My SO can become irate about the time I spend with my webtv. Sometimes it comes close to “You love that machine more than me”. It’s never crossed that line, but it seems to be implicit. Once in a while my machine screws up without my knowledge. My instructions to it somehow jump from “accept incoming calls” to “don’t accept incoming calls”. Naturally, I don’t know this unless someone tells me they were trying to call me and couldn’t get through. Then I have to re-set the instructions.
Not being able to call me re-sets my SO to anger mode, even though she lives right next door and can get here in about 10 steps, or failing that can just knock on the wall.
SHE- I can’t GET you again.
ME- Okay, I’ll check it.
SHE-You spend all day on that thing.
ME-You know that isn’t true.(If she said’all night’she’d have a much better point).
SHE- I’m really tired of this happening every day.
ME- It doesn’t happen every goddamn day and you know it.
Sound the bell, open the gates, we’re OFF!
How many of you have this sort of problem? I don’t mean PC malfunction, I mean having a problem with a SO, spouse, friend or relative about the amount of time you spend cuddled up with your machine.
And I don’t mean that FU-FM machine, although there are times when…but let’s stay on track here.
Woof, 1 reply. What could this mean?
a. No one has this problem.
b. This subject is taboo.
c. All Leo replies have been terminated by an evil Master Astrologer.
d. Everyone is off to “Cafe Society”.
e. I’m reviled by all the members.
I think that Fenris should give up some of his replies to poor misbegotten souls such as we. Of course his replies wouldn’t match my questions, but that might be interesting in and of itself.
::lurches off, stumbling over cigarette butts and candy wrappers::
How much time do you spend on the WebTV? You know if it’s too much. Could be one of the reasons that it bothers you when your SO says something about it is because you know that she’s right? My suggest to her would be find something to do that doesn’t require your presence. In other words she needs to get out and do things on her own. Sooner or later she’ll realize that she can have a life without you while you play on your computer. I’m not meaning to sound harsh here, but I’m going through kind of the same thing. The only difference with me is that my SO stays up all night on the computer and says that it shouldn’t bother me because I’m sleeping anyway. Fine. No problem. Just like I told him, when I get tired enough of it I’ll just pack up and find another resting place. It’s not like he doesn’t know how I feel. So it’s not my problem, it’s his problem. And one day he can play on it all he wants, cause he won’t have an SO to bitch about it.