Personal Narrative: The Golden Girls

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Years ago, when I was much younger, my Mother used to watch The Golden Girls and on occasion I would watch along. The show was always appealing, quite funny and I always like Betty White, and the combination of the four ladies together worked perfectly to produce a decent, entertaining show. However, they were Golden Girls after all, certainly suited for someone my Mother's age, but not for a person of my age ...

My routine after work, for the most part, consists of; I come home, I cook dinner and I watch a few of my favorite, silly sitcoms. At times, I watch them until prime time television begins, and on other occasions I watch them until I get ready for bed, if nothing else is on, that is. So in doing this, I stumbled upon re-runs of

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