limonata Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 Is it just me or is the whole celebrity obsession getting worse and worse in our society by the day? I am a male in my late 20’s, and I was in a social gathering the other week and there were a lot of females in our circle ages 22-35 and someone brought up the topic of celebrity crushes and all of the women (most with boyfriends or husbands who wore not present) went down the list from movie stars, to athletes to rock stars, etc.. and almost every single one said if given the chance she would in a heartbeat leave her current significant other for this “celebrity crush”. At first I thought it was kind of funny and I jumped into the conversation and pressed the issue; and sure enough it seemed like these women were dead serious. If you’re a teenager, I get it… young and dumb but how the heck is this shallow thinking still going on with older people? Maybe it’s a women fantasy thing, but I am pretty sure most guys would not leave their happy life for something imaginary (I sure as hell wouldn’t). I understand the topic is completely ridiculous and never happens in real life but still I was kind of shocked…. Almost like show some respect towards your BF/husband. Maybe the women on this forum can shed some light on this, or maybe I just ran into a very immature group of women?
Taramere Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 Mindless though it is, gossip about celebrities is socially harmless. Nobody but a complete tool (or a personal friend of the celebrity in question) is likely to be offended because people were bitching about Kim Kardashian or whatever other name is inexplicably dominating the limelight. As for drooling over celebrities - well, it's a kind of "last resort" type conversation for a group of people who have little in common with eachother. Probably in reality the people participating in that conversation never give so much as a fleeting thought to the celebrities they claim to lust after. And it's better than raving on to the rest of the group about how much you fancy John/Jen from the cashroom at your workplace, while your spouse glowers on from the other side of the room. 2
hotpotato Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 Its true for some men as well. Jessica Simpsons beau dumped his gf to be with a celeb. Julia Roberts husband did the same. I had a bf who was openly obsessed with celeb women. Sometimes he even knew their measurements. People leave for their partners for other regular folk, why wouldnt they leave for celebs?
Author limonata Posted July 3, 2014 Author Posted July 3, 2014 Its true for some men as well. Jessica Simpsons beau dumped his gf to be with a celeb. Julia Roberts husband did the same. I had a bf who was openly obsessed with celeb women. Sometimes he even knew their measurements. People leave for their partners for other regular folk, why wouldnt they leave for celebs? because they dont really know them and only see the bits and peaces on TV/magazines? I guess its common sense to me at least. My way of thinking is more logical; i am with my current GF and i am 95% sure we get along and have a loving relationship, if some supermodel comes along and i dump my GF there is like a 5% chance of the new "relationship" working on any level since its all fantasy world. Another thing is that a lot of people could care less about being famous, and if you tell that to someone who is obsessed with glamour they look at you like "yeah right".
MissBee Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 They are just very shallow and immature. I've found quite the opposite, but this was in college, many times my male friends would sit around talking about which female celebrities were "bad" and who they'd do and be with in a heart beat. On the other hand, my female friends and I might have said a certain celebrity male was hot if we just saw him on tv or something, and then we'd talk about him for a minute, but didn't just randomly sit around drinking and talking about which celeb we wanted to bang. My guy friends though would get all sexually explicit about what they would do to these women...my female friends never really talked like that. Don't get me wrong, we could be frank about sex, but hardly ever sat around saying how much we wanted to bang some celeb man...we'd mostly just say so and so is hot and leave it at that. I don't think it's wrong to have fantasies and lust but I would never go as far as in public to be saying I'd leave my husband/bf for a celebrity male. I also don't know any of my female friends who would say this. We can say who we think is hot, although it's not any kind of frequent topic of discussion for my current group of friends, but I think most of us are aware that it is only fantasy and in reality we know we don't know these celebs and in real life they may not be all they're crack up to be so none of us would say we'd leave the person we're with for a stranger essentially. 1
haribogumsnickers Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 It was just girl talk. Nothing substantially relevant to life but just an outlet of entertaining interest.
hotpotato Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 because they dont really know them and only see the bits and peaces on TV/magazines? I guess its common sense to me at least. My way of thinking is more logical; i am with my current GF and i am 95% sure we get along and have a loving relationship, if some supermodel comes along and i dump my GF there is like a 5% chance of the new "relationship" working on any level since its all fantasy world. Another thing is that a lot of people could care less about being famous, and if you tell that to someone who is obsessed with glamour they look at you like "yeah right". Dating and romance are often not logical.
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