Shared viewing experience

Tonight while watching tele with my parents it dawned on me just how important shared viewing experiences are. Every Sunday me and my parents gather together and watch Strictly Come Dancing from Saturday night before the results show. We all sit there getting frustrated when our favourite dancers don't do as well as we want, or don't get the marks we want. Sometimes we agree and sometimes we don't but what it does mean is we all sit there passionately watching and usually having some kind of debate about why one is better than another. I look forward to these Sunday viewings more than you can imagine, because it is something that we share together. Silly programmes that we can have such different views on, debate but enjoy so immensely, help us grow and bond as a family. These shared viewing experiences are important, yesterday we watched the new Hunger Games, today we've discussed it multiple times, the bits we liked, loathed, loved and disliked. Watching films and programmes together is so much more than sitting in front of the television; its about having an inside joke from a film or an opinion about the story line to discuss later.