I have not been with my man long so I'm worried that little signs of selfishness are warnings of his overall personality.
The main thing I have noticed recently is the TV. Personally, I don't watch it. When he comes down to our house he often flicks through the sky guide and says "ooo so and so is on, I have to watch that" and we end up watching it. I don't mind that much because as I said, I don't watch tv.
But a few weeks ago I noticed wifeswap was on and I do love that program so I told him I'd be watching it. Anyway he went in a huge strop over it, kept going on about how crap and boring it was etc. I reminded him that its not often I insist on watching something on TV and he sulked. 5 minutes into it he started saying "Oh I cant stand an hour of this crap" and kept looking at me as if expecting me to turn it over. Then 10 minutes on it was "oh god this is so boring, how can you watch this shit?" etc etc...he moaned all the way through it but I kept it on anyway, half of me kept it on out of spite and the other half kept it on because I didn't want him thinking he could control me like that.
Anyway I just thought this was so selfish of him and now I've noticed that whenever my kids are watching kids programs he starts huffing and puffing going on about how boring and crap they are. If my DC put one foot out of line he tells them "right thats it, I'm turning the tv over now for that" and he uses it as an excuse.
Last weekend my DS was watching Lord of the Rings and DP was whinging like mad saying it was rubbish. He said "Oh I cant stand this!" so I said "I know you cant" so he said "so why are we watching it then?" as if he alone should be considered. I told him DS was watching it and he went in a mood again saying it was boring. When DS went to get his pyjamas on during the break DP turned it over .
I know its only telly but is this selfish attitude likely to spill out onto other things?
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Little signs of selfishness
missdonna · 09/09/2007 21:47
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