Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 15:57     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Similar “old man” situation here. My husband asks me if I heard about such-and-such, and is floored when I say it happened last week, or two days ago. He gets his news from Yahoo News...


Mine does this too. I admittedly spend way too much time on Twitter, cable news, digital news of all types, so I'm always like, yeah, that happened yesterday. I miss when we had different days and human interactions that we could share with each other.


Mine too!
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 15:53     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Anonymous wrote:DH is only 42, but he has this old man trait where he is constantly asking me if I saw some particular news article or reddit thread that he had seen earlier that day, and is surprised when I tell him that I didn't. It's like he conceptualizes the entire internet as a local newspaper where we are all reading the same headlines. It drives me crazy.



The people I am closest to tend to have similar taste to me and consume similar media. It's pretty frequent that when I've seen something interesting, they've already seen it.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 15:51     Subject: Re:Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
My husband sends me emails about things I already knew about for 3 years but I pretend I don't know about it. He's recently retired and finding things out that he finds awesome.

He loves telling me stuff. I refuse to let my ego get in his way because I love him very much.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 15:15     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
The way the algorithms work for news it's very likely you will see the same headlines if you look at CNN or Google news for example.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:57     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Anonymous wrote:
Similar “old man” situation here. My husband asks me if I heard about such-and-such, and is floored when I say it happened last week, or two days ago. He gets his news from Yahoo News...


Mine does this too. I admittedly spend way too much time on Twitter, cable news, digital news of all types, so I'm always like, yeah, that happened yesterday. I miss when we had different days and human interactions that we could share with each other.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:51     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
OK?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:50     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
This is better than my husband. He told my cousin who works at Google “I don’t need Google, DW is my Google.” He is a blank slate who wants me to give him any information about anything in digestible little bites. At least he does laundry!
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:46     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Anonymous wrote:Why does this drive you crazy? Seems like such a small thing. I'm not being snarky, I just really don't get why it bothers you?


+1 Saying "did you see [X]" is a common opening conversational gambit. DH and I say this to each other all the time, either about relevant topics in the news or viral videos/memes. Sounds like OP just hates talking to her DH.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:42     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Anonymous wrote:The internet's big, but most people hang out in small spaces. I ask my husband if he's seen stuff I saw all the time, and most of the time he has. It's helpful because it means I know whether to jump right into my thoughts about, e.g. Bean Dad, or whether I need to explain first.


You need to explain first, at least Bean Dad, to me.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:26     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
The internet's big, but most people hang out in small spaces. I ask my husband if he's seen stuff I saw all the time, and most of the time he has. It's helpful because it means I know whether to jump right into my thoughts about, e.g. Bean Dad, or whether I need to explain first.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:22     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is

Similar “old man” situation here. My husband asks me if I heard about such-and-such, and is floored when I say it happened last week, or two days ago. He gets his news from Yahoo News...
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:22     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Anonymous wrote:Why does this drive you crazy? Seems like such a small thing. I'm not being snarky, I just really don't get why it bothers you?


To add, I know that you already acknowledged it's petty.

My petty vent would be that my DH always forgets to close the bread --> stale bread. Still petty, but it's obvious why it bugs me. I don't get why yours bugs you (but I'm happy to kvetch about it with you!).
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:22     Subject: Re:Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Lucky you. Now that my DH and I are home all the time, we've got nothing left to say to each other. So I say, did you see this interesting bit of information I read? And he says, yes, and tells me all about it. And the conversation ends.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:21     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
Why does this drive you crazy? Seems like such a small thing. I'm not being snarky, I just really don't get why it bothers you?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2021 11:19     Subject: Petty vent: DH doesn't realize how big the internet is
DH is only 42, but he has this old man trait where he is constantly asking me if I saw some particular news article or reddit thread that he had seen earlier that day, and is surprised when I tell him that I didn't. It's like he conceptualizes the entire internet as a local newspaper where we are all reading the same headlines. It drives me crazy.