What the Addams Family Taught Me About Life And Love
‘They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky.” The Addams Family is best known for their ghoulishly gothic lifestyle, but beyond their dark surface is a lot we can learn about life and love. Here’s 10 things I’ve learned from the adorably strange Addams Family.
I’ve loved the show since I was a child, and it even sparked a short gothic phase in my early teens. The upside world of the Addams Family is kooky and morbid with a twist of dark gothic humor that made the clan a pop culture icon for decades.
They’re totally creepy and weird- obsessed with the dead and the super natural, they lived in an alternate universe. They get pleasure from pain, order from chaos and Morticia was known for cutting the heads off of her roses, keeping the stems instead. They saw beauty in what most of us don’t.
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What I Learned From The Addams Family
1.) The Women Were Badass! Besides showing us that black is always in style, the Addams Family women were strong characters who took no crap. On the surface, Morticia was a sexy empress of evil. But underneath her wicked persona, was a fiercely protective mother and wife who supports her family and all of their kooky antics. She took no crap from anyone and would go to great lengths to ensure her family’s happiness.
I’m pretty sure Wednesday Addams is the reason the gothic scene was so strong in high school. Wednesday was a dark gothic genuis with more gloom than glam. She flaunted her own sense of style, and refused to be something she’s not for the sake of fitting in. Instead, she embraced all things morbid and snubbed all that is chipper and cheery. She used sadistic sarcasm to outsmart her peers and would have made a great serial killer.
Be Unique
2.) Embrace Your Unique Side. Gomez understood that play time is important for both children and adults. It’s cool to hold onto your train set or work on your yo-yo tricks even when you’re grown up.
3.) Pursue your own interests. Both Gomez and Morticia used their free time to become more accomplished. You may want to raise roses instead of carnivorous plants. Find hobbies you like!
4.) Study Languages. Morticia was best known for speaking French, but the happy couple could express themselves in many languages. Sometimes they’d converse in Yiddish, Spanish, or Italian. Expand your vocabulary so you’ll have the right word for any occasion.
5.) Keep The Romance Alive. Despite their strange lifestyle, the chemistry between Gomez and Morticia was a big part of the appeal. A loving family provides a strong foundation for happiness and success. Here are 10 things girls do that guys love.
6.) Bond With Your Siblings. They might hate everyone else, but siblings
Wednesday and Pugsley could always count on each other. They kept each other safe even when they were playing with dynamite and spiders.
Love Yourself
7.) Be Confident, No Matter What Your Size. People sometimes worry about being smaller or bigger than average. Lurch the butler was one of the family despite being almost seven feet tall. He also excelled at his job by instantly producing whatever the family needed. Life is so much better when you love yourself.
8.) Real Beauty Comes From Within. Enjoy your life. Cousin Itt was covered with hair and had a squeaky voice, but that didn’t stop him from being a charmer. Real beauty comes from within.
9.) You Are Complete. For a creature who was a disembodied hand, Thing led a remarkably full life. He could walk on his fingers or communicate in Morse code. Remember that when you feel limited.
10.) Stay young at heart. Grandmama and Uncle Fester were two feisty seniors. You may want to take a pass on wresting alligators, but you can still enjoy outdoor sports and time with your friends.
The original television series aired in the 1960s, but was resurrected a few times over the past few decades. My favorite version was the 1990s fam, starring Christina Ricci.
Valuable Lessons From The Addams Family
I’ve learned a few things from the Addams Family, but the most valuable lesson is to be true to yourself. The Addams Family were a wealthy bunch, but they loved their dilapidated Victorian mansion just the way it was. They knew their lifestyle and interests were odd, but that didn’t stop them from pursuing their passions and breaking society’s molds. They minded their own business, and lived their lives wondering why everyone made such a fuss about them. So, shock the world. Be that breath of fresh air. After all, the world needs a little more Morticia and Gomez, don’t you think?
Also, I hear they’re coming out with a new animated Addams Family movie to be released before Halloween 2019. If you’re a fan, or not, be sure to check out the trailer.
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This is probably one of the most unique posts ive ever read! I dont think ive ever come across a different viewpoint and analysis for the adams family but i appreciate the important points you took out of them 🙂
It is amazing how a TV show from the 60s could teach us so many lessons that we even use today. So many of those lessons I try to teach my daughters. Thank you for sharing.
Embrace your unique side! Yep! I love that life lesson because we are all so unique in our own ways! We might as well ROCK what we were given 🙂
This is amazing! What a unique and 100% spot on post 💕
This is so neat! I love the Addams family. Definitely great mind set to stay young at heart.
What a fun way to think of the Addams family…I loved the series and i agree with all of your points especially about being a strong woman
I love this show. Definitely the women in it are fierce and powerful. Teaching us how we are complete in ourselves. Gonna re watch it now.
My favourite is that real beauty comes from within! This is so true and it makes me shining every time my husband shines at me!
Love this post, very creative! One of my favorite TV families 🙂
Ha, I never thought of it, but so true. I think being unique is the best one. They surely did teach us that… 🙂
Awesome post! This makes me want to re-watch the show and movie, and definitely see the upcoming film. It is true though that it had lots of great lessons.
Its on my weekend plan, gonna start it tonight.
I’ve never watched that show! But it sounds like a unique genre!
Adamms Family is one of my favorite show I’ve been watching them since when I was a kid and I am so happy that this show give us a lot of lesson that we can use in our own lives.
That’s why I really love watching Addams family. It taught us a lot of things.
I am a fan of Addams Family. We love watching and we have learned so much with this.
I myself learned so much lessons in watching Addams family and until now I always taught my kids about this.
Yep the women were super badass! I love the Addams Family – such a great show!
Women ARE badass!! I love this, and what a fab post! I do love the Adams family, it’s the first film I saw at the Cinema!
It was so great to relive the wonderful childhood memories of watching the Addams family. I loved the life lessons you have compiled and their women were definitely badass 🙂
Keeping the romance alive resonated with me! It reminded me of one of Michael Bolton’s timeless song (can’t remember the title now) about how you have to rediscover the love! Love is not love when you don’t make an effort to keep the flame alive. Love these lessons Steph!
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I love all these lessons from the Addams family but especially 2 and 3. We are all unique in our own ways and we are all special.
I love the Addams family! I wanted my personality to be that dark and twisty but that only lasted for so long lol