I have to disagree with hiddenbird and FIGJAM so strongly that you guys actually made me log in on my computer instead of doing this on my phone.

While yes, the tone of the article and I’m sure the source piece state that in the absence of a mutual social network that TV can replace it... I have to totally disagree that it means you have NOTHING at all in common or that you just sit there and are drooling and brain dead.

Don’t forget that there are folks that don’t like to go out and socialize.

As an introvert NY to LA transplant, my social circle outside of work is fairly non-existent. In fact, I even met my wife through her sister, that I worked with... at a job that I got with the help of a former coworkers husband. She doesn’t have a large circle of friends either.

What we do have in common though, are those “shared media experiences” that we both grew up with... watching some of the same shows to the point of both knowing the same obscure pop reference, playing the same video/computer games (or at least the same games as her brothers) and some tastes in music... and also a general dislike of people, believe it or not. Yes, that’s right, we’re totally happy just sitting home and enjoying our anti-social behavior... together.

Before we had our two boys, we usually spent our weekends watching movies and playing video games... mostly on separate systems, one of us on the TV, the other a handheld... then after a few hours we’d switch. Other times we’d pause the one we were working on just to watch the other finish off whatever quest or dungeon that they’d been working on for the past hour.

Those things actually brought us together quicker.

Oh, and I just thought of something else we have in common... she would definitely think you two are dicks for your holier-than-thou comments of how much better you are because you have a common circle of friends and therefore have a stronger relationship than those that don’t.

Thanks for bringing us closer together. Couldn’t have done it without you, friend.