Spending time together

We also like to watch different things on TV so we usually watch whatever we want on two different TVs in different rooms ( I have to admit I usually bag the big TV in the lounge, oh watches the smaller TV in the study) Then around 9pm or so we both watch something together, usually a box set or something. It works for us.

It is a bit of an issue in our house. We do have a TV in the kitchen but it is tiny and not the most comfortable place to sit in the evening, so we normally sit together in front of the main TV. If DH weren’t here I would watch all sorts of different things. He will give in if it is something really special that I want to watch, but mostly I just go on my iPad, on various forums, or play games, if he is watching something which doesn’t interest me. We do both watch certain programmes, and watch a lot of repeats on catch up. I would like to watch more documentaries and less fiction. I know it sounds a bit pathetic, but it really is not worth making waves too often, so I just give in most of the time to keep him quiet.

DH&I do have some shared TV likes and, especially recently, have enjoyed " binge" watching some series. We don't always like the same things though but we both have other interests so if we don't fancy watching something.

We often sit in different rooms in the evenings, too. As M0nica says, now that we are retired, it's not like we don't get to see one another.

We’re just watching Abigail’s Party on BBC 4 and cringing.......

We have separate TVs as we both like such different programmes. However, there are some programmes that we both enjoy so we join forces for them. We're both happy that way.

We have very different tastes in tv watching, but fortunately neither watches tv very much. We also have a long living room. So if DH is watching tv and I am not interested, I sit in a chair some distance from the tv and read or sew and he just reads or sleeps when I am watching the tv.

We are quite happy to be in different parts of the house in the evening doing different things.

When you are retired you are with each other for most of the day so it should be quite possible for you to spend time apart in the evening without it later being a cause for regret.

I have been happily married for over 50 years and we have never felt any need to live in each others pockets and I doubt either will regret it when they are left alone. We are two very independent people who have lived the lives that suited us. What other people do is fine for them, we live our life our way.

We only have one tv and have different tastes on what we like to watch. I tend to catch up in the afternoons with anything I really want to see and DH watches early evening. We often watch a film together in the evenings. There are some things we both enjoy and we try and give and take on times when one likes something more than the other. This seems to work for us.

We have different tastes in TV but prefer to spend evenings together so I watch Escape to the Chateau for the umpteenth time and he suffers Coronation Street. We do agree on University Challenge, Michael Portillo's railway programmes and Grand Designs, though, so all is not lost! It's all about give and take really.

Is there any common ground you can find on something to watch together? If not, what about TV free nights where you talk and have tea together, or playing games? What about taking an evening walk together? Gardening? Some other interest you can have together outside TV?