Being in the presence of your spouse. All. Buggering. Day.

[CrunchyNutNC]

I've realised that now that we both WFH, sharing the home office, I am in the same room as my DH for approximately 22 hours in every 24. I do love him and I'm amazed/impressed we've not killed each other yet, but some days I just crave an empty house, just for a day. Anyone else?

He just witters on through anything I'm watching and rips the piss out of it. So all my soaps and stuff have been pretty much out, and the nice engrossing documentaries that are my pleasure during the day when he's out at work are gone - and he can't master the concept that I never do just one thing at once so even if I'm working with the TV on - I'm watching it, because TV in his mind is something you need to give your undivided attention to like some kind of massive commitment!

And then he gets up to stretch his legs - doesn't bloody go stretch them in a "do you need a coffee" mode - nope - he comes and mansplains the lecture content I've been doing to me! I love him but he is fucking doing my head in. We're not quite in the same room in that I'm in the conservatory off the dining room he's working in - but the doors between don't shut properly anyway (they've dropped slightly and we never really close them) so pretty much are.

And then the work voice call left on ALL EVERY FUCKING DAY is sooooo bloody intrusive - even when he's took the headset off - it's still sat on his desk with the voices coming out of it.

Ooh how do they work limpshade, what do you listen to?

@CrunchyNutNC

Ooh how do they work limpshade, what do you listen to?

Noise cancelling headphones, on top of having very good sound insulating properties, have a microphone that the things then produce a signal that's is out of phase with the original sound. For reasons of Science, that cancels the sound out so you get ----- nothing. Blissful nothing. Or you can play something. But 'nothing' is perfect for people who don't have Tinnitus.

That's why they're so expensive compared to noise reduction or standard headphones.

Wot @MitziK said!

Much of the time I use them for transcribing - no more replaying an audio file repeatedly because it's getting drowned out by the conversation over my shoulder

But I do listen to (ambient) music quite a bit of the time too. We have an Apple Music subscription and I make full use of that. Really enjoying the Apple radio stations at the moment. Just breaks the monotony a bit.

Oh Lordy! I’m retired and now DH has announced he’s retiring too....
When I was working I sometimes did wfh and he drove me potty with constant interruptions and inane conversation about nothing in particular 😡
If he was in the same room just the fact he was breathing nearly drove me potty, he’s incapable of doing so —or anything else— quietly!
Just wtf am I going to do with him around 24/7?
😱

And as for Judge Judy and Border Patrol on a loop 😮

We work together anyway - but pre-lockdown we had days where he was in the office and I was at home so there was some space for a breather. Since 20 March we have been sharing a very small space in the living room, along with the servers and other kit we need to run the business.

It's now starting to irritate me ever so slightly - not so much him, but more the lack of change (although he seems to have been getting on my last nerve for a couple of days). We're here all day most days and it's become very monotonous.

I'm glad we're back in the office from 14 Sept even if it's only to look at a different set of walls!

Oh gosh yes this is me! DH is working from home until new year at least and it's likely to be part time still forever now. Which he loves! I am used to not being alone, I'm a sahm with small children BUT in normal tones I have one at preschool a few days a week and the other who still has 2 hour naps. So 3 times a week I get two glorious hours a day of silence and alone time. Not anymore.

DH and I actually have a fab relationship but my goodness I wish he'd bugger off out sometimes (and take the children too....)

He just witters on through anything I'm watching and rips the piss out of it. So all my soaps and stuff have been pretty much out, and the nice engrossing documentaries that are my pleasure

Mine repeats what has just been said or reads out the subtitles, he’s honestly on very thin ice 🤬😡

I was furloughed for 3 months and dp self employed so not working. We were together 24/7 i absolutely loved it. We are pretty exclusive anyway and are together all the time when not working. Not bad after 28 years