STAGES

It's Pat and I’m watching Record of Youth with my new fave, Park Bo-gum. He’s such a talented guy on so many levels. Of course it doesn’t hurt that he’s beyond cute.

This show got me thinking about the stages of emotion I go through when watching a Kdrama. It reminds me of the stages of grief so well documented by Elizabeth Kubler Ross. Mine are a bit more superficial than hers.

(As I’m doing this, I’m having a Déjà vu. Didn’t Judy already do a post similar to this? Oh, well, that’s the beauty of being a GMAMA…I just can’t remember!)

Okay, here are my stages in chronological order.

EXCITEMENT

I’m starting a new kdrama! I can’t wait to get going.

APPREHENSION

Hmmmm…

Did I pick the right one? What if I don’t like it enough to finish?

CONFUSION

What are they talking about? I’m so bewildered. So who is doing what to whom?

BOREDOM

(This happens around episode 8.)

It’s like a slog getting through. I start playing a game on my phone as I get through another boring episode. Do I even care who is doing what to whom? Not really.

REKINDLED EXCITEMENT

Hey, this has really picked up and I can’t not watch it. Do I have to stop and make dinner? Is it okay to let my kids’ phone calls go to voice mail? The world has ended! Who cares? Not me, I watching my Kdrama.

WAIT!!! IT’S OVER ALREADY?

Why did it end already? I could have watched this forever. I’m hoping they will have a season two.

There's the difference between Pat and me.... I NEVER pick up another device to play a game. I mean, really? Apparently, unlike my blog partner, I have the attention span to power through these slower parts. That being said it's kind of a tradition in my house to have Favorite Daughter call right in the middle of an important part and I have to pause. You would think she knows by now that evenings are Kdrama time, wouldn't you? ~ Judy