Dear Carolyn:
My spouse and I have a long list of TV shows scattered through our streaming queues, but there are some I really want to watch, which she says she wants to watch with me, but she never actually wants to watch when I suggest them. Were talking stuff thats been on the DVR for three years in some cases.
I have tried to explain how frustrating this is, and it never seems to land.
Is there a point at which I get to just watch some of these shows while shes out? Is TV-cheating OK? I know this is a small thing, but it is driving me nuts.
Nuts
Im sure it is but, I have to say, I love this small thing.
I feel like we kind of need your problem right now. TV-cheating. I am a laugh-cry emoji.
Not to make too much of it or anything.
Anyway. Yes, TV cheating is OK, because theres a way to do it out in the open that cushions hard feelings: Start the show, tell your spouse you started the show, and say if she wants to watch it with you then youll gladly re-watch the episode(s) with her till she catches up. Its an au courant bit of bluff-calling.
Not to mention, a low-stakes one, even within the already barely stakeworthy realm of TV-banking etiquette: Either the shows good enough to withstand a second viewing, or its not and youd be better off dropping it in favor of another one from the backlog. Theres just too much TV for wasted TV.
Let us know if you come across anything great. Im at least three years behind.
