Comments on: Turn off the TV and Improve Married Life

By: Em

Em — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:18:29 +0000

My boyfriend and i are 22 and 23. The day we started dating we got rid of our tv. Best thing ever. It is unheard of for our generation to not have a tv people look at us like we are crazy. But we are so happy. We talk all the time, spend our time outdoors enjoying nature and have an amazingly strong relationship. If only more people would try this…

By: MATHEW CANTER

MATHEW CANTER — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:53:33 +0000

very true, I agree completely,not only husband and wife relationship suffers bu other people in the surroundings also suffer because of television

By: April

April — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:52:38 +0000

I’ll put it like this – we got rid of the dish a couple years ago when my husband got laid off, and it was a strain on bills. Now we have more money and could get it back on, but have decided it’s not all that necessary. We do more together as a family, spend more time reading, and can put that money away for another car in the future, rather than buying it on credit. Which I LOVE.

What do we NEED? Food, shelter and each other. The rest is nice fluff, but it’s just fluff. And yeah… anxiety has gone down greatly without the noise of the media bombarding us.

By: Penelope

Penelope — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:30:56 +0000

I agree, especially with the sleep more benefit and the living life instead of watching others life theirs. I'm a big fan of focusing on how to make your husband happy (and write about it on my site all the time) and a lot of husbands and wives everywhere would be happier with less tv.

By: Dan Norby

Dan Norby — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:28:51 +0000

Thanks for this great advice. My wife has already shown me that there is more to life than watching someone else live there lives. We both enjoy educational shows at times, but we have not become a slave to our television set. My personal opinion, there is more to finding out who you both are, with the quality time you both share.
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By: Stacie@HobbitDoor

Stacie@HobbitDoor — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:06:42 +0000

We turned off cable before our daughter was born 15 months ago. We have drastically cut down on the amount of TV watching we do. Netflix did pick up our TV time a bit at first but now we’ve backed off that too. We’ve never had a TV in our bedroom intentionally and don’t plan on our kids having them either.

We need to get better about our computer time now (as my husband and I sit here each engrossed in our own laptops). :) This is an admitted weakness for both of us (oh, and our Blackberries). :)

By: martin

martin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:17:10 +0000

We banned the TV two years ago. What happened? The World Wide Web took its place. My wife is moving out. The Improvement of our Married Life failed. But I don’t miss the TV…

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:02:19 +0000

My family has been without cable for 6 months now (we do have an antenna to catch an occasional sporting event) and I cannot even express how great it has been. We read, play games, walk, draw, talk more…it goes on and on. My kids do not even miss it. In fact, they enjoy being the “only ones in their classes who don’t watch television”. You are so right on when you said that watching t.v. is like watching other people (pretend) to live life…it is so much better out there living it!

By: Stephanie - Home with the Kids

Stephanie - Home with the Kids — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:22:11 +0000

Great points. I’ve often used taking away TV privileges for my kids when they misbehave. They’re often better behaved and more creative without it. Just now, in fact, my oldest hardly watches it because she’s so eager to play outside after school. So nice to not have TV shows be a top priority.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:31:22 +0000

When my hubby and I moved into our first house 2.5yrs ago we left the cable behind. We have always hated commercials so it was not hard. We do love our movies though! We still watch too many movies….this article was great…it sounds just like us. I am going to propose a t.v break to the hubby…thanks.