greatnan 
I'll bear that in mind.
In the meantime ladies, there is nothing stopping us from getting a second remote control is there? They are not expensive and sold at a lot of supermarkets.
It would be worth it for the facial expression alone, when he sits there zapping away, in his favourite chair of course, and suddenly the program gets zapped back to where it was before!!!!!!
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Is it unreasonable after a day's work and a long commute home to expect my husband to at least to acknowledge I am home and engage in some conversation about the day rather than carrying on watching the news on TV or reading the paper! Tonight after a particularly full day I arrived home called "Hello" and was greeted with silence as he was watching the 6 p.m. clock news. So mad I went for a long walk to cool off! 
Mr Burgundygran drives me mad When I am talking, if I stop for breath or think of the right word he buts in or talks at the same time. When I complain he says I stopped talking 
. Am I supposed to keep talking and not stop for breath or think of the right phrase or word (stops to take a breath) 
.
Of course I must not interupt him. He is OK really as he does so much for me from cooking to washing and ironing. I just wish he would THINK sometimes, but apparently he never knows if I have finished what I was saying but I should know when he has, time for a 
one thinks.
My Dh is not a great talker but these things will always get him yakking
- when I pick up the phone to call someone
- when I pick up a book for a nice read
- ditto a newspaper/magazine
- when I go to the loo - through the door!
- when I nod off in the armchar
- when I am watching an absorbing (to me) programme
- when I just want to sit and soak up the view
when Yes please and it was a fiver...
But so true, Jess! 
Leave 'im alone - it's difficult to understand words of more than one syllable when they're looking at the TV.
It's a biological fact - men can only hear certain phrases like 'do you want a beer?' or 'here's that quid I owe you.'
Pardon ?
Pete you obviously haven't been listening. You're using the other male technique of turning the conversation the way you want it to go.
Which is what happens. After a little while - say I'm talking about the garden - all of a sudden I hear "So, do we have any poddy peas?"
The reply to anything I say is, "Eh?" I know he's heard me ok, but he can't be bothered taking in what I've said. Sometimes I find myself repeating everything very precisely and then I'm annoyed at myself as well. Does yer 'ead in! 
It's just like poking a wasp's nest
Careful, jeni, you'll get Pete all hot and bothered....
Where exactly would you like the remote?
jeni Ssshhhh......trying to watch the news......
I think retired men are a very very insecure species.
A lot of them have gone from: " Hello Mr. so an so , to Mr.who?..."
If, you have identified most of your life through your job/work, retirement must be a huge adjustment.
Even those men who also had/have hobbies, like golf will notice a subtle change in attitude amongst their peers at the club.
Not that my OH ever played, but we know plenty who do.
I also have the sneaking suspicion that they are much more worried about dementia that we ( females ) are.
Like Petalusses husband upthread getting angry.
He was worried because he could not remember what she had said, and turned his worry into anger, hoping she would not notice his insecurity.
Into this mix you can add the fact that some will have held positions of huge responsibility and hey, presto ,suddenly your home is now an extension of that!
But that would be a whole other thread.
Greatnan any apartments for sale near you?????????????????
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