Posted on 09/08/2026 3:34:19 PM PDT by fwdude
It was Christmas Day when Annie decided she was going to leave her husband. There had been no blowout fight, no infidelity, not even a borderline offensively thoughtless Christmas gift. But Annie had seen something she couldn’t unsee. “Episode Six: The Cottage. That was the turning point,” says Annie, a 38-year-old teacher. “I remember just sitting there thinking, This is so far from my reality.”
Nine months after it aired in the U.S., where it averaged over 10.6 million viewers per episode, the influence of Heated Rivalry has only grown, so much so that it has begun to infiltrate a new and unexpected domain: divorce court. Over the last several months, dozens of women have taken to fan forums and social media to talk about how Jacob Tierney’s gay hockey romance inspired them to leave their husbands or long-term partners.
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“I remember just sitting there thinking, This is so far from my reality.”
Does this ninny realize that she is watching concocted FICTION designed to evoke feelings about non-reality?
Battlestar Galactica was so far from my experience at work….so I just retired.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings...
Morris Albert...and often times a woman’s brain.
Whenever I see the phrase, “my reality“, that is a clear indication. There is unlikely to be any rational discourse that can result from it.
Those kinds of people have “feelings“ and they view them as “their reality“.
In my experience, people who adopt that kind of viewpoint are detached from reality and living in a fantasy world.
Repeal XIX !!!
OFFS! The exes will be better off. Fisiots.
Why were normal women watching a “gay hockey romance” in the first place?
Men often get a very raw deal when it comes to child custody and financial settlements. Divorce can certainly make a man unhappy for those reasons. However, in general, what I have seen is that women overwhelmingly are the ones to file for divorce and in the aftermath the man often feels relief and a sense of peace, while the woman who started the whole thing is filled with regret and unhappiness because she threw away a good thing and ruined her life. I think this happens a lot.
Of course, horrible situations (ex. physical abuse) are a completely different story. But this article is basically, “I watched TV and then decided to divorce my husband.” I would bet good money that these women will quickly regret their decision. But the man is likely to be happier.
When this article came out last year, it caused quite a stir...
Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?
https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now
Her husband is better off without this crazy b*tch.
WTF
Well, it would have been better for them to left the husband’s at the altar, but this works.
Good riddance to these trashy harridans.
Wives watching fag shows need to leave.
She should count herself fortunate where she is.
“Why were normal women watching a “gay hockey romance” in the first place?”
For the same reason men watch hot lesbians on porno channels.
“Why were normal women watching a “gay hockey romance” in the first place?”
For the same reason men watch hot lesbians on porno channels.
Once again, it ain’t like in the movies. The reality is Paul Lynde getting it on with Charles Nelson Reilly.
Male gay couples are actually the least violent. I didn’t believe it, but it’s true. (They are the most prone to infidelity and all sorts of other perversion.)
Lesbians, however, are the most violent. By far.
Psychologists have really done a number on the people of this country. They are pretended experts. Just charlatans, really. But they use their phony positions as “experts” to Foust these insane socio-sexual ideas on the populace. Many of whom are stupid enough to buy this psychology scam.
Yup. I think that is a core problem of society right now. Many people don't believe in the concept of "truth". They don't believe in "objective reality". For them, the only thing which is at all "real" would be their feelings. They feel the way they feel, and you are not allowed to tell them they are wrong. They win that argument just because in their reality, they are always right.
True. I can’t say I’ve ever met an attractive lesbian IRL.
They are always massively fat with bad clothes and crew cuts (or blue hair or whatever).
That said, my best workover rig crew is “manned” by giant beastly lesbian roughnecks.
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