Reply With QuoteDitto. Although my wife tends to ensure it's something she wants to watch 5 mins before falling asleep. There's plenty of things I've watched under duress not realising that I could have put Dave on after a few minutes.
It doesn't seem to matter how good what you are watching is either!
Ditto. Although my wife tends to ensure it's something she wants to watch 5 mins before falling asleep. There's plenty of things I've watched under duress not realising that I could have put Dave on after a few minutes.
Yup.
Universal.
Yes. Mrs Zen has an amazing ability to wake up and seem to know what's been happening too! Falling asleep in the cinema was also impressive I thought.
Spot on Andrew.
The other favourite is the questions as soon as the film starts: "who's that?; what are they doing?; why are they there?". I rather think the point of a film is to discover all these things BY WATCHING IT.
Spot on. But I would add this can happen irrespective of the time of day!
Absolutely, my wife always reads the reviews and gets the plot sorted of any film that we are about to watch or otherwise I get exactly the same. Plot development is wasted on my good lady, especially the concept of clues in police dramas like 'Lewis'...bless her.Originally Posted by Jyaque
Two other annoyances for me:
- My wife (a psychologist) likes to analyse and discuss throughout the film; and
- Those who purposely arrive late yet want an immediate summary update - if really interested, then arrive on time.
It might lead a chauvinistic cynic to suggest that, like sharks that need to keep moving in order to breath, the fairer gender need to keep talking in order to stay awake.
Good job there aren't any chauvenists or cynics here.
Yes, every Friday and Saturday. I'm beginning to think I'd be better with a blow up doll.
Yes. She always claims she is not asleep despite video evidence. I also ask her to name anything that happened in said programme during the last 10 minutes. There is never an answer.
It happens in our house but in all fairness it is me asleep within seconds of making the crazy statement that I will stay awake!
In our house it's usually me who falls asleep.
I've also fallen asleep watching Oceans 11 in the cinema - that relationship didn't last long!
Also on the side of the swimming pool during my daughter's lesson.
As a married man I can confirm this happens at least 6 days of the week
So true in our house, my wife just seems to think I will always know what's going to happen even though we've both never seen the film before
Oh yes this is very annoying.
Further food for thought
And again. Another problem is, what was he in, what was she in - wasn't he in that Scottish thing we watched last week. I have even paused the tele so we can work out what programme the person was in so we don't miss what we are supposed to be watching.
Oh yes, direct linked to movies normally...Film starts, immediately falls asleep, even when it's something "she really wants to watch"
👌👌👌😀...
Q: So what happened in the end of that film?
A: The same thing as the last time you fell asleep after ten minutes.
Q: So shall we watch film X tonight?
A: why so you can fall asleep after 10 minutes again, like your last two attempts at watching it?
^ what he said^
Drives me mental. Either watch it or look it up on google like any other normal human would
Only six nights?
Do you only go out one night a week?
One night more than me....
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in our house its not a late night thing, insists on watching Coronation Street.
Guaranteed if its on twice nightly by the second episode she's gone.
Then its ITV plus 1 to catch up on what's missed.
I once fell asleep during my Daughters keyboard lesson.
It was at a multiple students class and I opted to wait in an annexe, the Tutor came in and woke me up as my snoring was disturbing the class.
My wife is completely unable to recognise any celebrity/film star if they adopt a different hairstyle or costume - eg 'is that George Clooney?' - no, it's Matt Damon.
It can happen in 'real life' too - over 20 years ago we were in a restaurant on a date, and at the table next to us was Mick Jagger. My wife loudly said 'no, it isn't Mick Jagger' to which I replied 'well, he's sitting next to Jerry Hall so I hope it is'! - at which point he grinned and said 'yes I am bloody Mick bloody Jagger' and we all had a chuckle. My wife ended up sharing her lipstick with Jerry Hall in the ladies and Mick came up to our table at the end of the meal and thanked us for making him laugh. What made it even stranger was the venue - it wasnt a remotely fancy restaurant, just a burger bar in Chelsea.
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My wife always says I'm resting my eyes but I'm listening to it ,I don't know how she can hear the TV when she's snoring
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What annoys me is when she's fast asleep, so you turn it over to some decent sport and she immediately wakes up and complains she "was watching that". 🙄
You are not alone.
In the case it's something we have watched before, Morse, Lewis, Endeavour, etc usually at her request!! She will happily tell me who did it about halfway through before nodding off!
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Definitely not alone I'm sure this will fit in the Dear Wife.... thread quite easily......
& like others here the worst part is me having to sit through some period drama.... (it's always a period bloody drama)
Which she then falls asleep in and halfway through I could have watched some bike racing or comic book show whatever.... the only saving grace with the period dramas are the heaving bosoms!
So I just get on with watching what I want.....
She of course then moans that I'm watching stuff without her.....
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That happens every saturday night.
It seems that someone falling asleep isn't an atypical response to being forced to do something you don't enjoy / have no interest in.
Blame the bloke (who chooses the film), not the poor woman!
Is it considered rude to leave them on the sofa whilst I got to bed? :)
Very familiar in this house. Don't leave them asleep, or a fairly sizeable sad-on will follow.
Mine also can't do the recognising people thing. She did meet a celeb in London, and still doesn't know if it was Simon Pegg or Martin Freeman.
This is certainly the norm these days Andrew. It's the loud snoring that gives it away.
I'm not sure about her falling asleep but 'Victoria' on now is sending me to la la land.
So true
Mine struggles with accents.
Her "Who's the Scottish bloke"
Me "You mean the one with an Irish accent?"
She's British born and bred and even struggles to tell Cockneys from Australians bless her.
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