To give up on the 'soaps'

[Unicorn1981]

Seriously I am watching EE, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. The latter I still quite like but they are all pretty boring with the same predictable storylines. Thing is I've been watching them so long it's like a habit! Has anyone stopped watching and not missed them?

They're all unmitigated misery, highly depressing and add zilch to my life.
Binned the lot and feel immeasurably better without the daily dose(s) of rubbish TV.

I used to watch Family Affairs and whilst waiting for bags at an airport this bloke started to chat , Knew he looked familiar and was trying to work out if I knew him from work or what when I twigged it was David Easter who was in both FA and Brookside. Naturally as a super cool person I never let on I recognised him.

Nowadays as someone else said the Ozzie soaps in the sunshine , my life has enough gritty reality I don't need EEs etc.

Not watched Emmerdale today. Not missed it. Watched Corrie but didn't bother watching yesterday's first. Did catch up on EE but it was ok.

My husband and I stopped watching them about 12 yrs ago! It's liberating!!!!

Stopped watching them over a decade ago when Little Mo got raped two Christmas's in a row on EE. Miserable and ridiculous. Don't miss them at all.

I was never an Emmerdale fan but stopped watching EE when they aired the baby swap storyline and stopped watching Corrie during the Tina and Peter storyline. It was bloody ridiculous and they all got on my pip and I don't miss them at all.

I used to watch EE, Corrie and kept sort of up with Emmerdale, I gave up all 3 about 6 months ago and I love having my evenings back. When I started watching them, it was 30m a day, now it's 1.5-2 hours a day to keep up. I haven't missed them one bit, if I see them now, it just makes me happy that I don't watch anymore.

Do it. I only really watched corrie but got fed up when it became so unrealistic and the writers and producers just used it as a forum to push their own agendas (also it has absolutely no research on any story lines)

Just seen there was a shock death in Emmerdale. See I was worried if I stopped I might miss something!

I think I last watched a soap last century. The only downside is I have no idea who half the people on Strictly are

It's a difficult habit to shrug off but do it. I watched them all brookie, east enders, corrie... I was obsessed with them. Now I'm going back 20 years but one night I was settling my son and hurrying up reading to him because I was desperate to watch eastenders. That was a realisation in itself. I was so shocked at myself that I was denying my boy the time he deserved so I could watch a miserable drama. Good luck. Go cold turkey I did

We used to watch EE in a casual way, wasn't gripped by it but it happened to be on at the time we settled down for the evening and was on in the background. Then around 10 years ago we got to the stage when we couldn't stand it any more. It was the same old story lines being rehashed in ever violent and misery inducing ways. Just when you thought a particularly irritating character had got in a taxi and moved away with their one small bag ...... oh no they're back again.

Can't stand the Mitchell gangsta crap.

What decade is it in the square? During the early 90s there was a rift in time and space and EE is a window into an alternative dimension.

I haven't watched any soaps for about 20 years now and can't say I miss them tbh. EE they just shout all the time and Corrie is boring. I haven't watched Emmerdale since Annie Sugden was still in it.

Never bothered with any soaps at all, ever, until I met my DH in my late 20's and discovered his obsession with EE. We do watch together and enjoy it to a point, but we also take the piss at some of the ridiculousness. For example, at the moment there are 5 adults and two children sharing a flat, 3 of the adults work; one of them works on a fruit and veg stall, one is a part time cook and the other has just opened a beauty salon but doesn't have any clients. They are all happy to be moving to a bigger house - HOW THE FUCK CAN THEY AFFORD THE LONDON RENT.

Tbf I'm always doing something else - I crochet a lot of toy animals to keep my hands busy - so to me it's not time wasted.

I have given up they are all boring, hollyoaks is OKAY SOMETIMES

I was just about to say I just got dragged back into Emmerdale after hearing about last night and I don't think I would've missed anything by not watching it. Natalie Robb was good and the scene with her and Holly dead in bed made me cry but the rest was rubbish imho. I fast forwarded through most of it and don't feel compelled to watch it again if I'm honest. It has just confirmed there are other better things I can watch. But that's just me it doesn't mean I'm right or anything like that. We all need a bit of trash tv in our lives

And it was probably better if you didn't know what was going to happen.