Facebook reels or TV

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My DH is a telly addict. He turns the tv on at breakfast time and, unless he goes out, it stays on until bedtime. He chooses 90% of the programmes. I don't watch as much as he does as I'd rather be doing something such as gardening or walking the dog. If he's watching something I'm not interested in when I'm sitting with him I read a book or check social media. Whenever i do watch a programme he has recently started looking at reels on Facebook and playing them loudly , drowning out the tv. I've told him I can't hear the programme but he blames my hearing loss for which I wear hearing aids. I'm considering wearing headphones paired to the tv. Is it unreasonable for me to ask him to wear headphones to listen to the reels instead?

Of course not.

He is so selfish.

Why does he get to dictate what is on the TV all the time - or, indeed, the fact it is on all the time ?

Why would anyone think it reasonable to start playing reels or videos outloud when someone was listening to something else ?
Perhaps you should turn the radio on when he is watching something on the TV.

Thank you for commenting. He would know straight away that it was tit-for-tat if I played the radio or reels out loud when he watches tv. You have confirmed what I think about his behaviour.

Yes, he's being a twat.

Can your hearing aids connect to the TV or other device via Bluetooth? A Bluetooth link means that all the sounds streams directly to you so better sound quality and, if he isn't trying to compete with your sound, he may turn his own volume down.

If there's no Bluetooth capacity on your TV, lots of hearing aids can be linked to a digital transmitter or streamer which can be placed next to the TV and which transmits to the hearing aids. Not as good quality as direct streaming but will cut out some of his noise.

He may be right that your hearing aids make it harder for you. They are much less good at cutting out background noise than natural hearing is, plus they work much less well over a distance of about 2m. However, a half decent human being would take steps to help you rather than starting Noise Wars.

What an arsehole!

Blast something very loud and obnoxious (Skrillex perhaps) from your own phone when he's watching and then when he complains suggest that he see his GP about his hearing difficulties.

He is 100% being an absolute arse