The article discusses the tension couples face regarding TV viewing preferences, highlighting a poll that reveals 55% of people argue over what to watch. The author shares her own experience of compromising with her husband by watching different shows while sitting together, thus maintaining companionship despite differing interests. She likens this approach to a 'screen divorce' but rebrands it as 'Watching Apart Together' (WAT), emphasizing the importance of enjoying individual viewing preferences without sacrificing closeness in the relationship.
In the Venn diagram of programmes we enjoy, the intersection is big enough to fit the words Taskmaster and The Traitors, and that's about it.
We realised one of us was always watching through gritted teeth, while the other felt guilty. And so, just like the courageous pioneers of the sleep divorce, we needed to take action.
We're much more romantic than couples who sit in separate rooms for their viewing, though. Our love language? Headphones.
In fact maybe this is less screen divorce, and more like those who LAT (Live Apart Together)? We're WAT (Watching Apart Together), happily ever after.
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