Lifestyle Which soap operas did you grow up with in your house?

[kneeblock]

What was your/your parent/grandparent's go to soap opera they tuned in to? I feel like going by the age demographics on this board, we're the last generation to have had regular exposure to a broad selection of soaps. The genre is mostly dead here in the US, but I know it's alive and well with Spanish language and Turkish soaps leading the pack. What did you grow up with?

For my family it was All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital. My mom use to record "the stories" on her VCR after getting hooked by my grandmother and great grandmother. I'm reasonably confident 80% of my adolescent crushes were soap women.

 

[kneeblock]

Susan Lucci could still get it.

 

[jerk]

 

[Sex Chicken]

Santa Barbara.

 

[maurice]

My mom watched The Guiding Light every weekday for decades. Lucky for her, she didn't get a job until after the VCR was invented.

Plenty of evening soaps back then as well, like Dallas. My sister named her only child after a character from Dynasty.

 

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[sparkuri]

I think my mom watched General hospital, but only occasionally

 

[jason73]

general hospital and coronation street

 

[Nemo?]

my mom had young and the restless and coronation street on lock.

I watched wwf/wcw....and coronation street.

 

[member 3289]

Days of Our Lives was on every day in my house

 

[Judobill]

In my mid 20s, I had a male roommate while we were in flight school. He would watch General Hospital every day. Of course, I called him a fag every day because of it. Then I realized he wasn’t there once and I was watching it by myself. I hated myself. He also watched Saved By The Bell.

 

[kneeblock]

In my mid 20s, I had a male roommate while we were in flight school. He would watch General Hospital every day. Of course, I called him a fag every day because of it. Then I realized he wasn’t there once and I was watching it by myself. I hated myself. He also watched Saved By The Bell.

Sonny Corinthos is still the man.

 

[kneeblock]

general hospital and coronation street

my mom had young and the restless and coronation street on lock.

I watched wwf/wcw....and coronation street.

What is Coronation Street?

 

[Never_Rolled]

What is Coronation Street?

I think it’s British.

 

[Atto]

Game of thrones.

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

Days of Our Lives was on every day in my house

Fuck. Yes.

 

[jason73]

What is Coronation Street?

It is a british soap opera that runs on the cbc

 

[Onetrickpony]

my mom had young and the restless on lock.

Fuck. Yes.

Remember when victor lost his memory and started banging that blind chick?

 

[RaginCajun]

The only good thing about those shows...

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

Remember when victor lost his memory and started banging that blind chick?

"Hope" was her name if memory serves.

 

[kneeblock]

My GH forever Bae.

 

[Jesus X]

My GH forever Bae.

another Mexican/eye-talian hybrid^^^^

 

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