Why is it that calamitous, expensive problems always creep up right after the holidays?
Two years ago, our digital camera broke right after the holidays.
Last year, DH's car needed a new clutch... not once, but twice between Christmas and Easter.
So this year, I was simply waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I'd thought we'd gotten away without any of these issues. In fact, we had just spent our last gift cards to Target and Walmart leftover from Christmas when fate stepped in to let us know we had, indeed, not escaped its grasp.
We were watching TV in bed when the set started buzzing...
then shaking...
and then, it just went...
While our set wasn't exactly that old, but I had owned it for the better part of a decade. Its remote had a few buttons that no longer worked (including "mute" and "previous channel", two remote staples, in my opinion), and a built-in VCR that didn't play sound. I guess it was its time to go.
Now, DH & I are embroiled in the debate of the decade. Oh, all right, the decade is only a month old... but that doesn't make this any less of a debate. The issue is whether to get a new TV for the bedroom. We had this same debate when we were first married; I argued that having a TV in the bedroom would negatively impact our love life. DH argued that not having a TV in the bedroom would negatively impact his ability to watch The Daily Show.
DH won that battle.
This time, the battle lines are reversed.It may be completely un-romantic, but I like having a TV in the bedroom now. I like having a place to watch sports as DH plays his video games (yeah, DH has very little interest in sports aside from football). I like being able to watch the Today Show as I get ready for work (I kind of consider it a "job requirement" in my industry). But now it's DH who is yearning for a little more romance in the bedroom, and he thinks the TV prevents that.
a TV for Valentine's Day.
Do you have a TV in your bedroom?
Do you think it has any influence on your (ahem) love life?
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Oh I know how you feel! We seem to be in the same position every year. Last year it was my cell that broke right after the new year rolled in. It took me months to get a new one & it was the longest few months ever. This year - it's our washer. Every time I do a load I'm really {like seriously, really} afraid it's going to implode. It starts shaking & making these horrible sounds like I left a baseball bat in there or something. And of course, our tax return is no where in sight.
BUT. On to your question :P We do have a tv in our room but it's rarely ever used. Only when I need some background noise as I'm doing laundry or cleaning. We have a {new} strict rule that there is no tv at night. Mostly b/c as soon as it comes on I will pass right out LOL
Ha ha ha ha ha! I guess you won't be ;)
We have a t.v. in our bedroom, though the only programming that ever graces its screen is Dora, Curious George and the like. Andy and I never watch it. In fact, since I have fallen in love with blogging, I seldom watch t.v. at all.
P.S. I love the more streamlined approach to your posts. Ie, the lack of pink and bold font, etc. This is much easier for me to follow and read the entire way through. This sorta seems like a back handed compliment. Just intended to be a compliment!
We do have a tv in our bedroom. I was initially very against the idea, but secretly I do love having it in there. It became especially handy while I was out on maternity leave, and even now really, because that's where I do all my feedings for our baby, and it's nice to have that entertainment during those sessions, especially the marathon ones! I do not think the presence of a tv negatively impacts certain other activities that go on in the room though. But I do think it takes away from some of our sleep and we end up watching more tv than I'd like on a general basis.
Well. Since we went without TV for nince years and just recently got cable (we did watch movies, I will say), this is a no brainer for me: he has already won one argument about TV (he wanted it badly, I would rather NOT have it), so I will stand firm in that there are NO TV's in ANY bedroom in the house. I don't think it would negatively imapct our love life, so to speak, but it would drive me crazy. :)
Hi, I just checked out your blog and had to say your daughter is gorgeous, and her hair will grow eventually. It seemed like forever for my daughter's to grow, it's still not that long, looks longer in the pictures.
Hubs and I both agreed not to have a TV in our bedroom. We figured that with our track record of lazy couchpotatoness, we might never get out of bed again and would be found someday unshowered, in dirty pajamas, surrounded by empty pizza boxes, and mostly comatose by family or friends who became concerned that we hadn't made contact in months.
