I suspect some of them need glasses but won't admit it

Yea, my dad would do that, but part of it was he would have this thing about "relaxing" or "watching the game" that would make him feel like he was being lazy

In a lot of these rooms, the TV is way too high on the wall, so sitting and watching is actually straining the neck. It is eye-level when standing and much more comfortable.

When my sis or me are watching a show, and my dad also likes the show, he watches, but he watches in the doorway. STANDING UP. lol

I don't know a single guy/dad that would watch tv like that i find it so odd. My brother Barry once fashioned a very long stick so he could change the chanel from across the room so he didnt have to get up

Not a dad, but I only sit at the computer or when I'm at a table (eating or drawing). I stand to talk on the phone, often to watch tv and to paint.

You know when your dad will do this while your playing a game

Once we were watching a Barcelona-Madrid match and my husband yelled "goal!" Our cat, who had been curled up fast asleep, jumped across the room and out to the balcony. (Lucky the poor baby didn't jump OFF the balcony, lol.)

My husband is broken. He never does this.

my theory is, when watching the news, that dads need to concentrate by standing close to the tv and being able to hear every word. i use to stand like this, when my child was younger, i got distracted too fast and stood there to listen carefully.

I've done this myself, caught myself doing it, and wondered why. At least I now know I'm not alone.

It's so we don;t sit down and fall asleep in the chair/couch/recliner.

Both I and my dad do this...I'm a girl

I’m a dad. I don’t watch TV like this. Neither does my dad. The question is: are we the weird ones, or is it all these others?

Yup. My husband will be on his way to do something in a different room, stop directly in front of the TV, stand there for 15 minutes, then turn to go. He'll then forget what he was going to do in the first place, walk back by to figure it out, get distracted and stand in front of the TV for another 15, rinse, repeat...

I thought that was something only my dad did and it used to annoy me... had no idea this was the Dad watching TV standard form.... amazing.

Haha I’m not a dad but I actually do this too just not so close to the tv lol

Where's the one about how women watch TV?

It’s so cross cultural. Beautiful. My middle eastern dad does this too.

They say sitting is the new smoking, so (if you keep some distance from the television) it might even be a good thing.

My husband(a dad) will sometimes come into the living room while I'm watching TV and get terribly distracted by whatever I'm watching. Just stands in the doorway, almost literally in midstep. Sometimes I'll stop watching TV and start watching him instead because I can tell he meant to poke his head in and ask me a question but the "Oh shiny" part of his brain kicked in.

My dad does this too!

I'm failing to see either a problem or what the big deal is :)

I thought my dad was the only one