD It feels like you just described MY sister... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	happier_bunny 2009-01-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	grins You, me and Ny are very lucky. (Reply to this) (Parent)

notreallyme10
2009-01-08 07:52 pm UTC (link)

However, every now and then, she'll make a reference from the show...cuz she loves me. lol

My husband does that too... he uses references from the show to try to convince me of things. And he has a really good memory for lines so he will quote the show or if I'm watching and he's in the other room sometimes I can hear him say the next line of whatever scene is on.

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	_alicesprings 2009-10-17 11:06 am UTC (link)
	That is rather awesome of him. How tf did I miss this post? Weird. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-10-17 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm, was it when you were traveling? He really did love the show... I feel so bad for making him hate it :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	misguidedangel 2009-01-08 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	My husband and I watched the show religiously when it first aired. He liked it but he really liked that I was always ready for sex afterward. He still expects great sex every Sunday night. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-08 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	LOL! You trained him!!! (Reply to this) (Parent)

noteverything
2009-01-08 07:48 pm UTC (link)

Awwww! What do you think he'd do now if you asked him for story ideas?

I can see this starting to happen with my daughter. She listens to me EVERY DAY and I've seen the glazed over look a few times. She's almost 17 and still won't drive, so I've been using my obsession as an incentive lately. "If you'd start driving, you wouldn't be captive in my car every single day and have to listen to me yammer on about QaF." So far it hasn't worked.

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notreallyme10
2009-01-08 07:57 pm UTC (link)

I ask him all the time for story ideas... lol! Poor guy. He just sort of zones me out now. I talked his ear off when I was writing The More Thing Change. He didn't really complain, but I wouldn't say he participated much either :) But it still helped me work out the issues I was having...

I think it is so cute that your daughter doesn't want to drive... does it just freak her out?

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	noteverything 2009-01-08 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	lol...at least he's not telling you to stop talking about it yet! I don't know what's up with Clover. It does seem to freak her out, yet sometimes I think she's just lazy and would rather have me haul her around. We've asked a million times and mostly we get "I don't know why I don't want to drive." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-09 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	lol...at least he's not telling you to stop talking about it yet! Oh believe me, sometimes he begs :) I had a few friends who had no interest in driving, I was so excited I think I counted down the days! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noteverything 2009-01-09 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	My son's birthday is late in December and the license place was closed on his birthday. I don't think he's ever been more disappointed. He got his license like two days late!!! I couldn't wait either, neither could my husband. She's surprised us all with this reluctance. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brianslave68 2009-01-08 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	Since my husband only just started to watch with me he hasn't gotten to that point yet. I'm very careful not to bring it up all the time and I'm not pushing for watching episodes every single night. Since it's taken so long to get him to watch it I don't want to scare him away! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-08 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds very wise! I don't have quite so much self control :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	firehead30 2009-01-09 08:21 am UTC (link)
	I have not ruined QaF for anyone but my kids often get gazed looks on their faces when I start talking about it too often. The person who introduced me to QaF, while she gets me love of the show, she does not get my enduring love of the show....she is like enough already. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	notreallyme10 2009-01-09 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	she does not get my enduring love of the show I've introduced the show to a few people who enjoyed it and then just moved on... seems so weird to me :) (Reply to this) (Parent)