Life Without TV

Brent and I don't own a TV. I sometimes forget this is abnormal, until someone asks if I've seen such-and-such show and they act shocked that we don't have a TV. But for me, it feels very normal. Out of the past 9 years of my life, I've only lived with a TV for about 3 of them. And even then, I barely watched it. Kelli and I did go through an American Idol kick back in 2003/2004. And of course we would use it to watch movies. But mostly in my hectic schedule of school and social events, I never had time to watch TV.

The great thing is that Brent wasn't much of a TV-watcher either. In fact, when we were dating, he and his roommates were the ones without a TV (there was one in my apartment). So, TV was never part of our dating life or social interaction. When we got married, we figured we would buy one after we moved to Houston. But we still haven't. And I doubt we will for a while.

The thing is, we aren't against watching TV, per se (although there is enough junk on TV these days to justify that argument). It's just that we love they way our life is without TV. When Brent comes home, we have a sit-down dinner at the table, clean up together, and then spend the rest of the evening talking, relaxing, getting "stuff" done on our lap tops, reading, or chatting on the phone with family. Once in a while we'll go to RedBox and watch a movie on a lap top. But not enough to really warrant the time, money, and (most of all) effort it would take to buy a TV and DVD player.

So we continue to live our not-so-Amish, yet TV-less life. Maybe if we wait long enough, we can by-pass the whole TV thing and get whatever comes next...