A dose of Desperate-ness...

Yes, each new day in suburbia brings a new set of lies, the worst are the ones we tell ourselves before we fall sleep. We whisper them in the dark...telling ourselves we're happy...or that he's happy...that we can change...or that he will change his mind. We persuade ourselves that we can live with our sins...or that we can live without him. Yes, each night before fall sleep, we lie to ourselves...in a desperate desperate hope that come morning, it will all be true...
- Desperate Housewives, episode 15, ending narrative

I am a fan of DH. I am a fan for any dramas, soap operas, any series that gives us a twisted portrayal of life. Thanks to my super download King of a bro, I have watched until episode 20 which is the most recent one shown in the US. DH is sorta like SATC and centres around the lives of not 4 singles but 4 housewives. This drama gives us a darkly comedic look at suburbia, where the secret lives of these housewives aren't always what they seem. (http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/about.html)

The above closing lines for a particular episode kept me thinking...to what we tell ourselves when things are not right...when we hurt...how we pacify ourselves and how our thoughts play tricks on us...how vulnerable we can get from our actions or when our feelings and emotions get the best of us...when we know the truth of the matter deep inside...It's true...Love makes us fly, but it can break our wings too...Which brings me to my next point. Humans beings are designed for many things, but loneliness isn't one of them...

MM asked me today why I watched the soap opera Bold & The Beautiful. I told him, simple...because it makes our lives appear less complicated than we think it is...Shows like BATB and DH gives us hope that we are all not so complicated after all. That perhaps we can be saved...that possibly, at the end of the day, Life really IS simple, and we only have ourselves to thank for making it complicated.