I need help. For the first time since it's use became widespread, I am sharing a DVR and I want, nay NEED, to establish some DVR Rules of Etiquette.
You see, my lovely roommate D and I have been living in TV harmony for most of the summer. There wasn't much to watch and what there was, like Rescue Me, I'd record, watch and delete, knowing she stopped watching Denis Leary bang everyone and their mother seasons ago. But now, NOW, there is so much on that we both watch and love, cleaning the DVR is becoming an issue (only for me, mind you, because I am neurotic and thisclose to obsessive-compulsive). I love watching a show and then immediately deleting it. I find this insanely therapeutic. I realize this is weird (I also love doing laundry and dishes. Like I said, I'm weird), but now I keep most of the shows on the DVR for D (we rarely watch things together as she has something called "A boyfriend" and "A life," both of which I'm seriously looking into acquiring). And it's not that I mind saving them for her. I don't at all, but I worry (seriously, this keeps me up at night) that we will both watch something, but leave it on the DVR thinking the other hasn't watched it yet, and then the DVR will fill up and I will freak out and next thing you know we've run out of space and never learn how Ted meets the freaking mother!!!
I realize this problem could easily be solved by what the kids call "talking about it," but I hate making TV so important it leads to a weekly conversation about clearing the DVR (yes, I realize the ridiculousness here. Shut up). I thought about making a list and having us each check off when we've watched things, but that seems truly ridiculous, too. So, I'm hoping you have some solutions for me, dear readers. How do you deal with clearing the DVR? Obviously, my fragile psyche needs your help.
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