Why should the kids get kicked out of the common area because dad wants to watch his shitty tv? I'd take the tv and exile it and him to the garage. if he wants to watch things that frighten and disturb his young children, he can go do it elsewhere.
For the most part, he is a loving and thoughtful guy, but
But for this one extremely important way in which he demonstrates over and over again that he is in fact neither of those things.
ETA: I see the response addresses the "who has to make themselves smaller"/"who gets priority access to the living room" now and I think it's a shitty take.
If this man were in my house I'd be tempted to open up the shell of the tv and bust up the chipset inside. Of every tv that comes into the living room, while organizing a divorce.
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Why should the kids get kicked out of the common area because dad wants to watch his shitty tv? I'd take the tv and exile it and him to the garage. if he wants to watch things that frighten and disturb his young children, he can go do it elsewhere.
For the most part, he is a loving and thoughtful guy, but
But for this one extremely important way in which he demonstrates over and over again that he is in fact neither of those things.
ETA: I see the response addresses the "who has to make themselves smaller"/"who gets priority access to the living room" now and I think it's a shitty take.
If this man were in my house I'd be tempted to open up the shell of the tv and bust up the chipset inside. Of every tv that comes into the living room, while organizing a divorce.