Talking during TV program?

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Spooner

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So my husbands watching some TV program and I go to ask him what he'd like for a snack. He holds his hand up and gives me a "shhhh". This irks me but what you gonna do. Tonight I'm listening to the local news because there was a double murder/suicide a few houses down from us. He's running his mouth something about chaffed b*lls from sweating (kid you not) during most of the broadcast and I ask him to "wait a sec, I'm listening to the news story" and he gets all bent out of shape about me saying that. When the report is over he wants to know what they said. I clearly didn't hear the story because he kept running his mouth (the guy never shuts up). So I said, "if you would have listened we both would have known what happened". He is p*ssed! He does this to me ALL the time. I can be on the phone and he will try to hold a conversation (usually about nothing really).

I say he's disrespecting me. He says he's not. I know this sounds kind of minor but it has really caused some problems between us and I am just really tired of feeling disrespected. Those that have partners that do this, know how annoying it is!

Does your partner do this stuff to you? How do you resolve it? He interrupts me ALL the time about stupid, nonsense things but if I interrupt him, God forbid!
 
yes, and mine yacks when I am on the phone with somebody, too, which is barely ever. he wants all the attention all the time. except for when he wants to watch something like yours.
 
I dont think this is minor at all. I get so pissed off when my guy does this but it seems as though it is learned as everyone else in his family does it.

I cant be on the phone, deeply engrossed in a book, counting (this is the worst), listening to the news or even just speaking to someone else or telling THEM something, and they will just either talk over me or start talking and ignore signals to wait. I deal with it by ignoring pointedly.

Does he raise the volume on the TV while talking because he cant hear the TV over HIS talking?

Thank goodness my guy has learned my signals somewhat. If he is talking and I dont respond or even look at him, he understands that Im not listening.

Children are constantly being told to say 'excuse me' when they want to distract someone. Maybe they need to teach the adults how to do it.
 
yes, and mine yacks when I am on the phone with somebody, too, which is barely ever. he wants all the attention all the time. except for when he wants to watch something like yours.
 
You guys are just the opposite of my husband and I. He would be watching T.V. and I'd want to talk or ask what he'd like for dinner or what ever, except when its something we both want to watch, and he'd say "I.T.C." Which means invisible till commercial. You never described how he was disrespecting you.
 
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