Not Normally a Fan

Ok, so I'm not a huge fan of Dr. Phil. He occasionally fills my sleepy afternoon time with his mindless dribble, but only because the remote is too far away and Daisy hasn't quite learned the fetch command. However, today's episode made me smile deep inside. Dr. Phil echoed my own thoughts, and while this is scary that the television psychoanalyst echoes my thoughts, they were good thoughts and thus need to be shared.

Story- 17 year old girl is in love with a 30 year old former convict, or maybe current convict. I wasn’t really paying THAT close attention. I only started following the story when Dr. Phil started yelling my own thoughts. So, her mom is all “I can’t stop them or I’ll lose my daughter.” Which is such a crazy bad mom cop-out thing to say, but whatever. The girl is all like "i love him, he's my soul mate. yeah, he slept with my best friend but he wasn't in love with me at that point." So Dr. Phil puts a power point slide up on his screen and it’s like

“Soul Mate Resume”

• No Job
• No Car
• Child with Previous Soul Mate
• Doesn’t Pay Child Support
• Previously in Prison
• Domestic Violence Charges
• Drug Charges
• Cheats on You With Your Friends

At this moment I realized that Dr. Phil can’t possibly be all mindless dribble, however he merely screams common sensities to a land of non-sensicals. Yeah, I said it. Dr. Phil should change his name to "common sense" or "let me tell you what a normal person would do"