because someone has put their feelings before mine?

[tellmehonestly]

please do not let the fact that you hate/love Big Brother cloud your judgement.

right ok i will try and keep this as brief as poss.

All week i have been telling DH that i am looking forward to the final tonight and that please can we watch it even though he is not normally interested. He was absolutley fine about it.

anyway MIL (also not a fan of BB) is staying for the week.
i was upstairs getting changed this evening and DH popped his head round door to ask if i was interested in watching a film with them that he had recorded on Sky +.

I said don't forget about my programmes that I want to watch and he said well i can record the final for you and you can watch it later or tomorrow.

clearly not happy about it but they have gone ahead and are watching the film anyway.

feel really gutted was looking forward to it all week and now i am waiting for the film to finish that they could watch anytime as its a recorded one.

perhaps it's the principle that is getting to me here - i feel as though what i wanted is not important and my feelings have been pushed to one side as not important.

right ok - verdict please...

additional info that might be necessary for you to make an informed decision...

i am 34 weeks pregnant and hormonal

[Elasticwoman]

You were not being a wimp to avoid confrontation with mil - you maintained your dignity.

Maybe you should have asserted your wishes to both the other members of the household at the beginning.

[starlady]

Think the MIL is the sticking point here. Personally, I think YANBU, but think you were right not to make a big fuss in front of her. You dont want her thinking you are a mad bint. Mind you, when my dh erased a documentary by mistake that I wanted to watch when I was pre-menstrual, I kicked him hard.
Awful. So ashamed.

[merryberry]

lol at chukkypig. i would offer to let tthe guest watch their choice, being a guest, and resign myself to it. but i would hope very much if i'd got across how much it meant to me that all would let me watch my program, as at 34 weeks you don't get out much and could sure do with some artificial highs!

[cheshirekitty]

OK so you are 34 weeks pregnant - therefore fart all through the stupid film they are watching, burp noisily (can't help it, I am pregnant).

YANBU. You had booked the tv, it is the final. Make sure you do the same for the FA cup final.

(Have some chocolate, I am sure the babe needs it).

[ChukkyPig]

Hmmm.

Retaliate by being extremely posh.

If you have people staying it is surely not right to all sit and watch TV.

Suggest charades, monopoly. Everyone has to sing a song. Maybe pictionary later. Think xmas.

Consider poetry readings and some type of country dancing. Play "consequences".

I guarantee she won't be back! Then you can watch what you like

[nowirehangers]

possibly you should be polite and let your mil watch a film
But I totally sympathise - if you're looking forward to the final of something it's a big deal, esp if you are heavily pregnant! I was furious when bil was staying on the night of the final of the apprentice and sat next to me making sarcasic comments about it, totally destroying my enjoyment. So on balance yanbu!

[Dropdeadfred]

TBH I do think if you have a guest they shouldn't be made to watch shite like BB if they wouldn't normally....

[suey2]

YANBU- you got dibs. And PG- surely 'oh, i'm really tired, can i watch bb and you finish watching the film tomorrow' would be only fair?

[tellmehonestly]

calming down a bit now - some of your posts have made me giggle

LOL at the thought of me going in there and sitting on them

[ClairePO]

YANBU, they should have let you watch it because you expressed such a preference to see it and said in advance.

[poissonfou]

hate bb tbh however i am presently sitting here while my dp watches it....it is the fianal !!
yanbu preggers or not

[LoveMyGirls]

The next tiem there is a footy match make sure you record it and put somethign else you've recorded on instead. He's been an arse but then he'd have to stand up to his mum and men don't tend to do that, they'd much rather a row with their wife.

[Anna8888]

I don't think you ought to get as involved as this in any TV show.

Step back a little

[DoubleBluff]

If 2 people dont want to wwatch BB and one does, majority rules IMO!

[tellmehonestly]

Tuesday

[SlartyBartFast]

when is mil going?

[tellmehonestly]

been watching it from the beginning.

i record it every night so DH does not have to watch it - thought that was a bit unfair to make him watch it every night for 3 months

• although i do sit through countless footy matches

[tellmehonestly]

we have one tv only

suppose i was a bit shocked when he asked to watch the film.

i am a bit of a wimp when it comes to confrontation with MIL.

[noonki]

I hate BB but YANBU

at 34 weeks you should get whatever you want,

go and sit on them

[psychomum5]

pregnant woman always wins.

regardless

[SlartyBartFast]

have you been watching it all this time?

[hecate]

Your mil hates it. Guests wishes come first. That's the rule

[Elmosgirl]

Well if it were me i'd have been annoyed too but would have just left them to their film and watched the final on the TV in my bedroom.

I guess that only works if you have another TV.

[CatIsSleepy]

aw
it's a bit mean of them I reckon

[Carmenere]

This is why you need two tv's.