# Aw man! (While You Were Out)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-man-while-you-were-out/197816>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 26, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-man-while-you-were-out/197816 "2003-08-26T19:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-man-while-you-were-out/197816/1 "2003-08-26T19:38:03Z")

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I just figured out that Teresa Strosser is no longer the host of While You Were Out on TLC! Nooooooooooo! She was the only reason I watched that show. Looks like it was her decision though, according to [this](http://www.realityworldtv.com/interviews/ter.html) interview:

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> _You have decided not to come back for a second season of the show. Why did you decide not to return, and how hard was the decision?_
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> **It was very hard quitting. I’m a working class kind of girl - I love working, and in my field, a steady job is hard to come by. I was really lucky to have a solid year of work. On the other hand, there’s life, and I felt I needed to get one. Being on the road 200 days last year I lost touch with friends and family, I couldn’t really date (not that I’m batting away gentlemen callers now) and I never felt grounded. It was just time to move on.**

Doh! There’s a lot of skepticism on the WYWO messageboard (they think she got fired), but it sounds legit to me - 200 days a year on the road would be tough. I find the part about no gentlemen callers to be a stretch though. 😉

There goes my reason to apply to be on the show. You know how they finish each show with a quiz asking the person who was surprised why the other one wanted to redo the room for them? It’s usually something like “Well, she really needs a place to get away” or “She’s always wanted to do something with this room.” Mrs. Slacker was afraid if we were on the show one of the choices of what I said at the end would be “Cause I wanted to meet Teresa!” 😃