Desperation Is the World's Worst Cologne
I’ve told you all about my love-hate relationship with my XM subscription since the merger with Sirius. I lost my favorite channel–E! Entertinment Radio. It was replaced with Cosmo Radio, which I find to be a poor substitute. Other than the hourly list of 7 Things You Need to Know Before You Go and the Naughty News on Get in Bed each evening, there is little coverage of entertainment. I miss my entertainment news.
Anyway, as I have listened to more of the shows on Cosmo, I realized that many of the girls sound ridiculously marriage-hungry. Diana of Cosmolicious and Taylor of Wake Up are the prime offenders in this quest for the holy grail of an engagement ring. I find their near-constant soliloquizing on their need to be engaged annoying and impossible to relate to.
At first, I thought it must just be their age. They are in the their mid-20s, and I’m not that age anymore. I’m also nearly three years married, so I’m certainly not beating the streets looking for would-be suitors–Mr. Pop Culture Curmudgeon really frowns on that.
But I thought back on my 20s, and I was never the crazy “marry me” girl. I dated Mr. PCC for eight years before we got married, from the time I was 25. I was okay with waiting until we were both ready. The long period of dating never said to me that he didn’t think I was the one, and I hope he never thought I was waiting to find someone better.
Am I weird? Should I have been a diamond-hungry girl in my 20s? Or are those girls as annoying as I find them to be?
(BTW, my guess is that Taylor comes back from her Paris trip wearing a diamond ring.)
Edited to add: Yeah. It happened. Taylor got engaged in Paris. They replayed the engagement story Friday and over the weekend.
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April 14, 2009 11:30 am
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By December, April 14, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
I just adore Radio Margaritaville, all hail Jimmy Buffett!!
The Big Guy likes – you guessed it – playboy radio. He tries to tell me about how amusing the programs are. Yeah. whatever.
anyway- I’m a little unnerved how similar we are. Married 3 years – together for 12.
We were in no rush. and I was NEVER in a rush to get that Ring. Everyone assumed we’d be the couple who just never got married. Until i realized HEY – I can get hitched on teh BEACH in Jamaica!
And everyone will treat me like a PRINCESS! I’m SO totally 100% into that. oh and don’t forget the Gifts and the parties!! It was an attention whore heaven. I soaked it all up, because yes, I am an attention whore.
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By Jennifer Roland, April 14, 2009 @ 3:44 pm
LOL. Mr. PCC is all about the sports. He listens to the local sports stations exclusively in his car. At least I know he really does like the programs! And we don’t waste any $$ on a satellite subscription for him. He’d never turn the thing on.
The gifts are the best part of getting married. If I did it again, my only change would be hosting two receptions in addition to our fun Vegas wedding. (Well, maybe I wouldn’t have drunk so much tequila the night before my wedding, too. But that’s a whole other story!) One in Hawaii for Mr. PCC’s family and one in Oregon for my family. Sadly, some of our guests thought their presence in Vegas was enough of a gift.
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