Dp a telly addict

[lightsandshapes]

we have a small house with the bedroom of the lounge and I can't get away from the endless drone of the f@@@@ng tv!
Tonight he has watched 5 hours so far. He comes home from work a d rarely does anything else. He watches all the soaps and anything with fighting, war, violence. I have a small baby and dont want them to grow up with the tv always on. He never lets me watch what I want and hogs the remote. He gets angry if I ask him to turn it off. You can rarely have a decent conversation with him as he is always latched onto the tv. There are other issues in the relationship too.......

I can remember Jaspar Carrott describing the remote as a penis extension.

I think perhaps it depends on how the tv was used as you grew up. My parents never watched it during the day - and rarely varied from bbc1 and the indoor aerial for itv didn't work too well. In contrast, dh's parents had it on all the bloody time, and wouldn't even turn it off when you went round.

Sometimes it drives me mad, too, as dh will watch almost anything while he waits for the programme he wants to see to come on, whereas I'd turn it off. Mad! I just to lurk on mn if something's on that I don't like, or read instead.

Sorry, can't help suggest anything to reduce his watching, just sending you loads of sympathy.

did he have a life before? That would drive me insane, not just the tv being on for five hours (epic session?!) but the apathy of someone staring at it for so long

couldn't be depressed, could he?

How on earth is he sitting in front of the TV for 5 hours a night - why isn't he cooking, cleaning or helping with the baby. If your doing stuff then he should be doing stuff too.... then when its done you can sit down together and watch something

have a rule of no tv with baby up. tell him its bad for the acquisition of language and development.