I couldn't watch regular tv. I couldn't handle it. Cliff died 6 weeks before Christmas, so every "heart warming Christmas special" was a nightmare for me, together with all the happy and complete families, the lovers (every kiss begins with a Kay, etc.), was too much. I couldn't handle the news for the most part, and his favorite tv show was House - all medical trauma stuff. So I read the news online if I was up for it. I took the kids to the library for DVDs (which were free to take out at our library) and that way could control the content of what I/we watched. No horror movies, slasher films, or rom-coms, thanks. I introduced my kids to the original Star Treks and classics like Gunsmoke, which they had never seen before and loved. These were safe for the most part for the 3 of us. I did get caught out in the middle of a Mission Impossible movie. Tom Cruise has a heart attack and the female lead has to inject him and bring him back to life. I looked over at my son who was looking at me and I knew we were both right back at Cliff's death. That wasn't great. But the other stuff was good. We watched a lot of documentaries, too, including some even nebby would have liked.

It does get easier and less painful. I still can't watch House though....

Love and Hugs,
Martha

Rick, media had always been Kurt and my escape pod but since Kurt's passing I find myself censoring anything that would make my world even darker. Though I still occasionally check the news to see if the outside world is relatively intact I too avoid shows that would tend to bring me further down.
One thing I'm doing is watching the remaining episodes of a South Korean Rom-Drama that Kurt and I didn't get the chance to finish watching together. I find myself commenting aloud on the action as if he were still sitting next to me. Who knows, maybe in some altered state he still is...
One takeaway from those S. Korean shows is a gesture and expression I'd like to share. When a character is undertaking a daunting task that character's friends and supporters will raise a closed fist and say "Fighting!" And the character will repeat the gesture and say "Fighting!"
Now I'm using the "Fighting" mantra whenever I need to propel myself forward and I imagine Kurt smiling every time I do. My eyes may tear up, but I feel our unbroken connection. .
"Fighting!"

I have pulled the cord (meaning unsubscribing from cable). I don't have the time to chase the plethora of day and evening shows, except for sports. It's boring to watch a game show like Jeopady when you don't have someone to talk with. I read the newspaper online but that was the extent I'm interested to news.

If I want to watch a movie I can always pull one up from the Internet...

Yep. 3 years and 2 months later and I still hate love songs.