How often do you watch tv?

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My DP moved in a month ago and he always seems to have the TV on.

Home from work, TV goes on, we cook/eat/clear up dinner then he asks what we’re going to watch/he suggests something/hints that he wants to watch something.

I get the weather is horrendous, dark nights and being tired from work.

Every night this week we’ve sat in separate rooms and it’s a small house until bed. I’m not sure what I’m asking to be honest but I’m so bloody bored and starting to miss my old life. If I had no plans/nothing on I’d invite friends over/last minute plans. He’s suggested because we haven’t seen each other much this week that ‘we get cozy tomorrow night and find a good film we want to watch’. I feel like I’m intruding on someone else’s life in my own house.

I've always got the TV on as well to be honest, even if only in the background while I do something else.

Why do you need to sit in separate rooms though? What would you be doing if the TV wasn't on?

YABU

We usually always have the tv on in the evening.

We watch tv every night from about 8.30 until we go to bed at 10.30. We’re too tired from working to do much else!
At weekends we might have a long lingering dinner and not make it into the lounge.

I always have the tv on...unless I'm in the kitchen then I usually have the radio on

TV always on here to, even if I'm not especially watching anything then I will have Now 80s music channel on. But I don't sit in a separate room from my DH, we sit together

No TV in this house, no catch-up, no subscription services (Netflix, Lovefilm etc) either.

I go to work and work with a computer for 8 hours, then I go home and I have the phone and laptop to read the news and browse other web sites.

That's more than enough screen time for me!

My laptop does have a blu-ray player though, so I'll stick the odd film on occasionally.

You are definitely not being unreasonable. Television drives me mad, unless there's something on that I very specifically want to watch and that is guaranteed advert-free. I couldn't bear to sit in front of the television every evening, and definitely not to have it booming out its garbage continuously when I'm not even watching it.

think thats probably quite normal for most people? apart from sitting in different rooms, seems more unusual to invite friends round or make last minute during the week (although maybe I'm a bit lazy or boring) try and find a compromise that your hoth hspoy with though, you're still getting used to living together.

I admittedly watch too much but it is for work. I do a lot of writing around TV shows and work with a lot of actors' reps so need to keep on top of things. But on the nights where I don't have to watch anything, it's off.

In a normal world, I'd only have the TV on a couple of hours a night at the most. At the weekends, we tend not to have it on so we can have conversations so YANBU about things imo.

So you’d have friends over every night in the old days? Always entertaining? Never a single night when you just chilled?

I might watch something a couple of times a week but then at the weekend I often watch a film or few episodes of a tv series with my DBF. He watches more than me and will probably spend more time watching tv while I do other things.

Why were you in seperate rooms? Because you didn't want to watch what he was watching? Are there things you could watch you both enjoy? What would you like to do instead? You say having friends over - well, what's stopping you inviting people over?

Yeah me too Writer.

TV on all evening here (and most of the day as I’m on mat leave and feeding a baby).
I don’t get the angst over too much TV for adults (different for kids).

Almost never. Not necessarily by choice I just hardly ever get the chance to sit down without my baby and do anything for myself.

I don’t get the angst over too much TV for adults (different for kids).

Why is it different for kids?

I like background noise so generally have the TV/radio/music on. DH and I will chat and read and do other things at the same time though.

I can't stand the tv on unless it's being watched. But i watch it every evening, dh too if he's not at work. But we usually watch something when he gets in so we can relax together for a bit before bed.

TV is always on in our house.

TV is usually on in the evenings, we watch box sets together. Then have an hour of reading before bed

Its pretty much always on here, from when I wake up until I go to bed. Partly because I do love TV, partly because I live alone for parts of the year and it makes it less lonely.

It is interesting. When I lived in the UK I would watch TV for a few hours every night. When I moved overseas the TV was shit (before streaming) so I got out the habit. Now I maybe watch a couple of hours a week on Netflix and sometimes a film on my laptop. I don’t own an actual TV. It is liberating and it turns out I have time to do anything I fancy

We watch it every night. Im also bored. Before dc i was out dancing three nights a week, and the gym on occasion. Im enforcing reading hour for us all this week. Dh is unhappy about that as he is ‘tired from work and wants to relax’

It seems like you're not as compatible as you thought. Discuss this now before you end up pregnant or engaged. It kight be time to knock this relationship on the head.

How long were you together before he moved in?

How did you spend your time together before he moved in?

We have a film night once a week and then sometimes will have it on for football for my DH. We go through stages of watching more if we’re into a Netflix series but I hate Just having the tv on for the sake of it and watching whatever is on/continuously channel surfing. Nowadays with the wonder of streaming services there is no excuse for watching crap tv

After tea most evenings, we watch very little live TV though. We like to watch a film or a box set or documentary. Not that I think we’re better than those watching Love Island, it’s just not my cup of tea.