What does your husband/partner do when you do your own thing?

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Hi! My question is as simple as that: when you do your own thing, what does your partner/husband do at the same time?

For example, you do handicraft at home, read a book or do something at computer, do your manicure or beauty procedures, or plant flowers or read newspaper or watch your favourite tv show or whatever it is you are doing alone without your partner.
What is your husband doing at the same time? Especially if you live in a flat where there is not much to do (like perhaps gardening or house maintenance or similar things).

Hassling me. He's very needy. Does my nut in. Sometimes he listens to music but he's always wanting human company. If he's around in the day, he gardens a lot or fixes things.

Normally out with his friends, playing in his over 50’s football or running. Love our time together but, we both love our time apart too

Sometimes he is working on the laptop
Sometimes googling random things and telling me about them
Listening to music
Watching a film
Reading books
And quite a lot coming to chat to me, which is cute but slightly annoying when I'm in the middle of reading a chapter/ the dramatic bit of a film is coming up.

Reads reads and reads

Follows me around to see what I'm doing and if I were to leave the house he'd have to ring me 500 times to see when I would be back. He just doesn't want to be on his own

He would be happy reading a book too or playing on the ps4 or watching something I don't like. I couldn't cope with someone constantly wanting my attention

As far as I can see he sits on the computer and doesnt move

Normally watching football or playing playstation. He could easily spend all day in front of the TV screen.

Looking after the children. If I’m not doing it then he is.

DH & I enjoy our own company, we are both not needy. Therefore, whilst I do my own thing he's either playing a game on his laptop/phone or watching tv or takes a nap.

Plays Fifa

Playing games on his tablet, reading his kindle, watching sports on TV, out and about with his friends, taking Ms. Dog to the dog park.

Plays games on his phone, watches TV, fantasy football football chat with friends on WhatsApp etc

He is very happy in his own company.

Sits on the sofa / chair watching sport , drinking wine , walks dog , reads paper , catches up with work .

God how do you put up with that @Whattodo20192. That is so suffocating

We rarely spend time together in the house. We go out, do the garden and go on holiday together, but at home I tend to read or work on the computer, whilst he works, or watches TV. We’re easy companions!

paperwork (self-employed)
playing xbox
pottering about with his vegetable growing

@ADUTT7 he works 6 days a week and stays away 3 nights a week so he's not home that much so it's not as bad as it sounds

Reads (books or newspapers) , watches TV or on his phone. He lived on his own for years so he's very self sufficient.

DH is extremely sociable, if I'm not around he'll ring up people and chat.

Failing that he gets up to mischief.

He works out, plays on the Xbox, has long baths, watches films and spends a long time on the toilet.

Plays golf, plays playstation, does the gardening, watches TV. We each lived alone before moving in together so he's pretty good at filling his own time.

It did take him a while to get used to someone else being around though. He'd ask "where are you going?" every time I got up off the sofa at his tiny one bedroomed house. After I got fed up of telling him that I was going to the loo I started announcing mad random things instead to make him realise he was being annoying/stupid. For example:

DP: Where are you going?
Me: To watch the kangaroo that just bounced up the stairs
Or: To see if there's anything worth stealing in the bathroom

He doesn't ask any more He does follow me around the house occasionally, which drives me nuts as he always gets in my way or stands in the bathroom door when all I want is a wee in peace!

Watching YouTube (mostly about writing, playing and recording/editing music) writing music, playing music, recording music, editing music, reading about writing, playing, recording or editing music.

Sometimes he's cleaning, sometimes he's watching TV, films or listening to podcasts, sometimes he's cooking. Sometimes he's in the bath (whilst watching stuff that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than have to endure).

He might stick his head round and check whether I wanted a cuppa, but other than that, he's quite capable of entertaining himself.

Sleep
Has DS
Work

Pretty much that's it, he doesn't really get lots of time to himself, nor do I, but that's his little list