SITCOMS

 There’s something about sitcoms that feels like home. It’s not just the laughter tracks or the comfort of watching familiar faces go through life over and over again;it’s something much deeper. Maybe it’s the way they make the ordinary feel extraordinary, how the most random cup of coffee in a corner café becomes the backdrop for a memory you wish you could live inside of. Or maybe, it’s the way sitcoms normalize everything that we, in real life, either brush under the rug or are too scared to talk about.

What I absolutely love about sitcom, beyond the witty lines and chaotic friendship is how casually yet powerfully they bring up topics most people struggle to talk about. Whether it’s heartbreak, mental health, identity, loneliness, failure, growing up, or just... figuring stuff out - they give space to it all. And they don’t always wrap it up in perfect endings. Sometimes, they just let things be, the way life is.

There’s this one line that’s always stuck with me (and no, I won’t spoil the scene because that moment deserves your full first-time feels):

“This, right here, is a once-in-a-time thing.”

And wow, when you really think about it, most things in life are. That one late-night conversation. That exact sunset on that random Tuesday. That awkward but unforgettable hug. That stupid joke that had you laughing for 10 minutes straight. All of it, once in a time things.

And when you start looking at life like that, it becomes bigger. Like, suddenly, the small things aren’t small anymore. They're the whole picture. The pauses. The glances. The coffee runs. The chaos in the kitchen. The inside jokes. The background music of your own story. All those in-between moments that nobody notices until they’re gone, they’re what make life... life.

So yeah, maybe I love sitcoms a little too much. But maybe it's because they remind me that it’s okay to feel too much, to mess up, to grow apart, to try again, and most importantly - to talk about it.

And maybe, just maybe, that’s exactly what we need sometimes.