What you do if your wife watches show you will like?

[bigedshult]

I usually go in the bedroom and turn on the show that I like and play on my laptop like . But whenever I watch it will show out there she ignores it and goes what she reads her newspaper or Scriptures or someone else. Do you think that's right or should I staff there being board while she watched her game shows like Jeopardy and wheel of Fortune. Jeopardy is okay. But I think is wheel of Fortune is a waste of time all the time.

[mh874892]

My husband and I take turns picking shows. We try and watch the other one's picks, even if it isn't our first choice so that we can still spend quality time together. I usually end up getting into his shows anyway and vice versa.

[bigedshult]

I sometimes get into Jeopardy answer the questions. But the wheel of fortune I can't ever get into those dumb phrases they have. So I don't like to call and there is lot of good movies on the Hallmark Channel at that time. I also have have to to post things here on fusion cash so I get all the time and I it is a good time to do it

[masked_brown_guy]

calm down, it is just television.

[acecadet24]

You could read a book.

[mh874892]

What's wrong with wheel of fortune? Yal could always make a game out of it and see who could guess the word/phrase first. 

[moonangel]

my wife doesnt work shes disabled shes in pain all the time i wish that she could relax and watch tv with me but unforunatley she hurts so much even tho she tries to hide it she really cant concentrate for very long. i now your upset but things could be much worse.

[remediagirl]

Well...you just need to find a common ground. It's ok to like different things than your wife likes and vise versa. My husband never watches tv with me unless I just happen to be watching something that he gets into. (which is very seldom) He will sit down with me on the couch while I watch something if I rub his feet though. haha All relationships are different and the key to making them work is compromise. I have been with my husband for 23 years now. We make it work because we are determined to and because we love each other. 

[queenofnines]

You should both only watch shows together if you want to, or are interested, or are feeling nice. You deserve to have your individual taste preferences when it comes to them, and now that most TV is on the Internet, you don't need two TVs in the house to fight over shows.

[kay7]

We don't always like the same shows but there are quite a bit more that we both enjoy than  not.  I guess that's one of the reasons we've been married for 45 years.

[diala84]

Me and my husband don't watch much TV but when we do we try to get something else done in the process so it doesn't feel like we have completely wasted our time. That means that when we do choirs like cooking, washing dishes, folding laundry we bring the laptop over and watch shows while we do the choirs. My husband  has a few more shows that he watches alone so he will watch it on the laptop when he has his own choirs. I don't think there is anything wrong with watching different shows as long as you still find time to be together and have real conversations and affection. Sometimes if a show doesn't interest me much I just do activities on my laptop on the couch during the show my husband will do the same. 

[demaina]

I don't have a partner to have this problem with, but my sister and I sorta have the same issue.  Generally I will either just suck it up and watch her show or I'll go to another TV and find something I want to watch.  If I want to watch something that I know she doesn't like though, I'll generally wait till I'm alone cause I know it bugs me to have to watch something I don't like, so I try not to force others to do the same.

One thing you could do if being apart bugs you is have a movie night, or something, weekly so that being apart the rest of the week won't be such an issue.

[coreyw87]

I'm not married so I don't know - interesting question - I personally don't see why everyone in a house can't just watch what interests them for the most part and maybe watch a movie together here and there for companionship.