Is The Television Putting Off A Gravitational Pull?

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     Yes, People, it's gonna be one of 'those' conversations!! ^_^ I have to. I just HAVE to!!! It's one of those situations where a certain something has been happening for quite a while in my household, and now is getting worse...and it's starting to happen that my relatives, girlfriends and everybody I know are starting to complain about the same thing happening in their households!!...My girlfriend said: "You should do a blog post about it!"...and here we are! :-]

   What is the 'certain something'?...It's the seeming gravitational pull from the television to my husband's brain!!...And just to be clear, my husband doesn't actually watch that much television. He much prefers to be doing anything else, in fact!...like working in the yard, strolling through the gadget section of any department store, draping himself across the sofa for a nap! LOL...Okay, we have that in common! LOL...But whenever the television is on he becomes ZONED OUT...practically deaf to the world around him!! O_O

     I'm noticing that as the years go by I'm having a harder and harder time getting his attention when the television is on! I literally have to turn it off in order to tell him anything I expect him to remember....or else end up having a half an hour conversation about what he 'knows' I didn't say!....Ugh!

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     With the 'Big Game' coming up on Sunday...I'm talking about the big 'Super bowl game'!...I'm trying to get myself ready to have hours of zoned out time...but this time 'with' him!...in front of the television...*'Virtually' we'll be sitting in the stands right there in New Orleans though..just saying! ^_^ Our weekend continues!! *Wink! Wink!*...At any rate, I know it's not gonna be 'quality' time where we talk about our deepest thoughts, or even chat about foolishness like we usually do! The gravitational pull of the television is not gonna allow for that!! LOL

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    It's gonna be us, and San Francisco...

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     ...and the San Francisco 49ers!...

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   ...and us and Baltimore...and the Baltimore Ravens!...

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    I'm gonna be good with that! :-) ...but when there's no more Super Bowl I know I'm gonna be back to having my husband with the brain that's susceptible to the gravitational pull of the television!! LOL

    It's so weird to me! And apparently it's weird to a lot of my female friends too!...No, I'm not 'man-bashing'! I love the men in my life! But this is all about 'truth'....and the truth is: from elderly men, to middle age, to teenagers, to 5 year olds...across the board, in my experience...the males in my life have a problem with attention span when the television is on! What's up with that?! O_O

    Hubby can walk into the room where I am, talking to me about some subject or the other that 'he' wanted to talk about!, and if the television is on...he starts talking in halting sentences....that now make no sense to me!...because he was immediately drawn, and is now staring directly into the lights of the television!!!!!

    I wait....and wait....try to figure out what the rest of the sentence might have been.....get frustrated....and turn off the television!!...Whereupon he says...every time!..."Why did you do that?"...but  then he proceeds to finish the conversation he started...making perfect, and smooth, sense!!! ^_^

     Don't get me wrong, I understand how certain television shows can get you completely zoned in!...For years, when I was doing the 20-minute work-outs along with the people on television, my husband was at a loss as to why I just didn't exercise! He didn't understand why I needed to exercise 'with other people on television'! ^_^

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     Between you and I, in that case I think it was the rhythmic steady beat of the music that zoned me in...not the actual exercise! LOL...Whatever! ^_^

     But my husband gets zoned in 'NO MATTER WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON' the television!! He even sits and reads the written 'crawl' that goes across the screen during news shows!...I've found him staring at the television at times when I've turned down the sound to collect a thought while writing my blog!!...He's probably staring at it over my shoulder right now!! LOL

     If I ask: "What's that about?"....he says; "Oh...I don't know."....Huh!? o_O "You mean you're sitting there staring that intensely into the television, and you don't know why?!"....All I get back is blinking!!! LOL...*shaking my head*...All I can say is...I'm glad there are sporting events, and now crocheting, that he and I can share...with our zoned out selves! Otherwise this would be a sad sad 'Ugly Wuglyee' household!! ^_^

     I've heard NUMEROUS similar 'zoned out' stories from my girlfriends about the men...young and old...in their lives!...One of my girlfriend's five year old son stares into the television mindlessly, and every time she cuts it off he says: "Why for you do that, mommy?!"...Sounds familiar! LOL...Does it sound familiar to you?! ^_^

     Okay...off to get my day started. And yes, 'zoned out' crochet will be involved! ^_^ Maybe even something with buttons!! :-) 

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    What are you doing this weekend?!....Enjoy! :-)

What-cha Doing With Yourself?!

Are you going for a little walk...
Watching the circles of a hawk?...

Spending time with your grandkids?...
Trying to find your lost jar lids?...

Writing letters to your friends?...
Viewing snowflakes through your lens?...

Cooking breakfast for your love?...
Or crocheting him a manly glove?...

Going out to get a meal?...
Going shopping for a deal?...

Taking care of a friend that's sick?...
Writing poems with your favorite 'Bic'?...

Shortening up that 'To-Do' list?...
Giving your hair a little twist?...

What are 'YOU' doing with yourself today?...
It doesn't matter. It's Saturday!!

Your work week is now all done.
Today just have yourself some fun!!