TV in the bedroom, Yes or No ?

[Lambchop]

I would suggest two night tables with lamps and a stack of books you're each interested in.

This may be the only thing you've ever said that I've agreed with.

There's a first time for everything.

And sometimes a last!

[Jack]

This may be the only thing you've ever said that I've agreed with.

There's a first time for everything.

And sometimes a last!

We'll see, I guess.

[The Weekenders]

I'll let you guys do the superior dance while I remind you that we both read a-plenty. More than most.

[Innocent Bystander]

This weekend I read "The Good Husband of Zebra Drive" by Alexander McCall Smith, "Eugene Ogegin" by Pushkin (in english translation), "The Iceman Cometh" by Eugene O'Neill and started "Carpentaria" by someone whose name I haven't fixed in my memory yet.

And I still say it's fine to have a TV in the bedroom, as long as you can use the "off" button.

[gonzo914]

There have been lots of good responses on both sides of this important question, but they all dance around what I think is the crux of rory's problem, to wit:

If the momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

And if momma don't want no TV in the bedroom, don't put a TV in the bedroom. momma don't care what all your rowdy friends say. That room is her room, as is the living room, the dining room, the main and guest baths, the guest bedroom, the entry hall, and the kitchen. Your space is out in the garage, so you might as will start running the cable out there.

[I.D.10-t]

What about full HD TV, hifi, video, DVD, PVR, computers, laptop, assorted instruments and around 3500 books in your bedroom - best of all worlds.

David

I have a friend with this set up. Due to the computer parts on his bed, I think he mostly sleeps on his living room couch.

[cowtime]

There have been lots of good responses on both sides of this important question, but they all dance around what I think is the crux of rory's problem, to wit:

If the momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

And if momma don't want no TV in the bedroom, don't put a TV in the bedroom. momma don't care what all your rowdy friends say. That room is her room, as is the living room, the dining room, the main and guest baths, the guest bedroom, the entry hall, and the kitchen. Your space is out in the garage, so you might as will start running the cable out there.

And now you know why he is the pontiff.
Right again oh most wise one.

[Denny]

There have been lots of good responses on both sides of this important question, but they all dance around what I think is the crux of rory's problem, to wit:

If the momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

And if momma don't want no TV in the bedroom, don't put a TV in the bedroom. momma don't care what all your rowdy friends say. That room is her room, as is the living room, the dining room, the main and guest baths, the guest bedroom, the entry hall, and the kitchen. Your space is out in the garage, so you might as will start running the cable out there.

And now you know why he is the pontiff.
Right again oh most wise one.

harmp!
Garage....oh, the harness shop?

[cowtime]

harmp!
Garage....oh, the harness shop? lol

That would be the carriage house for you.

[chrisoff]

Just because it's there, doesn't mean you have to use it.

I've got a TV in my bedroom and the only time it's on is in the morning while I'm getting dressed.

[buddhu]

I would suggest two night tables with lamps and a stack of books you're each interested in.

I also agree with Jack (not for the first time).

The books thing works well for The Amazing Lindsey and meself. Our reading tastes rarely coincide, and the same is true of our televisual viewing preferences. With a TV in the room one or the other of us would have to suffer. With books everyone is happy, and it's much quieter.

[chrisoff]

Every time I read this thread title I do so to the tune of Mirror In the Bathroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE

[buddhu]

Every time I read this thread title I do so to the tune of Mirror In the Bathroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE

Heh heh...

[Doug_Tipple]

Personally, I wouldn't want a TV in the bedroom. I prefer silence, but I do accommodate my wife with a CD of soft classical tunes that plays one time through as we are going to sleep. I have several of these CD's that we change from time to time. I also have the player on shuffle so the sequence of tunes is always different. My wife reads in bed prior to going to sleep, but I never do. For me, the bedroom is used for two things, one of which is sleeping. And, as I said before, the other is not watching TV.

[Redwolf]

My husband isn't really a reader (not for pleasure, anyway), and I don't like to read in bed (it's hard to get comfortable, especially as, in our bed, you can't sit upright to read).

I think whatever a couple enjoys is perfectly fine. If they like to watch TV in bed, so be it. It doesn't reflect poorly on their relationship or on their intellectual abilities, nor does it say anything about what they may enjoy doing outside the bedroom. If they don't want a TV in there, that's fine too. In the final analysis, it's nobody's business but theirs.

Redwolf