We have a TV in our room. I don't think the television itself is a LurveDowner, but I do think it might have something to do with the toddlers who pile in the bed to watch Sesame Street at 5 in the morning...;)
We were on complete different sides of the fence when my husband and I first moved in together. I wanted the TV, he didn't. I can't hardly fall asleep without the TV. If I try to go to sleep in a completely silent room, my mind wanders too much and I end up being awake half of the night. With the TV on in the background it keeps my mind from thinking about all the things that I didn't do, need to do, should have done, etc. My husband has now gotten used to the TV being on at night and it doesn't bother him as much.
We haven't had a TV in our bedroom since moving into our house in August, but we always did prior to that. I agree that it's nice to have another place to watch TV when he's focusing on sports, "The Legend of the Seeker" or completing Super Mario Bros. on the Wii for the umpteenth time. HOWEVER, we don't have one now, and we're not in any rush. And... The bedroom's always been and still is our favorite room, andI haven't noticed a change either way! :-D
I love having a TV in the bedroom!!
but I mostly watch it in the mornings while I'm getting ready!!
:)
We used to have a tv in our bedroom. Well we still do, but no satellite connection. I'll admit I miss it tons and you've inspired me to get cracking on setting it up. It's small though, very, very small. So small in fact, that I have to lay at the end of the bed if I really want to watch.
i'm not married, but i have a tv in my bedroom, but honestly i prefer watching it in the living room on the bigger flat screen. by the time i go in my bedroom, i just curl up and read a book, no tv. the bf and i only watch movies really in the bedroom.
We had a TV in our bedroom until a year ago. We came to the realization that we were spending way too much time in bed doing things other than sleeping and having sex. So we got rid of it.
Now we get lots of sleep and my husband wants to have sex every night. I am glad for the sleep but really don't need sex every day.
We do have a TV in our bedroom and I am the first to admit I am like an 80-year-old woman who likes to watch the news. Does it have an impact? Well that probably depends on who you ask...
We do have a TV in our room. I like it for when he's watching something on the TV in the living room that I have no interest in. I'll go in our room and watch it, after I've gotten ready for bed. That way I don't have to get up again until the morning. Having a TV in our room hasn't affected our sex life at all.
I've always been against having a tv in our bedroom. I only think about having one in there when I'm sick or feeling blue and want to lay in bed and "dumb down."
Although as I'm writing this, our bedroom hasn't been the same since kids so maybe we should get a nice flat screen. Maybe it would get our butts off our couch (where we end up after a exhausting day) and upstairs...I mean then at least we're in bed together...and if one of us starts to play footsie, haha..hmmm, now you've got me thinking! ;o)
We don't have one in our room right now but have in the past. I like having one for a few years. When DH is gone I can snuggle up in bed and watch tv/movies and when he home we can watch a movie that way. Hopefully we will move one into our room after we move.
I was so against having a TV in the bedroom until I was on bedrest with my pregnancy. Then it was a must. And now it is still here.
I don't think it causes a problem at all. Especially since we never watch things in there b/c the kids hid the remote.
Yes I have a TV in our bedroom... Yes, I've wondered if we'd have more romance if there wasn't one... But really, since he often watches TV after I'm asleep - it is nice to have him beside me instead of the living room... And sometimes... It wakes me up - opening an otherwise closed door for the opportunity of romance.
And to win the battle by Valentine's Day...
Mention - certain videos could be played on it that, having a child now - could not be played elsewhere...
not that I'd know anything about that though
I was anti-tv-in-the-bedroom too, and then I started staying up a lot later to watch tv in the living room. Now I wish we had a tv in the bedroom because I'd be getting more sleep!
I'm Heather, and I'm a tvaholic.
I just like the noise, though - I next to never sit down and watch it. Maybe it's not romantic, but it's my reality.
We've had a TV in our bedroom forever. In fact we just got a new, pretty, big, flat screen for our bedroom. I love snuggling up at night and watching a comedy. The TV has no effect on our love life.
However the 3 little kids who are always trying to crawl in bed with us is a different story! =)
Yes, a TV in the bedroom. I like it. I don't really think it impacts our sex life one way or another. If he or I want to watch TV, we're going to do it regardless of it being in the bedroom...and the same thing goes for the sex. :)
I love having a t.v in the bedroom. It's good to have on while putting away laundry, making the bed, or like you said...watching with the Hubby is playing video games. But...I do get kinda aggravated when it's time to go to bed and he turns the t.v on. Especially if he was wanting to do the "hmm hmm", but wants to watch t.v first. No...I'm going to bed....forget you...lol
We have a TV in the bedroom and my guess is that if it broke the kids would be losing their TV in the playroom.
By the way- it sounds like you've got a Letter of Intent in the making!
We do not have a TV in the bedrooom. Lately, I have been thinking it might be nice to have somewhere quiet to watch TV or a dvd - the teens get pretty loud even just doing homework - they have to discuss everything or play the piano or sing at the top of their lungs - a TV behind closed doors might just be bliss.
I've always told hubby that our "love life" starts when he runs out of good stuff to watch on TV.
We have a set in the bedroom. At first, I didn't like the idea. I had never had one in there. But, it's kind of nice to be able to relax in privacy when we settle the kids to bed. I don't have to be romanced daily. I finally have a husband that's content watching Two & a Half Men with me. ;) I don't mind so much.
As for the impact on our *ahem* love life? I don't think earthquake, flood, or tornado could affect that!!!
yep, we have a tv. don't think it takes away from our love life though. def need to make that a priority.
and sorry, but i watch good morning america
We have a tv in the bedroom. And I don't think it impacts the love life. I use it with the kids too if I am getting ready and they are restless.
No TV in my bedroom but I'd kill for one! MAKE him get you one... Seriously!
We have a tv in the bedroom...and it has not affected our sex life.
:)
Well that's one of the biggest fights my ex and i had ever had. I was against having a tv in our bedroom but she was for it. I ended up winning that battle but really only bc we couldn't afford to buy a 2nd one. But I seriously hate the idea of having a tv in my room. Although it's only me now so I guess it wouldn't really put a damper on the ole love life now would it?!
haha, negatively impact the Daily show...that is hilarious!
We do not have a tv in the bedroom...anymore! When we first got married we did and then we would get all cozy in bed and watch tv and stay up super late and then complain the next day that we should have gone to bed earlier. When we moved to our new house we didn't put it back in our room and I can say I am not sure the tv has anything to do with it or not but our "love life" is much more often ♥
We have a TV in our bedroom and I honestly don't know what I would do without it.
It doesn't seem to have any influence in our love life. The two year old sleeping in our bed is the one that influences it. lol
I actually don;t have a TV in the bedroom because it makes me late. No affect on the love life though!
Kate xx
i think there are too many tv's everywhere...i'm thinking of ditching the 1 we have in the house..lol
as far as the bedroom-i'd never have a tv in there because of my previous rant
in our house the kids in the bed is more of a damper :)
i guess it all depends on what you are watching in the tv, wink wink
Yes we have a lovely flatscreen in the bedroom. I admit I am spoiled on HD. I can not even bear to watch standard TV anymore. Our TV does nothing to hinder or enhance our love time. My hubs works nights so I like being able to curl up in bed, watch something I DVR'ed and wait for him to get home:)
I have a really old one in my room. Only thing I watch on it is an episode of Seinfeld before bed.
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I never had a TV until I met my husband who would have a TV in the bathroom if he could!
We have one now and hasn't affected us at all.
He does want a new TV for our Living room - a bigger one than our current one which is only 2 years old!!!!! C'mon!
No, we don't have a TV in the bedroom. We have talked about it but we already have 3 other TV's in the house. One in the basement where Hubby hangs out after the kids go to bed. One in the family room where I hang out when the kids go to bed. And one upstairs in the playroom for the kids!
We wouldn't survive with just one TV. Hubs loves sports and I don't. We don't watch any of the same things besides The Office or reruns of Seinfeld.
Thanks for dropping by WW It is a robot at this year's boat show...it was fun...On to the TV when my fella and I moved in together I was like no I sleep and be romantic in my bed thats it ...NO TV well now he has a promotion and it came with longer hours and he tends to fall asleep before me and I thought maybe if I put a TV in there we will at least be close while I watch the news and he sleeps ...We are not sure still deciding
Nope, no TV in the bedroom. We only own one and it's in the livingroom.
WHERE did you find that old TV pic??? Too funny!
we have a TV in our room, but only watch it to catch the last few minutes of the news or late night talkshows...I do like it for background noise when I put away laundry or clean up the upstairs. : )
We have a TV in the bedroom with a DVD player. It's great for letting the 3 year old watch a movie while I take a shower. It's also good for those other movies that help with the love life-if you're into that stuff!
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No tv in the bedroom....bedrooms are for sleeping and romance. If we want to watch tv, the couch is very comfortable.
I have a TV in my room and I would never be without it. It hasn't and won't affect my love life at all. I am all for a TV in the bedroom!
No, I told my hubby before we married that I didn't want a TV in our bedroom. Personally takes away from the romance element. But we do have a BIG TV in our living room, I guess you can argue that the living room is the place to interact with family?
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No tv in our bedroom. I often want one so, like you, we can watch seperate things or he can play video games and I can watch something.
We used to have one in our room...then it went to our then 14 y/o son...now it's downstairs in the play room. I don't want it in our bedroom...we like watching tv together...we only have 4 hours a day together, of which, 3 are consumed with kids and dinner time.
We have one in our room, but it rarely gets turned on. With the exception of watching The Bachelor on Monday nights while I am on the treadmill and Saturday mornings when Miss D watches a cartoon in our bed with us. IMpact on love life - nope!
Yes, we have a TV...
No, no negative impact.
I have to have the tv on when I fall asleep...I have our timer set to turn it off after an hour or so of inactiivty.
Hope you get a mute button and a previous channel button that is fully functional with your new tv. ;)
I have had a TV in my bedroom for....30 years? Sad, but true. I LOVE having it in the bedroom so I can watch whatever I want while my Hubby watches basketball. I loathe basketball! Also, it's great to stay in bed and watch TV when you're sick.
Does it impact our "time together"? No, it just means we sometimes stay up too late so that we get to watch MadMen and then spend "time together".
I always refused to have one because I saw the impact it had on my parents marriage... I wound up divorced, but for non-TV/intimacy related reasons. I've always been against it. As a single person I'd have one in the bedroom, but mostly to keep the TV away from the common area and my son.
Awh, playing taps for your TV. :-(
I don't have one in the bedroom. Heck, I don't even have CABLE. Anything I watch is over at my fiance's house and that's only a few shows.
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Nope no tv in the room,like you we had an old tv with vcr that ate the tapes and when it died we just never replaced it.partly because if we got one for the room we would have to get cable put in,seems like to much work just to watch when we haove tv's everywhere else.
We don't have a TV in the bedroom - I'm against it and so was DH until recently... now he's all for it and tried convincing me to change my mind.
We don't have a TV in the bedroom, but my husband keeps trying to convince me that we "need" another TV. This way he can play his video games on the big TV and I can go off and watch my girlier shows...lol. So far we are agreeing to disagree. Someday though, we'll have to make a decision.
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We do have a tv in our room. My hubby can't fall asleep unless its on. It is nice though to curl up and watch a movie at night.
We have a pretty large tv in our room...and we don't use it much. Although now that Lost is on we are watching that Tuesday nights. I can't sleep with it on, so my husband gets the evil eye if he even thinks about turning it on after I have put my head on the pillow for the night.
If we didn'thave a tv in the bedroom, I'm not sure WHAT i would do!!! Gosh, don't even THINK IT! lol.
(no, doesn't make things difficult...or less. :)
in that way I mean)
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We have always had a TV in the bedroom. I am not sure why. It has just always been there. I have heard of many couples who choose not to have one so the bedroom is more intimate.
For us, it is a must! I tend to take forever to fall asleep, so the TV keeps me company while Jason snoozes. I have recently been using a flashlight to read, which I am loving!
I don't even know what our bedroom would be like without the TV! Maybe when it breaks I will suggest we try and live without it, just to see what it is like!
I always said no way... but now I am the one begging to get the TV out of the only 'living' space we have and put it in our room... 'besides we can curl up and watch tv together.." sigh.. he's not buying it! I will get him to cave! ;)
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I think a TV in the bedroom is a requirement too, and I can't imagine getting ready for work without it. Of course, I haven't had a man in my bed in a good 5 months, so I may not be the right person to weigh in here!