When I first moved in with my fiancé, he had a TV in the bedroom. Believe me, it was the first thing to move out when I moved in! I think that televisions have a time and place, and neither of those can be fulfilled in a bedroom. Bedrooms, especially for newlyweds, should be a place for rest, renewal, bonding, and getting romantic. DearSugar's poll a few months ago found that most of you had televisions in your bedroom. I can see the practicality of having one in my bedroom if I still lived alone, and in fact, I often watched movies on my laptop in bed before I moved in with my fiancé. Now, though, I'm convinced that it's a definite no-no. What's your take?
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It's a definite no-no in our house too! Ditto story- when I moved in with my fiance there luckily was never even any debate about not having a tv in our bedroom- and of course I know it's working out for the better
1I have a tv in almost every room of the house so yeah there is one in the bedroom. I don't think it hinders any romantic time between me and my husband and for me its great to be able to curl in bed and watch tv as a family.
2I like having a tv in my bedroom. Often when I lie down at night I can't stop stressing about certain things, so watching a little bit of tv until I'm almost shut eye clears my mind and helps me rest easy....
3We have one in our bedroom and I dont mind it. In the lazy morning when we want to lay in bed until 3, we usually watching tv with some breakfast in bed. And I go to sleep alone a lot of times and it's nice to watch a movie to make me tired
4i'm the opposite. i had a tv in my bedroom before my husband and i moved in together. he said no to it. it's ok, though, and i certainly see the point. the only reason i ever liked the tv in there is that i'm one of those people whose mind tends to race at night when i'm stressed, and tv puts me out cold.
we only have one tv--also on purpose--we don't want tv to be a central point in our lives. we keep ours in an armoir in the living room, so we can close it up behind doors and not have it be a focus in the room. but now if i can't sleep, i end up on the couch.
5Nope -- we made a rule before we ever got married that we would never have a tv in our bedroom, and we've stuck to it so far. It's not that big of a deal to us to watch a movie in our living room and then go to bed after. I like keeping our bedroom as a bit of a sacred, technology-free place.
6We have a TV in our bedroom. When we were moving we almost didn't put it in our room. But we ended up doing it. I like to be able to watch something else if the hubby is watching something i don't want to watch in the living room and also some times we will watch a movie before bed. It doesn't interfere with our romantic time either
Also when i am sick i like to lay in bed and watch tv.
7I think a TV in the bedroom is OK. Prevents your partner from falling asleep on the couch in the living room. The cellphone, Blackberry and laptop should be barred from the bedroom though
8No tv in our bedroom either, we both agree. When we have our own house we even plan on not having a tv at all. Instead we want a projector to watch movies. Most shows on tv are crap anyway.
9When my husband and I first got married I was adamant that we'd never have a TV in our bedroom, but we caved. Though, we rarely use it. I'd say 99.9% of the time it's in use is when he's downstairs in the living room playing XBox and I don't feel like watching, then I go to our bedroom and watch what I want to watch.
10I am sort of in the middle. I prefer the TV in the bedroom OFF most of the time (because the bedroom is supposed to be a relaxing place and TV just creates too much noise) but at the same time, it's nice to just curl up in bed one day and watch a movie or whatever's on TV at the moment. Let's just say that I don't mind having a TV in the bedroom as long as it's not on when it doesn't need to be on.
11No TV.
12We have one in the guest room, so if the BF is watching something downstairs & I don't want to watch it, I can still curl up on a bed, just not "ours". Or when I'm home sick for the day, I'll stay in that room. I can hunker down in there for the day rather than get germs in our room, or have to have a TV in there.
I think it makes our room more quiet, peaceful & minimalist.
No TV in the bedroom! Then again, we hardly ever watch TV at all...definitely less than three hours a week unless someone's home sick.
13Since we moved in together we agreed no TV in the bedroom. I used to have one in my room, but I lived with my parents and wanted to watch my own stuff and play video games. I'm one of those people with light insomnia, so any TV noise doesn't lull me to sleep, it keeps me awake. In fact, even the electronic hum from an off TV bugs me.
We also agreed on no TV programming/cable, so we watch lots of movies, love Netflix and the internet. 3 years plus, and we're amazed how many people say, "Did you see that commercial the other day?!" Yeah, it's so bad people aren't even really watching SHOWS any more...
14When we moved into our new house we tried it without one for a while. I found that I missed it because I like to watch the news while I get ready in the morning and when I do housework like straightening the bedroom, folding laundry, making the bed, etc. The nice thing is that it's hidden in a built in so it's not just out there. And like some of the others, we don't watch it a ton, but I do like having it.
15Since we are without air conditioning and the window unit is in the bedroom... uh yeah I'm fine with a TV in the bedroom! =)
16We only have one TV in the house, and it is in the bedroom. Curling up under the covers and watching TV is one of our favorite things to do after a long day at work. I don't feel that it negatively affects our relationship whatsoever.
