There. I've said it. I am a massive Jeremy Kyle fan and I don't care who knows it. Jeremy Kyle is not my guilty pleasure because I feel no guilt in liking it.
Never before has there been a program that can make you cry, cringe and laugh in a single 1 hour episode.
The people that appear on the show do wonders for my self esteem. I am safe in the knowledge that my teeth are clean, relatively straight and pretty much all there. That my hair has been washed within the last 24 hours and that my clothes are appropriate for someone of my size. I know exactly who the father of my child is (although more often than not, I wish I didn't) and have never had to guess between 5 or more possible men!
Don't get me wrong, I grew up and still live on a council estate. I am a single mum on benefits. I have had too many sexual partners to remember all their names and have sometimes been involved with more than two at the same time. I haven't always practiced safe sex, I've been so drunk I wasn't sure how I got home (or who exactly was lying next to me) and I've dabbled in illegal substances.
And this is why I enjoy the program so much. It shows just how my life could have turned out, had I taken a different path or become pregnant during a one night stand. It makes me grateful for all the good things in my life, and makes me glad that I got through all the tough times and didn't conform to the stereotype that living in my circumstances brings.
I've managed to drag myself out of being one of the dregs of society and am trying to better my life for the sake of not only me but my child too. I don't want to be here in 10 years time watching my own child on Jeremy Kyle, trying to figure out if he has fathered a child or not.
So until I achieve my goals, I'll keep watching every morning, and use the program to keep me on my toes and remind me of what could have happened.
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