Bad habits at bedtime
By LilyLoretta
@LilyBeBack (1994)
United Kingdom
October 3, 2017 4:57pm CST
When I was 13 years old I was allowed a telly in my bedroom, and although it seemed great at the time I really wish I'd never asked for it. Until then I used to read for hours every night, I was allowed to read for an hour after bedtime but I'd switch my light off after that hour and then carry on reading under the quilt with a torch.
Once the TV came along, my reading time slowly dwindled down to very little 
Now I'm an adult I don't allow myself to have a TV in my bedroom, and I read for an hour every night in bed - I would read for longer but I have to be strict with my sleep now I've got Leonard to wake me up in the night and in the morning 
However, I'm staying at my parents' house this week while they're away, and they've got a telly in their bedroom. I brought my book with me, and I've tried to read, but for some reason I can't concentrate and I'm now laid in bed watching something on channel 5 about awkward and funny chat show moments...
I'm not worried though, on Friday night I'll be back home with my technology-free bedroom and I'll get back to my normal routine 
How do you feel about watching telly in bed?
Now I'm an adult I don't allow myself to have a TV in my bedroom, and I read for an hour every night in bed - I would read for longer but I have to be strict with my sleep now I've got Leonard to wake me up in the night and in the morning
However, I'm staying at my parents' house this week while they're away, and they've got a telly in their bedroom. I brought my book with me, and I've tried to read, but for some reason I can't concentrate and I'm now laid in bed watching something on channel 5 about awkward and funny chat show moments...
I'm not worried though, on Friday night I'll be back home with my technology-free bedroom and I'll get back to my normal routine
How do you feel about watching telly in bed?7 people like this
8 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
4 Oct 17
Since my concentration for reading is down to zero due to.....sadly, I have to watch a movie to fall asleep..thats okay though as some are that boring Lily.
Yes I miss the days when reading was it..not mindless telly.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
I always thought I couldn't fall asleep without telly on in the background, til I stopped and realised the telly had been keeping me awake for years
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
4 Oct 17
@LilyBeBack Yes it can do that too Lily..
I shouldnt have had it on when my son was small..used to let him snuggle with me (3 and under) and watch tv at night going to sleep..very bad.
I shouldnt have had it on when my son was small..used to let him snuggle with me (3 and under) and watch tv at night going to sleep..very bad.1 person likes this
@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
@TiarasOceanView I think we didn’t know it was a bad thing til recent years though, like how people used to think smoking was good for your throat
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
Do you watch it before going to sleep and do you think it affects your quality of sleep?
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
@HazySue It used to help me as well, I don't know what changed!
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
4 Oct 17
@LilyBeBack I do, it seems to help me relax.
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@Orson_Kart (6118)
• United Kingdom
3 Oct 17
I feel about with my hands, how do you feel about? 
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@Orson_Kart (6118)
• United Kingdom
5 Oct 17
@LilyBeBack I was going to suggest I feel for you, as I am good with my hands, and that you would probably feel about 27. But now you say you are an alien with 700 spiked tentacles, I think I'll come nowhere near you. 
But now you say you are an alien with 700 spiked tentacles, I think I'll come nowhere near you. 1 person likes this
@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
5 Oct 17
@Orson_Kart Good thinking, batman! I would indeed feel about 27, going on 28, or 329 on my home planet
@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
Well, at night I return to my original alien form, so I feel about with my 700 spiked tentacles
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
4 Oct 17
I put the telly on timer and I go to sleep to the background noise. I like the light noise.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
That's what I've been doing this week, the thing is I'm used to going to sleep with silence now, so the telly keeps me awake for longer, but my mam's house is on a main road, whereas at my house it's extremely quiet, so the outside noise here also keeps me awake if I don't put the telly on
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
5 Oct 17
@BelleStarr I get too tempted by comedy
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
4 Oct 17
@LilyBeBack Yes rather a catch 22 that, but I always put a very boring show on lol
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
3 Oct 17
I prefer not to. Plus we live in an apartment and having one TV in the living room is enough.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
I agree - I might think differently if I was in a relationship or sharing the house with a friend or something, but it's just me and my son so once he's in bed I watch what I want to watch in the living room
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
5 Oct 17
@cahaya1983 My family all say the key to a successful relationship is having separate TVs 
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
4 Oct 17
@LilyBeBack Yeah I agree. In that case I'd opt for having my own TV in the bedroom too
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@Freelanzer (10744)
• Canada
4 Oct 17
I have a TV in my bedroom but have no problem turning it off when I want to read. Most times there is nothing good on anyway.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
I do have that problem I also like to have a clear differentiation between my bedroom and the rest of the house
I also like to have a clear differentiation between my bedroom and the rest of the house 
@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
I think it does because it takes me a lot longer to fall asleep when the TV is on
@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 17
Yeah I think if there was another adult living with me then I might have to consider getting a telly in the bedroom, but I'd be very reluctant to do it
