relating to reality?

should i feel bad about my happiness for reality tv? i am in my ultimate vice of relaxation when sitting back and watching k & k take new york/or k & k take miami, ....or bethenny after rhwnyc. why have we turned into a tv nation of watching other people go about their daily tasks? i've contemplated this questions on one too many occasions, mainly because the hubby says i'm obsessed. obsessed, i would say i'm not (it's a documentary, right?). i've dropped every other regularly scheduled tv program that used to be part of my weekly schedule, after having the babe. nothing is more entertaining then just watching her! but after she closes her little eyes, i like to sit back and enjoy a little mommy-tv.

i've discovered my interest in the shows - is "relating to reality." both ladies: kourtney and bethenny had babies the same year i had little e. i found myself watching these programs, as if to check in on my mommy-friends bethenny and kourtney. as if they were the mom's in my playgroup (as a full time working mom, it's not too often i hang out with my real mommy friends). i was tuning-in to see what their babies were doing, how they were coping with lack of sleep and what their challenges were. funny thing is, you don't really get "reality" from watching. not because they're not experiencing the same things i am, but because the fun of the show (what airs) are primarily the other aspects of their lives. that has to be part of why i watch it. there aren't too many days when i lease a store front and hire designers to create a hot new york retail spot, or visit the factory of the top shelf beverage i created, or tell the live-in nanny where the formula and onesies are located. hats off to these women who have created wonderful lives for their families, serious dedication. and doing it all with lots of love, kisses and smiles for their little ones.

i think the real reason i look forward to both programs is to the contrary, they're my break from reality. 

below kourtney and bethenny doing the daily things so many of us can relate to: