To have changed sides in my old age?

[Murriams]

I am rewatching This Life as the BBC have put it on iPlayer.
When I watched in the 90s I thought Milly was far too uptight and Egg was just having a laugh and trying to live his life.
Now I'm old and have had a total sponger of a (now ex) partner I cant believe how much she puts up with, he totally takes the piss!

Should I have stayed loyal to my teenage self or just accept I am old now? 🤣

Dirty Dancing is a very different film to watch as the parent of a 16 year old girl vs the first time I watched it when I was a 16 year old girl.

I think I was probably the same when I watched it first time. I watched again a couple of years ago, and thought she put up with a lot. What a waster he was.

Ha ha, you (we) are old! I’ve just introduced my DD to This Life and I’m rewatching as a middle aged adult. I totally agree with you re Egg and Milly - I used to think she was a right bore. I still love Anna.

I forgot how rude the show was at times 🙈 In real life I’m now like one of their boring bosses at work 🤣

Where are you watching it? Tell me about Miles.

It’s on the BBC i player. I still don’t get why Miles was so popular with the ladies

God I remember it being really racy - I definitely wouldn’t watch with my DD. A scene in a toilet with Ferdie left me opened mouthed as an innocent teenager in the 90s.

I am always switching sides now.

Have you seen The Snapper? Teenage me - oh god I am cringing for her. Imagine someone saw her having sex with that old man. Adult me - he's a rapist bastard and should be behind bars.

Or Trainspotting. Teenage me - Mark Renton is so damned h-o-t, if I happened to be in the hospital when he got admitted, if need to be peeled off him. Adult me - if I was in hospital waiting to be seen and that self indulgent druggie criminal got ahead of me I'd be livid.

Yes, these days I do feel a lot more sympathy with the father, who was just trying to have a nice holiday rather than participate in a real-time Social Studies experiment.

It’s a funny world when a faithful family man and hard-working doctor (who treats emergency patients free of charge in the middle of the night) somehow ends up looking like the bad guy…

@Murriams its just a case of naivety vs wisdom!

Not the same but:
I love how children love Bart the best and think he’s hilarious but as soon as you hit the teenage+ years it’s Homer all the way!