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

133 replies

Harboromummy · 22/03/2016 19:42

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!

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Jade1212 · 22/03/2016 20:29

Sounds like a bellend. A snobby, bossy bellend.

Orda1 · 22/03/2016 20:30

He's right.

littleleftie · 22/03/2016 20:32

"won't allow?" Who made him the boss of you?

What a wankbadger.

Sn0tnose · 22/03/2016 20:32

What a nasty little snob! Shock

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 22/03/2016 20:33

Just do it! We've just gone back to Sky after having the overpriced crap that is Virgin Media and God help DH if he'd tried to stop me!

DixieNormas · 22/03/2016 20:34

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Pernicious · 22/03/2016 20:34

Not sure I understand why it's a problem how the dish looks- surely you're watching the TV, not looking at the dish!

BeetrootBetty · 22/03/2016 20:34

Is it not a little infra-dig to worry about such things?

Put it in a pole or on the back.

witsender · 22/03/2016 20:40

£60 a month?! Fuck me.

ReallyTired · 22/03/2016 20:43

There are discrete satelite dishes if your dh objects to having a dish on the house. A sqish could be fitted and I bet you dh would never notice.

Lucylongcat · 22/03/2016 20:47

Council estate here. We all have cable. Oh, and a choice of two Outstanding secondaries within ten minutes drive, an organic butcher and a couple of tapas bars. It's very naice round here, actually.

peaceoftheaction · 22/03/2016 20:47

does he think that people who live in council houses are lesser human beings Hmm ugh awful. How offensive.

drspouse · 22/03/2016 20:50

We live in a conservation area and have Sky. No cable here.

NeedACleverNN · 22/03/2016 20:54

Hah I thought sky was a posh luxury now as it was so expensive

RockUnit · 22/03/2016 20:54

I don't think the dishes are particularly attractive, but would have one if I really wanted to watch Sky.

It has nothing to do with council houses though Confused

Idefix · 22/03/2016 20:55

Being uber snobby dp not you op, could you try to resell the concept at chic and European? Everyone has a dish here Smile

lamiashiro · 22/03/2016 20:57

Ridiculous. We have Sky, as does everyone on the street and it's a conservation area. The dishes are all on the sides of the houses because that's the direction they need to be pointed so hardly obtrusive.

He is a twat for labelling Sky dishes as council.

Minisoksmakehardwork · 22/03/2016 20:57

Dh isn't a fan of the dishes on the front of the house, so ours is mounted on a pole at the back. But this actually made it easier for us as the rooms we wanted sky in are both at the back of the house and it saved issues with running cables through.

Ohb0llocks · 22/03/2016 20:57

He sounds like an utter knob.

WizardOfToss · 22/03/2016 20:59

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PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 22/03/2016 21:00

Congratulations, you live with a total fuckwit.

Is there anything else we can help you with?

Ackvavit · 22/03/2016 21:16

What? I live in a conservation area that is really strict about the type of window frames you can have, door styles, etc. So no golden oak or white plastic etc. We are allowed sky dishes in the garden at the rear of our properties but not at the front. What are his real,reasons?

StrictlyMumDancing · 22/03/2016 21:16

I'd totally LTB. Or kill him with fire. Though it would depend how bad a mood I was in for the second one!

NeedACleverNN · 22/03/2016 21:18

Our bill is £78 this month Sad

Capricorn76 · 22/03/2016 21:31

£78 a month to watch telly?? (£936 a year!!) Bleeding 'ell! I remember when my parents had sky and we spent half our time scrolling through channels when football wasn't on.