Husband constantly interrupting me to show me shite on FB

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In the evenings I normally sit on the sofa and read on my Kindle or scroll my phone or crochet. Husband on laptop browsing social media or playing a game.

Every 5 mins (minimum) he’ll say “ahh you’ve got to see this” or “look at this” and shows me something on his feed like a tired old meme or photos of a cat in a box or something and I just find the interruption so annoying. It’s never anything remarkable and it just feels like I can never just focus on what I’m doing.

AIBU? I might be hormonal/crabby from lockdown etc. Or is this really annoying?

My partner does this all the time with videos of dogs... I’m not an animal person and will never give him the reaction he wants but he still insists on showing me

I get it. It can be quite annoying. My husband does this once in a while, but given he is lovely in every other aspect I usually don't make any fuss. However, sometimes I do say, very nicely, that I just want some quiet and solitude, and he always grants me this. Respectful communication is the key.

You've got me wondering if my DH is a bigamist. He's a nightmare for this too.

He's really into stuff to do with both world wars and while I'm interested in the history I don't need a deck by deck account of every gun on whichever warship he's currently reading about either. I can't tell you how many photos of boats I've been saying "oh wow" to recently.

I’m your husband. 😂 Sorry OP.

It is the closest thing I get to conversation with my husband...

Go to separate rooms. Bagsy the bedroom - comfier

Noise cancelling headphones?

Some people just need a high-5. In the face. With a chair.

Oakmaiden quite . I hear ya 😂😂😂

I sent my DH a fb pic via email yesterday. I rarely disturb him with stuff I find cute, funny etc. Why do people do this??

this lockdown Is going to be fun for you eh! Yabu. Maybe the poor guys bored and wants someone to talk to. And you know - your his wife so 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

Definitely not unreasonble, DP has being doing it more often now with the co-vid, every little thing that comes up... especially when I’m trying to do something.

We do chat as well! And that’s not annoying. But being asked to watch a bloody micro pig in a field or look at some weird skiing trick is so fucking boring.

My dad does this 😂 drives my mum insane

We love a meme in our house so they instantly get shown around the room especially if it’s relatable...

Don't be so bloody miserable. Hes trying to be with you, not just in the same room.

@AnneJeanne me too! I don't just do it with my husband though I do it to the kids because they do it to me

My DH does this. I don't mind it if it's on his day off and we're just pottering around. But it really bugs me when it's in the evening, after spending a whole day with the kids (who also constantly want to show me things) and I just want to be left the fuck alone.

He also rewinds whatever he's watching so I can watch the funny/interesting/cool bit he just watched. If I was even remotely interested, I would be watching it instead of doing something else.

My DH does this. He particularly likes the 'hold my feeding tube' reddit which is videos of people wiping out in various horrendous ways. I hate watching videos like this and he knows it but he still shows me. Gives me the rage.

My DP does this all the time, just shoves his phone in my face.

I say I have enough of my own shit to look at without looking at yours too.

Mine does this showing me stuff on his timeline from people we are both friends with. Like I saw this 3 hours ago FFS.

Yup.... I have this... But... Generally speaking he's lovely... And I'd be distraught if he wasn't here to do it....

Still want to hit him with something heavy sometimes!

Yes partner does it.
And the worst part is it isn't funny. So he gets a little huff on when I don't find it funny.

God yes.

Guitar solos, anyone?

Rare guitars on ebay?

Mine doesn't and now I wished he did! TBF we tend to just send them via messenger when we see something but I think it's cute that he shows you.

God I could have written this. It really raises my feminist hackles.

It's a) the total lack of ability to learn from previous experience and b) the self-importance of always thinking your views are going to be welcomed by others.

If I showed a FB meme to a female friend and she said "not made keen on this" I would literally never show it again.

My boyfriend has to send me everything he sees on FB relating to a particular movie he loves. I'm just not interested. He's a sweetheart but why does he think him being interested in this over-rules the fact that I'm not?

Male fucking entitlement. I'm so zero tolerance of it tbh.

So you're sat next to each other in silence the whole evening, looking at separate devices? That's really sad.

Can you not just watch 1 show together or something so he has a chance to talk to you?

The poor man is probably just trying to share his life with you, the woman he loves. He's doing it in an annoying way but let's be honest, the alternative is he stops trying to interact with you altogether as it sounds you have with him. Do you even like him anymore?

If you want some time to yourself free of interruptions how about a nice bath or say you're getting an early night and read in bed.

At the moment you're in a halfway house - neither are you getting the peace you want nor are you having a positive exchange with your OH. Pick one and do it.