17While when living alone I prefer to have the TV on...(it's in a different room, so i just listen) it's more to drown out hallway noises, traffic, etc outside of my apartment. At my parents I sleep with the tv on too in my old room, but I think tv in the bedroom is a bad idea...there are much better ways to stay entertained int he bedroom
18Definitely no TV in the bedroom. Although when we eventually have kids, maybe we'll get a small one for our bedroom.
19No TV.
20no
21not a good idea to have any electronics in the bedroom. they emit radio waves, on or off, that interrupt sleep cycles and depth. i don't see the need for more than one TV, if any at all, in the house. it's called sharing! and reading, knitting, cooking, talking, gardening or exercising in your free time. also, it's a really bad idea to put a TV, or computer, in a kid's room - adults are supposed to monitor what kids watch and kids need to learn to interact with the family and have other, useful interests instead of cloister themselves away in their room all day.
22we've got one in the b'room but it's so far away from the TV that it's hard to watch practically so we don't use it a ton. more for when I'm folding laundry and such.
23I am not a big fan of TVs in the bedroom. We have one, but we rarely turn it on. Basically, only when we come home after a late night out and want to fall asleep to the television.
24My kids all have a t.v. in their bedrooms....but I never have!
25I find I go to sleep at a better time if there is a tv in my bedroom. B/c If the tv is in another room of the house I will stay up until the late night tv show is over. If the tv is in my room I usually fall asleep mid tv show and don't have to worry about getting up and going to bed.
26We've got a big tv and surround sound in our bedroom.
It's the only place we
can watch movies in peace and comfort.
27I have one but I rarely watch it and if I didn't have it, I would be ok.
28We have one in there now, but that's partly because we had two when we moved in and this was the only place it fit. If we'd only had the one, things might be different.
Next place we live, if I can make it fit, the bedroom TV will go in the kitchen. My parents had one growing up and I miss it - sometimes radio just isn't enough company when I'm cooking.
29I have a small tv in my bedroom. It gets used when I want to watch a movie in bed so not too often. I prefer to read. But it can be great. I was very sick in bed for a few days and watched all of Arrested Development. That was an awesome time so I don't look upon the set that's in the bedroom as a bad thing.
30I'm kind of torn on this one. Part of me thinks that the bedroom should be a place of serenity and a tv doesn't fit into that scheme. But I do enjoy the occasional Saturday mornings snuggling in bed with my hubby and our little one watching cartoons, and the even rarer opportunities of curling up by myself watching a Lifetime movie. So we do have one in our room, but it's hardly ever on.
31I don't like having a TV in the bedroom unless in a hotel.
32I haven't had a TV in the bedroom in years, but I've been tempted a few times get a small flatscreen to hang on the wall. I've resisted so far. When I'm traveling for business, I find myself staying up later and later because there's always a TV in the hotel bedroom.
33I had one up until I was about 26 or so, along with a computer (I had no choice, due to the apartment layouts I lived in..)
...then, once given the freedom I decided I did not want any electronics in my bedroom, at all.
As I have worked from home for about 7 years now, I just prefer my bedroom to be as NONelectronic as possible, so that there is no "bleedthru" between my work spaces and rest spaces.
Its the only room in the house with antique "everything" and even my bedside "lamp" is a tall Laura Ashley etched hurricane lamp with a candle. It was for two reasons..physically I am convinced its healthier to have a sleeping area free of electronics (particularly wireless ones) and also psychologial. This way it is always a retreat and sanctuary. My boyfriend and I do only three things in there. The other two are sleep, and get dressed.
We save the TV and video games for the living room, and the home office.
34My ex and I had a lot of trouble on this one. In our apartment we had no TV in the bedroom and it was the best; then we moved into his parents and ended up with one in the bedroom and it sucked. I couldn't sleep cause he would be playing video games and he couldn't sleep cause I'd be watching TV and it lead to animosity. As a single person, I didn't have a TV in my bedroom. And now, I'm moving into my bf's apt and I have request the TV be removed from the bedroom. He agreed.
I'm not going to have what happened before, happen again.
35I have read that electro-magnetic fields in the bedroom have been linked to insomnia, depression and similar problems. No TV in the bedroom for me, and no power points too near the bed either. The bedroom is a calm place for sleeping and relaxing.
36i have a tv in the bedroom and its worked for us so far. I like to watch my science channel and he likes to watch spike. and anyway spongebob only looks good loud and my boo says that plus the door closed.
37No. Not now. Not ever.
38NO. i wouldn't have one if i didn't live in a studio. course, it sorta makes the whole room my bedroom. but really, the only time a tv in the bedroom comes in handy is if you are either lazy or have the flu. even if you are single, it is a bad idea. it's shown to disrupt sleep. the bedroom should be for sleep or some wink wink, nudge nudge. that's all.
39definate no no... we only have one tv and it will stay that way. no tv in the kids rooms either
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