To feel that F1 is taking over my weekends?!

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DH is a massive F1 fan, he likes to watch the qualifiers and race. He watches the practices on a Friday on his tablet when he's working so that doesn't bother me.

But.... on the Saturday and Sunday everything has to revolve around d when the quali and race is on tv.

He has to watch them live as otherwise gets the results spoilt.

He says it's not long and not unreasonable for him to ask to watch 2/3 hours of tv every other week or so.

But my argument is that there in smack bang in the middle of the day so whatever we plan to do that weekend we have to be back in time for it starting or wait until it finished to go out.

It's driving me mad!!!!!

My DH watches it all too. And the Netflix series.

I would sympathetically makes plans around the race weekends in theory but sometimes we have plans those weekends and he just has to watch the recording. I do rember being on holiday and DH wanting to watch the F1 and I did have to have a talk with him. Can't see why your DH can't watch the occasional race on catch up, he can turn off his phone.

I would be annoyed if this left me constantly having to do all the childcare and kids parties, football etc.

What time do you get for yourself and your hobbies?

Kids or no kids?

It's absolutely relevant.

No kids - it's a hobby. Do your own thing. Or dump him if you're not compatible.

Kids? - do you get same time off?

When I met DH he was into it but he isn’t as bad now. He once said he was going to die down the weekend in watching F1, the weather was glorious (as it’s Scotland we have to tab it while we can). I sai’ok I’m taking ferry to x, see you later!’ He came along. I also don’t understand but. The fastest person isn’t the winner?

I don't think it's any worse than religiously watching a series or the soaps TBH.

I would watch F1 over any other sport especially tennis/rugby or golf.

We both love it, and as a teenager my friends knew not to bother contacting me on a Sunday afternoon. We would definitely have watched every race and qualifying live, and avoided making plans for race times.

Now though we have two small children, so we don't get to do that any more, because you just don't, do you. If we're home it goes on in the background, otherwise it's a case of trying to avoid spoilers and watching the highlights after bedtime.

We both work full-time, weekends are important. It just wouldn't be fair to organise literally half the weekends of the year around watching sport.

How old are the kids?

My dad is a massive F1 fan and I absolutely loved F1 weekends as a child. Plans were made around the races and if they ever clashed with something non-avoidable, that’d mean having a lot of upset people in the house. He got me into it around the age of 8 or 9, and getting up at 4am or staying up until midnight to watch races in other continents are still some of my fondest memories.

My children, I’m afraid, will have to put up with the same from me

The other thing I meant to mention which actually comes with any sport, is people who are nasty about the opposition whilst watching, or are sulky if their person/team doesn't win.
I don't like that at all anyway, and particularly not when children are involved.

Ps I am not at all annoyed that a work meeting ran earlier than planned this morning and I missed FP1...

I only keep a vague eye these days, still follow my Kimi of course.

I said upthread I went to Spa in 2005.
Obvs Kimi won.
I was right at the podium and I swear he looked me right in the eyes.
I've never washed them since.

I have my own obsessive hobbies, so Im grateful that dh enjoys F1. It means less guilt from me.

In one of my dreams I have so much money that I can take a year off and go around the world attending all the races with kids and everything in tow. Imagine, you get 2-3 weeks in each place and start/finish each sector with a full F1 weekend.

Now that’s what a round the world trip should look like.

I play on Ipad or watch my stuff in the other room I refuse to be bored for anyone, when I was growing up it sport sport sport, so today yes dh can watch what he likes but I don’t.

Much better with MotoGP!

@EileenGC
You also get paid millions and get to eat all of the food/do whatever you want in the places?
My kid is an adult so I don't have to take her, but first class flights will come with the job if I want to bring her over for a bit.

Ah it split us up, but Ex DP worked with a team so constant travelling and only really half a relationship. Although the weekends away were amazing

@LadyCatStark

Could be worse, it’s could be F1, Moto GP, British Superbikes and football 🙈.

I'm addicted to MotoGP, my late DP got me into it and I've been watching practices, qualifying and all the races. I record it to watch in the evenings though, I don't sit glued to it all day like I used to.

