Aibu to ask for your “comfort” books, tv shows, etc

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Just that really. What do you turn to when you maybe need cheering up, or a book or television show you turn to again and again.

This is a bit inspired by realising that I re-read the same books and watch the same tv shows again and again and dh just doesn’t get it as he will read or watch something once, whereas I find it quite nice to just have a familiar story to just delve into with no thought required

Oh yes, The West Wing! Watched that in early labour with dc1 .

Legally Blonde (film). I draw some strength from Elle's positivity and it takes my mind off things!

Jilly Cooper up to ‘Wicked’ , Agatha Christie , the Rivers of London series .

Poirot , Miss Marple , Midsomer , Lewis , Endeavour , Morse . Nigella .

Dirty Dancing , Crimson Tide , Top Gun , Jack and Sarah .

Cocktail... Dirty Dancing...

Going for walks.

Book- Rachel’s holiday or most of Marian Keyes other books. Also stuff I read as a kid. Still love the secret garden.

Tv- scrubs. Can go from laughing to a good healthy cry one episode to the next.

Movies- four weddings and a funeral or Priscilla queen of the desert. Watched them both so many times and love them still. Again laughing and a little cry can really help.

Fannie Flagg books. They are wonderful.

TV - Columbo, Queer Eye, First Dates
Movies - Ghost, Clueless, Waynes World
Book - Perfect Timing by Jill Mansell - total fluff

Book, When Marnie was there.
Film, any Bridget Jones diary.

Grace and frankie (Netflix)
Jilly Cooper

Books.
James Herriot, Darling buds of May, Clive James Unreliable Memoirs, kids book called some dogs do which I still read to my kids even though they are too old!

Food
Soup, mash and cheese

Smell
Karvol

Films
Planes, trains and automobiles, Ferris, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink all the 80s classics

Books - The Bronze Horseman series
TV - Gilmore Girls
Movies - The Holiday and You’ve Got Mail
Food - peanut butter on toast

YES to Monarch of the Glen.
Also Downton Abbey, Desperate Housewives, Suits, Supernatural.

A Knight's Tale
Sherlock first series
Life on Mars
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

I'm sure there's more. Will no doubt be back. I'm longing to try some of the things posted on here too.

I always know I'm going to totally chill out when I watch any comedy stand out on comedy central, The US Office, Neighbours, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Miranda, Masterchef, GBBO or Graham Norton. The Gilmore Girls used to be my go to but recently saw the first of the 'new' ones and didn't enjoy it at all (maybe it's just been so long?) Books: Jane Green, Jane Linfoot, Fiona Gibson, Aimee Horton, Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella or magazines

Books - the lost art of keeping secrets, the children of noisy village (a kids book but makes me feel better)

Tv - the crimson field, the delicious miss dhal, futurama, friends, Brooklyn 99

Music - the phantom of the opera film soundtrack

TV: Friends, Big bang theory, The good place
Books: I love No. 1 ladies detective agency. It's so easy going and light hearted. And anything by Sophie Kinsella.
Films: Star Wars every time

Books: Harry Potter series, Raven Boys series, Hunger Games series, Pride and Prejudice, The Shell House by Linda Newbury.
Films: Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean films, Hunger Games films, Harry Potter films, Studio Ghibli films, The Notebook (if I fancy crying a lot!), Paddington 1&2, Tangled.
TV: Father Ted, The Mighty Boosh, One Tree Hill, Come Dine with Me, Monkey Life, Glee, currently Gilmore Girls.
Food: Galaxy choc, Strawberry Shoelaces, Digestive Thins