I would like to take an informal survey.

Oh no freaking way!

Justified, without a doubt. This is Big Bang Theory we’re talking about.

Sometimes people are just craving for attention. Even negative attention. A former sister-in-law is like that. My mother, too.
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Well, clearly this must be hypothetical, because in my home my husband knows WAY better than to ever try that shit…
I mean, that’s a situation that aims for hitting below the belt and above the knees.
Freaking out = totally justified!
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If I actually watched tv (instead of recording my shows and watching them 6 months later), I might do the same.

Oops. I meant “craving attention,” not “craving for attention.” Did I mention on Facebook and Twitter that I’m freakin’ tired? I did? Good. Then don’t judge me.
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I think I’d freak out. Even though it is just TV. And I’d justify the freak out by saying it doesn’t have anything to do with the television, but his blatant disregard for me. Yeah.

i’m thinkin’ that no jury would convict you.
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TOTALLY Justified
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Justified. Totally. Especially where his lips fall off.

Completely justified…..why do some spouses think manners don’t matter anymore? I often remind mine that I watch enough CSI and Bones that I could totally off him and get away with it. Then he watches Snapped and makes me take the first bite of everything I cook. Seems a win-win somehow!!
Seriously, if you were to be judged by a true “jury of your peers” you’d get a medal–I’m just sayin!!

Oh No He Diin’t!!!
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Totally justified. Besides, how did he get the remote in the first place? I know already if it’s *my* show, to hide that sucker. Then I can play dumb, while he’s otherwise occupied ‘looking for it’. HAH HA HA HAH HA.

This is why I Tivo everything I watch – even stuff I’m watching live. Then if someone turns away for any reason (see: “I’m just checking the score really quick,”, I haven’t lost anything and can go back to it. But if I didn’t have Tivo? Yeah, I’d be more than a tiny bit miffed.
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Stumbled on your blog from someone else’s…I would freak out…you’re completely justified in whatever abuse you inflict!

Justifiable homicide…. but as you said “survival requires humor” – that is how I get through those moments with my husband.
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Justified. Period.
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This must be hypothetical because in my house I never get the remote to watch anything I like at all. So if that every happened to me I would just freak out on him. Wait…Big Bang Theory was on last night. What a coincidence.

We would have to replace the remote since we’d never use it again once I shoved it sideways up his ass.

But that is just me. I really like Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory…

Hmm, is there any back-story? Like for instance, do you hypothetically try to talk to him during *his* shows and get pissed off if he asks you, “Can this wait ’til a commercial?”

totally justified. I’d freak. I’d probably throw some crying in there and statements about how if he really loved you he wouldn’t do things that to you. And also I would remind him that there will be no sex ever again (for him that is) until he learns not to be such an Assholian. So there.

Men.
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Completely reasonable reaction, even my husband thinks you are with rights to freak the hell out.
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So, what the hell was wrong with him? This is completely unacceptable behavior. Everyone knows this. (He’s like, still alive, right?)
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They have a whole show about husbands that try to pull that crap. It’s called “Snapped” on Oxygen. Please tell him to not do that again or we will have to help you hid the body ala “Goodbye Earl”
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Are you kidding? Absolutely TOTALLY justified. What an asshole
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Totally justified.
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Justified, of course. Especially since my husband does this. Yes, he does.
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Totally justified. Love the Assholian Dictator – must remember to use that one! Most husbands do this – cause they think the TV and remote are their domain. Hmm, guess who gave me the TV for a Christmas present – guess who owns all electronics in our house? ME!

I don’t know what to say cause I can’t even imagine that happening. In my house my husband would flip out if someone changed the channel away from Big Bang Theory.

My husband does that too. Drives me flipping bonkers. Yes, I’ve cursed at him, I’ve yelled, I’ve gotten pissed.
His reaction: you were looking at the laptop?
Ugh! Just because he can’t multi-task does not mean I can’t. I can hear. I can see out of my peripheral, FFS.

