Am I overreacting to my husband laughing at another woman on TV?

[Bulldog01]

Husband & I were watching a TV program the other day where a couple with children moved to France to renovate a old property.

The wife, kept on making jokes about her husband.
Some to my mind were slightly inappropriate.
She came across as someone who wanted attention,her husband was the complete opposite.

My husband, thought this woman,was highly amusing,everytime she made a comment or a joke,my husband would start laughing out loud.
This happend numerous times during the 1hr program.

He even had the nerve to ask me if I found her funny? I did not find her funny at all,but manipulating in her broken english.

We have been married over 40 yrs,he's never really been the type to flirt,but I felt he was on this occasion.His behaviour made me feel very uncomfortable!

Am I over reacting,as I am feeling disappointed at the amount of attention he was showing towards this person,while I was present.

I am not usually a jealous person,but feel annoyed by my husband's lack of awareness,regarding how I feel.

I can be hyper vigilant!
Am I being pathetic? Over sensitive as something tells me that I'm not!

Would like to know how you would feel & Your thoughts?

Keep an eye on his teletexts.

I’m not sure i understand your thought process here. No I wouldn’t laugh if I didn’t find something funny, equally I’m not sure what world someone can flirt with someone who isn’t actually there! The show was probably recorded months ago, he found her funny, so what? My husband thinks any rude words are funny, I don’t laugh and I tell him to shut up and stop being a dick! That’s it really. You can’t possibly really think it’s reasonable to feel any kind of way about someone laughing at a woman on the TV! Maybe he did fancy her? Again, so what? My husband fancies the red head out of neighbours or the other one, so what? People don’t come through the tv, I fancy all sorts of people, I’m married but I’m allowed to see and feel things!

I find this an odd thing to be annoyed/upset about. To be honest if a tv show was annoying me that much I would have turned it off (I’m in charge 🤣) and if he really wanted to keep watching I would told him to do it alone!

I really can’t see what the issue is here, I think it might be you, there has to be more to this for you?

Don't let him watch any programmes with Nigella in!

What was he watching? Come on op, we are all invested now.

Was it Benedorm? Oh no, I bet it was Jacqueline. You will be ok if it was, she just likes to sample other peoples husbands, she doesn’t keep them for herself.

I guess it was escape to the chateau or similar.

I’m 66 (67 in July) and your view on this is completely irrational in my opinion.

Generally when one watches TV they pay lots of attention to the person on the TV. That is literally the point, it's supposed to engage our attention. I can't fathom how anyone would have to justify that to their partner.

How the hell have you lasted 40 years?
Has he never laughed at a woman in all that time?
Female comedians have a hard enough time as it is.

This might be the most bizarre thing I've ever read. Have you never watched a comedy together before?