Nugget's post made me think of this. My DH is a freakin' sports fanatic--any sport, doesn't matter, he wants to watch it. And we only have one TV. So, I end up watching a lot of sports, too. BUT, one of things he will watch with me, as a compromise, is HGTV, and without complaining. Is this normal or should I feel lucky here?
Yeah, mine likes HGTV as well. But he has a much lower tolerance for marathons than I do - when I was in the hospital I watched Love It or List It for like five hours straight and he was going nuts.
Post by waffletime on Jan 26, 2015 18:04:31 GMT -5
We only really watch Property Brothers, lol. Other than college football season, we watch mostly the same TV. And during college football season, I use the TV in the bedroom, lol.
Yeah, mine likes HGTV as well. But he has a much lower tolerance for marathons than I do - when I was in the hospital I watched Love It or List It for like five hours straight and he was going nuts.
I used to hate it, but then they grew on me! Now they have new people who are less annoying.
My DH doesn't like the Cooking channel. I'll be cooking, while listening to cooking, while reading a recipe. He says, too much food! He is good about watching other shows with me.
Even though HH is fake, we still like watching it, especially if it's near where we live. It's also entertaining to make fun of. One of the things DH and I used to do when we dated was go look through houses that were under construction, (before appliances and such were put in, so they weren't locked) as well as model homes. DH is also really handy, so, I think it gives us both ideas.
Post by usuallylurking on Jan 26, 2015 18:10:40 GMT -5
Yes. He's a carpenter/contractor so he finds it all interesting. However, the two of us also nitpick like crazy and roll our eyes frequently. But we love houses so we continue to watch!
He probably would never put HGTV on himself, but he'll watch it with me. Often does, acutally and will express his opinion of the designs, etc We had HGTV on almost 24/7 when I was on Mat Leave so it's kind of become our default channel if nothing else is on.
Depends on his mood. Sometimes he will, sometimes he can't handle it. Frankly, sometimes I can't handle it. The manufactured drama is exhausting. Essentially I just want to see before and afters and dream about willing the lottery.
Post by birdistheword on Jan 26, 2015 18:12:37 GMT -5
We don't have cable any more, but he would watch with me when we did. Except for House Hunters International. He would watch regular HH, but the international one filled him with rage for some reason, lol.
Post by killercupcake on Jan 26, 2015 18:13:48 GMT -5
Yes. He'll watch with me. We both hate HHI though. The people on the international version are 100x worse than the normal show and annoy the hell out of us.
I mean... he'll watch pretty much whatever, but he'll bitch the whole time so for me the question is, is it worth it? Lol. Or, he'll judge me for watching, say, Teen Mom, but then if I watch it without him and he comes in during the show, he's all "Ohhhhh Janelle and whats his face broke up AGAIN? She is such a mess!". You don't have me fooled, H!
Yes. He's a carpenter/contractor so he finds it all interesting. However, the two of us also nitpick like crazy and roll our eyes frequently. But we love houses so we continue to watch!
This is us. We both work in homebuilding and just finished custom building our house, so we are into the house shows. However sometimes he is like ok we've watched enough, let's change the channel.
Yes. We both love it! Our last vacation before this baby was spent laying around a hotel room watching hgtv type design shows. Haha
He is a designer and loves working on the house and yard though so it's not surprising.
Haha, we watched a marathon of The First 48 on our first honeymoon, (ski cabin in the dead of winter!) until we both decided it was a strange choice.
A designer DH! Heck yes. I'm grateful I married a handy guy--I probably take it for granted. He's up to his elbows in work in our new nursery, and it's amazing.
Post by captainobvious on Jan 26, 2015 18:15:08 GMT -5
DH is obsessed with Property Brothers and Love it or List It. I deal with Property Brothers so that he'll deal with Rehab Addict, which he hates. He's more into HGTV than I am, really.
ETA: He also really likes (in a loves to hate it way) that one Flipping show with the snobby blond girl and her husband, who have a cute baby and are in the Orange County area.
DH is obsessed with Property Brothers and Love it or List It. I deal with Property Brothers so that he'll deal with Rehab Addict, which he hates. He's more into HGTV than I am, really.
ETA: He also really likes (in a loves to hate it way) that one Flipping show with the snobby blond girl and her husband, who have a cute baby and are in the Orange County area.
We liked Rehab Addict for a while, but then they had no new episodes, so we stopped watching. She reminds me SO MUCH of our former neighbor we had in PA!
We used to marathon watch that flipping show, too.