Totally a justified move. Its more than just about the TV. Its about respect. That’s just plain ass rude!
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That sounds like the only appropriate response to me.
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Freak out indeed! My DH knows about respect, thankfully for him. Otherwise, I might even resort to a little violence, get out my wooden spoon and whop those knuckles one time… Drop it you fool!!!
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Heck No! That’s not over the top…

Give him the look, raise your voice…. grab that remote… um I mean… respond gentler, kinder, and with no reaction and let him watch his show… i mean what are wives for, or girl friends, right?

NOT!
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This has happened to me before, only I was watching a hockey game and it was in the 3rd period. At the time I said nothing ads I was in total shock at the lack of consideration. Then I wrote a blog post where I yelled out loud of sorts. It wasn’t effective. You should a. speak up and call shenanigans and or b. do it to him sometime and see how he likes it. Most likely, it will never happen again after b.
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Agreed…totally justified, it comes under the heading “What is he thinking”? NOT! Hmmm would he do that to one of his buddies?
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Prevention is always better than cure.

I think the best way to avoid these kinds of confrontations is to just keep the remote away from his sight.

As for justification, well, not quite. I’m sure there’s a re-run somewhere.

Oh yeah. Freakout TOTALLY justified. Hell, I’d even come help hold him down so that he couldn’t escape while you beat him with the remote.
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Ok, so the other day I did something like that, but more subtle. My wife was flipping through channels and picking shows that the kids and I weren’t into, so I made the suggestion that we check if the new star wars cartoon was available “on demand” since we missed it a couple nights before. The kids (we have 5) rallied to my side and my wife gave up the remote and left the room feeling like she had been kicked out. So I ended up missing most of the show so I could make up with her before she blasted me on facebook.
.-= Robert´s last blog ..Empathy is the First Step in Making Up =-.

Well, most cables and Sat TV now provide second feeds, so let’s say you couldn’t finish watching your show at 8PM EST, then you can watch it at 11PM EST, which is 8PM PST.

For example, “Simpsons” and “The Cleveland show” are shown at the same time as “Desperate Housewives” and the same applies to “CSI: Miami” and “WWE Raw”. It’s just a matter of patience.

Of course I’m talking about me waiting three hours, not my wife. I know my place, and I hate to see blood. Especially mine.
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That’s a seriously dick move on his part, and I’d be PISSED.
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The only improvement I could suggest on your reaction would be to add crying. Of course, my pregnancy hormones would have allowed this to happen fairly easily. But… I’m pretty sure my husband knows by now not to mess with my TV shows.
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Oh Hells No {envision head moving and finger shaking}
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Since that husband of mine has already commented and tried to throw me under the proverbial bus, I’ll just say, if he does that to me, he’ll lose a nut. And to clarify, that happened at least 8 years ago.

Men.
Can’t let shit go.
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Oh you would be totally justified. In fact if you did anything less you wouldn’t be human…or female. Men!!! why do they think they control the TV remote anyway. Pfffftt!
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DUDE! It was THE BIG BANG THEORY!

Man is lucky his balls are not in the freezer.

I don’t think a jury in the world would convict.
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That sounds to me like a good reason to keep a cattle prod handy.
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this is why i HOLD the remote. i would cut him.
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What the hell? Oh no, that would be grounds for a severe beating in my house!
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Dude, WTH!

I wanted to beat him just reading your post. You don’t mess with BBT! It’s genius.

The hubs’ has never actually taken the remote and changed the channel on me. His tactic is to come in to the room, decide he doesn’t like what I”m watching and ask, “Are you really watching this or can I flip?”

*stares incredulously at hubs* NO. I’m sitting here staring at the screen for my health. Of course I’m watching this you dolt!

The above scenario only goes on in my head. I actually say it much nicer. LOL
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Justifiable homicide. Not a jury in the land would convict.

I have never had this happen to me, but I would of beat his ass!!!! Then I would of made him sleep on sofa for a week.
So my vote would be a justified beating!!!

That would have hurt my feelings, too, not because of the TV show but because that would make me feel ignored in my own home.

