Peace out, McDreamy!- October 6, 2011
Sometimes Greyson and I switch when it comes to traditional gender stereotypes. Example: I’m a slob and Greyson is a nag. He usually nags me to clean up after my slobbish ways. I would guess in most households the man is the slob and the woman is the nag.
Another example: last night I really wanted to watch the new episode of Family Guy on the DVR. I think this crude, “traditional guy show” is freakin sweet! Greyson wanted to watch the two episodes of the dramatic, “traditional chick show”, Grey’s Anatomy, that we have sitting on the DVR. He said, “You don’t even like Grey’s anymore. That was our thing.”
He’s right. It was our thing. We’ve been following the saga of Seattle Grace Hospital since Meredith Grey was an intern. We can tell you about every love triangle and miraculous medical breakthrough, not to mention all the hot doctor sex.
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| www.abc.com Hot Docs! It was a special time we took together to sit down and watch a TV show. We took an hour a week to snuggle on the couch even when Greyson was a grad student and needed to study. He says it was a special time for him to forget everything for an hour back in 2009 when he was laid off. We loved that show.
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So we decided to give it another go earlier this week. We started playing the season premiere. We sat down on the couch. Charlotte started crying. Ginger started barking. The phone rang. We did our parental duties and sat down again. As we watched I was thinking, “Okay, I better see some McSteamy sex or some dying patient who teaches the doctors a lesson soon!”
Just then Greyson looks at me and says, “Okay, I’m bored. Charlotte’s fussy. I just don’t think we have the time to devote to hour long dramas anymore. I think we’re done with Grey’s.”
I was relieved and agreed with him. We saved the episodes on the DVR just in case we find two spare hours. If I think about it, we really saved the episodes for old times’ sake. I’ll miss our show, but he’s right. We’ve moved on. It’s the end of an era. We’re now in an era of quick 30 minute comedies. If I’m being honest we’re barreling towards days of Nick Jr.and all that other crap toddlers watch on TV.
The thing is. Both genders are okay with it. So long, Seattle Grace!
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Mommy has been watching Grey's from the beginning and will likely continue to the end – Daddy checked in for a season or two, but has quit…