Guy I am seeing likes watching Eastenders

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If someone liked watching Eastenders most nights, would this put you off dating them?

I haven't watched ot for years but wouldn't have a problem

Actually I think ds1 likes to watch it

I think as it's Eastenders it's OK.

A bit of East End gangster stuff, misery, murders, family strife.

If he watched any other soaps like 2nd rate Coronation Street, Emmerdale or God forbid, Hollyoaks, then I'd stay well clear!

Bloody hell, I've never thought of watching a television show as a "commitment".

Serials are OK, you can stop watching at anytime. EastEnders has been on for nearly 40 years and you're not required to watch it for another 40!!

You could cut yourself some slack and just see 1 episode if you wanted to....sort of like a soap one-night stand! No commitment!!

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Isn't on about 4 times a week? That's what would annoy me.

I used to watch Coronation Street for years, but stopped about 15 years ago, can't even remember why. Anyway, friends would sometimes mock me for watching CS, but I just enjoyed it at the time. I don't think it's a big deal to be a bit addicted to a soap - fairly harmless. And maybe a good thing for a man to be interested in relationships especially as soaps are mostly about women.

The only people I know who watch soaps are 60s/70s so I would find it a little odd for someone my age. The only way it would stop me dating him would be if he couldn’t miss an episode or cancelled plans for it - that would definitely put me off.

Ick

Try bloody Lovejoy. My husband could do Mastermind on it, should divorce him really.

I don’t watch it but this wouldn’t bother me. Me and my partner often watch very different things to each other.

Saying that, you can choose to not date someone for any reason at all, so if a fan of Eastenders isn’t for you, that’s ok. 😅

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It’d put me off if have to plan around soaps or they’re not making themselves available because of them.

If he was fine with watching it on catch up on or with recording it, I’d not have a problem. If he had to watch each episode as it went out and couldn’t miss it, that inflexibility would be a concern.

Does he like a cheese and pickle sandwich?

A man watching soaps would be a huge turn off for me!

As long as he doesn’t insist on watching on Christmas Day!

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You can be put off someone for any reason and that’s fine. My friend once dumped someone for the way he ate an apple. It looked a perfectly normal way to me (no excessive crunching or slurping) but it put her off and that was enough.

How much do you really want to be in a relationship though? If you’re not really bothered then it’s fine to hold potential partners to a very high standard and not to settle for anything less than someone who ticks every single one of your boxes. If you’re actively searching for a partner though, it might be worth being a little less rigid and accepting that very few of us are completely perfect. I don’t mean ignoring the fact that he doesn’t do his share of the housework or any big stuff like that, but recognising that he might enjoy some mindless tv to help him wind down of an evening.

No because I watch it, I don't like sport though so that would be a no

I would be pleased, I'm 31 (so not old) and have watched EE for about 20 years but DH hates it. He will occasionally watch it with me and get interested in a storyline but I tend not to watch it live anymore and just catch up when he's not around or doing something else.

But he watches all sorts of programmes that I'm 😴 about, as long as it doesn't impact on your life (eg not going out because he doesn't want to miss an episode) it's fine to have different TV watching habits.

That’s quite sad IMO. My DH and I watch some different shows. Can’t imagine not marrying him because of that.

Eastenders is on iPlayer so no planning needed, it's not like sport which you have to watch as it happens, that can be very disruptive.

Being tied to a soap opera if they were not willing to use catch up, yes.

Really? That’s quite surprising.

If you have the same values, you want the same things in life and you have the same ideas about children, careers, money, housework etc, you’re physically attracted to each other and you enjoy each other’s company, then I’d say you’re well matched.

If you define well matched as having to like all the same things, and not being able to enjoy something because your partner doesn’t share your enthusiasm for that, then I’d say that was controlling, deeply concerning and absolutely fucking insane. But each to their own I suppose.

well i dont watch it so we wouldnt have that in common, also, does seem a female passtime

It’s interesting how people perceive “grown ups that watch soaps”

When I was younger pretty much everyone I knew watched Eastenders - boys and girls. As we started adulthood it was “uncool” to watch soaps - but we might reference characters in convos.

I started watching Eastenders recently - I cannot find anything much on TV. It’s my equivalent of most peoples trash TV - whatever that might be. My family and a few friends constantly ask me “why do you watch Eastenders!!” - then I ask them “Why do you watch the Kardashians/ a movie every night/ MAFS/murder investigation shows”

I still go to work, run my projects , do my hobbies, raise my kid.

Find out why he likes it. I’ve often met people I would class as very intelligent or ambitious who surprise me when they tell me what they watch - usually the world is too serious.