It's Friday! What are you doing tonight?

[Cutegirl06]

My dad is on a business trip and me, my mom and sister will watch movies on LMN. Kinda a girls night!

[abc3643]

LMN?

Lifetime Movie Network?

I have to admit, that's a guilty pleasure of mine when I am in a hotel room (so I have cable) on a weekend with nothing more important to watch.

You can't help but love a network that pretty much just shows B-movie variations of Fatal Attraction or Christmas movies or Harlequin romance novels.

https://www.vulture.com/2014/02/10-types-of-lifetime-movie-titles.html
The 10 Most Common Types of Lifetime Movie TitlesBy Margaret Lyons
FEB. 14, 2014

Lifetime movies are a treasured part of American culture. For 25 years, they have helped us metabolize panic by repurposing our legitimate fears as melodramatic danger-porn, generally revolving around some kind of sexual transgression. But they do kind of blend together after a while! Many of the plots are very similar, but even tougher is that the titles tend to be very repetitive. Here is a sampling of some of Lifetime’s best moments in titular redundancy. (Yes, these are all real.)

Stranger Danger
Alone with a Stranger
Heart of a Stranger
Intimate Stranger
Sisters and Other Strangers
Stranger At the Door
Stranger In my Bed
Stranger In Town
Stranger With My Face
The Familiar Stranger
The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Game
The Stranger I Married
Total Stranger
When Strangers Appear

Teenagers
Accused at 17
Betrayed at 17
Fifteen and Pregnant
Forever 16
Fugitive at 17
Missing at 17
Mom at Sixteen
Stalked at 17

Christmas!
A Boyfriend for Christmas
A Dad for Christmas
A Nanny for Christmas
Crazy for Christmas
On Strike for Christmas

Deadly
Clara’s Deadly Secret
Deadly Betrayal
Deadly Encounter
Deadly Honeymoon
Deadly Isolation
Deadly Pursuits
Deadly Relations
Deadly Sibling Rivalry
Deadly Vows
Seven Deadly Sins

Perfection
Her Perfect Spouse
Lying to be Perfect
Perfect Plan
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
The Perfect Assistant
The Perfect Boss
The Perfect Boyfriend
The Perfect Bride
The Perfect Child
The Perfect Family
The Perfect Holiday
The Perfect Husband
The Perfect Marriage
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Roommate
The Perfect Student
The Perfect Teacher
The Perfect Wife

Babies!
And Baby Will Fall
Baby for Sale
Baby Sellers
Half a Dozen Babies
Hush Little Baby
My Baby is Missing
No Ordinary Baby

Lies
Between Truth and Lies
Cradle of Lies
Lies and Crimes
Lies and Deception
Lies in Plain Sight
Lies My Mother Told Me
Love, Lies and Murder
Lying Eyes
Past Lies
Proof of Lies
Seduced by Lies
Sex & Lies in the City
Sex, Lies & Obsession
Tell Me No Lies
Til Lies Do Us Part
Virtual Lies

Stories
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
Defending our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Magic Beyond Words: The J. K. Rowling Story
Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

The Internet
Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life
Cyberstalker
Sexting in Suburbia
The Boy She Met Online
The Girl He Met Online
The Husband She Met Online

Extremely Literal Titles
Another Woman’s Husband
Dirty Teacher
Student Seduction
Teenage Bank Heist
The Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Unstable

[abc3643]

http://scibbe.com/archives/945

The plot of every Lifetime Original Movie ever.

I don’t ever watch movies on Lifetime, but Peanut watches all of them, so over the course of the past few years I’ve seen lots of bits-and-pieces of crappy based-on-the-novel-by-Danielle-Steele TV movies. I’m pretty sure I’ve got the formula figured out.

A strong and ravenously independent (yet still somehow vulnerable and naive) woman meets a handsome and wealthy man who she makes very clear she does not need in order to feel complete.
They have a fairy tale romance.
She doesn’t really want to marry him, but does anyway, because hell, why not.
Despite the fact that she now lives in a palace with her new husband and wants for absolutely nothing while having the hottest sex you can have offscreen of a TV-14 production, Wifey is not content. Somehow this is her husband’s fault.
Since she’s quit her job (for whatever reason) Wifey fills her days obsessing about her husband’s dark, mysterious past. (Variant: it’s her step-daughter’s dark, mysterious past.)
Wifey does some research and turns up a string of dead ex-wives dating back to antiquity. This manifests as a montage of either internet research or newspaper archives, depending on how old the re-run is.
Wifey finally turns up the answer, too horrible to bear, but doesn’t leave because why bother.
She gets trapped in her giant, decadent house with her husband, who now knows she knows, so now she has to die like all the rest.
The power goes out.
DEUS EX MACHINA
Wifey (now Widowey) summarizes the entire movie to her close friend and/or therapist, declaring that “everything will be alright now”.
Dramatic musical crescendo aaaaaaaaaaand roll credits!

