[ConnieLingus]

As the lump in my throat got larger, and as I reached for the tissues blinded by tears, when the housemates got to meet/phone their loved ones or see them on a telly, I had a thought.

I have often worked away from home for weeks at a time, and phoned home every so often to talk to my family. I don't remember even once breaking down in tears.

Neither do I remember any of my colleagues going into floods of tears as I waited for them to finish their calls home before we headed to the pub.

I've also been on holidays longer than that shower of actors have been in the house, and returned to see my family with no more than an enquiry as to what's been happening while we've been away.

Who is going to grab that shower of drama queens by the balls and tell them to get a grip on reality?