Have you ever watched a movie or tv show with your S/O that you have absolutely no interest in?

Very seldom. Maybe a couple times.

Hahah okay, so my ex boyfriend was obsessed with these weird, esoteric, surrealist movies. And I couldn’t stand the things. Most of them just seemed so faux-philosophical to me, it drove me nuts. He was convinced that, I don’t know, I wouldn’t be able to understand his ways of thinking without having seen these movies. Yeeeeah that relationship didn’t last.

Yes. It was the bane of my existence prior to having a child. Now my husband & I watch things for our son.

My husband is a Trekkie…I am not a Sci-Fi person at all.

@Mariah What sort of movies, do you have any titles?

Ya, thats part of marriage.
but i refuse to watch those home remodeling shows

@filmfann mine has learned to like a few ;)

All the time. I watch tons of hockey games I don’t care about. I watch the same episodes of Seinfeld over and over. I watch Star Trek: Voyager, which I hate. I watch boring WWII documentaries.

Yet I still have to wait until he’s gone to work to watch Glee.

@ladymia69 Haha, I’ve tried to push them out of my mind, but here are a few I can think of: El Topo, Eight and a Half, umm…. I honestly can’t come up with any more titles. This was ~3 years ago. Hopefully I’m not offending anyone by dissing their favorite movies – they’re just not my cup of tea!

I love 8½! I guess it isn’t for everyone. I like arthouse film a lot. I just can’t stand the same old crap Hollywood pukes out.

@ladymia69 Oh no, don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely not out watching House Bunny or anything like that. It wasn’t just the movies, it was the movies in combination with this particular ex-boyfriend’s absolute refusal to like anything remotely mainstream… he was one of those extremely anti-conformist types. I was also fifteen years old, so yeah. :\

@Mariah Ohh yeaaahhhhhh, I know those types. Lots of them. I am not one of them, though. A little mainstream never hurt anyone. A LOT of mainstream is a big flipping problem, however.

Yes, I’ve sat through some anime series that I haven’t been all that thrilled with. Most recently Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Seriously, if the female lead character could be any more unrealistically drawn she would outdo Barbie! And while that’s not why he watches anime, some of the cutesy ones get old. But some of them have been very good, so I think it’s a matter of being willing to try.

@YoKoolAid – I think your girlfriend should be willing to try some of what you like without being so judgmental. She might be suprised at what she could like.

@Seelix What kind of Canadian are you? Hockey games you don’t care about? Seriously? :D

@tedibear – I mean games between teams like Minnesota and St Louis, or some other such exciting matchup. I’ll gladly watch any of the Canadian teams or Pittsburgh :)

My wife adores the TLC channel and It is on the tube almost constantly. I can’t stand that channel much but if I want to watch TV with her I sit through a show from time to time.

Sure but not too often. He’s done the same with me. He loves watching dog rescue shows and I like the ones about monstrous animals discovered around the world.

It took my SO and I very little time to discover that while we both like movies and reading, our tastes are very different when it comes to genre. It took suffering through a bit of both to come to the conclusion that there is nothing wrong with this, and that we shouldn’t force our preferences on each other. If this rule is forgotten, the other says, “That sounds like something you would really like. You watch it while I do (the dishes, am at work, etc.)”

We now keep a running list of movies that we agree upon to watch together. So far, it’s working really well.

Football.. He loves it and I love him so….. :-) Mind you I am obsessive about watching political/debate shows like The Big Questions so its a two way street. My honey has pretty much learned he has to share me with Andrew Marr and Andrew Neil so the least I can do is to watch some guys kicking a ball around a park every now and again eh? lol.
huggles honeys xx

My boyfriend and I don’t watch much tv but there are definitely things that he watches that bore me to tears. I usually just use that time to enjoy a snuggle while he watches his programme. I’m happy to sit with him, quietly while he enjoys Ice Road Truckers or something to that effect (and even if I don’t want to watch it, I usually get into it when it’s on!). I’m positive that there are programmes he tolerates because I enjoy them, I never hear him complain though.