[abc3643]

You just CAN'T go wrong with Dina Meyer.
If it's a Dina Meyer movie on LMN, you stop flipping channels.

https://dinameyer.com/tag/lifetime/

[abc3643]

@Cutegirl06
You might like this article.
If you can't see it but want to, PM me.

www.nytimes.com/.../...ark-lifetime-christmas.html

[Adventurer23]

I have plans to chat on Skype tonight with someone I know who lives on the other side of the globe. It's been awhile, so I'm looking forward to it. 🙂 Other than that, probably some YouTube time and maybe some reading as well. Just a quiet Friday today. 😊

[EmmaMary]

@Cutegirl06

Being a wife and mother of two very young children, it will be very much the same as any other evening.

[Cutegirl06]

I admire you ❤️ Being a mother isn't easy. I'm not a mother but I've seen what my mom has done raising 3 kids it's a full time job!

[EmmaMary]

Gosh... Thank you so very much indeed @Cutegirl06 for the MHO. ❤

You have absolutely oodles of time before you even begin to think of having children and becoming a mother... Please continue to enjoy your "innocent" years left in growing up. ❤

Wishing you and your family... A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.

[Cutegirl06]

You're very welcome ☺️ Yes, I don't have any plans of becoming a mom anytime soon beleive me. I'm graduating high school in May then going to college. Thanks for your kind words. And I hope you and your family have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year too 😊

[CrimsonAngel09]

Play some Hogwarts Legacy.

[rosemilk]

work and then friend Christmas get together at my house

[Wallythewalrus2]

I’ll spend it like any Friday night. Sit by the phone and wonder why no one calls me, listen to my wife and daughters whisper to each other, then look at me and laugh, then watch them eat a delicious meal, then go to the kitchen to fix a plate, only to find out nothing is left but dirty dishes I’m required to clean! Then around ten o’clock I go and sit in my car in the garage, with the light off and cry for about an hour. Sometimes I’ll even sleep in my car and my wife doesn’t even realize it. Pray for me!

[IslaTheWitch]

I will be nursing a splitting headache from the jetlag :D

[Cutegirl06]

That doesn't sound like fun at all. Sorry

[IslaTheWitch]

It's alright... I had great fun on Wednesday evening. I can spend tonight in bed :D

[Cutegirl06]

Oh alright 👍

[Nikki1989]

Saturday here and we are recovering from a wild night of headbanging.

[rigmarole]

Relaxing. I have shit to do at day break tomorrow morning.

[KrisKris81]

I work 12 hour shifts, back-to-back over the weekend and have to be up by 3:15am to get to work on time. That means bed by 6pm... ideally.

[douride2]

I'm getting some take out Chines for dinner then watching whatever is on tv tonight.

[StirredNotShaken]

Trying to figure out how to make sausage. My Amazon stuff arrives today.

[elaphe]

This won't sound exciting, but I will be relaxing at home after a long week of exams and little sleep.

[Nice222]

Picked up some wine and cheese. And my wife and I will have a night in with our two cats.

[jjj101010]

Was at my office Christmas party last night. Tonight is stay in and chill

[mandyfire98]

Hanging out with my boyfriend

[Lisia]

No clue yet 😅 maybe I'll play some games

[QuietRunner]

board games?

[Lisia]

@QuietRunner no lol 😅

[jcampbell115]

😏😏

[QuietRunner]

@Lisia
which game did you decide

[Lisia]

@QuietRunner fortnite 💀

[Siri137]

It's actually Saturday.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I'm just watching anime.

[NathanDavis]

work, work, work... work

[Anonymous]

You ignored your brother?😪

[Cutegirl06]

No, he goes over to his friends house and plays. If he was going to be here we would watch something that we all could enjoy.

[Opinion Owner]

Smart guy!

[exitseven]

I am getting ready for bed.

[Jennz6]

I’m working

[Cutegirl06]

I have to work tomorrow at the supermarket 😫

[Jennz6]

I’m working the midnight shift tonight

[RedInnocent68]

Me too. Sort of. And now…

[Staximus]

Laying in bed smoking cigarettes weed

[TiaNour]

Prob go watch a movie with me friends

[QuietRunner]

maybe some video games later

[Anonymous]

oh it's casino night

[Anonymous]

Robbery