I don't get the attraction with F1 though, it's nowhere near as exciting as bike racing.

My DJ is like this with football it sucks balls

[quote IHaveBrilloHair]@EileenGC
You also get paid millions and get to eat all of the food/do whatever you want in the places?
My kid is an adult so I don't have to take her, but first class flights will come with the job if I want to bring her over for a bit.[/quote]
Of course

I love F1 and DH used to watch it years ago and I've managed to get him back into it. I've also managed to brainwash him into watching cricket as well although he's not as keen as me.

I started watching both because my Dad watched them and it gave us something to talk about. I miss being able to chat to him about them

You're giving me flashbacks.

I tolerated DH's non stop sports viewing for years, over twenty years

Snooker
Darts
F1
Football...any football
Cricket
Tennis

....all day long monotonous shit.

He used to say, "I work hard. What other pleasure do I have", in a whiny entitled bastard tone.

Hour upon hour of noisy shit or wankers droning on and on about fuck all. The cunt would even sit there and stare at the empty tables in snooker intervals.

When one sport ended for the day, he would switch over to another till gone midnight and then throw the remote at me and demand I find something to watch, like I was supposed to find premium quality TV or films to entertain us both after midnight that would fit in before bed. He's a fussy bastard too, no film or tv is good enough unless he absolutely loves every single second of it. Sour faced accusations, " well, this is a bit shit", like he thinks I fucking produced and directed whatever I picked. He is still like that.

I used to even budget to allow for Sky Sports when we were flat fucking broke and it was breaking us, as in trying but not managing so other things had to be sacrificed like dentistry and food.

Then, one day I just fucking lost it. It was not pretty, over twenty years of chewing my face till the shitty sports day ended and pretending to be interested in the crap so he didn't feel like he was imposing.

Now, no more sport...at all.

I now despise all tv. I'd chop it into little bits with an axe if I could get away with it.

Omg its just so boring

Excellent insight there DrManhattan

I have taken to watching the highlights in the evenings sometimes because of how many races they have in the season now. I also don't watch the qualifiers most weekends because it dominates too much time as much as I do enjoy it. I think he should compromise on either watching recordings at other times or not both quali and races or not every racing weekend.

@AriseMyPretties

You're giving me flashbacks.

I tolerated DH's non stop sports viewing for years, over twenty years

Snooker
Darts
F1
Football...any football
Cricket
Tennis

....all day long monotonous shit.

He used to say, "I work hard. What other pleasure do I have", in a whiny entitled bastard tone.

Hour upon hour of noisy shit or wankers droning on and on about fuck all. The cunt would even sit there and stare at the empty tables in snooker intervals.

When one sport ended for the day, he would switch over to another till gone midnight and then throw the remote at me and demand I find something to watch, like I was supposed to find premium quality TV or films to entertain us both after midnight that would fit in before bed. He's a fussy bastard too, no film or tv is good enough unless he absolutely loves every single second of it. Sour faced accusations, " well, this is a bit shit", like he thinks I fucking produced and directed whatever I picked. He is still like that.

I used to even budget to allow for Sky Sports when we were flat fucking broke and it was breaking us, as in trying but not managing so other things had to be sacrificed like dentistry and food.

Then, one day I just fucking lost it. It was not pretty, over twenty years of chewing my face till the shitty sports day ended and pretending to be interested in the crap so he didn't feel like he was imposing.

Now, no more sport...at all.

I now despise all tv. I'd chop it into little bits with an axe if I could get away with it.

That sounds awful, but more like a DH problem than a sports problem. My partner loves sports, but isn't selfish about it. During NFL season (Sept-Feb) on Sundays after 6pm he will watch NFL. He also follows F1 and loves rugby and golf. But we don't spend every day or weekend watching hour after hour of what he wants, and he's certainly never thrown the remote control at me and demanded I find something good to watch (and by midnight I'm invariably fast asleep). He always asks if I mind watching there's something he wants to watch, and he's similarly indulgent of my Hallmark movie and gymnastics love. I hope you're happier now.