Dp won't allow us to have sky as it is "too council house" 😡

[Harboromummy]

We are moving into a new house, we need tv/internet ect. He's refusing to have sky because "the dish looks awful and it looks like a council house" 😡😡😡

He won't even discus the idea, because he also thinks I won't have time to watch tv, you know being a sahm to three!

😡😡😡👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[WhatKatyDidnt]

Sky is overpriced rubbish, owned by Murdoch to boot. Ugh. How about a freeview recordable box thing?

[Sanchar]

Actually, this reminds me of the time dh was pontificating about the tv licence, rip off, nothing to watch etc (I agree with him). But some days I bloody needed TV that could be left to run without me having to change DVDs every 20 minutes.

So I bloody got the licence!

Cancelled it when kids grew out of cbeebies and were old enough to play together.

[Griphook]

He's a judgemental prick, and fuck off with the council house stereotype

[specialsubject]

satellite dishes everywhere here, whoever owns the house - freeview reception is awful....

make sure you get a very good first year deal.

[ABetaDad1]

Our dish is hidden behind a parapet. its not a council house obviously. Most people do have Sky or some sort of satellite or cable channel TV.

Amazon Firestick - might be a compromise?

[witsender]

He sounds like a tit. That said, I dislike the look of satellites and won't have one, and we'd rather not pay £££ for TV so have an Apple TV with Netflix for a fiver.

[Capricorn76]

Sky is shit unless you watch premier league football. It's also expensive and they give you hell if you try to cancel. Google it if you don't believe me. Try Netflix or get an Apple TV. Cheaper and easier to get rid of and you're not giving money to that tit Murdoch.

[allegretto]

Sky is rubbish (my DH won't give it up though). I thought you could just get it through the wifi now?

[IHaveBrilloHair]

I live in a council house and have Sky.
The Sky is £60 a month, though I'm about to cut that, but the rent is £300.
For a lifetime tenancy for a very sought after home.
Nothing wrong with either.

[Branleuse]

I wouldnt get sky because its giving money to rupert murdoch

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

I couldn't be without Sky. I wouldn't be able to watch any cricket.

[StepAwayFromTheThesaurus]

Your DH is being silly about the DH's being too 'council house' (I've lived in loads of houses, never a council house, and they've all had sky dishes attached when we moved in).

But you should definitely get Now TV rather than a sky subscription. It's loads cheaper (so long as you don't want the sport, which is stupidly expensive) and you can decide on a month by month basis rather than being tied in. It's got all the good stuff on sky on it anyway. We've got NowTV, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video all for much less than we used to pay for a sky subscription.

[Pico2]

Couldn't you just pretend the dish is pointed to get French TV to practise your DH's French? That way it would seem wanky pretentious, rather than what your DH describes as 'council house'.

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

Oh and yeah. My house is in a very leafy ( as in many trees not particularly posh) area. My dish is on a six foot pole at the top of my back garden. Now that's what I call council house, and yeah it is grin

Loads of the town listed building where I'm working have to have that.

[MrsSteptoe]

DH insists on having two Sky boxes so that he can run between football and cricket, and he's posh as fuck.

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

But I think if someone described something as council house in that way I may be inclined to do it very gratuitously just to amuse myself

[TattyCat]

£60 a month? £60 a month? For television? Good grief!

Clearly, we don't have Sky and I wouldn't have it because the dishes are plain ugly but ^£60.a.month??^ On top of a TV licence too! [shocked]

[voodoolooloo]

Needsasock listed houses? Oh I'm
In good company To be fair lots around here have the same. Both private and council.

[SlinkyVagabond]

Council house? What council houses?

[hiddenhome2]

Couldn't you offer to make its appearance more middle class by attaching some bunting or a frilly shabby chic cover or something?

[ShatnersBassoon]

What a twat.



I suggest you install a chamber orchestra in the lounge where the telly should go. He'll approve of that.

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

yep I'm not sure what listing but I know 1&2 you can't put a dish on so on poles in the garden they go

[SeamstressfromTreacleMineRoad]

I've got Freesat - which comes with a dish..! Wouldn't pay a penny to Murdoch, but your DP would probably judge me

[Kennington]

Sky is owned by Murdoch so I wouldn't be getting it for that reason alone.
Get something else and I am sure you can get similar for cheaper.
I agree the dishes aren't pretty but not the worst thing on a house. How about compromising and putting it on the back of the house if you really want it.

[LifeofI]

how exactly is he stopping you? You have a choice you know