However, I would probably let it slide if I had been watching TV and using the laptop simultaneously. My husband just assumes I’m “working” if the laptop is out and the TV is on for company.

Grounds for divorce.
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This post made me laugh! My first time here and I’m sure I’ll be back! How dare that somethingorother think he could commandeer the remote, I mean wtf was he thinking? Might want to remove the post before you take that action though, we’d hate to see you in trouble for premeditated murder, LOL!
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Hypothetically of course, you prolly would be justified in thunking him on the head.
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Justified. My husband tried something like that a few years ago with me. He doesn’t anymore. I think he learned his lesson… only if I’m actively watching the show.

If I get up briefly during a commercial, all hope is lost.

TiVo is no protection. We only have the single receiver type and he is quite free about canceling recordings that he’s not interested in. Very, very frustrating!
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Totally justified to smack him in the face and freak the heck out.
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Just curious: If this had been a man talking about what his wife did, and a bunch of guys said, “Oh yeah, I’ll hold her down while you smack her around,” would that be funny?

Yeah, I went there. Sorry, but I’m getting tired of explaining to my daughters that all those girls on Nick hitting guys … that’s not really funny.

When the older one asked, completely seriously, why it wasn’t okay to hit boys, I started noticing how often girls hitting guys is used as a joke on kids’ programming.

I know all about power inequalities, and the powerless group gets to take vicarious satisfaction through comedy, so it’s not that I don’t get the joke. But at that age, they *don’t* get the joke. And I don’t want one of them trying it out on a boy who doesn’t feel like laughing it off.

Sorry, didn’t mean to bring my rant here. I just had to explain *again* tonight that you can’t knock boys down just because they said something mean.

One of only two choices. Super glue the remote to somewhere private while he sleeps, or else buy a nice little portable TV, put it in the garage and lock him in with it. Probably the latter.
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I wouldn’t strangulate him but it seems right to yell. If you take it calmly it may become a habit and after all, its these small things, which you keep on keeping to yourself, accumulate and create hard feelings. Better yell and see his reaction. Hope he wont be asshole then.

Now I’m … WHOA! What the fuck happened to your website? It didn’t look like this earlier, did it? I mean, I know it’s late but I’m not losing my mind here am I?

Where was I? Oh right … thinking about your and your common law lesbian wife rolling around fighting over the remote. Suddenly that becomes acceptable to me. And I know that makes me a horrible hypocrite and a bad person.

OMG You are totally justified in wanting to kill him ~ the one thing that would make this worse on his part is if you have more than one tv. I think John is wonderful but reading that I wanted to beat him ~ guess its a good thing I don’t get to see him on the road anymore

It doesn’t matter what show it was, that was assholian behavior to the nth degree. Slap him a good one for me.
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I’m with Drew. OK, I’m partially with Drew in comment #63, but wholeheartedly in comment #67.

Blog looks great. I mean it has always looked great, but I like template this very much!
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I love how you redid your blog. kudos!

“I like template this very much”…

I’m Yoda!!!

“Blog everyday, you must”
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Lotus I am so sorry. I see John was exercising his Y Chromsome again. Ya would not be out of line at all. My Ex did that to me once and it never happen again, see I did snatch the remote and did go off next thing I know we have another TV with cable. Sometimes a women just has to lose her cool to remind our Y chromosome carring special somone that the world doesn’t revolve around them.

Love the changes ya made to the page.

It is perfectly justifed. Met that husband of yours. Just don’t bereak the remote.

You are completly justified! And in retaliation I believe that I would have to accidentaly forget to wash all of his socks, t-shirts, and underwear for the next week or so. Hypothetically speaking that is.
.-= Stephanie´s last blog ..A Little More About Me =-.

Not that you need one more comment to tell you that everybody in their right mind would agree with you, but here I am anyway. Yeah. That was rude, John. Hope he kissed up.

I love, love, love your photography! Would you like to be a featured artist at Whopple? I especially love your winter pictures. Just breathtaking.
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“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!??” is a perfectly reasonable reaction. I am sorry for you.
*HUGS*
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