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Endlessmike56

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26. Days of Our Lives

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 01:44 PM

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Watched it when I was laid off from the mill in the 80’s. Back when we could only get 3 channels lol

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What Soap Opera do you remember watching . It can be a day or night Soap. Mine was The Guiding Light. And you? [View all] debm55 Yesterday OP

GL fan here! Deep State Witch Yesterday #1

Thank you very much, And don't forget, Nola debm55 Yesterday #3

Loved Her! Deep State Witch Yesterday #11

Oh, I didn't know Nola died. Thank you for that sad news. debm55 Yesterday #14

My grandmother always religiously watched "As the World Turns" Walleye Yesterday #2

Thank you very much Walleye for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #6

College days, The Young & the Restless. My Mom's was "As the World Turns"... hlthe2b Yesterday #4

Thank you hlthe2b, I didn't watch soaps in college as I didn't have a TV. But I did watch The GL and The Young and debm55 Yesterday #8

What is unusual about soaps is how.the cast didnt change over 20, 30, 40 years BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #16

That is funny and true, Thank you very much, BlueWaveNeverEnd. debm55 Yesterday #19

All My Children LoisB Yesterday #5

Thank you very much, LoisB. I would sometimes watch that soap. debm55 Yesterday #10

Thank you very much, LoisB. for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #20

Peyton Place Onthefly Yesterday #7

Thank you very much, Onthefly. If I remember correctly. Peyton Place was on at night. Also, The Secret Storm was on, debm55 Yesterday #21

You remember correctly. Onthefly Yesterday #28

Thank you , Onthefly. debm55 Yesterday #46

Two, really Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #9

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Jilly_in_VA . All of the soaps were CBS shows. So I never watched General debm55 Yesterday #22

Dark Shadows, 1966-1971. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #12

As a kid I watched that! pandr32 Yesterday #27

Same here my entry into soaps Ferryboat Yesterday #55

I'd forgotten Mary Hartman Mary Hartman! pandr32 10 hrs ago #76

HAHAHHAHAHA. I remember that skit on the Carol Burnett show. Her show was so funny. debm55 8 hrs ago #78

I watched probably 10 seasons of DS. Then the Ilsa Yesterday #35

Thank you very much for sharing with us, llsa debm55 Yesterday #51

Thank you very much, sinkingfeeling. debm55 Yesterday #45

Thank you very much sinkingfeeling. debm55 Yesterday #47

Me too! some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #64

Yes! some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #66

Three actually.... FalloutShelter Yesterday #13

Such strange names for tv shows "another world", "as the world turns" BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #17

Thank you very much, FalloutShelter. for sharing the selections. debm55 Yesterday #52

My mom watched the CBS soaps.. BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #15

Mine too. Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd for sharing with us. My mother and grandmother did the same. debm55 Yesterday #18

Mine three. debm55 Yesterday #23

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Yesterday #24

Mainly All My Children and One Life to Live Ritabert Yesterday #25

Days of Our Lives Endlessmike56 Yesterday #26

I watched a bunch. BlueKota Yesterday #29

Another World happybird Yesterday #30

Another World, Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives. applegrove Yesterday #31

Thank you very much, applegrove. That's about the time I went cold turkey. debm55 Yesterday #50

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #32

Thank you very much, OAITW r.2.0 debm55 Yesterday #49

All My Children. Used to record & watch with adult daughters SheltieLover Yesterday #33

Thank you very much, SheltieLover, for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #48

General Hospital. MIButterfly Yesterday #34

Very true, MIButterfly. I went cold turkey when we adopted my son. debm55 Yesterday #42

I grew up taking naps on the floor MuseRider Yesterday #36

That's sweet. Thank you MuseRider for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #41

General Hospital Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #37

HAHAHAHHAHA. thank you Mad_Dem_X. That was cool having him on General Hospital. BUT that was on the same time as debm55 Yesterday #38

And John Stamos certainly didn't hurt the eyes, either! MIButterfly Yesterday #43

HAHHAHAHAh. Agree, MIButterfly. debm55 Yesterday #44

All my Children kimbutgar Yesterday #39

Thank you very much, for sharing. with us, kimbutgar. debm55 Yesterday #40

I guess maybe Dallas if that qualifies, have never watched daytime shows. doc03 Yesterday #53

Yes, thank you doc03. it qualifies as it was a night time soap. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Yesterday #63

Suits perfessor Yesterday #54

Thank you very much perfessor for sharing. debm55 Yesterday #60

Days Of Our Lives and Another World. Srkdqltr Yesterday #56

Thank you for sharing with us, Srkdqltr. debm55 Yesterday #59

Way, waaaay back . . . madamesilverspurs Yesterday #57

Thank you very much, madamesilverspurs. I remember The Edge of Night. So I go way back too debm55 Yesterday #58

Yep to both of those! some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #65

Thank you very much , some_of_us_are_sane. I think you got it. debm55 Yesterday #67

You are my 56.000 post. debm55 Yesterday #68

Love of Life, Search for Tomorrow, and whathehell Yesterday #61

Thank you very much, whathehell.for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #62

I don't usually watch soap operas but... Rizen Yesterday #69

Thank you very much, Rizen,for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #70

General Hospital TBF 22 hrs ago #71

Thank you very much, TBF. I think you are right about being addicted to them debm55 13 hrs ago #72

I was hooked on All My Children in the mid 70's. QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #73

For me it was 80s (I was in high school & college that decade) TBF 12 hrs ago #74

Thank you very much, QueerDuck. And Ericka's 10 husbands, I was addicted at one time. I went cold turkey. debm55 11 hrs ago #75

Interesting seeing titles I'd forgotten over the years. One missing: "One Life To Live"... hlthe2b 9 hrs ago #77

Yes, I was shocked as the actress who played Nola on Guiding Light was my favorite, She also worked on Broadway debm55 8 hrs ago #79

Upstairs Downstairs Doc_Technical 4 hrs ago #80

Thank you Doc_Technical debm55 4 hrs ago #81

"Days of Our Lives" during the Bo and Hope years. I was in my late teens and a guy but liked the storyline as well artemisia1 4 hrs ago #82

Thank you, artemisia1 for sharing with us. debm55 1 hr ago #84

Dallas and The Young & The Restless. ArnoldLayne 3 hrs ago #83

Thank you very much for sharing with us, ArnoldLayne. debm55 20 min ago #85