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Always falling asleep if the TV is on

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Thecatsmothersaunt · 06/10/2024 01:23

Have been seeing this really lovely guys for a couple of months, he has an early start for work Monday to Friday, so when we don't see each other I encourage him to go to bed earlier to catch up on sleep, sometimes he does but mostly he doesn't, which means when we do see each other he will often fall asleep if we sit on the sofa and watch tv.
Tonight we were originally going out to see a band but he suggested a film instead, as normal he began to doze off and I could feel myself getting really pissed off with him, we don't get a lot of time together but if I wanted to watch TV on my own I wouldn't have invited him for the weekend.
It doesn't help that my self preservation response kicks in and I mentally back off and go quiet, he eventually asked me when we got into bed, why I was being cold and had he done something wrong, I told him I wasn't happy about his never being able to stay awake long enough to watch programmes together, he didn't respond and just went to sleep. I'm currently wide awake and feeling a little lost.
AIBU to be mad about this or should I just stick it up if it's the only red flag?

OP posts:
Nothanks17 · 07/10/2024 15:49

Thecatsmothersaunt · 07/10/2024 13:24

Thank you all for your replies, I realised after the first 4 replies on Saturday night that I was being a miserable cow and completely unreasonable and went and climbed into bed with him, gave him a cuddle and apologised for being a bitch
I didn't actually mean that him falling asleep is a red flag just a con in our relationship, but he's so lovely that I'll let it go and do what a previous poster suggested and turn the TV over.
I think that having survived some previous bad relationships I automatically try to find fault as it's not going to last, this inner monologue needs to change!
Thank you for all of the wake up calls, good and bad and for the reality check x

Bless you!

We are all human and sometimes we just need a sounding board for our frustrations haha.

MabelMoo23 · 07/10/2024 17:48

I do think also being able to fall asleep so easily is an also a sign of being relaxed. So that’s not a red flag. He obviously feels comfortable

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