I know that most people who shut their satellite off do it for some important reason, like to save the earth or to stop rotting the minds of little children. I’d like to think our reason(s) were just as important…like for one, we were paying out the arse for a channel package I like to call the “Infomercial Package”! Yes, there were like two normal channels; Food Network & HGTV but there really is only so much food you can make in one day and only so much house you can renovate every weekend. With the money I am now saving from shutting it off, I can cook more food and build my own house if I want! There was nothing more boring than flipping through 100+ channels and never finding a thing to watch. Essentially you end up paying Satellite Company money for nothing, they win…you fail.
We had it shut off a few days ago and I still feel we made the right choice for us. I know there are some people who would cry and get into a fetal position if their satellite/cable were shut off on purpose or any other reason. I feel for those of you out there who are like that, maybe you should cut that umbilical cord, might do you some good. Its freeing to know I now have more time to take showers and vacuum my floors!
We do have Netflix that I stream through my PS3 but we only use that on the weekend when we have our movie night on Sundays. It’s really not a big deal for us but we were never huge TV watchers in the first place, my hubby more so than me. I suppose it would all be much harder if we had kids but they would have to deal and realize like we have, that its not the end of the world.
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my daughter has seven children and they have never had tv. they do rent movies and play games and they are all active in sports that they actually PLAY and not just watch!!!
smiles, bee
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Hello Empress Bee
Wow, it is nice to hear about another big family! I am the eldest of 9 kids, the youngest is 10. They sound like well rounded kids, thats great to hear
if you go in the middle east, most household owns a Satellite TV unit in there. ::~