Can You Fight the Temptation to Cheat? – #StreamTeam

Incidents of cheating are on the rise. People are cheating on their spouses, kids and friends. Some people are unabashedly cheating and some are trying to do it covertly. No matter how they do it and to whom they do it to, cheating is increasing. I’m not talking about marital infidelity, I’m talking about Netflix infidelity. With so many binge-worthy shows on Netflix it can often be hard not to cheat. I know that I struggle with this often. I usually have more time to watch shows that Allison does. I can watch shows as I work, on nights when she is out, right before I sleep for the day on the weekends and during my breaks at work. Allison has time to herself when I am at work or out filming Built from Bricks or SteamDads.

We have a core of shows that we watch together. Those ones that are most important to watch together we make sure to watch together. The hard part is when a show may contain major developments and we want to make sure that we are not spoiled. If we have to wait till after most people have watched it, then it makes avoiding spoilers so much more difficult.

With Netflix it makes trying not to cheat even harder. Full seasons get released and when that happens so many possible spoilers are out there that it makes it hard to go slow with a season. I ran into that issue during the most recent season of Voltron: Legendary Defender. I wanted to know how it all ended for the season but made the choice to watch it with the kids because it was something that they really enjoyed. I couldn’t go and watch it without them, even though they did it to me with Skylanders Academy. But, two wrongs don’t make a right so I made sure that we only watched Season 2 of Voltron: Legendary Defender together. Finding a show that both kids love and can enjoy together with me is a big deal. With a four year difference between them and different tastes, finding something we can all agree on is a challenge so when we do it is important to experience it together. It is not like I would go watching the show while they slept.

It is also hard not to cheat because there are so many binge-worthy shows on Netflix. I plowed straight through Stranger Things because the first episode hooked me right in. Then I couldn’t stop. If Allison and I had chosen to watch that together then there may have been some cheating.

I think that is why we don’t watch the Marvel shows on Netflix together. I watch those as quickly as possible to make sure I don’t get spoiled and also because they are really good. I can go back and watch them again with her if she wants.

At the same time, Allison was really into The Crown. She watched that all on her own. I don’t think that she would have waited for me to catch up on that one because she enjoyed it so much.

People at work talk a lot about NARCOS. That might be one I may watch eventually. I don’t feel the need to binge it or make that one that Allison and I must watch together.

We are watching Travellers together and we have 2 episodes left. That is one that we have to watch together so no cheating there. Below are some of the more binge-worthy and therefore temptations for cheating, shows on Netflix right now. Just click the image to go right to the show on Netflix and add it to your binge-worthy queue.

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