The world of guilty pleasures is a tough, cruel place. You’re constantly on edge, fearing that you will slip up and confess your guilty pleasures to the world. You realize that the second that your secret is revealed, everyone you know will stomp on you and your dignity until the only thing left is a sad, crushed soul.
Here are four guilty pleasures that I am proud to admit I love:
"National Treasure" and "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets"
Let's be honest, we all know Nicholas Cage sucks at acting, yet there is something about him– his receding hairline – that keeps us all watching.
Nicholas Cage has most likely ruined every movie he has ever been in, but "National Treasure" is the exception. His confidence to break every sacred America law and steal the
Everyone hates on these movies, but if it were to come on TV, we would get out the popcorn, turn up the volume and get comfy on the couch for the best two hours of our lives.
So instead of trying to deny our love for these movies, we should be more like Nick Cage, confident, in our guilty pleasures and in ourselves.
The Twilight Books
These books have been with us ever since our awkward middle school years. (Shout out to all my 2008
At one point in our lives, these books were placed on a pedestal, bringing all of our preteen dreams to
Reading (or re-reading) this is something you never want to tell your friends about, but why? Who doesn’t love reading about a girl whose life is more unfortunate than yours, who has no redeeming qualities, and is getting fought over by two extremely attractive guys. Who cares if the writing is directed toward an eighth-grade girl, you were there for the midnight release of all of the books. Own it, love it, and then read it again.
Reality TV:
We pretend we watch these shows
We all know that these shows are fake, yet we try so hard to convince ourselves otherwise. Once a week, we say goodbye to our real families to run off to meet our virtual ones, and don’t let anyone tell you off for it. Embrace it.
NickelBack:
“What are you listening too?” Frantically tries to change song off of NickelBack, “Oh…um…Mumford and Sons… ”
Oh yes. NickelBack. We all love it. Don’t even try to deny it.
When you’re at a party and someone is trying to gauge the room for the next song, you sneak back to the aux cord because you know that once you play Photograph everyone will sing along.
Once we hear the raspy, country/rock (does anyone even know what genre they actually are?) voice of Chad Kroeger, we all pretend to hate it, yet we listen to the whole song “waiting” for someone else to complain and change it (no one ever does). By the end of the song, everyone is belting out the lyrics, and there you are, smiling in the corner because you know that you aren’t alone in the NickelBack fan club.
Guilty pleasures may be the best thing to happen to the world. There is something fun about loving something that everyone else seems to hate. Yes, everything about our secret joys is god awful, but we love them anyways.
Did Nick Cage stop treasure hunting every time his father told him it was pointless and stupid? NO.
Did Bella Swan give up when Edward told her that he didn’t want her to become a vampire? NO.
Did NickelBack stop making albums when everyone on the planet begged them to? NO.
Love what you love, guilty pleasure or not, and don’t let anyone rain on your parade.
