What do you do when....
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Topic: What do you do when....
Posted By: Kristy82
Subject: What do you do when....
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:02pm
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your husband watches rugby for hours on end or TV which you are not interested in?
I found it very lonely tonight trying to find something to do by myself.  Ended up laying in bed for an hour or so listening to the Ipod.------------- 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:08pm
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I have been known to read in the lounge while he watchs league so at least we are in the same room! I am on here tonight while DH and a few of his friends watch the game. Often I do a few jobs at the same time.
It annoys m sometimes but then I think about all the hours of Bones, Greys, Packed to the Rafters etc etc that he sits through during the week ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:09pm
I stalk OB  or I go to a mates with a bottle of yummy!-------------   
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Posted By: Jaxnz1
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:09pm
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Um hello? Have you seen some of those rugby players' butts???!!!
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:10pm
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ROFL Jax!!! So true.... -------------
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:14pm
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DH watches TV I use the Net and vice versa works fine in our house. We're in the same room just not doing the same activity. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: M2K
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:26pm
Mine doesnt watch the rugby, but he plays ps3 alot  drives me insane as they are always those shoot em up games, we have a setting on our tv where you can have both game and tv but the game just happens to take up most of the room, am sure he set it up like that too hahaha. He will turn it off if I want to watch something or else I would be p!ssed!
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Posted By: Jelly
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:32pm
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DP is about three feet away from me, playing xbox. I'm on OB and FB. We haven't spoken to each other for about an hour, but will probably spend about half an hour chatting before we go to sleep. (quietly because DS will be in his cot next to our bed)
Works for us! 
We do watch Greys and Private practice together though. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:38pm
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I have the net, DH has the TV. He is a chronic channel surfer, so even if there's something on that I want to watch, I don't get to see the whole thing. If he is home, there's no chance whatsoever that I will be able to control the remote.
Or I read a magazine, or do some study. |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:43pm
DH is watching rugby & flicking channels 
So I'm on here, playing games on facebook & here obviously  & tonights research topic is domestic flights in Oz. Last night was autism.------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:43pm
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OB, FB... Catch up on my tv shows online... Talk to my mum... Lay in bed and watch telly or read (can't bring myself to listen to the ipod in case I don't hear dd).
You could bake? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 9:55pm
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That's every night for us. DH is in another room playing PC games against our flatmate. We don't talk much ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 10:02pm
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Shadow, sounds like my dp...
He sold his ps3/xbox so he could build his own comp which no one can see or touch. And he is just in his study 24/7... Only see him really to go to bed it feels like!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 10:19pm
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Threadjack - Kel why autism???? -------------
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Posted By: Panda289
Date Posted: 19 June 2010 at 11:49pm
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we are fortunate enough to have two tvs (both with DVD players) so i can go in the other room to watch a movie or tv.. or surf the net
sometimes i watch the rugby too and when i do i tend to find the time goes very fast and i get sort of interested in it when we are winning! DH lets me watch desperate housewives, go girls etc so i dont mind him watching the rugby.. as for the games? he gets some cool adventure ones (not shooting ones!) so i can have a go too (i think i am not too bad ) its another fun way for us to have time together doing something he loves.------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 12:18am
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DH watches the soccer a lot lately, but usually it's me who drives the remote. I watch progs he doesn't always like, but sometimes vice versa (esp with the World Cup Soccer on at the mo.) We've got a laptop, and I spend a lot of time on there researching, studying or just surfing, and it's portable so I can be with DH or in another room. We're very easy going - we don't have to be doing the same thing at the same time. DH has completely different tastes in music and TV, but we agree on most other things. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 12:27am
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We're usually doing different stuff in our house - there's only one TV so if DH is playing PS3 or watching his sports I usually just read or go on facebook, OB, whatever. And when he's on the comp, I comandeer the TV, or read. We do watch some shows together (and I'm not averse to watching sports like soccer and rugby) but we get a bit sick of each other doing the same stuff all the time so its good to have our own space. But in saying that, it can get a bit lonely sometimes, espescially when I can't sleep waiting for him to come to bed! That's when I become a nagging wife lol. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kristy82
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 1:18pm
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Sounds like alot of us are doing the same things. Just glad its not just me. I find myself on OB and FB and then playing games on FB then I get rather bored from that and end up going to sleep early. Even if I sit with DH while he watches the Rugby I find it hard to have a conversation at times as he never answers. -------------
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Posted By: napier123
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 1:32pm
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Hello everyone,
Im new to OB and due with my first 22nd Dec. Hope you are well today :) |
Posted By: Shezzey
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 1:36pm
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Kristy... I am glad you posted this thread because I thought I was the only one who had a partner who is either hooked on computer games or TV and get so lonely and frustated because he doesnt want to go out or do something fun together (especially whilst ttcing |
Posted By: Kristy82
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 1:38pm
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Yeah I would be keen to play card or play board games etc but DH would be more keen on surfing through all the boring stuff on TV. Half the time I just watch it so we can spend time together. I do wonder if couples had better relationships before TV and computer games were invented. -------------
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 1:56pm
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We have a rule that we have at least one TV-computer-videogame-free night per week, and we do something like play Scrabble or Monopoly Deal or something.
We usually watch stuff together, and watch our own things when the other person is busy. But if DH or I really want to see something (like FIFA soccer atm, for DH) then the other person just does something else. I usually go on FB or OB, do assignments, read, organise my things for the next day... there is no shortage of things for me though as I usually have assignments. If I find myself at a loss I pour myself a nice glass of wine and have a long hot soak in the bath with a good book  Not that it's happened for a while!------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |