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Do you go to sleep, at night, by the sound of the TV in the bedroom?

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Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
All these books on romance say "have NO TV in the bedroom". Likewise, many experts on sleep say the bedroom should be a place of CALM (ie NO TV). I think almost all Americans DO have a TV in their bedroom, and DO watch it before bed.

DO you?
Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):
Have a TV in bedroom, DO watch it before bed.
Starkiller87 , Sunshineamine , cherryredhead88 , haley730 , Breas , Diabolical Kitty , Jul!a , AngelvMaynard , MeliPixie , oldhippy , guard083 , ZenaidaMacroura , hjtee , Bignuf , Eva Schwaltz , Sammi , dv8 , Halfthere , jay28 , sarki , married with children , C-Rae , Howells , slynch , Shellz31 , alliegator , A Closet Slut (aka nipplepeople) , beachluv51800
28
Have a TV in the bedroom, but never watch it before bed.
padmeamidala , Rossie , KinkBiLove , CoffeeCup , tooshy , newfoundlust , Errant Venture , bayosgirl
8
Have NO TV in the bedroom.
LaLaLouise , Yaoi Pervette (deleted) , LostBoy988 , Ghost , Pixel , Maeby , OhMy! , Antipova , The Curious Couple , mizzmilla , toxie m , Taylor , BabyL0ve , ThoughtsAblaze
14
Other?
GravyCakes , Ryuson , P'Gell , alliegator
4
Total votes: 54 (53 voters)
Poll is closed
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Contributor: LaLaLouise LaLaLouise
I have a lot of trouble sleeping unless it's completely dark and silent.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
I need the quiet noise and light. I grew up that way and now i get nervous and cant sleep without. My house burned down while i was sleeping as a kid so im a real nervous sleeper.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Sunshineamine Sunshineamine
Have a TV in the bedroom but don't watch TV. I watch movies.
08/16/2011
Contributor: cherryredhead88 cherryredhead88
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
All these books on romance say "have NO TV in the bedroom". Likewise, many experts on sleep say the bedroom should be a place of CALM (ie NO TV). I think almost all Americans DO have a TV in their bedroom, and DO watch it before bed.

DO you?
I need noise to fall asleep but I like the fan better. Sometimes the TV just keeps me up later.

I love my fish tank; when I moved to my new apartment I put it in the living room (used to be in my room) so I had to sleep out there for 2 weeks---I couldn't sleep without the noise!
08/16/2011
Contributor: haley730 haley730
I turn it off before I go to sleep.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
I need a quiet room free of distractions to sleep well. No TV. I don't really care for watching TV either way.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Diabolical Kitty Diabolical Kitty
Love having my tv in the bedroom
08/16/2011
Contributor: LostBoy988 LostBoy988
I can't really sleep with noise going on in the background. I'm a light sleeper.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
I like having the TV on to go to sleep. I've been doing it that way for a long time and I have a hard time falling asleep without it. I keep the volume down really low so that it doesn't keep my husband awake, and set a timer so that it's not on all night with nobody watching.
08/16/2011
Contributor: AngelvMaynard AngelvMaynard
I have fallen asleep to the sound of the tv for as long as I can remember. I'm really trying to break the habit.
08/16/2011
Contributor: MeliPixie MeliPixie
My boyfriend and I have a television in the bedroom, and 99%of the time we'll go to bed with it on, and once he's asleep I'll turn it off so I can sleep too ^^;;
08/16/2011
Contributor: Ghost Ghost
I don't really watch tv, period... Sometimes a dvd, or video games.. but I prefer them not in the bedroom.
08/16/2011
Contributor: GravyCakes GravyCakes
i sometimes watch tv before i go to bed. i don't like a lot of noise when i'm trying to sleep, though.
08/16/2011
Contributor: oldhippy oldhippy
My wife tends to watch the TV more at night in the bedroom more than I do. I will admit to watching it sometimes, depending on what is on. Mostly I just drive her nuts by going to sleep in less than 5 minutes by just closing my eyes and going to sleep.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
Im thinking of trying something after reading this thread. I usually watch stuff on my computer because we moved the tv in the front room. And I will make a super long playlist of movies so it will just play through the entire night. About 6 7 hours. But since I want to get out of this habit maybe I will shorten my list every night so it will cut off while Im sleeping. Than perhaps I wont need it at all eventually??!?! At least I that will be my goal.
08/16/2011
Contributor: guard083 guard083
We have one in our room and watch it before sleep but we have a certain amount of time we turn it off and have quite time before bed
08/16/2011
Contributor: padmeamidala padmeamidala
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
All these books on romance say "have NO TV in the bedroom". Likewise, many experts on sleep say the bedroom should be a place of CALM (ie NO TV). I think almost all Americans DO have a TV in their bedroom, and DO watch it before bed.

DO you?
We have a tv but I don't like to watch it before bed so I usually shut it off and read or cuddle with my Master.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
I only turn it on in the morning, while I'm doing my morning rituals. We don't use the bedroom TV on most nights, unless we're hiding in our room watching porn. My husband needs the bedroom to be totally quiet at night, or else he's not able to fall asleep.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Pixel Pixel
A TV in the room is a major distraction to me. I wouldn't be able to sleep with it on, and random out of place noises can make me wake up violently.
08/16/2011
Contributor: hjtee hjtee
LOVE TV IN THE BEDROOM! I can't sleep without it unless I'm camping. Even then I need a radio.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by Sunshineamine
Have a TV in the bedroom but don't watch TV. I watch movies.
WOW...thanks. Really should have added that to my vote list. Totally didn't think about that one!!!
08/16/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by hjtee
LOVE TV IN THE BEDROOM! I can't sleep without it unless I'm camping. Even then I need a radio.
Have to tell you a funny story. I went camping in Yosemite. At night we saw a BLUE GLOW from every single tent in a hundred yard zone. In the morning I asked everyone what they were doing...of course, everyone had the computers, or tablets with them...doing 3 or 4 G and MANY were "watching TV" on their computers!!! Can't miss "America's Got Talent" or "Great Race" even when camping!!!!
08/16/2011
Contributor: Eva Schwaltz Eva Schwaltz
It's hard for me to fall asleep without it on.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Sammi Sammi
I need the background noise to fall asleep - I can't fall asleep without it. Plus, it masks the sound of snoring
08/16/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
I have no tv in my bedroom, and would not be able to fall asleep if one was on. I hate staying in hotels because I c an hear tv through the walls...

If I was living with someone who wanted a tv in the bedroom I'd feel totally unloved, and like they cared more about tv than about conversing with me.

So, no. Very vehemently no.
08/16/2011
Contributor: The Curious Couple The Curious Couple
I don't have a TV in my room, and I don't think I could fall asleep with one turn on in background.
08/16/2011
Contributor: newfoundlust newfoundlust
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
All these books on romance say "have NO TV in the bedroom". Likewise, many experts on sleep say the bedroom should be a place of CALM (ie NO TV). I think almost all Americans DO have a TV in their bedroom, and DO watch it before bed.

DO you?
I need quiet and dark. So no tv at bedtime for me.
08/16/2011
Contributor: mizzmilla mizzmilla
Bed is the only time some days where my partner and I get to really talk and catch up.. so there's no tv in our bedroom. We go to bed an hour early on busy days so we can take that time to catch up on anything we're missing in one anothers lives.
08/16/2011
Contributor: sarki sarki
I have a television in the bedroom and do sometimes watch it before bed
08/17/2011