Screen time (husband)

[Inwiththenew]

We have a big tv in our open plan lounge/kitchen. I spend half the day controlling my sons screen time and dealing with the sulking. I personally wouldn’t put the tv on until after dinner, always. I just told my husband he’s not allowed to put the tv on. He’s gone off sulking to the bedroom with his iPad. I suppose I’d actually like him to make an effort to just hang out with me, because such a lot of our time together is disturbed by work things and him being in front of a screen as well. Our son is at his friends house, for me it’s an opportunity for us to just hang out a bit. But not for him he just wants to veg in front of the box. To be honest I find it so boring and childish! AiBU?

I can definitely understand you controlling your son's screen time but not your husband's. He's an adult and you need to respect that. It sounds like a bigger issue than screen time - wanting to spend time with him and interact on a personal level?

If my husband told me that I wasn’t allowed to put the TV on I would laugh my socks off. My parents used to tell me that I couldn’t have the TV on when I was 10 and it was their telly and their house....I’m buggered if I’m being told that I can’t do something involving a TV I’ve paid for, living in a house that I pay for and using utilities that I pay for. I hope your husband told you to get to fuck.

And if you don’t like screens why on earth do you have one in the kitchen?

If you don’t want tv on all the time then just get rid of it