To not want to continue watching a series I don't enjoy?

[Passionfruit91]

I've been with my boyfriend about a year, there have been times we have started watching a series , I've watched a couple episodes and been bored or whatever and not wanted to watch anymore of it, but my boyfriend has enjoyed it and wanted to keep watching the rest of the series.
When asked if I liked the series the next day, AIBU to kindly say that I don't want to watch the rest of it as it's not really my cup of tea and to say he can watch the rest of it when it suits him?

Yanbu life is too short. I have one hour of downtime a day, I am not spending it watching some rubbish.

Happens all the time. My husband will carry on watching at his leisure and I'll watch my stuff when he is at work.

As long as your not stopping him watching it whats the issue.

It's happened a few times, we have different taste and different humour I suppose , the other side of it as I would be secretly pissed off having to sit and watch something that I thought was rubbish for hours. But there has been loads of series we have watched together and really liked.

This seems such an odd question to me.

Why on earth wouldn't you watch the programmes you both like together and the ones that only one of you enjoys separately?

This.

Are you really asking , or is there something else underlying your question. Is anyone reacting badly when you say it’s not your cup of tea?

Of course it’s fine
Game of Thrones I am looking at you
not my thing
he watched it especially the last series as it came out
I read on the same sofa with side light

we are still happily married

visa versa - celebrity traitors - except he seemed to join in with that whilst demanding he hated it

still happily married

If we're trying something new we always say "we'll give it 20 minutes" and then give up if it's not for us. There's a lot of programmes out there to watch and life is too short to waste on programmes you are not enjoying

Do you really have to come on MN to ask this?
If you don't want to watch it then don't watch it. It's not a big deal and it shouldn't be a big deal to your bf.
Are you worried about what his reaction will be or something?
It seems such an odd thing to have to ask others about.

This.

I mean, this is such a non-issue.

If I don't enjoy watching something, I don't watch it.
If I enjoy something dh doesn't like, then I watch it on my own.

How is this even a question in your own mind, let alone something to start a thread over ?

No, I believe it is compulsory to always watch the whole series. The police will come and arrest you if you stop. Also applies to books.

This is an absolute non issue, or at least it should be.
If there is something dh likkes and I'm not keen he will see if there's anything I want to watch. Usually there isn't so he carries on watching and I'll do something else or he catches up when he's in and iI'm out.
Why is it even an Internet question?

I just can't see the issue? You say this isn't my cup of tea, you go ahead, I'll read my book? Or similar

Yes indeedy YANBU. My husband liked Sons of Anarchy and I thought it was shite. He had to watch it when I wasn't around.

Just go home & watch something else.

Why do you feel that this is NOT a non-issue? Is there something about his reaction to things that bothers you? Most people wouldn’t think twice about saying ‘it’s not my cup of tea but you fill your boots’ or ‘I don’t find it funny but that’s just me, I’m going to do the ironing in the bedroom and listen to my birdwatching podcast’ or even ‘that’s shit, watch it tomorrow when I’m out’. Why is it making you think twice?

I think you may need to reevaluate your relationship if even discussing a tv programme feels off limits?
Without meaning to sound unkind, either you generally a very, VERY passive, people pleaser or something about this particular guy is making you reluctant to risk displeasing him even for something so trivial.
Neither are hallmarks of a successful relationship and need sorting if there is a future here

This happens with dh and I. I think it’s partly because he doesn’t binge watch so he will want to watch one episode and a week or two later watch the second one so it takes months. My attention span wears off so I get bored. I don’t mind him watching while I read though

notacooldad · Today 18:57
This is an absolute non issue, or at least it should be.
Oooppps!
I meant shouldn't be!!! ( obviously)

When this happens in our house, which it often does, one of us just says 'crack on without me'.
No big deal.

Yeah maybe it's just a people pleaser thing, it's definitely nothing to do with him, he's the nicest guy ever. We don't live together and have been together a year, so when we see each other we would watch a lot of series, movies. Maybe it seems more of a thing because we do watch a lot of stuff together on the nights we see each other

We often start watching something together that sounds good - but once it gets going I find it doesn’t really take my fancy.

I quite like just being with my husband so I get out a book, my cross stitch, crossword book or my phone and just amuse myself alongside him… can still be together, have a glass of wine together and some snacks but we parallel play’ rather than watch together…

total non issue in our house .

Why aren’t you comfortable expressing your thoughts with him?