Defying Experts: Bedroom TV Stays!

by Pauline Jennings

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First of all, if I’m feeling frisky, the TV won’t go on in the first place.  Second of all, if either of us starts feeling frisky mid-movie…well…a person can always rewind back to the spot where attention was diverted.  Thirdly, some shows can instigate friskiness (and not necessarily just porn).  Fourthly, snuggling up body to body in bed to watch TV (no one said you have to wear a lick of clothing!) feels a lot more intimate to me than separately reading books, and I hear no one rebuking bedroom reading!

Last of all, this is what I won’t give up:  we start a movie, I crawl into bed (he says, “Comin’ in?”, I say “Yeah,” and he raises his arm to pull me in), I put my head on his chest, his arm wraps around me, and he starts rubbing my back.  For that precious time, 1.5 to 2 hours, we won’t do anything else; just relax in bed, touch and focus on the same thing with NO DEMANDS for anything else.

Usually I fall in and out of sleep throughout the movie.  Each time I wake, I’m in his arms, his hand rubbing me, close enough so I can just turn my head to kiss him and then snuggle back down to float away again.  Can you see why I really love this?

Call me clueless or chi-less, but this is cherished time.  The TV stays.

This concludes another view from my married life.

 
 
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  • 1 Pauline // May 21, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    phd-

    Sounds reasonable. I’m totally with you.

    However some people get a little high and mighty about it. Kind of snobbish even - like a TV in the BR is gauche!

    I say, they don’t know what they’re missing. But on the other hand, I don’t know what I’m missing in their bedrooms!

    Take Care and thanks for the comments - Pauline

  • 2 phd in yogurtry // May 19, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    “Another study (in Osaka, Japan) said that people perceive they get less sleep if they have a TV in their room. I don’t know what that means.”

    Usually this means they asked people to recall, generally, whether they are getting more or less sleep. As opposed to (better) survey research which has people record their sleep hours in a journal and then compare TV vs. TV-less bedrooms.

    I was opposed to TV in bedrooms, too, but we caved when we got a new family room TV. I’ve decided to NOT make a habit of viewing routinely from bed, such as typical night time TV fare (The Tonight Show, etc). I reserve it for movies, like you do. I like the cuddle-while-watching, too. We don’t get that watching from the family room.

    So I think its all in how you regulate your bedroom TV viewing. Most of the experts are warning off the HABIT, not occasional viewing. That’s my guess.

  • 3 David Levin // May 5, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Well, I guess the only tidbit I have to offer to the “no” column is that doctors consider it poor “sleep hygiene.” Which is not news to you, I imagine, but I love the sound of it anyway.

    Otherwise, you make a good case. Are we going to try it? Not a chance. :-) But you have at least opened my mind a tad, which seems like it should be a good thing.
 
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