Why can't he shut the f@@k up?!?!

[MyKidAreTakingMySanity]

DH CANNOT shut the hell up. He has to have a final word. Or more. I think I married a child.

DH and the kids just got back in. Dinner was ready, waiting for them. I told DH and the kids that mummy was just watching the ending of something on TV and asked them to be quiet or eat at the dining table instead of the living room. It's a pretty simple, fair request. I only needed 10 measly minutes peace to watch the end bit of a TV program I won't have time to watch later. But no. My 5 and 7 year olds are fine keeping quiet. Little angels even! But DH simply MUST start whistling. FUCKING. WHISTLING.

I'm ashamed to say I flipped my shit and told him off. So he's acting childishly mock insulted. DH: "Oh I'm sorry. I'll shut up"

Me: "Thank you" (exasperated sigh)
...... so I put the show back on.

1 minute later.

DH: "I guess I'm not allowed to speak"

Me: (pauses TV show and looks at him, he shuts up then I press play again)

DH: "I don't want to stop anyone watching their tv programs"

Me: (slams remote down and gives death glare)

DH: "Sorrreeeeey."

Two more minutes.

DH: "Careful kids, mind you don't talk now!"

I gave up completely when he started playing the drums with his cutlery and plate.

WIBU to smash him in the face repeatedly with the Sky TV remote until I feel less irrationally angry?

Or maybe should I start vacuuming when he has Game Of Thrones or The Walking Dead on? Maybe the telly will need a dust and polish a few minutes in.

Sorry. I know IABU. But... AAAARGH!

Earphones are your friend. The house can be falling apart around me, but if I have my earphones on, I could not give a damn.

I think we are either all married to the same guy or there's a special place where they all learn to do this. OP - what he said sounds identical to the kind of stuff my DH spouts to annoy me. It's rare I sit down with TV or a book for my DH it's suddenly chatty time 😕

Get a pair of massive headphones and pointedly plug them in and put them on when he starts yapping away.

OP if you get headphones, he'd jump and down in front of you wouldn't he?

Oh this is a definite LTB from me 😬😁

Change the genders and if a man flipped his shit,it’d be leave the bastard
Change the locks,grab yo kids . How very dare he flip out at you. Mutha of his kids

It's depressing how many men seem to do this....well on MN anyway!

I was on your side until you mentioned hoovering through game of thrones! :O

Oh god, STBXH does this, even if he's watching as well he'll yammer through it, usually really fucking loudly. I've started pausing the tv now every time he opens his mouth and say "have you finished so I can carry on watching?" which usually does the trick. Or sometimes, "shut the hell up, I don't talk through your programmes" depending on my mood. Does my head in. He'll sometimes come in and say "you're not watching this crap are you?" and then stand in the doorway watching it and chipping in comments like "who's that? Why are they doing that? Was he in such and such a programme?" Every couple of seconds. Gives me the rage. Not why we're divorcing btw! 😂😂😂

I'd have to kill him just for the whistling.

Change the genders and if a man flipped his shit,it’d be leave the bastard. Change the locks,grab yo kids . How very dare he flip out at you. Mutha of his kids

If a woman behaved in a goady way, and the DH lost his blob, she'd get told by MN, I can assure you.

I have a trombone you could borrow if you fancy trying practicing some scales on the sofa next to him when his programme's on?

I normally like a bit of chatting through movies (at home!), if not I'd rather watch them on my own so obviously not too bothered.

Right? Wrong! Last time I watched something without subtitles in a language I'm not quite fluent in, DP decided that's exactly the moment I'd like to talk about... Well anything . It was only a bloody trailer so hardly long either.

My DH used to be ok when all the DCs were at home but now it is just us he comes in, hovers about and wants to speak when I am watching something. He has also lost the ability to understand that, when I am on the phone, I am speaking to someone else and will talk to me or try to attract attention. It's worse than having a toddler although he hasn't tried to follow me to the loo yet!

WIBU to smash him in the face repeatedly with the Sky TV remote until I feel less irrationally angry?

Not at all. Would you like me to hold your coat?

Me too! Mine does exactly the same. I always mean to get him back when football is on bit end up in another room enjoying the peace and quiet too much.

Maybe he was looking forward to eating dinner with his family ?

dootball "Maybe he was looking forward to eating dinner with his family"

which he was asked to wait TEN MINUTES to do.

Mine will sit down with me to watch a film and then ask me questions about what's going on till I get snappy. Then there's huffy, injured pride, silence when I point out if he would shut up and watch it we'd both know what's going on.

He’s attention seeking. He wants your,attention on him and can’t stand it’s not.

Killing him really is the only solution.

dootball are there other desires an adult can have that entitles them to act like this when they aren't immediately met, or is it just limited to wanting to eat with one's family?

Kill him. Kill him until he's dead. being posted in the same minute as You're going to get a bunch of people telling you to LTB in a minute... get ready! made me laugh out loud

It's either death or divorce really isn't it.

I would apologise for snapping at him but explain that he is a PITA for doing it.

I think it is a man thing though. DH will sit there doing nothing during the adverts and as soon as the show starts back up he will start talking, or stand up and do something, like take his dishes to the kitchen or whatever so I have to pause or rewind it.

I just want to know what you were watching! My husband doesn't understand the importance of Doctors