Out of boredom I decided to watch "My Super Sweet Sixteen".
MTV decided to do a show showcasing nice Sweet Sixteen parties (or Bar/Bat Mizvahs or Quinces or eighteenth or twenty-first birthday parties). Which is all fine and dandy... until you listen to the girls who are having the parties. When they get married, I imagine them being on Bridezilla.
All of them are rich. I have no problem with rich girls, if they temper it with a certain amount of humility. I think I've only seen two birthdays that didn't devolve into Veruca Salt pouting about not getting an Umpa Loompa.
Is it necessary to throw such a fit when you don't get what you want when you want it?
Then it makes me wonder about their character. Working and knowing what it's like to do without makes a person. That way, when you finally get something it's worth it. It's more then worth it and it makes you cherish it all that much more. it also give you an appreciation for the cost of things.
And in a lot of ways, I feel sorry for these people. It's going to be difficult for them to live on their own. If mommy and daddy are always paying for them, how will they learn what it means to earn something. In a lot of ways I think something is more important to you when you know that you've earned it as opposed to having it given it to you.
Maybe that's where I differ. I'm not a huge fan of people who feel self-entitled. They feel like they deserve it because they are who the are and not for what they've done. When all is said and done, a name is just a name. But if you've made a positive impact on the world, then that will last forever.
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I was bored the other day too and I ended up watching "Super 16 Battle", or whatever it was called. The same show, just a different episode. Anyhow, two girls each had their own party and then I guess people watching at home got the chance to vote on whose party was the best. What was funny to me is that both girls were so preoccupied with who will have the best party that it looked like neither one had a good time.
ReplyDeleteMy husband called my old high school the 90210 of Northern California. It's true and I went to school with a lot of gals that were just like these gals on the show. And most of them weren't happy either. I feel sorry for them.
P.S. I get bored a lot so I've seen a few episodes. The "Battle" I saw was so cheap compared to the other shows I've seen. I mean, one girl got a Ford Truck and the other a Pontiac. I'd be happy with either vehicle, but if you're going to flaunt that you're rich, buy a Mercedes or something- ROFL!!
I know. Like they're missing some form of fundamental happiness. and maybe it is because they get whatever they want, but it's only material. *shrugs* I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI saw the battle show too. And it totally was about one-upmanship. How can you enjoy something if you're caught up in making sure that it's better then everyone else's or cost more money then everyone else's... I don't think I get it. LOL
And I would love to have a Mercedes, a diesel Mercedes. Then I can convert it to bio-diesel.^-^