To expect DH to understand concept of Sky Tv??

[Ostagazuzulum]

I think I might be unreasonable. It might be hormonal rage building up. Been at work all day and all day yesterday. Both times I'm up stupidly early and back stupidly late. Same again tomorrow. I've come gone today and suddenly he's decided that he's now a cricket fan and everything must stop so he can watch it. For the record in the 15 years we've been together I've never known him pay any attention to cricket. We live next door to a cricket club in a naive village and he has no interest. But that has changed tonight. I wouldn't normally mind BUT 1) watching the end of the match means I can't talk to him as it involves huffing and pausing tv (which means that theoretically he does get concept of Skype so it's within his abilities) and 2) DD needs help to get ready for bed and all her stuff for school. He's not a house husband but when I work weekend he does it and when he works weekends I do it. DD has quickly grasped no point asking DH for anything right now so it's a constant stream of "mum can you...."
now match has finished it's imperative that he watches them collect trophy live.
AIBU to think that he could just pause it and have a conversation with me and DD and get her to bed and then watch it when everything is done??? Cricket fans, am I being a cow?? I've not said anything but I'm silently raging inside. I think I might be tired and hormonal.....

My god, you can tell I'm tired and ratty. The autocorrect has gone crazy. Clearly I live in a nice village, not a naive one...

Snap, Osta - together for 18 years, never ever shown any interest in cricket, or any sport for that matter, yet this morning I wake up at 6.10 (we're in NZ) and here he is watching live updates or whatever they are on his phone. Wouldn't get out of bed when second alarm went off at 6.25 until game was over and we had lost. No trophy collecting ceremony watching though...

Well played UK :)

I am so glad the cricket is over. I was actually starting to think my TV was faulty because it was permanently green for the last two months. I've had to watch it for weeks and today is no exception and yes, we had to watch the trophy giving live. Why? They've won it, I just don't get it!!!

Unless there's a lot of back story, YABU. It's one afternoon, and a historic and unbelievably exciting match.

It's over now though isn't it?! All the arm chair fans will be done with it tomorrow.

No you are not being unreasonable. What person in their right mind would watch cricket?
Mind you I’ve spent the day watching tennis and I only do that for Wimbledon.

I have no interest in cricket but I know a lot of people who were never previously interested really enjoyed this WC. By all accounts, the game today was very exciting (personally I struggle with the concept of exciting cricket but there you go).

And watching recorded sports is crap. If I can't watch a game live I wouldn't bother at all.

I think YABU

YABU. We have just won the World Cup and that was the greatest game ever!
I haven't moved from the Sofa for 11 hours! Hopefully your DH now gets into cricket!

We are massive cricket fans and you CAN'T pause the match itself... well you can but you don't! The post match stuff yes you can and we have, we are still watching the post match stuff now from record so he is BU for that

5 more Ashes Test matches before the end of summer. Up to 25 days' worth. In my view the most important matches in sport.

If it had been been football World Cup final and England were in it I think a lot more people might understand why someone who has shown interest in the sport might want to watch a historic match where England win the World Cup.

I hate cricket but even I know you can’t pause the match. It’s the same with football. You can’t. It’s really fucking annoying when women (it’s always women) suggest this or even worse, suggest you record the game instead