Should I persist with Gilmore Girls when I find Lotelai so intensely irritating?

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Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment, and on a different thread asking for recommendations for comforting cheering TV programmes a lot of people suggested Gilmore Girls, which is something I’d never watched. I’m half-way through the first series and I do like it, and yes it is comforting and is the TV equivalent of a comfy pair of slippers, which is exactly what I need at the moment. But Lorelai grates on me so much! The constant long-winded meant-to-be-funny answers to every question she’s asked, the fake ditziness, the way she treats her friends like shit. Does she calm down a bit? Like with Friends when they’re all a bit over-the-top versions of themselves in the first series, and then settle down a bit into their characters?

Lorelei is pseudo-charming for sure. But it was the Air Java that got me in the end - gesticulating with and sipping from empty cups all the time made me irrationally cross. At least fill it with water or flat coke.

My daughter watches it on repeat. Every single female character makes me want to smash my head off the wall. They are all awful.

Also, schitt's creek is the one to watch if you want comfort. You may need to stick with it to begin with but it's an utter joy full of characters that steal your heart.

The empty cups are so obvious. It is painful.

I've just started season 3 and that's a hard agree.

I love Gilmore girls, yes they are annoying but that's part of the 'charm' of the series.

If you find it annoying now it's only going to get worse.

But personally I have watched the series twice and loved it and would watch it again in a heart beat

My husband likes it. I hate it. Lorelai is like all the characters distilled, they’re all a bit like her imo.

Im currently watching New Girl, the manic pixie dream girl is a bit annoying but I stay for Schmidt .

Yes to schitts creek. Dh and I hated it for the first 2 episodes, but my mum of all people persuaded us to continue, and we loved it.

Also try Brooklyn 99 and Superstore.

I loved it when I was more like Rory’s age and then couldn’t bear rewatching it at more like Lorelai’s age, because suddenly I saw how awful Lorelai was.

The early episode where she wakes up late and doesn’t have ANY clothes other than shorts and cowboy boots to wear to her daughter’s new school that she’s already anxious about? What an absolute dick of a parent.

I only watched it because I love Sebastian Bach 😂

I’ve ditched it and started on Schitts Creek which I’m loving so far!

I've just started watching this! I don't know how it passed me by?

Maybe I had more of a social life when it was actually on TV (I would have been Rory's age when it was first on).

But I'm enjoying it. It's such a cozy programme - perfect for being on in the background or having something on that you don't really need to concentrate on. I love Lorelai - her sarcastic sense of humour really appeals to me!

I'm a bit sorry for my 16 year old self that she missed at at the time. I think she would have enjoyed a young Jared Padalecki for sure (he's still lush).

I absolutley love Gilmore Girls. It is 100% my go to comfort show. I watched it the first time round when it originally aired on tv and multiple times since on netflix. Sure there are frustrating moments and if I'm honest I don't really love how Rory ends up being, but I love the show and Lorelai. It is truly therapy for me too, I'm a single mum with a daughter and it helps me through so much. Please stick with it. Dawsons creek is good too, they don't really talk like teens but great characters.

I was watching it on my iPad. DH couldn't see what I was watching but he could hear snippets, he said "what are you watching? It sounds like you're watching Lassie or something!" 😂

Ok thank you. I’m halfway thru S1 & I just turned it off to google if anyone else found Loralie sooo annoying. It’s not even the terrible decisions, parenting, and friend she is tbh - it’s the constant “smart” aleck replies that aren’t in the least smart or funny. It’s not just exhausting but really quite rude to everyone around her. The occasionally sarcastic remark would work but she treats everyone as if they’re beneath her &/or she is very immature & isn’t able to take anything seriously. I could not handle being around someone like this IRL. I’m much more like calm wary Rory & grumpy Luke - how everyone’s obsessed with Loralie I don’t know. I came to GG after absolutely loving Marvelous Mrs. Maisel & excited to enter into another one of APS’s worlds but how can the writing be so much worse?