this isn't healthy.

i build some really unhealthy relationships with television characters. the relationships are completely one sided (can you guess which side?) and i'm always the one who gets dumped in the end. our communication skills suck because they never listen to me. i'm also beginning to think i have abandonment issues because my t.v. friends always leave me.

case in point:

dear dillon panthers (and, yes, even you, east dillon lions) i don't like sports, but i cheered for you at all of those football games as though i was a normal american watching the super bowl. i miss the unexpected knocks on the taylors' door at all hours of the night and the way tami would show an inappropriate amount of cleavage for a job at a high school. and, tim riggins, i think you know what i miss about you. texas forever.

to rory, laurelai, and luke, this one really hurt. i spent seven seasons as a resident of stars hollow. i envisioned myself walking down to luke's everyday and ordering the same caloric gut bomb that rory and laurelai ate everyday without gaining a single pound. i could have sworn that i actually had friends like kirk and babbette who drove me crazy on a regular basis, but i still considered them some of my closest friends. i was proud of rory when she chose yale over harvard because she knew it was the right thing to do. i was mad at her when she started slutting it up with logan (not to mention sleeping with married dean), but i forgave her and rooted for her to the very end.

to my freaks and geeks friends, our relationship was short lived. we were only together for one season, but that one season was pure joy and laughter. nearly all of you have gone on to bigger and better things, but i hope you'll look back at the time we shared together and remember how great you could have been.

dr. quinn medicine woman (or d.q.m-dubbs as i like to call it) was my all time favorite childhood show. dr. mike taught me what it meant to be a feminist and i must thank her for that. and her hair?! forgetaboutit. although, i don't know if her luscious locks or sully's were more luxurious. mmmm, sully. he will forever remain the sexiest white pseudo native american on t.v.

yeah, i know the office hasn't left me yet. but it's only a matter of time. now that steve carrell is gone, what's the point? it was nice knowing you, dunder mifflin.

and i could go on.

i know i don't have healthy relationships with t.v. characters. but let's be honest, neither do you. what difficult t.v. breakups have you endured? how do you mend your broken heart?