I feel like this is a pretty low-stakes question, but I’m really looking for some insight. I (37F) really enjoy watching TV to wind down. I’m in a doctoral program, so reading for fun isn’t as enjoyable as it used to be. Instead, I like to turn off my brain and watch TV. My husband (37M) and I are watching a few shows together (The West Wing, Brooklyn 99, Dr. Who, and Bridgerton), so when he goes to play video games or jump on Discord, I try to find stuff to watch by myself.
I’m watching a few shows that are currently airing on network television, so when they are on break/hiatus, I like to have something on streaming to watch. In comes The Rookie. I started the show a few weeks ago and have found it to be the perfect thing to veg to when I’m tired of thinking. The issue is that my husband has slowly started watching it with me. It started out with him walking by while I was watching the show and making a comment about Nathan Fillion and Firefly. Then it was the occasional pause to watch a scene or two while he was going to the kitchen, until finally he started just sitting down with me to watch the rest of the episode.
So now the show is being treated like another show we watch together. The thing is, I really want to keep watching even after he is ready to go play video games, and I intentionally started this show so that I had something to watch without him. Another layer is that he doesn’t binge-watch shows (can only watch 2 episodes at a time max), so I’m often left waiting for him to want to watch TV again before I can pick up the story. At one point this weekend, I told him that I was going to watch a few episodes on my day off when I needed a break from schoolwork, and he said he would be really frustrated because he likes the show too and asked me to wait for him. Would I be the asshole if I watched The Rookie without him?