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I have series FOMO

I have no idea if it's an official term, but that's what I have. While others have FOMO when it comes to fun parties, I have it with series. And actually also with movies. I don't understand how I find the time to have a social life as well. Well, I actually do know. Something about not sleeping much, but it’s getting serious. I need help.

The one responsible for this is an ex-boyfriend of mine. He watched everything, and I mean everything, and every time I felt unsociable when I couldn't join in on how insane that one episode was or how brilliant that particular actor was in that movie. So I had to be aware of everything, because oh dear if I'm somewhere and I know nada about the biggest hypes of the moment. By the way, that ex-love of mine also ended up in the movie industry – not entirely surprising.

“Where can I sign up for ASK (Anonymous Series Watchers)?”

‘Have you ‘The OA‘ seen it yet?’

‘What do you think happened to Eleven in ‘Stranger Things’?’

‘’Westworld’ is really the new ‘Game of Thrones’, don’t you think?’

‘Have you seen the latest episode of ‘The Crown’/’Mr. Robot’/’The Getdown’/’The Americans’ yet?’

If I can't answer the above questions, I go crazy. Recognizable?

Here are a few points to find out if you also suffer from series FOMO:

  • That movie about Britney, yes, that really really bad one indeed. You’ve probably secretly seen that ages ago.
  • You set your alarm clock for the most ungodly hour because the night before in America there was an episode of a show and you have to have to HAVE to see it before everyone posts spoilers or on Facebook (this is a must for me with ‘Game of Thrones’; thanks, HBO).
  • You often joke: ‘Netflix is my boyfriend.’ But you actually mean it.
  • You no longer refer to stars by their real names, but by the names of their characters. So Bryan Cranston is just Walter White, Emilia Clarke is Daenerys, and Kevin Spacey is nowadays just forever Frank Underwood.
  • Actually, you don’t understand at all why they call it ‘Netflix & Chill’, because there’s nothing chill about wanting to see everything all the time.
  • Canceling an appointment because you’re in the middle of a binge session happens standard #noshame.
  • You tell yourself every time to just watch one episode. And then four hours later you’re still at it because what if something unexpected happens and you miss it. That just can’t happen.
  • I just said it: chronic sleep deprivation.

So that. Series FOMO. Where can I sign up for the ASK (Anonymous Series Watchers)?