The problem started the first time I stayed at my husband’s place alone when we were still dating. The five remotes on the right were on Jerry’s coffee table and I had no idea how to even turn on the TV.
For years, I have only had 2 remotes: one for my TV and one for the Apple TV. Jerry has 5: TV, speakers, fire tv, DVD player and a fan. When I want to turn down the sound, I have to use the speaker remote, when I need to turn on the TV, I use the TV remote, and when I need to find things to watch… you get the picture.
Eventually, when we moved in together, I bought a Logitech universal remote, hoping it would simplify our lives. However, Jerry never learned how to use it, and now we have 6 remotes sitting on the living room coffee table, 4 in the bedroom, that’s a total of 9 remotes! I think it’s now safe to say that we need to do something about this.