to think that my work takes precedence over DH watching rugby?

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DH is very grumpy at the moment. I have been working all afternoon (just taking a break - have another hour or so to go), so he had to sort out feeding the DC this evening. Apparently I am being completely unreasonable because it is the six nations and he had to interrupt his match viewing. (I am very busy at work at the moment, so need to catch up before going back in on Monday and I really want to do it today as tomorrow is DS's birthday).

Oh just tell him 'it's only a game'

Any time he wants to either play or watch rugby he just assumes I will deal with the DC. He gets very annoyed if this doesn't happen (even if it is due to something that is planned and marked on the calendar well in advance of me knowing about the rugby). Other than this (and being a terrible snorer) he is lovely...

All the games are very tight and scores change quickly. It's an hour and a half. YABU
I always count making lunch or dinner as a break from work anyway.

It isn't just an hour and a half - there are 3 matches this weekend and he expects to watch all of them completely undisturbed. I would have been happy to work this morning instead, but I was looking after the DC while he played touch rugby.

Sympathies. I had to deal with tea time by myself because of the sodding rugby, having already consented to my DH's earlier sporting activities, meaning I cooked and handled lunch time solo too. And breakfast, come to think of it.

I made him pause the England game and do bath time, because it was beyond a joke. We are out with mutual friends tomorrow and I know I will be left to deal with the DCs then whilst he has a good time.

I feel a lie-in coming on tomorrow.

YANBU.

(I actually would have liked to watch the rugby myself, but no chance of that.)

and yes, it is fair to say he is a leetle bit obsessed about rugby...

Why can't he just record it like a normal person would. If you werent working there would be no money fir a tv or sky.

Yanbu

he is an arse

So he played rugby all morning and then expected to watch it all afternoon? No, your work takes precedence and making dinner is NOT a 'break from work'. YANBU.

I love the rugby, but feel he is being unreasonable to get arsey.
Making something quick would not take whole match surely.
He should have recorded it

I think he did record it (he's re-watching the wales v Italy match at the moment - I expect he recorded England v France too). However I've finished my work and have so feeling less annoyed with him now. BTW he did make tea for the DC, he was just was very grumpy about doing so. In the grand scheme of things putting up with DH being grumpy once in a while isn't really all that bad compared to the issues other people deal with...

Still, why should someone be grumpy because they had to look after and feed their dc?

Work is work, it's what pays the bills. It's no different just because your home .

Flexibility is there to enable people to work around the kids not enable man children to watch sport on tv.

Is he incapable of multi tasking? Today DH has managed to watch a football match and the rugby while doing other things, Christ the man isn't perfect but there's no way in hell he'd be an arse about doing anything for me or the DC's while any sport was on, and this is a fully paid up rugby and cricket fanatic! If he wanted to watch an important match in peace he'd go somewhere else with my full blessing. In this house we have 3 children - interruptions to tv watching and things to do are a way of life..
YABU

Yanbu

It's just watching telly. Your work is clearly more important as is ds birthday. Anyway he can look after them with telly on in background, or presumably it's on the radio which is good enough to know what happens.

Watching a recording is not the same as watching live.

If you really want to wind him up, tell him he doesn't really need to watch this week's game because there will be another one next week. (I got that from DW once.)

OP isn't grumpy about feeding and looking after her dc. She's grumpy about having to do it at the same time as working. She's grumpy that the reason that's she's having to do both at the same time is her DH is indulging in his hobby. So she gets all the work and responsibility while he gets to have fun. OP I completely get where you're coming from.