Married Couples: Is there a TV in your Bedroom?

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We have 2 tv’s in our house, one in the family room and one in our bedroom, neither is hooked to any cable or antenna–just DVD’s and tapes. It’s useful when someone is sick and needs to be laying down for an extended time and can only sleep so much. It also gives us a place to go watch a non-kid movie when the children want to watch Veggie Tales for the millionth time, lol. I have never found it interferes with our intimacy or relationship…

Jennifer
 
Timidity said:
That was intentional. When a poll includes an apethtic response, people tend to flock to it as the “moderate” answer.
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That may be true, but it is still a valid response. I wouldn’t call it apathetic though. Apathetic would not be voting because the poll didn’t mean anything to you. I do like the poll and would like to have voted but my feelings are not reflected. My wife likes to watch the news or letterman before she goes to sleep while BF our DD. I on the other can sleep if there is a band playing in the room. So it really doesn’t matter to me whether there is a TV in the room or night. You shouldn’t have to be on one of the extremes because that doesn’t make for a valid poll either. I would be willing to bet that there is more people that don’t care one way or the other. The extremes always get the attention, not the moderates.
 
Princess_Abby said:
No tv in our bedroom, on purpose and since the beginning of our marriage. We like the idea of it being a personal and intimate sanctuary with no intrusions.
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Same here. And we watch so little TV that there’s really no need.
 
I voeted no, though that isn’t entirely accurate. I do have a tiny (5 inch) portable that I will bring in on occasion when I am doing chores in there, but it isn’t ever on in the evening when DH is home.
 
I voted yes and I used to love it when we first put one in there but frankly we never watch it anymore, the kids use it a great deal as they have different tastes in shows.

I will say though it is very nice cuddling up to watch TV in the bedroom. It does have it’s advantages 🙂
 
there is a tv in the bedroom. my husband loves sports…i will watch some sportsshows with him, but sometimes, i want to watch my own thing…health show…lifetime movie…religious show…and maybe he doesn’t. We love our time together, but sometimes, we like to be alone. We need that as couples…sometimes, just a time to be by myself, and chill out…and so does he. If it’s done in moderation, no harm done. I can see where some couples might disappear for the night into another room, every night. That would be harmful to one’s marriage, I think.
 
As we have just had our third child in three years…

We will now be putting a TV in our bedroom:D .

Ken
 
I voted no, but wish we did. We have 5 kids, 5 and under. I am BEAT at night. DH likes to watch a little TV (O’Reilly) before bed. We used to have a TV in our room in our last house, and I could cuddle up with him and fall asleep. Now I either have to go to bed by myself or cuddle on the couch, fall asleep, and the wake up and move into the bedroom, and I have a horrible thing about waking up and not being able to fall back asleep easily.
 
st_ignatius110 said:
We don’t have a tv at all. We threw it in the trash about 6-8 months ago and it is one of the best things we have ever done. No more worrying about my child being influenced by those “naked mommys” she could see on commercials ( what she says when she sees a woman scantily clothed) no more worrying about watching to much tv. The average person will spend 7 years of their life watching tv and I don’t want to have to give an accounting to God for that.
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I understand and appreciate your position but I see it differently. A child can learn more about history, government, nature, science, health, and religion from one month of watching a selected few channels like EWTN, the various history channels, and the various Discovery channels than they will in 12 years of public school plus 4 years of college, and without the nasty commercials that are so common on broadcast TV. I would not want to give an accounting to God for not utilizing all the tools at my disposal to give my child knowledge instead of indoctrination.
 
whatevergirl said:
i will watch some sportsshows with him, but sometimes, i want to watch my own thing…health show…lifetime movie…religious show…and maybe he doesn’t. We love our time together, but sometimes, we like to be alone. We need that as couples…sometimes, just a time to be by myself, and chill out…and so does he. If it’s done in moderation, no harm done.
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it’s the same way here, of course, except that the second TV isn’t in the bedroom, it’s located somewhere else.
 
I understand and appreciate your position but I see it differently. A child can learn more about history, government, nature, science, health, and religion from one month of watching a selected few channels like EWTN, the various history channels, and the various Discovery channels than they will in 12 years of public school plus 4 years of college, and without the nasty commercials that are so common on broadcast TV. I would not want to give an accounting to God for not utilizing all the tools at my disposal to give my child knowledge instead of indoctrination.
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While I can fully respect the fact that the television does indeed have many useful programs there is nothing on these programs that my daughter cannot learn from school or books. Are you trying to say that before television, a recent phenomenon, that those without it were less educated then your children who watch educational shows? I think we have been brain washed into believing this. Your children can learn just as much reading a history book as they can watching the history channel. Yes, reading a book will take longer but it does not have half the mind numbing effect that a television show does. I do not have a problem at all with parents who allow their children to watch tv. I don’t have a problem with educational shows ( I enjoy them myself) but I do have a problem with my little one zoning out every time the tv comes on. I know that her zoning out is not healthy in the least.
 
We have a tv in my bedroom and I can’t say that I love it, that sounds a bit extreme, I do like it very much.

At night my hubby and I cuddle up on the bed and watch news or CSI. Its nice to do that away from the family room.
 
DH and I often watch a show together before falling asleep. TV in the bedroom also helps with occasional bouts of insomnia.

Concerning education, people have various styles from which they learn best. I like the combination approach!
 
Concerning education, people have various styles from which they learn best. I like the combination approach!
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I do like this approach you take. I would much rather tape certain shows or programs for my daughter AND teach her from books and other resources. However, I am just not willing to pay for cable. Sigh.
 
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