TV always on or only when watching?

I only have the TV on if I'm watching something. It was 100% the way I was raised and, since we didn't watch TV until after dinner, to this day I feel slightly naughty watching a show in the middle of the afternoon.

I married a TV is on whenever he is home guy. And he never turns it off even when he leaves the room, claiming he thought I was watching, even though I might be in a different room.

My ILs were like yours, Miss Ang, except they don't have a TV in the kitchen. It is the radio that goes on there. So the volume of the TV goes up, then the volume of the radio, then the TV, then the radio, and everyone is yelling at each other and I have to leave.   

FWIW, DS will leave the room with the TV on and DD always turns it off.

I only have TV on when me (or someone else in my family) is watching. I like the house quiet and I feel like I can concentrate better when it isn’t on. When I first got married, my husband would turn it on first thing in the morning (when he was growing up, the TV was on 24/7/365) and it would get me overstimulated. Luckily, he’s been understanding about waiting until later in the day to turn it on!

Years ago the TV would always be on. Either with kids shows or the news. Now I turn it on when I am home alone, I play shows while I am cooking. Or when NHL hockey is on. 

When we get home from work, I turn the TV on to catch the local news. I watch while prepping dinner. It stays on until we go to bed, even if we are not watching. The tv is usually only on in the evenings.

Growing up, and even with my own family, no one was home during the day. So I don't watch tv during the daytime, even when home from work. Not a habit with me to turn it on. On weekends, we turn it on in the daytime only if watching sports. Right now, early Sunday afternoon, no TV or music on. 

This will be a continuous discussion between DH until the day we die..... I watch tv, then turn it off when done. He turns the tv on in the morning and then expects it to be on all day while he pops in and out. Drives me bonkers to have a tv playing in an empty room/house!!!!

If my DH is home, the tv is on. I’m a bit better.

Tv is turned on around 7am when Dh gets up and usually goes off around 10pm when I go to bed. DH is a SAHD and battling brain melanoma right now so the tv is his thing. He watches cooking shows all day every day. For me it’s background noise while I read on my phone or play games on the switch or do school stuff on the computer. Our home is open concept so it can be viewed while making food in the kitchen or heard while in the laundry room. I don’t mind it usually. If I’m home alone I tend to just leave it off and enjoy the quiet. If I get bored with the quiet I’ll put on yacht rock XM via the tv.

Never if I’m home alone. I do watch some Netflix but on my tablet. I prefer a quiet house especially if I am reading.

It’s on if Dh is in the house. I have spent a lot of time reading outside on my porch this summer.

I don't like silence; the tv or music are on in the background.

DH has it on always when he's in the basement working on his hobby. It depends on what I'm doing if I have it on or not. When I'm in the kitchen cooking or cleaning, I'll turn it on as a distraction. Same if I'm in our bedroom folding clothes or picking up clutter, etc. If I'm doing more whole house cleaning, like mopping, or going from room to room, I'll turn on music or listen to an audio book with earbuds. I don't like to clean house without some kind of noise for either distraction or motivation. If I'm just sitting and relaxing, it depends on my mood if it's on or not. A lot of times I like to have just silence.