Quality time with your SO poll

[sbj405]

Do you consider the following an example of quality time spent together?

Person #1 headphones on, watching a dvd on their computer. Person #2 (in the same room) surfing the internet on another computer.

[Nicole]

1. No

It's time together but I wouldn't call it quality time.

[Deja Q]

2. Is it 24 hours a day that they do this?

[sbj405]

5. Most of the time Person #1 is home, which is very little.

:cry:

[flamingyouth]

3. No

I don't consider that quality time.

[SacredCow]

4. I guess it depends on the couple....

My ex was always going on about "quality time" but I think that her definition had something to do with me spending obscene amounts of money on her every whim and fancy....

[Redstone]

14. Ouch! No wonder she's an "ex."

Redstone

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. That is absolutely not quality time!

Quality time is time spent together!

IMHO, of course........

:shrug:

[rug]

7. Maybe they were IMing each other.

[Mutley]

8. I wouldn't call that "quality time,"

but at the same time you don't have to be spending quality time together every second you're home.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

9. no

[LeftyMom]

10. I'm the wrong person to ask.

I'd give my arm for that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Well my dear LeftyMom........

Your situation is entirely different......

And we all know that.......

One fine day you will be together, sweetie! :hug:

[LeftyMom]

12. I don't mean to be a wet blanket

I just hate to see people take eachother for granted, when they apparently don't realize what a gift it is to be able to near somebody they love.

[Redstone]

15. Distance is difficult.

I know because I've done that.

Redstone

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. I do not think that you're being a wet blanket......

Not at all....

I understand your point of view completely! :hug:

[Redstone]

13. Doesn't happen here. We talk.

Redstone

[Fleshdancer]

17. Actually, yes......

I think many people have the unrealistic expectation of "quality time" with an SO. At the end of the day, it's about sharing an environment with someone that makes you feel comfortable and not alone while still doing the things you want to do. Couples can't do the same thing with each other all the time...that would be unrealistic, wouldn't it? It would certainly drive me up the wall.

In my book, spending time with someone who is happy while also being happy is what it's all about. Many times we do things together but enjoying each other when we aren't is just as important.

[Broken_Hero]

18. No way...

its not quality time at all...I tried this little trick before, and I failed, miserably...lesson learned...:)

[Rowdyboy]

19. Yes, if you're together and both interested in what you're doing....

I often surf the net while my guy reads, pays bills, or watches television in the same room. We're together. If one of us wants to talk, we do. Otherwise, we're fine working silently with each other. Being together is what really matters to me. If I need validation, I can get his attention by....well, I can get his attention.....

If both you guys are comfortable and happy, then its "quality time".