Cancelling Cable

[artsylady]

My husband keeps mentioning cancelling cable. He knows he spends just way too much time idly wasting time in front of the tube. I normally watch only Dr. Phil and Survivor, although there's no way I can actually watch Dr. Phil everyday, because of the time that it is on. In any case, our tv seems to be on constantly. I think this is normal for a modern household, but I'm getting sick of it. The dependancy.

I really am thinking more and more that cancelling cable is a very good idea, but as lame as this sounds, it seems like such a huge step - a monumental sacrifice. lol.

I'm thinking it's time to stop debating this in my mind and just go for it. It will probably actually be freeing in the end.

I actually did when I was a divorced mother with my daughter. I got about three channels, watched about one hour of tv a day or less and didn't feel like I was missing a thing. I had more time for reading and hobbies. These days, I'd like the extra time for Bible reading, prayer, reading Christian literature, as well as hobbies and family time.

I just tried to mention it to my husband again and asked him if he really was going to do it. I just got ssshushed by both my daughter and my husband because they are watching TV!!!!!! How ironic!

I guess I'm here for a nudge, so nudge away brothers and sisters. Or maybe this is a challenge. Not quite sure what this is actually. lol.

[irishcowboy]

Hey,

I did, back in 1995,

saved 30 bucks a month....

dont miss it abit...

Dr. Phil and survivor are on the broadcast chanels anyways.... if you really wanna watch them..... I dont .......

I do like a few shows, but dont even watch them much....

just think what you can do with 30 bucks a month..... in a year, that would be 360 dollars, would be some good spending money for vacation......

or could be that much more a person could put on their house payment or car payment a year.... knock that principle down and get out of debt faster....

mike

[artsylady]

Actually, where I live, it's probably about 50 bucks a month I think. And yeah, the money saved could be well spent elsewhere.

[Guest LadyC]

yeah, i'm thinking about cancelling too, if i can get the apt. complex to allow me to have a satellite dish installed!

believe it or not, satellite is cheaper than cable here. ridiculous, huh?

i watch news. if i'm not watching news, i'm watching discovery health channel, or courtTV (awesome forensics shows) or something like that. the TV usually doesn't come on til late evening. sometimes it's still on when i wake up though!

honestly, nobody in our family, including my 16 year old, has a whole lot of interest in tv... except me and my news!

[Guest asduke]

I just did this also. TV can become quite the distraction from what God wants us to do.

[Manofwork]

we have done it in the past and you soon get use to not having it

[GymRose]

^ Yeah and we've had it for the past 6 months again and at the end of our 12 month contract it will go again as the kids will all be going to school soon and Hubby and I spend more and more time here so we don't watch too much ourselves anyway.

[hippo's hope is HIM]

I say go for it.

If you really really like those shows, could you not just follow them up on the internet? I am sure that they have a website.

I wish I never got addicted to t.v. lol. And that is what it became, an addiction, I had to watch certain shows and it was insane. I quit watching the tube. :t2: but now I am on here hehehe

There are definately more postives to getting rid of it, than keeping it. Good luck!!!

[Catsmeow]

I have satellite dish and it's not much..bout' 35 bucks a month. I enjoy MSNBC and FOXNEWS so the dish stays.

But we have turned the television off during the day now. We watch Dr. Phil at night and then we faithfully watch reruns of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" because we just enjoy seeing if we can answer the questions.

Other than that...we don't watch much television. Saturday night we attend services at our church; Sunday we turn on Charles Stanley and that's about it.

[artsylady]

See I wouldn't worry about it if it wasn't like an addiction. My husband comes home from work and turns on the tube and watches it until he goes to bed. He thinks he'll go crazy wondering what to do without it, but I keep telling him he'll be okay. lol. He knows he's got a problem and it's actually his idea to cancel it so I'll see if he can actually follow through.