Lazy or Not. Let Me Know What You Think.

My husband is totally the opposite. I dread his time off! He works so hard around the house. It makes me feel lazy!

my older kid does wii bowling while lying on the couch. good at it too. cracks me up.
is he lazy?
sometimes.
but he's a full-time college student with a great GPA, has a job, makes his car payments, has a girlfriend and a social life.
khairete
S.

I don't think playing the wii sitting down is really an indicator of being lazy.

My husband never stops working around the house. Even when he puts in a 12-14 hour day at work in the summer heat he still comes home and does things that need to be done. He does laundry, dishes, runs the vacum, changes the bed, takes out the garbage, mows the lawn. We are from a different generation. Guys from the current generation 30's and under do seem to be lazy they seem to want to play video games (sit down type) or watch tv and not do anything else. It's sad because they are teaching their kids to be just like them. No all guys are lazy but I do hear a lot of complaints.

I can't make any assessment about whether your husband is "lazy" from what you've said. Just sitting ( or lying down) to play Wii games doesn't equate to laziness. Heck, my kids play sitting down sometimes. Or kicked back in the video rocker, lol. It depends on the game, the day, what else they have been doing, etc.

But the games that use the balance board... THOSE you have to be up doing something.... lol.

I'd just be glad he was playing with the kids and having family time. My husband isn't a fan of the Wii... and when me and the kids (or the kids and the grandparents) get involved with it, he has no interest. Except in the new Jeopardy! game we got at Christmas, lol.

LOL!!! ohhhh men are funny sometimes. i think he's being lazy--yes...but maybe he's just tired lol.

I think mine can be pretty lazy, hes very black and white about it though, when hes at work hes on like a light,being very active, alert, making raises, bonuses and promotions and working double shifts that span over days of no sleep. But when this man has his down time, its like a hurricane follows him to his rest. boots, clothes, papers, money , bottles, cans, plates, glasses are laid behind him in his path and its not intentional, its just the way he is. The guy can sleep for 12 hours then talk about naps. I guess since i am always partially lit, it seems odd to me.

I think that men always appear to be lazy if a woman is busy/active herself. I hate if I am doing housework in the evening and my husband is sitting watching tv.

My motto is if he is sitting, then I should be sitting. So, if he wants me sitting with him, then he should be up with me helping to get things done so I can be sitting an hour earlier than if I was doing the work on my own. Generally, if he says "are you not sitting down to relax" I say this to him and he helps out..

mine plays wii sitting down too, but he also delivers beer for budwiser so if he is a bit lazy at home I do not mind because his job is so physically demanding. have you taken any other factors into consideration?

My husband and I were introduced to Wii by our grandchildren last week on Christmas day. He bowled sitting down because he has a bad back. I bowled standing up because I couldn't seem to direct that gizmo any other way.

Interestingly, I heard that day that a lot of nursing homes have Wii games for their residents who are not hale or healthy enough to play real sports any more - and they really enjoy them.

Does your husband go to work every day? Then he isn't lazy. Does he do any work at home? Then he isn't lazy. See if he'll do some real bowling, or some real walking, with you. He can't be lazy and do those things. Wii is just for fun. Ask him if he can do it on his head. Or lying down on the floor facing away from the screen.

My hubby's not lazy, just does things completely different than me. When he is home relaxing, he wants to do just that and nothing more. When it comes to work, he is the hardest working man that I know. But lazy is not a word I would use to describe him. I think he is incredible and wonderful!!!!

M

My husband has a very physical job--and starts at 5 a.m. to boot--but it still makes me insane when he sits and plays Wii Sports--LOL

I think it depends upon many factors....does he stand a lot at work? Is on his feet all day doing something? I would sure want to sit down even if playing WII.

And you can always pick up the XBOX Kinnect. There are no hand held devices to trick into believing your moving, you really have to move.

And I'm wondering if you are just a tad on the too competitive side? B/C who cares if he sits and plays....it's just a game and it's more important that he's having fun and spending time with the family as opposed to ???? not spending time with the family.

I don't live with your husband, so I can't really tell by this one example if he's lazy.

That said, my husband (who is a gamer) and I both agree that the Wii is not designed to get you off the couch. It's designed to make Ninetendo money. Reports from '06 show that it cost Nintendo $158 to manufacture a Wii unit; a few years later, their costs were reduced by 45%, so we are looking at less than $80. Some insiders say it's around $40 now. You can buy a lot of sporting and exercise equipment for the cost of a Wii. Heck, walking is free of cost.

I'm not completely humorless, though... I did find your post kinda funny. Was he just Really Really Tired? Maybe a night out bowling would be fun for the family and get hubby off the couch! But he bought a video game console likely to play video games.:)

Hi,

Ok, well it sounds like your husband is interested in being entertained but maybe not so much in the exercise portion of the WII. Maybe an authentic conversation where you appreciate the great things about him and also share why you'd like him to get some exercise would create what your wishing for. This might enable you to not feel "secretly angry, or disgusted with his "laziness".

Hope this helps!
Love, Another Wife

Your right, WII is suppose to help some folks get off their butts and move:) Your husband sounds like most husbands that I know. My husband is getting better though...I've been training him for years and I am happy to report that I've been successful although he's still a work in progress:)

My husband use to be alittle like this and when ever something needed to be done around the house he would say"Someone needs to clean the fridge" so one day I came up with a good response " Well I'm nobody so get somebody to do it" He finally got it, now when he see's something nbeeding to be done he either does it or says nothing.

Definitely lazy, but focus on his good points. ;-)

Men! Who knows what they are thinking? I'm lucky, though, because my husband is very helpful around the house. He cleans as much (sometime more) than I do, and plays very active games with our son.

I play Wii tennis sitting down, and sometimes bowling, too;) It's more b/c I'm tired than lazy, though. Yes it's supposed to get you up and moving, but some games are easy enough to play sitting down, since you only use your arms.

Have you talked to him? Do you mean he's normally lazy about not doing things around the house? Does he refuse to do things when asked b/c he doesn't want to, or does he just not volunteer to do them? My DH is a busy body...he can't be still. He will work all day long on stuff he wants to do. He will even do the dishes without me asking (but sometimes he expects some kind of award for helping out--whatever, it's his mess, too! I don't get any thanks for doing chores!). But when it comes to some things, I have to ask him to do it, sometimes several times. He just doesn't think about it, or expects me to do it. But if I have a bunch of other things to do, and I need his help, how does he know unless I ask? (I get annoyed, though, when I have to ask him more than once)

I think you always have to look at the bigger picture before concluding someone is lazy. I think he should be teaching your kids the proper way to play the games and get up and play them properly. That being said I think too much time in front of the video screen is too much for anyone. I would talk with him about reasonable time limits for using the Wii and that goes for everyone.