my dh has just said"you don't know how good you've got it!!!"

[motherbeyond]

before leaving to get a takeaway.this is regarding the bloody ps3 player and the time he spends playing on it.i was giving the d.c's 2 and 3, their tea,and he's playing modern warfare! i thin that the weekends,when he's not at work and while they're up,he should spend time with them.
he says that unless he stays up late he doesn't get to play it because i watch 'shit on t.v all night'
im 6 months preg and a sahm...i look forward to 7 pm so i can sit down with a hot water bottle on my back,and eat my tea..and watch shit on the tv!!!

does anyone else clash with their down time?

by the way..i happen to think HE doesn't know how good he's got it.i get up most nights to see to one or both (bad sleepers)and never ask him to do it even at the weekends..it's not worth the hassle,by the time i've woken him up and pushed him out of bed..i could have done it myself and be back in bed!

get another tv?

How much time does he spend on the PS3?

can't really justify the money spent on a new tv at the mo,new baby coming etc although i've said it'd be worth it for harmony!we have got a good relationship but seem to be clashing on this issue.i think it's really childish i suppose,and the line from poem springs to mind "time to put away childish things..and be a man,my son..!"

it seems like he's always on it,but that's not true.it does seem to be every opportunity though

i guess you need to talk about it and come to a compromise then - 3 nights a week each and 1 night without either (time for each other) or 2 nights each and 3 nights for each other. Or half and half - you get 7-8.30, he gets 8.30-10?

Have you ever used Freecycle? You could put a post on there asking for a TV.

You could get a cheap second hand portable TV, it wouldn't have to cost the earth...

Have alternate nights and you record what you really want to watch to watch the next day. use the time he has the telly to pamper yourself, etc.

don't think a ps3 would link up to an old portable? plus we all have a bedroom each,the living room and dining room...so there's no where to put another telly..part of the gripe.we always have the laptop out on the dining room table,but don't fancy a t.v cluttering up the place!it would have to be as slim line plasma that could be slotted away somewhere i suppose.

but,yes, i think basically a compromise is what's called for.

what annoyed me most was the'don't know how good you've got it' line!cheeky fecker!
what he was saying was,loads of blokes would be out at the pub on a saturday night (that's not his scene anymore)..i say bloody go to the pub,then i can relax and watch whatever crap i like

why don't you watch iplayer/etc channels on the pc?

If you really want to watch shit on tv then as others have said get a second hand tv - I just got one for £30, they are really cheap due to the change over atm - he can still play games on it though after switch over.

Then you both play/te time together and then do your own things in the eve?

tv programmes on pc

problem solved. you can lie in bed with the laptop too so you dont need to listen do the ps3 garble

thankyou ladies,think he's gonna buy a little flat screen to slot under the settee..we still like to be in the same room

DH is exactly the same, he likes to play the xbox once the girls are in bed, I don;t mind as it means he can chat to his mates who live all over the country (proper mates, not spotty geeks on the xbox)
I sit on the sofa next to him watching iplayer, 4od, or any random dvd lying around with the headphones on. Means I get to watch trashy tv without him bitching about it too, result.