I'm not sure what struck my mom to have such a high interest in Filipino Soap dramas this decade, but what's more intriguing is that my dad has gotten stuck on the same shows with my mom four years later. David thinks that maybe becoming a grandparent has switched their gears into becoming couch potato because it first hit my mom when I was pregnant with Breanna and now has hit my dad being pregnant with baby CJ.
It's really cute actually to watch this sort of positive turn for their marriage. In a way, having an extra interest in common (besides ballroom dancing) has brought their relationship closer together. Ballroom dancing encourages physical touch to take place on the dancing floor to some degree, but watching a series of recorded Filipino drama shows while snuggling together on the couch sends their sensual experience to a higher degree. I'm liking what I'm seeing.
I'm also liking that these shows have taken dad away from his long-time hobby (or bad habit) of tinkering on the computer. This gives me more freedom to do my own graphic work without patiently waiting for his absense. Time with the spouse is more important than time spent on the computer doing nothing important anyday and I'm glad dad's eyes are pryed away from the computer monitor to the TV monitor with mom by his side. It's a sweet form of "couch potato-dom".
Now, to get mom back on the treadmill with dad by her side...that'll be the start of an even healthier marriage.
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