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AIBU?

To think if you've been asleep for an hour you forfeit the rights to the TV?

36 replies

MaddyHatter · 22/10/2016 21:08

DH was watching something and fell asleep. Its now been about an hour he's been snoring and i just turned the channel over.

he woke up and moaned he was watching something.

AIBU to tell him if he's going to keep falling asleep, he doesn't get to hog the TV to sleep too?

(i know im not, but i'm fishing for sympathy for the fact my saturday night involves NO conversation and listening to him fucking snoring because he refuses to go do it in bed)

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ineedamoreadultieradult · 22/10/2016 21:11

Resting your eyes is allowed but once snoring starts you forfit rights to the remote. So yanbu.

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QueenLizIII · 22/10/2016 21:11

Totally


People in my family do that and then suddenly wake up when I change it and swear they were watching it.

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MistressMerryWeather · 22/10/2016 21:13

YANBU.

You forfeit television rights after the first snore in this house.

DH is a sofa snoozer and I find it disproportionately irritating. Shaddap and take your snorey arse to bed you noisy bugger.

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HardcoreLadyType · 22/10/2016 21:19

My DH does this a bit.

He was asleep this evening, and "watching" a film. It finished, so DS decided he'd like to watch something different. He had to get the zapper from where DH had it lying on him, which woke DH up. DH was a bit indignant, but we soon put him straight.

The trouble is, he sees being asleep as some kind of moral failing, so if we tell him he's been asleep, he takes umbrage. We pay no attention to such silliness.

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PuppetinSpace · 22/10/2016 21:21

The old boy does that here. last night he was asleep for around an hour - we'd been watching an episode from a box set. When he woke up of course the story had moved on somewhat - I'd changed episodes too. I explained he'd been asleep so missed 'a lot'. He swore blind he'd not been asleep at all.Grin Eventually i got him awake enough to go to bed. He had an early start this am too.

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MistressMerryWeather · 22/10/2016 21:37

Why do they always deny it? :o

Me: Darling your snoring
Him: No I'm not!
Me:

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MistressMerryWeather · 22/10/2016 21:37

You're* - Opps.

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BadgerIsGrumpy · 22/10/2016 21:39

YANBU. You snooze, you lose Grin

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MaddyHatter · 22/10/2016 21:40

i dont know, its like you've insulted them when you point it out!

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LBOCS2 · 22/10/2016 21:47

Yes! DH seems to think I'm moaning at him when I mention that he's been watching tv with his eyes closed for the past hour...

The annoying thing as well is that we have very different taste in tv so we try and find something acceptable to both of us - and I'm left watching a show I definitely wouldn't have chosen if it were just me. Which is basically is.

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rogertherabbit · 22/10/2016 21:47

I'm with badger - you snooze, you lose. My DH has a habit of gripping onto the remote whilst snoring which makes poaching it tricky. Always get the indignant 'I was watching that' once he wakes up to find I've put my stuff on 😊 Tough shit!

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MaddyHatter · 22/10/2016 21:53

We have 2 remotes, lol. We replaced the old one because the numbers wore off the buttons, but i kept it, so if he falls asleep, i can still pause what he's watching or change channels...etc. Grin

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Knockdownginger · 22/10/2016 21:56

Absolutely. DH does this all the time and it drives me mad.

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MistressMerryWeather · 22/10/2016 22:00

Does anyone else have a head drooper? It's incredibly distracting.

and repeat?

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LittleReindeerwithcloggson · 22/10/2016 22:02

And I thought it was just my DH that did that!

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SomedayMyPrinceWillCome · 22/10/2016 22:07

The trick is to slowly lower the volume of the TV

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SomedayMyPrinceWillCome · 22/10/2016 22:08

Sorry, pressed send too early.

The trick is to slow,y lower the volume of the TV, when it is bate,y audible then change channel then slowly raise the volume again.
Works every time here

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Taylia · 22/10/2016 22:10

Usually my DH will then wake up and rewind the program he was watching and I end up having to watch it again. Pisses me off if he then falls asleep again.

Watched the same bit of program 4 times once

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MaddyHatter · 22/10/2016 22:10

Mistress, Yes.. he also drops his phone which is usually glued to his hand.

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miwelaisjacydo · 22/10/2016 22:12

Someday I do this!

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Luciferbox · 22/10/2016 22:12

Yep, once I hear a single snore tv rights are gone.

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DustyCropHopper · 22/10/2016 22:15

I could have written this post! He is asleep now, has been for most of the evening but I know when he wakes he will claim he was still watching what was on to earlier or complain about not wanting to watch whatever I have on! YADefinitelyNBU!

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Luciferbox · 22/10/2016 22:15

Oh and if you have Sky then get the app. I can turn the channel over without the remote. I'm evil and have been know to do this when I've gone up for the night and I can hear him snoring downstairs.

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KickAssAngel · 22/10/2016 22:21

I once watched Capote which I found deeply disturbing and upsetting, but thought DH was engrossed. He had his own sofa and was facing the TV, not moving. When it ended he suddenly woke up and asked what happened.

I told him that I'd just ruined my evening watching the most upsetting movie of my life and then burst into tears.

At least he didn't try to watch the bit he slept through.

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MaddyHatter · 22/10/2016 22:21

I got to watch Casualty and he woke up.. he's currently watching an episode of Gold Divers.

He's yet to watch it all the way through.. i think i'm on my 3rd viewing.

It was Red Dwarf last week.. i think i got to see that one 5 times.. i pissed him off quoting bits at him the last time.

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