What does your DVD or TV viewing reflect about your marriage? Does it all tend to be one sided, watching what one person wants or is it a balance?
In one home I know they have two TVS She watches what she wants in one room whole he watched what he wants in another. In another he watches TV one room. She reads a book in the bedroom. That’s something that rarely if ever happens in our house, mainly because we enjoy being together
Recently I watched Brothers and Sisters while Mick read a book, as he’s less enamored of the show recently.But he was still reading in the same room in the chair next to me. And sometimes I have done this too if Mick has been watching a show I’m not interested in
Mostly we tend to watch things that both of are happy to watch. Because its school vacation here and a lot of activities we are involved in are in recess, we have been watching a few more DVDs recently. Last night it was The Jane Austen Book Club which we saw at the movies when t first came out and both enjoyed. And yes, Mick has read Jane Austen. We have Prides and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion and he’s read all three, a couple more than once.
Prier to that over a number of nights we had watched the three DVDs of Lord of the Rings. Mick is a huge fan of Tolkien and the book. This was followed by Marley and Me. It’s a balance as marriage should always be of give and take, catering for his likes and my likes.
In another married couple I know they recently watched Rain Man which one of the couple had never seen and Mission Impossible- again a blending of two different kinds of movies and balance between his taste and hers.
Marriage is all about keeping the balance – enjoying being together and making sure it is something that keeps both people happy. Or sometimes it may require a compromise. The principle is the same whether it is in little things like watching TV or choosing a DVD or in the bigger issues in marriage.
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